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  • Utility to create long REM Line for storing M/C program - Maximum BASIC Line LengthHi, I think there was a Utlity or Toolkit to create a long REM-Line under 48k BASIC to store some MCode in it. So I don´t have to type e.g. 5…

    ... create a long REM-Line under 48k BASIC
    to store some ... first BASIC-Line.

    Is there a max line length in 48k BASIC e ...
    Luzie Luzie October 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • why does line length affect angle?I am using Plot Draw to make a V like drawing. It's part of an intersection on an isometric path. You would expect one half to be the inverse coordin…

    ... but why does altering the line length affect the angle of the ... line? I assumed 45 degrees was ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch November 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • Utility to create long REM Line for storing M/C program - Maximum BASIC Line LengthHi, I think there was a Utlity or Toolkit to create a long REM-Line under 48k BASIC to store some MCode in it. So I don´t have to type e.g. 5…

    ... include system variables the line header and initial REM ... Line length in BASIC is stored in two bytes so the theoretical maximum line length ... is 65536 characters (including one byte for end of line ... with that, and a line that long wouldn't ...
    GReW GReW October 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • Screen2StringFurther to writing that BASIC one-liner to redirect CAT to a string I thought that I'd do a general redirection routine for anything which normally p…

    Further to writing that BASIC one-liner to redirect ... I did it all in BASIC but it was a ... placed so that the maximum expected length does not extend over ... put an overflow check in line 21.

    ... =string address; sl=string length; sd=DEFADD pointer to ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny May 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • display file addressing; screen slicingWhile working on this Compendium I'm updating or rewriting a lot of stuff. One thing I eventually came to appreciate was the simple & clever way in w…

    ... address is appreciated. The BASIC version is not unreasonably slow ... lines of pixels; each line of pixels has 32 column ... although rather more sedately) from BASIC as from assembler.
    < ... segment independently to the maximum pixline length for each segment's ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny July 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • SE Basic IV Buffy v4.1 source (WIP)I've been doing a major refactor on the SE Basic source and I'd appreciate a code review from anyone who has time to look at it. I've almost certainl…

    ... /> call out_line ; print whole BASIC line
    rst print_a ; print ... ; end of line
    ld bc, 16383 ; maximum line number
    ... /> ld c, (hl) ; length
    inc hl ; to< ... de ; get length
    ld b, h ; length
    ld ...
    chev chev October 2013 Development
  • 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…

    ... @ a specific screen location, line wrapping, scrolling,
    ;* ... FLENGTH fdb EOF-$2B00 ;file length = end of file value ...
    ; 64 character/line demo, prints entire character set ... similar to print@ in Microsoft BASIC
    ;* prntat contains @ ...
    JamesD JamesD September 2015 Development
  • Printing at line 22...The last legal line in BASIC is line 21. Using Print #0 allows you to print on line 23, but how does one get access to line 22? Anyone?

    The last legal line in BASIC is line 21. Using Print #0 allows you to print on line 23, but how does one get access to line 22? Anyone?
    Arjun Arjun May 2004 Sinclair Basic
  • New and updated software for ResiDOSI've posted an update to the TapeIO package for ResiDOS. This includes a couple of bugfixes and an enhanced listing in the %TAPELIST command, showing…

    ... names, BASIC autorun line numbers and CODE file start and length details.
    glancaster glancaster June 2008 Announcements
  • RLE source codeI'm considering tweaking my Des Des loader to cope with on the fly decompression (yeah I'm bored) I was wondering if anybody out there had a very ba…

    ... basic RLE (only)

    Preferably with an easily defined maximum run length ...
    Kilby Kilby March 2009 Development
  • A tidy loader for minigamesThe minigame competition doesn't permit the use of separate loaders like [code]10 LOAD "": RAND USR 32768[/code] The loader must be included in the b…

    ...
    0 ANY Line number (stored as 2 ... ANY
    2 4 Line length (stored as 2 bytes)< ... )
    9 239 Length of variable (in bytes ... Doing so involves executing BASIC tokens as if they ... (the command in the BASIC program -- [b]PRINT[/ ...
    ajmoss ajmoss June 2010 Development
  • Tool that allows step thru BASIC prog/save in .txt formatHi folks, I'm looking for a tool that allows you to step through a BASIC program line-by-line. BASin won't work for me, I'm not sure why. It shows t…

    ... to step through a BASIC program line-by-line. BASin won't work ... why. It shows the first line of the programme and nothing ... too that will save a BASIC listing in .txt format (or ...
    LevelUp LevelUp July 2019 Sinclair Basic
  • Protection against MERGEI remember using a routine to protect against using MERGE to break into a BASIC listing. It was along the lines of :- 1. Enter a random line e.g. 1 …

    Well it certainly locks up if you poke the BASIC to give an extremely large line-length for the final line in the program.
    Woody Woody April 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • basizx newsHello. I've uploaded a new version of basizx. Now there is also an Amstrad CPC incarnation, able to LOAD and SAVE +3 basic files in disc. And the I…

    ... bytes form the line number, two bytes the length (including the terminal ... MS Basic does it as well. You just add the length to ... the current line pointer to get to ... uses 1 byte for the line length. Thats also where it's ...
    JamesD JamesD February 2007 Development
  • Interface extension cable ?I'm wondering if I can make an extension cable for the Speccy's expansion port. It's not the part of making it I'm uncertain about, but wether the l…

    ... to worry about transmission line effects, there is the ... equation, is proportional to cable length).

    The ... destination.
    Timex specified maximum capacitive loading for the ... which you could calculate maximum cable length; you could do something ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2007 Hardware
  • Minigame Compo 2007Hi there, also this year, there'll be a minigame competition, open to all 8-bit computers and consoles. It consists on writing games whose size (…

    ... placed directly in BASIC line number and length -> effective length=62B)
    ... are occupied by BASIC LINE NUMBER and BASIC LINE LENGTH
    ;such basic loader will ... work if you provide correct line ...
    Fikee Fikee January 2008 Development
  • IF2 Rom snapshot creationHi, is it possible convert a Speccy 16k snapshot to a Interface 2 Rom file? I've the original Ultimate Pssst, Cookie, Trans-am and Jetpac tapes and …

    ...
    LD B,(HL) ;get line length into BC
    INC HL ... br /> JR newline ;do next line in BASIC

    vclear:
    CALL prmsg
    DEFM "BASIC program decoded."
    DEFB $0D ... $0000 ;value gets modified by BASIC decoder
    reloc3:
    ...
    Jimmy Jimmy April 2008 Emulators
  • FAST and SLOW .TAP loading in RESIDOSWhy is in RESIDOS this TAP file loaded always too slow ? (with lines in border area). Other TAP files on my drive is fast loaded, but loading this fi…

    ... start address & length details, and also BASIC autorun line numbers and data ...
    glancaster glancaster June 2008 Development
  • RLE source codeI'm considering tweaking my Des Des loader to cope with on the fly decompression (yeah I'm bored) I was wondering if anybody out there had a very ba…

    ... basic RLE (only)

    Preferably with an easily defined maximum run length ... /> dont bother with RLE, a basic byte wise LZ has same ...
    Fikee Fikee March 2009 Development
  • BIN shorter than NOT PI?Some time ago I checked many loaders and want to ask why coders are using BIN and not NOT PI? NOT PI is only 2 Bytes, BIN would be better if it would…

    ... saying that 48K Spectrum BASIC will accept the line:

    [B ... worse in terms of of line length, than the standard:

    ajmoss ajmoss June 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • BIN shorter than NOT PI?Some time ago I checked many loaders and want to ask why coders are using BIN and not NOT PI? NOT PI is only 2 Bytes, BIN would be better if it would…

    ... saying that 48K Spectrum BASIC will accept the line:

    [B ... worse in terms of of line length, than the standard:

    [/code]
    The Line 20 displays the adress of ... Five-Byte format in Sinclair BASIC. Maybe Dunny, our BasIn Expert ...
    LCD LCD June 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Z88DK tapfile creation questionHere's another question. The game I've just started working on (Sid Spanners 3), I'm concatenating the following tap files together, to make a big ta…

    ... " option on the command line which means "No BASIC loader".

    BASIC loader if no -n option ... "-n"
    //Which indicates no BASIC loader should be created (CODE ... ,"The -n option indicates no BASIC loader should be created\n ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn January 2011 Development
  • Random numbers...Hi Folks, I am not an expert when it comes to random numbers. If I have the RANDOMIZE statement the beginning of a program and then proceed to gene…

    ... uses some sort of BBC BASIC if that helps.
    I ... as they do in Sinclair BASIC (or Locomotive, or KC...)
    basic's prng is only 65535 ... sequence of numbers generated are maximum length (it would not be satisfactory ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • New game! Nanako in CJMC for ZX81!Yup, that's true. We've been busy in crafting a nice, small, simple library to code games in text mode (this is, standard, unexpanded) for the 16K ZX…

    ...
    ds 2
    ; BASIC starts here.
    ; Again, change ...
    dw dfile-$-2 ; Line length
    db 249,212,28 ... below.)
    db 126 ; BASIC token. 5 byte FP number ... ;next hires line
    djnz hiloop ;next line repeats 192 times ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP May 2011 Brand new software
  • Tr-Dos questionI hope that people who know Tr-Dos also read these forums :) Let's suppose that I have a .trd disk with an executable file. I want to make this fil…

    ... USR 0 mode for 128 basic ;;
    ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

    ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
    ;; Converted ... />
    begin dw 0,length-4 ;; line number, line length
    db #F7,#c0 ...
    velesoft velesoft November 2011 Development
  • Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…

    ... USR 0 mode for 128 basic ;;
    ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

    ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
    ;; Converted ... />
    begin dw 0,length-4 ;; line number, line length
    db #F7,#c0 ...
    velesoft velesoft January 2012 Games
  • Adding TAP file contents to a Spectrum +3e DOS PartitionHello my fellow WoS'ers, This thread is a companion to a great little guide from a fellow AmiBayer [B]mnjnurney[/B] you can view his thread by [URL…

    ... )
    6005 INPUT "TAP name ";LINE t$:
    IF t$(LEN ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2013 Games
  • Font hack that was used in a lot of early gamesThere was a little hack for changing the fonts on a spectrum and I remember it being used in a couple of old games on the 48k, it was a sort of ye od…

    ... incorrect value into the first line length will stop it merging, ... Even correcting the line length in the auto-run line, as in ... the following example, will fail with "Nonsense in BASIC ... in BASIC" error. Attempting to auto-run from a different line ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny April 2013 Sinclair Basic
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