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  • SpecBAS 0.747 Now available!Hiya folks - it's update time again! SpecBAS has had a load of new fixes, as well as some new additions! Firstly, as you all wanted it, SpecBAS can…

    ... /> CONST optimisations to commonly used string operations - variable lookups will now ...
    Dunny Dunny July 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 64x48 full colour graphicsHow feasible is this? Could an interrupt-driven routine be used to, for example, fill the top two thirds with a 64x32 blocky picture and leave the bo…

    ... to fill the screen with CHR$ 0x85 then change attributes every ...
    na_th_an na_th_an July 2012 Development
  • Developing apps for ZX Spectrum with SDCCDue to troubles with makebin utility which always starts coversion at memory address 0x0000 and can only produce binaries < 32KB, it can't be used to…

    Due to troubles with makebin utility which always starts coversion at memory address 0x0000 and can only produce binaries < 32KB, it can't be used to create ZX Spectrum programs with SDCC. I present [B]makezxbin[/B] utility (see chapter 4. bellow) and ...
    tstih tstih July 2012 Development
  • Best books & Sugested reading..Hi i was trying to search the forum but couldnt find it. Looking at WOS there is a number of books on BASIC, programming, machine code ect.. I mess…

    ... />
    10 LET A$=CHR$ 16+CHR$ 2+"INPUT SOMTHING:"
    20 ...
    WibbleBibble WibbleBibble August 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • 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 …

    Hi 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 making good progress.

    Reading the book ZX Spectrum Games Master. Its a great start ...
    WibbleBibble WibbleBibble August 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • 40 Column Printing RoutineI've written a 40 column printing routine, which I'd like to share... It's my first piece of 'public' code so go easy on me! I don't think it is a…

    ... hl
    ret
    foundat ; chr$22 can be used for ...
    jr nextchr
    foundcr ; chr$13 can be used for ...
    uglifruit uglifruit August 2012 Development
  • appending data while saving to tapeBefore trying to do this I just wanted to check if there's a possibility that it might actually work. I have a number of string arrays which I want t…

    ... . I have a number of string arrays which I want to ... length of data + headers. The string data would be interspersed with ... the string array headers but that's ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2012 Development
  • How much memory on sprites, maps etc.I've been tinkering with shifting & pre-shifting sprites recently, but as I haven't had that much experience with Z80 assembly I sometimes find it ha…

    ... long is a piece of string' question, but I'd be ...
    Morkin Morkin September 2012 Development
  • Ideas for speeding up this BASIC routine?This loop can take up to 2 minutes to run, depending upon the content of the screen being scanned, about 70% of that time being taken up by lines 105…

    This loop can take up to 2 minutes to run, depending upon the content of the screen being scanned, about 70% of that time being taken up by lines 1055 (50 secs) & 1075 (35 secs). Any suggestions on how to speed up those two parts (other than rewriting ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • need a new method for m/c parameter assignmentI've been using a variable length function of the form: "FN a$(a$,a[,b...,z])=STR$ USR md" to search a data table and return a string result. By putt…

    ... and return a string result. By putting a string definition as the ... be persuaded to return any string expression. This works but the ... can be used wherever a string expression can be used.
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2012 Development
  • Covering my tracks using OVERI've got myself in a bit of a mess again I'm afraid, the routine I have written is for 4 characters to move across the screen 2 spaces at a time in I…

    ... 4,29 as the print string is entering/exiting the play ...
    daveysludge daveysludge October 2012 Development
  • multi-scroll m/c subroutine for BASICArising from recent posts, here's a scrolling routine that will manage multiple left/right scrollings for any (sensible) line width or step; (ie. whe…

    Arising from recent posts, here's a scrolling routine that will manage multiple left/right scrollings for any (sensible) line width or step; (ie. where width is
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny October 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • SpecBAS 0.755 Now available!At last, here's the bugfixes you've all been waiting for! The last round of fixes which allowed proper error propagation in the file i/o routines re…

    ... PLAY now accepts a note-string as the RATE parameter, ie ...
    Dunny Dunny October 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • A Miscellany of Dangerous TipsHere's a selection of ideas for using some of the more obscure system variables which I've found handy on occasion. They can be very convenient if us…

    ... as a hex dump DATA string, so that the decoding loop ... mazes (Feb)
    * Poking a string to memory... (Mar)
    * Keyboard ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny October 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • SpecBAS 0.759 Now available!Hi all - Another round of bugfixes and a couple (well, one) of new features! Go grab the latest from [url]http://www.specbas.co.uk/[/url] - linux a…

    ... PRINT to a stream or string var, but also the output ...
    Dunny Dunny November 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Questions about BasicHi everyone, I am Max, student of media studies in berlin, and I have to do a little project on the spectrum. I am working on a sinclair zx spectrum…

    ... value of a integer or string, I don't know what ...
    lomax030 lomax030 December 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Machines Whose Graphics Have Dated BadlyI have owned a string of machines over the years (see my signature for the list) usually having to sell one machine to be able to afford the, because…

    I have owned a string of machines over the years ( ...
    mrmessy mrmessy January 2013 Chit chat
  • Andromeda Inc.Since there was a thread in the games section about Tarantula, I made a search and found the game [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi…

    ... FN P$(Y)=CHR$ 0+CHR$ 17+CHR$ 1+CHR$ 16+ CHR 7+ ("000"+STR ... FN P$(Y)=CHR$ 19+CHR$ 0+CHR$ 17+CHR$ 1+CHR$ 16+ CHR 7+ ("000 ...
    Metalbrain Metalbrain January 2013 Infoseek database
  • BLOG- ZXSporgBasic RPG development thread- Inspired by the Spectrum 30 show, and after a six-month wait while I was busy playing loads of gigs, I have decided to do a spot of Spectrum coding…

    ... AT j,0;CHR$ 143;AT j,15;CHR$ 143;AT 0 ... ,j;CHR$ 143;AT 15 ... ,j;CHR$ 143: NEXT j ... =0: PRINT AT y,x;CHR$ (144+d)
    1230 LET ... AT ny,nx; INK 5;CHR$ (144+nd)
    2010 REM ...
    bigjon bigjon February 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • SpecBAS 0.766 Now available!HI Folks! Sorry for the lack of updates recently, but with a one-year-old son I'm not getting much time these days - that will improve later, I'm su…

    ... "filespec" ALL
    Python-style string multiplication - 2*"Hello" will create ... the string "HelloHello"

    Bugs fixed ...
    Dunny Dunny March 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Loading / Saving Data in VariablesHello there my fellow WoS'ers I was wondering if there was a way (in basic) where I could save variables like string / integer arrays? i.e. [cod…

    ... I could save variables like string / integer arrays?

    i ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 March 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Transferring ZX Spectrum software from tape to digital formatAs the title says, can anyone tell me the simplest way of doing this using a normal, modern desktop PC and maybe some string? Ta.

    As the title says, can anyone tell me the simplest way of doing this using a normal, modern desktop PC and maybe some string? Ta.
    Zagreb Zagreb April 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Most Excellent Song LyricsSome of the finest writing I've heard has to be from [I]Carter USM[/I]. For example, in [I]Suppose You Gave A Funeral And Nobody Came[/I] (a critiqu…

    ... ], real estate magnate with a string of criminal convicitons).
    [I ...
    joefish joefish April 2013 Chit chat
  • handy method for passing m/c parametersI knew that a single number or string parameter could be passed to a m/c routine with either: [b]LET a=b+USR address[/b] puts b on the calculator st…

    ... that a single number or string parameter could be passed to ... good for mixing number & string parameters, for which a DEF ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny May 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • SpecBAS 0.775 released!Hi all - me again :) SpecBAS has been updated again, and a whole load of new stuff has been added. Not many bugs fixed (none reported, and I only fo…

    ... /> BASE$(value,base) returns a string of the number converted to ... contains the value specified (or string). SEARCH(array() NEXT) will return ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • FZX: a new standard format and driver for proportional fonts[B]FZX[/B] is a very compact and efficient (although extremely flexible and powerful) standard format to create new fonts for the ZX-Spectrum. It sup…

    ... =32 TO 127: PRINT #4;CHR$ f;: NEXT f[/CODE]
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas June 2013 Brand new software
  • inline z80 with sdccI cant get it to work at all: #include <string.h> char test[10]; void main(void) { strcpy(test,"testing"); _asm ld a,32 _endasm; } this produc…

    I cant get it to work at all:


    #include
    char test[10];

    void main(void)
    {
    strcpy(test,"testing");

    _asm
    ld a,32
    _endasm;


    }

    this produces the error ...
    slenkar slenkar June 2013 Development
  • SpecBAS 0.776 released!Hi all - A small update today, though it has taken an enormous effort to get this working well (and efficiently!). I'm quite glad I did it though, …

    ... - access arrays using a key string. KEY array(index)="mykey", then ...
    Dunny Dunny June 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Strider II (and others) + 3 disk versionsHello everyone, I've been working on converting some games to be able to load them from the +3 floppy. I started with single load games but now Im i…

    ...
    add a,48 ;poke chr$ name
    ld (filename+6 ...
    BCH BCH July 2013 Games
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