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Odd keyboard behaviour due to a single bit failure in +3 ROMI've just fixed a spanish +3, which, among normal issues (drive belt missing), presented a very strange one: the keyboard autorrepeated without a del…
... one: the keyboard autorrepeated without a delay from the first ... happened either in +3 BASIC and 48K BASIC. Even the +3 initial ... interrupts, but a fast test: PAUSE 50 lasting 1 second, as ... computer passed all quality tests without noticing this behaviour? Or, ... -
Making BASIC occupy less RAM?I risk being told to search the forums and the entire archive of type-ins, but here it goes... Is there any known utility to do all the hard work of…
... all the modifications in BASIC, fix the BASIC header using POKEs and ... m.c. routine to save the modified BASIC listing.
... ve never tried to compile BASIC listings that use VAL extensively ... tells me that non-compressed BASIC should be easier to ... -
Converting games from tap to dskHi to all from Greece, Being an old Speccy user and now owner of most models of Spectrum (48k , 48k+ , 128K, +2 grey and +3) , I desided to salvage m…
... salvage my old tapes and save the files to dsk format ... can't seem to get basic to load the extra code ... 23388,16 : out 32765,16: pause 1: randomize usr 24576
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Vector font in BASiCHi guys) Some fifteen years ago I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate a vector font with size/ thickness/ italicization params. I remem…
... saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate ... a'la vector font in BASiC.
I ... 550 PRINT ""
560 PAUSE 150: CLS
570 ... PRINT "THEN, WRITE YOUR BASIC LINES TO"
1450 ... 'RUN 5000' "
1760 PAUSE 250: CLS
8000 INK ... -
ISO ROM 128 with TR-DOS 5.05(cz)This is new correct version of ISO ROM for ZX + BETADISK. Some extra basic command is designed specially for use in conmination with TR-DOS 5.05(cz).…
... !LOAD "filename" (load basic file "filename")
!GOTO ... registers ...)
= (show basic info - ramtop, used memory ... 0)
PAUSE (without parameter use PAUSE 0)
... - return to basic (if basic variables is bad ... -
How do you make a CV shine without actually lying?My CV has more holes in it than a Swiss cheese, and it looks pretty rubbish quite frankly. I am pretty good at my voluntary job at the Citizens Advic…
... a City and Guilds in Basic Numeracy for adults.
Basic Numeracy on a CV? Or ... brighten it up a bit, without actually lying? -
A tidy loader for minigamesThe minigame competition doesn't permit the use of separate loaders like [code]10 LOAD "": RAND USR 32768[/code] The loader must be included in the b…
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In an attempt to save as many bytes as possible ... jump. Doing so involves executing BASIC tokens as if they were ... 4 (the command in the BASIC program -- [b]PRINT[/b], or ... -
Extended Basic InstructionsThis is the first time I send on this forum. First of all I send you a friendly "Hello" from Belgium, and I hope that you'll excuse my bad english..…
... , but without any manual and I forgot some extended basic instructions as ... -
compressing basicI thought I'd ask here instead of the basic forum.. in the sense of giving me 1 command line, and NOT the whole listing joined up etc. and it uncom…
... ask here instead of the basic forum..
... can get it to compress basic.. and give you a ... it runs.. obv. the basic is uncompressed and you ... is to stack some basic programs together and re- ... that uses bog standard basic, without any new commands added ... -
Adventure games written in basic (commercial)This thread partly got me thinking > [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31141[/url] But I'd like to know about adventure ga…
... games (either with or without graphics) written in Basic :) , I'm trying ... and main game should be Basic.
I can quickly ... -
bast, the Basic tapemaker for LinuxAnnouncing a new utility, [b]bast[/b], the BASIC Tapemaker. Now available: version 0.2.3 (alpha) for Linux. At: [url]http://github.com/ec429/bast/do…
... utility, [b]bast[/b], the BASIC Tapemaker.
Now available: version ... plain text files containing Sinclair BASIC source code, and produces a ... be given a source file without numbers (only labels) and ... not only line-numbers of BASIC statements but also their ... -
Basic EditorWould this make sense or serve any purpose for anyone here? On the iPhone/iPad a Basic editor where you can write your basic code while on the go an…
... On the iPhone/iPad a Basic editor where you can ... your basic code while on the go and save it ... trying to write a basic compiler as the keyboard ... view. So a plain Basic interpreter that checks for ... syntax, tokenizes and runs BASIC programs. Also looking for ... -
Loading BASIC programs stored as "bytes:"Hi all, I have a question regarding loading BASIC programs, that I managed to save as machine code (I suppose) when I was a child, as a result of e…
... question regarding loading BASIC programs, that I managed to save as machine ... where ZX Spectrum 48k stores BASIC programs upon loading them. Does ... -
Worst gaming decisions ever?In a different thread, I mention what, to me, is probably the single greatest mistake in the history of computer/console games design ever. Here are …
... were almost unplayable for many without a joystick.
- ... when you press pause, the game doesn't pause for a second ... point).
- Making the save points in Turok 2 so ... should wait until the next save point...),
- Removing ... -
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…
... to memory and save it out to RAM disk without it being ... am worried about over writing BASIC memory so would the following ... RAMTOP+1,6192
110 SAVE !”SCREEN” CODE RAMTOP+1,6192 ... $[/B] or does the [B]SAVE[/B] with [B]CODE[/B ... -
Compiling Basic to MCHello, I have a lot of long Basic programs. These are mostly strategy programs, good but slow. I was thinking about how to speed them up without com…
... have a lot of long Basic programs. These are mostly strategy ... how to speed them up without completely write them in M ... -
SAVEing without waiting for keypresshello, here's question for y'all. is there a way in BASIC to bypass the "Start tape, then press any key" prompt when SAVEing an array? sorry if it'…
... /> is there a way in BASIC to bypass the "Start tape ... also produce sound using the SAVE function. -
SE Basic questionsI've got a 128k heatsink machine which I'm working on modding to include a proper keyboard and built in DivIDE+.. Was I right in reading that the S…
... the SE BASIC ROM can be plugged into it without any additional ... -
Which BASIC commands/functions affect FRAMES?Hi Folks, Does someone have a definitive list of BASIC commands/functions that affect the FRAMES counter? The list I have so far: BEEP CAT (thanks…
... have a definitive list of BASIC commands/functions that affect the ... )
PRINT #3 (Geoff)
SAVE - to RAM disk as well ... -
automatic relocating of non-relocatable codeI was pondering upon the problem of changing absolute addresses used by CALL, JP, etc. when code is moved, without reassembling at the new location; …
... etc. when code is moved, without reassembling at the new location ... code is held within the BASIC program area and moves as ... changes, so I needed to save the current value. I ... />
PUT_SP: ld (STACKP),sp ;save stack pointer
ld hl ... -
Keys redefine routine and key check.I have written some asm code which allows me to redefine keys (for a game etc.), and also allows me to be able to check any keypresses for the redefi…
... wants to use it from BASIC
ret
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print_message: push hl ; save the message address
ld ... /> msg_pause: defm CC_AT,12,8,"Pause ?",255
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checking bits in BASICThe question of manipulating bit patterns in BASIC was raised recently in this [thread=35728]Keys redefine routine and key check[/thread] thread. I s…
... of manipulating bit patterns in BASIC was raised recently in this ... for ease of handling from BASIC, with a little loop to ... so correct for other bases without some modification. The "+NOT n ... binary digit character strings in BASIC for bit manipulation, but the ... -
AND,XOR,OR,BIT,RES,SET,CPL,NEG,RLC,RRC,SLA,SRL,RL, RR,SRA for BASICAs this was drifting away from the original INKEY$ thread I thought that I'd create a new one. So here's a routine to provide all of the above mentio…
... the above mentioned operations from BASIC. Syntax is explained in the ... "S,a,b"
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New SpecBAS available - v0.710Been a while, but I've just uploaded the latest build of SpecBAS. This one now supports tilemaps (with rotation and scaling) and added OVER mode (XO…
... assigns when inside a package (SAVE "sys:myfile" for example).
PAUSE was unreliable at 1-frame ... DATA - which will save the bank's memory without the bank header ... -
Alkatraz protection systemI recently became interested in the Alkatraz protection system, a very widely used tape protection (a infoseek search returns more than one hundred r…
... is easy to find, the save routine or mastering code is ... to be:
Header and Basic loader using ROM-timings and ... -black border)
a long pause (a dozen seconds or so ... -
How to join 2 basic programs? having no luck with basinHow do you join two programs together to save writing it up again. Here's my problem... I'm trying to add pictures I have made to a basic text base…
... join two programs together to save writing it up again. Here ... I have made to a basic text based game i am ... -
TR-DOS Gameplay Videos MegathreadA thread made mainly for your amusement for one evening. Yeah, it contains lots of videos of the games that have mainly been left without attention o…
... yet it's possible to save your own maps.
... FPS game. Written entirely on BASIC. Graphics are awesome, rest ... Group][/I][/URL] - Moorhuhn, only without bonuses, yet cool ingame music ... =a1c_gqWheNI"]Older video[/URL], without noflic and Covox sound effects ... -
more on storing mazesPrompted by Wookiee's escapades, I've been pondering on how to use DATA statements directly for displaying background graphics, thus avoiding the dup…
... backgrounds can be different sizes without any wasted space padding.< ... once in situ (done in BASIC here, but in practice it ... could automatically save the current game state without having to save any variables ... games with many screens could save a lot of space, ...
