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Calling all coding munkeez...Having spent the last 8 years as a Windows application developer I thought I'd try my hand at a bit of Z80 speccy coding - something I missed out on …
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Three coding books for saleHi all, I've got three coding books for sale :- Spectrum Machine Code Made Easy Volume One For Beginners - James Walsh (Reasonable condition) Adva…
Pixel setting / general speccy codingi just started doing some cross-coding with the [url="http://www.bigfatpanda.fsnet.co.uk/z80.html"]Z80 SNA assembler[/url] and an emulator, and this …
... just started doing some cross-coding with the [url="http://www ... . i'm not used to coding on a 8-bit platform ... good info on speccy coding (in particular graphics coding), with code examples ...Jeff Minter - But who was YOUR first coding hero?Im still massively a fan of anything Jeff does, despite the fact he usually picks likely to die platforms. I remember in 88 when I was first discove…
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He was my first coding hero, a legend to me ... /> So... who was your first coding hero?
:)ZX Spectrum CHR$ sets (fonts)I'm satisfied enough with my _ZX Spectrum CHR$ sets (fonts)_ web page and I published it at [url="http://mstancevic.tripod.com/SpectrumCHRs/ZX_Spectr…
... enough with my _ZX Spectrum CHR$ sets (fonts)_ web page ...Printing UDGs in BASICAfter looking a little through Winer Milly's code, it struck me that I might be able to speed up my Cybernoid editor by replacing: FOR a=0 TO 31: PR…
... a list of sequential CHR$32, CHR$33, CHR$34, ...etc
... UDG mode? I am coding the BASIC program in a ... memory location. I then PRINT CHR$ 32 + x etc ... around, I can replace PRINT CHR$ 32 with PRINT " " ... is faster:
PRINT CHR$32, CHR$33
or
unreadable CHR$ in Titan Quest, help, plstried demo and full version of titan quest, but both versions of the game have been making fun of me, I guess, there's just wrong ascii coding or wh…
... /> there's just wrong ascii coding or what,
can't ...Getting started with asm Speccy codingSomeone on another forum I read has asked for good Speccy coding resources. I thought it would be great to link him to a simple tutorial about how to…
... has asked for good Speccy coding resources. I thought it would ... . Not something for the complete coding newbie though, I'm looking ...Homebrew Coding Geekend : Manchester UK : 26th JulyThis should be fun: [url]http://www.consolecombat.co.uk[/url] [url]http://www.consolecombat.co.uk/geekend.html[/url] Games, beer and coding! And q…
This should be fun:
[url]http://www.consolecombat.co.uk[/url]
[url]http://www.consolecombat.co.uk/geekend.html[/url]
Games, beer and coding!
And quite possibly a lovely ruby too.
-CharlieSpecBAS 0.646 now available.Yay! Here's another round of bugfixes and additions to the Program. Not so much of the extract coding features, but more back-to-basics this time: […
... so much of the extract coding features, but more back-to ... faster than using the "Hello"+chr$ 32+"there!" method, as there ...Homebrew Coding Weekend @ In Da 80s, July 16-17, ManchesterHi, This is a bit late notice, but we're trying to reach out to 8-bit homebrew developers who might be at a loose end this weekend! We're trying to…
... .cgeu.info/homebrewcoding.html]Homebrew Coding Weekend[/url]. As well as ....chr to .binSo here goes another stupid question. What's the best way to convert .chr files created with ZX-Paintbrush to binary or asm format? I know ZX-Blocked…
... the best way to convert .chr files created with ZX-Paintbrush ...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…
... ,19,"at my horribly ugly coding!)"
defb 22,31,21 ... hl
ret
foundat ; chr$22 can be used for ...
jr nextchr
foundcr ; chr$13 can be used for ...Coding for 128kHi all, I wonder if anyone can suggest any useful reading/threads/examples on the fundamentals of 128k coding. Chapter 24 of the +2 manual has prov…
... on the fundamentals of 128k coding.
Chapter 24 of ...BLOG- ZXSporgBasic RPG development thread- Inspired by the Spectrum 30 show, and after a six-month wait while I was busy playing loads of gigs, I have decided to do a spot of Spectrum coding…
... do a spot of Spectrum coding again, over a year since ... AT j,0;CHR$ 143;AT j,15;CHR$ 143;AT 0 ... ,j;CHR$ 143;AT 15 ... ,j;CHR$ 143: NEXT ... =0: PRINT AT y,x;CHR$ (144+d)
1230 ... AT ny,nx; INK 5;CHR$ (144+nd)
2010 REM ...All that good coding, for nothing.Which games do you think has a wasted coding and programming excelences? For example, I think [B]PsychoHopper[/B] is a pity. It has good scroll ( th…
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]
coding it. Anyway everything presented here ...MOVE_M Object Movement Manager for BASICAs moving things around on the screen is usually the slowest part of a game written in BASIC, I've been pottering around with this routine to handle …
... need only concern themselves with coding those parts of the game ... +Vstep+Hstep+ATTR+ROW:COL+CHR$+0:1+ROW:COL
; CHR$ = graphic's character code
chr 0:1 row col
BASin in new coding initiative from Vega teamhttp://everychildcancode.org/ >>Every Child Can Code is a new initiative to teach coding to children from age 7, or even younger. Our aim is to ma…
http://everychildcancode.org/
>>Every Child Can Code is a new initiative to teach coding to children from age 7, or even younger. Our aim is to make it easy and fun for you to learn to codeRetromania: 40 years of the Z80 game coding contestAs usual, Retroacción is holding a coding contest for Retromañía (held in November), with cash prizes! This year we're celebrating the Z80 CPU's 40th…
... , Retroacción is holding a coding contest for Retromañía (held ... birthday with a Z80 game coding contest. *Any* Z80 based system ...New here? Looking for a solution to a problem with your coding? Read onThis observation is for the benefit of newcomers especially those learning to program. This site - World of Spectrum - is a resource of immense va…
... may be having with your coding progress.
Its taken ... should have on books about coding and how computers work, most ...How do you use CHR$ properly in a string ?So I trawled through the manual and found the bit on the character set. It says CHR$ 17 gives you paper control and CHR$ 16 gives you ink. But how do…
... the character set. It says CHR$ 17 gives you paper control ... and CHR$ 16 gives you ink. But ... /> I tried
a$=CHR$ 17+CHR$ 6 + CHR$ 16 + CHR$ 4
but ...Hey grandma!HOW TO SUCK EGGS! I always wondered about that saying 'teach your grandmother to suck eggs'! Blow them, yes, but suck? If you've never blown an e…
... /> If you're getting into coding in Basic, squared (graph) paper ... UDG's and Sprites, klutzy chr graphics in particular, its faster ...Coding WorkflowHello All, I'm trying to work out an easy coding workflow. I'd like to be able to code in an modern text editor, compile the code to a .tap file and…
... to work out an easy coding workflow. I'd like to ...A way into coding? Yes it is not called programming any more - coding sounds a lot "posher" so I will go with that even though I am really just talking about "good ol…
... not called programming any more - coding sounds a lot "posher" so ...Help with CHR$ codes 0 to 5Hi, I'm looking a piece of code in a listing similar to: Let a$ = CHR$ 0 Let b$ = CHR$ 1 Let c$ = CHR$ 2 Let d$ = CHR$ 3 Let e$ = CHR$ 4 Let f…
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Let a$ = CHR$ 0
Let b$ = CHR$ 1
Let ... c$ = CHR$ 2
Let ... d$ = CHR$ 3
Let ...
Let f$ = CHR$ 5
As these CHR$ aren't characters ...
