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fast font engine possible?inspired by the recent "proportional font" thread for zx basic and ideas for gui and having done some of the work on this in the past i wonder if it …
... "proportional font" thread for zx basic and ideas for gui and ... is possible to have a fast raster font engine on ... character width). this would enable fast 8-bit calculations for measure_font ... experience ... do you believe ultra-fast draw_text could be made using ... -
Which BASIC commands/functions affect FRAMES?Hi Folks, Does someone have a definitive list of BASIC commands/functions that affect the FRAMES counter? The list I have so far: BEEP CAT (thanks…
... have a definitive list of BASIC commands/functions that affect the ...
PLAY (thanks BB)
PRINT #3 (Geoff)
SAVE - to ... -
checking bits in BASICThe question of manipulating bit patterns in BASIC was raised recently in this [thread=35728]Keys redefine routine and key check[/thread] thread. I s…
... manipulating bit patterns in BASIC was raised recently in ... ease of handling from BASIC, with a little loop ... 5 LET bc=0: PRINT bc;"=";: PRINT ,FN b$(bc,10 ... :
[code]
PRINT FN b$(FN h(12345 ... digit character strings in BASIC for bit manipulation, but ... -
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 ... $(2 TO 11)=" " THEN
PRINT #0;"F Invalid file name ... +CHR$ 128+l$
9994 PRINT #0; FLASH 1;"m/c ... -
AND,XOR,OR,BIT,RES,SET,CPL,NEG,RLC,RRC,SLA,SRL,RL, RR,SRA for BASICAs this was drifting away from the original INKEY$ thread I thought that I'd create a new one. So here's a routine to provide all of the above mentio…
... the above mentioned operations from BASIC. Syntax is explained in the ... 7
19 PRINT "OpCd A"
20 PRINT "CPL ";a,"= ";USR ... 40021+VAL "(,a"
23 PRINT "RRC ";a,"= ";USR 40021+VAL ... "),a"
24 PRINT "SLA ";a,"= ";USR 40021+VAL ... -
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 ... each routine, using either:
"PRINT USR r0,p1[,p2...,pn ... can be calculated by the BASIC program; see lines 15 & ... -
Can someone shorten this line of BASIC for me?I think if Sinclair Basic had a modulo operation this line could be a lot shorter:[CODE]PRINT AT cy,cx; PAPER 7-((cx/2=INT (cx/2))*(cy/2=INT (cy/2)))…
I think if Sinclair Basic had a modulo operation this ... be a lot shorter:[CODE]PRINT AT cy,cx; PAPER 7 ... -
storing machine code in BASICA couple of years ago I posted a routine for storing machine code between PROG & VARS, based on an idea in Toni Baker's "Mastering Machine Code". Thi…
... saved & loaded with the BASIC, as if it was in ... after the last line of BASIC, even though the m/c ... and doesn't need any BASIC to be typed other than ... /c"CODE mc,ml:
PRINT "m/c starts: ";mc'"NOT ... -
Minimal BASICAndrew Owen has just uploaded [B]Standard ECMA-55: Minimal BASIC [/B]to the Full Books archive on WOS. Thanks! [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pu…
... Standard ECMA-55: Minimal BASIC [/B]to the Full ... the ANSI Minimal standard for BASIC.
The two ... standard online or in print. I have come across ... the origins of Sinclair BASIC which adhered closely to ... no ON GOTO in Sinclair BASIC (a good substitute exists ... -
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 ... convert 10 lines of a PRINT rountine that uses a lot ... -
Basic BASIC help needed RNDHi all, I have recently re-discovered an old program I wrote in the early 90s which would do generate random lottery numbers. I know little now, an…
... then, when it comes to BASIC programming and I'm after ... b= 1+ INT (RND*49): PRINT b
any ideas ... -
Byte-order backbufferThis is a tool for Z80 coders who wish the Spectrum screen had a serial layout. It runs as an interrupt mode 2 service routine and uses POP and PUSH …
... sprite and text routines to print to the buffered display and ... order and copy it as fast as
possible. Well ... interrupts
ret ; return to BASIC
org 0xc39a< ... />
jp 56 ; exit via BASIC interrupt handler
blit ... -
Shaded Desktop...Hi Folks, As part of some BASin testing I thought I would create a little program that creates a shaded desktop. In this case it goes from solid bl…
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[CODE]100 REM FAST
110 BORDER 0: PAPER ... /> 240 REM SLOW
250 PRINT b$
260 REM Castle ... =0 TO 31 STEP 2: PRINT AT 4,x;"\a";AT ... quicker but not bad for BASIC. -
Star BASIC or *BASIC??? Anyone heard of this?Does anyone remember a thing called Star Basic or *basic? It was a tape that extended the BASIC instruction set and from memory you put a * in front…
... remember a thing called Star Basic or *basic?
It was ... a tape that extended the BASIC instruction set and from memory ... a * in front such as *PRINT or *SAVE to do extra ... -
Dimming the screen...Hi Folks, I was hoping someone on here could help me with a wee machine code routine. I have written the following example in BASIC: [CODE]100 REM…
... following example in BASIC:
[CODE]100 REM FAST
110 ... : FOR x=0 TO 31: PRINT AT y,x; PAPER RND ... *7;" ": NEXT x: NEXT y: PRINT #0;AT 0,0; BRIGHT ... " them.
Obviously in BASIC this is rather sloooooow! :smile ... -
Lame BASIC BEEPer editor - alphaI like music, like BASIC and find all current music utilities complicated. Since I enjoy Sinclair BASIC so much, I came up with a simple BEEPer edito…
I like music, like BASIC and find all current music ... complicated. Since I enjoy Sinclair BASIC so much, I came up ... wrong and it will occasionally print a very long number
OpenSE BASIC 3.1.1The eagle-eyed will have noticed that [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0027510"]SE BASIC[/url] got an update last week. As a te…
... with routines borrowed from SAM BASIC (thanks to Andrew Wright) ... machines (this requires replacing the BASIC ROM and patching the editor ... (e.g. PR. instead of PRINT). The EDIT key is gone ... (set the permanent attribute), MOVE (BASIC wrapper for the LDIR block ...Copying Files in +3e BASIC (not using COPY command)Hello there my fellow WoS'ers Yet again I find myself in need of guidance, I am sooo close to getting my prototype up. I am writing my own byte cop…
... Copied" : STOP
1060 PRINT #5,c // WRITE TO SAVE ... STREAM
1070 PRINT AT 10, 5; c // DISPLAY ... something like this under +3e basic?
thanks ...More RAM for BASIC (ZXSE required)Ok, here it is: [url]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/15659782/48KBASICSE.zip[/url] Use it as an IF2 ROM with a ZX Spectrum SE. It's a version of the 80x2…
... of the 80x24 mode ROM. PRINT 65536-USR 7962 returns 48641 ... 47.5K available for your BASIC programs. However, anything that expects ...WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …
... LET I=2
40 PRINT AT L,C;"*"
50 ... GO TO 50
60 PRINT AT L,C;" "
70 ...Ideas for speeding up this BASIC routine?This loop can take up to 2 minutes to run, depending upon the content of the screen being scanned, about 70% of that time being taken up by lines 105…
... time; it's just the BASIC that I'm asking about ...multi-scroll m/c subroutine for BASICArising from recent posts, here's a scrolling routine that will manage multiple left/right scrollings for any (sensible) line width or step; (ie. whe…
Arising from recent posts, here's a scrolling routine that will manage multiple left/right scrollings for any (sensible) line width or step; (ie. where width issmooth 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…
... I make something move in Basic without getting flicker. 1st i ... 'm also trying to use PRINT command and goto loops to ... split second.
My sinclair basic knowledge is VERY limited but ... try make some games in basic 1st.Questions about BasicHi everyone, I am Max, student of media studies in berlin, and I have to do a little project on the spectrum. I am working on a sinclair zx spectrum…
... we are basicly learning basic BASIC programming in order to ... examples for differences in basic language. Maybe you can ... i): next
print b
instead ... of just adding: print a(1)+a(2)+a ... like DEG and RAD in Basic...
5 ...Full 16*16-digit BASIC multiplicationI liked Andre Adrian's 32-bit long multiplication routine so much that I decided to a decimal version. After all, 2^63 is only 9223372036854775808, a…
... br /> I've done this BASIC version, which follows the original ... do the other three basic arithmetical operations as well.< ... 1000 REM LMUL:
1001 PRINT " ";FN b$(V)+FN b ... b$(C)
1002 PRINT "* ";FN b$(S)+FN ... THEN NEXT a
1393 PRINT "= "'a$(a TO)'32 ...Can a guy that traveled on the short bus learn machine code...Hmmm So after some soul searching I figured it was time to finaly nail spectrum machine code. Its so frustrating to sit infront of a basic listing w…
... to sit infront of a basic listing with a little annoying ... I went back to basic..
*Fast forwards.
Hmmm ... has returned, you type in PRINT USR 61440 (or whereever you ... and a
[code]
PRINT USR 61440
[/code]
SoftPLAY: Use the PLAY command from 48 BASICNow you don't need 128 BASIC to use the [B]PLAY[/B] command. Just use [B]PRINT #8;[/B] instead. [url]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15659782/So…
Now you don't need 128 BASIC to use the [B]PLAY[/B] command. Just use [B]PRINT #8;[/B] instead.
[url]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15659782/SoftPLAY.tap[/url]New Game: Spiker: Basic TrainingThis is a new game for 128K spectrums inspired by the Spectrum spaceship mascot thread here on WOS. Even if you hate the game, it is worth loading up…
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to this: your "[U]Basic Training[/U]."
to pass your basic training. You've got three ... you:
1. Blue = fast bullets
2. Red = faster ... ://blackjet.co.uk/spectrum/Spiker:-Basic-Training/[/url]
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