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Windows XP questionFor my mame cabinet I want to hide windows as much as I can. At the moment I have customised the motherboard bios splash screen so thats hidden, it t…
... the images that you want to eliminate (maybe by replacing them ... are the keys I used to set to prevent the light blue ... />
String 'AutoAdminLogon', '1'
String 'DefaultPassword', ''
Integer 'DontDisplayLastUserName', 1
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A tidy loader for minigamesThe minigame competition doesn't permit the use of separate loaders like [code]10 LOAD "": RAND USR 32768[/code] The loader must be included in the b…
... , so it appears before the string variable in memory. The address ... variable doesn't have to be an integer.
If you ... ]USR a[/b] will jump to address 23755. The disassembly:
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Howto paint a squared zone of the screen ?You know what guys ? i begin to love this languaje. Cant understand why not put more effort on the 80's to learn it :( because it is really speedy. …
... you can't undestand how to return something at all, try ... you'll get it into integer variable and can use later ... /> [code] ld bc,string
ret
string
db "bla",0 ... the memory, and will have to read all the letters in ... a+1
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New RZX Block Type Suggestion -- AnnotationWho is maintaining the RZX specification at the moment? I'd like to ask for the feasability of the following request. Annotations embedded within th…
... display duration, the text string to display, and display options.
to use smaller integer type for encoding ... rendering, each Text string is subjected to word wrapping process ( ... Width, the Text string is subjected to line breaking and ... -
Z88DK tapfile creation questionHere's another question. The game I've just started working on (Sid Spanners 3), I'm concatenating the following tap files together, to make a big ta…
... both programs linked to were suitable to do what I ... br /> * Quick 'n' dirty mym to tap converter
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* ... (overwriting if necessary) just ready to run.
*/
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Recommend a dev environmentIt's been a while since I last wrote any Z80 assembler - must be over 20 years, and since I wrote any spectrum Z80 assembler more like 25 years. I n…
... between local and global names to automatically resolve name clashes. ... makes it more difficult than to have to sift through someone else ... number base out of a string being parsed from a file ... If I used the small integer math lib, l_mulu_40_32x8 is standalone ... -
Assembly help: EQUCan anyone explain in duffers language the purpose of the EQU term in assembly? I found this info in another thread: EQU: Equate a name to a specif…
... /> MACRO fbands ; binary and string
defb 0x10
... MACRO fcps, n ; compare string (.le to .eq)
defb 0x11 ...
MACRO fcat ; concatenate string
defb 0x17
ENDM ... br />
MACRO fint ; integer (rounded down)
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Development choices, help!As a small part-time project I would like to convert my daily programming work (a workflow/bpel engine) to the Spectrum, purely for fun. I would like…
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[code]
string.h:
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* referring to either have been ... //////////////////////////////////////
// 7.20.6 INTEGER ARITHMETIC FUNCTIONS
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Can anyone see a way to speed up the following line of code?Hi Folks, Been looking at bottle necks in my code using BASin's Profiler and the following line (well the 2nd LET statement) is somewhat slow. [COD…
... possible 5-byte float to a one-letter string and stacks it ... conversion takes time. Then a string-compare is done, with one ... single letter and converts it to an integer - which is faster than ... only a fast single-letter string compare.
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binutils questionSince there's a few people using binutils these days I thought I'd give it a go and see whether it solves my hunt for a replacement assembler/librari…
... 5]=6;" places an integer array at address 40000 ... aware that string constants are supposed to be allocated ... I tried to modify a string constant and ... then found another string constant was also ... involve a general multiply to access individual characters.
binutils questionSince there's a few people using binutils these days I thought I'd give it a go and see whether it solves my hunt for a replacement assembler/librari…
... p[5]=6;" places an integer array at address 40000. This ... address. By allowing sections to occupy the same address range ... not involve a general multiply to access individual characters.[/QUOTE]< ... returns errors if the common string length has not been ...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…
... is the integer going to be converted into a binary string and the ... first argument i.e. the integer b passed
DEFADD+ ... the last character of the string "0000000000000000" inside the DEF ... At "input" you have to give an integer and its binary representation ...numbers to binaryHi everyone, I have looked through the manual and have found nothing. How do you change a number to binary easily? I know you can go binary to decim…
... converts a positive integer 'n$' from base 'o' to base 'p'; ... (n$,c) need a string pointer 'c' which is ... the digits in a string so that they occur ... 's position in the string determines its value rather ... external key code prior to converting each character, giving ...probably a stupid question about RST16I'm using the 'hello world' code borrowed from [url=http://equant-retrochallenge.blogspot.com/2008/07/zx-spectrum-assembly-programming-under.html]her…
... mean is say you want to print TAB 0, you can ... because 0 will terminate your string. i.e. 23,0,0 ... equivalent to TAB 0 terminator, but doesn't terminate the string early ... TAB... but does it cause integer out of range with AT ...Create a new microdrive cartridge image formatHi there, I'm working to emulate the IF1+Microdrives in JSpeccy.I've found what the "classic" MDR format ins't capable to store all the required inf…
... Unsigned 32 bit integer (4 bytes)
[b]STRING[/b] -> ... [i]Major Version[/i] to [i]# Gap Entries[/i]]< ... can be used to warn to the user that ... when converting from mdr to mdv. The absolute minimum ... My implementation uses 10 bytes to reproduce the GAPs.
...problem with RND (or maybe INT)I'm using this statement: LET m=(INT (RND*sn)+k1)*k2-k1 to give a pointer m to a 2-byte segment of a string l$. Items k1 & k2 are integer constants…
... gives an odd +ve integer (1,3,5,7, ... the (variable) length of the string being scanned.
To answer my question:
< ... NOT co THEN
GO TO VAL "1350"
1345 ... /> LET o$="y": GO TO VAL "1356"
REM ...z88dk sticky?I've just tried to PM Alcoholics Anonymous and couldn't because "Alcoholics Anonymous has exceeded their stored private messages quota and cannot acc…
... This facilitates the usual integer file descriptor method of addressing ... chain from FILE* to FD* to device driver exist at ... for keyboards. Push corresponds to interrupt driven keypresses where ... such as getting character / text string size, etc.
How much space does a number take?Hi Folks, Could someone please remind me how much memory a number takes up in a BASIC listing. For example, if you had: [CODE]100 LET a=3000[/CODE…
... it still takes 5 bytes to store it?
Paddy ... has to occupy 5 bytes to intermingle with FP values and string descriptors ... and is $FF if the integer is negative. Only the fifth ... are not stored or saved to tape.Turn UDG to Attrribute blocksI'm trying to enlarge my UDG's to 8 x 8 character blocks per pixel, but struggling, is there any subroutine/program for enlarging UDG's x 8?
... you mean enlarging them to one character per pixel? ... do it in advance to build up a table ... e.g. string 0="____", string 1="___X",... string 11="X_XX" ... take the integer part and pick the relevant string. This ... pixels. Then print that string of 8 characters, ...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…
... br /> call COPYDIG ;count integer
pop de
integer padding (signed)
... br /> call COPYDIG ;copy integer
NEXTDEC ... digits up to character C to new number string
COPYDIG ...Help needed... RND in machine codeI have been battling away trying to convert a simple BASIC routine (below) to machine code, but to no avail. The routine is used to fire 2 bullets a…
To replicate the BASIC routine ... wouldn't it be best to just call "RND" in ... /> defb $34,$B0 ;stk_data (short string)
defw $023F ;address of ... ,$40,$B0,$00 ;stk_data (small integer)
defb $04 ;4< ...Relocation with SDCCI desperately need auto- relocation with SDCC. Something that will compile all of my code using start address 0 and generate relocation table so that…
... more push/pops have to be chained to get at them.< ... ] (mem_seg_alloc and mem_seg_find_addr) compare to this [URL="http://z88dk.cvs ... specify an integer index into this slab table to select slab ... , still more chars in search string
notfound:
< ...Fantasy Z80 instructions?This follows on from something catmeows said in another thread, and that I've been meaning to ask for a while. This may sound daft to people with mo…
... IXH were left undocumented to improve yields and therefore ... set bares a resemblance to the 68xx with features ... did this.
Integer multiply and divide were sorely ... .google.com/#folders/0B6XhJJ33xpOWbWQ1aWd0eHBQTlk"] string functions[/URL] makes use ...Math problemI'm trying to solve/model a science problem, and I thought a simple BASIC program might help me, but I struggle to write it. Goal: Given a length of…
... new explanation indicates you want to keep all the pieces. In ... this case, you really need to sort it.[/QUOTE]
string of length 5, with 2 integer-only cuts ... . Basically it becomes very unlikely to have longer fragments left.
Math problemI'm trying to solve/model a science problem, and I thought a simple BASIC program might help me, but I struggle to write it. Goal: Given a length of…
... of the process. And using integer lengths is an entirely different ... cut pieces of string even if they are computed to have zero ... you went to more decimal places, that piece of string might actually ... have a tiny bit of length to it ...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…
... /> defw x80_fbands ; binary and string
defw x80_fcp ; $ ... exponent
defw x80_fint ; integer
defw x80_fsqrt ; ... dec de ; point to fifth string byte
xor a ... /> dec de ; point to fourth string byte
ld ...Mountains of Ket - Written in Basic?Was Mountains of Ket written in Basic? And if so is there any way to break into it? The parser's pretty impressive, I want to see how it was done.
... first space (or end of string) to memory
USR compare (case ... characters in c$: POKE it to memory, USR compare with noun ... noun (if any) as two integer numbers.
Logical evaluation, judging ...Elliptical ChallengeSubsequent to the recent "Graph Plot" thread, I wrote this general purpose ellipse drawing routine which will plot (although it doesn't actually use …
With the integer coordinates in a string for all 8 distinct images ... ) it takes 0.48 second to display that pattern.
Rotate: ;requires Bresenham ellipse coordinates to be in array p$()
Elliptical ChallengeSubsequent to the recent "Graph Plot" thread, I wrote this general purpose ellipse drawing routine which will plot (although it doesn't actually use …
... rotation plot sequence into a string array I realised that I ... the coordinates were now in integer values and I need only ... updated the snapshot piclink above to include a conversion routine from ... /> This includes clean-up code to erase duplicate plots from q ...A z88dk + sp1 demo (with source)Since nowadays people are still wondering about how difficult it is to make something in z88dk, I thought I just put a very simple demo to show how e…
... that converts an unsigned integer (16-bits) to text in any base ... /> ld hl,12345 ; number to convert to ascii string
ld bc,10 ... /> ld de,buffer ; where to write the ascii string
LIB ...
