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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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20 CLS
30 INPUT "Characters to ... 8 Characters only!": PAUSE 0: CLS : GO TO 30
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ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... the z80 effectively calls a subroutine at address 0x66. Code ... that effectively causes a subroutine call to a location in ... responds by effectively calling the subroutine at address 0x38. Code ... the address of the interrupt subroutine to call. Another look ... -
ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
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Background image with SP1 and Z88DKWhat is the prefered way to place an entire (or very large) image in the background when using SP1? Should I convert it to a long (32*24=768 ) list o…
... at address W* (like a subroutine call for printstrings; see also ... -
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…
... anywhere to call a specific subroutine in the BASIC loader which ... -
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…
... anywhere to call a specific subroutine in the BASIC loader which ... -
Loading Screen ProblemI am putting together files on a tape that my game needs. The problem that I have is that after loading the "loading screen", the image is spoilt by …
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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…
... , is a relatively small assembly subroutine. It still has a little ... -
CLEAR does not RESTORE the DATA pointer??According to the Spectrum manual, one of the things that a CLEAR command does RESTORE the DATA pointer. Either it doesn't actually do this, or some…
... . Clears the display file (like CLS does).
3. Resets the ... -
CLEAR does not RESTORE the DATA pointer??According to the Spectrum manual, one of the things that a CLEAR command does RESTORE the DATA pointer. Either it doesn't actually do this, or some…
... "Enter a secret number",a:CLS
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The explanation ... program for the use of "CLS" in line 20 goes:
We have used it [the CLS command] in this program to ... number disappears from view anyway. CLS is completely redundant.
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... 's equivalent to a small subroutine of 6502 code that still ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
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;THIS SUBROUTINE ARRANGES THE 8-BIT ELEMENTS ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
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;THIS SUBROUTINE ARRANGES THE 8-BIT ELEMENTS ...Font centering problemA while back today, I started coding a simple Othello/Reversi game in BASIC, with the precious aid of BASin (great tool, hope it eventually becomes b…
Graphics in Basic??What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic. Andrew.
... 0: INK 6: BRIGHT 1: CLS : CLEAR 59999
20 GO ...Font centering problemA while back today, I started coding a simple Othello/Reversi game in BASIC, with the precious aid of BASin (great tool, hope it eventually becomes b…
... TO 210
50 REM Subroutine put char
60 REM ...Spectrum Screen Memory MapWhat's the advantage (mistery?) behind ULA's spectrum screen memory interpretation? 6144 bytes divided into 3 blocks, 2048 bytes long. if you want t…
... one.
The following subroutine also comes in incredibly useful ...VB Emulator UpgradeHas anyone upgraded the VB 6.0 open source of either VBspec or VB81 to the free VB Express 2005 Edition? [url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/expr…
How to save TZXGreetings to all. I am starting to move on from just games into some testing of home made programs. Although I could have done that in ancient tapes…
... 0: BORDER 0: INK 0: CLS
3 POKE 23739,111 ...Ways to use double buffering in basicI was meddling with woody's print stream code where you can print characters at any pixel location on screen. I was playing with 12 sprites, very ann…
... = 0 TO 20
2110 CLS
2120 PRINT AT 0 ... 1 STEP -1
2210 CLS
2220 PRINT AT 0 ...Ways to use double buffering in basicI was meddling with woody's print stream code where you can print characters at any pixel location on screen. I was playing with 12 sprites, very ann…
[QUOTE=Arda]wow it works : )
I'll use that in my next crap game.[/QUOTE]
Try to do some better than this: ;-)
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10 rem ***********************
20 rem * dbuf2.bas *
30 rem *A crap and ...Scrolling Loader CounterPlease can someone help me with writing a scrolling counter for a loading system. I like the Hewson counter so i`ve taken the font from zynaps loade…
... char
so when is subroutine show_char called next time it ...Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... has been reorganized so the subroutine entry points are not located ...Wich key of a rubber Key Spectrum get used least??I'm wondering of all the Keys on a rubber key ZX Spectrum on average wich one do you reccon gets used the least?? I have played with the idea whilst…
Another candidate for this crown is V, everything other than CLS is infequebnty used right???
on key C the only frequcntly used command is Paper.
My moneys on 8, V, C or TWich key of a rubber Key Spectrum get used least??I'm wondering of all the Keys on a rubber key ZX Spectrum on average wich one do you reccon gets used the least?? I have played with the idea whilst…
... have). This mean to use CLS in BASIC programs that need ... print directory on the screen. CLS on original Spectrum can be ...Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... running interpreted code, the different subroutine locations are not a big ...Looking for 'Your Computer' gravity simulation type inHi, In one of the old Your Computer mags, in the type in progs section near the back, there was a Speccy program which simulated interaction between…
... REM Input Data
20 CLS : PRINT "MODEL UNIVERSE": PRINT
CLS
40 PRINT TAB 23 ...Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
... IF IN 64223 = 253 THEN CLS
40 IF IN 64223 ...
