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  • Loading a screen in to memory...Hi Folks, I want to load a SCREEN$ in to memory and save it out to RAM disk without it being displayed on the screen. I am worried about over writi…

    ... load a SCREEN$ in to memory and save it out to ... am worried about over writing BASIC memory so would the following work ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman December 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • BASin Release 9a availableJust a quick not to say that an updated (ie, bug fixed) BASin is available. A list of what's new for release 9: Fixed a bug in the line tokeniser th…

    ... find from the start of BASIC memory) (Mike Wynne)
    Set the ... small bug which allowed the Memory editor to crash the app ...
    Dunny Dunny September 2003 Development
  • ANNOUNCE: BASin r14 is up. New SCREEN$ paintbox included.Hi all, Well, I can't sit on this any longer - so I've released it. Let's all get a good testing session going, eh? You can get the new BASin [url=…

    ... it to.
    Added - Memory grabber tool. This allows the ... which tells you where in memory the current line is ... BASin, either directly into memory or translated into BASIC. It can import ... the original line remains in BASIC memory. This may break other stuff ...
    Dunny Dunny February 2008 Emulators
  • Speeding up select processing...Hi Folks, I have the following code in my program and it works fine but is rather "sluggish". I have even moved it to the beginning of the program …

    ... original attributes using the cool basic memory move routine and go to ... off. Releases the memory used by the cool basic memory move routine to ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman June 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Dynamite Dan disassemblyOkay, I got fed up of going through the frankly arcane Technician Ted code (which is clearly designed for speed, space and elegance, and balls to rea…

    ... various flags and memory values. I've done the basic memory maps; next ...
    Ritchie333 Ritchie333 January 2019 Assembler
  • New BASin (Alpha Release 9) upHi all, Since you're more interested in here about BASin, here's the new update announcement. There's no major changes to the way the system work…

    ... find from the start of BASIC memory)

    A bug in ...
    Dunny Dunny September 2003 Development
  • Print 'n' Plotter SPRITE MACHINEJust got this from an ebay seller this afternoon. I just TZXd it and sent it to the Steve at the vault, yet it might be a while before it gets put up…

    ... in a special zone of memory which was overwritten which each ... 48 Kb even in 128 BASIC mode, so instead of loading ... and transfer it to my "BASIC memory" when I need the data ... the +3 version of HiSoft basic :)

    About the vectorial ...
    na_th_an na_th_an May 2004 Games
  • MemoryI am writing a game for the Spectrum and need to store a lot of map data. What is the lowest address I can start to store the data at ?

    If you're loading from Basic, a simple one-line loader ... over the top of the Basic memory (but don't forget to ...
    gasman gasman December 2004 Development
  • Noob to Z80 needing +3 helpI'm quite new to z80 programming, but i'm attempting to write some kind of windowing system that will run alongside BASIC on my +3 with Kempston mous…

    ... page 2 due to the memory contention issue).[/QUOTE]
    BASIC commands use the first ... to write a "full 48k" basic program?[/QUOTE]

    BASIC memory lives) as needed; no ... this not corrupt the basic program in RAM (i ...
    glancaster glancaster July 2009 Development
  • Memory concerns with z88dkI've retaken my old spectrum project and sadly I've reached a dead end very fast. I'll try to explain my worst problem in a few lines. I'm not a vet…

    ... very well be a memory map problem. What area ... of memory have you set aside ... intio an area of memory reserved for a library, ... spritepack has a different memory layout to sp1 and you ... ,ll post again with basic memory layout info for sp1 in ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous December 2009 Development
  • Booting with a programIf you ever had a VTX-5000, you'll remember it booted to a menu. The menu itself was written in BASIC. When the Spectrum initialized, this BASIC prog…

    Maybe saving the program with SAVE "program" LINE 1: GOTO 1 would work? That would save the BASIC memory area in a way the next statement to run would be "GOTO 1", so when loaded it does just that.

    Or maybe I'm talking nonsense :)
    na_th_an na_th_an August 2010 Development
  • Is this another issue with BASin?Hi Folks, Doing some graphics work in BASin and I have noticed that PLOT seems to ignore the BRIGHT setting i.e. it always comes out normal. Is thi…

    ... . BASin transfers the program to BASIC memory inside the emulation, and emulates ...
    Dunny Dunny November 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Commodore 64 - First time trying - REVIEW & Pictures!Right, so the 2nd hand shop was selling this Commodore and accessories. So I decided to buy it, as I've never had a Commodore and this is my first ti…

    ... "$",8 loads the directory into BASIC memory - so it will overwrite the ...
    merman merman August 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Repairing a faulty 48K issue 2.I am investigating one of a pair of non-working issue 2 48K Spectrums that have been sitting in a cupboard untouched for quite a few years. I haven…

    ... has loaded and run my BASIC memory test program (for several hours ...
    Zorn Zorn December 2011 Hardware
  • What's going on during a reset?Always wanted to know this. Why does the screen fill with garbage then white lines on black then just a totally black screen? What is happening?

    Isn't it a basic memory test of some sort?
    MrCheese MrCheese May 2012 Hardware
  • 48k faultyHi guys! I have a 48k that, currently, presents 2 problems: 1 - Can?t sync to TV correctly. I get a lot of noise and the characters appear to be inc…

    ... search the forums for the BASIC listings which perform RAM tests ... .php?t=40529&highlight=basic+memory+test&page=5
    pkersey pkersey October 2012 Hardware
  • Spectrum +3 WoesI have a second hand +3 here - the case is in really nice condition. It starts up fine, but after I try accessing the floppy disk, the Spectrum free…

    ... also type in a simple BASIC memory test program. Run the program ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK December 2012 Hardware
  • EmuZwin 128k banks in assembler Having looked at the assembler help file " ORG [{ RAMn | ROMn },] #target_address [, #dest_address ] Defines target assembling address and ta…

    ... 0 (to keep the 128k memory available), assembled the code, tested ... the new load/save routine - basic memory permitting with my mate VAL ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins August 2015 Emulators
  • Memory and BasicQuestions 1. How much memory is available for Basic Progs? 2. How do I check how much is left? 3. How much memory does an array take up?

    Questions

    1. How much memory is available for Basic Progs?
    2. How do I check how much is left?
    3. How much memory does an array take up?
    chop983 chop983 November 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Basic listings memory occupationI remember readong someplace that due to basic's representation of number, in a program, in order to save space, it was better to represent integers …

    ... readong someplace that due to basic's representation of number, in ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi August 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How do I avoid BASIC becoming corrupted on returning from a M/C routine?I'm having trouble with my BASIC program becoming corrupted on returning from a m/c routine which sets all the registers (including the shadow regist…

    ... 'm having trouble with my BASIC program becoming corrupted on returning ... or memory locations when calling a m/c routine from BASIC, and ...
    trellis trellis May 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • what extra port for extra memory ? (256K, 512K, 1024K, etc.)I know that Pentagon uses some extra bits from port 7FFD for extra memory pging: - for 512K model, bit 6 & 7 of port 7FFD - for 1024K model, bit 5, 6…

    ... from port 7FFD for extra memory pging:
    - for ... those bits for extra memory switching and if it ... (not to mention the Basic command SPECTRUM on +128 ... keep track of a memory bank number, by combining ... established port for extra memory, other than the Pentagon ...
    secarica secarica September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Saving BASIC code as CODE... can't start programHi guys! I'm trying to create an adventure game for the Speccy in BASIC, called The Legend Of The Red Dragon. I'm using the excellent BASin to code…

    ... game for the Speccy in BASIC, called The Legend Of The ... , I get an 'Out of memory' message, and cannot get the ...
    pottyboy pottyboy May 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Compiling BASIC programs using Hi-Soft CompilerThis might get me nowhere, but it's worth a try... I'm writing a game in Spectrum BASIC - hopefully, for Simon's CD compilation, if he'll have it - …

    ... writing a game in Spectrum BASIC - hopefully, for Simon's ... Spectaculator/SPIN running Hi-Soft BASIC compiler. I've been testing ... until the size of the BASIC program crept above 14K ... program whilst BASIC program and compiler were still resident in memory. So ...
    woodcock88 woodcock88 November 2005 Sinclair Basic
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