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When do you optimise?I was just wondering when people here optimise their code. Do they wait till it is all done or do they code a routine and then optimise that?
... not just a case of worrying that you're ... well - without a lot of loading to move data around ... to minimize execution time of a basic block by choosing amongst ... the function has any kind of length to it, it ... to preserve the contents of the register all the ... -
Smax?I've got SMAX v0.0.1, has anybody got any information about it? It isn't on WOS any more as far as I can see. What language does it use (seems like…
... use (seems like a form of BASIC)? Is it still in development ... , or was it abandoned because of other projects like Basin and ... of Microsoft Basic to z80 asm and was abandoned because of a lack of ... -
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... got her head around some of the basic concepts by now, and ... too, it's utter drivel of course, but enjoyable easy viewing ... -
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yes let's debate endlessly back and forth, then have a poll of 3 different pubs, then someone start a new thread suggesting some other pub, then someone arrange a meet in coventry,:p
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Can anyone beat 105?[url]http://www2.b3ta.com/clickthecolour/[/url] This has been doing my head in all morning.
aargh 17, best of 3 goes.
Helps if you look at the boxes below and let the brain do the jump from your peripheral vision
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Who is Andrew Pennell?According to the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/whatsnew.html"]What's New[/URL] page, Andrew Pennell has granted distribution of his software. …
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... if you'd compile some of your BASIC programs?
http ... reckon you'd get enough of a performance increase to do ... rather than relying on the BASIC INPUT command.
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Spin GFX ripper helpwell, I?m not skilled in these things but IMHO I?m not stupid and can learn by trying or after my mistakes.. but this is something I?m not able to di…
... (in an earlier Test version of Spin) that the debugger tended ... through memory with a width of about 16 bytes (128 pixels ... able to look at any of the BASIC flags for the address ... of the font, as they'll ... -
Missing NemesisI was reading one of the threads the other day about over rated spectrum games and came across the suggestion that Nemesis (the space shooter known a…
... inspired to have a shot of speccy [i]Nemesis[/i] ... one as well. Scrolling of background elements is either 4 ... is frame rates are 3-4 frames for movement ... somewhat by the staggered nature of the screen update. But ... is effectively a period of 3-4 video frames is ... -
Which Speccy is the best to buy...I'd be using it for games really, and thats about it. I'd like a 128k but I seem to remember people saying 128k +2's had problems playing some games.…
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Is there any good book on game programming for ZX Spectrum?Is there any good book on game programming for ZX Spectrum? --- Oh, found it myself [URL="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/books/"]ftp://ft…
... you want to learn BASIC or Machine Code. And ... that. There are tons of good BASIC programming books so you ... any of them. Incidentally, ZX Shed is running a BASIC game ... then there are plenty of good books on the ... is running a series of machine code articles, so ... -
Feet wantedHello. I bought a little 48K rubberkey on eBay recently but it has missing feet. Does anyone know where I can source four feet for it from please? …
... 't know if anything came of it, but maybe it's ... us to get a sheet of 3 mill neoprene rubber and use ... a steel rule. A bit of double sided tape and we ... -
David Hasselhoff - Jump in my CarYes folks, it's another smash hit from the pill-popping, alcoholic, manic-depressive Hoffmeister himself: [url]http://video.google.com/videoplay?doc…
... video for the last version of 3 lions where baddiel and skinner ... name on all the back of the shirts for the german ... -
The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
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Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]
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+3 soundhello there, just a quick-fire question today. i'm kinda keen on the idea of using my +3 quite a bit, particularly if i bother to to actually sort …
... will also take some photos of what i've got for ... a pic in the catalogue of how the coloured bands on ... * useful. i wouldnt have thought of that myself - so cheers for ... only joined in little blocks of 3 holes.... i assume the copper ... -
+3 soundhello there, just a quick-fire question today. i'm kinda keen on the idea of using my +3 quite a bit, particularly if i bother to to actually sort …
... laying around. The type of caps used for this ... are correct. Almost all of the caps in the ... useful. i wouldnt have thought of that myself - so cheers ... useful, it saves alot of messing around trying to ... only joined in little blocks of 3 holes.... i assume the ... -
Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
... there's a lot of pages of Sinclair BASIC related discussion.
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Spectrum Music - Remixes?Anyone know of any sites that have remixes of spectrum music? Project AY is devoted to releasing the original music from the games and i've looked on…
... try and do one of the Tim Follin tunes ... without the "vacuum cleaner full of nails" effect.[/QUOTE]
... before and lost it because of a disk failure. I ... I`ve got most of the basic bass line down here ... Thanks
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Embarassing tune you really likeIs there one song you really really like but its by a band/singer who you are embarassed by ? Eg you would listen to it on headphones but you woul…
Busted - Thats what i go to skool for
(I am embarassed i like that song, thought they were an american Blink 182 band before i saw they were a bunch of 3 dweebs from the UK). Catchy though ! -
Embarassing tune you really likeIs there one song you really really like but its by a band/singer who you are embarassed by ? Eg you would listen to it on headphones but you woul…
... saw they were a bunch of 3 dweebs from the UK). Catchy ... -
+2 Test CardIs it possible to get this up on an emulator? This is the screen you got by pressing break and reset, the beepy thing with 1986s all over it. Where …
... is stored near the end of the Basic ROM. It is called ... can also call it from BASIC with RANDOMIZE USR 15364. You ... -
Noisy 2A displaymy 2A gives a fairly good display until it has to generate sound or other cpu work, which interferes with the signal, giving some "cloudy" effects …
... you installed the 128k SE basic ROM's? Don't know ... be better to load SE basic rather than use physical ROM ... are working, and any of the basic options in the menu should ... -
Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
... get a great deal of satisfaction out of fixing them. I can ... SPIN's RZX problems instead of Sinclair BASIC in here, then you ... /> [b]GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY FORUM.[/b]
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... . From what I'm aware of 3-400% was more common for ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
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They made a lot of money off that machine. Producing ... . From what I'm aware of 3-400% was more common for ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... CPU is faster than that of the C64 for the majority ... , though not at the rate of 3.54:1 as the clock ... doing so he posts examples of a bubble sort to back ... sounds like a clear case of trolling to me. I'm ... Z80 programming there are plenty of us here who might be ...Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
Of course BASIC is a toy language aimed at beginners - what did you think the B in BASIC stood for?Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... to gain the speed advantage of machine code (for writing games ... is just one of advantages: other is size of programm.
There ... similar. Actually, it is lack of Sinclair Basic - such functions are present ...Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... similar. Actually, it is lack of Sinclair Basic - such functions are present ... myself. I never wrote a BASIC program that was too large ... to write them in Sinclair BASIC, albeit a *lot* slower ... bit manipulation, but surely no BASIC in the early/mid eighties ...
