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  • Print TextHow do i print text on the bottom left row(memory location in attribute 23295) of the screen in assembly? I understand the parts better on paper and …

    ... the score is printed, the paper color(background color) is set ... 't told your emulated BASIC code to change them first.
    < ... in BASIC where you have to issue an appropriate PAPER and ... INK Command to change colours before ...
    Turkwel Turkwel June 2011 Development
  • writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…

    ... , but of course it'll change.
    [/quote]

    Hell ... , I just input some lame BASIC programs to test if the ... set (0) set the equivalent paper colour. You will of course ...
    Arjun Arjun June 2011 Emulators
  • Birthday PlotsHello all; When browsing the web, I stumbled across an oddity known as Birthday Plots. In effect somebody enters a numeric date and the computer prin…

    ... convert this listing to Sinclair Basic? All help much appreciated.[/QUOTE ... J
    330 PRINT #0;"CHANGE PAPER AND PRESS SPACE BAR"
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas July 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Legend of Kyrandia - ZX Spectrum DemoI was browsing the ZX Open Source site [url]http://opensourcezx.untergrund.net/[/url] and I found an interesting tr-dos disk image of a playable demo…

    ... />
    Yes, that's the basic idea, but no, this is ... values for the INK and PAPER pixels inside each character square ... priorities for the INK and PAPER pixels for each character square ... as custom codes that directly change the "unconditional obstacle" flag, ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas July 2011 Development
  • Help with random numbers......Hi all, wonder if anyone can help me... sort of a novice here ... I have been trying to write a simple ish basic program to compare random sets of n…

    Alternatively, here's an example of using a recursive function to do the duplicate number check, avoiding any extra use of GO TO, FOR...NEXT or IF...THEN. Line 80 does the looping within itself via the FN call.

    [code]
    2 DEF FN a()=FN ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny July 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • RFC: 64 column font codeIn BASIC, type CLEAR 49999 then import the code at 50000. Then type RANDOMIZE USR 50000. This will create a new channel and attach stream #4 to it. A…

    ... reduce code size without loosing performance. [ ... ; the UDGs [CHANGE HERE TO CHOOSE ANOTHER ... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    [/CODE]
    In BASIC, type [B]CLEAR 64860[/B ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas July 2011 Development
  • How to get a minimal splib2Hello. We are designing a new engine and stuff, coded in ASM and to be used from z88dk. I was just wondering how to get a minimal splib2 with just th…

    ... draw character squares that change so there is a ... sprite engine
    #include ; INK / PAPER macros


    // ... character square
    // but without affecting any invalidated & remove ... but it will not change its invalidated status and ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2011 Development
  • machine code loadercan someone have a look at this loader and break down what its actually doing and also how i can stop it from executing the 2 loads of headerless blo…

    ... zero (black ink on black paper).
    It then loads, using ... LD-BYTES routine, a SCREEN$ without of course revealing the bit ... no way to return to BASIC after the load, even using ...
    Geoff Geoff August 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • machine code loadercan someone have a look at this loader and break down what its actually doing and also how i can stop it from executing the 2 loads of headerless blo…

    ... 10 BORDER 0: INK 0: PAPER 0: CLS
    20 ... REM load the screen$ from basic
    40 RANDOMIZE USR $ ... /> ; you need to change this to load from disk ... but of course they will change. You can assemble new ... makes the border, ink and paper black, loads a SCREEN$ ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • machine code loadercan someone have a look at this loader and break down what its actually doing and also how i can stop it from executing the 2 loads of headerless blo…

    ... that have a loader in BASIC but all the loader does ... 16384, 49152. This also overrides BASIC but it jumps to the ... a way to change to USR 0 mode without doing a reset ...
    zxbruno zxbruno August 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • machine code loadercan someone have a look at this loader and break down what its actually doing and also how i can stop it from executing the 2 loads of headerless blo…

    ... /> Create a new BASIC loader

    10 paper 0: border 0 ... BASIC would still be available after loading all code blocks, without ever ... no way to return to BASIC because of the big code ...
    zxbruno zxbruno August 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Crazy Library failure in z88dkHello there my fellow WoS'ers yet another late night problem for the wee small hours I recently managed to get file-handling working very well, t…

    ... haven't touched them -- the basic ISR is running and it ... point at the system variables. Change that and things will crash ... you compiling a helloworld.c without calling something like fopen() :-D ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2011 Development
  • Inlay Project DiscussionAll, It's time this project was actually started in anger. The aim of this thread is to find out what every wants from it and the standards that sh…

    ... Both sides, even the bits without text etc. I.E. Full ... URL] do we want to change anything, for example, using a ... publications tended to use acidic paper and card stock. The ... exhibit acid decomposition / embrittlement of paper. There is legitimate concerns over ...
    Bangstick Bangstick September 2011 Support files
  • Inlay Project DiscussionAll, It's time this project was actually started in anger. The aim of this thread is to find out what every wants from it and the standards that sh…

    ... as you get lossless compression without (generally) getting too big file ... scanning, (b) put some black paper behind to stop text bleeding ... text file giving instructions for basic memorabilia purposes. Preservation should really ...
    Bangstick Bangstick September 2011 Support files
  • Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …

    ... years ago, I wrote a BASIC version of the game " ... with the same ink and paper. To switch on a ... in the attribute memory to change the ink and reveal the ... same value for ink and paper to not reveal the sprite ... , so you can read the BASIC code:
    [url]http:// ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix September 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Where to start?..Hello, First off, sorry if this is in the wrong and sorry if the questions I'm about to ask have been asked and answered numerous time! Little back…

    ... Skool Daze wrote them on paper and typed Hex numbers in ... on the ZX Spectrum itself without additional sodtware/hardware? (talking hardware ... for the zx (not talking BASIC coding here but Machine Code ...
    meow meow September 2011 Development
  • Where to start?..Hello, First off, sorry if this is in the wrong and sorry if the questions I'm about to ask have been asked and answered numerous time! Little back…

    ... can do it all on paper, then type the numbers into ... go at writing code on paper, converting it to numbers and ... with still needing to cover BASIC and everything before touching Machine ... thank you 'joefish' and 'rebelstar without a cause' for your information!
    meow meow September 2011 Development
  • Is Doctor Who the best that it's ever been?I'm surprised that there's been no Doctor Who thread recently, especially given the revelations we've seen recently. I've loved this last series (and…

    ... :

    [LIST]
    [*]Psychic paper - lazy plot device and a ... series? A 6ft steel door without a handle and a lock ... US do things. Oh, and change the music as well. Never ... always got the potential to change and keep, errr, regenerating itself ...
    richl richl October 2011 Chit chat
  • SP1 library questionsI'm working on my first game. I've not written a game since the late 1980s and that was a text based multiuser dungeon for BBC Micros with econet... …

    ... want to redraw the sprite without a move, you can sp1_Invalidate ... etc). Without this flag set the initialization does not change the current ... SP1 is that you can change where each of SP1's ... attribute detection as in many Basic programs. You can investigate the ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2011 Development
  • Dead Spectrum SocietySo I'm getting back into real Sinclair computers rather than emulators. During the summer months I was lucky enough to buy a working ZX81 and was giv…

    ... it does is to change the border to white. ... able to at least, change the border to white before ... , the border doesn't change to white, it could ... contended bank).

    PAPER: if the border is white ...
    I wrote a quick BASIC program to POKE all screen ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix October 2011 Hardware
  • Requesting a little help to identify the purpose of this 'add-on' to my Issue 2Hi everyone First of all it's my first post here so please go easy on me! I'm grateful to be accepted into your fine little club :smile: I probabl…

    ... />
    If that doesn't change anything, next step is to ... . I would write a quick BASIC proggie to POKE some values ... if you can manage this without keyboard... :-? perhaps code something up ...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie October 2011 Hardware
  • Pac-Man EmulatorMy Pac-Man Emulator for the Spectrum +2A/+3 is now available for download from: [url]http://simonowen.com/spectrum/pacemuzx/[/url] You'll need to su…

    ... which might not be possible without skewing the look of the ... ink colour of the maze (paper should probably always be black ... , unless at the time they change colour due to colour clash ...
    ewgf ewgf November 2011 Brand new software
  • tiny routine to shift RAMTOP & stackCompressing some data areas above RAMTOP and wanting to make the released space available for BASIC arrays, I needed to move RAMTOP without using CLE…

    ... summarise, this routine allows BASIC programs to dynamically adjust the ... available for variables during runtime without resorting to CLEAR to ... goes to pot. The BASIC program will have to set ... models.
    [code]
    ;Change RAMTOP to "val" while preserving ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny November 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • MB02 picsI got an original MB02 from someone to fix, and of course I made some pics to share (click for magnification): [URL="http://benophetinternet.nl/hobb…

    ... TTL chips tolerate higher voltage without damage. The higher integrated parts ... would be especially problematic to change.

    So I would ... should be found.
    If Basic is usable you should read ...
    ingo ingo February 2012 Hardware
  • 48K COMPOSITE VIDEO infosI'm not familiar with the Composite Video, so I'm asking help to WOS. I've got a 48k with Composite Video Mod. I am used to my Toastrack, that I plug…

    ... and you should see a change in the screen colour, thats ... screen (made by a simple basic program). It is not simply ... screen will not change because this should be neutral without colour difference ... supply. So for a people without any experience in this field ...
    ingo ingo February 2012 Hardware
  • 48K COMPOSITE VIDEO infosI'm not familiar with the Composite Video, so I'm asking help to WOS. I've got a 48k with Composite Video Mod. I am used to my Toastrack, that I plug…

    ... screen (made by a simple basic program). It is not simply ... screen will not change because this should be neutral without colour difference ... supply. So for a people without any experience in this field ...
    Spectrum Spectrum February 2012 Hardware
  • A new multicolor engine called BIFROST*I'm glad to announce the release of a new multicolor engine implemented by yours truly, including high quality 16x16 tiles designed by R-Tape: [IMG]…

    ... BIFROST* demo using ZX BASIC. Actually not everything worked, ... and development versions of ZX BASIC):

    [LIST]
    ... as follows, ZX BASIC compiles it without complains but generates incorrect ... with ZX BASIC:

    [CODE] 20 INK 5: PAPER 0: ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas March 2012 Brand new software
  • A new multicolor engine called BIFROST*I'm glad to announce the release of a new multicolor engine implemented by yours truly, including high quality 16x16 tiles designed by R-Tape: [IMG]…

    ... an ASM file that ZX BASIC can compile won't ... would require changes on ZX BASIC's built-in assembler, ... multicolor attributes more efficiently, without recalculating addresses with sub-routine ... to debug since they will change at every compilation.
    ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas March 2012 Brand new software
  • A new multicolor engine called BIFROST*I'm glad to announce the release of a new multicolor engine implemented by yours truly, including high quality 16x16 tiles designed by R-Tape: [IMG]…

    ... integration between BIFROST* and ZX BASIC. The mail goal here ... develop your program as usual, without any restrictions, except you must ... even better. The ZX BASIC Compiler can have an additional ... this case we can just change internally the behavior of "-- ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas March 2012 Brand new software
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