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General purpose full screen input routineHi Folks, One of the things that annoyed me back in the 1980s with most BASICs was the lack of a full screen "formatted" input function. You could …
The screen corruption is caused by a ROM bug being encountered because of line 1710 trying to print something to the left of 0,0. Try typing in:
PRINT AT 0,0;CHR$ 8;" "
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General purpose full screen input routineHi Folks, One of the things that annoyed me back in the 1980s with most BASICs was the lack of a full screen "formatted" input function. You could …
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PRINT AT 0,0;CHR$ 8;" "
as a direct command ... -
General purpose full screen input routineHi Folks, One of the things that annoyed me back in the 1980s with most BASICs was the lack of a full screen "formatted" input function. You could …
... doing: "PRINT AT 0,0;CHR$ 8;" and it's 22783 - in ... -
WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …
This isn't a reply to the previous post, it's a follow-up to post #4.
Before I go any further, I'll point out that the following routine won't work correctly in BASin, as BASin doesn't return the correct codes for Symbol(Ctrl)-shifted keys or ... -
Get a listing to .txtI am messing with an old Spectrum game which was written in Basic for the 48k Speccy (not compatible with 128s). I get an error in the begining of th…
... : "; INK 7; INVERSE (IN 223=8);" U "; INVERSE
(IN ... 223;" "
30 PRINT AT 8,1; INK 6;"FULLER: "; ... U "; INVER
SE (INKEY$="8");" D "; INVERSE (INKEY$="6");" L ... br /> NVERSE (INKEY$=CHR$ 10);" D "; INVERSE (INKEY$=CHR$ 8);" L "; INVERSE (INKEY ... -
WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …
... AT 20,(p-1)*7;" ";CHR$ 8;: LET pink=p AND p4 ... -
Converting UDG to 2x2I've got a udg that I want to display in different sizes. Obviously I just print it for normal size, I can use the udg in bin format to display it ea…
... *4
45 LET g$=CHR$ (128+q2*4+q1)+g ...
145 PRINT CHR$ (128+q2*4+q1);CHR$ 8;CHR$ 8;:
LET b1 ... -
Saving a file and removing the title (Program:)I remember when saving a program how I could construct a string such as: 10 let a$=chr$ 8+ chr$ 8+"name" 20 save a$ In order to remove the "Program…
... , the 7 characters following CHR$ 22 + CHR$ 1 + CHR$ 0 are not enough ... did it - it was CHR$ 22 + CHR$ 1 + CHR$ 0 + CHR$ 32 (space) + filename ... />
CHR$ 22 + CHR$ 1 + CHR$ 0 + CHR$ 18 + CHR$ 1 + CHR$ 219 + CHR$ 239 + CHR$ 8 + CHR$ 69 + CHR$ 82 -
Saving a file and removing the title (Program:)I remember when saving a program how I could construct a string such as: 10 let a$=chr$ 8+ chr$ 8+"name" 20 save a$ In order to remove the "Program…
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My favourite filename was the one used in Strangeloop:
CHR$ 22 + CHR$ 1 + CHR$ 0 + CHR$ 18 + CHR$ 1 + CHR$ 219 + CHR$ 239 + CHR$ 8 + CHR$ 69 + CHR$ 82[/QUOTE]
flash gordon? -
Confounded DEF FNCan anyone see why this is going wrong? I've been tinkering with it since tea time and got nowhere. [code] 2 DEF FN t$(n,t,d) =STR$ INT (n/t)…
... $ (t/d)+","+STR$ (d-4+(8 AND d=6))
+")" AND ... -
Getting aquainted with the IF1bisToday, fifteen days after dispatch, the IF1bis arrived at my door. In perfect order. No customs, no TVA and no handling fee involved. The arrival of …
... ";1;CHR$ 8 +CHR$ 250 +CHR$ 167 +CHR$ 201 +CHR$ 167 +CHR$ 203 +CHR$ 252 +CHR$ 187 +CHR$ 216 +CHR$ 13 ... ";1;CHR$ 244 +CHR$ 230 +CHR$ 208 +CHR$ 228 +CHR$ 12 +CHR$ 40 +CHR$ 89 +CHR$ 92 +CHR$ 78 +CHR ... -
The 20th comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition thread!Hi all, [SIZE="7"][B][CENTER]ANNOUNCEMENT![/CENTER][/B][/SIZE] The comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2015 is now well and truly OPEN! [url]…
... AND VAL GO TO BRIGHT "+CHR$ 8+"ON FOR INK"
CHR$ 177+CHR$ 198+CHR$ 176+CHR$ 236+CHR$ 220+CHR$ 8+CHR$ 79+CHR$ 78+CHR$ 235+CHR$ 217 ... -
The 20th comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition thread!Hi all, [SIZE="7"][B][CENTER]ANNOUNCEMENT![/CENTER][/B][/SIZE] The comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2015 is now well and truly OPEN! [url]…
... using the Alkatraz loader's CHR$ 22 cursor trick.
BRIGHT /(CHR$ 8 )/O/N/ BORDER /(CHR$ 22)/(CHR$ 1)/(CHR$ 18 )/M/U ... />
10 bytes, whereas BRIGHT /(CHR$ 8 )/O/N/ /M/U/R ... -
The 20th comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition thread!Hi all, [SIZE="7"][B][CENTER]ANNOUNCEMENT![/CENTER][/B][/SIZE] The comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2015 is now well and truly OPEN! [url]…
Hi, did anyone tried CHR$ 8 in program name ? Tools I use have quite lot of issues with it. I don't know why :( -
The 20th comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition thread!Hi all, [SIZE="7"][B][CENTER]ANNOUNCEMENT![/CENTER][/B][/SIZE] The comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2015 is now well and truly OPEN! [url]…
CHR$ works fine - Extended mode (caps+symbol shift then U)
"stem"+CHR$ 8+"p" will print step -
The 20th comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition thread!Hi all, [SIZE="7"][B][CENTER]ANNOUNCEMENT![/CENTER][/B][/SIZE] The comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2015 is now well and truly OPEN! [url]…
... (F/I/ RESTORE /CHR$ 8/CHR$ 8/M/CHR$ 22/1/10/CHR$ 8) but I didn ... good with (F/I/RESTORE/CHR$ 8/M/ /P/AND/A) but ... -
The 20th comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition thread!Hi all, [SIZE="7"][B][CENTER]ANNOUNCEMENT![/CENTER][/B][/SIZE] The comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2015 is now well and truly OPEN! [url]…
... (F/I/ RESTORE /CHR$ 8/CHR$ 8/M/CHR$ 22/1/10/CHR$ 8) but I didn ... good with (F/I/RESTORE/CHR$ 8/M/ /P/AND/A) but ... ".That wouldn't work, because CHR$ 8 doesn't delete everything in ... FIRESTORM CAT (F/ RESTORE /CHR$ 8/CHR$ 8/M/ CAT /CHR$ 22/1/11/I ... -
The 20th comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition thread!Hi all, [SIZE="7"][B][CENTER]ANNOUNCEMENT![/CENTER][/B][/SIZE] The comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2015 is now well and truly OPEN! [url]…
Perhaps I'll try (G/U/N/POINT/AND/CHR$ 8/R/O/I/D) instead, or if it save that for the card game (AND/CHR$ 8/R/O/I/D/ /POKE/CHR$ 8/R). -
Bored of the Rings coded messageI was browsing [url="https://tcrf.net/"]The Cutting Room Floor[/url] recently and stumbled upon the entry for [url="https://tcrf.net/Bored_of_the_Rin…
Thanks for pointing out the letter which I'd missed out in line 3.
I thought that the encoding might be using variable multiples of 16 as offsets, as this gave "BEST!" for the last word, which seemed a likely word to appear in a hidden ... -
BASIC to Python - bringing a modern view on an 80's obsession...Howdy! I don't know how relevant this will be here, but I've just finished up a 3-part overview on my blog where I convert an old 1K ZX81 basic pr…
... abstract concepts such as \b = CHR$ 8; it's been a lot ... -
ive found an attr scrolling routine but i want to remove the smaller scroller within it, etc.https://pastebin.com/K4nG3xbX also i would like to be able to change the colours and not have a shadow. http://www.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sin…
... ADD HL, HL ; HL = CHR$ * 8;
LD DE, (L_FB6F) ... /> DJNZ L_FB56 ; do 8 times
RET ; ... /> FB76: 00 ;counter (CHR$ pixel column)
FB77 ... -
ive found an attr scrolling routine but i want to remove the smaller scroller within it, etc.https://pastebin.com/K4nG3xbX also i would like to be able to change the colours and not have a shadow. http://www.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sin…
... /> ADD HL, HL ; HL = CHR$ * 8;
LD DE, (L_FB6F) ; ... br /> LD A, (L_FB76) ; CHR$ pixel column
LD C ...
LD A, C ; CHR$ pixel column
OR A ... -
How does OVER work?I've found a short program that shows an example of the OVER command and it has me puzzled. The listing sets OVER to 1 then plots a point and draws a…
... 32
30 PRINT "o"; CHR$ 8;"""";
40 NEXT n
(notice the control character CHR$ 8 which backs up one space ... -
alien 8Does anyone know where I can get a copy of Alien 8?
Does anyone know where I can get a copy of Alien 8? -
Forever 2002 - crossplattform 8 bit party - the 3rd editionThe new year - a year of anniversaries for all 3 major 8 bit plattforms has started. ZX spectrum & C64 are 20 years old & Atari is celebrating 30 ani…
... anniversaries for all 3 major 8 bit
plattforms has started ... /> 3rd edition of the Forever 8-bit party held on 15 ... -
Question on 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit...Hello, Sorry, this is probably a really dumb question(and something I should know by now :)). I tried doing some searches about this but came up only…
... /> What is exactly meant by 8-bit(as in computers or ... system...in this case being 8 bits wide?
Systems ...
