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text routineI want to write an adventure in basic, and instead of a writing out a description for each location i want to use a kind of text compression routine …
Its in machine code and basic, but it works ... . I could probably convert the machine code into data statements (does BASIN ... that?) if you want it in that format? -
Leave AY Chip alone guysWould you have a go at a child with down syndrome? No, thought not. AY has Asberge Syndrome, it's a form of Autism - think of that please before y…
... aspirations, we should help him in what small way we can ... the point of an emulator in basic ? Would love him to ... and then move onto something in machine code etc. That would be great ... -
New versions of ZX-Editor and ZX-Preview publishedDear ZX-Spectrum Emulator fans, I want to announce that I published new versions of ZX-Editor Second Edition and ZX-Preview today. Refer to [url]www…
... . If a game is written in machine code you won't find any ... game variables, only the ones in the BASIC loader (someone correct ... -
What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…
The Beeb's built-in assembler was very good - ... macro capabilities of mixing it in with an also very ... all the user facing stuff in BASIC, and have all ... needed to be fast written in machine code, and do it all ... . While Z80 is easier in many respects (a separate ... -
Leave AY Chip alone guysWould you have a go at a child with down syndrome? No, thought not. AY has Asberge Syndrome, it's a form of Autism - think of that please before y…
... the point of an emulator in basic ? Would love him to ... and then move onto something in machine code etc. That would be great ... /> The reason for an emulator in BASIC is an attempt to ... . And HatStand will be written in BASIC and probably support very ... -
StalingradHi So question: What did I do that the 11-th Army is activated?
... understand your problem.
In the game, you can select ... army is selection number 7 in the army list which ... even looked at the program code, in the hope I could quickly ... mostly seems to be written in machine code.
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What was the worst game you brought ?Only games you paid for please :) Myself i think it was Alien Kill (Mastertronic) Apologies if the author is on here :oops: But even at the time…
... an utter howler. Written entirely in BASIC (which is too slow ... actual flight sim bit was in machine code).
It started off ... Curiously, the one bit of machine code the program had was a ... you did get airborne, the in flight pictures were mostly just ... -
Anyone program on the speccy and still program?I messed around with Spectrum basic in the 80's mainly doing drawings that I created using basic commands. I then learnt Z80 Assembler for a collage …
[QUOTE=icabod;219928]Bought myself Toni Bakers' book and haven't looked back since.[/QUOTE]
Toni Baker's book! That was the one I had when I originally tried programming in machine code on my speccy!
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Anyone program on the speccy and still program?I messed around with Spectrum basic in the 80's mainly doing drawings that I created using basic commands. I then learnt Z80 Assembler for a collage …
... when I originally tried programming in machine code on my speccy!
Anyone program on the speccy and still program?I messed around with Spectrum basic in the 80's mainly doing drawings that I created using basic commands. I then learnt Z80 Assembler for a collage …
... day, and dabbled only slightly in machine code. But it gave me the ... always kept programming and stuff in my spare time. I didn ... realise until about 5 years in to my career that you ... .
Now I'm in a fairly decent job as ...Loading ScreensWhat method of revealling loading screens can be achieved in BASIC or is the only one which can be done the one which reveals it line by line over an…
... to write a custom loader in machine code.
From basic you ...Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... (one of them is captured in the uploaded screenshot).
... enters a main loop of code which is obviously a tape ... /> The entire program is written in machine code, embedded inside a BASIC program ... some mildly amusing comments embedded in the program like "GO ...Changing the colour of the loading 'stripes'I was wondering if it were possible to alter the default colours of the standard ROM loading 'stripes' via BASIC, mabye a POKE command of some descri…
As far as I'm aware there is no way to change the colour of the loading stripes from BASIC. To do so you would have to write your own custom loading routine in machine code.Changing the colour of the loading 'stripes'I was wondering if it were possible to alter the default colours of the standard ROM loading 'stripes' via BASIC, mabye a POKE command of some descri…
... your own custom loading routine in machine code.[/quote]
What would ... you copying out the one in ROM using a BASIC loop ...Quick q. on MC vs. BASIC (boring question)No matter how long or tedious the programming/testing may be ... Is Machine Code [B]ALWAYS[/B] faster than BASIC?
... programming/testing may be ... Is Machine Code [B]ALWAYS[/B] faster than ... wrote a naive SIN algorithm in machine code, it could turn out that ... /wiki/Bubble_sort]bubble sort[/url] in machine code. But Spectrum BASIC doesn't ...Quick q. on MC vs. BASIC (boring question)No matter how long or tedious the programming/testing may be ... Is Machine Code [B]ALWAYS[/B] faster than BASIC?
... wrote a naive SIN algorithm in machine code, it could turn out that ... /wiki/Bubble_sort]bubble sort[/url] in machine code. But Spectrum BASIC doesn't ...Quick q. on MC vs. BASIC (boring question)No matter how long or tedious the programming/testing may be ... Is Machine Code [B]ALWAYS[/B] faster than BASIC?
... wrote a naive SIN algorithm in machine code, it could turn out that ... /wiki/Bubble_sort"]bubble sort[/URL] in machine code. But Spectrum BASIC doesn't ... and then copy the points in all kind of axis.Quick q. on MC vs. BASIC (boring question)No matter how long or tedious the programming/testing may be ... Is Machine Code [B]ALWAYS[/B] faster than BASIC?
... wrote a naive SIN algorithm in machine code, it could turn out that ... /wiki/Bubble_sort]bubble sort[/url] in machine code. But Spectrum BASIC doesn't ...Quick q. on MC vs. BASIC (boring question)No matter how long or tedious the programming/testing may be ... Is Machine Code [B]ALWAYS[/B] faster than BASIC?
... very interesting.
Example in BASIC:
Suppose you want ... number (n) divided by 8 in Machine code is simply:
AND ...CSSCGC 2008 has now officially begunFor coming last in the 2007 crap game compo, I have the honour and privilege of hosting CSSCGC 2008! I have now put up the CSSCGC 2008 website at …
... string of events happen in the UK calender in a short space ... /> Sat 5th April - Grand National (in fact we already have a ... Sub Chase will load up in the virtual environment.
in machine code.
So, after loading ...Your claim to fameBeen meaning to make this thread for a while. Basically what have you done either spectrum related or non related thats made you well known. IE progr…
... it into their music purchasing machine, buy the tracks and it ... was written by hand in machine code by writing assembly code on paper and ...Strange non-working software20 years ago I had a Spectrum 48k. It wasn't damaged but some programs (games) didn't work. For example "Ghostbusters" always crashed after the title…
... run any games that were in machine code - they'd just reset. Thinking ...BattlecarsI don't think this was ever a very popular game. But I really liked it back in the day. The only problem with it is that you have to do a lot of re…
... game isn't entirely written in BASIC; just the car designer ... the game is in machine code, and consequently nothing special in terms of speed ...'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…
... run at a realistic speed in a 100% BASIC program.
in machine code that would write to the ...Brits who made Britain C5 @ 7:30 tonightTonights program is about the authors of Elite, so you guys might want to watch it!
... 3 years earlier on a machine with far less power & ... had to write it in machine code, and hand-code all the graphics - boo ...Brits who made Britain C5 @ 7:30 tonightTonights program is about the authors of Elite, so you guys might want to watch it!
... 3 years earlier on a machine with far less power & ... had to write it in machine code, and hand-code all the graphics - boo ...Changing the way SCREEN$ is loadedThe way the speccy loads in a SCREEN$ is interesting - top two-thirds first, then middle and finally the bottom, which is due to the way the speccy d…
... Basic environment are the ones in the ROM, which don't ... order bytes are loaded/saved in - and trying to roll your ... own in Basic at the IN/OUT level would ... people have written in machine code don't necessarily require machine code knowledge to use ...ZXSpectrum +3 - New SoftwareHello, This is my first post here on WOS, i'm very glad to be here and be a part of this community. To make this short, i've been programming on the…
... lot back then: Microhobby Hexadecimal Code Loader.
... in the HEX listings in the Microhobby magazines and convert them to machine code ... themselves and yet another in machine code written if i'm ... everything is typed in, convert the code and save it ...Using INPUT without clearing last two lines of screen?I'm trying to print to the 22nd row of the screen using the ol' print #0 trick. Unfortunately, I require user INPUT which seems to wipe out the botto…
... , optimized way.
[CODE]da=destination address
CODE]
And in machine code:
[CODE]Store Line ...
ldir[/CODE]
[CODE]Restore line 22 ... do in Basic with FOR / NEXT. That's why my code ...Announcing the 2009 CSSCGCas Digital Prawn has already said, the 2009 compo page went live today, so there's a small overlap between the competitions. obviously you can't subm…
... my first ever CSSCGC entry in machine code.
Entire game (apart ... a question I may post in the "Development" section when I ...
