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  • BIN shorter than NOT PI?Some time ago I checked many loaders and want to ask why coders are using BIN and not NOT PI? NOT PI is only 2 Bytes, BIN would be better if it would…

    ... why coders are using BIN and not NOT PI?
    NOT PI is only 2 Bytes ... , BIN would be better if it ... Spectrum BASIC treats it as BIN 0) uses 5 Bytes ( ... . But memory saving is not possible with BIN.
    I tested it ...
    LCD LCD June 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... was discarded as the Bread Bin has no PRINT AT or ... ZX81 trick of using NOT PI, SGN PI, INT PI and a ton of ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone September 2020 Sinclair Basic
  • Basic listings memory occupationI remember readong someplace that due to basic's representation of number, in a program, in order to save space, it was better to represent integers …

    Do not use BIN as 0 (zero), use NOT PI! I testet it with a ... " program and found out that BIN takes exactly the same memory ... . Some "Crackers/Hackers" do still not know this, they are just ...
    LCD LCD August 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Basic listings memory occupationI remember readong someplace that due to basic's representation of number, in a program, in order to save space, it was better to represent integers …

    ... NOT PI, and saying he could have saved another byte by using BIN ... sense, I suppose the missing BIN argument is stored as well.)
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi August 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Let a=val "1"I see some basic programs which use Let a=val "1" instead of let a=1 syntax. what is the difference between val "1" and 1? is it an effect of some …

    ...just one thing, it's not NOT PI that one should use to represent '0', but rather BIN, as it saves an extra byte. :)
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi May 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • Let a=val "1"I see some basic programs which use Let a=val "1" instead of let a=1 syntax. what is the difference between val "1" and 1? is it an effect of some …

    ... of the crackers did not realised this... After BIN you got the ... storage format, for faster calculations. NOT PI is still the smallest representation ... a variable.
    LET o=NOT PI
    PRINT o
    Okay ...
    LCD LCD May 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • More random questionsWay back in the mists of time I remember reading a couple of articles in an ancient copy of Sinclair User, ZX Computing or the like (can't remember w…

    Wrong, BIN has same length like normal ... a number behind BIN. Check it out...
    NOT PI is the shortest ...
    LCD LCD July 2003 Games
  • BASIC OptimisationsOk, BASin is maturing fast and now I want to add some more special "stuff". A guy called Chris requested by email that I include a REM killer, to s…

    ... to constants such as INT PI, NOT PI, SGN PI which I'm sure ... /> When defining UDGs use of BIN to store the bitpattern is ... indeed is the use of BIN anywhere else) so obviously converting ...
    cyborg cyborg June 2004 Development
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    ... " or things like NOT PI for 0 or SGN PI for 1.
    not work as any program line ... Basic system and generally should not be POKEd. However, some of ...
    na_th_an na_th_an April 2005 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…

    ... br /> [/QUOTE]

    Not me. The original requirement ruled ... PC
    (*.txt, *.gif, *.scr, *.bin, *.mod, *.mid, *.jed, *.htm, ... ... addressing this issue, should not be in the form of ... LOAD "" SCREEN$ : PAUSE NOT PI : GOTO PI which must work with them...
    zilog zilog July 2006 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... PC
    (*.txt, *.gif, *.scr, *.bin, *.mod, *.mid, *.jed, *.htm, ... ... of such an OS) does not satisfy this goal.
    ... acknowledges this - any file not conforming to the ZXLFN spec ... 3 LOAD "" SCREEN$ : PAUSE NOT PI : GOTO PI[/quote]
    the BASIC program ...
    gasman gasman July 2006 Emulators
  • BIN shorter than NOT PI?Some time ago I checked many loaders and want to ask why coders are using BIN and not NOT PI? NOT PI is only 2 Bytes, BIN would be better if it would…

    It's funny that LCD would ask this. I was starting to use BIN instead of NOT PI on my unprotected .TAPs. Time to go back to NOT PI again. :)
    zxbruno zxbruno June 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • BIN shorter than NOT PI?Some time ago I checked many loaders and want to ask why coders are using BIN and not NOT PI? NOT PI is only 2 Bytes, BIN would be better if it would…

    ... /> [B][U]10 LET s=BIN[/U][/B]

    BIN is not interpreted as BIN 0, because BIN 0 uses ... BIN 0[/B] =[U]23812[/U]
    [B]10 LET s=NOT PI ... [/B] =[U]23806[/U]
    I have not checked ... it yet, but I think, BIN stores ...
    LCD LCD June 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • BIN shorter than NOT PI?Some time ago I checked many loaders and want to ask why coders are using BIN and not NOT PI? NOT PI is only 2 Bytes, BIN would be better if it would…

    [QUOTE=zxbruno;361515]It's funny that LCD would ask this. I was starting to use BIN instead of NOT PI on my unprotected .TAPs. Time to go back to NOT PI again. :)[/QUOTE]

    [strike]Et tu, ZXBrutus[/strike]
    You too, ZXBruno?
    LCD LCD June 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • BIN shorter than NOT PI?Some time ago I checked many loaders and want to ask why coders are using BIN and not NOT PI? NOT PI is only 2 Bytes, BIN would be better if it would…

    ... with expressions like [B]NOT PI, SGN PI, INT PI[/B] etc.
    allows ... of optimised Spectrum BASIC, [B]BIN[/B] is a horrible instruction ... :
    [B]POKE USR "a", BIN 10101010[/B]
    is exactly ... constant.

    That [B]BIN 10101010[/B] will have a ...
    ajmoss ajmoss June 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • question about generating tap files with z88dkIs there any way to modify the output of appmake without recompiling the appmake binary. The tap file it outputs does a [CODE]randomize usr var "3276…

    ... bytes. Using VAL you do not have these five bytes (but ... . Don't use BIN for zeros, only NOT PI, because BIN uses additional five ...
    LCD LCD December 2009 Development
  • Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …

    [QUOTE=emleymoor;556539]NOT PI for 0, SGN PI for 1, INT PI for 3 are also often used.[/QUOTE]

    Actually BIN for 0 is shorter :)

    And there's also COS PIN for -1.
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas August 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • DooM on Spectrum 128kHello my fellow WoS'ers My hope is that you can help me, recently I discovered a DooM clone -esque on the Humble spectrum, - here is a [URL="https:/…

    ... save each file as a BIN, then a couple of lines ... the original program. I'm not sure why it's so ... ",l1,"0"
    20 BORDER NOT PI: PAPER NOT PI: INK VAL "7" : CLEAR ... ":
    POKE VAL "r+13",NOT PI: POKE VAL "r+14",VAL ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny August 2012 Games
  • Varios +3(e)DOS questions?I'm converting tape games to disk, for being used in my +3e. I'm trying to convert them to standard BASIC loaders, so files could be copied using BAS…

    ... block from RAM to a BIN file. When I've got ... where I'm saving the BIN files. The assembler fragments at ... :
    LET j=NOT PI: LET k=SGN PI: LET l=k+k ... : LET m=INT PI: LET u=26000:
    LET ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny May 2013 Development
  • Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …

    BIN is not shorter than NOT PI. Have a look this same ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu April 2020 Sinclair Basic
  • More random questionsWay back in the mists of time I remember reading a couple of articles in an ancient copy of Sinclair User, ZX Computing or the like (can't remember w…

    ... line 0 so it could not be deleted. What was this ... such commands as SGN PI instead of 1, NOT PI for 0 and ... INT PI for 3. Can anyone ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone July 2003 Games
  • Important for Game/Demo DevelopersHello Spectrum-friends, I just finished our new Disc-Magazine SCENE+ with newest games, demos, graphics and sounds from the Spectrum Scene. However,…

    ... example PAPER 0) with NOT PI (so PAPER NOT PI)
    - exchange any ... one with SIGN PI, so INK ...
    3. Use filenames. Do not write something like LOAD "" CODE ... />
    Unfortunately we do not support at the moment other ...
    Speccyman Speccyman April 2008 Development
  • Speeding up select processing...Hi Folks, I have the following code in my program and it works fine but is rather "sluggish". I have even moved it to the beginning of the program …

    ... the program but it does not make much difference.

    340 OVER NOT PI:
    LET s$="":
    POKE ... ]- if the key pressed is not left/right/up/down and ... [/B]- if left/right has not been pressed then go to ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman June 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Generating a constant of 2?Hi Folks, Through "The Wizard of WOS" I learnt that you can generate constants as follows: [B]NOT PI=0 SGN PI=1 INT PI=3[/B] Is there a quick way …

    ... />
    [B]NOT PI=0
    SGN PI=1
    INT PI=3[/B ... ]COS[/B] etc. with [B]PI[/B] but none seem to ... from [B]INT PI-SGN PI[/B] which does not save me anything ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman February 2012 Sinclair Basic
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