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Writing faster BASICIn terms of structuring BASIC programs, what are the best ways allocate variables, functions, arrays? Any tips. I remember INPUT mag had some suggest…
... then saved with the BASIC. This would cut out the space overhead ... provided a line trace for basic, written in ASM that ... br />
4990 Print "Initialising...."
5195 Print "Almost on it ... ..."
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dumping protected BASIC loadersI wrote this a few weeks ago but forgot to post it. It will load & list from tape/TAP/TZX any BASIC program which has been saved with SAVE, including…
... maybe one or two other words which I can't remember ... . Can you recall any other words which might have been in ... code at the end of BASIC have always been too much ... -
Frontend for the +3e projectHi, I have recently finished building the 8-bit simple interface and installed the +3e ROMs into my spectrum +2A (Back model) and it is working fine …
... be a lot +1000 of words to change.[/QUOTE]
print the filenames to screen, or ... the array. [FONT=Courier New]PRINT f$(n)[/FONT] etc
print out a screenful of filenames ... . I don't write much BASIC normally :) -
FZX: a new standard format and driver for proportional fonts[B]FZX[/B] is a very compact and efficient (although extremely flexible and powerful) standard format to create new fonts for the ZX-Spectrum. It sup…
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* [B]asm_fzx_init[/B]
Basic initialization of the fzx_state structure ... but do not split words so that word-wrapping ... but do not split words so that word-wrapping ...
* [B]asm_fzx_puts_justified[/B]
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The 20th comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition thread!Hi all, [SIZE="7"][B][CENTER]ANNOUNCEMENT![/CENTER][/B][/SIZE] The comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2015 is now well and truly OPEN! [url]…
... /> I wrote a little Blitz Basic program that read in 2 ... spat out a bunch of PRINT statements using chunky symbols and ... colour control codes ready to cut and paste into BASin.
40 Column Printing RoutineI've written a 40 column printing routine, which I'd like to share... It's my first piece of 'public' code so go easy on me! I don't think it is a…
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;; console.h
;; basic console ... ,#0x03ff ; mask
and #0xfc ; cut data
ld b,a ...Basic BASIC help needed RNDHi all, I have recently re-discovered an old program I wrote in the early 90s which would do generate random lottery numbers. I know little now, an…
... -5)): REM p=position of cut
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which uses ...UDG generator doesn't work, why?Typing in the UDG generator from the manual I get integer out of range when I run it. I'm going nuts trying to figure out whats wrong. Can someone pl…
... complete moron at programming in Basic. All these clever suggestions from ... for me to ask my basic Basic questions?
My first ... program a MOVE control using PRINT so my cursor blob could ... or binary using those magic words I mentioned above and don ...Xmas present from Hood:))Dear MB-02+ users, on my site[url="http://hood.speccy.cz"] http://hood.speccy.cz[/url] I have made quite significant update in download section. B…
... Tree mode. Works same as Basic command ".RENAME0,x" where x ... 16 tacts per character slower PRINT routine. Almost unnoticeable in real ... next root dir. In other words, MBC supports only one root ...Not bored with ZX Spectrum actual PHYSICAL game boardsThere are a few ZX Speccy games with actual physical gaming boards that are worthy of attention
... " running device , Could it support cut down app version that would ... type" board games? in other words , could a board be "grabbed ... app done for it in basic "cut down " form that is enough ...Scrolling loader counter in 85 T-States?Would it be possible to write a scrolling loader counter in 85 T-States? I have a custom screen load routine that loads attribute first, then the …
... saved the patched loader with basic header and screen(compressed or ... smaller. I've managed to cut 5x85ts routines to two routines ... counter, I'll need to print 6 bytes instead of 5 ..."ZX80 Brain" RPN CalculatorIt is at times like [url=https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/54176/depression]when threads such as this are posted[/url] that I get the…
... with junk in 128/+3 BASIC. (It's annoying, because I ... is intended as a short cut, other roots are available by ... the Spectrum's functions in BASIC, I've just made them ... handle when it tries to print VAL of the string.
The trouble with good code isLots of times I've come here to ask for help and always got it pretty promptly. Which is wonderful and one of the reasons why I don't think there's a…
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Right, except that [b]PRINT AT 0,10; INK 2 ... peculiarities of the Sinclair Spectrum Basic, sufficient to amuse me and ... the idea of writing a Basic as friendly as Sinclair's ... high speed PC. In other words like SpecBAS but for real ...ZX Nuvo 128..Hi There, I have built the ZX Nuvo 128 by Superfo, but it has a problem. The machine is working, but the video signal is completely bonkers. I've …
... is write only, the +3 BASIC maintains a variable, BANK678, that ... low - this means that to print the character that has been ... ]
And in simple words:
[quote]Port 1FFD ... : +3DOS
ROM 3: 48 BASIC
Bit 3: Disk motor ...Proportional-width fontsFor reasons that are still not quite clear to me (because I’ve always loved typography and design,) I never bothered to write a proportional-font rou…
... Not wraps it, not break words, but clips it, pixel perfect ... measurements of strings or buffers, print styles (or, xor, clear), ... 5, 2), space spadding between words, word wrapping (with some additional ... usual control codes found in basic. And then there's ...Need Some Basic HelpHi all, I’ve decided to give programming in Spectrum Basic a go again (bit of nostalgia trip!) and I’m trying to develop a CYOA style game. How…
... the programme in Speccy Basic) to display the text ... a few basic (no pun intended) text components: vocabulary words (GO, ... BASIC text adventures would put them in DATA variables and then PRINT ... descriptions, then PRINT L$(2) would print the description of ...Need the title of the Sinclair Basic manual to look for itI had a copy but I've lost the USB chip it was on! I need it to look up commands because some Basic programs I looked at all used the command MOD and…
... available in some versions of BASIC. It returns the remainder part ... other words set up a function to divide and only print the ... /> In which case all those Basic solutions to FizzBuzz up at ...Need the title of the Sinclair Basic manual to look for itI had a copy but I've lost the USB chip it was on! I need it to look up commands because some Basic programs I looked at all used the command MOD and…
... words set up a function to divide and only print ... you can add new words into BASIC, like I did ... which case all those Basic solutions to FizzBuzz up ... special category for Spectrum BASIC already, but you'd ... rather try 'all those Basic solutions' instead??? Are you ...Brain 8I am glad to present my new "experiment" in Sinclair Spectrum 48K BASIC. https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_wCFWaAl5diIVt3rPLTbKhxDmPmYmOs/view?us…
... you use the typically ZX81 BASIC definitions of integers e.g ... programm.
In other words, LET i$=... puts i$ at ... is much fast that doing PRINT AT; INK; BRIGHT; etc. And ... game, type CLS, then type PRINT a$; for starting again the ...Spectrum USB KeyboardI know you can buy these but how do you make one . What I am thinking of be similar to the type described in Issue 1352 of Micro Mart at page 45 .The…
... was able to follow his basic advice and desolder it . But ... the LMT was not "cut about" . I could "cut up" the (fabricated ... undiscovered" fault - it is the PRINT key of course that has ...IM2 on a 128k SpectrumHello: I have found another article on IM2 found in Personal Computer News, Issue 90. In the article "Face up to the Time", I typed up the code (…
... IM2 and 128k machines with BASIC? I already lose ramtop because ... other* site instead going to cut and paste sections of it ... -by-step instructions. In other words, the theory is the same ...Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
... was . Basically I had to cut out the socket with snips ... . In other words it was harder than I thought using basic tools ...What's this racing game?Hi 2 everyone who likes Spectrum. Does anyone know what was the name of this RACING game. It was 2 words i'm pretty sure. It used the ZX Spectrum ba…
... 2 words i'm pretty sure. It used the ZX Spectrum basic ...ZX48k terminal...Hello everybody, I thought someone might help me. I connect my good old ZX48k to my PC via serial (IF1) link, and I was trying to write a little term…
... a little terminal program in BASIC.
Can anyone tell ... need to consider how slow BASIC is)
open a ... from the old one) print it to stream #4.
print it out.
in BASIC:
... let o$=c$
60 print INKEY$ #4;
70 ...BASIC-code challengeFor the BASIC-coders among us. There is a number that has following aspects. divided by 16 remains 15 divided by 15 remains 14 divided by 14 remain…
For the BASIC-coders among us.
... program below.
The fastest BASIC-program wins.
Timing will ...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…
... else out there buy Laser Basic and Laser Compiler?
I ... just noticed Laser Basic while I was looking thru ... could write programs in Laser Basic, but if you wanted to ...Machine CodeOk i had a spectrum when i was younger and only used it for playin games and typing simple BASIC programs - i mean really simple! Things like 10 Pri…
... simple BASIC programs - i mean really simple! Things like
10 Print ... did they do that in basic?! lol im just curious now ...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 ...
