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  • where is border/ink, etc stored in rom?hi, i just wondered where these were stored in rom and how i change these?

    hi, i just wondered where these were stored in rom and how i change these?
    digital digital January 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Chompston Mazes in SpecBASAfter the discussion in ASH-II's Pacman thread, I checked out the link there about generating 2D Pacman style mazes. This one was quite good fun, …

    ... d$,l$="":
    DIM m(mw,mh),dx=-1 ... 1,0:
    DIM dy=0,-1,0,1 ... contain coordinates of directions in the x and ... at that position in e$ in a new variable, ... LEN x$:
    DIM x(n),y(n),d ... just use the information stored in the strings directly to ...
    Dunny Dunny October 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • Solution for overwritten stack in 48k SNA filesIt has been known for quite some time now that the 48k SNA file format has one serious fault, which is described in the file formats section on the W…

    ... fault, which is described in the file formats section on ... While all other registers are stored in a file separately, the program ... encountered this problem in the game Knight Lore, in which storing PC ... bytes, where PC will be stored) into those two extra bytes ...
    Anonymous Anonymous October 2002 Emulators
  • A 10 in 1 Speccy ControllerStored in a kempston like joystick. It would plug into your TV like those Atari and Intellivision sticks. Which games should go on it? My choices: …

    Stored in a kempston like joystick. It ...
    usspeccyfan usspeccyfan May 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Arrays in C and C++ from a Java Programmer.I have been looking arround the web and found many conflicting answers to this question so I thaught I'd ask you folkes. What is the C and C++ equal…

    ... retreive the number of elements stored in an array.


    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk September 2006 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... to PRINT a UDG in this way, relative to ... that switches to UDG mode in the PRINT statement?
    ... coding the BASIC program in a Text Editor (TextMate ... the tile graphics stored in memory location in a UDG type ... with PRINT " " correct? In fact, I think this is ...
    48K 48K March 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • How do I clear only a specific area of a screen (quickly) in machine code ?I'm looking for a machine code routine which will clear the first 20 rows of the Spectrum's display (or any number of rows or columns) . I have found…

    ... routines which do the job in thirds (as is
    how ... the display is mapped in memory), which can
    clear ... the screen
    pixels are stored in memory) then that would be ...
    bobbyjaykid bobbyjaykid July 2007 Development
  • Probing the variables in 128K modeHello again! Briefly, I'm writing an m/c routine to read some BASIC variables. So, before I start, I try to get an idea for the structure of how var…

    ... structure of how variables are stored in memory.

    in the WoS archive.
    in 128K BASIC? (Again ... CSSCGC tape magazine, which runs in 128K mode).
    ... this program to run correctly in 128K mode.
    < ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn March 2008 Development
  • Packing numbers in as least memory as possibleI am writing some code for drawing vector lines etc. on the screen. These need to be stored in memory and I want to pack them in a smaller area as po…

    ... screen. These need to be stored in memory and I want to ... pack them in a smaller area as possible ... silly, but could this be stored in one byte instead of two ...
    carlinski carlinski March 2008 Development
  • FA: SAM Coup?! Amazing find, this is brand NEW, stored for years!Hello! This SAM was won years ago in a magazine competition (CVG I think) and was stored in a cupboard until now! It's brand new, almost certainly th…

    ... (CVG I think) and was stored in a cupboard until now! It ... certainly the last unused SAM in the whole world. Auction ends ...
    Gavin Gavin June 2008 Sales
  • How do the swingy ropes in Jet Set Willy work?Not sure if this should go in the programming forum but here goes. I remember back in '84 being totally blown away by the realistically swinging rope…

    ... sure if this should go in the programming forum but here ... goes. I remember back in '84 being totally blown away ... by the realistically swinging ropes in [I]Jet Set Willy[/I ... engine', or they are already stored in memory.... So, which is it ...
    xyzzy xyzzy September 2009 Games
  • How much would I roughly get for these games?I've got around 70 [B]un-tested[/B] games I want to get rid of soon (comprising of games with the inlays, games without inlays and boxed games) and I…

    ... />
    All games have been stored in a dry area and have ...
    World Games
    Crazy Cars 2
    Chequered Flag
    Paul2010 Paul2010 June 2010 Sales
  • What memory pages are being used in a +3DOS disk operation?To make a long story short: what pages are in use by +3DOS while doing read operations from the disk drive? Now, for the details, for those interest…

    ... short: what pages are in use by +3DOS while ... using the TAP version stored in WOS. This version has ... each block to be loaded in "extended" memory. To ... sound but no action in screen, or simply reboots ... nearly all the available memory in all pages) succesfully? ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix March 2011 Development
  • File size in 128K RAM diskHi Folks, Is there a way to get the size of a file stored in the 128K RAM disk from within a BASIC program? Many thanks Paddy

    Hi Folks,

    Is there a way to get the size of a file stored in the 128K RAM disk from within a BASIC program?

    Many thanks

    Paddy
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman September 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Asking for help: ZXBC to ASM routine translationHallo, In order to save some bytes and gain speed, I'm asking for translation of a very simple ZXBC routine to Assembler [code] sub light(x as uinteg…

    Hallo,
    In order to save some bytes and gain speed, I'm asking for translation of a very simple ZXBC routine to Assembler
    [code]
    sub light(x as uinteger,y as uinteger,intensity as ubyte)
    dim adr as Uinteger
    if x
    LCD LCD November 2012 Development
  • SpecBAS 0.775 released!Hi all - me again :) SpecBAS has been updated again, and a whole load of new stuff has been added. Not many bugs fixed (none reported, and I only fo…

    ... /> CASE structure - CASE, WHEN, WHEN IN, OTHERWISE and END CASE - See ... /> Music files can now be stored in and played from a memory ... of the currently playing music in seconds
    MUSICLEN function - ... one-dimensional arrays, you can DIM a=1,2,3,4 ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • SpecBAS 0.830 Released!Hi guys - A new official release of SpecBAS has been released. The full changelog is below, but for now here's the download: [url]https://sites.goo…

    ... be. Now, UDGs are stored in ASCII positions 128 to 255 ... br /> 32bit display target, in preparation for 32bit graphic support ... assigns that caused a crash in multistatement lines
    ...
    DIM SPLIT arrays created empty arrays in some circumstances< ...
    Dunny Dunny February 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • The Generality of how to Preserve Software "in the round" . Software sellers are now citing their use of "air tight " boxes etc - so we know that an effort is now being made to preserve . But these (often "R…

    ... long the software has "lived in this luxury"

    ... the whole thing it covered in dust .

    When ... for each specific case . In Museums they have graduates specially ... cassettes can be stored in the limited space available in the airtight ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio October 2019 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Are line numbers considered the first statement in the line?I'm trying to understand how BASIC variables are stored in memory using the BASIC Programming manual and am puzzled by the results of the control var…

    ... understand how BASIC variables are stored in memory using the BASIC Programming ...
    LevelUp LevelUp July 2020 BASIC
  • CODE instruction in array$ PRINTSo I'm still plugging away at BASIC and have found a line of code (another!) that's really puzzling me. The line is as follows: PRINT A$(P+Q TO P…

    ...

    The A$ values (in memory, decimal) are:
    478 ... index 481 plus the length in 478 (which is 8).
    in there and I don't ... made a mistake in reading how the values are stored in memory. Can ...
    LevelUp LevelUp October 2020 BASIC
  • Speed of variables vs. POKE/PEEKGreetings, I'm sure I could probably find this out after careful study of the 48K ROM disassembly, but I was wondering whether someone already knew …

    ... that are used intensively in large loops, I should ... ]

    Actually, in theory, it doesn't matter ... This is documented somewhere in the Spectrum Manual e. ... a = 1
    20 DIM b(100)
    30 ... how the BASIC variables are stored in the basic program (see ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz March 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • Electro Magnetic EngineI think Winston my be qualified to answer this one. What do you know about the magnetic engine. I don't know anything about it, but taking the techn…

    ... braking and using the energy stored in just doing that one simple ... brake and the energy gets stored in a battery and presto, voila ... into electricity that can be stored in the battery - instead of ... into heat.

    Hybrid cars do this, the Toyota Prius ...
    Winston Winston January 2008 Chit chat
  • Windows Vista?I'm having real trouble finding a decent spec. laptop that has Windows XP on it, it's all Vista Vista ****ing Vista. I've down (well, let's be honest…

    ... video RAM), a 16K OS stored in ROM, and removable C90 storage ... . And we reached that point in 1982!

    By now ... , holidays to the moon, flying cars, and computers that can speak ... do push the hardware (which in Windows case means opening at ...
    ewgf ewgf May 2009 Chit chat
  • Can anyone explain why my wife's driving instructor says...My wife is learning to drive (with the Storm driving school here in the UK) and the instructor is teaching her a few things that seem really odd to m…

    ... ;520992]There are some new cars which convert the breaking into ... heat (either by compressing gas in the engine, or by dumping ... that kinetic energy into energy stored elsewhere, so you can get ... that energy (the energy being stored in a battery mostly, but you ...
    Winston Winston March 2011 Chit chat
  • SE Basic Type-ins^Pete suggested creating a sticky thread for SE Basic discussion. I thought a Type-ins thread might also be useful. Up to the mods if they want to ma…

    ... memory saving techniques are used in the program:


    Notes in channel D are played with ... RESTORE 200
    20 DIM n$(8,12,2)
    in memory is wasteful so ... C, the frequency data stored in the note table must ...
    chev chev April 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Outrun Europa in colourSwainy suggested that he'd like to try his luck with Outrun Europa colorful graphics and see if they can be improved. Let's give him the chance :) A…

    ... obvious cases like road edges in the attached screenshot we ... like all objets in the game - houses, trees, cars are build from ... used many times in the object which are probably stored in memory as ... tiles exactly as they are in memory. Unfortunately it seems that ...
    Ralf Ralf May 2012 Development
  • pathfindingworking on pathfinding in the game. here is Russian description of Lee's algorithm: [url]http://algolist.manual.ru/games/wavealg.php[/url] "if-then"…

    ... the focus of this thread in a more productive direction...
    70 DIM d(22,32): LET d ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas May 2013 Development
  • Getting aquainted with the IF1bisToday, fifteen days after dispatch, the IF1bis arrived at my door. In perfect order. No customs, no TVA and no handling fee involved. The arrival of …

    ... be used:
    10 DIM k$(10)
    20 ... while the border colour in fact is stored in 3 bits only. ... A cable to 'Audio In' on my monitor confirmed that ... br /> Anyway, I succeeded in nullifying the OUT (254),x ... commands in ROM. The slideshow now ...
    roko roko December 2013 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... -23607) to any address in memory and use 96 font ... as it is written in Assembler and so very ... :

    [code] 10 DIM a$(96): FOR n=1 ... />
    Characters must be stored in the RAM starting from 32768 ... . In this case, 21 lines ...
    TK90XFan TK90XFan December 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Read Data from memoryHi there. Not been on this scene for a long time. Does anyone know how to do a routine to read data from memory(peek..etc) rather than using lines of…

    ... BASIC Compiler:
    [CODE]
    dim a as uinteger

    In Sinclair BASIC your code can ... this:
    [CODE]
    10 dim a(10)
    20 for ... ,7,8,9,10 is stored in memory from address 55000 to ...
    LCD LCD May 2014 Sinclair Basic
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