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Printing UDGs in BASICAfter looking a little through Winer Milly's code, it struck me that I might be able to speed up my Cybernoid editor by replacing: FOR a=0 TO 31: PR…
... text editor. It is dumb (BASIC-wise), and itself is just ... ascii characters in the PRINT statements - the position of the CHARS ... -
How did people write large assembler programs on real Spectrums?I have been wondering how people did their development back on real Spectrums. If you should write a large program, there would first be an assembler…
... code was written into REM statements - to compile the code you ... " of my software was a BASIC program that loaded all of ... -
How did people write large assembler programs on real Spectrums?I have been wondering how people did their development back on real Spectrums. If you should write a large program, there would first be an assembler…
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Interface 1 with 3.5" floppyHas this been done or can it be done? Using an interface 1 and a powered 3.5" floppy disk drive (with a modified cable) instead of a microdrive?
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If I remember rightly, Beta-Dos has several new features ... when you have access to BASIC, so it's no problem ... own programs), the exit-to-BASIC function, and the POKE feature ... -
Interface 1 with 3.5" floppyHas this been done or can it be done? Using an interface 1 and a powered 3.5" floppy disk drive (with a modified cable) instead of a microdrive?
... system file loads, if a BASIC program called "something" (I ... it the +D, or Beta-DOS, which is much better ... can load or save from basic, with:
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Game OptimisationBelow is a section of code Im using for movement enermy display and collision detect. What happens is that you move the sight with ,.qa and space do…
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Define DEF FN in ... other thing it the rem statements. Sounds like I almost have ... assume if I compile the basic the compiler will remove the ... -
Game OptimisationBelow is a section of code Im using for movement enermy display and collision detect. What happens is that you move the sight with ,.qa and space do…
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Game OptimisationBelow is a section of code Im using for movement enermy display and collision detect. What happens is that you move the sight with ,.qa and space do…
... + " "' in a couple of PRINT statements which involves a string concatenation ... I've never used a basic compiler before. -
Game OptimisationBelow is a section of code Im using for movement enermy display and collision detect. What happens is that you move the sight with ,.qa and space do…
... " "' in a couple of PRINT statements which involves a string concatenation ... I've never used a basic compiler before.[/QUOTE]
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Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... as in PRINT AT in basic), print centered text on ... just before returning to basic. If you run the ... a sequence of if-statements (but implemented in a ... br />
In switch statements, should none of the cases ... be added to switch() statements that gets run if ... -
Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... longer a coding worry in BASIC.
(2) Also as ... keys per player, two IN statements should always succesfully decode the ... -
Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... in this version - to save BASIC space)
To ... , so am doing all BASIC dabbling in ZX SPIN at ... data naturally fits a ZX BASIC string array (i.e. ... of the "PRINT AT" statements, but the payoff is less ... row and a half of BASIC code overall.
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text routineI want to write an adventure in basic, and instead of a writing out a description for each location i want to use a kind of text compression routine …
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I was thinking about basic programming. Maybe you were right ... read/data or if/then statements to replace again etc.
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text routineI want to write an adventure in basic, and instead of a writing out a description for each location i want to use a kind of text compression routine …
... code and basic, but it works with basic variables. The basic part is ... the machine code into data statements (does BASIN do that?) if ... -
Using a multiface to exit to BasicBack in the days I was always fascinated with the idea of getting access to BASIC listings inside a program or game. I was able to work a way around …
... are some games with a BASIC listing inside the code, ... remembers any game that has BASIC listings (inside the game ... those listings have REM statements with messages that are waiting ... 201 RET ;Go back to BASIC[/code]Hope it helps,
Using a multiface to exit to BasicBack in the days I was always fascinated with the idea of getting access to BASIC listings inside a program or game. I was able to work a way around …
... I want to exit to BASIC using the Multiface, but the ... that is needed for the BASIC environment. Now, suppose I import ... allow me to exit to BASIC. I could import this binary ... 3 numbers of the data statements will hold the jp start ...How can I view code from a game?Hi All, I had a Spectrum years ago and it is what started my love for playing games. I have recently been playing some of the old games I used to pl…
... function (available in the latest beta-version) can be used to ... can be used to dump BASIC programs from SNA- to text ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... $ as a string (Nonsense in BASIC), so you need more logic ... the input statements. I'm still occasionally thinking in BBC Basic, where ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
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Of course this is only possible because ZX-BASIC ... allows evaluation of arbitrary string and numerical expressions in DATA statements ... and secondly because statements are evaluated left ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... utility to renumber programs in BASIC, it's called ZX-LINE ...Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... this means is that both statements will be run at the ... are stripped off as in basic when INT() is used (C ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... to eliminate all LET statements from a BASIC listing. However, if your ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... save space by eliminating DIM statements.
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7 ... pieces of hardware can shift BASIC programs around in RAM, then ...What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…
... bit much to expect Sinclair BASIC to support them. Similarly, you ... wouldn't expect BBC BASIC to include commands to operate ... ZX Printer.
BBC BASIC does require line numbers, at ... GO TO and GO SUB statements, which is a major bonus ...Anyone program on the speccy and still program?I messed around with Spectrum basic in the 80's mainly doing drawings that I created using basic commands. I then learnt Z80 Assembler for a collage …
... had some knowledge of BBC BASIC when I got my Speccy ... became reasonably adept at Speccy BASIC, but since I didn't ... in data statements, I wrote my own assembler in BASIC, used it ... like to do today. (Amiga BASIC, courtesy of Microsoft, sucked big ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... I originally misunderstood your original BASIC code fragment, the logic in ... notice the Sinclair BASIC behaviour of conditionally executing all statements on a ...How many different versions of the divIDE are there?So what gives with these interfaces? Some have thru ports, some have built in joystick interfaces - some are based upon one design, one is designed …
... got to try your ESXDOS beta then? ;-) FAT16 save does work ... you have to worry about basic stuff like water and electricity ...two identical games?would someone explain to me the story behind [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000327[/url] (Lunar Attack) and http://www.wo…
... is a lot of DATA statements!). The BASIC component is not very ...two identical games?would someone explain to me the story behind [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000327[/url] (Lunar Attack) and http://www.wo…
... is a lot of DATA statements!). The BASIC component is not very ...Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... 3" which demanded a seperate BASIC program to be written just ... as to why the DIM() statements are missing!
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