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PRINT AT in assembler Hello everyone, I am very new to this forums. Like perhaps many others I had a Spectrum as a child and did pretty much simple BASIC programming, bu…
... and did pretty much simple BASIC programming, but never knew anything ... (perhaps not) simple things like print a single character to the ... said that to achive the BASIC PRINT AT-operation the instructions would ... but the X would only print this number of new lines ... -
Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... price, and excellent (in comparison) BASIC. Seeing games like ATIC ATAC ... . The BBC has a great fast BASIC language and built in assembler ... and false comparisons the manufacturers print.
However, to ... -
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…
... coordinates (as in PRINT AT in basic), print centered text on a ... )
// s = string to print, can contain:
// \n ... br /> [code]
// compute initial print position of line
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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…
[quote="Crisis;992784"]oops, to fast, you say in MC and ... /> in Basic you use the lower screen as in
PRINT #0 ... the NExt message will over print that LOWER screen part
ret ; back to basic
; Print text on screen
What would you pay for a brand new Spectrum?I wanted to know if there was a market for new hardware, like the DTV-64.
... dull game parts, or 6x fast BASIC)
[*][B]Battery powered[/B ...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 ... the slowest parts of most BASIC interpreters. The other big ... some programs over the original BASIC ROMs. Just reducing or improving ...Wich key of a rubber Key Spectrum get used least??I'm wondering of all the Keys on a rubber key ZX Spectrum on average wich one do you reccon gets used the least?? I have played with the idea whilst…
... used quite a bit in Basic Print statments where abreviation is not ...The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... way to get a usable, fast BASIC is to port the ROM ... remake could be written in BASIC without having to resort to ...Faster Pussycat, yer man (UDG)Right we are almost into a game area. Ive started to play with UDG and by using bins and pokes I can redesign graphics to my hearts content. Now Im…
To PRINT UDG "a" AT 0,0 in BASIC (48k Spectrum):
BASIC "PRINT AT" command.BBC microI was often made aware by people at the time that the beeb was the "best computer in the world." Even my next-door neighbour ( who was a bit of a co…
... multiple graphic modes.
Fast Basic - one that allowed proper functions ...BBC microI was often made aware by people at the time that the beeb was the "best computer in the world." Even my next-door neighbour ( who was a bit of a co…
... multiple graphic modes.
Fast Basic - one that allowed proper functions ...jetset blue colourhi the spectrum only had 8 colors in jet set willy the in the room i am sure i have seen this before there is a blue color that is not cyan or the b…
... /> e.g. to see in BASIC...
PRINT PAPER 1;" ";BRIGHT 1 ...'orange' on a spectrumalways wondered why spectrums could never seem to achieve the colour orange? wasn't one of the default colours, and don't remember seeing anything th…
... didn't exist. With 128K BASIC, who knows what obscure commands ... lurk, without examining the 128K BASIC ROM, or at least a ... be done well enough in BASIC for most applications I would ... the second screen using ordinary BASIC PRINT and graphics commands. Until today ...Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... rave reviews as a very fast BASIC compiler, but you had to ... compilers would just turn your BASIC into a series of calls ... would spot patterns in your BASIC and know how to turn ...Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... rave reviews as a very fast BASIC compiler, but you had to ... graphics commands you get in BASIC.
On the whole ...POKING graphicsI remember using binary code (in BASIC) to POKE graphics (thanks Input magazine!) Using a FOR..NEXT loop you would POKE each square in the 8X8 charac…
... as something else and Print it again somewhere ... and every time the BASIC PRINT (or ROM routine that ... custom written Print routines then you could print the text ... you write your own Print routine in Machine ... all this with the BASIC PRINT functions and using the ...Easy way to print text in machine code?Please? It sounds so simple, but I've never done it. At the moment I'm grabbing the start address for each letter then printing them out one at a t…
You could use the rom-routine RST 16 (decimal).
The A register holds the code of the character that is to be printed.
(It's the BASIC PRINT command)Developing on Linux (Ubuntu 10.04)Ok, so I decided to install Ubuntu as my main OS, but keep XP as a bootable partition just in case I err mess up Ubuntu, :) I also have XP VM in Virt…
... host OS). For example, SE Basic is a viable alternative to ... if you're after a fast BASIC editor. It's not as ...Stopping the loading messages...Hi Folks, As you know, the ZX BASIC kindly reports the program, bytes or data that you have loaded on the screen. To stop these appearing I was thi…
... a way to hide the BASIC print message during loading. I studied ...The SAM CoupeDoes anyone own one of these? I remember being jealous of a friend who bought one of these machines which had a disk that made the system compatible …
... very fine machine with excellent BASIC which lacks only a good ... .
The fact, it has BASIC in ROM, made the SAM ... without a disc, and the BASIC dialects that came with the ... good too (I have now FaST BASIC-Module and STOS). So SAM ...GUI/OS for the Spectrum?Hi, Is anybody working on a WIMP/GUI system for the Spec? Is there anything current out there? [url]http://snakeoillabs.com/wordpress/2005/10/30/8…
... high, which makes it fast to print text since you only have ...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 …
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However, that fast string print further back will come in ...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…
... to work out quicker in BASIC however I try it. Printing ... r,c;" "; but, from BASIC, PRINT AT r,c;" " {20246 T} ...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…
... r,c;" "; but, from BASIC, PRINT AT r,c;" " {20246 T} ... to compare:
[B]PRINT AT r,c;" "[/B] vs ... [/B]
or:
[B]PRINT AT r+1,c+1 ...Looking for some bog standard soundspreferably using PLAY command.... example 10 LET a$="the sound code" 20 PLAY a$ ideally I'm looking for noises for 1) A space ship engine, pref…
... be surprised to learn how fast BASIC can be when programmed properly ... Miner purely in BASIC... And it was almost as fast as the ...Looking for some bog standard soundspreferably using PLAY command.... example 10 LET a$="the sound code" 20 PLAY a$ ideally I'm looking for noises for 1) A space ship engine, pref…
... be surprised to learn how fast BASIC can be when programmed properly ... Miner purely in BASIC... And it was almost as fast as the ...Looking for some bog standard soundspreferably using PLAY command.... example 10 LET a$="the sound code" 20 PLAY a$ ideally I'm looking for noises for 1) A space ship engine, pref…
... be surprised to learn how fast BASIC can be when programmed properly ... Miner purely in BASIC... And it was almost as fast as the ... can even get close!
BASIC itself can do quite a ... the speed at which BBC Basic can animate game graphics on ...Basic sourceAre there any utilities available that will extract Basic source to a text file, or insert it from a text file into any of the common formats lie z80…
Did you try SpecEmu, Zero & Spud?
Currently adding BASIC print support to Spud.
