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Proportional Print Routine...Hi Folks, Does anyone know of a good proportional printing routine for the ZX Spectrum? Ideally I am looking for something that prints with charact…
... 65000 enables proportional printing from LPRINT and USR 64985 restores normal ... LPRINT/LLIST.
I've ... /> I've included a little BASIC program called "width" which takes ... -
Proportional Print Routine...Hi Folks, Does anyone know of a good proportional printing routine for the ZX Spectrum? Ideally I am looking for something that prints with charact…
... typeface as it's rather large. Basically you can define the ... /> ;Change the pointer to the LPRINT routine in the CHANS table ... -
And 255I've had a good think and I'm pretty certain of this: Surely, surely there can't be a use for this command: 'AND 255'. Please tell me I'm right! (…
[QUOTE=R-Tape;535629]I will also consider bona fide useless BASIC commands :smile:[/QUOTE]
LPRINT and LLIST. There's no reason the ZX Printer should be attached to a specific stream. -
How much have you spent on your hobby?Time for a new thread... 1) How much have you spent in total on your hobby (can be Sinclair only), or other retro computing stuff over the years ? …
... about 1000 hours developing SE Basic when I could have been ... /> Traded the lot for a large box of Cherry Ripes and ... the open version of SE Basic. Please pledge now:
Japan Tsunami AppealAs some of you will be aware, I've been tinkering with an open source version of SE Basic that could be distributed with hardware without infringing …
... (almost in its entirity) and large chunks of the SAM Coupe ... />
The reason for OpenSE BASIC's relatively good compatibility is ... The step from finishing SE Basic to open sourcing it was ... excellent choice for using OpenSE BASIC. It maps the full standard ...Undiscovered gemsHi, There are many lists of the best ever Spectrum games, but I'd be interested to know of any "undiscovered gems" you have come across. That is, ga…
... the early days,they seem basic looking with many controls and ... game came boxed with a large detailed map of the roads ...OpenSE Software CompatibilityWith the earlier Open82 project a page was set up on Wikia ([url]http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Open82[/url]) with compatibility information on var…
... you want to RENUMber a large program).
[quote ... Anything that breaks with OpenSE BASIC will also break with a ... expectations. However, with SE Basic I always placed functionality above ... were patched than compromising OpenSE BASIC. Of course it's ...Frank N SteinThis one > [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001849[/url] Always seems to crash about level 7 (maybe a bit more) or so with an …
... times, the stack grows too large and eventually crashes the game ... in such cases. If the BASIC language had a [B]POP ...Fuse: what do you want to see?An open brainstorm. If you had a team of programmers working on [url=http://fuse-emulator.sf.net/]Fuse[/url], what would you tell them to work on? …
... ... I would be surprised if large numbers of the English speaking ... use Timex FDD with Sinclair Basic. CP/M worked on a ...binutils questionSince there's a few people using binutils these days I thought I'd give it a go and see whether it solves my hunt for a replacement assembler/librari…
... , run the program, exit to basic and then run the program ... instructions are rather slow and large-ish so I am not ...List of existing games that needs a port to zx spectrumPlease post here the games that exist in other platform(s) but does not exist in speccy. Please keep in mind this is not a to-do list, so don't hesti…
... original hardware, so by and large specialist hardware add-ons that ... ever going to speed up BASIC and a few non-speed ... programs, precisely because the Sinclair BASIC calculator stack just isn't ...List of existing games that needs a port to zx spectrumPlease post here the games that exist in other platform(s) but does not exist in speccy. Please keep in mind this is not a to-do list, so don't hesti…
... original hardware, so by and large specialist hardware add-ons that ... ever going to speed up BASIC and a few non-speed ... programs, precisely because the Sinclair BASIC calculator stack just isn't ...A standard emulator "hardware" for console outputAlmost every day, I want to copy text from zx spectrum format, yet, without peeking in the memory spending a lot of time, or typing it by hand, it is…
... text file. Anytime I use LPRINT it creates a text file ... create .BAT files using Speccy Basic.A standard emulator "hardware" for console outputAlmost every day, I want to copy text from zx spectrum format, yet, without peeking in the memory spending a lot of time, or typing it by hand, it is…
... text file. Anytime I use LPRINT it creates a text file ... create .BAT files using Speccy Basic.[/QUOTE]
Ofcourse there ...Stuck: Multipying 15 by 32 using RRCA in A reg[deleted]
... way. Here's a Speccy BASIC version for both directions.
LPRINT "RRCA"'"A";TAB 9;"C ... a$="00001111": LET c$="0": LPRINT "----"'"RLCA"'"A";TAB 9;"C ... a=a-(a$(8)="0"): LPRINT a$;TAB 9;c$,a ...RFC: 64 column font codeIn BASIC, type CLEAR 49999 then import the code at 50000. Then type RANDOMIZE USR 50000. This will create a new channel and attach stream #4 to it. A…
... 5 bytes for channel below BASIC area
push bc
large channel address offset properly...
In BASIC, type CLEAR 64871, then compile ...Laser BasicDid anyone else out there buy Laser Basic and Laser Compiler? I just noticed Laser Basic while I was looking thru a website, and it reminded me about…
... Laser Basic, iirc was 14.99 or there abouts in a large ...machine code loadercan someone have a look at this loader and break down what its actually doing and also how i can stop it from executing the 2 loads of headerless blo…
... data from your disk in basic (i'm not familiar with ... loaded, if there is some large part of constant bytes (e ...Inlay Project DiscussionAll, It's time this project was actually started in anger. The aim of this thread is to find out what every wants from it and the standards that sh…
... at 600dpi taking up a large chunk of one of my ... potentially just start doing more basic adjustments (e.g. crop and ...saving arraysHi. So i'm working on a small program. I'm almost finished, but i just hit a problem by the end. I would like to save (and load back later) four arra…
... compile it later with hisoft basic, i can not do more ... have to rewrite quite a large chunk of the code. Still ...Inlay Project DiscussionAll, It's time this project was actually started in anger. The aim of this thread is to find out what every wants from it and the standards that sh…
... 600dpi taking up a large chunk of one of ... potentially just start doing more basic adjustments (e.g. ... I could potentially nab large scans from others if ... . We're talking about large numbers here, nearly all ... . 600 dpi images have large dimensions. Even a modest ...Fastest way to mirror a byte?I.E. turning 01100000 into 00000110, in assembly. I'm trying but I suck at stuff with rotation and the carry bit. Any pointers?
... that includes it in the BASIC listing![/QUOTE]
I ... your own BASIC listing in small snippets. In a large project like ...Things That REALLY BUG YOU!My Mum's birthday is on "Valentine's Day", so when I pay out loads of money for a card and gift - it looks like I'm all "GIRLY" and a poof!
... and versionitus, without getting the basic features right and defining simple ... projects and effectively getting a large part of their commercial products ... and easier installs, than inconceivably large feature sets and an overly ...Better or Worst! Speccy vs C64Just wanted to see what games you all thought looked better or played better on the Speccy or the C64? I always thought that Renegade & Target Ren…
... engineer who learnt the first basic of IT with it - is ... and didnt accidentally sold in large numbers.
This allmighty marketing ...The Sinclair Myth - New Scentist June 12 1986I thought you'd all find this particularly interesting, so I scanned it especially for the holidays! Merry Christmas! [url]http://www.zxdesign.info…
... had brought IT into a large number of households, and created ... to, besides helping in some basic tasks - and at the same ... devices, no light pens, no BASIC courses, no programming books, no ...The Sinclair Myth - New Scentist June 12 1986I thought you'd all find this particularly interesting, so I scanned it especially for the holidays! Merry Christmas! [url]http://www.zxdesign.info…
... had brought IT into a large number of households, and created ... , especially kids, to programming and basic computer science; far better than ...Interesting speed increase...Hi Folks, You may already know the following but I found it "interesting". I have been developing a model railway timetable program in BASin for th…
... 's the "one byte" thing - BASIC still has to read two ... in a different format to large numbers and fractions, but that ...How to safely maximise available memoryHi All, I'm toying with an idea that will require I have as much memory available as possible. I'm a little embarrassed I have to ask this tbh. As…
[QUOTE=csmith;597380]Assuming BASIC is not required or ROM ... .
I have a basic loader that places a mc ... one :smile:. I have a large map that needs to be ...Faster CLS...Hi Folks, Looking at the CLS command in the Spectrum ROM disassembly it seems rather complex. Does anyone know of a simpler/quicker routine that wi…
... having it pop back to basic and print each section, then ... the printing happens on one LPRINT command anyway - I don't ... the back and forth to BASIC that slows the proportional printing ...
