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  • A BASIC compiler projectHi, I started my own BASIC compiler for the ZX Spectrum (and Z80 machines) 3 months ago. It's still in ALPHA stage (when it is mature, I will write …

    ... blocks (initially one single big memory block).
    [/quote]
    < ... which allows blocks of available memory to be added to the ... is relatively rare. The memory usage pattern in Basic is ... shrunk and expanded as each variable changes. But you're saying ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous June 2008 Development
  • A BASIC compiler projectHi, I started my own BASIC compiler for the ZX Spectrum (and Z80 machines) 3 months ago. It's still in ALPHA stage (when it is mature, I will write …

    ... Anonymous;278179]
    C dynamic memory usage tends to be for ... reallocation is relatively rare. The memory usage pattern in Basic is ... shrunk and expanded as each variable changes. But you're saying ... it's considered a local variable (and freed on exit) too ...
    boriel boriel June 2008 Development
  • CSSCGC 2008 has now officially begunFor coming last in the 2007 crap game compo, I have the honour and privilege of hosting CSSCGC 2008! I have now put up the CSSCGC 2008 website at …

    ... you were running out of memory, well I can save you ... quite a few two letter variable names in the code - I ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn August 2008 Games
  • 'orange' on a spectrumalways wondered why spectrums could never seem to achieve the colour orange? wasn't one of the default colours, and don't remember seeing anything th…

    ... and LOAD! to the right memory area for a purely BASIC ... read/write 2 byte system variable which pointed to the current ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn August 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Using INPUT without clearing last two lines of screen?I'm trying to print to the 22nd row of the screen using the ol' print #0 trick. Unfortunately, I require user INPUT which seems to wipe out the botto…

    ... variables than BASIC because any memory location that can hold data ... be thought of as a variable! It's just that BASIC ...
    Arjun Arjun January 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • R.I.P. spectrum 48kRecently one of my 48k rubber key (issue 4) machine bit the dust the other day when I tried to power it on. When powering it on, it gave a weird 'bee…

    ... /> I do have a dozen memory ICs I will try and ... Might check out the variac variable transformer, although it may be ... adding IC sockets, especially the memory ICs. These are the ICs ... /> DEATH: I have some extra memory ICs, Z80, ROM, and a ...
    thomas3120 thomas3120 February 2009 Hardware
  • Real Spec- problems with fullscreenHi all, I bought myself an old notebook Compaq Armada 1750 with the highest resolution 800x600, where I installed win98. I run realspec win version …

    ... suggest changing the BLASTER system variable (and of course changing the ... the laptop, and how much memory you have too, and whether ...
    ewgf ewgf March 2009 Emulators
  • Real Spec- problems with fullscreenHi all, I bought myself an old notebook Compaq Armada 1750 with the highest resolution 800x600, where I installed win98. I run realspec win version …

    ... suggest changing the BLASTER system variable (and of course changing the ... the laptop, and how much memory you have too, and whether ...
    Hood Hood March 2009 Emulators
  • New utility - Arcade Game DesignerNo income tax, no VAT, no money back, no guarantee... In advance of SEUD's release I thought I'd release AGD to get people in the mood for game maki…

    If memory serves, sprites placed upon a ... this could then check the variable and spawn the item manually ...
    jonathan jonathan April 2009 Development
  • Spin problems/issuesI am running Spin 0.666 and have noticed a few issues (some are bugs, some might be just me). I am using Vista sp1 (yeah I know!), and I've seen Dunn…

    ... RAMTOP. This 16-bit system variable (at 23730) contains the value ... at 64000. This will occupy memory up to 65520, which will ...
    Marko Marko April 2009 Emulators
  • Spin problems/issuesI am running Spin 0.666 and have noticed a few issues (some are bugs, some might be just me). I am using Vista sp1 (yeah I know!), and I've seen Dunn…

    ... RAMTOP. This 16-bit system variable (at 23730) contains the value ... at 64000. This will occupy memory up to 65520, which will ...
    jp jp April 2009 Emulators
  • DATA BIN - How to read the contentOkay I hit a snag with my Image to ZX Spec program that the plot/draw command eats too much memory. So I want to use DATA BIN to insert converted jp…

    ... load basic together with string variable filled with your image. For ... this to the Spectrum graphics memory model suitable for loading via ...
    brownb2 brownb2 May 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Brand new River Raid remake?one of my friend is trying to make a riverraid remake on flash just to have fun, I checked zx spectrum port of river raid. it is bad, really bad, jer…

    ... the ROM routine takes a variable amount of time) or that ... time; remember to allow for memory contention and, if in doubt ...
    Matt_B Matt_B May 2009 New game ideas
  • Sinclair BASIC compiler for PC?Boriel's compiler is very powerful but it isn't meant for Sinclair BASIC, and the old compilers in the archive have their limitations: BASIC listing …

    ... generating a text file with memory map (not very complex... or ... forum for more info about memory map.

    Regarding underscores ... if the user define a variable called "LABEL" it won't ...
    boriel boriel May 2009 Development
  • Sinclair BASIC compiler for PC?Boriel's compiler is very powerful but it isn't meant for Sinclair BASIC, and the old compilers in the archive have their limitations: BASIC listing …

    ... forum for more info about memory map.
    [/QUOTE]
    If ... if the user define a variable called "LABEL" it won't ...
    LCD LCD May 2009 Development
  • Sinclair BASIC compiler for PC?Boriel's compiler is very powerful but it isn't meant for Sinclair BASIC, and the old compilers in the archive have their limitations: BASIC listing …

    ... saves the parsing AST on memory along the bytecode, and can ... symbol table to store each variable name, etc. This is what ...
    boriel boriel May 2009 Development
  • Ultimate! Time WasterThis used to bug me big time 25 years ago.:mad: In the early 16k releases of Ultimate Play the Game , Games Jetpac Cookie Trans am there are three …

    ... data 4 bytes "downwards" in memory (from 24580 to 24576). By ... to the right place in memory to run and most likely ... the location of the system variable NMIADD (famously known to be ... the location of the system variable MEMBOT which stores the six ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz May 2009 Games
  • BIN shorter than NOT PI?Some time ago I checked many loaders and want to ask why coders are using BIN and not NOT PI? NOT PI is only 2 Bytes, BIN would be better if it would…

    ... program memory, or by reading the value of the VARS system variable ...
    ajmoss ajmoss June 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • I want a DivIDE but....I need help, I want to get a DivIDE but I need some advice. Which one do I go for DivIDE or RWAPS DivIDE+ (when they become available). Which firmwa…

    ... , right? :-) - and with compression, the variable-length data makes it a ... to do with the given memory in DivIde. And as I ... think 2 bytes of free memory only....


    I ...
    Hood Hood August 2009 Development
  • z80 program to BASIN?I have a BASIC program with UDG:s loaded in a z80 snapshot file. I would like to edit the program with Basin, but I wonder what must be done before…

    ... got 65368. I guess that memory address would be interchangable with ... placed elsewhere in memory, perhaps by changing some system variable?

    memory?
    Rickard Rickard September 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • z80 program to BASIN?I have a BASIC program with UDG:s loaded in a z80 snapshot file. I would like to edit the program with Basin, but I wonder what must be done before…

    ... 65368. I guess that memory address would be interchangable with ... placed elsewhere in memory, perhaps by changing some system variable?
    [/ ... save a few bytes of memory that way.

    ... in a suitable position in memory?[/QUOTE]

    Yes. ...
    Dunny Dunny September 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • The Goldfinch updates thread([url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25034]original announcement thread here[/url] - I figured it was worth starting a new to…

    ... than checking the BORDCR system variable.

    [quote]
    - add ... modules, using the full available memory - and at that point, Goldfinch ...
    gasman gasman October 2009 Development
  • Printing in 64 columns, from Basic?Not strictly a Sinclair Basic question but... Is there any known machine code utility that allows something similar to PRINT AT that can be called fr…

    ... be in a string variable or POKEd into memory, so they're ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny October 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Printing in 64 columns, from Basic?Not strictly a Sinclair Basic question but... Is there any known machine code utility that allows something similar to PRINT AT that can be called fr…

    ... up in a string variable or POKEd into memory, so they're ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny October 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Diagnosing Spectrum 48k (faulty RAM chip?)I have a Spectrum 48k (I believe it may be an upgraded 16k model) that doesn't work, and never has ever since the owner gave it to me. When you turn …

    ... functioning correctly. Removing the 4116 memory then powering up and checking ... ]
    You'd take a variable out of the equation that ...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie November 2009 Hardware
  • POKING graphicsI remember using binary code (in BASIC) to POKE graphics (thanks Input magazine!) Using a FOR..NEXT loop you would POKE each square in the 8X8 charac…

    ... in assembler to save memory by drawing a graphic, ... finite number of fixed memory slots that can hold ... graphic data anywhere in memory, as long as you ... it at any other memory location, and you can ... with the 'CHARS' system variable, which allows you to customise ...
    gasman gasman November 2009 Games
  • Memory concerns with z88dkI've retaken my old spectrum project and sadly I've reached a dead end very fast. I'll try to explain my worst problem in a few lines. I'm not a vet…

    ... were due to this memory allocation copied an pasted ... Don't forget there is memory below 32768 available too ( ... sp1 asking for dynamic memory. There aren't any ... to which is stored in variable 's' above) and 9 ... br />
    Yes, memory gets used up quickly :-) If ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous December 2009 Development
  • Dim commandI try o find a BASIC COMPILER for ZX SPECTRUM 128 that use DIM command with two or more letter as 10 DIM AB(10) instead of 10 DIM A(10) Any iforma…

    ... set the space for the variable to a float size (5 ... reduce a lot of redundant memory that way.
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP December 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Dim commandI try o find a BASIC COMPILER for ZX SPECTRUM 128 that use DIM command with two or more letter as 10 DIM AB(10) instead of 10 DIM A(10) Any iforma…

    ... BetaBasic is put in memory, on a STANDARD Speccy ... run in a restricted memory space that needed room ... it. The effectively infinite memory space they work under ... If you don't specify variable types, it will do ... compiler what type the variable is means it can ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous December 2009 Sinclair Basic
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