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Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
... 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 2:9" error after the ... Austerlitz 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 1500:3" error after the ... Gallipoli 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 22:1" error after the ... a POKE command provided by jp in the first BASIC block ... -
From RAM to dim v$() "video buffer" SPEED UP!Hi! This question is related to "quick RAM copy using LET in Basic" ([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=44296[/url]). Wel…
... tad tricky to do quickly in BASIC. I'm pondering ...[/QUOTE]
945 POKE dir,PEEK dio
950 ... writing the game exclusively on Basic pure ...
Dilemma ... -
quick RAM copy using LET in BASICI'm in the process of reviewing, revising and refining all the programming tips & utility routines which I've posted on this forum over the last eigh…
... of line 1 and then poke line 1 into line 0 ... the 48k (despite the "Nonsense in BASIC" message) but fatal on the ... -
How did you learn to code on the Spectrum?Got to be honest, as much as I wish I did, I don't know anything about programming. I had a Spectrum (+2 and then +2B) when I was a kid, and my prog…
... , way back in 1982. I started with BASIC and then used ... from registers in locations in RAM, it adds numbers in registers... and ... the screen, you could, in BASIC, do:
POKE 16384,255
This ... register (the 'a' register in this case), and then storing ... -
TransversionJust been playing Transversion, and on Level 7, this happened:[IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9160090/Misc/Transversion.png[/IMG] szx here:[…
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Read Data from memoryHi there. Not been on this scene for a long time. Does anyone know how to do a routine to read data from memory(peek..etc) rather than using lines of…
... can I translate that to basic code. Do you have a ... lot i am struggling with in basic...Cheers again...;-)...[/QUOTE]
I ... /> RET
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in Sinclair BASIC use this:
[CODE]
Poke 56000+a,peek (55000+a ... -
UDG tricks?I always enjoyed using [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZXBasicManual/zxmanchap14.html"]UDGs [/URL]for the 'sprites' in my games, when I coded th…
... know how to load in custom fonts in BASIC.[/QUOTE]
UDGs ... UDG sets in RAM at the same time and just POKE the ... suggest you dip into the BASIC manual, specifically the +3 version ... you need to know is in there, and it's normally ... -
UDG tricks?I always enjoyed using [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZXBasicManual/zxmanchap14.html"]UDGs [/URL]for the 'sprites' in my games, when I coded th…
... This is to tell the BASIC interpreter to leave the ... generates for you to POKE in one set of UDGs ... br /> READ A:
POKE F,A:
NEXT ... 256 bytes lower in memory:
[CODE]POKE 23676,254[/ ... 256 bytes lower), POKE the UDGs in from 64856 to 65023 ... -
Fast and easy read/write of attributes?What are the fastest or easiest ways to check the attributes of tiles on the screen, in BASIC? It seems to be a great way of storing object info. …
... think POKE is probably the quickest way to do this in BASIC. Certainly ... -
Fast and easy read/write of attributes?What are the fastest or easiest ways to check the attributes of tiles on the screen, in BASIC? It seems to be a great way of storing object info. …
... think POKE is probably the quickest way to do this in BASIC. Certainly ... doing it in BASIC is to avoid things like PEEK and POKE where ... -
Fast and easy read/write of attributes?What are the fastest or easiest ways to check the attributes of tiles on the screen, in BASIC? It seems to be a great way of storing object info. …
[QUOTE=Matt_B;772270]Yes, but I'd think that the point of doing it in BASIC is to avoid things like PEEK and POKE where possible.[/QUOTE]
Yes, very much so! I love the technique of using OVER 1. :) -
Fast and easy read/write of attributes?What are the fastest or easiest ways to check the attributes of tiles on the screen, in BASIC? It seems to be a great way of storing object info. …
... are no bit-wise operations in BASIC, which is a pain when ... ( 8 * INT ( x / 8 ) ) + ink. In other words, divide by eight ... your new INK colour. Then POKE it back again. Don't ... the address in a variable first, so your PEEK and POKE statements ... -
Fast and easy read/write of attributes?What are the fastest or easiest ways to check the attributes of tiles on the screen, in BASIC? It seems to be a great way of storing object info. …
... doing it in BASIC is to avoid things like PEEK and POKE where ... did a while back in speccy BASIC used POKE coz it was the ... -
Fast and easy read/write of attributes?What are the fastest or easiest ways to check the attributes of tiles on the screen, in BASIC? It seems to be a great way of storing object info. …
... can be done fairly easily in BASIC ...
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[b]REM ... )[/b]
IF bit THEN POKE address,byte-2^n
IF NOT bit THEN POKE address,byte+2^n
in turn in byte (23681), takes 120 ... -
Fast and easy read/write of attributes?What are the fastest or easiest ways to check the attributes of tiles on the screen, in BASIC? It seems to be a great way of storing object info. …
... can be done fairly easily in BASIC ...
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[b]REM ... )[/b]
IF bit THEN POKE address,byte-2^n
IF NOT bit THEN POKE address,byte+2^n
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Fast and easy read/write of attributes?What are the fastest or easiest ways to check the attributes of tiles on the screen, in BASIC? It seems to be a great way of storing object info. …
... poking the vars as needed in basic then USR to whichever jp ...
; a = attr value to poke
; bc = number of times ... to poke that attr value
pabm_loop ... 2 ; number of times in a row to poke attr
Drawing a dotted line...Hi Folks, I cannot be the first person to want this (?) so here goes! Does anyone have a MC routine that does the same as the BASIC DRAW command bu…
... 's post#8 done entirely in BASIC. The sub-routine is based ... ""
500 REM DRAW_LINE in BASIC
510 LET px=PEEK ... d$(8)="0" THEN POKE 23677,px: POKE 23678,py
740 ...Drawing a dotted line...Hi Folks, I cannot be the first person to want this (?) so here goes! Does anyone have a MC routine that does the same as the BASIC DRAW command bu…
... s post#8 done entirely in BASIC. The sub-routine is ... />
500 REM DRAW_LINE in BASIC
510 LET px=PEEK ... d$(8)="0" THEN POKE 23677,px: POKE 23678,py
... again a bit slow in pure BASIC. I will try ... Just tried the Assembler in BasinC and it works ...+128 with usr0 in menu screenIve just watched a video of a guy with a spectrum and on the loader menu i think under calculator the menu had an entry for usr0,anyone aware of this…
... The original version of 128 BASIC is faster, has a ... POKE values in the UK version), enables you to enter BASIC ... lines that are impossible to enter in the ... you to enter control codes in BASIC lines, has a full ... ive done your head in all day but im ...Cassette 50 vs Rise Of The RobotsHaving been a Spectrum owner since 1984 I have played some of the best and worse games the machine has to offer, so my question is: Is the Spectrum …
... Cassette 50 was almost entirely BASIC games. I seem to remember ... it was too smooth for BASIC. I may be wrong of ... mostly written in BASIC, but it uses a machine code scroll routine. It ... was originally published in Your Computer ...Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
... 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 2:9" error after the ... Austerlitz 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 1500:3" error after the ... Gallipoli 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 22:1" error after the ... a POKE command provided by jp in the first BASIC block ...Chuckie Ess 2 tap doesnt work[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000959[/url] It loads, you press a key and it returns to Basic! Anyone any idea why or got a …
... the Microdrive commands that are in BASIC after the LOAD are from ... CLEAR VAL "65520": POKE VAL "23624",VAL "0": POKE VAL "23693",VAL ... =65300 TO 65339: READ a: POKE f,a: NEXT f
POKE VAL "23624",VAL "0": POKE VAL "23693",VAL ...Edge Grinder, how would YOU do it?I always meant to post about this and AndyC reminded me in the 'vs' thread in games. [QUOTE=AndyC;808887]The thing I love about threads like this is…
... /> Bung it in to your favourite emulator assembler in basic
< ... and it will double scroll as per the Amstrad version ... botstartAG HALT
; scroll the text
LD ... a ZERO so it wll scroll
< ...moving things en masseJust a random thought while I warm up for the Crap Games Once you PRINT something to the screen..... can you manipulate it in anyway other than ove…
The only thing you can do is change the attribute, to mke it appear or disappear. Can't remember though if a POKE is significantly quicker in BASIC than printing a SPACE to delete a character.IN and OUT in hardware terms... what are 'ports'?Hi all, I understand PEEK and POKE, but have never managed to get my head around IN and OUT. The books all go on about how they read from and wri…
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The PEEK and POKE BASIC statements manipulate memory using the ... instruction. The IN and OUT BASIC statements differ in that they ... read request. A POKE will result in combining /WR with ... /O handling badly wrong in the original Spectrum, necessitating ...Utility to create long REM Line for storing M/C program - Maximum BASIC Line LengthHi, I think there was a Utlity or Toolkit to create a long REM-Line under 48k BASIC to store some MCode in it. So I don´t have to type e.g. 5…
... a way to do it in BASIC (tested on +2A).
RANDOMIZE rn: POKE VARS,PEEK 23671: POKE VARS+1,PEEK 23670 ... 23671:
POKE rv,234: POKE rv+1,CODE "": POKE rv+rl+1 ... last line in the program.
The two "POKE ... CODE ..." ...Was there a POKE that broke the SpectrumHi Everyone I've been recalling myths and rumours from back in the day. You know "Lunar Jetmans" trailer and that sort of thing. But one rumour …
... only find ROM and RAM. POKE in BASIC simply writes the specified value ... location may cause the the BASIC ROM program to crash, but ... just ignored. And in fact, the BASIC program in the ROM actually does ... Spectrum, there is no killer POKE.
On some ...Contact Sam Cruise - BugWhile playing through 'Contact Sam Cruise' yesterday I happened upon a bug when I was arrested, when I moved inside the jail cell the screen scrolled…
[quote="Nonsense in BASIC;840915"]Mmmm. You may ... walks towards the right in the game, the screen ... The girls school scrolls immediately in from the left? Anyway, ... screen is about to scroll when Sam is picked ... bug way away from a scroll point. If you stand ...
