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  • Converting an integer arbitrary large binary number into a printable decimal formThis was asked a long ago at the comp.sys.sinclair newsgroup. At that time, I came up with a solution by extrapolating the classic algorithm of suces…

    ... the binary representation of the number, plus one byte for ... digits of the resulting number.

    The number of BCD digits ... that gives us the integer number closer to the argument, ... /> NUMERO ds 255,255 ;In big endian format. This is 2^(2040 ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix November 2013 Development
  • ANNOUNCE: BASin r14 is up. New SCREEN$ paintbox included.Hi all, Well, I can't sit on this any longer - so I've released it. Let's all get a good testing session going, eh? You can get the new BASin [url=…

    ... here[/url].

    The big news is the SCREEN$ paintbox ... removed if you delete their line number - what should happen is ... caused programs with a particular line/statement number (9999:3) to ... A bug in the Binary Number handler for loading .bas files ...
    Dunny Dunny February 2008 Emulators
  • BIN2BAS (load BASIC text into emulator) utilityI've nearly finished testing this. It allows a BASIC program to be loaded from a text file in any emulator which has a "load binary" option. I was wo…

    ... be discarded
    ;a BASIC line may be split across multiple ... [/strike]
    ;a BASIC line with no line number will be appended to ... the previous line
    (or ... a BASIC program almost as big as the available memory can ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny April 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • TAPlist - the emulator versionI've got this working reasonably well; there's just a couple of small extra features which I want to add. (Recall that TAPlist writes a formatted lis…

    ... Additional "alignable" commands defined in line 9996. These are a selection ... the last completed BASIC line is written out to ... the start of the next line.
    [*]As there ... with a number which isn't a BASIC line number, as ... as it has a big series of nested FOR ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny March 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • Are line numbers considered the first statement in the line?I'm trying to understand how BASIC variables are stored in memory using the BASIC Programming manual and am puzzled by the results of the control var…

    ... byte is the statement number within the line according to the manual ... NEXT loop control variable this number is always 2. The only ... think of is that the line number is considerred the first statement ...
    LevelUp LevelUp July 2020 BASIC
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... for removed, bits 5:0 = number of occluding sprites present + 1 ... />
    struct sp1_cs *first; // +15 BIG ENDIAN ; first struct sp1_cs of this ... default)
    uchar nactive; // +19 number of struct sp1_cs cells on ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2006 Development
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... for removed, bits 5:0 = number of occluding sprites present + 1 ... br /> struct sp1_cs *slist; // +3 BIG ENDIAN ; list of sprites occupying this ... more sp1_PrintAts are added to number the 9 tic-tac- ... the ascii code into a number 0-8 and then ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…

    ... big-endian.

    It's endian _independent_ expression of a number (CPU's endian ...
    zilog zilog July 2006 Emulators
  • Pixel Explosion CodeJust a little snippet to cause explosive effects. It uses table lookups for the screen address, and can handle up to 32 pixel particles. A particle…

    ... /1 8.8 x position big endian (MSB = 0 for inactive)
    ; 2/3 8.8 dx big endian
    ; 4/5 8.8 ... y position big endian
    ; 6/7 8.8 dy big endian

    number of particles, no unused particle ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2006 Development
  • basizx newsHello. I've uploaded a new version of basizx. Now there is also an Amstrad CPC incarnation, able to LOAD and SAVE +3 basic files in disc. And the I…

    ... parts.[/quote]
    The line pointers are IN the ... integer form of the line number (I'm not sure ... after a precompile. The line number either takes LESS RAM than ... search for that line. (or if the line number is a ... doesn't offer as big of a speed increase ...
    JamesD JamesD February 2007 Development
  • 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…

    ... for removed, bits 5:0 = number of occluding sprites present + 1 ... )
    struct sp1_cs *slist; // +4 BIG ENDIAN ; list of sprites occupying this ...
    struct sp1_update *ulist; // +6 BIG ENDIAN ; next update struct in list ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2007 Development
  • Sinclair BASIC compiler for PC?Boriel's compiler is very powerful but it isn't meant for Sinclair BASIC, and the old compilers in the archive have their limitations: BASIC listing …

    ... or integer then "call" basic line number X which do desired operation ... /> anyway, boriel, you are doing big thing with your compiler.
    Fikee Fikee May 2009 Development
  • tricks to simplify codingWhen i started with programming in assembler i had very simple approach to do things. Just shifting bytes around, doing simple tests and so... Later …

    ... struct sp1_cs *prev_in_upd; // +22 BIG ENDIAN ; & sp1_cs.next_in_upd of previous ... be at least this number of pixels for last ... be at least this number of pixels for last ... /> uchar nactive; // +19 number of struct sp1_cs cells on ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous March 2010 Development
  • Load! Screen$ questionI've got a basic program listing in BASIN which among other things recalls a screen via Load! (I've Save!'ed a screen into memory before hand). How d…

    ... that it loads in one big chunk.

    (In fact ... SAVE "myprogram" LINE 10, where 10 is the line number you want to ...
    gasman gasman April 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Unlisted game - The Battle of MaidaI've just moved back the the UK and unearthed a game called "The Battle of Maida". I really loved this game back in the 80s and I believe a friend of…

    ... /> There seems to be a number of clicks through the sample ... /> this is a "development" copy? Line 870 (from byte offset 0x1542 ... the filename and the autostart line number.

    There are some ... before, making it twice as big. The sound wave seems ok ...
    lfaria lfaria September 2011 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Unlisted game - The Battle of MaidaI've just moved back the the UK and unearthed a game called "The Battle of Maida". I really loved this game back in the 80s and I believe a friend of…

    ... />
    The 1st Program REM line contains "S.C.JACKSON. 1985 ... /> this is a "development" copy? Line 870 (from byte offset 0x1542 ... the filename and the autostart line number.

    There are some ... before, making it twice as big. The sound wave seems ok ...
    takapa takapa September 2011 MIA/STP/SDP
  • What is the (hypothetically) largest 9999 lines BASIC program possible?If the Speccy had infinite amounts of memory, what is the largest 9999 line BASIC program that could be made? (in K and amount of instructions) (Yet…

    ... expand.

    Each line has a line-number (2 bytes) followed by ... commands? That depends on how big the commands are! It's ... using the entire 64KB per line, as an IF must end ... the line unless you get creative with ...
    Dunny Dunny February 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Beepola questionshope this is the right place :) Is there a way to make the playing of the exported file wait until a button is pressed. I would like to sync the mus…

    ... : "55 PAUSE 0" (or whatever line number you need to put it ... , but there are some quite big variations in there). Also, due ...
    ccowley ccowley August 2012 Development
  • need a new method for m/c parameter assignmentI've been using a variable length function of the form: "FN a$(a$,a[,b...,z])=STR$ USR md" to search a data table and return a string result. By putt…

    ... as quick, and not too big.

    On it's ... ), where 'ds' is the first line number of the DATA list; and ... version, which is already too big.
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2012 Development
  • BIN2BAS (load BASIC text into emulator) utilityI've nearly finished testing this. It allows a BASIC program to be loaded from a text file in any emulator which has a "load binary" option. I was wo…

    ... program, but not a big one with line breaks in odd places ... an error it saves the line number and running it again after ... continue loading from the next line.

    --

    ... Fixed the broken line handling as well.

    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny April 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • trying to read keyboardI have the speccy in interrupt mode 1 I used 'IM1' in assembly language then Im printing the contents of memoryu area 23560 to the screen: [quote] l…

    ... />
    [QUOTE]THE 'REPORT AND LINE NUMBER PRINTING' SUBROUTINE
    The entry ... -1 will lead to the number in the BC register pair ... />

    It prints the number in the bc register pair ... the caller must ensure is big enough. It takes 246 bytes ...
    u6c87 u6c87 August 2013 Development
  • Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…

    ... , but K+D is a big game and will take too ... in a REM statement in line 6147. 6147 assembles to a ... code. The 47 in the line number is a happy coincidence :-)
    stephenw32768 stephenw32768 September 2013 Development
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