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Upper memory not available in issue 2A friend send me his issue 2 Spectrum for diagnosis. It boots okay but for some reason won't load games over 16kB. He sent also a Smart Card with int…
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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…
I'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 analysis across ranges of 0.05 from 0 to 1 for 65535 values. (Values are all "INT (n*10000)" for printing.) ... -
New Game - Takeout FreakoutHello, I'd like to announce my latest game Takeout Freakout, made with PGD and available to download [url="https://www.dropbox.com/s/8dm4ef2l50vv1h5/…
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Memory questionsQuestion 1: PRINT PEEK 23732+256*PEEK 23733 returns 65535 for a 48K Spectrum and 32767 for a 16K Spectrum. PRINT PEEK 16388+256*PEEK 16389 return…
Question 1:
PRINT PEEK 23732+256*PEEK 23733 returns 65535 for ... 16K Spectrum.
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Platform Game DesignerDoes anyone have a .TAP or TZX file of PGD that they'd be willing to share? (linear and explorer) I've bought the cassette (and can provide photo…
... .TAP or TZX file of PGD that they'd be willing ... to have a play with PGD in an emulator.
Skool daze and back to skool keep crashingHy. I hope I'm posting in the right area. I tried loading and playing both games with a cell phone to my spectrum. The games load (after a bit of …
... memory with the "print peek 23732 + 256* peek 23733" command and the ...Numeric arrays: floating point or integer?I've just started programming a game in Sinclair BASIC (see the thread 'UFO Defence Command' in game ideas, although I'm going to call it ZXCOM ;) ).…
... by using a memory check PEEK formula I've found that ...Help with a TIMEX TC2048 and memory problemBought a 2nd hand Timex TC2048 but unfortunately I detected a problem with the machine which is preventing it from working properly. I believe it …
... typed the command PRINT PEEK 23732+256*PEEK 23733 and the result ...Admin peekIn case you are wondering how we maintain the new WoS, here's a sample taken from mags... [img]http://worldofspectrum.org/mag1.png[/img] [img]htt…
In case you are wondering how we maintain the new WoS, here's a sample taken from mags...
[img]http://worldofspectrum.org/mag1.png[/img]
[img]http://worldofspectrum.org/mag2.png[/img]
[img]http://worldofspectrum.org/mag3.png[/ ...Text Adventure RemakeI just re-coded "SANDS OF EGYPT" 2001 free text adventure by Ambrosine in T.A.B. Is currently being playtested; but if anyone interested would like …
... it out or take a peek you can download here: http ...Alternative to Poke 23659,0 to prevent a 'break in' to a Basic Program.Good morning everyone, My memory fails me these days but in the early days of programming I used to use Poke 23659,0 as a crude way of offering so…
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Poke xxxxx, Peek yyyyy (sorry to be so ...Tutorial: Using UDGs in SpecBASSpecBAS is capable of using graphics mode, in a similar manner to the original Spectrum. Like most things though, the extended nature of SPecBAS's ab…
... own memory banks and POKE/PEEK them should you desire, similarly ...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…
... FN p(a)=256*PEEK (a+1)+PEEK a : REM DPEEK(a ... -1
1040 IF CHR$ PEEK (cha+4)"M" THEN PRINT ... Sect
1110 LET sect=PEEK (cha+41)
1120 FOR ... )
1430 PRINT #N;CHR$ PEEK (cha+593);
1440 RETURN ...HACK PACK - BLAMMissing for several decades, Damian Scattergood one of my favourite authors. I'd got extremely fed up of continual AGD or PGD releases. Anyway 5…
Missing for several decades, Damian Scattergood one of my favourite authors. I'd got extremely fed up of continual AGD or PGD releases.
Anyway 51124,0 get you infinite lives.
Thanks Frankie.48K Issue 2 RAM issuesI have 48K issue 2 board (I've checked, the upper memory is present!). It's not very well. I've not attempted to diagnose one before, so please bear …
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PRINT PEEK 23732 + PEEK 23733 * 256 returns 32767
POKE 32768,85 : PRINT PEEK 32768 and this returns 117 ...
POKE 32768,170 : PRINT PEEK 32768 returns 174
ZX Spectrum rescued from a friend, has Issues.Hi guys, I've recovered this ZX spectrum 48K from a friend. It's a 1984 ISSUE 6A. He told me the last time it was turned on was about 30 years ago!.…
... , and tried the commands POKE+PEEK to check the RAM, and ...ZEsarUX Beta 8.1Hi! I have uploaded a new ZEsarUX 8.1 BETA version. You can download compiled versions for Windows, Mac, and the source code from: https://gith…
... error when using breakpoints like peek/opcode in config file
ZEsarUX 8.1 stableHi! I've uploaded a new ZEsarUX 8.1 stable version. Go to the github released webpage to download it: https://github.com/chernandezba/zesaru…
... error when using breakpoints like peek/opcode in config file
Randomised data samplingHere is something that could be written in BASIC, if anyone is interested. Lets say we want to sample a subset of a larger population, we can do t…
Speed comparison of BASIC CommandsHi everyone, I reactivated my account (thanks Lee!) due to starting to code some BASIC with my daughter. In the tips and tricks thread there is a …
... vs GOTO vs INKEY$ vs PEEK vs PRINT commands compare speed ...Computer Haiku (converted from C64)[url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Haiku_1983_CES]Here's the original C64/PET program - "Computer Haiku" by Commodore Educational Software, 19…
... . I thought it unnecessary to PEEK 23672 (the Spectrum's equivalent ...
