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Empire "Mega" PatchI've been posting [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001619"]Empire[/URL] related bits and pieces [URL="http://www.worldofspectr…
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Procrustean PrintingHere's a short routine to manage printing of text with command tokens, to avoid messing up the screen when they are expanded. It just prints as many …
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Indirect Variable AssignmentHere's another wacky routine. This allows assignment of values to variables where the source & destination variables can themselves be defined in var…
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Well, I am really employed now. Like for real.Can't find the previous thread(s) about me looking for work. Some of you will remember I was bemoaning the fact that I could not find work, then I ke…
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DATA vs PRINT and OVERjust messing about and came across this alternative way of drawing a map....now before I start mucking about with my actual program.....is there any …
Help needed with a loop counterVariable W counts to 12 then calls a subroutine to move a character, it then resets to zero and starts again. For every 2 moves of that character I …
... to 12 then calls a subroutine to move a character, it ...Overflow Detection while Scanning a Number from a StringI've got some strange behaviour from a subroutine that reads a number from a string and converts it to a 32-bit long. It's C's strtol if it helps to…
... some strange behaviour from a subroutine that reads a number from ...Byte-order backbufferThis is a tool for Z80 coders who wish the Spectrum screen had a serial layout. It runs as an interrupt mode 2 service routine and uses POP and PUSH …
... interrupt handler
blit: ; subroutine to blit 16 from location ...Shaded Desktop...Hi Folks, As part of some BASin testing I thought I would create a little program that creates a shaded desktop. In this case it goes from solid bl…
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120 REM Define UDGs ...Turn UDG to Attrribute blocksI'm trying to enlarge my UDG's to 8 x 8 character blocks per pixel, but struggling, is there any subroutine/program for enlarging UDG's x 8?
I'm trying to enlarge my UDG's to 8 x 8 character blocks per pixel, but struggling, is there any subroutine/program for enlarging UDG's x 8?Dimming the screen...Hi Folks, I was hoping someone on here could help me with a wee machine code routine. I have written the following example in BASIC: [CODE]100 REM…
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120 BRIGHT 1: FOR ...Synth SpeechHi All, Can anyone recommend an easy way to get a *subroutine that I can call in asm that will give a decent sounding phrase? I've had a look at a …
... easy way to get a *subroutine that I can call in ...problems with rndGot past the whole INKEY$ issue and now am trying to pin down the combat section of the game. got a basic combat routine however, when i try and gen…
Got past the whole INKEY$ issue and now am trying to pin down the combat section of the game.
got a basic combat routine however, when i try and generate 3 separate random numbers it does not seem to want to generate a result?
I ...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…
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; call $0D6B ; cls
ld hl,messagestring ...multi-scroll m/c subroutine for BASICArising from recent posts, here's a scrolling routine that will manage multiple left/right scrollings for any (sensible) line width or step; (ie. whe…
Arising from recent posts, here's a scrolling routine that will manage multiple left/right scrollings for any (sensible) line width or step; (ie. where width issmooth movement in basicWas trying to figure this out myself but i would like to be pointed in right direction now :-). How do I make something move in Basic without gettin…
... i used GOTO loop and CLS with plot and draw (Hi ...A Miscellany of Dangerous TipsHere's a selection of ideas for using some of the more obscure system variables which I've found handy on occasion. They can be very convenient if us…
... which are local to that subroutine "stack", by resetting the hi ... allow backing out of multiple subroutine levels on an error without ...A 128 Routine to Put Tokens in StringsI was writing a DEF FN on the +128k and decided that I'd had enough of not being able to put function tokens in strings without a great palaver and s…
... LET u=CODE t$+47: CLS :
PRINT "Line:";l;" replace ...RCS (Reverse Computer Screen)[B]RCS[/B] ("Reverse Computer Screen", or simply SCR written backwards) is a small utility I'm about to release, that reorders bytes from the ZX-Spec…
... run it):
[CODE]10 CLS
20 FOR F=0 ... it):
[CODE]10 CLS
20 FOR T=0 ...Adding TAP file contents to a Spectrum +3e DOS PartitionHello my fellow WoS'ers, This thread is a companion to a great little guide from a fellow AmiBayer [B]mnjnurney[/B] you can view his thread by [URL…
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9998 STOP
9999 CLS : PRINT "SAVING LOADER" : SAVE "ELITE ... .LDR" LINE 10 : CLS :
PRINT "LOADER SAVED"
Specteculator + Plus D + SCREEN$Today I'm running in a little problem with spectaculator and +D. I was doing the following: I would like doing a dia show containing about 100 SCREEN…
... _P04 $.ARRAY
80 LPRINT ? CLS ???????D46 What?[/I]
It ...Shifting the UDG pointer from a MC loop...I have got myself in a bit of a mess again, I am trying to write a machine code subroutine that shifts the udg pointer (23675) up 64 places then shif…
... to write a machine code subroutine that shifts the udg pointer ...quick RAM copy using LET in BASICI'm in the process of reviewing, revising and refining all the programming tips & utility routines which I've posted on this forum over the last eigh…
... $(2049 TO 4096),"16384",2048): CLS : PAUSE 0:
GO SUB ...How slow can a CF-card goSurprising. My 48k Spectrum did not allow me to CAT all the 254 files that my private DOS (for CF-card) can store in each sub directory. Spectrum get…
... gave me a clue:
CLS: POKE 23692,255: FOR f ...
