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  • Back to BASIC[U][B]Archaeology guide to programs compiled used MCODERII.d[/B][/U] After various people have been talking about "Frank'n'stein" I decided to finis…

    ... are defined, all 26 string variables (A$-Z$, the ... to store values and pointers for all named variables. Each numeric, string ... LIST]
    [*]base+0 = pointer to string
    [*]base+2 = length of ... 4 = absolute maximum length of string
    [/LIST]
    ...
    Jimmy Jimmy May 2011 Development
  • 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…

    ... that BASIC one-liner to redirect CAT to a string I thought that ... /> REM sa=string address; sl=string length; sd=DEFADD pointer to string definition
    7 LET sa=sd+20: FOR p=sd TO ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny May 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • quick RAM copy using LET in BASICI'm in the process of reviewing, revising and refining all the programming tips & utility routines which I've posted on this forum over the last eigh…

    ... either a string expression (if referencing a string variable) or ... REM TO COPY string to RAM or RAM to string or RAM to RAM< ... PARAMETERS
    a$=destin string expression, or destin location ... RAM;
    b$=source string expression, or source location ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny July 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Console frameworkStill working on Specotron, but at the point where working out the diagonal lines collision is not good at beer o'clock. In the meantime I've knoc…

    ... /> ; C = character code to display
    putc:
    ... /> ; erase last char written to screen
    unputc:
    ld ... cursor_col
    ; C = value to draw as cursor
    undrawcursor ... position
    ; HL = pointer to string
    puts:
    ld ...
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter August 2022 Development
  • Stupid Question... but: BMP2SCRI have downloaded bmp2scr, and produced a couple of pictures in the hires formats, I can see that there are 3 binary files, a red,green,and blue, how…

    ... other way round - you need to specially generate an uncompressed AVI ... - it might also be able to string these into a TAP file ... . Again, you'll have to roll your own playback routine ... according to your hardware limitations and the ...
    gasman gasman March 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Investor spamI've received a bizarre snail-mail spam from some outfit called Inside Track -- they're promising to turn me into a property-investment millionaire b…

    ... loads from people who "want to buy my motorbike" the classic ... /> *yawn* I did used to reply to string them along, but got bored.
    thx1138 thx1138 March 2006 Chit chat
  • The 150 pound home computerWe missing out on this still ... I think. I know the PC market has wrecked all chance for any alternatives to ever have a hope but ... what if. :lol:…

    ... waiting for the software writers to flock to it are long gone ... but 5 or 6 managed to string it out for a few ... you are going to be loath to change architectures just to get better ... just wouldnt be able to raise enough interest to make anything happen.
    Womble Womble February 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... to stop scrolling. The message to be scrolled is a standard C-string ... end-of-string '\0'
    g_scrollPos = g_textBuffer; // loop back to the start ... functions are non-standard additions to string.h and are described in ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2007 Development
  • 1st. parts vs 2nd. partsThere are many games with 2 parts (even more): Beach Head 1 and 2, Saboteur 1 and 2, Gauntlet 1 and 2, Highway Encounter and Alien Highway, ... In g…

    ... is that you're able to string together attacks: e.g. backkick ... chuck him into a crowd to give yourself a breathing space ... with friends?

    Back to the question: Action Force II ...
    j00ce j00ce November 2007 Games
  • 1st. parts vs 2nd. partsThere are many games with 2 parts (even more): Beach Head 1 and 2, Saboteur 1 and 2, Gauntlet 1 and 2, Highway Encounter and Alien Highway, ... In g…

    ... is that you're able to string together attacks: e.g. backkick ... chuck him into a crowd to give yourself a breathing space ...
    psj3809 psj3809 November 2007 Games
  • games with bullfighting?how many are there?

    ... too much difficulty. Your inability to string together much of an argument ... extraneous. I'm trying to elucidate what exactly your political ... and mine should be to try to win over any lurkers ... this thread, thereby attracting converts to your cause. Surely this ...
    ajmoss ajmoss October 2008 Games
  • games with bullfighting?how many are there?

    ... too much difficulty. Your inability to string together much of an argument ... extraneous. I'm trying to elucidate what exactly your political ... and mine should be to try to win over any lurkers ... this thread, thereby attracting converts to your cause. Surely this ...
    mile mile October 2008 Games
  • Reading from the 128 Serial PortDon't shout at me if this is a silly question. I have Googled extensively, and searched the forums, but I can't find anything discussing what seems t…

    Reminds me of the days when we used to string up a null modem serial cable to play [I][B]Doom[/B][/I] at University.
    BloodBaz BloodBaz June 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Great leaps forward... Timeline thoughtsHi guys What would you say were the great leaps forward in the life of the speccie. I was only in the scene for a few years (from 82-85) but in tha…

    ... that was so astounding. Able to string complex sentences together , which more ... game , which allowed the player to experiment with objects and other ...
    Dwayne Dibley Dwayne Dibley July 2009 Games
  • Seeking alternatives to DATA statementsAnyone know of any memory saving alternatives to storing a list of numbers, other than using DATA statements or poking data into addresses?... Im ti…

    ... use of converting the numbers to string characters also appeals, but I ... br />
    yes... I have to say, Im overwhelmed and impressed ... have more than enough ideas to look into...

    ... version of Mid2ASM with ability to output to BASIC using some of ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Help! Reverse engineering a Spectrum game[deleted]

    ... br />
    1) To learn how to make games
    2 ... with optimisation. Try to develop routines to be generic, that ... rate
    05 - Character and string printing routines
    06 - ... if possible
    08 - Number to string converting routines
    09 - ...
    ASM ASM October 2010 Development
  • Help! Reverse engineering a Spectrum game[deleted]

    ... interrupt routines, that is; to control a process that executes ... />
    05 - Character and string printing routines
    [B]Useful ... br />
    08 - Number to string converting routines
    [B]What ... routine, that is; pixels to display pointer using an ...
    Ralf Ralf October 2010 Development
  • Help! Reverse engineering a Spectrum game[deleted]

    ... code rather than call out to a subroutine. It is wasteful ... everywhere then you would have to search and replace it all ... code...

    BTW - "Number to string converting routines" would be used ... I should have wrote "Integer to string converting routines".
    ASM ASM October 2010 Development
  • Assembly Programming for IDIOTSOk are there any websites guides for what opcodes do in a z80 or books... but for really really thick people like me :-) Something along the lines …

    ... ) and peripherals (hardware) to name some of the important ... from scratch how to string instructions together to perform maths, program ... explains everything you need to know about display generation ... responsibility of the programmer to re-enable the interrupts ...
    ASM ASM October 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Hobbit AI?Does anyone know anything about how The Hobbit worked? It's amazing they crammed so much in, and I was wondering how they did things like the NPC sp…

    ... , The Hobbit allowed the user to string together a series of complex ... parameters of what was needed to complete the game without always ... speaking the game allowed you to try most things ; when there ... it's also great fun to play , and (possibly uniquely for ...
    Dwayne Dibley Dwayne Dibley March 2011 Games
  • 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…

    The destination string doesn't need to be pre-defined. The " ... FN to handle copies from string to RAM or RAM to string or RAM to ... RAM. (It also works with string to string ... code, which is anathema to some, so I haven' ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny April 2011 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…

    ... $ could be used to assign a variable source string name on the ... requested parameters for up to two (optional) string variable definitions (destination & ... /> 41 REM TO COPY string to RAM or RAM to string or RAM to RAM
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny April 2011 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…

    ... of FN m$() which handles string slicing in both destination & ... $=c$ restores the plain command to line 14 (if necessary).
    to make room for possible (VAL ... "nnnnn" TO VAL "nnnnn").
    15 RETURN ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny April 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Hughton sacked by Newcastle:-o:-o:-o This is the first football-related thread I've started but this announcement has left me gobsmacked..! Whoever walks into that job will h…

    ... might be right. Arsenal need to string a run of results together ... of the teams above them to start losing. Could be a ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman October 2011 Chit chat
  • Creating a new game - AssemblySo... finally I?m studying Assembly Z80... after 36 years. :) Well... it?s sooooooooooooo hard to make a game using Assembly? I bought a book (Spectr…

    ... /> Well... it?s sooooooooooooo hard to make a game using Assembly ... powers or Einstein-like intelligence to learn it, although it does ... instruction and you just need to learn which flags and ... bit is figuring out how to string those few very simple, basic ...
    ccowley ccowley January 2012 Development
  • The Euro 2012 England supporter's threadCome on in, grab a beer and try not to get too depressed. Let's take the time to enjoy the Euros now, cos we won't be enjoying it once they start! :…

    ...
    [B]?England have switched to a more direct approach?[/B ... into their own half to protect their advantage while ... touch?[/B] ..The ability to control a football effortlessly when ... ? like England ? you struggle to string more than two passes together ...
    ADJB ADJB June 2012 Chit chat
  • Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …

    ... interesting might be number to any base ascii string. It works the ... , compute_lp

    ; write digits to string

    ; ix = char * (current ... 's strtol (going from ascii string to number). It has a few ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous June 2012 Development
  • Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …

    ... mask to IN to detect if the key needed to ... library I do have to stick to some specs:
    ... quicksort implementation turned out to have fairly good ... eg) and try to stick to the main register set ... is 2 bytes (pointer to string)
    ld ix,strcasecmp_callee ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous June 2012 Development
  • Well, it's over...Today, I got the letter in the post I was hoping would not arrive.. The wife and I have been having some problems during the year and my health issu…

    [QUOTE=fogartylee;641146]Wrong. The victim is always Dr. Black.

    Just saying.....[/QUOTE]

    Ah. Of course. I forgot about the rope to string yourself up with. It always leads to Dr Black eventually.
    Vampyre Vampyre July 2012 Chit chat
  • CODE SCREEN$ in MCIs there any way of determining what character is displayed at a certain co-ordinate from machine code like the 'IF CODE SCREEN$=' arrangement in bas…

    ... /> call STK_FETCH ;fetch string from stack
    ld ... DE points to string
    or c ;null string?
    ... the first character of string
    ret
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix June 2013 Development
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