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a poke to change fonts??hi ppl, there wasnt some poke in basic to change the look alike of the fonts of speccy?? I guess I did things like that in eighties.. also, there…
hi ppl, there wasnt some poke in basic to change the ... ..
also, there were a poke to quit "scroll? " message in ... -
Let a=val "1"I see some basic programs which use Let a=val "1" instead of let a=1 syntax. what is the difference between val "1" and 1? is it an effect of some …
I see some basic programs which use Let a=val "1" instead of let a=1 syntax.
what is the difference between val "1" and 1?
is it an effect of some compiler or converter?
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Anyone needing a POKE? (fnar?! Ed)Hello, all.. Are there any games out there which you require a POKE for? I mean ones which aren't already POKEd in Tipshop, obviously.. Toodle-pip!…
Hello, all..
Are there any games out there which you require a POKE for? I mean ones which aren't already POKEd in Tipshop, obviously..
Toodle-pip!
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So you want to make a cardgame......but you haven't got a good deck to display. Well here is a fully relocatable routine that will do the job for you. Place the code anywhere in me…
... the routine:
LET A$="QH": PRINT USR adres;A$
PRINT AT 10,10 ... lowerscreensize
XOR A
LD (23659),A ; allow PRINT AT 22,0 ... -
A Poke in the right place (ooer, matron).Hi there. If anybody out there can help, I just wondered what is the easiest, most reliable way to insert a poke in a loaded game, as I seem to remem…
... , most reliable way to insert a poke in a loaded game, as I ... once worked for. We had a poke for JSW and I am ... simply insert it into the POKE MEMORY. I see that area ... as well, but if the poke is, say, 35899,0 for ... forgotten. Also can you save a game to come back to ... -
New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…
... /> POKE (t(k+8)=0)*(k0)*n,14:
LET a=0:
PRINT ... PAPER a=0;AT a*3-1,b ... ;s$:
LET a=a+1:
LET k=a*8+b:
POKE (t(k ... +8)=0)*(a0)*n,14:
LET a=0:
PRINT ... -
WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …
... 0: LET a$=INKEY$: PRINT #0;AT 1,0;CODE a$,: GO ... .
* Cursor is a plain bright non-destructive square ... (Symbol-S) and Load (Symbol-A) options.
* Handles CapsLock ... 2 DEF FN c(a)=(a AND NOT FN p())+(FN ... p()=CODE a$ AND a$>="0" AND a$=" " AND A$30)< ... -
how to fix instructions on screenI have a problem with my sequencer. I want the top half of the screen to stay fixed but allow the note values to print without pushing the instructio…
... you want to scroll.
Poke 23659 (DF SZ) with the ... /> LET a=2
PRINT #a, "your data for upper screen"
LET A=1
PRINT #a ... ; "data for lower screen"
PRINT #a; "more ... -
What games can you create?After hearing that you need machine code to create commercial quality speccy games, what sort of games can you create in +3 BASIC, except text advent…
Put lines together. Unlike a ZX81 you can put more ... />
1 LET A=1
10 PRINT "HELLO"
15 LET A=A+1
20 PRINT "BYE"
30 IF A -
Copying a SCREEN$ 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…
... an interesting point. Was there a problem with this technique if ... aa byte should hold a 1 rather than a 0, indicating that ... br />
Setting a larger string in a smaller will lead to ... string set
DIM A$(4): LET A$="HELLO" : PRINT A$
will give ... -
ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…
... What do you want to print today?", 13
defb ... (not a TAP!) to BIN/ directory with filename PRINT. then ... you could use .print command for example: .print "Hello world"< ... x internal form), because LET a=65: .print CHR$(a) works.
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Project on ZX Spectrum in UniversityHi everyone, I am Max, student of media studies in berlin, and I have to do a little project on the spectrum. I am working on a sinclair zx spectrum…
... /> PRINT VAL "15"
returns 15.
LET a$ = "15" : LET k ... = VAL a$ : PRINT k
returns ... variable like a string. Therefore:
LET a$ = "HELLO": PRINT VAL$ "a$"
returns ... -
Project on ZX Spectrum in UniversityHi everyone, I am Max, student of media studies in berlin, and I have to do a little project on the spectrum. I am working on a sinclair zx spectrum…
... variable like a string. Therefore:
LET a$ = "HELLO": PRINT VAL$ "a$"
... /> 10 LET a$="b$+c$"
20 LET b$="Merge"
30 LET c ... $="Me"
40 PRINT VAL$ a$
PRINT b$+c$ is way faster ... -
Passing parameter from BASIC to assembler routineWas there a "clean" way of passing parameter(s) from a BASIC program to an assembler routine? Something like parameterising RANDOMIZE USR call? I fac…
This worked also:
LET a=10
PRINT USR 32768,a
assuming ... nice. I will give it a try.
[quote=" ... your Z80 routine like this: PRINT USR address,param1,param2 ... etc ... top -> BC
xor a ;set Z
ret
ZX ConfessionsThink there was a similar topic about this many moons ago. Anyway just wondering if there's any Speccy related confessions perhaps people would like …
... a$: PRINT 2^3^4
20 PRINT "-3^4 => ";: INPUT a$: PRINT -3 ... ^4
30 PRINT "LET A=-3:PRINT A^4 => ";: INPUT a$: LET a=-3: PRINT a^4 ...
40 PRINT "YOU ...Copying a SCREEN$ 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…
... +8: READ v: POKE a,v: NEXT a:
DATA 65 ... LET s$=a$:
POKE defadd,0: POKE defadd+1,0
50 CLS : PRINT ... POKE defadd,FN l(udg): POKE defadd+1,FN h(udg):
LET a ... $=s$:
POKE defadd,0: POKE defadd+1,0 ...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…
... : LET a=FN p(23639):
LET la=256*PEEK (a+1)+PEEK (a+2): LET ... ll=FN p(a+3): RESTORE 9990:
LET ... ae=a+4+ll: LET ... ;: LET p=p-(p-t AND p=u): POKE b,p:
PRINT ...Can a guy that traveled on the short bus learn machine code...Hmmm So after some soul searching I figured it was time to finaly nail spectrum machine code. Its so frustrating to sit infront of a basic listing w…
... I only ever managed to poke a few locations of memory. For ... LET A$=""
30 IF A$="" THEN INPUT A$
40 LET Y=CODE A$-48 ...
60 POKE X,16*Y+Z
70 LET X=X ... has returned, you type in PRINT USR 61440 (or whereever you ...Screen address of PRINT position...Hi Folks, The following code uses DF CC system variable to extrac the screen address for a PRINT position. [code]100 CLS 110 PRINT AT 10,16;…
... extrac the screen address for a PRINT position.
[ ... br /> 110 PRINT AT 10,16;"A"
120 PRINT AT 11,16 ... ;"B"
130 LET A=PEEK ... 23684+256*PEEK 23685
150 POKE A,255[/code ...A game from an other machine.if someone interesting, this is a game I created in 1989. this is the basic source, maybe somebody can convert to specy. An image: http://www.ep128.…
... 64
270 LET JO=0
280 !poke 49144,201
290 SET KEY CLICK OFF
310 LET ... 6:PRINT #101,AT X,Y:"š":LET X$(X,Y)=" ":LET A=X:LET S ... :PRINT #101,AT A,S:"š"
870 CALL RASZT
880 LET A=KEZA:LET ...Built a ZX Spectrum that works, but can't get the upper RAM to work?Like the title says I finished my Spectrum 3B board, and it boots, but it doesn't see the upper 32k of RAM. When it boots, the lower 16k works f…
... a=25000 TO 65535 STEP 250
3 PRINT AT 0,0;a: POKE a ... ,0: LET d=PEEK a: IF d0 ... THEN GO SUB 8
4 POKE a,255: LET ... d=PEEK a: IF d255 THEN GO ...ZX-81 Ram Pack problemHi! I know this is a ZX Spectrum forum, but I am hoping someone here might be able to help me out... I have posted this to c.s.s. but noone was able…
... some simple line like 1 PRINT
"test" - it ... :
1 POKE 11,1
... /> 20 LET A = INT(RND*255)
30 POKE N,A
... 40 IF PEEK (N) A THEN PRINT " ... FAIL:";N
50 NEXT N
And let ...Amazing Short Type-InsHey all ! Been having some pretty stressfull days lately so I tought I would type in some games. There was a very nice type-in book here in Slovenia…
... t: POKE USR "a"+f,t: NEXT f
30 LET b$="8 ... : LET y=19: LET a$=""
50 FOR f=10 TO 19: LET a$=a$+"10 ... "+STR$ f: PRINT ... BRIGHT 1; INK 0;AT 10,f;"\a ...Porting 8k Adventure to SpectrumSomeone has tried to help me port 8k Adventure over to the spectrum. Here is the code thus far. It doesn't seem to work with the verbs, however. I tr…
... 2: POKE 23658,8: BORDER 6: PAPER 6: CLS : PRINT
... X
80 PRINT INK 0;">";: INPUT A$: PRINT A$: INK 2: ... IF L(16)=-1 THEN
PRINT : PRINT INVERSE ... IF A$="QUIT" THEN CLEAR : CLS : PRINT "THE END": STOP
87 LET ...BASIC: Fast way of filling a string?Recently I decided to use string slicing to extract random numbers from a sequence in the one-liner Lottery picker: [quote] 20 RANDOMIZE : LET a$=""…
... to extract random numbers from a sequence in the one- ... /> 20 RANDOMIZE : LET a$="": FOR f=1 TO 49: LET a$=a$+CHR$ (f): ... NEXT f: FOR g=1 TO 8: PRINT ... TO 6: LET b=1+INT (RND*LEN a$): PRINT AT g- ... 1,8+((f-1)*3);" "( TO (CODE a ...New for 2009 - mc onelinersI found the limit of one line and one screen's worth of program really useful in (re-)learning BASIC, so I've decided to carry the format over into m…
... : LET z=33001: FOR j=z TO z+167: READ b: POKE ... j,b: NEXT j: PRINT AT 0,6 ... /> jr z,gameover
ld a,8 ;print car
ld (hl ... ),a
ld hl,23263 ;scroll ... ;save road posn
xor a ;print new road
ld (hl ...
