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  • 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 …

    ... )
    IF FLAG IS 1, FAST COPY BUFFER TO SCREEN


    ; PCHAR

    ; PRINT A 1*8 CHAR TO ...
    robpearmain robpearmain September 2004 Development
  • 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: ...
    pottyboy pottyboy November 2004 Sinclair Basic
  • 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 ...
    Rickard Rickard July 2005 Development
  • 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 ...
    javaguy javaguy August 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • 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
    50 NEXT ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat September 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • how to pass arguments from Basic to MC ?can someone explain me (or give some link) how to pass arguments from basic to machine code? i mean something like this: PRINT USR xxxxx, arg1, arg2:…

    can someone explain me (or give some link) how to pass arguments from basic to machine code? i mean something like this:
    PRINT USR xxxxx, arg1, arg2: ...
    or so...
    Fikee Fikee April 2006 Development
  • SimCoupe 1.0 released[size=-2](for those of you that don't read CSS)[/size] SimCoupe, the SAM Coup? emulator, has been updated to version 1.0. This major release adds ma…

    ... hard disk interfaces
    - Added print-to-file support for SAM ... cursor up/down
    - Added basic Vista beta 2 support by ... lookups [Dave Laundon]
    - Improved fast-boot to no longer require ...
    obo obo July 2006 Emulators
  • Spectrum Basic InterpreterHello. I started this days a strange project: an interpreter of the Spectrum Basic that can run in a Spectrum. Here is a very preliminar version: […

    ... : an interpreter of the Spectrum Basic that can run in a ... instructions: +, -, *, peek, usr, rem, list, print, goto, run, poke, if, and ... so on)

    LINE PRINT
    Like TRON in other ...
    NotFound NotFound November 2006 Development
  • Little BASIC gameTry to make all standard BASIC-errors and tell us how you did it. Not allowed i.e. : PRINT USR 1362 D - Break cont-repeats but ok 10 GO TO 10 RU…

    Try to make all standard BASIC-errors and tell us how you did it.
    Not allowed i.e. :

    PRINT USR 1362
    D - Break cont-repeats

    but ok
    10 GO TO 10
    RUN and press BREAK
    D - Break cont-repeats
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP January 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • Help with Visual Basic 6.0 vs Visual Basic.netI have a program that auto generates VB.Net code..... I know VB.net syntax and am happy with the code generated. However, I have been asked to have …

    ... generate code compatible with visual basic 6.0.

    I ... ] console.WriteLine(x)[/b] to print x out to a console ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk February 2007 Chit chat
  • 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).

    EDIT:
    PRINT CHR$ 32 with PRINT " " correct? In ... , CHR$33
    or
    PRINT " !" ?

    Now, another problem ...
    48K 48K March 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • How could you hear if loading BASIC or MC?When loading a Spectrum program from tape you could usually hear from the sound if it is a BASIC or is some machine code program *. My question is, w…

    ... sound if it is a BASIC or is some machine code ... /> In BASIC I assume that the keyword commands (e.g. PRINT) was ... command, so should not a Basic program in memory (and to ... sounds hard and tight, and BASIC more light and open. :smile ...
    Rickard Rickard November 2007 Development
  • 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…

    ... />
    [CODE]
    SINCLAIR BASIC Keyword Reference

    The ... : O
    COS : E : W PRINT : K : P
    DATA : E ... colours within strings in a BASIC listing.

    Break ...
    icabod icabod March 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • 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 />
    The second "BASIC" block at the end of ... to build a new BASIC loader that loads up ...
    maiki maiki March 2008 Emulators
  • alternate BASIC ROMI've come up with a few patches to the standard ROM to make it use the 128 shadow screen by default. The ROM is reorganised as follows: RAMTOP is se…

    ... under 32K is available for BASIC
    the shadow screen is ... 0xc000 by default
    the print buffer is moved to 0xdb00 ... almost a full 48K for BASIC programs. On the other hand ...
    chev chev October 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... I've succeeded in Speccy BASIC, I think I might just ... NEXT c
    400 REM print the lines of randomly picked ... =1 TO 8
    415 PRINT "LINE ";f;": ";
    420 FOR ...
    BigBadMick BigBadMick November 2008 Development
  • BASIC: Fast way of filling a string?Recently I decided to use string slicing to extract random numbers from a sequence in the one-liner Lottery picker: [quote] 20 RANDOMIZE : LET a$=""…

    ... : FOR g=1 TO 8: PRINT AT g-1,0;"Line ... =1+INT (RND*LEN a$): PRINT AT g-1,8+((f ...
    Dunny Dunny November 2008 Development
  • ZXDS & Sinclair basicIs it posible to save basic code with ZXDS emulator 10 print 87 save "abc.bas" and the load it?

    Is it posible to save basic code with ZXDS emulator

    10 print 87

    save "abc.bas"

    and the load it?
    mhanias mhanias March 2009 Emulators
  • So what about ethernet and ZX BASIC?Well, as of about 5 minutes ago, ZX BASIC for the first time properly wrote some packets to the network! OK, so it isn't perhaps 100% what Andrew Ow…

    ... about 5 minutes ago, ZX BASIC for the first time properly ... ,"example.com",2000
    20 PRINT #4;"Hello example.com!"

    Then the standard Spectrum BASIC keywords can be used for ... $# (to poll a socket stream), PRINT #, LIST # - they all will work ...
    Winston Winston July 2009 Hardware
  • Writing internet servers in ZX BASICNew Spectranet news! I have just finished adding the code to allow listening sockets to be used from BASIC. A simple example: [code] 10 %listen #4,…

    ... sockets to be used from BASIC. A simple example:

    30 PRINT #5;RND
    40 GO ... =5 TO m
    50 PRINT #i;RND
    60 NEXT ... write a web server in BASIC now :-)
    Winston Winston August 2009 Hardware
  • CellularBasicPro - enhanced BASIC interpreter for mobile phones and devicesDownload location : [url]http://code.google.com/p/cellularbasicpro/downloads/list[/url] Features of cellularBasicPro include : - Extensive mathem…

    ... Color (RGB) color graphics.
    - Fast double buffered graphics support.
    - Large BASIC programs support.

    CellularBasicPro ...
    yossik yossik August 2009 Announcements
  • Printing in 64 columns, from Basic?Not strictly a Sinclair Basic question but... Is there any known machine code utility that allows something similar to PRINT AT that can be called fr…

    ... to PRINT AT that can be called from Basic but ... br /> I'm creating small Basic programs that allow me to ... better than having to print lists of numbers and ... TO 15 : PRINT V*H;" "; : NEXT H : PRINT : PRINT : NEXT V[/ ... would allow me to print numbers next to each ...
    zxbruno zxbruno October 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Tutorial - learn machine code in 30mins[B][I]Message from the moderators[/I] - bigjon has requested that readers' attention be drawn to a better version of this tutorial, one which is easi…

    ... a BASIC program to run the machine code and print the score ... our machine code at free, fast-running (over 32768) and memorable ... before returning to BASIC
    ;return score to BASIC
    Copy ... is slow down our blindingly fast machine code.
    Insert ...
    bigjon bigjon November 2009 Development
  • Print at 128,87? :)The advanced search function didn't help me find the answer to this, and I don't remember seeing anything similar in magazines or books... so please …

    ... routine that can print a character or UDG from BASIC but using ... would allow me to use PRINT AT x, y (not y ...
    zxbruno zxbruno January 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Vector font in BASiCHi guys) Some fifteen years ago I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate a vector font with size/ thickness/ italicization params. I remem…

    ... ."
    1430 PRINT ""
    1440 PRINT "THEN, WRITE YOUR BASIC LINES TO"
    1450 PRINT ""
    1460 PRINT "PRODUCE YOUR ...
    NRA NRA February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX Basic 1.2.5 - a BASIC CompilerWell, my old post about ZX BASIC seems to be gone (maybe this phorum purges old threads?), so I started a new one. After more than 6 month, I've fin…

    ... , my old post about ZX BASIC seems to be gone (maybe ... a new version of ZX BASIC. It's a free compiler ... the least, a 42 column PRINT routine (ripped from somewere, and ...
    boriel boriel March 2010 Development
  • An update on ZX BASIC support for the SpectranetOne for zxbruno, I hope :-) So just an example of what now can be done with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is of a program …

    ... the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is ...
    20 PRINT PAPER 2;" Spectrum Games ": PRINT
    50 ... this on the Spectrum, using BASIC and streams:

    BASIC. You can PRINT # to that ...
    Winston Winston March 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • storing machine code in BASICApart from putting m/c above RAMTOP, which means that it has to be POKEd or LOADed separately after the BASIC program; or putting it in a REM, which …

    ... LOADed separately after the BASIC program; or putting it ... between the end of BASIC and the beginning of ... 23627)+machine_code_length+1:
    PRINT "Enter as direct commands ... CODE mcpos,machine_code_length:
    PRINT "machine code starts at ";mcpos ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Copying a SCREEN$ in ZX BASIC in 1 second?!Following on from the revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE i…

    ... Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun ... of memory) in ZX BASIC without resorting to a ... using only standard ZX Spectrum BASIC - and it's ... (dl),41
    35 PRINT #0;"load a SCREEN$ ... 0
    50 CLS : PRINT #0;"press ""j"" again"
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny April 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • enJine: a fast tilemap enginetile engine based on excellent work by Joffa Smifff. here you can download first tech demo. [url=http://ketmar.no-ip.org/tmp/enJine.tap]Get It Now![…

    ... can be used to create fast games like Cobra or FireFly ... in mind (so programmer can print many flickerless sprites).

    Ketmar Ketmar April 2011 Development
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