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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…
... OUT statements followed by a pause in a loop.
20 OUT 254, 1
30 OUT 254, 2 ... OUT 254, 4
60 PAUSE 1
70 GOTO 10
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…
... OUT statements followed by a pause in a loop.
20 OUT 254, 1
30 OUT 254, 2 ... OUT 254, 4
60 PAUSE 1
70 GOTO 10
Amazing Short Type-InsHey all ! Been having some pretty stressfull days lately so I tought I would type in some games. There was a very nice type-in book here in Slovenia…
... 0,0; PAPER 1; INK 7; BRIGHT 1;" The Psychic ... =INT (RND*20)+1: FOR f=1 TO 10: LET ... read your mind..."
120 PAUSE 1: PAUSE 0
130 CLS ... ,0; PAPER 1; INK 7; BRIGHT 1;" The Psychic ...Checksum RoutinesHi there everybody, Does anyone have an 'off the shelf' assembler routine for generating checksums? Thanks Jim
... the relative jump in the PAUSE command
LD A ... NZ,L1F49 ; skip forward to PAUSE-2 if not.
PAUSE-1 directly. The ROM that comes ...Checksum RoutinesHi there everybody, Does anyone have an 'off the shelf' assembler routine for generating checksums? Thanks Jim
... the relative jump in the PAUSE command
LD A ... NZ,L1F49 ; skip forward to PAUSE-2 if not.
PAUSE-1 directly. The ROM that comes ...Programs detecting Spectrum modelsHi. I'm curious about knowing how some speccy games detect if they are runnning in a 128k or 48k model. What tricks can be used to make this in a Spe…
[code]POKE 49152,255: POKE 23388,17: PAUSE 1: POKE 49152,0: POKE 23388,16: PAUSE 1: IF PEEK 49152255 THEN [48K mode] ELSE [128K mode]
[/code]Programs detecting Spectrum modelsHi. I'm curious about knowing how some speccy games detect if they are runnning in a 128k or 48k model. What tricks can be used to make this in a Spe…
... 49152,255: POKE 23388,17: PAUSE 1:
POKE 49152,0: POKE ... 23388,16: PAUSE 1:
IF PEEK 49152255 THEN ...Ways to use double buffering in basicI was meddling with woody's print stream code where you can print characters at any pixel location on screen. I was playing with 12 sprites, very ann…
... to basic, I believe a PAUSE 1 will return just after an ...Scrolling Loader CounterPlease can someone help me with writing a scrolling counter for a loading system. I like the Hewson counter so i`ve taken the font from zynaps loade…
... ;"0":poke 23606, (peek 23606) + 1:pause 1:goto 1
[/code]
it ...I'm in need of help hereI've been using the 'COMB' and 'TRANSFER' programs on Lerm's Utility D package to convert copy-protected (Speedlock, Alcatraz etc) 48k games onto +3 …
... to do POKE 23388,XX: PAUSE 1 to get it to change ... ):
DATA 243,62,16,1,253,127,237,121,33 ... ,0,128,17,0,192,1,0,64,237,176,62 ... ,16,1,253,127,237,121,251 ... )
0 16 49152
1 17 49152
2 18 ...Question about digitized sound and videoI searched the forums and couldn't find the answer, so here it goes. Regarding digitized sound: I remember reading an article long ago about a vid…
Here is the code I prepared for flashloading... Hides file names also...
[code]
5 PAPER 7: BORDER 7: CLS
10 POKE VAL "23739",CODE "o"
15 LOAD ""SCREEN$
20 PAUSE 1
30 GO TO 15
[/code]Question about digitized sound and videoI searched the forums and couldn't find the answer, so here it goes. Regarding digitized sound: I remember reading an article long ago about a vid…
... . And I'm also using pause 1. Same as Arda.
[QUOTE=Alcoholics Anonymous;166497]Sounds 1-bit? You can go 4 ... .[/QUOTE]
It is 1-bit indeed. I used a ... with the new wav with 1-bit quality, but I had ...2007, and still no NIC and browser for the Speccy?I've started to read all the w.o.s. threads, starting by the ones that came up with the search function, using the keywords of the topics that intere…
... />
: hpause 2 WINDOW PAUSE 1 WINDOW ;
: cparse ... caddr )
BEGIN PAUSE GoTCP 2DUP 1 sock_read 0=
... /> 12 hmsg
BEGIN PAUSE GoTCP sck sock_closed? 0 herr ... /> 9 hmsg BEGIN PAUSE GoTCP sck sock_opened? UNTIL ...How does interrupts work?I am a little confused regarding the interrupts on the Spectrum. If I have some hundred bytes of machine code started with, say, [B]RANDOMIZE USR 300…
... ]The period of the PAUSE is determined by counting the ... 1/50 th. of a second.
A PAUSE ... the operand.
[B]PAUSE-1[/B] HALT Wait for ... has
JR Z,1F3D,PAUSE-1 been pressed.
The period of the PAUSE has now finished.
< ...DarkStar.tzx in Spectaculator 6.25Hi all I think I have found a bug in Spectaculator. Darkstar.tzx(OriginalRelease) wiil not not load. DarkStar.tap loads The DarkStar Re-release t…
... : DarkStar Length: 19 Normal Speed ,Pause: 1.000s
2- 22: -------------------- Length ... : 386 Normal Speed ,Pause: 1.000s
3- 1A9: -------------------- Length ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... /> FOR s=0 TO 1:
PAUSE 1-s:
LET k=CODE ... INKEY$:
PRINT OVER 1;AT ... away displayed cursor
First PAUSE is NOT waited for!
1,1 : 100
in 2,1 : 2
in 3,1 ; FN W(1,1 ...2 Spectrums (synched) playing AY tunes?After listening to a few Turbo Sound FM MP3s, I wondered... For those of us who can't build this card, couldn't we synch 2 128Ks and play these tunes…
... , :usr, 0xc000],
40 => [:pause, 1, ':', :randomize, :usr, 0xc006, ':', :goto, 40 ...FeudThe [url=ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games/f/Feud.tzx.zip]new version[/url] of [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0…
... -------------------- Length: 112 Normal Speed ,Pause: 0.869s
4- B5 ... : WORM Length: 19 Normal Speed ,Pause: 1.007s
5- CD: ... -------------------- Length: 192 Normal Speed ,Pause: 0.263s
6- 192 ...'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…
... />
I usually add a PAUSE 1 after the POKE to ensure ... 'd almost certainly need the PAUSE if you were going to ...'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…
... ;293501]I usually add a PAUSE 1 after the POKE to ensure ... 'd almost certainly need the PAUSE if you were going to ...Usr 0 ?I'm not sure I've ever seen this explained before, but why do some programs (only demos, as far as I can see, so far) need USR 0 mode when run on a 1…
... time, POKE 23388,bank+16:PAUSE 1 will do the same. Please ...MultichromeIt turns out that multichrome, and other screen modes, are emulated in Fuse and Eightyone via ZX Spectrum SE emulation (which is similar to the TC214…
... as TC2048.
VIDEORAM 1:
from 16384 = 6144 pixel ... /> Easy testing from basic:
1) set multicolor graphic mode
20 pause 1 : out 32765,23 : pause 1 : out 32765,31 ...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 …
... 2. If I have a PAUSE statement after an INKEY$ ... expected), but also shortcuts the PAUSE statement. Is there a way ... following:
[code]
PAUSE 1: PAUSE N
[/code]
The 1st pause eats up the keypress if ...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 …
oops, my bad... shoulda been int(rnd*3)+1 :)
never thought about the PAUSE 1:PAUSE n thing
thanks
:DZXSpin for Spectrum DevelopmentI found this handy guide to setting up a cross-platform development environment for the Spectrum: [URL="http://zxspectrumdev.blogspot.com/2009/01/set…
WYZTracker playerWhere can I find a player and some info on how to compile the tunes I've made in WYZTracker program? I have .mus and .asm files from WYZ Tracker, ju…
Converting games from tap to dskHi to all from Greece, Being an old Speccy user and now owner of most models of Spectrum (48k , 48k+ , 128K, +2 grey and +3) , I desided to salvage m…
... 23388,16 : out 32765,16: pause 1: randomize usr 24576
[/QUOTE ... : Any code intended for banks 1,3,4, or 6 gets ... .bin" CODE 32768: POKE 30001,1: RANDOMIZE USR 30000
130 ... /> ORG 30000
LD A,1 ; target bank
LD BC ...Image to ZX Spec 1.1 Now Freely Available!Image to ZX Spec 1.1 Now Freely Available! [IMG]http://mirror.viperfang.net/silentdevelopments/images/ent-preview1.1.zx.png[/IMG][IMG]http://mirror.…
... them:
10 PAUSE 1: OUT 32765,24:PAUSE 1:OUT 32765,16:IF ...Real Spectrum screen flicker with SCREEN$I've written a basic loader to simply do a 'load "" screen$' based video from a divide+ however I'm finding the Spectrum can't render a screens and a…
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15 PAUSE 1: REM sync with raster
35 PAUSE 1
40 OUT 32765,29 ...Real Spectrum screen flicker with SCREEN$I've written a basic loader to simply do a 'load "" screen$' based video from a divide+ however I'm finding the Spectrum can't render a screens and a…
... can't do something like 1 PRINT USR 0. Is there ... top 16k page
15 PAUSE 1: REM sync with raster
35 PAUSE 1
40 OUT 32765,29 ...
