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Converting m$ to dataI created a maze using a matrix of 704 characters. In order to save memory, and since the maze it's just walls and spaces which could be interpreted …
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Game OptimisationBelow is a section of code Im using for movement enermy display and collision detect. What happens is that you move the sight with ,.qa and space do…
... 't know that, I'm thinking a good way to ... my point of view I'm doing one less step.< ... what is written in one line of basic may in fact run ... then two lines of basic written in a different way.
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A New 21 UDG Plotter BASIC ProgramHello All, Here goes... My first proper Spectrum program for 20 years! And the reason why I've been asking about multiple banks of UDGS recently. …
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The files now work in 128K as well.
I ... 'm still investigating on the memory ... 's area 65200 that crashes in the basic and compiled programs.
A New 21 UDG Plotter BASIC ProgramHello All, Here goes... My first proper Spectrum program for 20 years! And the reason why I've been asking about multiple banks of UDGS recently. …
... QUOTE=Phil2;198200]I'm still investigating on the ... area 65200 that crashes in the basic and compiled programs.< ... executing a CLEAR xxxx in the basic loader to make ... I believe that causes Spectrum basic to relocate the stack, ... but I'm not 100% sure of ...A New 21 UDG Plotter BASIC ProgramHello All, Here goes... My first proper Spectrum program for 20 years! And the reason why I've been asking about multiple banks of UDGS recently. …
... you executing a CLEAR xxxx in the basic loader to make space ... ? I believe that causes Spectrum basic to relocate the stack, but ... I'm not 100% sure of that ...Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
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10 Dim m$(256):let m$="Hello, my name is ... a scrolling text message in ZX Basic"
20 for ... 30 print at 0,0;m$ (n to (n+31 ... can see what I'm trying to do here ...Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
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10 Dim m$(256):let m$="Hello, my name is ... a scrolling text message in ZX Basic"
20 for ... 30 print at 0,0;m$ (n to (n+31 ... doing the equivalent :) The basic string slice operation creates a ... for the byte copy. In general the library routines ...New Spectrum HardwareHi all. Well its Friday so it seems as good a time as any (business is a bit slack at the moment) to start up a thread about creating new Spectrum ha…
... non-Amstrad code in SE Basic. In fact the SE Basic editor is probably ... that you could include it in the Open ZX ROM. Drop ... the SVN repository now. I'm interested however i don't ...Compressors are available for Speccys ?Hi folks, although I was an wasn't strictly a speccy coder in the glory days (amstrad & amiga for the most part), I have secides to arse about with …
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Many thanks, I'm on holiday ATM so the ... burner, yeah I know I'm the opposite of everybody else ... of the decompressors have huge differences in decompress speeds.DarkStar.tzx in Spectaculator 6.25Hi all I think I have found a bug in Spectaculator. Darkstar.tzx(OriginalRelease) wiil not not load. DarkStar.tap loads The DarkStar Re-release t…
... stops looking resulting in failure. I'm no expert in taper loaders, that ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... u$ as a string (Nonsense in BASIC), so you need more logic ... input statements. I'm still occasionally thinking in BBC Basic, where a comma ...Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... amp; 0x02) ? gfx_greyMountain[m->type] : gfx_blackMountain[m->type], 6, mtn_rotateRight ... amp; 0x02) ? gfx_greyMountain[m->type] : gfx_blackMountain[m->type], 6, mtn_rotateLeft ... from anything normally done in Sinclair basic, but you should be ...Leave AY Chip alone guysWould you have a go at a child with down syndrome? No, thought not. AY has Asberge Syndrome, it's a form of Autism - think of that please before y…
... there was actually a wolf in the end.
... year old kid where in his summer holiday he ... it's an emulator written in FirstBasic, which from a ... to do an Speccy emulator in Basic (VBSpec seemed to be ... of "I'm writing an OS in Sinclair Basic"... that was ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... the same time. But in practice after playtesting it ... negative, but it seems in ZX-BASIC that "0 OR - ... /> [QUOTE]
Also I'm now wondering it may look ... of simply changing trajectory in mid-air and making ... seems to pleasingly blend in with the magenta border ...New versions of ZX-Editor and ZX-Preview publishedDear ZX-Spectrum Emulator fans, I want to announce that I published new versions of ZX-Editor Second Edition and ZX-Preview today. Refer to [url]www…
... /> Are you trying to find BASIC variables? If so, please check ... . If a game is written in machine code you won't ... game variables, only the ones in the BASIC loader (someone correct me ... if I'm wrong). Basin only shows BASIC variables.
IY RegisterIve got a really bizarre bug, and I have only just started using the IY register. I seem to remember reading somewhere in a programming book, to neve…
... use is as function pointers in conjunction with the JP(IX ... or when accessing data structures in a random way; most data ... code that is one way Basic->m/c and has its ...What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…
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... BBC games written in BASIC? The speed of Spectrum BASIC is the ... assembler are mixed together in the BASIC listing? I've never ...What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…
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Not that I'm rubishing either the BBC's ... 't think it's presence in BBC BASIC is a genuine advantage ... be passed in, and by mixing arbritrarily complex BASIC expressions in with your ...What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…
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Not that I'm rubishing either the BBC's ... something that's too slow in basic but simple at an ... assembler are mixed together in the BASIC listing? I've never ... if it's in the basic program.
BBC basic itself is ...What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…
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Spectrum BASIC wasn't really comparable, ... the C64's BASIC hands down, in my opinion. It ... least writing graphical programs in BASIC was practical on the ... liked to see in Spectrum BASIC are faster execution ... a must, and I'm not sure if the ...Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]
... everyone. Unless I'm not quite new in Spectrum scene (almost ... very south, concretely in Algeciras, I'm in the fourties and happy ... Spain and UK and various BASIC programming books, including two ... ZX Spectrum 48K manuals, both in English and Spanish.
...Speech In BASICIs it possible to produce any speech in just Spectrum BASIC?
... a half convincing R2D2 talking in ZX BASIC using BEEP.[/QUOTE]
m not volenteering though, my Basic skills arn't ... yet even basic!:smile: But I'm sure ...ZX Spin assembler - where am I going wrong?I'm trying to use the assembler in ZX Spin, but I'm getting error messages. Here's a screenshot of the first simple program I'm trying to get workin…
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Then I'm going into +3 BASIC and running the following ...Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
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Problems ... for this program, I'm not sure how to ... two typos or mistakes in this BASIC listing. I have ... it on loading. I'm not completely sure if ... an exectutable progam in this file.
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Small ROMs updateI've finally got around to updating my [url=http://www.shadowmagic.org.uk/cgi-bin/spectrum/roms.pl]ROMs page[/url] with some of the ROMs I've "recent…
... also CP/M machines, have little extra code in the BASIC ROM to ... boot CP/M, at address ...Benchmark timeWell, the BASIC benchmark posted in Creative Computing back in the 80s came up as a topic on the AtariAge forums. The article is available online an…
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The accuracy of Speccy BASIC isn't bad, random usually ... the time beats standard Atari BASIC by over 2 minutes and ... completing it in around 31 seconds. The best compiled BASIC so far ... the same MHz depending on differences in the BASICs.
A 64180 ...Benchmark timeWell, the BASIC benchmark posted in Creative Computing back in the 80s came up as a topic on the AtariAge forums. The article is available online an…
... it in around 31 seconds. The best compiled BASIC so ... Z80... but the CoCo BASIC doesn't support integers so ... the same MHz depending on differences in the BASICs.
[/quote ... different processors based on their basic interpretters' performance is very ...Benchmark timeWell, the BASIC benchmark posted in Creative Computing back in the 80s came up as a topic on the AtariAge forums. The article is available online an…
... that doesn't. The CP/M BASIC probably does and Applesoft doesn ... it pointed out a flaw in Speccy BASIC's SQR function but ... link?[/quote]
As stated in the original thread... the scan ... turned in less than average numbers. Another less than optimal BASIC ...Benchmark timeWell, the BASIC benchmark posted in Creative Computing back in the 80s came up as a topic on the AtariAge forums. The article is available online an…
... sound suspect?
The difference in accuracy probably accounts for the ... % Speed increase from the change in Microsoft Basic
I don't ... 's standard Applesoft BASIC!!! With a BASIC compiler I'm sure that could ...DEF FN DirectivesI am looking at using some machine code functions from the DK Graphics Pack. They are machine code but they are called via Basic with the function de…
... 'm not normally used to the idea of pointers being available in ... ZX BASIC... but I suppose if ... 'll have to fiddle about in Fuse and see how it ... be as pretty as extending BASIC itself.
