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  • Can you write in the border?Is it at all technically possible in any way to get stuff into the border, apart from changing the border colour? I believe the C64 used the border a…

    ... be able to change the border colour every 8 pixels (I ... can't write in the border using a normal-sized font ... very large letters in the border. This effect was used in the ... the entire screen including the border.
    monty.mole monty.mole November 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • Disappearing/appearing effectI remember doing a small routine in BASIC which could be used to cover the attributes section randomly, until all 704 characters were filled with the…

    ... have even thrown in a "border/sound effect" version also!


    [B]Sample with border/sound effect[/B]
    [url]http://www ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz March 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Disappearing/appearing effectI remember doing a small routine in BASIC which could be used to cover the attributes section randomly, until all 704 characters were filled with the…

    ... have even thrown in a "border/sound effect" version also!

    Arda Arda March 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Disappearing/appearing effectI remember doing a small routine in BASIC which could be used to cover the attributes section randomly, until all 704 characters were filled with the…

    ... />
    [B]Sample with border/sound effect[/B]
    [url]http://www ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz March 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Routine for clearing screenI was looking for a 'nice' way of clearing a screen of graphics in Z80. After a ridiculous amount of time mucking around, this is the best and most …

    ... (when uncommented) outputs noise to border/sound
    ;#define BORDEREFFECT
    OUT (254), A ; Border/Sound effect
    #endif

    BloodBaz BloodBaz March 2012 Development
  • Beta testing FuseHello everyone, We are preparing Fuse for a new release soon and would appreciate help in testing that all the new features and all the old features …

    ... i immidiately are in the border-stripe-effect mode insted that the ...
    Fred Fred December 2012 Announcements
  • Vega ARM SOC?I read that the core of the new Vega was an ARM SOC. I thought it would have been an FPGA. But it seems it's an ARM running an emulator. Anyone kn…

    ... part (the famous multicolour border+paper effect) fails miserabiliy on the ... . The white courtain effect only shows the border. The digitized voice ... slows down during the first effect (snow screen, then eyes ... paper area, but the border as well, featuring a ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix December 2015 Vega
  • Vega ARM SOC?I read that the core of the new Vega was an ARM SOC. I thought it would have been an FPGA. But it seems it's an ARM running an emulator. Anyone kn…

    ... second part (the famous multicolour border+paper effect) fails miserabiliy on the ... little about the "famous multicolor border+paper effect"? I'm new to ...
    cbmeeks cbmeeks December 2015 Vega
  • Vega ARM SOC?I read that the core of the new Vega was an ARM SOC. I thought it would have been an FPGA. But it seems it's an ARM running an emulator. Anyone kn…

    ... the "famous multicolor border+paper effect"? I'm new ... will get the effect that the border is composed by ... achieve a rainbow effect with the border (assemble with pasmo ... ld a,0 ;initial border color
    ld d, ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix December 2015 Vega
  • Best and worst loading coloursWas just thinking the other day about this, what are the worst / best loading colours that have been seen ? :) Apart from loaders with either mult…

    I always loved the border colours used with different loaders. ... HLSL shader to mimic the border loading effect. Here are a few ...
    cole cole September 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How to claim back the border space in basic?Hey, I'm wondering if there is a way to reclaim the space the border usually occupies in BASIC? I am sure I have hit BREAK on some games and ended up…

    ... reclaim the space the border usually occupies in BASIC? I am sure ... +2 basic and noticing they had got rid of the border and ...
    KK128 KK128 June 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Help With AY Music Program in BASICHi, last year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker…

    ... I started writing a BASIC program for making and ... could help me fix the BASIC program, I'd be ... />
    [b][u][u]BASIC listing:[/u][/u][/b]
    405 PAPER 7: BORDER 0: INK 0: CLS
    effect, draw waveform graphic
    ...
    RetroPhase2014 RetroPhase2014 December 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • Just remembered - Spirograph Effect. - Please ExplainJust remembered that we used to mess about with the Draw command to get a spirograph effect in Sinclar Basic. Squares 10 plot 75,75 20 draw 80,48,…

    ... to get a spirograph effect in Sinclar Basic.


    Squares ...
    murtceps murtceps February 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Smax?I've got SMAX v0.0.1, has anybody got any information about it? It isn't on WOS any more as far as I can see. What language does it use (seems like…

    ... (seems like a form of BASIC)? Is it still in development ... "Here's a nice likkle border effect for you..."

    DO ... j%=0 TO 7
    BORDER j%
    NEXT j%
    mulder mulder May 2006 Development
  • Why does Spectrum display has a border?Ok, this is problbly simple and very basic question but I don'r remember seeing an answer anywhere. Don't you think, that at first glance it is irr…

    ... is problbly simple and very basic question but I don'r ... we leave an empty unused border if we could place some ... seems to me that eliminating border could have been achieved by ... whole screen, thus eliminating the border(it would look better imo ...
    Ralf Ralf November 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Border emulationHow is the border emulated to do all the fancy little tricks such as in Aquaplane? I've got some basic border emulation working but it only displays…

    How is the border emulated to do all the ... />
    I've got some basic border emulation working but it only ... like Aquaplane or Starion the border colour is being changed as ... the screen and border are being redrawn. How is ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler May 2007 Emulators
  • Can you write in the border?Is it at all technically possible in any way to get stuff into the border, apart from changing the border colour? I believe the C64 used the border a…

    ... stuff into the border, apart from changing the border colour?
    ... the screen can draw the border changing colour completely. With ... of course the rolling border effect in Anfractuos that springs ... Has a more closely controlled border usage already been done?< ...
    Vertigo Vertigo November 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • BASIC Keyword ReferenceRealised that the Sinclair Basic section would be a better place for discussion of BASIC keywords, so for reference the old thread is in [thread=2005…

    ... />
    [CODE]
    SINCLAIR BASIC Keyword Reference

    The ... NOT : KLC : SYM + S
    BORDER : K : B OPEN # : E : ... colours within strings in a BASIC listing.

    Break ...
    icabod icabod March 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Tape loading issues - can anyone help?Hi, I have just bought a +2 which has a problem. Whenever I try to load a tape the spectrum refuses to acknowledge what I am doing. I have tried in …

    ... Basic, but I can't even get the alternating red/cyan border ... . Instead the tape just runs with no effect.
    Basic works fine. I've given ...
    Outraged Donkey Outraged Donkey July 2008 Hardware
  • "Floating" AY registersWhile I was working on some AY sample-related stuff, it occurred to me that with the AY port not being completely decoded, it would be a handy CPU-ti…

    ... can be demonstrated with this Basic program:

    BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER ... varying the number of BORDER statements, you can ... br /> I doubt this effect has any practical use ...
    gasman gasman December 2008 Hardware
  • Keyboard Issues When Setting Border ColourWelcome to the next in my series of inane 'Z80 on the Spectrum' questions! ;) Here's a minimal snippet of code for polling the keyboard until any ke…

    ... is pressed, then returning (to BASIC):

    [CODE]
    ORG ... way is to change the border colour (to black in this ... key-press before returning to BASIC:

    [CODE]
    ORG ...
    RoseCotton RoseCotton December 2009 Development
  • border graphics / text tricks ?just curious if it was possible.. I mean in basic, when you scroll a program you have "scroll ?" in the lower border? is there trickery that you can…

    ... was possible.. I mean in basic, when you scroll a program ... have "scroll ?" in the lower border?

    is there trickery ... " seems to be in the border. but no one ever uses ...
    fog fog December 2009 Development
  • 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' ... : PAPER 0: INK 3: BORDER 0: LET a$="VARIATIONS": LET ... 1440 PRINT "THEN, WRITE YOUR BASIC LINES TO"
    1450 PRINT ... 8000 INK 7: PAPER 0: BORDER 0: CLS
    8010 ...
    NRA NRA February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Sound Basic 1.7Hi, I'm new here, anyone heard of Sound Basic 1.7 for Spectrum 48 ? The program can be found from WoS, it contains a manual/instructions/demos in t…

    ... here, anyone heard of Sound Basic 1.7 for Spectrum 48 ... parameters explanation for *ENV and *EFFECT, otherwise I've been able ...
    jp48 jp48 February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • An update on ZX BASIC support for the SpectranetOne for zxbruno, I hope :-) So just an example of what now can be done with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is of a program …

    ... with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is of ... .

    [code]
    10 BORDER 0: PAPER 0: INK 7 ... this on the Spectrum, using BASIC and streams:

    [code ... send data over ethernet from BASIC. You can PRINT # to that ...
    Winston Winston March 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • A type-in BASIC platformer that's worth a goWorking on some type-ins for TTFn, from Games Computing, I came across [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/patpostman.zip]The Adve…

    ... that's written entirely in BASIC. I've shown a few ... , although they appear to best effect when the animation can be ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny March 2011 Games
  • BORDER colours...Hi Folks, As a matter of interest, why can't the Spectrum make the BORDER colour BRIGHT? Is this just a BASIC limitation of is there are hardware r…

    Hi Folks,

    As a matter of interest, why can't the Spectrum make the BORDER colour BRIGHT? Is this just a BASIC limitation of is there are hardware restriction?

    Many thanks

    Paddy
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman June 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • saving part of a BASIC programHere's a short routine to save part of a BASIC program. The idea is that it can be merged into a program and then used to save sub-routines, etc. to …

    ... to save part of a BASIC program. The idea is that ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2011 Sinclair Basic
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