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Why no PLOT, etc. on bottom two lines?I was pondering if there was any way to get PLOT, etc. to address the full screen from BASIC without having to write a few lines of assembler to bypa…
... was any way to get PLOT, etc. to address the ... having to write a few lines of assembler to bypass that ... A,$AF)
then PLOT, DRAW, CIRCLE, POINT will all ... SCREEN$ can address all 24 lines (0-23), so why restrict ... to use #0 for the bottom two lines? -
Bottom 4 lines of the screen fileI'm wanting to save the bottom 4 lines of the display memory (AT 20,0 to #0; AT 1,31) 23168 is the start of the attributes and its length will be 32…
... 'm wanting to save the bottom 4 lines of the display memory ... out how to store the bottom of the display data as ... -
Un-PLOTting in the #0 areaHow do I go about un-PLOTting in the bottom 2 lines. I am aware the ROM PLOT routine only works in the top 22 rows, so how would I go about depletin…
... in the bottom 2 lines.
I am aware the ROM PLOT routine ... that area? (#0 AT 1,2)
Am I going ... -
Un-PLOTting in the #0 areaHow do I go about un-PLOTting in the bottom 2 lines. I am aware the ROM PLOT routine only works in the top 22 rows, so how would I go about depletin…
... in the bottom 2 lines.
I am aware the ROM PLOT routine ... that area? (#0 AT 1,2)
Am I going ... -
Un-PLOTting in the #0 areaHow do I go about un-PLOTting in the bottom 2 lines. I am aware the ROM PLOT routine only works in the top 22 rows, so how would I go about depletin…
... in the bottom 2 lines.
I am aware the ROM PLOT routine ... that area? (#0 AT 1,2)
Am I going ... use a MC routine to PLOT in lower screen. -
Saving all of a SCREEN$I have some .scr files that I have created in img2spec and I can open them in spectaculator and save them by using the EDIT button and selecting scre…
... the image except for the bottom 2 lines which remain white when loaded ... their entirety, without losng the bottom 2 lines?
I thought I ... -
Poke 23739,111So, I'm looking at some of my old loaders (BASIC stuff) to work out how I got the display to not corrupt on loading code. It's the old POKE 23739,111…
... the "Bytes:..." text in the bottom 2 lines of the screen I need ... -
Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASICI'm trying to save a SCREEN$ to a tape file (basically the original data is in a .tzx file that I'm trying to save in a .tap format) but the problem …
I don't know of one in BASIC but you could always write a short piece of Z80 code (header, 17 bytes + data, 6912 bytes) which would work and wouldn't wipe out the bottom 2 lines. -
"POPIE" Spectrum Game from 1984While trying out some old microdrive carts on my real Speccy I came across this game which I had written on the loading menu as "never released". It…
... key" message will destroy the bottom 2 lines. A quick way around this ... -
BASIC Listing for loading screens then gameCould someone explain the code required to load a screen image followed by the game file please? I've lost my notes on loading the game (which I thin…
... you don't lose the bottom 2 lines of the screen when saving ... -
PLOT and DRAW in machine codeHow do you go about it? If I posted a really simple BASIC instruction could someone do a machine code routine so I could learn from it? I wouldnt k…
... do you DRAW in the bottom 2 lines (channel #1) or can you ... -
PLOT and DRAW in machine codeHow do you go about it? If I posted a really simple BASIC instruction could someone do a machine code routine so I could learn from it? I wouldnt k…
... do you DRAW in the bottom 2 lines (channel #1) or can you ... an altered routine for the bottom lines. -
Need to scroll one column using m.c.I've used many of the available routines to scroll the entire screen in any direction, but I'm not being able to find one that would allow me to scro…
... of routine which scrolls 22 lines only and put default arrtibute ... to check for 2 last lines
cp 88+2
jr c ... nc,next_address ; it is in bottom 2 lines, so skip copying
copy_it ... -
PRINT a numerical value i.e. the scoreHow do you fo about printing a numerical value using the print routine in the ROM? For instance I have a value 0-255 and want to PRINT the result at…
PS. How do I go about using colour codes when printing in the bottom 2 lines(the #0 channel?) -
PRINT a numerical value i.e. the scoreHow do you fo about printing a numerical value using the print routine in the ROM? For instance I have a value 0-255 and want to PRINT the result at…
[QUOTE=daveysludge;647356]PS. How do I go about using colour codes when printing in the bottom 2 lines(the #0 channel?)[/QUOTE]
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The Official Crap Games Competition 2013 Thread!Just to announce that the 2013 CGC is OPEN! [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/cgctitle2_zps77591934.jpg[/IMG] And for th…
... gets saved without obliterating the bottom 2 lines. Although you might want to ... -
Multiface 3 programming guide anywhere?I'm interested in the tantalising little bit of text at the bottom of my Multiface 3 manual (under the "Using 8K RAM" section): "Please send a SAE…
... set if in IM2, bit 2 set if M3 off, bit ... margin
200C: Screen dump bottom margin
200D: Screen dump ... the originals)
25E1: The bottom 2 lines of the screen, including attributes ... -
'Tir Na Nog' loading screenHere's the original: [URL=http://s23.photobucket.com/user/mlucifersam/media/TirNaNogOrigScr_zps3c500784.jpg.html][IMG]http://i23.photobucket.com/albu…
... added POKE 23624,0 (make bottom 2 lines black on black) and POKE ... -
The Official Crap Games Competition 2013 Thread!Just to announce that the 2013 CGC is OPEN! [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/cgctitle2_zps77591934.jpg[/IMG] And for th…
... do you print to the bottom 2 lines of the screen (PRINT #0 ... -
Convert WAV to TAPIs there any way to convert a WAV sound file to insert in a TAP file?
... WAV, and it fills the bottom 2 lines so I'm going to ... -
How were game loading screens composed back in the day?I've often wondered while waiting for loading screen to materialise line by line how these were actually made prior to saving them as code or screen$…
... screens for Egghead and Egghead 2 were drawn in an excellent ... saved from there, meaning the bottom 2 lines were never obliterated by the ... " message.
For Egghead 2, Newsfield wanted a master program ... -
A few Speccy loading questions.So I want my program which is mostly BASIC to automatically run after it's loaded from .tap file. How do I do this ? Also how would I add a loading …
... line as Grew says
2. your loading screen - save this ... make sure you use the bottom 2 lines of the screen as well ... -
New Game: Rediscovered RealmsA compilation of my BASIC text adventures from the 80's, re-visioned using Boriel's basic compiler and released as a set, complete with companion gui…
Thanks.
The loading screen: The bottom 2 lines are white instead of the picture on your page.
As for the hammer, i can't get it working
[spoiler]smash lock, break lock both didnt work for me[/spoiler] -
New Game: Rediscovered RealmsA compilation of my BASIC text adventures from the 80's, re-visioned using Boriel's basic compiler and released as a set, complete with companion gui…
... ;912121"]The loading screen: The bottom 2 lines are white instead of the ... /> I just checked, and the bottom lines are still missing in the ... -
1k Chess (was the 924 bytes thing!)Hi, I've decided to do a major rewrite of large parts of the code for the isometric Chess thing that I've been messing with. It got to the point, …
How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
Ok.
You need to use either stream 0 or 1 to print on the bottom 2 lines of the screen anyway (don't know what the difference is to be honest, I never use the ROM routines), otherwise you will get the "Scroll?" message.How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... the drawing to the bottom 2 lines though I expect (although ... you have 2 different solutions to that ... can draw to lower 2 lines without the scroll message ... at the top and bottom though so you don ... draw to the bottom 2 lines in a basic version.Help With AY Music Program in BASICHi, last year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker…
... 140 TO 175 STEP 2
670 PLOT 160,y
... 160 TO 255 STEP 2
710 PLOT x,140
... REM *** now draw window top/bottom ***
790 FOR y ... .
1300 REM Draw bottom right screen 'speaker' graphic.< ... TO 254 STEP 2
1315 PLOT x,2
1320 ...New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... respectively) and Joystick 2 is mapped to 1, 2, 3, 4, ... set the BORDER color (bits 2, 1 and 0).
... : POKE 23619,0 : POKE 23620,2
or
... /> POKE 23618,10: POKE 23619,2 : POKE 23620,0
... +1); TAB 20; PEEK (A+2)
* 23617 ...Speccy screen display novice: What am I missing?[deleted]
... Then the 192 screen+border lines are displayed, followed by ... at bottom :)
3)
The bottom two lines where ... you type instructions, whre you can't PLOT ... Spectrum screen, with your 2 bottom lines :) You can imagine them ...