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  • 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…

    ... coders are using BIN and not NOT PI?
    NOT PI is only 2 Bytes ... byte, but it (Afaik Spectrum BASIC treats it as BIN 0 ... code. But memory saving is not possible with BIN.
    I ...
    LCD LCD June 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • More random questionsWay back in the mists of time I remember reading a couple of articles in an ancient copy of Sinclair User, ZX Computing or the like (can't remember w…

    ... a Speccy BASIC program to line 0 so it could not be ... such commands as SGN PI instead of 1, NOT PI for 0 and ... INT PI for 3. Can anyone ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone July 2003 Games
  • Important for Game/Demo DevelopersHello Spectrum-friends, I just finished our new Disc-Magazine SCENE+ with newest games, demos, graphics and sounds from the Spectrum Scene. However,…

    ... just try to make the Basic Loader as short as possible ... example PAPER 0) with NOT PI (so PAPER NOT PI)
    - exchange any ... one with SIGN PI, so INK ... />
    3. Use filenames. Do not write something like LOAD "" CODE ...
    Speccyman Speccyman April 2008 Development
  • 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 …

    ... the program but it does not make much difference.
    ... TO 280
    340 OVER NOT PI:
    LET s$="":
    basic memory move routine and ... if left/right has not been pressed then go ... used by the cool basic memory move routine to ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman June 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Copying Files in +3e BASIC (not using COPY command)Hello there my fellow WoS'ers Yet again I find myself in need of guidance, I am sooo close to getting my prototype up. I am writing my own byte cop…

    ... something like this under +3e basic?


    thanks for ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 July 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • RetroMania BASIC programming contestTo celebrate 50 years of the BASIC programming language, at this year's RetroMania we're running a BASIC game programming contest. There will be cash…

    ... celebrate 50 years of the BASIC programming language, at this ... RetroMania we're running a BASIC game programming contest. There ... be written in a BASIC dialect that requires line ... QBASIC or Visual BASIC type stuff, and pure BASIC, not sneakily shelling ...
    Winston Winston October 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • A way into coding? Yes it is not called programming any more - coding sounds a lot "posher" so I will go with that even though I am really just talking about "good ol…

    ... talking about "good old BASIC" .But in fact I ... NEW Basic" called FUZE . Until recently I have not been ... able to get this FUZE BASIC working ... not talking about Fuse ,the emulator . FUZE basic for PI ... Spectrum has lots of BASIC progs that it would ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio December 2018 Updates
  • Computer Haiku (converted from C64)[url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Haiku_1983_CES]Here's the original C64/PET program - "Computer Haiku" by Commodore Educational Software, 19…

    ... original program was written in BASIC, I thought I'd examine ... ZX81 trick of using NOT PI, SGN PI, INT PI and a ton of ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone September 2020 Sinclair Basic
  • Let a=val "1"I see some basic programs which use Let a=val "1" instead of let a=1 syntax. what is the difference between val "1" and 1? is it an effect of some …

    ... wrote:
    I see some basic programs which use Let a ... less memory. Let A =SGN PI is better still...I think ... loads more ie. LET A =NOT PI (a=0) etc......

    BadBeard BadBeard April 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • More random questionsWay back in the mists of time I remember reading a couple of articles in an ancient copy of Sinclair User, ZX Computing or the like (can't remember w…

    ... like normal 0 because Sinclair Basic saves thinks that there is ... BIN. Check it out...
    NOT PI is the shortest representation of ...
    LCD LCD July 2003 Games
  • More random questionsWay back in the mists of time I remember reading a couple of articles in an ancient copy of Sinclair User, ZX Computing or the like (can't remember w…

    ... Speccy BASIC program to line 0 so it could not be ... commands as SGN PI instead of 1, NOT PI for 0 and ... INT PI for 3. Can ... NOT PI. You may not notice it but if you have a whole Basic ... be better off compiling your basic program - but this has ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2003 Games
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    ... VARS for start of BASIC and POKE the ...
    ====================

    * General BASIC tips
    --------------------

    * Place ... things like NOT PI for 0 or SGN PI for 1.< ... controlling the Basic system and generally should not be POKEd. ...
    na_th_an na_th_an April 2005 Development
  • Sintech titles no longer denienced!8 years after the initial denience ( June 1998 ), the 3 Ultrasoft titles that [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=Sintech"]Si…

    ... 5-digit number stored in BASIC is stored as I think ... denote it's a number (not sure 'bout that). Storing it ... bytes. Other savings are using "NOT PI" instead of 0 (saves 8 ... />
    Often you will see BASIC programs that show one number ...
    icabod icabod July 2006 Games
  • ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…

    ... acknowledges this - any file not conforming to the ZXLFN spec ... special case of Spectrum executables (Basic or m/c) that ... "" SCREEN$ : PAUSE NOT PI : GOTO PI[/quote]
    the BASIC program could be ... . If it supports loading BASIC programs from raw binary files ...
    gasman gasman July 2006 Emulators
  • Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…

    ... .

    I started with BASIC and it gave me a ... fact that I started in BASIC had absolutely no bearing on ... , and assorted memory saving techniques (NOT PI, VAL, CODE, a complete absence ...
    Matt_B Matt_B September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…

    ... spec, and a lot used BASIC too - and for the hardware ... , and assorted memory saving techniques (NOT PI, VAL, CODE, a complete absence ... of your program by a not insignificant amount, and again take ... to is the assertion that BASIC programmers are tainted with no ...
    Dunny Dunny September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Scr to vectorBack in 1989 I saw 2 m.c. routines that impressed me. One could convert a certain area of the screen (up to 6144 bytes) to vector images. And the sec…

    ... the way the BASIC was compressed with all that NOT PI rubbish.
    Geoff Geoff April 2007 Development
  • He's back......and he's got a new trick! AY Chip here. I've been away far too long. I would like to announce 'HatStand': for no adequately explored reason, I h…

    ... emulator in two lines of BASIC.[/quote]
    An even more ... one line of BASIC*

    10 RANDOMIZE USR NOT PI

    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton August 2007 Chit chat
  • He's back......and he's got a new trick! AY Chip here. I've been away far too long. I would like to announce 'HatStand': for no adequately explored reason, I h…

    ... one line of BASIC*

    10 RANDOMIZE USR NOT PI

    BASIC - except maybe the PAUSE 0 ...
    DEATH DEATH August 2007 Chit chat
  • How can I view code from a game?Hi All, I had a Spectrum years ago and it is what started my love for playing games. I have recently been playing some of the old games I used to pl…

    ... It is written largely in basic. (with some m/c ... "147": DRAW -VAL "135",NOT PI: DRAW VAL "124",-VAL "140 ... ": DRAW VAL "122",NOT PI
    50 PLOT VAL ... "130": DRAW -VAL "40",NOT PI: DRAW VAL "87",-VAL " ... to get past the short BASIC "loader" program).

    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn August 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Death Pit PreservationClive Townsend has found his Death Pit tape and cassette inlay.... He also had a microdrive cartridge apparently containing the game... What's the b…

    It's not ours to sell, that would ... almost a decade ago ;-) Might not be the one I did ... do it once ;-).

    BASIC now looks like this in ... I have:
    1 BORDER NOT PI: PAPER NOT PI: CLEAR VAL "24999": POKE ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker October 2007 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Death Pit PreservationClive Townsend has found his Death Pit tape and cassette inlay.... He also had a microdrive cartridge apparently containing the game... What's the b…

    [QUOTE=Andrew Barker;218485]BORDER NOT PI: PAPER NOT PI[/QUOTE]

    Remind me what that bit of BASIC does? BORDER n and PAPER n I'm of course familiar with.

    EDIT: It can't be just a way of saying BORDER 0, can it?!
    NickH NickH October 2007 MIA/STP/SDP
  • ANN: ColorPRINTColorPRINT gives you 256 fully programmable Timex mode 2 characters (maximum 16 colours per character if you have bright black) to use in your 48 BAS…

    ... ,1 and 3 to NOT PI, SGN PI and INT PI respectively. This will ... DIM command anywhere in the BASIC yet at line 9010 it ... converted from another dialect of BASIC. I'm sure the program ...
    Jimmy Jimmy September 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Announce: BASin r14b availableHere's the fix mentioned earlier for those of you that either are too lazy to update your OS (XP SP2 has been out aaaaages, Arjun!) or even junk that…

    ... mutually exclusive in the Sinclair BASIC world. Let's face it ... use Sinclair BASIC !! It's friendly and flexible, but not fast. After ... struggle with BASIC? Comparing BBC Z80 BASIC and BBC 6502 BASIC gives some ... 1 to SGN PI
    2) Change 0 to NOT PI
    3 ...
    Jimmy Jimmy September 2008 Emulators
  • BASin r14d - Final bugfix for the r14 seriesOk, there's not a great deal to "show" here, as most of the work has been going on "under the hood" so to speak. And there's been a [i]lot[/i] of wor…

    ... and avoid val"number" and NOT Pi things, they enlage memory use ... compiles almost everything. I'm not sure if it's effective ... , you can still merge standard basic to a mcoder3 compiled program ...
    Arda Arda December 2008 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... you saying that 48K Spectrum BASIC will accept the line:< ... it looks like BIN is not interpreted as BIN 0, because ... /> [B]10 LET s=NOT PI[/B] =[U]23806[/U]
    I have not checked it yet, but I ... Five-Byte format in Sinclair BASIC. Maybe Dunny, our BasIn ...
    LCD LCD June 2009 Sinclair Basic
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