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Okay so can you save text as a data array ?So I was playing with this but I'm obviously not doing this correctly. [code] 10 INPUT "Enter some text: ";a$ 20 PRINT a$ RUN [/code] Now i'm…
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Amiga chit chat (sorry but it never really was a commode designed machine)I wish there was a forum like this for the Amiga, perhaps there is but I tried a few and they mostly seem pretty moribund and lots of the links at Am…
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How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial) [b]How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game[/b] In this tutorial, we will be talking about how to write a simple BASIC* horizont…
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How to write a simple C+asm horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial, z88dk)[b]How to write a simple C/asm horizontal scrolling game[/b] [b]Note:[/b] This tutorial has multiple parts... I am still writing but this first pa…
... we can include machine code and assembly code in an easy ... up the stack and input and output parameters for ... we don't have any input or output), so we ... indicates that we have no input parameters, we will soon ... loaded. It has no input parameters because of the ... -
A Sunday grumbleGIVE IN & DROP OUT OR WHAT? The following is not a sensible message meaning that I'm not necessarily going to act upon what the title suggests, I'…
... are quite at home with machine code which is up there in ... and I cannot understand what machine code does or how it does ... home with POKES and the PRINT USR commands that most people ... -
High-quality magazine scans (and not the Big Three)First, note that I've already asked regular HQ-scanner Mort about this, but then, it's far from certain that Mort has every magazine I might need, an…
... can be tricky when the print quality is bad, but it ... blobs are part of a machine code listing, or are a symbol ... -
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... . If you're good at machine code, you can prove your worth ... converting it for a different machine. Spectrum to ZX81 downgrades are ... ever submitted, incidentally, was "10 PRINT 7". That's it. I ... still, a more technically impressive machine, such as the QL, SAM ... -
Prefered Tools for Developing Maching Code in 2021I am considering this year to fulfill my goal of actually writing machine code programs for the ZX Spectrum. I am an accomplished object oriented cod…
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Text compression methodsI once typed in a Text compressor from INPUT magazine, it worked on a first and second most common following letters algorythm and reduced the binary…
... in a Text compressor from INPUT magazine, it worked on a ... bits. It was written in machine code of course. It worked pretty ... -
How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
... executed a bit of machine code to load register ... /> This bit of code will produce something at least ... is because BASIC will print the contents of the ... pair when it returns from machine code.
... and hence jump to a machine code programme.
How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
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As to books Mastering Machine Code on your ZX Spectrum by ... shock). It is out of print so it may be hard ...Interface for PC ZXSee last entry of former TOPIC. I'm working on the interface. Info about it on MISCELLANEOUS Author: Arjun (---.bng.vsnl.net.in) Date: 08-13-01 …
... very easy to access through machine code. On the PC side the ... output to the graphics card input. This is conceivably very simply ... of the soundcard to the input of the Spectrum and the ...ZX48k terminal...Hello everybody, I thought someone might help me. I connect my good old ZX48k to my PC via serial (IF1) link, and I was trying to write a little term…
... automatic listing.
The code of interface1 reads from the ... data after the the other machine was told to stop. ... be to write a machine code program to read the ... refer to the RS232 input hook code, it won't help ... need to SHADOW: the code for a Version 2 ROM ...Spectrum assembly programming Hi, I'm passionated in assembly programming and I'd like to find some documents talking about Spectrum (not Z80). Do someone have interesting refer…
... they're long out of print. So either you can trawl ... The Absolute Beginner
Mastering Machine Code on your ZX Spectrum
Advanced Spectrum Machine Language
Also, the ...random numbersCan you write a piece of code that gets you a truly random number from the Spectrum, or is it only capable of generating a pseudo-random number (ie. …
... digital computer) is a Turing machine, and therefore deterministic; one possible ... of my head (pseudo-code):
print "Wait 5 seconds, then ...Chuckie Egg and joypads on the SpectrumAn old favourite of mine is "Chuckie Egg", but it has no joystick option. I've got a dual port DK Troniks interface, the first port takes IN 31(Kemps…
... wish now that I knew machine code: I would use it for ... would obviously need to know machine code to adapt it for other ... make the Spectrum recognise the input from the second button on ...games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... "" or edit a loader to input poke cheats. learning another language ... pretty much on par with machine code, and also allows easier ways ... the average person nuts in machine code.
anyway i 'just ...Anyone knows something about Beyond Dreams?Anyone ever heard of Beyond Dreams?
... Spectrum could benefit from mouse input.
But:
1) we ... installed such devices would require machine code instructions and other routines that ... we had to include this code, then the program would exceed ...What was your favourite Speccy magazine?What was your favourite Speccy magazine and why? [ This Message was edited by: Swainy on 2003-08-21 12:37 ]
... to advanced in basic and Machine Code, awesome utilities on the covertapes ... dont think i ever saw Input or some of the other ...C, Z88DK and the Sprite Pack Library I wrote a short demo that shows a taste of what can be done from C on the Spectrum: [url="http://justme895.tripod.com/zqa/pacmen.zip"]http://justme…
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Sprite Pack is a machine code library for the Spectrum, TS2068 ... Memory Allocator.
+ Read Input from the keyboard, all sorts ...Text compressionI'm sure I remember seeing a short machine code routine published in a (very random) multi-machine listings magazine way back in the mists of time, w…
... clue...) which will redefine the PRINT grid to 42 columns of ... 6x8, so that PRINT AT 0,41; would be ... the Defender character set as machine code: on running Defender, SAVE "charset ... /C routine for the revised PRINT grid before or after the ...help in byte mirroring.I need some help. What is the best way to mirror the byte? (for ex. 10010011 -> 11001001) I mean, if there is a simple way to do it (may be with OR, …
Java method to mirror a byte (from SPECSAISIE 1.3 - class ByteSupport):
public static byte reverseByte (byte in) {
byte out= 0;
for (int i= 0; i < 8; i++) {
out|= in & 1;
in>>= 1;
if (i != 7) ...POKE, PEEK and RANDOMIZE USRAnyone got a store of useful POKES, or RANDOMIZE USR statements with interesting effects? As a start, try anything from RANDOMIZE USR 1216 to RANDOM…
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LOAD "" CODE 32000
This will ... load the code starting at address 32000 and ... PEEK N>=32 THEN PRINT CHR$ (PEEK N)< ... br />
to print out the ascii and you ... quicker with a simple machine code routine which even I ...clueless spectrum usersI was quite young when I owned a speccy and didn't know much about how it worked. When I loaded games via the tape recorder it said in the manual so…
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I completely misunderstood what MACHINE CODE was when I had a ... statement had an ASCII code ... e.g. PRINT is 245, CLS is ... that you could write a machine code program in BASIC by ... /> for example:
10 PRINT "HELLO"
20 GOTO 10 ...emuzwinyeah i ran my game and i can't get back to the programming screen bit! when i used to have a speccy i'd just bang the keyboard a few times and it'd …
... your game is using a INPUT$ statement on startup you could ... /> Alternately, if there is embedded machine code that takes over from BASIC ...whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... writing superb and very clever code. And the games I refered ... help novices to migrate to machine code. period. I should know because ... all BASIC commands then, including PRINT!
End of rant ...42 column text, Sinclair Print Utilities, etcI'm currently developing the next of the ZXIF text adventures - "43 Minutes" and, as a side issue, I'm really interested in 42 column text for this g…
... myself in with the original 'Print Utilities', however - it works in ... up a new channel from machine code to print to via a stream ... ) to disassemble the original PAW code and work out if it ...Making a mapI should learn Z80 assembly, but I don't have the time (really busy) and I feel like making a game. I've tried with Colt which gives me enough speed…
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It ... s essentially your BASIC code efficiently translated into machine code. RST 16 is ... the call for BASIC's print routines ... because the routine uses the PRINT routine in the ROM it ...Why Hex in place of Denary?Ok - most MC books / tutorials advocate the use of hex instead of denary. But the Speccy doesn't actually have a Hex converter so you need to write …
... PRINT USR 30000 has two effects - it runs the machine code ... screen.
PRINT USR 30004 will jump into ... ret
PRINT USR 30000 (run the routine ... at 30000, print the contents of BC) ... POKE 30004,INT(nn/256): PRINT USR 30000
