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BASIC Bug: DEF FN after REMHello all, Having mused the Spectrum ROM disassembly by Drs Logan ad O'Hara, I wondered about how good ZX BASIC was at locating the DEF FN when call…
... wondered about how good ZX BASIC was at locating the DEF ... FN a()=10
20 PRINT FN a()
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20 PRINT FN a()
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How to return to basic properly from ASMI am messing around with a fast stack copying routine. But I am getting "A: Invalid argument" error when I later return to basic. I know you h…
... am messing around with a fast stack copying routine.
But ... when I later return to basic.
I know you ... IY register before returning to basic but my code at the ... as IY when returning to basic. I think one of the ...How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
... Registers are used to perform fast operations. They are used ... a sample:
BASIC:
LET A = 2
PRINT C
in assembly ... Note, we don't actually 'print' the results in the AL ... a ROM routine to print but that's another ...How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
... Registers are used to perform fast operations. They are used ... a sample:
BASIC:
LET A = 2
PRINT C
in assembly ... Note, we don't actually 'print' the results in the AL ... a ROM routine to print but that's another ...WANTED: tape replacement for +2?Any tape replacement possible for a +2? My +2 works wonderfully but the incorporated datacorder is simply worn out and won't load ANYTHING. Dirty sig…
... BIN 11101111
20 PRINT IN 254
30 ... BIN 11111111
40 PRINT IN 254
50 ... />
The BASIC program used above is relatively ... as PRINT IN 254 is typed at a BASIC prompt, ... the resistors. A very fast, cheap and neat design ...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 ...Who is your favourite Software House ?? and why ??So which games company was your favourite and why ?? and come to think of it .. who did you think was pants. my fave has to be Ultimate I can remem…
... , and with the guts to print the screenshots on the cover ... , (look suspiciously like compiled Basic), but were fast, frenzied, with cool sound ...i want to start writing my own gamesi want to start writing my own games but have no idea how. is there any downloadable dummys guides or some software that teaches u how. the only expe…
... pleanty of mathmatical things and PRINT USR xxxxx to get ... approach, while OK for making BASIC+MC business/math programs, ... ROM routines or using the BASIC calculator routines*).
... SID, I'd get nowhere fast with game programming. Fortunately (?), ...i want to start writing my own gamesi want to start writing my own games but have no idea how. is there any downloadable dummys guides or some software that teaches u how. the only expe…
... time. Compiled C is as fast as you can get on ... dissent).
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Basic is all about mystery code ... there? Neither is there a "PRINT" function. There's plenty of ... links:
Learn Sinclair Basic:
[url="http://www ...new programmer needs information hi , i have been learning c++ for a while and am trying to make games using windows but being 28 and nostalgic , i thought it would be fun try and f…
... /> ;for Arcade Games and other Fast Spectrum
;Programs page 2 ... /> call 5633 ;open stream to print to the top part of ... screen
ret ;return to BASIC
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Type-ins for non-standard languagesDoes anyone know if there has ever been any type-in programs for non-standard languages e.g. Forth, Micro Prolog etc. I recently bought copies of tho…
... 's from the book, "BASIC & FORTH in Parallel" ... ' knowledge of BASIC ) as it takes BASIC examples and shows ... do that goes beyond BASIC. I happen to like ... almost as fast and sometimes nearly as fast as Machine ... . [/B] ( the same as [B]PRINT ( 3 + 2 ) * 4 )[/B] ...z88dk+splib2 sprites question.I'm creating a game and I have several "states" for my main sprite, such as jump, facing left, facing right, etcetera. All those states require a dif…
... be callable from Sinclair BASIC by one of my ... and the decompressor is fairly fast. I don't have an ... could use a set, print with it, and select ... I discovered yesterday that the BASIC trick of "switch to ... switch to the font charset, print the text" don't work ...z88dk+splib2 sprites question.I'm creating a game and I have several "states" for my main sprite, such as jump, facing left, facing right, etcetera. All those states require a dif…
... and the decompressor is fairly fast. I don't have an ... to change relative print position, so you can print these "large ... 255). The sp_PrintAt functions will print them correctly, but the sp_PrintString ... I discovered yesterday that the BASIC trick of "switch to ...Pocket Clive - 2 QuestionsHello, I've just started using Pocket Clive on my iPaq pocket PC, excellent emulator BTW. 1. I have just wrote a small BASIC program to randomly pi…
... the lottery number-picker ZX BASIC program, caused by running ... value used just changes too fast to get a repeat ... RND*n)+1
110 PRINT a(p);" ";
120 ... 140 NEXT j
150 PRINT
160 NEXT i
180 PRINT
190 NEXT i
Mess around with basicIf you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used? thanks
... be great :)
However, BASIC is (as you, Andrew, already ... ) very, very compact. A simple PRINT statement, assuming that you don ... removes the "interpreter" from the BASIC and calls the ROM for ... isn't anything like as fast as I'd like it ...Codies help? Werewolves of LondonHi All, never one for shying away from the deep end, having only just dipped my toe in to the world of machine code I find myself trying to find out …
... beeper and sometimes the print screen routine for menus.< ... quote]
RST are fast single-byte calls. The fact ... or something for really fast realtime interrupt response... who ... for creating space within the basic workspace, something totally useless ...ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... like C, Pascal, Fortran and Basic were king. A language is ... linear and imperative (ie, first print this character, then goto this ... /> A hash table is a fast table lookup. One stores (key ...compilerI am currently developing a sudoku game for the old faithful speccy. My idea is to write the code in basic and then compile it to m/c because i suck …
... /> be bigger. But only might. Basic compilers often attach an
in speed to a Basic compiled PRINT (probably faster) but then ... be (slower meaning not as fast as hand coded asm
Basic). There are screen functions for ...z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
... a key, fputc_cons to print an uninterpretted character, puts_cons ... independent of the ROM. A fast function.
... once. Again, self-contained. A fast function.
in_GetKey ... working. This is because Basic's interrupt routine scanned the ...Font centering problemA while back today, I started coding a simple Othello/Reversi game in BASIC, with the precious aid of BASin (great tool, hope it eventually becomes b…
... that Print to desired (vertical) pixel pos is possible in Basic - with ... vertical pos - can be acceptable fast. However it will need some ... machine code than in Sinclair Basic.How to save TZXGreetings to all. I am starting to move on from just games into some testing of home made programs. Although I could have done that in ancient tapes…
... . I'm taking the BASIC manual from WoS and some ... managed to get a simple basic program into tape, with realspectrum ... maybe I'm going too fast with this, but I have ... want to just have a basic program with a nice ... how to hide the name print on screen so that the ...Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... 2068 about twice as fast to manipulate screen memory ... , I´ll start with Basic for TS2068 because I´m ... to work with sprites in basic?
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On ... can be done with PRINT statements and UDGs (user ...Converting m$ to dataI created a maze using a matrix of 704 characters. In order to save memory, and since the maze it's just walls and spaces which could be interpreted …
... 't need to be fast or fancy. In that ... ";: GO TO 140
130 PRINT " ";
140 LET w ... 0; you may want to print spaces instead:
... ";: GO TO 140
130 PRINT " ";
140 LET w ... The reverse keeps the basic simple whilst plotting the wall ...Game OptimisationBelow is a section of code Im using for movement enermy display and collision detect. What happens is that you move the sight with ,.qa and space do…
... because Im beginning to think basic is just going to ... 80 IF c=1 THEN PRINT AT b,a;CHR$ 144 ... " AND b>1 THEN PRINT AT b,a;" ": LET ... b=b-1: PRINT AT b,a;CHR$ 144 ... INT (RND*21)+1: PRINT AT f,e;CHR$ 145 ... seem like Im getting anywhere fast its just this is ...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
fast way where if there ...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…
... Basic"
20 for n=1 to (256-32)
30 print ... doing the equivalent :) The basic string slice operation creates ... point reached when things are fast enough.
print a maximum of n ... , 0, alpos, 32); // print a max of 32 chars ...What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…
[B]BBC Basic had a built in ... C16
[B]BBC Basic had procedures.(PROC & DEF ... too!
[B]BBC Basic had different graphic modes.[/B ... Sinclair BASIC is the ease of UDG's and the PRINT AT ... Beeb - well, t'was very fast by all accounts, but then ...What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…
... ), to full BASIC add-ons, such as Laser Basic, Beta Basic and YS ... Mega Basic (the latter I ... Sinclair BASIC is the ease of UDG's and the PRINT AT ... /> [quote=JamesD;215085]BBC BASIC is fast. According to one Acorn Atom ...Games Programming Plagiarism - Did It Happen?I know there is at least one notable case were someone has passed off someone else's games as their own - usually by changing the graphics. (Can't re…
... keyboard / joystick code, menus, text print routines and the like.
basic routines. I was thinking more ... benefitted from using such a fast scrolling method or at least ...
