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Speeding up programs by hacking the SysVarsPositively pleased to properly discover this area of the forum! I have a couple of recent tricks that might be of interest - they're probably old hat…
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First up, you can temporarily hack the ... -prog-with-nxtlin-to-speed-up-basic-loops/"]Hacking PROG with NXTLIN ... -
How can I load a picture into Basic?Having given up in frustration after a week of designing UDG's in order to try and create a picture of a Tudor house, I did it in 5 mins using DeLuxe…
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A few questions about sound and keys in BASICIf I want sound in my BASIC game I have to use BEEP right ? It seems to lock up the CPU for far too long . On Arjun's page I found how to use CALL 94…
... I want sound in my BASIC game I have to use ... right ? It seems to lock up the CPU for far too ... routine and use it from BASIC but is this not the ... make something two player in BASIC since I use INPUT INKEY ... -
Basic programming for kidsHi there I'm thinking strongly of getting my kids to program with speccy BASIC. Both have Android tablets, so I can get two bluetooth keyboards fo…
... kids to program with speccy BASIC. Both have Android tablets, so ... and mess around with their BASIC program to see what happens ... with the basics, and go up from there.
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User defined function in Sinclair BASICI'm looking to create a user defined function in Sinclair BASIC to add up numbers being input. This is the program without a user defined function be…
... defined function in Sinclair BASIC to add up numbers being input. This ... the UDF right in Sinclair BASIC...strangely, I have been able ... to do it in BBC BASIC...
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New Game: A Yankee in Iraq (2017). A shoot-em-up.Last year, I [url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/53207/new-game-2016-revival-a-yankee-in-iraq-1992"]resurrected my old shoot-em-u…
... -em-up[/url] from 1992, which I’d written in Sinclair BASIC ... all the limitations inherent in BASIC.
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Flicker free animation in BASIC, is it possible ?With all my various noodlings in BASIC and indeed with my so far limited assembly I keep coming up with the same issue. How do you do animations wit…
With all my various noodlings in BASIC and indeed with my so far limited assembly I keep coming up with the same issue. How do you do animations without flicker or trails ? Is this possible in BASIC ? -
are there any machine code to basic converters?i know it sounds stupid but for amature programmers like me it would be great. i could speed up the basic on an emulator and it would give me more of…
i know it sounds stupid but for amature programmers like me it would be great. i could speed up the basic on an emulator and it would give me more of an ability to play around with games, etc. -
i need a sideways scrolling program written in basicso like ghosts and goblins it scrolls along with the player. i had help with this before in making a tunnel game but this time i need it to be a able…
... that i can view in basic to make each screen easier ... i intend to speed it up in an emulator. i also ... -
Why can't you make a BASIC program as big as you want?Let me rephrase that. Is it possible using BASIC to write a program that can be multi part? In other words one that can LOAD lets say a story, in se…
... that. Is it possible using BASIC to write a program that ... the end of PART 1 up pops the option to load ... -
Keeping up to date with PC builds.I only do PC builds infrequently and I have stopped reading Micro-Mart so my abilities in the area can languish pretty quickly. But if it is new i…
... dingy loft space we set up the PC and looked for ... it and the PC powered up . I went back to the ... tried a different type ,not round but flat . It was plugged ... -
Passing parameter from BASIC to assembler routineWas there a "clean" way of passing parameter(s) from a BASIC program to an assembler routine? Something like parameterising RANDOMIZE USR call? I fac…
... passing parameter(s) from a BASIC program to an assembler routine ... you are interested). I ended up poking one sysvar but probably ... -
[Asm] Is this nested loop faster than LDIR or a bunch of unrolled LDI's?Hi all. I'm learning Z80 asm on Speccy 48K, and to start with I decided to write my own "CLS" routine (without relying on ROM calls or LDIR) as a lea…
... and T-states I came up with the following, which ... br /> dec c ; Move up to the previous row.
round to $FF) bytes per row ... br /> dec c ; Move up to the previous row.
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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…
... need it to look up commands because some Basic programs I looked ... only exception was an Applesoft Basic program that used DEF FN ... -
While we're on the subject of BASIC Although my memory of the past still seems to be fairly reliable, memories relating to learning computer programming seem to have disappeared…
... be able to pick things up quickly like I used to ... for acquiring languages and assuming Basic is a language, its giving ... enough this metaphor does hold up particularly if you take as ... emphasizes exactly the reason why Basic works for beginners.
MIDI TO ZX SPECTRUM BASIC BEEPMIDI TO ZX SPECTRUM BASIC BEEP ------------------------------------------------------ HI :) I found here http://portmedia.sourceforge.ne…
... ) BeepTime (+0,XXX => Up time, -0,XXX => ... REM 3) BeepPitch (+XX => Up Pitch, -XX => Down Pitch ... large
number lines on BASIC.
If you ...
to make a short BASIC program
e) ...Breaking the Ice (another 1 line BASIC game)@Patters pushed me to do it... This is another 1-line BASIC game, with the same restrictions discussed. The mission: to save 10 penguins that a…
... /> This is another 1-line BASIC game, with the same restrictions ... : F left - G right - E up - D down (like OPQA, but ...Basic Broadband and LandlineJust want some thoughts on this I have been with my current UK provider now for ten years, and my flat fee went up £10 per month last year, and is…
... , and my flat fee went up £10 per month last year ... , and is going up again £3.50 next month ... .50 and would make my basic bill just over £60 before ...BASIC compo on our Facebook page - join in, win cash!1st - will receive £50 2nd - will receive £20 It's been a few years since our game competition, so I think its time for another! This time t…
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The scenario is totally up to you as long as ... code must be 100% Sinclair BASIC no MC***
You ...New BASIC game ANILLOS DE SATURNO (SATURN RINGS)Hi All I made this game ONLY WITH BASIC, for the contest bytemaniacos 2020 that you can look here https://www.bytemaniacos.com/?page_id=3639 …
... made this game ONLY WITH BASIC, for the contest bytemaniacos 2020 ... /> The keys are: Q -> Up A -> Down O -> ...Speccy Budget World Cup 2020: Preliminary roundNow the Full Price World Cup has its champion (Skool Daze) it's time for the Budget edition! This will work almost exactly the same as before, so se…
... -price-world-cup-2020-preliminary-round/p1
64 games ... this edition you can pick up to 5 games. Here are ... !).
3. Please only nominate up to 5 games (less than ... apologise in advance for clogging up the Games forum, but hopefully ...Will be away for at least a week.Just signing in for one hour, and typing this up in advance, hopefully i will be able to get it posted and do anything else I need, because one hour …
... one hour, and typing this up in advance, hopefully i ... but my stress level shot up. Then spent about an hour ... and my phone is a basic numerical button phone. I tried ... to take the long way round, ie. get through to ... attack - had to get up again for a bit. People ...Penetrator - Compiled Basic ?For clarity: The Melbourne House sideways scrolling 'shoot em up' game, a very good game for its time and it still plays relatively well today, with …
... House sideways scrolling 'shoot em up' game, a very good game ... I know) this was compiled Basic or part of it was ...How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial) [b]How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game[/b] In this tutorial, we will be talking about how to write a simple BASIC* horizont…
... how to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling* game.
BASIC easily, for example using ... s mostly just simple setting up stuff for later.
up a scrolling routine. You ... 1, and the player moves up.
If ...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…
... 't have Commie programs clogging up the pages of Sinclair forums ... original program was written in BASIC, I thought I'd examine ... characters had to be worked round from line 1000 in the ...Dr. Jim's personal Sinclair showcaseThere were some Spectrum-related webpages that I hosted some of my own stuff on, and it's about time it had an extensive rehash. So, over the last we…
... f=9&t=2523]BASIC Dumping Ground[/url], or just ... request - I'll follow this up here), and I'm hosting ... f=9&t=2523]BASIC Dumping Ground[/url], and ... to add when I get round to them:
- ... ins - though this may end up becoming me sending all the ...ZX Spectrum BASIC "non UK" titles that can be easily translated to make an "easy" English VersionIt was the 16K German version of LEMONADE STAND written in BASIC that made me think about this . Really , I suppose this translation aspect just…
... LEMONADE STAND written in BASIC that made me think ... just "touches" on Speccy BASIC (At first , I thought ... the use of Spectrum Basic is relevant to some ... because usually some tidying up of the screen display ... an idea" about Spectrum BASIC itself is also useful ...What Good Serious Successful Software Was Written Exclusively in 128K BASIC?I realize now that 128K BASIC has its serious enthusiasts . But I know very little about this type of BASIC . What good titles were written exclusi…
I realize now that 128K BASIC has its serious enthusiasts . ... were written exclusively in 128K BASIC without any machine Code ? ... decent software written using 128K BASIC .I wonder if this question ... the first thing that came up with Flexibase software . I ...Can anyone explain how to play Braxx Bluff to me?Well?
... something- it pushes your score up.
Stage two shows you ... 20.0. You must walk round the pillars and make sure ... /> Nest section is basic 3D shoot-em-up time. Enemies attack, knock ... too, kepp the counter rising up, I think to 100. Then ...Happy happy joy joy.What was the happiest moment in your Spectrum life? (To narrow this down, this thread doesn't include recieving the Spectrum, or buying your best ev…
... dilligently learnt to program in basic and poorly learnt to program ... started to save my paper round money up for this fantastic 'colour ... house - and a quick wiring up took place. Nothing happened.
