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  • ZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …

    ... present than writing a shorter BASIC "housekeeping" program. I guess I ... instance, suppose you want to compress the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum ... will need to adjust your BASIC program accordingly:
    [CODE] 10 ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas February 2013 Brand new software
  • Designing an icon-driven adventure: looking for adviceHi fellas, after the release of Funky Fungus, I am currently contemplating the possibility of designing an icon-driven adventure with location graph…

    ... need to write it in BASIC and maybe compile it later ... ]

    Boriel's ZX BASIC would be the best choice ... archive for similar programs in BASIC and try to learn some ... /ZX7 has the ability to compress and decompress just a portion ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas April 2013 Development
  • Designing an icon-driven adventure: looking for adviceHi fellas, after the release of Funky Fungus, I am currently contemplating the possibility of designing an icon-driven adventure with location graph…

    ... "new" functions of Boriel's BASIC would be useful to implement ... /END ASM area, because I compress them often with MegaLZ), You ... ASM procedures (thats like new BASIC commands) written and publihed by ...
    LCD LCD April 2013 Development
  • 128k Basic used much ?Hi - I was wondering if there were many,if any, games programmed in 128k basic? I was also thinking of doing one myself as I wish to make a text heav…

    ... and the extra Ramdisk, 128k basic actually only uses the normal ... 48k memory for all its BASIC programmes.

    So basically ... you don't want to compress text yourself, you could try ... . Obviously those programs are not BASIC like and may be incompatible ...
    Timmy Timmy April 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • 128k Basic used much ?Hi - I was wondering if there were many,if any, games programmed in 128k basic? I was also thinking of doing one myself as I wish to make a text heav…

    I know at least one basic program that uses ram disk, ... lastly, there are tools to compress text such as [url=http ... can still use them within basic.
    Arda Arda April 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Some blah about ZX graphicHi, not anything really interesting but if You have nothing better to do, You can waste several minutes of Your life for this [url]http://hooyprogr…

    ... are whole screens then maybe compress them and do it for ... can be done in compiled BASIC. nathan and his team or ...
    Sadako Sadako April 2013 Development
  • 128k Basic used much ?Hi - I was wondering if there were many,if any, games programmed in 128k basic? I was also thinking of doing one myself as I wish to make a text heav…

    ... lastly, there are tools to compress text such as [url=http ... can still use them within basic.[/QUOTE]

    what about ...
    fog fog May 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …

    ... ,

    how would i compress them using the command line ... a certain array in boriels basic?
    slenkar slenkar May 2013 Brand new software
  • ZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …

    ... />
    how would i compress them using the command line ... a certain array in boriels basic?[/QUOTE]

    The ... br />


    [*] Now compress the binary file using ZX7 ... />
    [*] Finally write a ZX BASIC program that will contain the ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas May 2013 Brand new software
  • ZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …

    ... ]), so you will need to compress them otherwise you won't ... ].



    [*] Now compress these 3 screen files using ... />
    [*] Finally write a ZX BASIC program that will contain the ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas May 2013 Brand new software
  • Z80 internal compressionThis isn't exactly a ZX Spectrum problem, but since WOS probably has some of the best Z80 coders in the world, I thought I might ask anyway. For my …

    ... to it, even a very basic form of LZ77 might do ... key idea: when you cannot compress, you at least do not ...
    introspec introspec May 2013 Development
  • Graphics questionHello. I was wondering, does anybody here know of a method to display a large (as in, the better part of the screen) bitmap/raster image using ZX Sp…

    Thanks again, I'll give that a go. It'll be easier like you say to keep the image and basic program separate. I'm hoping next to compress the image and include it with a short decompression code.
    Speccy_James Speccy_James January 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • RAM7 in 128K modelsWe are developing a game with lots of contents and we have already filled up RAM1, RAM3, RAM4 and RAM6. I was wondering if there's any problem in us…

    ... you don't use some BASIC sentences (i.e.: COPY). In ... /> A good option is to compress of load the contents of ... use it (because you may compress that data).

    There ...
    Zup Zup February 2014 Development
  • A "generic" loader for +3(e)I've made this loader for 128k games in +3DOS. [CODE]dos_open equ 262 dos_close equ 265 dos_abandon equ 268 dos_read equ 274 dos_write equ 277 dos_s…

    ... well. A file created in BASIC (with SAVE) will always have ... to hard disk, and then compress and concatenate to make a ...
    Zup Zup February 2014 Development
  • A "generic" loader for +3(e)I've made this loader for 128k games in +3DOS. [CODE]dos_open equ 262 dos_close equ 265 dos_abandon equ 268 dos_read equ 274 dos_write equ 277 dos_s…

    ... well. A file created in BASIC (with SAVE) will always have ... to hard disk, and then compress and concatenate to make a ...
    Speccy_James Speccy_James February 2014 Development
  • How did you learn to code on the Spectrum?Got to be honest, as much as I wish I did, I don't know anything about programming. I had a Spectrum (+2 and then +2B) when I was a kid, and my prog…

    ... , and I typed in BASIC listings from magazines. Then ... already writing bits of BASIC but the moment I ... on the BBC Micro in BASIC (the pinnacle of the ... in a fast compilable BASIC that I forget the ... writing a utility to compress and convert 128K snapshots ...
    RobeeeJay RobeeeJay March 2014 Development
  • Early thoughts about creating a text adventureSo I always wanted to create my own ZX Spectrum text adventure. I tried looking at PAWs and GAC, but frankly I'm probably too stupid to use them. I…

    ... , I mentioned Boriel Basic above. You can compress/decompress images with a ...
    hikoki hikoki December 2014 Development
  • Jetset Willy 2015 - Bug Fixed EditionLots of minor fixes to the original without distracting or modifying it to any great extent. Take a look at the link (with screenshots etc) to see:<b…

    ... loader Basic or I could mod the code back then re-compress ...
    spider spider June 2015 Brand new software
  • 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…

    ... format would make some screens compress a few bytes better but ... results). However LedZeppelin.scr will compress to 2890 bytes, instead of ... simple: if you run the BASIC programs I provided in my ... can also be used to compress 1/3 or 2/3 ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas November 2015 Development
  • DVD title sequenceHello I'm not sure if this is the best place for this - but let's see how we go. I run a little DVD making company here in Cardiff, and we are …

    ... the SCREEN$ block (without the BASIC) and you'll gain some ... seconds (basic blocks and pauses). The ZX ... zx7 to compress the screen and embed it on a BASIC block ...
    Zup Zup December 2015 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ZX81 Character SetHello, hope I don't offend anyone with my request. I've put together a program on my Amstrad that redefines a condensed text and displays it appropri…

    ... know if there's a BASIC command, to allow characters hold ... graphical program and wanted to compress the text for the Low ... things I was unable to compress.
    CP/M User CP/M User December 2015 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • BASIC Tenliners 2016I would like invite all basic programmers to this year's BASIC Tenliners contest. You have to code a game in 10 lines of BASIC. For details please ta…

    ... trivial to write a huge BASIC program (size limited by available ... whole thing, or try to compress the data into a REM ... trivial to write a huge BASIC program (size limited by available ... program logic was in the BASIC program itself rather than expressions ...
    GReW GReW January 2016 Announcements
  • how to fix instructions on screenI have a problem with my sequencer. I want the top half of the screen to stay fixed but allow the note values to print without pushing the instructio…

    ... comparisons of the various Basic commands and their machine ... code is essential because Basic is too slow and ... to use a compiler and compress the program that way.< ... have a suite of Basic tools and the necessary ... and that the Speccy Basic made it easier to ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch November 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • ZXSCLZF - Yet another Screen CompressorQuick disclaimer before I continue, this compressor does not shrink screens as small as some of the others posted here, in particular the very good z…

    ... />
    ;;
    ;; code for pasmo basic
    END $c000
    ;;
    // Can compress rectangle window or full screen ...
    //
    // LZF compress as follows:
    // control byte ...
    TomD TomD April 2017 Development
  • Loading on a 128k speccyOffhand I'll confess I didn't do a lot of research on this beforehand, but here's my question; How do you load a large program off tape on a 128k…

    ... several blocks anyway: one for BASIC loader), one for screen, one ... reduce loading time if you compress each block before saving them ... 's not worth it to compress the blocks that already contain ... the reason I didn't compress blocks in Hobbit 128).
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas May 2017 Development
  • ZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …

    ... structure would be able to compress any arbitrary file size from ... machine code programs launched from basic with a command line. A ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2017 Brand new software
  • 1k Chess (was the 924 bytes thing!)Hi, I've decided to do a major rewrite of large parts of the code for the isometric Chess thing that I've been messing with. It got to the point, …

    ... so on.

    In Basic this is going to be ... can figure out how to compress the decision making using these ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch November 2017 Development
  • Why can't you make a BASIC program as big as you want?Let me rephrase that. Is it possible using BASIC to write a program that can be multi part? In other words one that can LOAD lets say a story, in se…

    ... recall Gedlion wrote a Boriel Basic tutorial : https://docs.google.com ... /> where he explained how to compress graphics easily with the aid ... something like this with Sinclair Basic.
    hikoki hikoki January 2018 Updates
  • Any reason to prefer the 48k version of a game over 128k?Title says all... are there any games for which it makes sense to play the 48k version if there is also a 128k version? To my understanding, the 128k…

    ... is a simple reason why BASIC is slow on the ZX81 ... ROM space. The ZX Spectrum BASIC being slower than the ZX81 ... long time trying to compress the (current) BASIC code to make enough ... .

    With the 128k BASIC, I believe it's to ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK February 2018 Games
  • TAP creator for 128k —tapbas question, PASMO alternative?Hi I have always used pasmo to assemble and output with a loader using —tapbas However, this only works for 48k I want to be able to specify…

    ... file together. People want to compress to speed up loading, place ... />
    You can create a basic loader in a text file ... m/c loader after the basic tap that will do headerless ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous March 2019 Development
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