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Sorting an array...Hi Folks, Over the weekend I had a play with sorting algorithms - takes me back to my student days! :-o My first try was with the good old Bubble S…
... can use arrays from BASIC but the other data structures ... m not familiar with Speccy BASIC. I know it worked ... 'm not sure how fast it would be on other ... And with float, the BASIC has to convert to integers ... depending on where your BASIC starts arrays and max ... -
Sorting an array...Hi Folks, Over the weekend I had a play with sorting algorithms - takes me back to my student days! :-o My first try was with the good old Bubble S…
... linked list etc. Alas Spectrum BASIC is not the quickest so ... .
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Spectrum coding on iPad?Hi there, A quick intro first. My names Adam, 33 years old, recently dug the +2 out and have been having a childhood Renaissance with Robocop and Op…
... tinkering and is certainly not fast enough on any mobile device ... to code in Spectrum Basic or use Spectrum Basic to poke machine ... -
Vic 20 game better than Speccy version?Years ago, when I had my Vic 20 I had a game called Blitz, it was on the welcome tape in fact. Very simple game, but strangely addictive. For those t…
... (at WoS)[/URL]. It emulates BASIC, not machine code. I am ... the startup screen and CBM BASIC 2 working, but the problem ... 6502 is designed to be fast. It would be painfully slow ... -
Vic 20 game better than Speccy version?Years ago, when I had my Vic 20 I had a game called Blitz, it was on the welcome tape in fact. Very simple game, but strangely addictive. For those t…
... (at WoS)[/URL]. It emulates BASIC, not machine code. I am ... the startup screen and CBM BASIC 2 working, but the problem ... 6502 is designed to be fast. It would be painfully slow ... of it with the CBM Basic V2 3583 Bytes free Ready ... -
BASIC compilerHi All, Can someone please recommend me a good compiler (for emulator use) that 'compiles' BASIC code into Assembler? There are quite a few availab…
... ] are compiled with HiSoft Basic, the rest with MCoder ... 's much slower than HiSoft BASIC.
To ... BASIC with some Sinclair BASIC features added. The generated machine code runs fast ... and you can compile fairly large projects. Using standard BASIC ... -
Games in machine codeHi everyone, How do go about doing multiple shots like a machine gun, do you have to store every x and y position of each bullet? When you kill som…
... out of I suspect just basic ignorance wrote their own collection ... thing that must have blindingly fast performance. But most of the ... it doesn't understand the basic concepts. They don't know ... -
emulatorsplease help can we see clearly which emulator emaulates which hardware is there any that has a pc function key for the mulitface nmi button and the +…
... format I require such as BASIC program DATA statements... the possibilities ... machine hooked up to a fast download link to prove technical ... -
Bell sound with PLAY command?Hi Folks, I am no musician so I was hoping someone could give me a PLAY command that would sound like a bell on the Spectrum. A bell that sounds li…
... AY chip very much in BASIC, maybe a MC program which ... the pitch and waveform very fast could achieve better results.
Bell sound with PLAY command?Hi Folks, I am no musician so I was hoping someone could give me a PLAY command that would sound like a bell on the Spectrum. A bell that sounds li…
... AY chip very much in BASIC, maybe a MC program which ... the pitch and waveform very fast could achieve better results.
zx microdrivesHello. I think those zx microdrives look damn sexy! There are a few on ebay, but seem to be quite pricey. Can anyone tell me if they are worth it in …
... . They?re obviously not as fast as a floppy, but far ... to work with in both BASIC and machine code. Check out ... to use. It?s really basic ? the 1 byte (pointless) buffer ... , but certainly not impossible. The BASIC extensions, for example, make it ...Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …
... tried to write a fast sort in BASIC - choosing the right approach ...Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …
... tried to write a fast sort in BASIC - choosing the right approach ... :
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; J.G ...How do you do it?What's your favoured method of games creation? Basic programming? Assembler? Basic Compiler? AGD? Etc etc. I currently have a management game written…
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xxx REM ... you can write REALLY fast stuff in ZX BASIC without having to ...What to get for Sound tracker?I'm quite new to world of Spectrum, so need little advice what to buy. I want to make some good AY noises with program called Sound Tracker. Not mu…
... , spitting out both a ZX BASIC version of the music data ... ]), and running them through a fast and accurate emulator for testing ...BASIC compilerHi All, Can someone please recommend me a good compiler (for emulator use) that 'compiles' BASIC code into Assembler? There are quite a few availab…
... all the versions of Hisoft Basic from the archive but can ... ! Help![/QUOTE]
HiSoft Basic can crash on emulasted Speccy ... Boriels Compiler. Boriel is very fast in bugfixing. I reported a ... used previously USCHI and HiSoft Basic 1.1, but I don ...Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…
... /> Mostly pointless. 3.5Mhz is fast enough for most things you ... an open version of SE Basic.
[url]https://sites ...Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…
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SE Basic is replacement ROM. Just like ... between efficiency and conciseness. Because BASIC is an interpreted language, any ... doesn't may run too fast. For that reason it's ...Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…
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SE Basic is replacement ROM. Just like ... efficiency and conciseness. Because BASIC is an interpreted language, ... 't may run too fast. For that reason it ... then with a fast CPU and VDP :)Why doesn't my loop work?Can anyone help me understand why my loop doesn't work? Is it to do with how DEC HL affects the flags? [code] ; Read 32k bytes from port 191 as fa…
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Duh! That might ...Z88DK/SP1 library u_malloc() questionHi All, It may possibly be more appropriate for me to post this on the Z88DK forum, but I know quite a few WoSSers have used Z88DK, so here goes:- …
... ! Still, the game still ran fast enough, being a relatively simple ... days co-authoring one-liner BASIC programs I learnt how to ...Z88DK/SP1 library u_malloc() questionHi All, It may possibly be more appropriate for me to post this on the Z88DK forum, but I know quite a few WoSSers have used Z88DK, so here goes:- …
... use a very fast build script and a fast computer, so I ... confusing us to their compiled basic community. I can tell you ... masked sprites on screen, and fast. Even if there was no ...Official CSSCGC 2010 Competition ThreadDear Wossers, As 'loser' of the 2009 competition, I am now obliged to host the 2010 competition. I have created a site which will provide a hub for …
... delay routine from the pure BASIC version.
It first did ... back into the game. Too fast updating the border
on ...Character movementI have always liked manic miner and so want to try an write my own version. My first attempt is just focusing on the character movement, left right a…
... zips across the screen - too fast to control, in fact. Jumping ... also be calculated from the basic shape's definition rather than ... would be that if the basic shape was changed it wouldn ...Microdrive MaintenanceHi All I've come into possesion of two microdrives and 5 cartridges. I have an interface 1 which I believe is fine. I can issue commands to the micr…
... "hello world" program, so the basic functionality seems to be there ... don't have any other fast loading system besides k7zx).
What if the Government backed Sir CliveHere is a question I have always wondered about... What if the Government had backed Sir Clive back in the Eighties... That is, placed his computers …
... mile the best 8 bit BASIC interpreter, it has a ... forgotten just how good BBC BASIC is; not only does ... is very messy with Sincair BASIC. And then there's ... things that need to be fast in asm without too ... like memory buffers. BBC BASIC even has the concept of ...best antivirus softwareHi folks Any tips on trustworthy - and if possible free! - antivirus software? My wife and I seem to have been stung by antimal and our other lapto…
... also very good as a fast but basic browser, but it has ...best antivirus softwareHi folks Any tips on trustworthy - and if possible free! - antivirus software? My wife and I seem to have been stung by antimal and our other lapto…
... also very good as a fast but basic browser, but it has ...SpecBAS: Request for comment - SpritesHi all - Having been slaving away at the new SpecBAS release, I've decided to finally bite the bullet and implement a sprite engine. I've got a nice…
... sprite system for use in BASIC, with animation, interrupts and windows ... probably pretty good for a BASIC sprite library.[/QUOTE]
BASIC sprite implementation? Bear in mind that SpecBAS is probably fast ...
