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Compiling Basic to MCHello, I have a lot of long Basic programs. These are mostly strategy programs, good but slow. I was thinking about how to speed them up without com…
... is able to compile Sinclair BASIC "as is", as the language ... can get close, really close, if you go for a half ... bet is Boriel's ZX BASIC (where you have to adjust ... integers and everything goes faster) followed by Hisoft BASIC 1.2 for +3. -
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…
... from the sound if it is a BASIC or is some ... differens?
In BASIC I assume that the keyword ... ) was represented in memory by some kind of ascii number ... , so should not a Basic program in memory (and ... sounds hard and tight, and BASIC more light and open. ... -
Found a great ZX BASIC textbookProgramming Arcade Games for your Spectrum, by Adrian Jones. Found this in a second-hand bookstore over the weekend and if you're anything like me,…
... bookstore over the weekend and if you're anything like me ... keyboard and so on are followed by ten complete game listings, complete ... it after you venture beyond BASIC. There's also a couple ... sound effects.
Basically if a Speccy technical author had ... -
BIN2BAS (load BASIC text into emulator) utilityI've nearly finished testing this. It allows a BASIC program to be loaded from a text file in any emulator which has a "load binary" option. I was wo…
... binary" option. I was wondering if there's any other features ... ];a BASIC line starts with an integer 1-9999 followed by a ... space[/strike]
;a BASIC line with ... /> (or ignored if it's the first line)
;BASIC lines may ... -
SE Basic IV Buffy v4.1 source (WIP)I've been doing a major refactor on the SE Basic source and I'd appreciate a code review from anyone who has time to look at it. I've almost certainl…
[code]; --- BASIC LINE AND COMMAND INTERPRETATION ... THE 'MAIN PARSER' OF THE BASIC INTERPRETER
org 0x1b17
followed by class-0
; ... , use_zero ; jump if so
cp ':' ; colon?
jr nz ... -
ZX-Modules app reportZX-Modules app report If You are interested, I want to report about the state and progress about my ZX-Modules programs. I would like to report at l…
... -commands in one line, separated by colon ( : )
Well, ... special will happen.
If some output commands are present ... just at the beginning, followed by the important column data, ... SNA reader now recognizes the BASIC program and variables area, ... -
assembler for PcHi guys, I'm in the process of teaching myself machine code, and wondered if there is a good pc program for writing code. Or is the best thing to use…
... values with a semi-colon. For example if you'd installed Pasmo ... then type the drive letter followed by a colon and press enter. In ... will load and run the BASIC loader, followed by your machine code routine ... -
Iron Maiden Attacked At Ozzfest by Sharon Osbourne, or The Anger Of The BeastI'm angry about this. And if you are an Iron Maiden, or metal fan for that matter, you should too. Iron Maiden's final Ozzfest 2005 performance was…
... about this.
And if you are an Iron Maiden ... 2005 performance was nothing if not memorable and is ... was a premeditated assault organized by insiders. Dickinson also continued ... Their departure was followed by an onstage appearance by Ozzfest founder and ... -
Microdrive FormattingHo hum, yawn, microdrives - my favourite subject... ;) I?ve been doing some tinkering around, and have noticed that issuing a FORMAT command (with t…
... line of BASIC, or by directly entering FORMAT with a BASIC program ... matter, either.
If I run a FORMAT command ... a ?clean? format with BASIC present? I'm currently experimenting ... first line of BASIC being a REM statement followed by 594 spaces...< ... -
CLEAR does not RESTORE the DATA pointer??According to the Spectrum manual, one of the things that a CLEAR command does RESTORE the DATA pointer. Either it doesn't actually do this, or some…
... of Data" appears!
BASIC bug, or error in manual ... ?
Edit:
If you add
[CODE]
then RUN (123 appears), followed by GOTO 10 (456 appears) - you ... pointer simply isn't restored by the CLEAR command. -
Breakpoints and other questionsSome games have LDIRs, LDDRs, ANDs and XORs before they jump to the real start address (and some other stuff that I don't understand yet). If I want …
... I don't understand yet). If I want to export a ... of unprotected games containing a Basic loader, screen$ with header and ... blocks with header as well, followed by a Randomize Usr. For games ... -
Home Computer (Advanced) Course?Hi all Going through some boxes of mine, I found a pretty large number of a magazine called the "Home Computer Course", followed by the "Home Comput…
... called the "Home Computer Course", followed by the "Home Computer Advanced Course ... in the UK, and the basic format was that all the ... to the magazine archive? And if so, what is to be ... -
Learning C for z88dkI've never gone much beyond basic, a little bit of z80 assembler, and some Delphi which I had lots of help with. I've forgotten 99% of what I learne…
... 've never gone much beyond basic, a little bit of z80 ... quite so self explanatory as Basic.
Are there any ... what would be great is if somebody wrote a game that ... of source. This could be followed by another version using more complicated ... -
BASIC Listing for loading screens then gameCould someone explain the code required to load a screen image followed by the game file please? I've lost my notes on loading the game (which I thin…
Could someone explain the code required to load a screen image followed by the game file please? I've lost my notes on loading the game (which I think was CHAIN "") from a BASIC listing..
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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 …
inspired by the recent "proportional font" thread for zx basic and ideas ... the past i wonder if it is possible to ...
if font is proportional then font header would be followed by table ... calculations for measure_font function. if font would be fixed then ... -
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 ' ... green on black.
If no initialisation string is defined ... run at any reasonable address. If assembling to run at a ... routine addresses can be calculated by the BASIC program; see lines 15 ... -
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…
... ZX Spectrum ROM is owned by Amstrad, which is a ... consider SE BASIC is if you do any BASIC programming on ... it was easy to hit by mistake on the Spectrum+ ... still be used as variables by switching to INSERT mode ... to use the ZX Printer by using a software driver, ... -
Unspecified Custom Loaders IdentifiedThis thread specialises in loaders which are considered to be "Unspecified custom loaders" according to the Infoseek engine. These loaders (after som…
... , or has a small BASIC block in standard colours before ... notice followed by a short BASIC block with a header (especially true if it ... NOT protection schemes). I wonder if anyone on the WOS Administration ... />
[b]Additional:[/b] By the way, this loader was ... -
Speccy clearout - GamesI'm having a big clear-out of a lot of Speccy stuff, so part one is the software. (followed by hardware at a later date) If anybody is interested in…
... software. (followed by hardware at a later date)
If anybody is ... be combined for multiple items. If I get multiple bids for ... Conversion tape #2
Laser Basic (Ocean)
Laser Compiler (Ocean ... -
SpecBAS 0.789 releasedHi all! Back with another SpecBAS release - this one's mostly just about sprites and bug fixes. One new addition I do quite like is the expression c…
... .
But unlike 128k BASIC, you can also get string ... sprite's animation or -1 if stopped
SPCOLL(id) ... attempts to create the destination if it exists
Eliminated flicker ...
A bug in BIN followed by anything but a sequence of ... -
ZX-Assembler file handling concept[QUOTE=clausjahn;777075]Dear readers, At this time, it's a good time to ask you, the future users, how to implement the file usage. Let's suggest so…
... special will happen.
If some output commands are present ... /> On the other hand, if no output file has been ... labels just at the beginning, followed by the important column data, comments ... SNA reader now recognizes the BASIC program and variables area, as ... -
Fast Condition TestingHello my friends, I have been writing some input and string handling routines in BASIC lately - yeah I could write them super fast in C/ASM via z88d…
... string handling routines in BASIC lately - yeah I ... $=" ;:.*"[/B] and then followed by a GO SUB to input ... /> NEXT f
IF CODE ( c$ ) = 13 THEN ... RETURN
IF CODE ( c$ ) = 12 THEN GOSUB ... 4100
IF CODE ( c$ ) > ... -
SpecBAS 0.830 Released!Hi guys - A new official release of SpecBAS has been released. The full changelog is below, but for now here's the download: [url]https://sites.goo…
... in size; CHR$(1) followed by the character you wanted to ... older font files used by people - if your editor is unusable ... /> SCREEN$ - as from Sinclair BASIC, identifies characters at an x ... stutter when they collide (if their collision flag is disabled ... -
Creating a ZX Spectrum Development Environment on Mac OS XI’ve been using a Macbook for a while now and am so impressed with it I decided shift my ZX Spectrum development from PC. It took me a little while t…
... just starting out, apologies if already covered elsewhere but I ... the full package so if anything fails below just ... install winetricks although not sure if this actually does anything ... basic.tap is just be a simple 10 LOAD “” $SCREEN, followed by 20 ... -
z88dk : FIle Handling in C on the +3e environment under Win 764bitHello my fellow WoSers! I am wondering if someone can help me solve this little pickle of z88dk / Windows using +3e Filesystem. So a little inf…
... />
I am wondering if someone can help me solve ... :test.txt","w");
if( fp == NULL )
{
... read from this space in BASIC, by saving programs and variables within ... screen "Writing text to file" followed by a new line with the ... -
I live and learnThanks to Einar's ZXDB link I found under the Books folder and English sub directory a PDF file named 'The Century Computer Programming Course for Z…
... Course for ZX81 and Spectrum Basic'. I must have half a ... dozen Basic lesson books but it always ... description of the programs job followed by its echoing your inputs and ... SUM=SUM+x
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I feel like such a moron having to post this but stillI started out to write a simple cursor move program to demonstrate how easy it is to program in Basic! Hah, serves me right. I started by setting…
... in Basic! Hah, serves me right.
I started by setting ... and y at 10.15 followed by print * at x,y and ... the following IF INKEY$=u THEN LET X=X-1. Followed by three ... wouldnt work and the Sinclair Basic manual wasnt much help either ... -
Restoring AY registersAfter doing (not still finished) the sna to tap converter, I'm going to try to do the same for 128k snapshots. I've got threee ideas about what to do…
... would be:
1.- BASIC loader, that loads (or have ... ](*)[/b] The snapshot will fail if paged ROM is not the ... 7805: an out (c),a followed by a ret. I was thinking ... -
Fighting Warrior's protection systemThis is one of those bizarre cases where cracking the loading system is orders of magnitude more fun than playing the game. (Indeed, discovering I wa…
... post an entire annotated disassembly if anyone's interested, but for ... The code block after the BASIC overwrites all the system variables ... to the BASIC calculator's workspace which is overwritten by a ... 8 bytes for that cell followed by 1 byte for the attribute ...
