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  • Reading from the 128 Serial PortDon't shout at me if this is a silly question. I have Googled extensively, and searched the forums, but I can't find anything discussing what seems t…

    ... do you read incoming data from the Serial port on the ... do it from basic easily :(

    if you use machine code it is ...
    guesser guesser June 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Reading from the 128 Serial PortDon't shout at me if this is a silly question. I have Googled extensively, and searched the forums, but I can't find anything discussing what seems t…

    ... Farrow's serial port machine code routines! It seems he ... use SAVE under +3 BASIC, but it doesn't ... under BASIC? Let's say I have a machine code routine ... if I have a machine code routine that accesses the ... him questions about sending data from the PC to the ...
    zxbruno zxbruno June 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Interface One - New FunctionalityAs you may (or may not) be aware the Interface One is a pretty powerful piece of kit. One of it's greatest features is being able to easily extended …

    ... system, or perhaps ping another machine, or whatever) is doing it ... do it from machine code without having to force parse a BASIC command. I ... .xxx.xxx.xxx as a BASIC command as long as PRINT ...
    chev chev July 2009 Development
  • Reading from the 128 Serial PortDon't shout at me if this is a silly question. I have Googled extensively, and searched the forums, but I can't find anything discussing what seems t…

    ... from the system variables. The comments in my patched Spectrum ROM code ... note on the Internet somewhere from Andrew Owen (I think) ... command under BASIC? Let's say I have a machine code routine ... you have a suitable machine code routine sending data via the ...
    zxbruno zxbruno July 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Noob to Z80 needing +3 helpI'm quite new to z80 programming, but i'm attempting to write some kind of windowing system that will run alongside BASIC on my +3 with Kempston mous…

    ... worth noting that certain +3 BASIC commands use the first ~96 ... problem if you stick to machine code, though.

    All this ... to write a "full 48k" basic program?[/QUOTE]

    The ... the stack from page 5. Does this not corrupt the basic program ...
    glancaster glancaster July 2009 Development
  • can someone help with a rom routinei have been trying to draw a simple line with a the rom routine , but i just cant get it to work , so if anyone can give me an example in z80 that wo…

    The info below was taken from The Spectrum Operating System by ... (24B7h) and takes its parameters from the calculator stack in the ... Y.
    The machine code equivalent to the BASIC line DRAW 0,175 ... /> Note that these will draw from the current COORDS, and no ...
    Steve(spt) Steve(spt) August 2009 Development
  • DivIDE QuestionHi all, I've been trying to work out how the DivIDE works and after reading and re-reading the DivIDE programming model document by Zilog I think it…

    ... it should handle an error from BASIC, or whether this is ...
    The typical pattern for calling ROM routines when the Spectranet ... in is:

    [code]
    rst CALLBAS (actually, RST ... string using the BASIC ROM:

    [code]
    ld ...
    Winston Winston August 2009 Development
  • Preliminary MontyHey All... A new 2009 production (port from Atari) of a game called "Preliminary Monty" is out. It is a VERY nice platform game - with a bit "crude…

    ... possible fix also on ZX basic with POKE commands.
    Test ... joy in ZX basic:
    IF IN 31 > ... used better joystick testing in machine code.
    [url]http://velesoft.speccy ... is disconnect

    Call from basic: IF USR xxxx THEN POKE ...
    velesoft velesoft September 2009 Games
  • The Goldfinch updates thread([url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25034]original announcement thread here[/url] - I figured it was worth starting a new to…

    ... you're LOAD ""CODE-ing is a machine code block which depends on ... load and save PC files from a machine code (or C) application, I ... 'll gladly give you some code to ... load and save PC files from Basic, fair enough, but I'm ...
    gasman gasman September 2009 Development
  • The Goldfinch updates thread([url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25034]original announcement thread here[/url] - I figured it was worth starting a new to…

    ... you're LOAD ""CODE-ing is a machine code block which depends on ... action of concealing the extension from the user, see sometrojan.jpg ... same thing - load arbitrary bytes from an arbitrary file to an ... , so it was the first BASIC extension for filesystems that I ...
    Winston Winston September 2009 Development
  • Arcade Game Designer 2.0 releasedI know dozens of you downloaded the previous version of AGD. Well, you can put it away now because I've made some major improvements to that version…

    ... be simply poked from basic or the equivalent m/code to give different ... events which are compiled into machine code every time you make a ...
    jonathan jonathan September 2009 Development
  • MIDI-out disassembly?Does anyone have the disassembly of the MIDI-out routine or understands how text strings in PLAY commands are converted to a MIDI stream? I'm assumin…

    ... I'm purely a Sinclair BASIC programmer, nothing more. I'm ... to low level programming like machine code or assembly)... Never the less ... you wrote it in Sinclair Basic, that would be quite something ... programs, and culling the output from them. In this way, ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil September 2009 Development
  • z80 program to BASIN?I have a BASIC program with UDG:s loaded in a z80 snapshot file. I would like to edit the program with Basin, but I wonder what must be done before…

    ... purpose is to subtract 65 from the character and multiply by ... know I can start a machine code program with RANDOMIZE USR memory ... 15616 on a stock 48k machine, and USR "A" is 65368 ... remember some troubles with large basic programs.

    [QUOTE=Dunny ...
    Rickard Rickard September 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • z80 program to BASIN?I have a BASIC program with UDG:s loaded in a z80 snapshot file. I would like to edit the program with Basin, but I wonder what must be done before…

    ... know I can start a machine code program with RANDOMIZE USR ... result. Your machine code program can talk to the BASIC program using it ... graphics. The ROM manages the machine stack, which "grows" in ... this point" and protects everything from thereon.

    ...
    Dunny Dunny September 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • 2 questions about matrix and string handlingI was never good at understanding how to do something random in Sinclair Basic without repeating something that was already done. Had problems unders…

    ... number per iteration:

    [code]
    10 REM a$=word ... $
    80 NEXT n
    [/code]

    To find words ... your program very slow. Sinclair basic will allow you to make ... , you can construct suich a machine automatically from a list of words ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • resident evil zxi thought i might write a text adventure based on the first resident evil game. i'd be happy to map the thing out and write all the code/ text and t…

    ... of notes via the BASIC beeper (perhaps from a cluster of ... your hands dirty via a machine code call or two?...
    ... you best?...
    - A BASIC program, with DATA statements,
    from others, perhaps you could distribute ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil October 2009 New game ideas
  • resident evil zxi thought i might write a text adventure based on the first resident evil game. i'd be happy to map the thing out and write all the code/ text and t…

    ... of notes via the BASIC beeper (perhaps from a cluster of ... your hands dirty via a machine code call or two?...
    ... you best?...
    - A BASIC program, with DATA statements,
    from others, perhaps you could distribute ...
    mile mile October 2009 New game ideas
  • Amiga or Atari STWhich system did you like the most ??? My person fave was the Amiga as i had loads of fun on it with games like Star Dust, Supr Frog, Speedball 2 an…

    ... VERY TALENTED) machine code "coders" had tred a half competent BASIC coder could ... the fact there was a machine from 25 years ago where you ... coders pulled off on a machine that was just another ... machine code back then compared to the few that stayed with BASIC ...
    CKay CKay October 2009 Chit chat
  • looking for best oldstyle type-in zx-basic games, udg basedhi all! I'm looking for the best oldstyle type-in zx-basic games, those udg based - like those from zx-spectrum mags, made at mid 80's I'm looking fo…

    ... by David Box. Mixture of basic and machine code... Still play it now ... Johnny five from Short Ciruit movie on the cover). Massive machine code hex ... , but a fantastic game in machine code based on original space invaders...
    Hercules Hercules October 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • DSK to TZX?Is it possible to convert a DSK disk image file to a TZX tape file? If so, then how? And is there a utility out there that does something like that? …

    ... these disks are not readable from +3 DOS).

    ... know what order to arrange BASIC, BYTES (CODE), ARRAY and SPRITES back ... before CODE when loading a game). When loading these files from disk ... addresses of a piece of machine code that is stored on a ...
    Hercules Hercules October 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Tape-Disk Copy +3I seek convertor tape to disk +3. I have DTCONV by Pentacle, but this program has bugs.

    ... /> That will save out the machine code to +3 disk.

    machine code back, and run the game ... to LOAD "CODE" CODE

    Finally save the basic loader with:-
    from +3 Tape loader option, then save then save the basic ...
    Hercules Hercules November 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Tutorial - learn machine code in 30mins[B][I]Message from the moderators[/I] - bigjon has requested that readers' attention be drawn to a better version of this tutorial, one which is easi…

    ... making..

    * know basic , wanna progress further and gain ... />
    * learned on another machine and want to see how ... s where I'm coming from and found it frustrating ... games. (I used 'Introducing Spectrum Machine Code' by Ian Sinclair which is ...
    bigjon bigjon November 2009 Development
  • Some Fuller Questions...Does anyone have any idea of answers to the following questions: 1 ) Which Imagine games supported the Fuller joystick standard? (Or is there a simp…

    ... Fuller Orator? Was it programmable from BASIC in a similar way to ... />
    It was programmable from Basic (and machine code) by sending OUT instructions (one ...
    gasman gasman November 2009 Hardware
  • More colours II (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.

    ... that needed extra screen memory from BASIC unless the ROM was ... relocate the BASIC program. You would need a machine code routine to ... relocate any BASIC you'd already ... willing to load an extension from tape all the time - ...
    joefish joefish November 2009 Emulators
  • Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…

    ... /> Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level ... it was machine code (apart from those early and obvious written in BASIC games ... /> No one can write code in machine code. At most, some people had ...
    Metalbrain Metalbrain November 2009 Games
  • Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…

    ... between assembly language mnemonics and machine code bytes so assembly language ... go from machine code to assembly you only gain readability but going from machine code ( ... or assembly) to basic, the real machine underneath isn ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2009 Games
  • Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…

    ... /> Price: ?5.50
    Language: Machine Code
    Developer:

    So ... folks back then just say machine code but really mean assembler!
    from BASIC or machine code. (I guess just checked ...
    Rickard Rickard November 2009 Games
  • Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…

    ... that would 'compile' your BASIC program into 'machine code'.

    Some worked ... Basic to machine code - but it was never as efficient as writing the code from ... scratch.

    Writing well constructed and efficient BASIC results ...
    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers November 2009 Games
  • Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…

    ... between assembly language mnemonics and machine code bytes so assembly language ... go from machine code to assembly you only gain readability but going from machine code ( ... or assembly) to basic, the real machine underneath isn ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman November 2009 Games
  • Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…

    ... so instead of having a machine with an assembler , it ... do the coding on a machine beside it..

    code on c64 with a ... the machine etc? hehe.. because the c64 basic isn' ... I liked you could code from the basic prompt, with no messing ...
    fog fog November 2009 Games
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