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  • CMWC random number generator for Z80Seeing the interest regarding the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=23070"]Xor-Shift random number generator for Z80[/URL]…

    ... .php?t=23070"]Xor-Shift random number generator for Z80[/URL ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak June 2012 Development
  • Random number from a rangeHow can I generate in assembly a random number from a range, let's say 0-21 or 0-57? There are generators which make it 0-255. By using bit masks I…

    How can I generate in assembly a random number from a range, let's say 0-21 or 0-57?

    There are generators which make it 0-255.

    By using bit masks I can make it 0-127,0-63,0-31 and so on. But what if my range isn't that "equal"?
    Ralf Ralf September 2012 Development
  • Splitting & Joining Files on the SpectrumHello there my fellow WoSers oh its a late question tonight since I am touched by the insomnia fairy - are there any programs / methods for splitti…

    ... for splitting a file and joining a file on a spectrum ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 September 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • A 128 Routine to Put Tokens in StringsI was writing a DEF FN on the +128k and decided that I'd had enough of not being able to put function tokens in strings without a great palaver and s…

    ... to put function tokens in strings without a great palaver and ... be inserted as lower case strings in the DATA line with ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny December 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Storing strings in minimum spaceIn the game I am planning there will be a number of text strings. I am looking into different ways of encoding the strings so that they use the minim…

    ... be a number of text strings. I am looking into different ... ways of encoding the strings so that they use the ...
    Mr Millside Mr Millside June 2013 Development
  • Defective +2 grey with only random coloured screen while powering onHi, so the story goes: After buying myself an divIDE and a grey +2, this runs well for a few days. But while playing a game the picture stucks and …

    ... the picture stucks and gets random coloured.

    At this ... on, I only get a random coloured picture most white and ... changes one time to another random picture like this:

    Luzie Luzie September 2013 Hardware
  • Deterministic random number generatorI'm looking for a random number generator in assembly which, given a seed, the generated sequence is always the same. You change the seed, you get a …

    I'm looking for a random number generator in assembly which, given a seed, the generated sequence is always the same. You change the seed, you get a different sequence, but same seed = same sequence.

    Any pointers?
    na_th_an na_th_an February 2014 Development
  • Chompston Mazes in SpecBASAfter the discussion in ASH-II's Pacman thread, I checked out the link there about generating 2D Pacman style mazes. This one was quite good fun, …

    ... to hold builder information... but strings can hold characters, and each ... maze sizes, we can use strings to hold the information temporarily ... around to get a new random spawn point. Next we fill ... each builder. We get a random position inside e$ and store ...
    Dunny Dunny October 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • Random game searchNot sure if it's been asked already, but are there plans to keep the "pick a random game" option? I like the current feature. It's a nice way of f…

    ... to keep the "pick a random game" option?

    I ...
    Morkin Morkin October 2015 Feature Requests
  • Random Game InterpretationsHi All Just some random thoughts I'd been having around what it is about the (specifically the example of JSW / MM) games that so appeals to me: …

    ... All

    Just some random thoughts I'd been having ... a game?

    Thoughts (random or otherwise) :P
    saddestmoon saddestmoon February 2016 Games
  • So where is the random number in the Speccy ?So I am messing around with ZX Spectrum Assembler and I want a random number. I looked up previous posts and one of the links said that random number…

    ... Assembler and I want a random number. I looked up previous ... of the links said that random numbers are in the ROM ...
    ivanb303 ivanb303 November 2016 Assembler
  • Playing my own random 'Cover Tapes'So after reading through some old magazines, I started to get nostalgic about the old days, where I'd get a new Spectrum mag 3 weeks out of 4 complet…

    ... /> So I went to the random button in the WOS Archive ... times, and I had 5 random games of varying quality that ... and let you try my random 'Cover Tapes' for yourselves...obviously ...
    deadpan666 deadpan666 August 2017 Games
  • Random-Access to Microdrive FileI am working on a BASIC program to backup a microdrive text-file to standard tape array-file. To backup a text-file from one microdrive to a secon…

    ... [/b] is the ability to "random read access" an OPEN# microdrive ... [/b] is the ability to "random write" back to the same ... ) and effectively does a [b]random read[/b] of 512 characters ... and a [b]random write[/b] back (even if ...
    mattsteel mattsteel May 2018 Sinclair Basic
  • Getting an even random numberWhat would be the best, simplest way to do this ? I was thinking of say: A = RND*100 Then a conditional along the lines of: IF A / 2 <> I…

    ... not matter I require a random number between 0 and 63 ...
    spider spider November 2018 Sinclair Basic
  • Non-repetitive RNDHi guys) Perhaps, some of you already encountered a situation, when one needed a set of [b]unique [/b](pseudo-)random values, say, from zero to 25…

    ... of [b]unique [/b](pseudo-)random values, say, from zero to ... interim storage like DIMs or strings. It seems to have something ...
    NRA NRA November 2018 Sinclair Basic
  • random number generator without using rnd in basicwhat is the simplest way to generate random numbers in basic (0-255), without using the rnd statement? i also want it to always generate the same…

    what is the simplest way to generate random numbers in basic (0-255), without using the rnd statement?

    i also want it to always generate the same numbers over and over again.
    digital digital June 2019 Development
  • A couple of random questions......because, why not? (1) USR0 mode on the +3/+2A/B I know of its existence, I know how it's used, and I have some games that require it to work o…

    ... , say...
    1 REM (seemingly random string of characters that holds ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone March 2020 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • this code wont give me a random starfieldim using a peice of code that ive copied from a book, ignore most of it as it is redundant. for some reason i get a strange random starfield instead …

    ... interested in-----------
    call random ;v v
    and ... ret
    ; Simple pseudo-random number generator.
    ; Steps a ... at that location.
    random ld hl,(seed) ; Pointer ... ld a,(hl) ; Get "random" number from location.
    inc ...
    digital digital July 2020 Assembler
  • Computer Haiku (converted from C64)[url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Haiku_1983_CES]Here's the original C64/PET program - "Computer Haiku" by Commodore Educational Software, 19…

    ... colour commands, and uses massive strings of system variables, POKEs and ... to the original programmer - the random number generator was set by ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone September 2020 Sinclair Basic
  • Killed Until Dead - Spectrum 128K versionI first got hold of this game about the same time as the film "Clue" started being shown on TV, and there was a "Miss Marple" series on TV, followed …

    ... one contains a bunch of strings to go in the files ... ; for each one a few random ones are chosen and dumped ...
    Ritchie333 Ritchie333 August 2021 Assembler
  • horror text adventure scenario writer neededany outthere? I started to make program for text adventure [B]Mysterium Magnum[/B] on basis of ?multiple choice? which was project I wanted to make …

    ... line numbers for long text strings ;)
    They can be easily ... : I didn?t expect any random acts to be implented in ... ]
    it means [I]no random events[/I] - just fluent continuing ...
    de Vandemar Croup de Vandemar Croup October 2005 Development
  • 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…

    ... of the miscellany - pattern fill, random number generator, etc.

    strings. So I will also be ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • In Machine Code, what is the quickest way to sort bytes?I am playing around with some ordering of sprites, where I want to order them by vertical position. I used some Rodnay Zaks code to order some bytes…

    ... such as integers, pointers to strings, etc.

    Heapsort is ... N*logN) to rearrange a random array into an array possessing ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2006 Development
  • My security program doesn't like Spin or Spectaculator?I just tried installing both Spin and Spectaculator, and both of them triggered the security alert on my PC's internet security software. When I tri…

    ... is coded to, on a random basis, format your C: drive ... registry. If it finds certain strings in there - such as "Fraser ...
    Dunny Dunny January 2007 Emulators
  • My security program doesn't like Spin or Spectaculator?I just tried installing both Spin and Spectaculator, and both of them triggered the security alert on my PC's internet security software. When I tri…

    ... is coded to, on a random basis, format your C: drive ... registry. If it finds certain strings in there - such as "Fraser ...
    udgoverload udgoverload January 2007 Emulators
  • Noob to Z80 needing +3 helpI'm quite new to z80 programming, but i'm attempting to write some kind of windowing system that will run alongside BASIC on my +3 with Kempston mous…

    ... are constantly used / used at random moments so they always have ... to window n. Special character strings could be used to send ... ; I like to terminate strings like C strings

    main:
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous January 2007 Development
  • 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…

    ... converting numbers to strings, strings to numbers, generating random numbers, etc. ... string, put two strings together, compare two strings alphabetically, etc. And ... a value to a random memory location. This would ... used.

    Strings in C are a zero ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous June 2007 Development
  • 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…

    ... a pseudo random number generator; all pseudo random number generators ... actually calculate the next random number from the previous ... generates different sequences of random numbers on every run.< ... /wiki/doku.php/library:string"]strings[/URL] library; we'll ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous June 2007 Development
  • 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…

    ... that in C all strings are sequences of ascii ... uint range); // return random number from 0..range- ... br />
    is the random number generators. u_rnd() returns a ...
    u_binomial() generates random numbers that are binomially distributed ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous July 2007 Development
  • Benchmark timeWell, the BASIC benchmark posted in Creative Computing back in the 80s came up as a topic on the AtariAge forums. The article is available online an…

    ... slicing and allows variably sized strings.

    Etc, etc, ... of the quality of the random number generator and a ... the fp code accuracy. The random number generator test is virtually ... have used a floating point random number generator which the library ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous December 2007 Sinclair Basic
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