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  • pixel exact printingis there a way of doing this in basic? or by copying / modifying the rom code or using a completely new routine? so that print at x,x works more like…

    If you want fast print in pure Basic, then you need custom fonts ... . Don't forget print two lines, if text does not fit ...
    Bedazzle Bedazzle January 2022 Development
  • How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…

    ... a loop to draw each of the 8 lines in a character ... it will likely crash since basic needs that always set to ... 3
    call text_out
    ; draw a checkerboard pattern at column ... br />

    ; sprite8x8a
    ; draw 8x8 sprite aligned to cell ...
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter June 2022 Development
  • How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…

    ... between vblanks to see how fast the code runs
    ...
    ret

    ; draw column aligned sprite, arbitrary row ... br /> ret

    ; draw column aligned sprite, arbitrary row ... /> Press space to return to basic.

    The sprite8x8 ...
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter June 2022 Development
  • How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…

    ... a basic version is the drawing to the bottom 2 lines though ... think which can draw to lower 2 lines without the scroll message ... really need to draw to the bottom 2 lines in a basic version.
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter June 2022 Development
  • How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…

    ... between vblanks to see how fast the code runs
    ... .loop
    ret

    ; draw column aligned sprite, arbitrary row ... br />
    Mice move pretty fast I heard? Obviously it needs ... performance over doing this in Basic though I think :)
    < ...
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter July 2022 Development
  • Robospec (new project, hopefully useful as a tutorial as well)Starting a new project after my graphics investigations. * It's gonna be a Robotron clone since that's not too ambitious (although I'd like to hav…

    ... timing border colour change for basic profiling
    SCRBUF_BASEADDR is ... I am forced to not draw directly to the screen.
    STRIPES set to 1 to draw yellow paper after every other ... it kicks off 8 more lines to be drawn
    DBG_CHECK_BUFFER_UNDERFLOW ...
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter July 2022 Development
  • Console frameworkStill working on Specotron, but at the point where working out the diagonal lines collision is not good at beer o'clock. In the meantime I've knoc…

    ... Symbol shift + space: return to basic. Originally had this as caps ...
    ret

    ; draw cursor at cursor_row, cursor_col
    ; C = value to draw as cursor
    undrawcursor:
    lines we pressed
    .nexthalfline< ...
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter August 2022 Development
  • Console frameworkStill working on Specotron, but at the point where working out the diagonal lines collision is not good at beer o'clock. In the meantime I've knoc…

    ...
    SymShift+Space: Exit to basic

    [code]
    ; ...
    ld (de), a ; draw to screen
    inc d ... hl
    ret

    ; draw cursor at cursor_row, cursor_col
    lines we pressed
    .nexthalfline
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter September 2022 Development
  • UDG creation? Back to the basics.I just discovered that I have a program called TILED in my download folder and it might be the very tool I need except that I dont think it can expor…

    ... binary numbers in a short BASIC program:

    [code]
    BASIC :p

    Back then ... as below so as to draw the UDG shape on screen ... this only works for 8 lines (one UDG) as I can ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK October 2022 Sinclair Basic
  • What's this racing game?Hi 2 everyone who likes Spectrum. Does anyone know what was the name of this RACING game. It was 2 words i'm pretty sure. It used the ZX Spectrum ba…

    ... . It used the ZX Spectrum basic font (you know what i ... WAS OUT OF CONTROL, TOO FAST.

    Something like this ...
    Martin Martin September 2001 Games
  • OmegaAnybody know where I can get a version of this game once played on Spectrum? White lines on blue background. Build your own Robots and send on task t…

    Anybody know where I can get a version of this game once played on Spectrum?
    White lines on blue background. Build your own Robots and send on task to disarm reactors on a ship. Basic but fun.
    Thanks
    Steve Newport Steve Newport September 2001 Games
  • BASIC-code challengeFor the BASIC-coders among us. There is a number that has following aspects. divided by 16 remains 15 divided by 15 remains 14 divided by 14 remain…

    For the BASIC-coders among us.

    ... program below.
    The fastest BASIC-program wins.
    Timing will ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Laser BasicDid anyone else out there buy Laser Basic and Laser Compiler? I just noticed Laser Basic while I was looking thru a website, and it reminded me about…

    ... else out there buy Laser Basic and Laser Compiler?
    I ... just noticed Laser Basic while I was looking thru ... could write programs in Laser Basic, but if you wanted to ...
    Neil^P Neil^P July 2002 Games
  • A silly BASIC programming challenge for you all..This is a very, very sily idea. So only read if you are bored. I use E-bay a lot. (my user id is thx1138ebn) edit: it's now retro-technology :edit…

    ... message.

    So, what BASIC program can you write in ...
    thx1138 thx1138 July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • BASIC code challengeWrite a program in BASIC as short as possible that will continue after KEY-RELEASED. The program must be fully relocatable (so it must be programmed …

    Write a program in BASIC as short as possible that ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP August 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Basic listings memory occupationI remember readong someplace that due to basic's representation of number, in a program, in order to save space, it was better to represent integers …

    ... readong someplace that due to basic's representation of number, in ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi August 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How To List BASIC?Hi, I want to look at the BASIC coding for a game. Is there a piece of code I can load into a 48k Spectrum which will read in a .TAP file and list i…

    ... want to look at the BASIC coding for a game. Is ... way I can list the BASIC program?

    Thanks,
    kim kim August 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ANN: SE Basic 0.71SE Basic is no longer being developed.

    SE Basic is no longer being developed.
    chev chev October 2002 Emulators
  • SE BasicSE Basic is no longer being developed.

    SE Basic is no longer being developed.
    chev chev November 2002 Announcements
  • Sinclair Basic forumThe Sinclair BASIC forum is a general forum for discussing all things Sinclair BASIC related, including magazine type-ins, listings from books, Basic…

    ... for discussing all things Sinclair BASIC related, including magazine type-ins ... , listings from books, Basic programming tools, and other versions ... of Sinclair BASIC . And if you haven' ... .org/sinclairbasic/"]WoS Sinclair BASIC page[/url].
    chev chev December 2002 Games
  • There's a Christmas present for you in the SE Basic forum.SE Basic is no longer being developed.

    SE Basic is no longer being developed.
    chev chev December 2002 Emulators
  • Spin 0.4 as Basic Editor / tape recording interfaceI'm programming in 128BASIC in Spin *wonderful emulator*, and I use tape recording emulation when I save my humble projects(because neither .sna nor …

    ... "prog1"] command from the zx basic editor, tape browser shows the ...
    Arda Arda December 2002 Emulators
  • Compiling BasicI'm not good in compiling sinclair basic because i was 15 when i got my first spectrum, and it was the first computer i saw. I wasn't aware of compil…

    ... not good in compiling sinclair basic because i was 15 when ...
    Arda Arda January 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • Basic and AY musicis it possible to play an ay-music in background while a basic program is running?

    is it possible to play an ay-music in background while a basic program is running?
    Arda Arda January 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • [NEW]: Spectaculator 4.0Hi everyone, Finally managed to finish it... enjoy! --- [NEW]: Spectaculator 4.0 Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs runnin…

    ... Digi Synth.

    o Fast emulation mode - up to 20x ... from projects such as SE Basic and the Spectrum +3e.
    start running too fast for a second or two ...
    Jon Needle Jon Needle January 2003 Emulators
  • ANNOUNCE: Mouse Driver for Speccy BASICI've written a small machine code utility that allows you to easily add support for the Kempston Mouse Interface to any Spectrum BASIC program. It c…

    ... Mouse Interface to any Spectrum BASIC program.

    It comes ...
    Chris Cowley Chris Cowley January 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • WTD: Orange BASIC Prog'ing bookI'm after the standard BASIC programming book that came with all the speccy 48K's - y'know, the thick orange one. Anyone got a spare one knocking aro…

    I'm after the standard BASIC programming book that came with all the speccy 48K's - y'know, the thick orange one. Anyone got a spare one knocking around?

    Cheers,
    Jim.
    jbs13 jbs13 January 2003 Wanted
  • Run BASIC program by R. USR xxxxxGuys, please help. Suppose I have BASIC program in my Spectrum 48K starting with line 10. I'd like to start it by RANDOMIZE USR xxxxx. Which paramete…

    ... , please help. Suppose I have BASIC program in my Spectrum 48K ... xxxxx address that would start BASIC interpreter to process my program ...
    MrShhh MrShhh March 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • new emulatorHi All. If you wish you can download/test/link to/betatest etc. my new emulator EmuZWin 2.0. It emulates S48 and S128 and works under all Windows 9x…

    ... keyboard can help to enter Basic commands. Also it allows to ... ).
    loading from tape, including fast mode.
    reading from ZIP ...
    Vladimir Kladov Vladimir Kladov April 2003 Emulators
  • ANNOUNCE: Fuse 0.6.0 and friendsThe Fuse team announce the release of version 0.6.0 of Fuse, along with version 0.6.0 of the Fuse utilities and version 0.1.1 of libspectrum, the Spe…

    ... been changed, rather than entire lines. Performance improvement, and also allows ... `listbasic' utility to extract the BASIC listing from a snapshot or ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall April 2003 Emulators
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