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Spectaculator: Com port bug?I just bought Spectaculator yesterday but probably erred as the one feature it has that no other emulator has is the ability to use COM ports with an…
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+3 DOS questionHey all, Is it possible to catalogue a +3 disk to a variable somehow from BASIC? I'm looking at extending my Snapshot to Microdrive utility, so it s…
This small BASIC routine will put a +3 ... it can be retrieved. The string must be DIMed in advance ... -
Turn UDG to Attrribute blocksI'm trying to enlarge my UDG's to 8 x 8 character blocks per pixel, but struggling, is there any subroutine/program for enlarging UDG's x 8?
... And do you mean in BASIC?
There ... e.g. string 0="____", string 1="___X",... string 11="X_XX" ... and pick the relevant string. This represents the first ... and add on the string for that number. That ... pixels. Then print that string of 8 characters, ... -
Store and restore attribute valuesI am needing ideas on how to write a machine code routine that will store/restore (more important to restore) attribute values to the 22528 area. I …
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I did assembler & BASIC versions (summarised below) and, as ... program is running. The BASIC version doesn't need this ... LETs the attributes to a string variable.
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Screen2StringFurther to writing that BASIC one-liner to redirect CAT to a string I thought that I'd do a general redirection routine for anything which normally p…
... with a little bit of BASIC trickery (using the 'R' ... can't actually open from BASIC, but by pretending that ... be sent to a string variable when the redirection ... appends them to the string space pointed to by ... the s$ string definition pointed to by DEFADD ... -
How much space does a number take?Hi Folks, Could someone please remind me how much memory a number takes up in a BASIC listing. For example, if you had: [CODE]100 LET a=3000[/CODE…
... make this workable in ZX BASIC. As you probably know it ... stored as "characters" within a string. Values are expanded at run ... -
question re. STR$ bugCould someone point me to whereabouts in the ROM this goes wrong? [code]PRINT PAPER 5;1;STR$ 234[/code] (Only the "1" prints in cyan.) It's not the m…
... bug is fixed in SAM BASIC, so someone noticed it.[/QUOTE ... it in PRINT if a string slicing is used between the ... -
question re. STR$ bugCould someone point me to whereabouts in the ROM this goes wrong? [code]PRINT PAPER 5;1;STR$ 234[/code] (Only the "1" prints in cyan.) It's not the m…
This routine (48 bytes) provides a BASIC replacement for STR$ which fixes those two bugs; use "FN s$(numeric_expression)" instead of "STR$ numeric_expression". I copied the ROM's method used in CIRCLE & DRAW for checking -1 -
OpenSE BASIC 3.1.1The eagle-eyed will have noticed that [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0027510"]SE BASIC[/url] got an update last week. As a te…
... in numeric FN's and string FN's :)
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OpenSE BASIC 3.1.1The eagle-eyed will have noticed that [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0027510"]SE BASIC[/url] got an update last week. As a te…
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I first thought ... can suggest is testing the string at 002BH for "SE" and ... -
General purpose full screen input routineHi Folks, One of the things that annoyed me back in the 1980s with most BASICs was the lack of a full screen "formatted" input function. You could …
A 96-byte string v$ could hold a code ... slightly falls over in ZX BASIC due to the lack of ... (xcoord,ycoord,length,type,reqd,"string",gosub,va)
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Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …
... . Not for use it from BASIC, but from a machine code ... them):
Benchmark 1: string printing. Characters are printed in ... /> ; CALCULATE CPS AND RETURN TO BASIC
ld de,benchmark_data
ret ;From BASIC, just do: LET cps = USR ...SUPER INPUTA couple days ago I searched for an "INPUT string" routine that I could use in Assembly programs and supported multiple lines, but I found none. Thus…
... I searched for an "INPUT string" routine that I could use ... with a text string. I use it from BASIC to edit blocks ...SUPER INPUTA couple days ago I searched for an "INPUT string" routine that I could use in Assembly programs and supported multiple lines, but I found none. Thus…
... difference when typing a short string, but make all the difference ... pre-loaded with a text string.[/QUOTE]
I agree ... ;632454]I use it from BASIC to edit blocks of descriptive ...'Spectrum Play' ErrorI always wondered why the screen sometimes filled with 'SPECTRUM PLAY' if I loaded a 48k game in 128k mode (using my 128k+2B). Colditz Story in parti…
... a particular string in a closed loop. Being in BASIC the effect ...SUPER INPUTA couple days ago I searched for an "INPUT string" routine that I could use in Assembly programs and supported multiple lines, but I found none. Thus…
... passing parameters through a BASIC variable. Can you see ... size of the resulting string at the temporary workspace. ... br /> ldir ;copy initial string to INPUT workspace
... 6,(iy+$37) ;FLAGX: "string result"
set 5,(iy ...Football Manager - RevisitedHi everyone Do you remember 6 months ago I posted here about the enhancements I had done to the Spectrum classic game Football Manager? Well, I've …
... so I gave up. The BASIC is very messy as I ... with variables and variables with string codes etc.
The ...Name it please, space game w/platformer elementsStage 1, you have to land your ship on a moving 'platform' of sorts. Stage 2, you descend into the planet core, making way through the terrain elemen…
[QUOTE=Nonsense in BASIC;634396]Jason's Gem[/QUOTE]< ... the like for a search string probably having to do with ...ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…
... line number, or if a string was entered the ROM switched ... to a full screen string editor. In addition to this ... are editing a program the BASIC command line works as a ...Help needed... RND in machine codeI have been battling away trying to convert a simple BASIC routine (below) to machine code, but to no avail. The routine is used to fire 2 bullets a…
To replicate the BASIC routine with the "RND in ... will perform exactly as the BASIC, as it's using the ... /> defb $34,$B0 ;stk_data (short string)
defw $023F ;address of ...ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…
... have no big experience with BASIC parse/execute line routines. i ... check if parameter is really string. i found that there is ...dungeon crawlerHi. I'm toying with idea of making simple dungeon crawler in spectrum basic and i actually got first version working somehow. [IMG]http://watashi.ic.…
... to PRINT in BASIC is to construct the string first and then ...128K+ Keypad Swapsies.I've been offered a swap, a Spanish 128k keypad, for one of my UK microdrives. Is this a good swap?
... the original version of 128 BASIC which is somewhat faster than ... ) and includes the full screen string editor. As far as I ...128K+ Keypad Swapsies.I've been offered a swap, a Spanish 128k keypad, for one of my UK microdrives. Is this a good swap?
... the original version of 128 BASIC which is somewhat faster than ... ) and includes the full screen string editor. As far as I ... ]
If the 128 BASIC 1985 version was faster, why ...128K+ Keypad Swapsies.I've been offered a swap, a Spanish 128k keypad, for one of my UK microdrives. Is this a good swap?
... ]If the 128 BASIC 1985 version was faster, ... /> * running calculator in 128 BASIC
* switch editing modes ... /> * separate calculator outside of BASIC
* renumber now has ... tape tester (broken)
* no string editor
* tokenizer uses tokens ...How to change the colour of an input line?Hello my fellow WoS'ers I remember the way-back machine on the humble 48k where I could write a REM statement in basic, but I could also change the …
The +3e uses an extended BASIC syntax (presumably what the 'e' ... for); there are numerous +3e BASIC commands which would not be ... them with some conspicuous character string, which unfortunately takes up extra ...INKEY$ giving me troubleHello, I have been using BASin (great program by the way...) Sad though it seems during the typhoon here I have been re-learning my spec-skills an…
... , with a maximum of 26 string arrays and 26 number arrays ... can play back entirely from BASIC without requiring machine code:
White Spectrum+Hi Folks, There is a photo of a white Spectrum+ on Rick Dickinson's website - did this actually exist i.e. working machine? Paddy
... ROM was crippled. 128 BASIC was slower, the RENUM ... completely, along with the string editor and the ability to ... or reserved words in 128 BASIC. Also the keypad, ... selling point of 128 BASIC, was not included with ... bugs in the 48 BASIC ROM were fixed, even ...
