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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…
Get rid of 'Bytes:' when loading codeHow do you hide the 'Bytes:' when loading code? I've tried saving as CHR$ 22 + CHR$ 6+ CHR$ 0 (a blank part of the loading screen) but it still appe…
... the following line in your BASIC:
PRINT AT 5,0;:LOAD ...What systems do you regret buying/not buying?I've never had a non-mainstream console or computer really, I've owned (in order of my buying them*): ZX Spectrum (48K, 128K, +2) Atari ST (STFM/STe…
... it for the Speccy, the fast BASIC and built-in assembler would ...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…
... fast as a C64. It still had a hell of a fast BASIC ...How to automatically find the character set in a gameThis is all completely new to me, so please be patient. I've done some reading up on how character sets are handled by the Spectrum. I understand tha…
Nippy = fast . Basic functions are not fast. If you don't need ... . If you are dependent on basic functions what happens if the ...Using BASIC from Machine CodeHi Folks, Came across a very interesting article by Toni Baker in Your Spectrum: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/yr11/yr11_66.htm …
... text needs to be tokenised BASIC e.g.
DB KWRDPRINT, '"', "Hello", '"', 13 ; BASIC PRINT token 245 $F5
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TEXT:
DB KWRDDRAW ; BASIC DRAW token 252 $FC
Cubic RevealI just though I'd develop this a little further. Written a while ago on a whim! [img]https://dl.dropbox.com/s/p44y5dda49ucmop/square_reveal_1_1.gi…
... ;retrieve the result (BC) from BASIC (PRINT USR 40001)
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The BASIC portion:
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20 PRINT USR 40001: GO TO 10 ...printing to the screen using pokei remember there being a way to print to the screen using pokes, which would allow you to print a character anywhere in the 175x255 matrix. can anyon…
Why not more interest in C?Just curious. Not trying to provoke anything other than a discussion here. It would seem (to me) that it would be better for "Z80 beginners" to wr…
... that you're not using BASIC? I can relate to that ... was possible to have "really fast basic" back in the day without ... guess your point stands that BASIC is would make more sense ...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…
Another solution is to entirely bypass the BASIC print routine and instead write your own that draws the appropriate character directly to the screen memory.
It's a bit harder to do but you will learn a lot more that way.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…
... is to entirely bypass the BASIC print routine and instead write your ...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…
... /> ret ; back to basic
; Print text on screen
print...
EDIT: I edited ...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…
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…
... you defining the UDGs in BASIC first?
This code ... /> ret ; back to basic
; Print text on screen
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…
... you defining the UDGs in BASIC first?
This code ... /> ret ; back to basic
; Print text on screen
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…
... /> ret ; back to basic
; Print text on screen
print anything the ROM routines can ...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…
... range 0-23 before you print the first character then. 32 ... /> I don't know whether basic PRINT AT command handles that.
Print routine for BASIC (or BASin)For anyone interested there's a crappy binary here to print characters from BASIC at pixel positions. Import the binary at 60000, USR 60000 to initia…
... crappy binary here to print characters from BASIC at pixel positions. Import ... to initialise the stream, then PRINT #4; AT y,x; etc ...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 ... 's also a 42 char print library option.
Sadly ... is simultaneously almost completely sinclair basic compatible (It even allows line ... easy fix to a Sinclair Basic Program) and a very powerful ...Random Numbers, USR Return Values & Timing BASICI've been trying out Jon Ritman's random number routine, published in Your Sinclair Aug'87. Apart from a timing comparison I also did a frequency ana…
... Heels. The routine is quite fast and returns a reasonable random ... instances the required return to BASIC with a decimal fraction between ... return that value to the BASIC program.
As well ... -st)*100+0.5)/100: PRINT #0;" Time=";time;" secs":
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 ... far is;
10 PRINT "Good E-Bayer" : 20 GOTO ... me this;
10 PRINT FLASH 1; "Good buyer",FLASH ...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 ... on KEYPRESSED
10 PRINT "PRESS A KEY" : PAUSE 0 ... : PRINT "KEYPRESSED"
But now ...Sinclair Basic compiler for PC?I know we all can use BASin to play for a while in a little window. But... What about creating a 80x86 EXE program from scratch using Sinclair Basic…
... program from scratch using Sinclair Basic? You know, the ATTR(), LET ... /> 10 INPUT b
20 PRINT b
You could ... plan to do) any Sinclair BASIC compiler for the '86 range ...42 column text, Sinclair Print Utilities, etcI'm currently developing the next of the ZXIF text adventures - "43 Minutes" and, as a side issue, I'm really interested in 42 column text for this g…
... for ideas - mainly towards short BASIC and/or m/c routines ... travels I have come across 'Print Utilities,' a release from the ... text. I've studied the BASIC part of this for a ...Print 'n' Plotter SPRITE MACHINEJust got this from an ebay seller this afternoon. I just TZXd it and sent it to the Steve at the vault, yet it might be a while before it gets put up…
... sprites would work from compiled basic, so results will be even ... USA.
stuff like Print 'n' Plotter ART o' Matic ...BASIC compilersI'm looking for a BASIC compiler that can actually handle the SAVE and LOAD basic commands. Hi Soft Basic doesn't, so I'm in a fix now since my BASIC…
I'm looking for a BASIC compiler that can actually handle ... the SAVE and LOAD basic commands. Hi Soft Basic doesn't, so ... a fix now since my BASIC program uses the SAVE and ... handles almost all of BASIC commands and generates fairly fast code too?Smooth Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48k Part 2Ok, After all the suggestions in Part 1, which were all excellent (Thankyou), I opted on the following: I have 2 x 6k Offscreen areas (Yes, that's …
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IF FLAG IS 1, FAST COPY BUFFER TO SCREEN
; PCHAR
; PRINT A 1*8 CHAR TO ...Need some help making a BASIC gameI'm creating a text adventure in 128 BASIC (I don't like using the 'keywords' in 48 BASIC - It's slow and annoying!) called "The Legend of The Red Dr…
... text adventure in 128 BASIC (I don't like ... the 'keywords' in 48 BASIC - It's slow and ... multiple action descriptions, but BASIC will only let me ... part, otherwise it'll print an 'Invalid Action' message ... axe" THEN INK 2: PRINT: PRINT "Invalid Command": PAUSE 50: ...BASIC question (in both ways)hi, im fairly new to spectrum stuff.. I bought one a couple of days ago.. im trying to write a basic program that opens a window (drawn with DRAW com…
... .. im trying to write a basic program that opens a window ... text to my box but basic seems to position text in ... ,100) to the figures in PRINT AT? So then I can ... should be in the Spectrum Basic section.. I didnt see it ...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…
... some simple line like 1 PRINT
"test" - it works. But ... would get a VERY fast restart to basic (as if I didn ... /> - Get this - I could enter basic programs normally !!! I.e. it ... IF PEEK (N) A THEN PRINT "FAIL:";N
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