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ZX-81 Ram Pack problemHi! I know this is a ZX Spectrum forum, but I am hoping someone here might be able to help me out... I have posted this to c.s.s. but noone was able…
... I want to type some lines
of code into the ... computer
crashes with strange lines over the screen.
This ... would get a VERY fast restart to basic (as if I didn ... /> - Get this - I could enter basic programs normally !!! I.e. it ... -
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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SE BASIC Compiler Help!I have downloaded and am using the 16k replacement ROM for SE BASIC (0.94B) and am trying to use the SE BASIC compiler from this site. I have found s…
... 16k replacement ROM for SE BASIC (0.94B) and am trying ... to use the SE BASIC compiler from this site. I ... some documentation for the Hisoft BASIC compiler, upon which this is ... #
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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…
... mode? I am coding the BASIC program in a Text Editor ... (TextMate with a Sinclar Basic plugin).
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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…
... to continue producing MULEs, the basic workhorse of plot developments. ... be written to directly draw to the display for ... The project contains around 3000 lines of source, not including graphics ... being separated into individual lines and being printed in ... -
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…
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BASIC Keyword ReferenceHi. I do most of my ZX work on a grey-case +2 which, as we all know, is devoid of most of the 48k BASIC keywords (it has LOAD and stuff, but not much…
... of most of the 48k BASIC keywords (it has LOAD and ... when I need to edit BASIC - I usually resort to random ... anyone knows of a 48k BASIC key-to-Keyword reference? Sure ... 'm thinking more along the lines of an alphabetical list of ... -
BASIC Keyword ReferenceRealised that the Sinclair Basic section would be a better place for discussion of BASIC keywords, so for reference the old thread is in [thread=2005…
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The ... D REM : K : E
DRAW : K : W RESTORE : E : ... colours within strings in a BASIC listing.
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Changing BASIC loader in Chuckie Egg 2Hi, My aim is to include "PAUSE 0" event at the end of the loading of the Chuckie Egg 2 game. The reason is that I use emulator to load the game and…
... loads the game too fast so you actually cannot ... to actually edit the loading BASIC program somehow. I have ... can see, there are 2 "BASIC" blocks, the first one ... br />
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Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASICI'm trying to save a SCREEN$ to a tape file (basically the original data is in a .tzx file that I'm trying to save in a .tap format) but the problem …
... I try to save from BASIC, the "Start tape and press ... out the last couple of lines of the screen. Is there ... -
FAST and SLOW .TAP loading in RESIDOSWhy is in RESIDOS this TAP file loaded always too slow ? (with lines in border area). Other TAP files on my drive is fast loaded, but loading this fi…
Why is in RESIDOS this TAP file loaded always too slow ? (with lines in border area). Other TAP files on my drive is fast loaded, but loading this file is always slow.
[url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/other/tapslow.zip[/url]
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Just wrote my first useful working Speccy BASIC program in years...A nice UK National Lottery number generator. And not just any lotto number generator either. This one generates 8 lines of 6 numbers without replace…
... This one generates 8 lines of 6 numbers without ... method to pick 8 lines of lotto numbers every ... 've succeeded in Speccy BASIC, I think I might ... the array holding the lines of randomly picked numbers ... 400 REM print the lines of randomly picked numbers out ... -
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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Songs that remind you of your first experiences with the SpectrumHi everyone, glad to be here again after so much time :) I was recently listening to Alan Parsons Project's [i]Ammonia Avenue[/i] and couldn't help …
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Tips on optimizing some newbie assembly routinesI'm starting to learn some assembly language. The best way to learn is to actually code something you are going to use, so I'm creating a very simple…
... fast as I can. Sadly, my assembly skills are very, very basic ... />
; Let's draw that character
push de ... ; we are going to draw (stored on the a register ... />
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Memory concerns with z88dkI've retaken my old spectrum project and sadly I've reached a dead end very fast. I'll try to explain my worst problem in a few lines. I'm not a vet…
... reached a dead end very fast. I'll try to explain ... worst problem in a few lines.
I'm not ... z80, I never went beyond BASIC until the emulation era. With ... -
ZX BASIC (Boriel's Compiler) - LibrariesWell, we have a nascent option on a sprite library coming together, thanks to na_th_an's fourspriter being retooled for the job. It's not general pur…
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I've done some fast trig and square root stuff ... is simultaneously almost completely sinclair basic compatible (It even allows line ... easy fix to a Sinclair Basic Program) and a very powerful ... add-in functions for the basic compiler to make it more ... -
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…
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 with plot or draw or others.
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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 ... -
Return to +3 BASIC from 48K mode.Hello Spec-Chums! I don't know if this trick has been posted before, if it has, i apologise, but i have not been able to find it. Anyway, here goes…
... SPECTRUM command to enter 48K BASIC mode, there is no way ... back to +3 BASIC; however, i have found that ... basic program, or if you need to edit very long program lines ... any way back to 128K BASIC on the earlier 128K machines ... -
Drawing 3D grids in Basic...This is probably very simple for someone who feels comfortable with Math, but it's driving me crazy... Let's say I want to draw a grid of 16 by 16 s…
... 's say I want to draw a grid of 16 by ... . The distance between the two lines (on screen) is 88 pixels ... . Drawing the 16 vertical lines was very easy:
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Computer graphics packageAnyone recommend a piece of software that will allow me to draw a house in 3d? I was thinking along the lines of vector graphics which would allow m…
... to draw a house in 3d? I was thinking along the lines ... and I would like to draw my house to scale and ... use so I suppose a basic one will be ok, but ... -
Back to BASIC[U][B]Archaeology guide to programs compiled used MCODERII.d[/B][/U] After various people have been talking about "Frank'n'stein" I decided to finis…
... converting the code back to BASIC much easier.
BASIC source code between addresses ... interesting areas - labelled "VARS", "LINES" and "NAMES". Working backwards [B ... code (not the original BASIC address). There are 2 ... -
saving part of a BASIC programHere's a short routine to save part of a BASIC program. The idea is that it can be merged into a program and then used to save sub-routines, etc. to …
... to save part of a BASIC program. The idea is that ... >a2):
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Find-Fill-Copy functions for BASICThere's not much going on here, so here's three m/code routines to provide some data manipulation functions which are otherwise slow to do from BASIC…
... otherwise slow to do from BASIC.
* find array 'a ... set the top four screen lines to green on black.
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A 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…
... example. It's about 340 lines and includes comments, assembler code ... with some arbitrary patterns, and draw it.
void loadlevel()
What is the (hypothetically) largest 9999 lines BASIC program possible?If the Speccy had infinite amounts of memory, what is the largest 9999 line BASIC program that could be made? (in K and amount of instructions) (Yet…
... is the largest 9999 line BASIC program that could be made ...BASIC compilerI'm looking for a basic compiler that actually works, tried all the ones on the WOS archive and none of them seem to work... I'm only wanting to co…
I'm looking for a basic compiler that actually works, tried ... only wanting to convert 10 lines of a PRINT rountine that ...zx81: is there a 16kb ram limit for basic?first of all, sorry to all about posting a question about zx81 in a forum mostly about zx-spectrum - i didn't want to offtopic questions here anyway,…
... around 20 or 30 less lines, it worked fine, but when ... the 16kb barrier, the zx81 basic editor on rom, when turning ...
