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joining lines of BASICDue to overwhelming demand - well, one demand - well, more of a suggestion, really - here's a routine to join together lines of BASIC. The vertical c…
... a routine to join together lines of BASIC. The vertical cursor motion ... intending to include a "dividing lines of BASIC" option as well - edit ... , divides the line into two lines. (If the next incremental line ... -
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 it ... was used to draw lines and the DRAW statement was completely ... position isn't updated after draw)
B = blank ... don't draw)
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Can I name a subroutine and then call it by name?No thats not really exactly the problem. I wrote 4 lines of Basic that draws an 8x8 square and then told it to check x,y and subtract 4 from x or y t…
... problem. I wrote 4 lines of Basic that draws an 8x8 square ... short listing of plot, draw,draw,draw.draw would be fast enough and half a ... but it doesnt. Its quite fast but theres a flicker so ... -
AssemblersProbably asked a question that's been asked a million times before... but... I've decided to do a bit of old Speccy machine coding again, after 20 y…
... want to do more than draw from line 177 to 192 ... BASIC if you don't need speed. If you make a fast ... plotter in MC, you can use it to draw lines using ... -
Vector drawing routines.Anybody could point me to some sort of vector drawing package of routines, callable from BASIC? With "vector drawing" I mean to draw 2D pictures with…
... wanted to write a fast parser to draw on screen my datafiles ... create my image parser to draw lines, circles and fills on screen ... to leave enough space for BASIC?
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Wireframe GraphicsI'm trying to get my head round 3d / wireframe graphics and not really having much luck. I've had a good look on google, but mostly come up with wir…
... /> 2) Have an array of lines. Each line is represented as ... draw lines.
I would advise to start in 2D. The basic ... /> Doing this in assembly requires fast line drawing routine (this might ... -
Could ELITE's wireframe graphics be improvedWas watching this video last night comparing the BBC and Spectrum version of Elite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov4OAteeGWs It seems that the…
... know you have to draw all the lines around its edge. ... have to draw some or all of those lines if ... the edges you have to draw, to avoid any duplicates ... , before you draw them.
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Some Graphic Coding & Audio help.Hello my fellow WoS'ers I am in the process of writing some code for graphical purposes - I have Z88DK raring to go but I do not know how to take…
... recoup memory lost to basic when the program was ... and things are very fast but you can't ... some topics on drawing lines and ellipses in the ... white grahpucs library that will draw lines, etc. And of course ... into banks needed in basic before the C program ... -
SAVE the complete screen in BASICHow can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC? If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and th…
How can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC?
If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and the last two lines are destroyed! -
Anyone interested in any of this before it goes on eBayI'm having a clearout, and am going to put this lot on ebay tonight. But as its basically my childhood I'm selling I thought I'd check here and see i…
... single entry decimal point, facilitate fast data entry."
DK ... mid '80s. Allows you to draw lines, boxes, circles and freehand on ... -
3 lines of funHello! I'm looking for a tattoo to remember forever our fabulous 8 bit era. A part the pictures I posted here [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/for…
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How were game loading screens composed back in the day?I've often wondered while waiting for loading screen to materialise line by line how these were actually made prior to saving them as code or screen$…
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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…
... 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 take ... .wix.com/homeputerium#!basic-tenliners-2016/c450"]BASIC Tenliners 2016[/url] -
MIDI TO ZX SPECTRUM BASIC BEEPMIDI TO ZX SPECTRUM BASIC BEEP ------------------------------------------------------ HI :) I found here http://portmedia.sourceforge.ne…
... num sentences BEEP on every BASIC line)
... create very large
number lines on BASIC.
... will join in a BASIC ZX spectrum line if ...
to make a short BASIC program
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Shrinky challengeInspired by this contest on c64: http://nurpax.github.io/posts/2019-08-18-dirty-tricks-6502-programmers-use.html Make the smallest possible .tap t…
... line alone), but generally speaking: draw lines from corner to corner, default ... bytes, which is basic for "clear screen, draw two lines". Hacking that I ... -
AssemblersProbably asked a question that's been asked a million times before... but... I've decided to do a bit of old Speccy machine coding again, after 20 y…
... /> I assume you mean using DRAW (lines, arcs). You can't. But ... you can write your own DRAW routine (with a bit of ... i can get it to draw down theer though )[/I]
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AssemblersProbably asked a question that's been asked a million times before... but... I've decided to do a bit of old Speccy machine coding again, after 20 y…
... want to do more than draw from line 177 to 192 ... that will only allow to draw lines, arcs, circles and boxes and ... presses, etc is controlled in Basic, yes, like changing your ink ... -
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
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Creating a loading screen in 80'sToday painting a picture using a computer is easy with mouse, scanner etc. But in the 80's it was harder. So, how did "game artists" create their loa…
... standards (it was written in Basic), that I don't think ... one of those two. Could draw lines, rectangles (non-elastic of course ... with a keyboard to do draw some incredibly rubbish loading screens ... -
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... make up an object and draw lines between them. This way ... 1 time and then draw lines between the points you ... 50 instructions and the lines are guaranteed to meet. ... recalculate.
If 3 lines meet at 1 point ... Color Computer even in BASIC and it's pretty ... -
Floating point representationI'm planning on picking up the [url=http://matt.west.co.tt/category/spectrum/openzxrom/]OpenZXRom[/url] project from where I left off a few months ba…
... Shack systems had a pretty fast BASIC due to this. I'm ... /> 3. An aftermarket Atari BASIC added a FAST command that caused the ... into actual addresses of the lines so searching for them can ... some programs over the original BASIC ROMs. Just reducing or improving ... -
basizx newsHello. I've uploaded a new version of basizx. Now there is also an Amstrad CPC incarnation, able to LOAD and SAVE +3 basic files in disc. And the I…
... s not derived from Microsoft Basic :-) Several early magazine ... to similar machines when running BASIC.
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If a C64 can do it...Forgive me if this isn't the right section. We've seen coders surprising us over and over again with excellent demos and things that a few years ago…
... of 3D points and just draw lines or they have some really ... like a combo of 3D lines and some fixed sprites. ... but the animation is so fast you don't notice ... Z180 would be *close* to fast enough since it's about ... 's how they made it fast enough.
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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…
... command was used to draw lines and the DRAW statement was completely different ... Speccy.
"U8R8D8L8" would draw a square 8 pixels wide ... a lot faster than Sinclair BASIC even in my humble 486 ... -
Vector drawing routines.Anybody could point me to some sort of vector drawing package of routines, callable from BASIC? With "vector drawing" I mean to draw 2D pictures with…
... create my image parser to draw lines, circles and fills on screen ... to leave enough space for BASIC?
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Retro-X Alpha availableChanges from WIP 7 (Alpha 3) to Alpha 4 ( 1.5.08 - 14.5.08 ). Requested by and help by - in brackets. Bugfixes: * Viewer: o File list not displaye…
... 't get it to draw much besides basic shapes. I couldn't ... figure out how to draw a ... real-time. Surely PCs are fast enough now to do that ... -
Retro-X Alpha availableChanges from WIP 7 (Alpha 3) to Alpha 4 ( 1.5.08 - 14.5.08 ). Requested by and help by - in brackets. Bugfixes: * Viewer: o File list not displaye…
... t get it to draw much besides basic shapes. I couldn't ... figure out how to draw ... -time. Surely PCs are fast enough now to do that ... speed. Anythings works really fast even on 450 Mhz.
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Ultimate loading screensAs I'm replaying some of my youth favorites, a question arose today that -- funny enough -- I used to have also back in those times. Maybe someone kn…
... that they were a few lines shorter than the spectrum screen ... that's really hard to draw on from BASIC?
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New BUZZSAW+ Demo, No.2OK everybody, here's the latest demo of [I]Buzzsaw[/I]. This includes the title screen I wrote in Corfu with control selection, some new sprites and…
... the 1.5K of the BASIC area that's present on ... over the system variables and BASIC and re-allocate the space ... (12K) to enable it to draw sprites fast enough. At the moment ... keep the attribute tables in fast RAM. But I think there ... -
How paint in the down two lines ?The down two lines on the spectrum screen cant be used. But i remeber from the 80's that exist some code that allow us to paint on these two lines wi…
not exist a way to plot or draw on these lines with basic only ?
