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So where is the random number in the Speccy ?So I am messing around with ZX Spectrum Assembler and I want a random number. I looked up previous posts and one of the links said that random number…
... Assembler and I want a random number. I looked up previous ... of the links said that random numbers are in the ROM ...
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Random Numbers, USR Return Values & Timing BASICI've been trying out Jon Ritman's random number routine, published in Your Sinclair Aug'87. Apart from a timing comparison I also did a frequency ana…
... trying out Jon Ritman's random number routine, published in Your ... /> "This is the 32-bit random number generator routine I used ... fast and returns a reasonable random
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Random-Access to Microdrive FileI am working on a BASIC program to backup a microdrive text-file to standard tape array-file. To backup a text-file from one microdrive to a secon…
... b] is the ability to "random read access" an OPEN# ... FN p(a)=256*PEEK (a+1)+PEEK a : REM DPEEK ... 1
1040 IF CHR$ PEEK (cha+4)"M" THEN PRINT ... Sect
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16k and PEEK 40000 (on a real 16k Spectrum)?Imagine a real 16k Spectrum (without any RAM expansion or circuits fitted). What would I get if I do a PEEK or try to access memory over 32767? Wo…
... get if I do a PEEK or try to access memory ... 49152?
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random numbersCan you write a piece of code that gets you a truly random number from the Spectrum, or is it only capable of generating a pseudo-random number (ie. …
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Wanted: Monty Mole and the random crushersA fairly good rip off of Jet Set Willy, this game suffers from one main weakness- the randomly falling crushers. You can be the best player in the wo…
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Random Smiley FacesAs promised, here's the Syntax: ;Startup 5 CLS 7 PAPER 0: BORDER 0 ;Graphics 10 FOR n=0 to 7 20 READ row: POKE USR "P"+n,row 30 NEXT n 31 DATA BI…
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RND not random?I recently wrote a simple Alien style game where the bad guys shoot you at random, it works fine, but after a while the Variable that is supposed to …
... bad guys shoot you at random, it works fine, but after ... that is supposed to be random gets stuck on a number ... -
POKE, PEEK and RANDOMIZE USRAnyone got a store of useful POKES, or RANDOMIZE USR statements with interesting effects? As a start, try anything from RANDOMIZE USR 1216 to RANDOM…
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Random Pick.I finished the game 'Simpsons Hit & Run' on the weekend and I am about to choose another game to start playing in a few days time. I was thinking of…
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I need ASM for random numberI need to generate a random pair of coardinates in asm so that x=random no between 0 and 31, y=random no between 0 and 23. Any ideas on how to code …
I need to generate a random pair of coardinates in asm so that x=random no between 0 and 31, y=random no between 0 and 23.
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How do I get a random numberHi, I need a simple routine to get a random number from 1 to 4. I don't need nothing very complex or that much random, it just have to produce diffe…
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Speed of variables vs. POKE/PEEKGreetings, I'm sure I could probably find this out after careful study of the 48K ROM disassembly, but I was wondering whether someone already knew …
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Pseudo random numbersHi everybody, I 'd like to convert a little program i wrote in VisualBasic6.0 to C or C++ to make it run faster and for training as i'm a very very n…
... program in VB gets 5 random generated numbers (min=1 max ... to have the very same random generated numbers (not only the ... /> More generally:Can the pseudo random numbers generated in VB environment ... some way synchronized to pseudo random numbers generated in C or ... -
Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget - Random World of Spectrum gameWell, now you all have a reason to upgrade to Windows Vista... I knocked up a sidebar gadget to load random games from World of Spectrum. Every 15 m…
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problem using FRAMES to generate 'random' numbersI realise the pros use bytes from ROM to get their random numbers, presumably because they want to use FRAMES to synchronise the printing and avoid s…
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Random Gamer ep1 - Spectrum SpecialHi, in Random gamer I randomly choose 3 games for a given system and do a sort of video review of them. The first attempt is with Spectrum games and …
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10 Random things about you.Have a butchers of this. 1. I fell thirty feet out a window when I was 1 year old onto concrete, landed on my ass and survived totally unscathed. …
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Random access, file sizes and more.A few days ago Aowen mentioned that random access to saved data is not a problem. Here are my thoughts, doubts and suggestions regarding this subject…
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issue 6a faultyHi All I got issue 6a pcb from ebay with status faulty pcb had bad voltages when I power up I changed tr4 ztx650 and all voltages got back on ic6 I h…
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print peek 23732+peek 23733*256 get back random numbers after every ... with 85 and 170 and peek after this get back 85 ... no problems, with 32767 from peek 23732+peek 23733*256
Req' Help with Random numbersHello all, im new to the forum, i hope im putting this in the right place ... I would like to ask a question in the hope someone will be able to as…
... can choose at random,(or at least as random as spectrum basic ...48k spectrum restarts by itselfFirst of all hello from a newb and thank you for your help. This site has already offered me a lot of insight. I have a 48k spectrum that will boot …
... and will stay working for random times say 10secs to 20 ... able to do teh POKE - PEEK command to check the memory ...Kung Fu Knights / Random things on tapesI've just sampled 'Kung Fu Knights' by Top Ten and was cropping the samples and thought there was some garbage or random data at the end of side 2. W…
... there was some garbage or random data at the end of ... else ever come across any random stuff hidden away on tapes ...Random game text funMy wife is watching Nigella Lawson shovelling her cooking into her pie hole, and she was making Chocolate hotpots. But it sounded like she said Hot-a…
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Anyway this totally random train of thought got me ... me wonder if typing other random bits of text or conversations ...Random numbers...Hi Folks, I am not an expert when it comes to random numbers. If I have the RANDOMIZE statement the beginning of a program and then proceed to gene…
... expert when it comes to random numbers. If I have the ... and then proceed to generate random numbers from that seed I ... should get a pseudo random sequence - correct?
However ...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…
... ish basic program to compare random sets of numbers
for ... of 6 numbers that the random generating routine (that i thought ... !
10 REM PUT RANDOM NUMBERS INTO X ARRAY
130 REM PRINT RANDOM NUMBERS IN SETS OF 6 ...Dimming the screen...Hi Folks, I was hoping someone on here could help me with a wee machine code routine. I have written the following example in BASIC: [CODE]100 REM…
... 23231: POKE a,PEEK a-(64 AND PEEK a>64): NEXT ... 0-21 are filled with random blocks of bright paper and ...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]…
... .php?t=23070"]Xor-Shift random number generator for Z80[/URL ...Random number from a rangeHow can I generate in assembly a random number from a range, let's say 0-21 or 0-57? There are generators which make it 0-255. By using bit masks I…
How can I generate in assembly a random number from a range, let's say 0-21 or 0-57?
There are generators which make it 0-255.
By using bit masks I can make it 0-127,0-63,0-31 and so on. But what if my range isn't that "equal"?MOVE_M Object Movement Manager for BASICAs moving things around on the screen is usually the slowest part of a game written in BASIC, I've been pottering around with this routine to handle …
... "roaming" type needs a better random movement algorithm, and it needs ... DEF FN p(a)=PEEK a+256*PEEK (a+1): DEF FN ...
