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Help required using DivIDE / SE BASICHi, Like others of you, I have pre-ordered a [b]DivIDE Plus[/b] from rwap services but I am trying to get to grips with some of the firmware that ha…
... standard instruction manual on Extended BASIC commands and their function anywhere ... the "family tree" of SE BASIC, ResiDos, etc.. would be helpful ... I am sure that Extended BASIC commands have "evolved"
"Lost" 48K expansionToday I dug up my Speccy after more than 10yrs of inactivity. I bought it as a 16K in 1983, than I had expanded to 48K and never had problem. Until t…
... good" trying to execute some basic loaders that always worked before ... I check the amount of memory (and eventually, how do I ...List of POKEs and PEEKs/cool memory addressesI was wondering if there was a list of cool memory addresses to POKE and/or PEEK. For example, I know that PEEK 23674 tells you how long a Speccy has…
... was a list of cool memory addresses to POKE and/or ... Spectrum ROM Disassembly', but for memory addresses instead of assembly routines?Vague memory of a gameHi all, something's been bugging me on and off for ages. I once had a speccy game that I can't remember the name of. Sadly I can't recall many of the…
... a bit hazy, but my memory isn't what it was ...Laptop memoryIf anybody is interested before it goes on Ebay.... 2 x 512MB Hynix PC2-4200 memory modules Hardly used - I upgraded the memory a couple of days af…
... x 512MB Hynix PC2-4200 memory modules
Hardly used ... - I upgraded the memory a couple of days after ...How to compile a BASin program with Hisoft Basic Compiler?If I write a Basic program with the BASin application and then wants to use Hisoft Basic Compiler to compile to machine code, what are the steps to a…
If I write a Basic program with the BASin application ... then wants to use Hisoft Basic Compiler to compile to machine ... then load the basic program. But must the basic program be in ...Converting m$ to dataI created a maze using a matrix of 704 characters. In order to save memory, and since the maze it's just walls and spaces which could be interpreted …
... characters. In order to save memory, and since the maze it ... Dr. Beep's one line BASIC program request. But I was ...Sceen$ helpMost people have used screen$ at some time or another and for me what I want to do is use it or something like it as a start screen before the game p…
... of memory(one that wont be used generally by a basic program ... I can then copy this memory block back to the place ... in bog standard 48K Sinclair basic.
Many thanks
Running code from the display memory?Is it possible to run machine code from the memory area used by the display file? If you were really out of memory and some part of screen is not u…
... run machine code from the memory area used by the display ... you were really out of memory and some part of screen ...How did games started with LOAD "" CODE auto-start?Some early games (l remember for example [B]Galaxians[/B] from 1982) was loaded with LOAD "" CODE, which in one single block first loaded the loading…
... start by itself, without any BASIC loader with Randomize usr command ... above the display file in memory (due to the game loading ...Comments for small "sprite" routine wantedI have just written my first machine code program and I am quite happy (and proud) to get it working! :smile: As a child I never learned anything e…
... all the counter states into memory locations and fetch them everytime ... used a basic program to load some "graphic" into memory at 35000 ... , get the basic and machine code ... (hl),a ;write to screen memory
dec hl ;move ...A New 21 UDG Plotter BASIC ProgramHello All, Here goes... My first proper Spectrum program for 20 years! And the reason why I've been asking about multiple banks of UDGS recently. …
... Shift+5678=Plot
M=Memory location I=Ink G=Define ...The Non Randomness of Sam BasicHows about this for weird. Hardly ever bothered with such simple stuff before but this is what I just did on the Sam ( as in a real one now I've got …
Disable onboard memoryWould this work...? Access to onboard I/O can be disabled by holding IORQGE high. Would it be possible to create a MEMRQGE in a similar way to disa…
... way to disable all onboard memory - like ROMCS but for the ... whole memory map?
Translating the ... piece of on-board memory and map external memory over it. CP ...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…
... (even those only familiar with basic) will be able to pick ... to continue producing MULEs, the basic workhorse of plot developments. No ... that draws plot graphics into memory buffers from which SP1 can ... s explained, even for the basic people. The code will only ...How do I clear only a specific area of a screen (quickly) in machine code ?I'm looking for a machine code routine which will clear the first 20 rows of the Spectrum's display (or any number of rows or columns) . I have found…
... the display is mapped in memory), which can
clear the ... , is no quicker then the basic FOR F=0 TO 19 ...
pixels are stored in memory) then that would be
+3dos BASIC Headers - Char and Number ArraysHi. I'm almost ready to release the first beta of "3eExplorer" my utility for extracting files from a +3e HDD/CF image. It's actually going quite w…
... +3DOS file header the "+3 BASIC header data" is the same ... a .TAP file...[CODE]+3 BASIC header:
0x0f : Type
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 …
... idea of getting access to BASIC listings inside a program or ... are some games with a BASIC listing inside the code, especially ... remembers any game that has BASIC listings (inside the game of ...super-quick games in BASIC?do you think, games written in BASIC could run flawlessly at high speed when run in a speccy emulator at, say, 1000% speed? (i wonder, speccy is rare…
do you think, games written in BASIC could run flawlessly at high speed when run in a speccy emulator at, say, 1000% speed?
(i wonder, speccy is rarely used in this way - it's even more platform independent then JAVA! :-))) )Sam Revival issue 19 out now! [Sam CoupIssue 19 of Sam Revival is now out! Let's start off with what's on the coverdisk: Conquest. Written by Peter King in 1997 this originally had a lim…
... 's Z80 CPU, hexidecimal numbering, memory and a couple of machine ... you've only stuck with BASIC or the likes of GamesMaster ...Paging MemoryAny idea why this short piece of code doesnt work, just crashes. I am just messing with paging memory in and out (not achived this yet) and reading t…
... am just messing with paging memory in and out (not achived ... 7F LD BC, NN Hardware Memory Switch
ED 78 IN ...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…
... magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an ... />
2) What did Spectrum BASIC lack that might have been ... regarding a BBC vs. Spectrum BASIC comparison, I'd have to ... to write a few very basic BASIC programs for Computer Studies.Speech In BASICIs it possible to produce any speech in just Spectrum BASIC?
Is it possible to produce any speech in just Spectrum BASIC?Testing the Ram on a Toastrack 128KHi All My "new" 128K is misbehaving, all the demos I have loaded for it crash instantly, Ghostbusters 128K is playable but one of the background scr…
... like a problem with the memory, is there an app that ... I can russle up a basic test program, never did get ...Memory SticksI know some of you keep old PCs alive. 72 Pin Simms I've got half a dozen, some in pairs. Any interest and I'll try and figure out what they are. …
... will take PC100 if the memory switches down.) - Lowest prices paid ...One Liner - Machine CodeHi Dr. BEEP, Digital Prawn, et. al., I think that what you guys have achieved with the one liner contest is absolutely amazing. It brought about wh…
... whole new concepts in ZX BASIC that no one could have ... "runner" which loads bytes into memory and then runs a resultant ... code program at a given memory address
2) Run the ... ) keys. You can return to BASIC by pressing "a" (quit).
Starting on machine code - BASIC first?Howdy. If I wanted to start learning machine code for the speccy, from scratch, would you recommend I learn BASIC first or is it entirely possible to…
... , would you recommend I learn BASIC first or is it entirely ... start machine code with minimal BASIC knowledge?
Also (and the ... the first place without the BASIC keywords getting in the way ...Problem with replacing all upper memory with 4164 chipsGuys, i have a problem with the high memory of a 4B issue. At first the board had OKI chips for high memory and one of them was faulty. Since its ea…
... a problem with the high memory of a 4B issue.
memory and one of them was ... changed the wiring for the memory settings from OKI and H ... />
If i insert the memory from a working speccy (with ...It's a trap!So I got a CPLD (not the eventual one I want to use for the ethernet project - rather, one I actually have here and now, an XC9536 in a PLCC44). And…
... of interpreting the line of BASIC at CH_ADD. As a result ... that's normally illegal in BASIC into a program.
memory map as a jump table ... can find a location in memory which no one *ever* calls ...
