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Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
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DEF FN Define function
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This ... the definition of the function. Whenever the function is called with FN ... , the values passed to the function are substituted for the arguments ... -
Timex 80 column display driverI subsequently wrote an 80 column font driver for 512x192 mode.
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New project: Spectrum Magazines PreservationFollowing the various running preservation projects on WoS, I decided to extend the family to another one: the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/m…
... -to after 20+ years. This function also manages to eliminate the ... -
Old Source CodeWhilst searching through some old boxes today I came across some printouts of some old m/c programs I did back in the 80's. I obviously couldn't code…
... /> Any idea what the "Special Function" actually does? I've fallen ... a +3 disk. The "Special Function" appeared to not destroy the ... -
Mess around with basicIf you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used? thanks
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Giving bloodAny blood donors here? I'm trying to force myself to donate this coming Saturday (a friend of mine is going through something and is drumming up new …
Make sure you don't get someone whos doing it for the first time. A slight slip & your vein is sliced & the blood will hit the ceiling.
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Giving bloodAny blood donors here? I'm trying to force myself to donate this coming Saturday (a friend of mine is going through something and is drumming up new …
... ; the blood will hit the ceiling.
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Crap Joke CornerThere are two pigs in a bath. One says "Would you pass the soap?" The other replies "What do you think I am, a typewriter?"
Q. What's green & hangs from the ceiling?
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When did all this happen?I haven't logged on for a couple of days, so, erm I guess it was quite recent! (Doh, erm, yeah!) Going to take me a little bit of time to get used t…
... quick reply, I love this function.
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Has this been done before?Are there any emulators whose speed can be adjusted by the Spectrum program that the emulator itself is running? So that, say the Spectrum program ca…
... whole seperate program, just a function (an SGD style front end ... -
Pseudo random numbersHi everybody, I 'd like to convert a little program i wrote in VisualBasic6.0 to C or C++ to make it run faster and for training as i'm a very very n…
... numbers generated by whichever random function you use.
If you ... an aside, the ZX BASIC function "RANDOMIZE" is used to set ... -
How long must I keep doing this?[quote] On 2006-02-13 22:14, ZX Beccy wrote: Although you have raised what could be considered valid points, I think you should think long and hard b…
w00t - a chance to test the spanking new ignore function... -
Pseudo random numbersHi everybody, I 'd like to convert a little program i wrote in VisualBasic6.0 to C or C++ to make it run faster and for training as i'm a very very n…
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Greatest Song Titles Ever!My favourites are :- 1. A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld - The Orb. 2. Several Species Of Small Furr…
Swlabr - by Cream.
it stands for "She was like a bearded Rainbow"
"vi har en grevling i taket" which translates to "We have a badger in the ceiling" -
TAP/TZX/Z80 to D80?Hello. I've come across a problem in transferring programs from TAP or TZX or other files to D80 format. The SNAP button (used on Didaktik to save …
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Games that could do with running faster, without affecting the timer, the music or the controlsRegarding the topic on the emulation forum, what Spectrum games do you think would benefit from a speed boost? Nowadays, most of us play Spectrum gam…
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z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
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how to pass arguments from Basic to MC ?can someone explain me (or give some link) how to pass arguments from basic to machine code? i mean something like this: PRINT USR xxxxx, arg1, arg2:…
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how to pass arguments from Basic to MC ?can someone explain me (or give some link) how to pass arguments from basic to machine code? i mean something like this: PRINT USR xxxxx, arg1, arg2:…
... the "illusion" of calling a function with parameters.
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how to pass arguments from Basic to MC ?can someone explain me (or give some link) how to pass arguments from basic to machine code? i mean something like this: PRINT USR xxxxx, arg1, arg2:…
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z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
... coloured by calling an API function that colours in the characters ... pixel precision. The same API function can be called to change ... -
z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
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A hyperthetical Speccy FutureDo you think if the Speccy had've continued through the 90's or maybe up until present day, that maybe they would've made multi-button joysticks/pads…
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Wanted: Game Ideas!Ok then here goes nothing. I'm a reasonably good programmer, but I'm really no good at coming up with game ideas and graphics. So if any of you have…
... having difficulty getting the movesprabs function correct and to my liking ... a mess of things. The function is complicated. However won't ... different way (use void* for function pointers, stay away from multi ... -
Which Emulator do you use the most? and whyI currently use ZX32, it's free, which is great but it's not as fast as I'd like. Please everybody, tell me your fave emulator and why. I'm quite …
New - BASin r13a is available for downloadHi all, Here's the latest BASin. Mostly just bugfixes, but also now has the upgraded UDG editor which can now edit multiple UDGs on one editing gri…
... user written special machine code function.
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90 REM ...New - BASin r13a is available for downloadHi all, Here's the latest BASin. Mostly just bugfixes, but also now has the upgraded UDG editor which can now edit multiple UDGs on one editing gri…
... /> The grid with sprites will function exactly as for multiple UDGs ...
