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BASIC code challengeWrite a program in BASIC as short as possible that will continue after KEY-RELEASED. The program must be fully relocatable (so it must be programmed …
... let p = (INKEY$""): poke 23618, 10: poke 23619, 0: poke 23620, ((p and ... two pokes set the next basic line to the line the ... way, isn't there.
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BASIC code challengeWrite a program in BASIC as short as possible that will continue after KEY-RELEASED. The program must be fully relocatable (so it must be programmed …
... and 23622 hold the current basic line,
while 23623 holds ... this:
poke 23618, peek 23621
poke 23619, peek 23622 ... />
let r = INKEY$=""
poke 23620, ((p and r) * (peek ... . The '4' in the last poke is the number of instructions ... -
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 ... : the reason is that Speccy BASIC stores each number twice: one ... loaders did: POKE a different ASCII representation into the BASIC listing from ... -
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 …
... the internal representation. If you POKE 2 on the adress that ... effect when you run the BASIC after that. It was a ... -
New SPIN 0.3a releaseHi all, here's the next version - mainly a maintenance release, with new bugs :) Here's what's new: V0.3a - Bugs and more tapes -------------------…
... to the Basic prompt (not Reset).
Dunny, the auto-hardware ... an unavoidable 'risk' with the auto option or is there something ... -
New SPIN 0.3a releaseHi all, here's the next version - mainly a maintenance release, with new bugs :) Here's what's new: V0.3a - Bugs and more tapes -------------------…
... a crash. Exits to the Basic prompt (not Reset).
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a poke to change fonts??hi ppl, there wasnt some poke in basic to change the look alike of the fonts of speccy?? I guess I did things like that in eighties.. also, there…
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To prevent 'scroll?' use POKE 23692,255
[/quote ... t forget to repeat the poke after 255 screens 'cause ... will ask scroll after 255 full screens
10 POKE 23692 ... br />
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a poke to change fonts??hi ppl, there wasnt some poke in basic to change the look alike of the fonts of speccy?? I guess I did things like that in eighties.. also, there…
... addresses and memory.. basic instructions likes peek and poke are mysterious for ... did some beauty things with poke 23606,f making some "for ... -
a poke to change fonts??hi ppl, there wasnt some poke in basic to change the look alike of the fonts of speccy?? I guess I did things like that in eighties.. also, there…
If you only use BASIC, you don't really need ... .
Just state in BASIC the next command and every ... = 219 * 256 , so if you POKE your font from 56320 to ... have the memory reserved. Your BASIC-program may grow up to ... -
a poke to change fonts??hi ppl, there wasnt some poke in basic to change the look alike of the fonts of speccy?? I guess I did things like that in eighties.. also, there…
... and start digging in the basic. For instance, there should be ... vaguely that you have to poke the values for xpos, ypos ... can find everything in the basic of the keyboard trainer. Have ... -
Celebrity Deathmatch- Manic Miner vs Jet Set WillySince the two games have come up in this forum recently, it has made me think back to how imaginative they were, and how much fun they were to simply…
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POKE 23659,0 didn't make ... command, or a message like 'Scroll?' appeared at the bottom of ... -
did anybody program games for their spectrum?did anybody make games for their spectrum and have you still got them in tap/z80 format. i once attempted to make a side scrolling game but it didn…
... some few very basic and uninteresting games, all in Basic.
A car game with vertical scroll had to ... game
A very basic AI game with my girlfriend ... -
Basic and AY musicis it possible to play an ay-music in background while a basic program is running?
... a humble 27 year old basic programmer. When I was ... I just playing with zx basic to have fun and for ... I'm sure I can poke your ASM routines to memory ... machine code and run basic commands at the same ... command that it wont halt basic program while playing, it ... -
Basic and AY musicis it possible to play an ay-music in background while a basic program is running?
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Arda, cyborg is right. Basic is a linear system. So ... you're just writing a basic program to listen to ... start the music with a POKE and then every other line ... mode, or goto 128 basic type USR 0 and then ... REM statement of what to Poke to turn the music ... -
More "fake" screenshots, please.I don't know about anyone else, but I really like seeing Spectrum screenshots of modern and/or original games - even if there ends up being no game t…
... " (not just an unmodified, garish auto-converted bitmap) the better.
poke i get emailed everyday about ... my article on peek n poke. you should also see "Stellar ... -
List of "funny" pokes?Hello! I'm looking for a list of "funny" pokes. Pokes that do strange things with my Speccy, like POKE 23607,0 scrambles up the keyboard. Regards …
Enter a line of basic like
10 REM This is a test
and then
POKE 23756,0
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List of "funny" pokes?Hello! I'm looking for a list of "funny" pokes. Pokes that do strange things with my Speccy, like POKE 23607,0 scrambles up the keyboard. Regards …
10 for f=64 to 64+7: poke 23681,f: LPRINT "HELLO" : next f
20 rem also possible with f=72 and f=80
10 poke 23692,255 : PRINT AT 21,0;'' : REM SCROLL equivalent
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Run BASIC program by R. USR xxxxxGuys, please help. Suppose I have BASIC program in my Spectrum 48K starting with line 10. I'd like to start it by RANDOMIZE USR xxxxx. Which paramete…
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Maybe to start BASIC from out MC
JP 8108 ; run BASIC program!
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Nonsense in BASIC, 0:1
It ... some parameters before calling BASIC interpreter, to POKE some sys vars?
Run BASIC program by R. USR xxxxxGuys, please help. Suppose I have BASIC program in my Spectrum 48K starting with line 10. I'd like to start it by RANDOMIZE USR xxxxx. Which paramete…
... /> In the vector-adress you poke the adress of your BREAK ... (MC) and you return to BASIC through the NEXT-STATEMENT ROUTINE ...
in 60000/60001 you poke the adress 64000
and ... /> PRINTREADY:
LD HL,(.....) ; IN BASIC LAST LINE EXECUTED 23621????
Run BASIC program by R. USR xxxxxGuys, please help. Suppose I have BASIC program in my Spectrum 48K starting with line 10. I'd like to start it by RANDOMIZE USR xxxxx. Which paramete…
... /> In the vector-adress you poke the adress of your BREAK ... (MC) and you return to BASIC through the NEXT-STATEMENT ROUTINE ...
in 60000/60001 you poke the adress 64000
and ... /> PRINTREADY:
LD HL,(.....) ; IN BASIC LAST LINE EXECUTED 23621????
Run BASIC program by R. USR xxxxxGuys, please help. Suppose I have BASIC program in my Spectrum 48K starting with line 10. I'd like to start it by RANDOMIZE USR xxxxx. Which paramete…
... /> In the vector-adress you poke the adress of your BREAK ... (MC) and you return to BASIC through the NEXT-STATEMENT ROUTINE ...
in 60000/60001 you poke the adress 64000
and ... /> PRINTREADY:
LD HL,(.....) ; IN BASIC LAST LINE EXECUTED 23621????
Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…
... load and autorewind oing a poke 23739,111 and looping a ... . i hope it works, dark basic and db pro just dont ...games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... early nineties, I coded my BASIC games using an alternative charset ... switched using the famous POKE 23606,n / POKE 23607,m pair. I ... before the address where the BASIC code is compiled, right before ...games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... of those that are specialized basic or whatever with compiler arent ... more versatile.
Laser Basic seems good but after what ... find it. HiSoft has a basic compiler but there was a ... when i make a screen scroll vertically and horizontally and get ...games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... level language but it isnt basic, and runs at comoparable speeds ... it's alot like using basic and the manual is pretty ... /> calculations to get a smooth scroll and is one of the ... . you can also use normal basic if youwant and is not ...games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... compiled spectrum basic, and this is not spectrum basic. spectrum basic appeals ... edit a loader to input poke cheats. learning another language ... deal with it, like spectrum basic, but something new is ... a high level language, like Basic ( but like i said ...Blizzard PassCan anyone get the 128k text adventure Blizzard Pass to run on any emulator? I've tried the online Java emulators in WoS, ZX32 and Spectaculator 5 an…
... in USR0 mode. In 128K Basic it does nothing, except a ... below 49152. The 128K Basic uses POKE 23388 to switch RAM banks ... .
OUT 32765,48 / POKE 23388,48 (48 to 55 ...Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... , but commodore programming (Even in BASIC) was the most ackward and ... could imagine; you had to poke your way to do almost ...Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... cant its a fucking smooth scroll.[/quote]
woooooo! ... vs instruction set vs basic vs keyboard vs games ... again, i liked the basic better, think it is ... get into than C64 Basic, and you can ask ... strengths is its weakness. Scroll, custom sprites etc. when ...Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... keyboard attached.
The Basic is non-existent, meaning it ... video game effects, like smooth scroll, to be possible. But because ... had a strong version of Basic. It was quirky. It featured ...
