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ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... if your only background is Basic, and for that reason ... />
- #defines for colours, border(), screen address calculations have been ... />
2. The display draw order has changed. In splib2 ... reason your program should draw sprites first before doing ... -
Graphics in Basic??What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic. Andrew.
What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic.
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Why does Spectrum display has a border?Ok, this is problbly simple and very basic question but I don'r remember seeing an answer anywhere. Don't you think, that at first glance it is irr…
... is problbly simple and very basic question but I don'r ... we leave an empty unused border if we could place some ... seems to me that eliminating border could have been achieved by ... whole screen, thus eliminating the border(it would look better imo ... -
Complex DRAW command?After looking at some Speccy code I noticed that the DRAW statement is used to draw lines (or it looked that way). On the Coco, the LINE command was…
... that the DRAW statement is used to draw lines (or ... was used to draw lines and the DRAW statement was completely ... position isn't updated after draw)
B = blank ... don't draw)
"U8R8D8L8" would draw a square ... 3D animation to a BASIC program. -
reading Hex[code]1 DIM a$(20,20) 2 DIM g$(16) 3 LET g$="\::\ \' \ '\ .\. \.:\:.\:'\':\''\..\: \ :\'.\.'" 4 BORDER 4 20 LET a$(1)="00000000000000000000" 21 LET …
... /> 3 LET g$="\::\ \' \ '\ .\. \.:\:.\:'\':\''\..\: \ :\'.\.'"
4 BORDER 4
20 LET a ... ]
Can you get basic to read hex as a ... prog I'm trying to draw a game map using the ... /> so how do I get basic to understand that the letter ... -
Best way to store vector images in Sinclair BASIC?Let's forget for a moment that Sinclair BASIC is slow. If I have a picture made entirely of vector images, what would be the best way to store that d…
... for a moment that Sinclair BASIC is slow. If I have ... ] would be the parameters for DRAW. Since PLOT is only necessary ... , the routine would skip PLOT, DRAW a,b and jump to ... ways to do this in BASIC.
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CellularBasicPro - enhanced BASIC interpreter for mobile phones and devicesDownload location : [url]http://code.google.com/p/cellularbasicpro/downloads/list[/url] Features of cellularBasicPro include : - Extensive mathem…
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- PNG image load and draw support, including PNG images with ... and Functions support.
- Large BASIC programs support.
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Keyboard Issues When Setting Border ColourWelcome to the next in my series of inane 'Z80 on the Spectrum' questions! ;) Here's a minimal snippet of code for polling the keyboard until any ke…
... is pressed, then returning (to BASIC):
[CODE]
ORG ... way is to change the border colour (to black in this ... key-press before returning to BASIC:
[CODE]
ORG ... -
border graphics / text tricks ?just curious if it was possible.. I mean in basic, when you scroll a program you have "scroll ?" in the lower border? is there trickery that you can…
... was possible.. I mean in basic, when you scroll a program ... have "scroll ?" in the lower border?
is there trickery ... " seems to be in the border. but no one ever uses ... -
An update on ZX BASIC support for the SpectranetOne for zxbruno, I hope :-) So just an example of what now can be done with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is of a program …
... with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is of ... .
[code]
10 BORDER 0: PAPER 0: INK 7 ... this on the Spectrum, using BASIC and streams:
[code ... send data over ethernet from BASIC. You can PRINT # to that ... -
DRAW x,y,a Algorithm - how does the ROM do it?Hi all, Getting on with SpecOS, and one of the things I would love to do is to preserve the original ROM's behaviour when drawing Arcs. This is don…
... . This is done by using DRAW x,y,a where the ... an example of the DRAW command implemented in BASIC - but not the ... 'd love to see a BASIC (or C, or Pascal!) implementation ... be clear, I can already draw bezier curves (and therefore, so ... -
General purpose full screen input routineHi Folks, One of the things that annoyed me back in the 1980s with most BASICs was the lack of a full screen "formatted" input function. You could …
... routine for the Spectrum (in BASIC). It is still quite simple ... /> 150 GO SUB 9650: REM Draw Screen
160 REM *---------------------*
A fast DRAW routineI was investigating how to speed up the line drawing for the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20225"]BASIC compiler[/URL]…
... 20225"]BASIC compiler[/ ... ; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
; DRAW using Bresenham's algorithm ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------
;; DRAW PROCEDURE
PROC
BORDER colours...Hi Folks, As a matter of interest, why can't the Spectrum make the BORDER colour BRIGHT? Is this just a BASIC limitation of is there are hardware r…
Hi Folks,
As a matter of interest, why can't the Spectrum make the BORDER colour BRIGHT? Is this just a BASIC limitation of is there are hardware restriction?
Many thanks
PaddyA z88dk + sp1 demo (with source)Since nowadays people are still wondering about how difficult it is to make something in z88dk, I thought I just put a very simple demo to show how e…
... , 2, 28, 20}; // full screen - border
struct sp1_Rect levelbrect = {0 ... with some arbitrary patterns, and draw it.
void loadlevel()
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…
... ]100 REM FAST
110 BORDER 0: PAPER 0: INK 1 ... PLOT INVERSE 1;255,0: DRAW INVERSE 1;0,175
BASIC.WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …
... , its supposed to let you draw a title page for the ...smooth 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 make something move in Basic without getting flicker. 1st i ... and CLS with plot and draw (Hi Res) for moving a ... split second.
My sinclair basic knowledge is VERY limited but ... try make some games in basic 1st.Image to BASIC commandsHi all I'm looking for an app that read an image (jpg, gif, etc...) and convert it to BASIC commands (DRAW, CIRCLE, etc...) The images to convert wi…
... , etc...) and convert it to BASIC commands (DRAW, CIRCLE, etc...) The images ...A new full-screen bicolor engine called NIRVANA[I]OK, there's something I need to clarify first: Nowadays if you write [B]"multicolor"[/B] everyone assumes it refers to "multicolor 8x1" (an attri…
... screen access[/B]: You can draw [B]"btiles"[/B] anywhere ... sprites (move or change image), draw btiles, and "fill" a ... [*]Support for Boriel's ZX BASIC interface [URL="http://www.mediafire ... 32x24), assuming an extra character border in all directions. Considering ...Scrolling Bi-Colour Engine for 4-Player GamesJust putting this code up for people to have a look at. Far from finished. Should simply compile and run a bit of a demo. Only good for 128K and +…
... block for drawing sprites in border-time.
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;+2A ... />
;No return to BASIC
;------------------
never_end
ld ...
ret
;Draw character
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print_char_obj_hl_b_c
GameBaddie's Art project...Hi Guys, I've recently revived my old 48k for a (just-for-fun) art project. I have about 4 weeks of spare time to accomplish my goal, and the plan i…
... learn a little bit of basic, a little bit of maths ... ZX Basic on an authentic old speccy, and record the plot/draw ... usable screen-space into the border, using BASIC?
ZX Basic interpreter in the Forum Postings. It would be so nice to do this in our forums [basic line=1] 10: BORDER 1: PAPER 6 20 FOR N = 0 to 7 20 PRINT "Happy Birthday Dear Joe Bloggs…
... forums
[basic line=1]
10: BORDER 1: PAPER 6 ... .5,7: BEEP1.5
[/basic]
and have a ...How to draw a picture on ZX Spectrum Basic?How can i draw a picture on ZX Spectrum like this?? http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0026662
How can i draw a picture on ZX Spectrum like this?? http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0026662Random Numbers, USR Return Values & Timing BASICI've been trying out Jon Ritman's random number routine, published in Your Sinclair Aug'87. Apart from a timing comparison I also did a frequency ana…
... instances the required return to BASIC with a decimal fraction between ... return that value to the BASIC program.
As ... br />
Here's the BASIC timing routine which I use ... #0;" Time=";time;" secs":
BORDER 7: RETURN
9999 LET ...Using BASIC from Machine CodeHi Folks, Came across a very interesting article by Toni Baker in Your Spectrum: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/yr11/yr11_66.htm …
... /> LD HL,TEXT
CALL BASIC
RST 8
DEFB ... 255
BASIC
PUSH HL
CALL ...
TEXT
DB "DRAW 50,50",13,0
border effectsive been playing around with border effects like 10 border 1 20 border 2 30 pause 1 40 goto 10 ,etc i even wrote one in machine code. …
... with border effects like
10 border 1
20 border 2 ... any other ways border effects can be done in basic and can ...How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial) [b]How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game[/b] In this tutorial, we will be talking about how to write a simple BASIC* horizont…
... how to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling* game.
I assume you can enter BASIC easily, for example using Basin ... ]
First, we will draw a player on screen:
basic has its Y coordinate first ...whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... they realised that the border, paper, circle and ... argument. Who cares whether Border, Paper, or Circle weren ... ? They WERE available from BASIC, and that's where ... commands needed to change border or paper, then you ... time you needed to draw a circle in machine ...whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
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2) Spectrum BASIC did help novices to migrate ... a misrepresentation of facts. BASIC encouraged people to program, ... see what PAPER and BORDER commands have to do ... the CIRCLE command to draw a circle doesn' ... should apply to all BASIC commands then, including ...
