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  • MIDI TO ZX SPECTRUM BASIC BEEPMIDI TO ZX SPECTRUM BASIC BEEP ------------------------------------------------------ HI :) I found here http://portmedia.sourceforge.ne…

    ... num sentences BEEP on every BASIC line)

    ... not create very large
    number lines on BASIC.

    ... will join in a BASIC ZX spectrum line if ...
    to make a short BASIC program

    e ...
    maeloterkim maeloterkim May 2019 Sinclair Basic
  • What is the (hypothetically) largest 9999 lines BASIC program possible?If the Speccy had infinite amounts of memory, what is the largest 9999 line BASIC program that could be made? (in K and amount of instructions) (Yet…

    ... is the largest 9999 line BASIC program that could be made ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman February 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • 128 BASIC-compatible way of loading BASIC as code?On a 48K Speccy (or from 48 BASIC or USR 0 mode on a 128K machine), one can do a silly trick like this: [code];; load a 4000 byte BASIC program ld i…

    ... ; VARS. The line number could be passed as a ... /> 3 REM main program, lines 3-8999
    7000 ... LD HL,7000 ;line number of BASIC return
    ld a ... ,1 ;statement number
    ld ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2013 Development
  • Speccy programming book.About 15 years ago I bought a book from a jumble sale. Got it home and put it in the read later cupboard. Remembering this morning I went and got it.…

    ... use in line number era BASIC. But line number era BASIC is horrible anyway ... program flow.

    ZX Basic doesn't even have procedures ... days is about 100,000 lines of code anyway ;)
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter October 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • How do I save my work using FUSE?I'm not having any success using SCR it returns a message about the header being unreadable when I try to LOAD an SCR which was the only viable optio…

    ... \.'\'."
    PRINT "Horizontal and vertical lines \..\''\: \ :'"
    PRINT "Corners \:'\':\:.\.:"
    PRINT ... paste it directly into a number of BASIC editors and compilers such ...
    GReW GReW October 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • My geeky timeline...1982 - Dad bought me a ZX81, started getting interested in computers. couldn't do much with 1k though :) 1983 - Dad bought me a ZX spectrum. Really …

    ... . Bought books, wrote a number of basic programs, including a word processor ...
    Parky Parky August 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Couple of questions...Howdy, 1. Is there a decent way to get a random number in BASIC/MC? I've been using LET a=INT(RND*2)+1 but the numbers tend to stay at 1 or 2 most …

    ... way to get a random number in BASIC/MC? I've been ...
    polomint polomint March 2009 Development
  • Buddy 0.1 demo[url="http://wischner.co.uk/downloads/app.tap"]The tape is here[/url]. Load it, then enable kempston mouse emulation, then reload it. [url="https://g…

    ... pattern filled rects, 8x1 pattern lines),
    - basic mouse handling, and
    - basic non-optimized window messaging (create ...
    tstih tstih August 2015 Development
  • Minigame Compo 2007Hi there, also this year, there'll be a minigame competition, open to all 8-bit computers and consoles. It consists on writing games whose size (…

    ... be placed directly in BASIC line number and length -> ... by BASIC LINE NUMBER and BASIC LINE LENGTH
    ;such basic loader ... will work if you provide correct line number
    number of additional bits to read ...
    Fikee Fikee January 2008 Development
  • best BASIC games? - besides 20 tons and Derby Day perhaps i know few of them, yet i believe, there have to be some cool ones i couldn't appreciate then as i was stup…

    ... a compiler to turn a BASIC program into machine code so ... only work with a limited number of BASIC commands and don't ...
    Matt_B Matt_B February 2008 Games
  • best BASIC games? - besides 20 tons and Derby Day perhaps i know few of them, yet i believe, there have to be some cool ones i couldn't appreciate then as i was stup…

    ... a compiler to turn a BASIC program into machine code so ... only work with a limited number of BASIC commands and don't ...
    Vertigo Vertigo February 2008 Games
  • Couple of questions...Howdy, 1. Is there a decent way to get a random number in BASIC/MC? I've been using LET a=INT(RND*2)+1 but the numbers tend to stay at 1 or 2 most …

    ... way to get a random number in BASIC/MC? I've been ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall March 2009 Development
  • Building a menu in ASMWEll as probably some figured, i am learning asm at least to make the basic menu i did in basic. It is a menu where we can select games to be loaded.…

    ... , but return to BASIC after selection, with selected item number in BC ... . You can get this number in BASIC as the value returned by ... when mixture of assembly and BASIC could be effective.

    BASIC to certain location in the ...
    Shiru Shiru June 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Can anyone see a way to speed up the following line of code?Hi Folks, Been looking at bottle necks in my code using BASin's Profiler and the following line (well the 2nd LET statement) is somewhat slow. [COD…

    ... are shorter in memory then number arrays, but using string arrays ... with number interpretation would be slower in ... you need a 24 bit number in BASIC?
    probably you bake ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman July 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • 3 lines of funHello! I'm looking for a tattoo to remember forever our fabulous 8 bit era. A part the pictures I posted here [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/for…

    ... a little more than 3 lines (BASIC lines), but.... what if we code ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix October 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • 3 lines of funHello! I'm looking for a tattoo to remember forever our fabulous 8 bit era. A part the pictures I posted here [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/for…

    ... a little more than 3 lines (BASIC lines), but.... what if we code ...
    Geoff Geoff October 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …

    ... really impressive. Most definitely the number 1 BASIC game imo. And although ...
    Lebowsk1 Lebowsk1 June 2012 Games
  • Switching 48/128 modes within a BASIC programI'm not sure what use this would be; ie. being able to switch between 48k and 128k modes and back again from within a continuously running BASIC prog…

    ... /> LD HL,9000 ;line number of BASIC error handler
    ld a ... ,1 ;statement number
    ld d ... 4,(iy+$01) ;signal "128K BASIC" mode
    jr TO_ALL
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny July 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Switching 48/128 modes within a BASIC programI'm not sure what use this would be; ie. being able to switch between 48k and 128k modes and back again from within a continuously running BASIC prog…

    ... /> LD HL,9000 ;line number of BASIC error handler
    ld a ... ,1 ;statement number
    ld d ... 01),a ;switch "48K BASIC" or "128K BASIC" mode
    ld sp ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas July 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • space available in bytes - questionHi, question: - if i create a *.txt file in pee cee: if empty it will show 0 bytes if i put text "abcde" it will show 5 bytes if i put texte (in 2 l…

    Don't forget the numbers - a number (in Basic) will take up another (invisible) 5 bytes on top of what is visible. ;)
    Sokurah Sokurah August 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • display file addressing; screen slicingWhile working on this Compendium I'm updating or rewriting a lot of stuff. One thing I eventually came to appreciate was the simple & clever way in w…

    ... 'd add routines in both BASIC & assembler to calculate the ... the row & column number. (The BASIC could be written more concisely ... to keep a 1:1 BASIC:assembler equivalence.) Afterwards I thought ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Break into programIs there any way of stopping people using the break option in my software productions so they can list the code.

    ... /> LD HL,9000 ;line number of BASIC error handler
    ld a ... ,1 ;statement number
    ld d ... , restore the saved value. My BASIC routine displays the normal error ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny October 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • DIM DATA and the likeSo...I'm trying to work out arrays in BASIC a bit more and have knocked up the following quick test bed to fiddle about with before trying anything m…

    ... code matches the RANDOMISE USR number - in this case 32768 - it ... it before you RUN the BASIC program (rather than just save ... removing the "USR" from the BASIC program it seems to run ... /> Have double checked the number in basic (an address in memory I ...
    Wookiee Wookiee January 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • CMWC random number generator for Z80Seeing the interest regarding the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=23070"]Xor-Shift random number generator for Z80[/URL]…

    ... raw 8 bits of random number.
    UpdatSeed() uses the ... to change the random seed number. (Time() sets DEHL = Frames) ... needing to redo the random number, so multiple cycles rapidly asymptote ... a decimal number. ZX Basic has a fixed type of number, which is ...
    Gedlion Gedlion September 2014 Development
  • BREAK key on 128k SpectrumWhat happens when BREAK is pressed on a 128k Spectrum? Why is it different from what happens on a 48k Spectrum. Is there a way to disable it or to …

    ... more comprehensive routine saves the number of the line where the ... /> LD HL,9000 ;line number of BASIC error handler
    ld a ... ,1 ;statement number
    ld d ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny February 2018 Sinclair Basic
  • binary mirroring in basicsame as last question, really. only this time i want to mirror an 8 bit decimal number

    ... 8-bit number in BASIC.

    -If the original number is given ... .

    -If the original number is given as [b]Decimal ...
    IvanBasic IvanBasic October 2019 Chit chat
  • 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'…

    ... -a-simple-basic-horizontal-scrolling-game-tutorial"]BASIC game tutorial ... read through thousands of lines and you only mentioned ... problems with a 15 lines BASIC game. Fortunately he writes ... -a-simple-basic-horizontal-scrolling-game-tutorial"]BASIC game tutorial ...
    Timmy Timmy September 2020 Chit chat
  • joining lines of BASICDue to overwhelming demand - well, one demand - well, more of a suggestion, really - here's a routine to join together lines of BASIC. The vertical c…

    ... routine to join together lines of BASIC. The vertical cursor motion ... to include a "dividing lines of BASIC" option as well - ... into two lines. (If the next incremental line number had already ... (hl),a ;replace 2nd line number & length bytes
    ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny February 2012 Sinclair Basic
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