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more on storing mazesPrompted by Wookiee's escapades, I've been pondering on how to use DATA statements directly for displaying background graphics, thus avoiding the dup…
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* each background is defined in a single DATA statement;
in situ (done in BASIC here, but in practice it needs ... preceding place markers are read in order to locate each ... can be referenced & modified in situ with PEEK & ... -
Trying to remember name of an old animated movie making utilityMy nostalgic mind suddenly remembered hours of making terrible animated movies using a utility I believe I sent away for from an advert in a magazine…
... away for from an advert in a magazine... so probably an ... - I think it was written in basic and allowed you to choose ... around and have them speak in text to make a 'movie ... it's name had 'movie' in the title, but I really ... -
stuck on recursive functionI want this function to PEEK 'l' bytes from memory starting at 's' and return them as a string, but however much I fiddle about with quoting and pare…
... "Out of memory" or "Nonsense in BASIC". How can I get it ... -
AZIMUT / Frecuency spectrum[code]start DI LD HL,#7F40 LD D,#58 loop LD B,#00 bucle1 LD A,H IN A,[#FE] XOR A,C AND A,L J…
... br /> LD A,H
IN A,[#FE]
RRA
RET[/code]
optimize in speed and size, to show ... audio input in spectrum, inspired in "EL AJUSTE DEL AZIMUT ... .
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LZ77 en/decodingI've written an LZ77 en/decoding routine as I couldn't find one around for the Spectrum. Initially I'm just doing it in BASIC to get the logic right.…
... I'm just doing it in BASIC to get the logic right ... . It works, in that it encodes the file ... -
Interview with VERONIKA MEGLER ("The Hobbit" programmer)This interview with Veronika Megler (The Hobbit) has been published by elmundodelspectrum.com in Spanish, I copy it here for you all in its original …
... wrote many of the games in Basic for the books that ... were the pioneering company in computer games in Australia; I certainly ... The Hobbit caused great impact in Spain, something unusual considering ... ]?Which other games were in process in Melbourne at the same ... -
University ChallengeNearly two weeks ago Manchester University won the first University Challenge semi-final to get into the upcoming final against Pembroke College, Cam…
... I have spent more time in Spectrum BASIC than with algebra. I ... />
and having used binary in BASIC and machine code, the answer ... three.
Manchester are back in two days and if they ... -Chat then they may be in trouble. -
those darned recursive functions againI've been stuck on this one all evening. I want to dump out some memory in binary to debug a program. I've got a simple mod 2 division loop to do tha…
... to dump out some memory in binary to debug a program ... recursive DEF FN version, but in between I thought I'd ... of those results (or "Nonsense in BASIC", of course).
Now ... the digits will come out in reverse order, but if the ... -
countdown timer ?just curious if there was a pre-made one about that I could use to count down from 999 to 0. in MC / under interrupt, that returns to basic? but how…
... to 0. in MC / under interrupt, that returns to basic?
but how to approach it in basic *AND* wait for a keypress ... routine running ?
.. use IN instead of INKEY etc ?
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Experiments mixing ULA+ and Timex Hicolour featuresI'm trying to improve my Verilog skills, so I've written a description of a complete ZX Spectrum 128K (+2 grey ROMs), with AY-3-8912. I wanted to add…
... to add ULA+ support, and in the way, I discovered that ... slow because I do it in BASIC) and while it's being ... -
2 new games - Brian Vs the Bullies & BlitzIn case you've missed it in this thread ([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=38962[/url]) I've uploaded 2 games to celebrate …
... 've missed it in this thread ([url]http://www. ... game that my dad wrote in BASIC back in the late 80s/early ... generating the buildings (just like in the VIC-20 original), plays ... into machine code using HiSoft BASIC I also compressed the game ... -
Screen2StringFurther to writing that BASIC one-liner to redirect CAT to a string I thought that I'd do a general redirection routine for anything which normally p…
Further to writing that BASIC one-liner to redirect ... first I did it all in BASIC but it was a ... streamline it. The comments in the listing explain how to ... ; just change the "S" in the DATA statement; it starts ... to put an overflow check in line 21.
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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…
... have written the following example in BASIC:
[CODE]100 REM ... . "dimming" them.
Obviously in BASIC this is rather sloooooow! :smile ... -
Question about 2-channel beeper musicI confess I haven't tried all the available beeper utilities and software. I always found music software confusing and trackers are not for me. I kno…
... the good old beeper from BASIC and want to play ... music without having to leave BASIC. Let's say I ... may want to do from BASIC like for example key ... to BASIC after one note in one channel if a note in ... be able to compose music in BASIC as I always did, but ... -
Drug Wars[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drugwars[/url] anyone of you ever thought of doing a version of this classic on the spec? could be done in basic I…
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drugwars[/url]
anyone of you ever thought of doing a version of this classic on the spec? could be done in basic I'd guess. no graphics needed really -
number padding functionI wrote a number padding function in BASIC a while ago, but when I came to want it again I couldn't find it, so I've done this enhanced [url=http://w…
... wrote a number padding function in BASIC a while ago, but when ... /padnum.asm]PadNum[/url] function in assembler. As per usual it ... , rather than using MAKE_ROOM, slotted in the STR$ aligned on the ... the pad parameters print in full, as shown in some of the ... -
Keyboard issuesI'm getting back into programming in BASIC, but I'm finding using a PC keyboard to emulate 48k or 128k BASIC tiresome due to the mapping of keys, esp…
... 'm getting back into programming in BASIC, but I'm finding using ... to emulate 48k or 128k BASIC tiresome due to the mapping ... -
Time Warpby the Computer Cabin [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=YourComputer/Issue8401/Pages/YourComputer840100230.jpg"]see advert[/URL] …
... written mainly in Basic, had loads of subgames in it, one in particular was ... to help me to understand Basic
The inlay was ... -
A "bit" of a curiosityHaving to use a bit of m/code to do the AND in that key check function, I was prompted to revisit the "AND,XOR,OR,...for BASIC" topic and came up wit…
... /code to do the AND in that key check function, I ... the "AND,XOR,OR,...for BASIC" topic and came up with ... /code routines called from BASIC, but entirely in BASIC. It's inevitably slow ... -
Spectrum +3 External 3.5 driveHi All, I made a 3.5 external hard drive for my Amstrad CPC & it works a treat. I would like to use the same drive on my +3 but I dont know what co…
Hi All,
I made a 3.5 external hard drive for my Amstrad CPC & it works a treat.
I would like to use the same drive on my +3 but I dont know what command to use in basic?
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Encode two positive int numbers into one?Hi guys) Recently I've been trying to simulate short lists in Basic, but the point is that using limited values, say, 0-99 or 0-999, I remembered ho…
... trying to simulate short lists in Basic, but the point is that ... 's no easy MOD equivalent in ZX basic;
2) is it ... really the most Basic-efficient way?...
I ... -
How to change the colour of an input line?Hello my fellow WoS'ers I remember the way-back machine on the humble 48k where I could write a REM statement in basic, but I could also change the …
... could write a REM statement in basic, but I could also change ... -
Kempston Interface/Divide RandomnessI have just complemented my system with a Kempston joystick interface and am having some terrible stability problems. I have an Issue 4 (4a I think)…
... am getting lots of 'Nonsense in Basic' errors, corrupt graphics, random resets ... -
Your Sinclair Smash Tips - Corrected ListingsOver at Hercules' [URL="http://craigsretrocomputingpage.eu5.org/smashtips/index.html"]YS Smash Tips site[/URL] he has a list of hacks that don't work…
... "]Everyones a Wally[/URL]: Nonsense in BASIC error. Page 16.
... .html"]Highway Encounter[/URL]: Nonsense in BASIC error. Page 24. [B ... trapdoor.html"]Trapdoor[/URL]: Checksum in line 50 is wrong. ... out of range, comma in line 100 missing, wrong checksum ... -
Best books & Sugested reading..Hi i was trying to search the forum but couldnt find it. Looking at WOS there is a number of books on BASIC, programming, machine code ect.. I mess…
... a number of books on BASIC, programming, machine code ... few simple books on basic (give me a break ... subject that always eluded me in my childhood.
< ... like I do today but in spectrum basic.
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Get a listing to .txtI am messing with an old Spectrum game which was written in Basic for the 48k Speccy (not compatible with 128s). I get an error in the begining of th…
... Spectrum game which was written in Basic for the 48k Speccy ... error in the begining of the game and tha basic code ... ZX Printer and IF1. In the Communications tab I ... to a text file in my desktop (before I ... course!).
In the Scroll? message I press ... -
So what's the building sequence?Hi to all Since ages I wanted to create my own program on the speccy and then offer it to people so they could enjoy (or laugh about it xD ) Now as…
... , you have to program (either in BASIC or other),
then assemble ... to do is make the BASIC program, assemble it and send ... -
A Miscellany of Dangerous TipsHere's a selection of ideas for using some of the more obscure system variables which I've found handy on occasion. They can be very convenient if us…
... statement itself by the BASIC editor. They can be ... methods can be found in the BASIC forum. Otherwise, there ... References:
* storing machine code in BASIC (Jan)
* more on storing ... May)
* enhanced GOSUB/GOTO (in BASIC) (May)
* How much ... -
syntax checking helpcan anyone help with syntax checking, its been a while since I did any basic extension coding this routine always gives :C nonsense in basic error …
... routine always gives :C nonsense in basic error on the call to ... wrong
(code is running in esxdos ram)
CH_ADD ... -
my remake of Barbarianhello i have done a remake in "open source" of the Spectrum version of Barbarian, the game of Palace Sofware in 1987. (nammed Death Sword in the USA)…
... i have done a remake in "open source" of the ... the game of Palace Sofware in 1987.
(nammed Death ... Sword in the USA)
Barbarian ... creator of the game in 1987. There are many ... game in basic, with QB64 which allows to program in BASIC on ...
