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Idiots guide needed for idiotI thought I would try and give a basic compiler a go. The trouble is that I have tried both hisoft and mcoderIII and it just doesnt seem to be worki…
... compilers you've tried written in BASIC? If so, then you need ... FP compilers which are written in machine code and put themselves ... so you can then just load in your own program and compile ... -
Idiots guide needed for idiotI thought I would try and give a basic compiler a go. The trouble is that I have tried both hisoft and mcoderIII and it just doesnt seem to be worki…
... instructions, and just type in 10 PRINT "HELLO" ... You definitely need to do LOAD "" CODE with MCoderIII. Not ... I had just typed in CODE after the "", stupid ... you take written something in basic then trying to convert ... game so it runs ok in basic
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A challenge thats probably impossiblehere's a challenge for all you coders. Given a snapshot, is it possible to create a program to sniff out the original start address for the game that…
... wrong although), you can guess in some cases the start of ... game, you must first load game loader written in Basic, which then loads ... part of memory where this Basic loader is stored (it is ... -
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…
... specific character coordinates (as in PRINT AT in basic), print centered text on ... print numbers that line up in columns in the status summary.
in the string). In this case we have ... to basic. If you run the program again (don't load up ... -
Machine CodeHi all, I want to get a machine code/assembler/dissasembler program from the WOS archives. But what in your opinion would be the best to get? I don`t…
... 128K machines. The fault is in the way it sets the ... of 767 bytes in the BC register.
Load it in 48K mode ... not survive the NEW command in 128K BASIC. -
Using a multiface to exit to BasicBack in the days I was always fascinated with the idea of getting access to BASIC listings inside a program or game. I was able to work a way around …
... program from the "visible" numbers in your BASIC.
You can ... />
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1 LOAD "" SCREEN$
(in memory, decimal: 000 001 ... )
2 LOAD "" CODE : RANDOMIZE USR 0
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How can I view code from a game?Hi All, I had a Spectrum years ago and it is what started my love for playing games. I have recently been playing some of the old games I used to pl…
... It is written largely in basic. (with some m/c ... have the listing in plain-text in front of me.< ... to get past the short BASIC "loader" program).
< ... up BASin, and selected LOAD "" from the file menu ... emulators have dissasemblers built in nowadays, (oops, I ... -
Disk problemsHello Spec-chums, we are producing a disk magazine called SCENE+ (for about 10 years now) and we distribute it for various disk systems (Opus, +D, MB…
... had to convert the Basic-Loader (also add disk ... did it last time in pure Basic. Using TAPER I did ... LOAD from TAP File in Basic and SAVE to Disk also in Basic. ... work with it and exchange Basic Loaders.
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Disk problemsHello Spec-chums, we are producing a disk magazine called SCENE+ (for about 10 years now) and we distribute it for various disk systems (Opus, +D, MB…
... had to convert the Basic-Loader (also add disk ... did it last time in pure Basic. Using TAPER I did ... LOAD from TAP File in Basic and SAVE to Disk also in Basic. ... work with it and exchange Basic Loaders.
... However, it can be done in more "sneaky" ways - ... -
What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…
... think it's presence in BBC BASIC is a genuine ... that's too slow in basic but simple at an ... a data file to load into memory later would ... assembler are mixed together in the BASIC listing? I've never ... it's in the basic program.
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Interface rom - Need help to dump itHi, I have temporarily an interface that is similar to a multiface. It has an NMI button and displays a menu where states can be saved and pokes ent…
... NMI button, and load it back in at a different address ... the normal BASIC SAVE command to save it in a form ... code block. I cant load it from basic, even with the ... button allows me to load it but i cant ... specify the address to load at. :\
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Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... two typos or mistakes in this BASIC listing. I have ... in *HACK's BASIC portion exactly match the checksums of *LOAD ... *LOAD portion has been done it stops with a "Nonsense in BASIC" ... error (as the BASIC portion of *HACK calls *LOAD then ... -
Loading ScreensWhat method of revealling loading screens can be achieved in BASIC or is the only one which can be done the one which reveals it line by line over an…
... when you do a normal LOAD "" SCREEN$. The three-stage thing ... going to be very limited in what you can do unless ... - copying 6K of data anywhere in Basic will always take several minutes ... you start putting whizzy calculations in. You could possibly do something ... -
Loading ScreensWhat method of revealling loading screens can be achieved in BASIC or is the only one which can be done the one which reveals it line by line over an…
... screen from BASIC in any way you want - simply load the ... the actual screen buffer in any order you wish ... -/HDD- interface MB02+ in Basic you simply have to ... speccy but is advanced in that direction that you ... from the start adress given in the POKE command.
Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... block. The loader gives "Nonsense in BASIC". The main m/c program ... +3 BASIC, and typing the following:-
CLEAR 39999: LOAD "t:" : LOAD "" CODE ... the tuner is a BASIC type-in that uses LOAD "rockdata" CODE). So ...Loading ScreensWhat method of revealling loading screens can be achieved in BASIC or is the only one which can be done the one which reveals it line by line over an…
If talking about loading screens in Basic how is it possible to ... change the ink in two lowest lines of the ... :INK 0:CLS
20 LOAD "" SCREEN$
the graphics ... BORDER n makes the ink in two bottom lines white for ...Changing the colour of the loading 'stripes'I was wondering if it were possible to alter the default colours of the standard ROM loading 'stripes' via BASIC, mabye a POKE command of some descri…
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I wrote a utility in BASIC some years ago to do ... years back I rewrote it in C using z88dk so it ... menus and produces either a load or a save routine at ... could if anyone was interested in seeing it?
Edit ...DEF FN DirectivesI am looking at using some machine code functions from the DK Graphics Pack. They are machine code but they are called via Basic with the function de…
... to the screen in 32x32 or 64x32 resolution from BASIC, and that ... to look at address stored in the DEFADD (23563) system variable ... to the DEF FN function in use.
My code ... memory as they would appear in BASIC, then load the address of your ...Changing the colour of the loading 'stripes'I was wondering if it were possible to alter the default colours of the standard ROM loading 'stripes' via BASIC, mabye a POKE command of some descri…
... use the loader code in our basic programs? is loader ... code relocatable ? can we put it in ... from BASIC.
The code sits in a ... how to turbo load/save from BASIC with "turbobot.csw ... the main code sits in upper memory from 65169 ...Help! Cauldwell's PGD.First of all I just want to say what an absolutely wonderful program The Platform Games Designer is. It's nearly everything I've ever wanted for the…
... it at memory address 32768. In order to run the game ... loader program in BASIC like this one:
10 LOAD"" CODE: RANDOMIZE ... the game.
Bear in mind that you can also ... screen and the ability to load in a SCR loading image (so ...What game was your first 'tape to tape'Inspired by a post in another thread, what was your first 'tape to tape' game you received? (I know it might be several but which stood out). I got …
... two or three goes to load.
The first game ... that I think was written in BASIC, a Viking war strategy game ...Which AMstrad CPC 464 emulator is the easiest to use?It might be a bit off asking this on a Spectrum site, but I might as well ask the experts! I'm using Spectaculator for my Speccy games, and it's gre…
... . To get to BASIC so you can load in other games from disks ... .
Then, type CAT in BASIC to see the names of ... RUN"FILENAME where you put in the name of the file ...Copying games I created on Spectrum to PCI should look up for the tape somewhere, but I'm sure I had couple of semi-cool games I've created back in 80-ies. What should I do in order to conv…
... of games I created in BASIC back in late 80-is ... LOAD "" SCREEN$)
3) CODE - graphics data (LOAD "" CODE)
4) Main BASIC ... program (LOAD "")
load all 4 TZXs in emulators memory? ...Copying games I created on Spectrum to PCI should look up for the tape somewhere, but I'm sure I had couple of semi-cool games I've created back in 80-ies. What should I do in order to conv…
... of games I created in BASIC back in late 80-is ... LOAD "" SCREEN$)
3) CODE - graphics data (LOAD "" CODE)
4) Main BASIC ... program (LOAD "")
load all 4 TZXs in emulators memory? ...Copying games I created on Spectrum to PCI should look up for the tape somewhere, but I'm sure I had couple of semi-cool games I've created back in 80-ies. What should I do in order to conv…
... of them is written in BASIC, available only in Croatian. It's called ... way I could translate the BASIC code to English, then compile ... /> Give basin a try. Load your basic program into basin, translate, and ...DivIDE+ and 128K HeatsinkI got my DivIDE+ yesterday and i tried it on a 48K+ at first, it worked marvelously on it, no problems at all. Today i desided to try it on my 128 H…
... 't work with 128k Basic ROMs paged in.
About your question ... write LOAD"" after the first three parts are done because the basic ... written correctly (it reports NONSENSE IN BASIC)... but all parts work.
DivIDE+ and 128K HeatsinkI got my DivIDE+ yesterday and i tried it on a 48K+ at first, it worked marvelously on it, no problems at all. Today i desided to try it on my 128 H…
... 't work with 128k Basic ROMs paged in.
About your question ... write LOAD"" after the first three parts are done because the basic ... written correctly (it reports NONSENSE IN BASIC)... but all parts work.
load (using tape) the demo on ...help sought with first foray into machine code - pixel scrolldownI have started to code my first machine code program, a simple roadrace game. I've based it around the pixel scrolldown routine in 40 Best Machine Co…
... also get a nonsense in basic error message and on pressing ... /> ld a,(hl) ;load left edge left byte graphic ... 32800)
pop de ;load right road posn
pop ... hl ;load left road pos
... edge
pop bc ;load no of scrolls count
