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storing machine code in BASICA couple of years ago I posted a routine for storing machine code between PROG & VARS, based on an idea in Toni Baker's "Mastering Machine Code". Thi…
... SUB 9165: POKE a,b: POKE a+1,c: POKE d,e
GO SUB 9165: POKE a,b: POKE a+1,c: LET ... /c"CODE mc,ml:
PRINT "m/c starts: ";mc'"NOT ... =23563: LET va=23627: POKE da,0: POKE da+1,0: RETURN ... ): NEXT s:
POKE da,FN g(df): POKE da+1,FN ... -
DATA vs PRINT and OVERjust messing about and came across this alternative way of drawing a map....now before I start mucking about with my actual program.....is there any …
... any better than a simple PRINT instuction?
10 ... =1 TO 3: READ a$: PRINT AT m,1;a$: NEXT ... present etc
Would PRINT OVER be any use on ... -
more on storing mazesPrompted by Wookiee's escapades, I've been pondering on how to use DATA statements directly for displaying background graphics, thus avoiding the dup…
... ;
* numeric parameters following print controls use characters "?" to "?" ... graphics string;
* to print a background just set 'm ... a
REM print each DATA statement as m ... PRINT m$
79 NEXT m
80 POKE defadd,0: POKE ... -
FATware with poke supportI've been trying some divIDE firmwares (with emulators) and discussing some problems in other forums. So I post some results here, because most firmw…
... /> - FATware (2012-01-02) with poke support.
- FATware fixed (2008 ... .12 (2012-01-02) with poke support:[/b]
- As said ... -
Guess the GAME for this poke..before midnight! 30th anni tribute!Ohhh QUICK 20 mins left to get my anniversary POKE in....can you guess what its for , before midnight? 25 poke 35136,0 you never forget your first …
Ohhh QUICK 20 mins left to get my anniversary POKE in....can you guess what its for , before midnight?
25 poke 35136,0
you never forget your first poke -
Shaded Desktop...Hi Folks, As part of some BASin testing I thought I would create a little program that creates a shaded desktop. In this case it goes from solid bl…
... USR "C"+7: READ b: POKE a,b: NEXT a
240 REM SLOW
250 PRINT b$
260 REM Castle ... =0 TO 31 STEP 2: PRINT AT 4,x;"\a";AT ... -
Screen2StringFurther to writing that BASIC one-liner to redirect CAT to a string I thought that I'd do a general redirection routine for anything which normally p…
... characters to the upper screen (PRINT, LIST, CAT, LOAD ... errmm ... ... sd+19: READ v: POKE p,v: NEXT p
20 POKE ch+5,FN g(ro ... sl):
POKE 23563,FN g(sd): POKE 23564,FN h ... REM stop redirection
22 POKE ch+5,FN g(so ... -
enhanced GOSUB/GOTO (in BASIC)Further to my previous post under "BREAK from GOSUB" here's the two ideas mentioned there put together. Note that to keep it quick it expects the DEF…
... ;9999 THEN RETURN
...2 POKE gs,FN g(FN c ... ()+1): POKE gs+1,FN h(FN ... c()+1):
POKE gs+2,1: RETURN
PRINT "a": PRINT "b": PRINT "c": GO SUB FN ... (23613)+2:
POKE gs,FN g(gln): POKE gs+1,FN ... -
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…
... : FOR x=0 TO 31: PRINT AT y,x; PAPER RND ... *7;" ": NEXT x: NEXT y: PRINT #0;AT 0,0; BRIGHT ... FOR a=22528 TO 23231: POKE a,PEEK a-(64 AND ... -
The ZX Spectrum on Your PC - print version (and discount)For those who are interested, 'The ZX Spectrum on Your PC' can now be bought in print (ISBN 9781471676215). You can see some pictures below. I'm ra…
... ' can now be bought in print (ISBN 9781471676215). You can see ... -
Spectrum 48K - upper memory problemsHi I have a ZX Spectrum 48K issue 3B which does not see upper memory. On PRINT PEEK 23732+256*PEEK 23733 i got result 32767. POKE 32768,85 and PRINT …
... result 32767.
POKE 32768,85 and PRINT PEEK 32768 gave result ... 95
POKE 32768,170 ... and PRINT PEEK 32768 gave result ... 170
POKE 32768,0 and PRINT PEEK 32768 gave result ... -
Issue 2 headache!Ive got an issue 2 here that firstly had a blown regulator (fixed), now its reading as a 16k machine (its fully populated), ive replaced and socketed…
... produced no faults, but typing PRINT PEEK 23732 + PEEK 23733 * 256 ... ;
Then i type POKE 44052,85 : PRINT PEEK 44052, answer=85 ...
Followed by POKE 44052,170 : PRINT PEEK 44052, answer=170 ... -
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…
... a numerical value using the print routine in the ROM?
PRINT the result at say 0 ... de, (address of text to print)
ld bc, (length of ... text to print)
call 8252
Help required - POKE listHello, all.. Mods - if this is in the wrong forum, feel free to move it :) A couple of months ago, I mentioned that Paulo Silva had sent in his mo…
... his monumentally large (fnar! Ed) POKE list.
With the ...Ideas for speeding up this BASIC routine?This loop can take up to 2 minutes to run, depending upon the content of the screen being scanned, about 70% of that time being taken up by lines 105…
... /> 1051 IF b$="n" THEN POKE 23678,y: LET y=USR ...Spectrum Print 'n' Plotter JotterSpectrum Print 'n' Plotter Jotter (the A3 one) Would also be interested in scans of the two pages it contained Chris
Spectrum Print 'n' Plotter Jotter (the A3 one)
Would also be interested in scans of the two pages it contained
Chrissaving time populating large arraysI use a variation on this idea for storing machine code at the end of programs without interfering with LIST, then it occurred to me that it would al…
... 9999:
IF checksum THEN PRINT "d$() undefined": STOP
POKE 23627,PEEK 23670: POKE 23628,PEEK 23671: PRINT "d$() ... /> IF check=sum THEN PRINT "d$() hidden": STOP
POKE 23627,PEEK 23670: POKE 23628,PEEK 23671: PRINT "d$() ...A 128 Routine to Put Tokens in StringsI was writing a DEF FN on the +128k and decided that I'd had enough of not being able to put function tokens in strings without a great palaver and s…
... l+" ":
IF lla THEN PRINT "No Line ";l: GO TO ... t$+47: CLS :
PRINT "Line:";l;" replace:";CHR$ u ... ;" with:";CHR$ t: PRINT n$;#0;n$;
9995 ... GO TO 9995
9997 PRINT #0;CHR$ p;: LET p ... t AND p=u): POKE b,p:
PRINT CHR$ p;: GO ...Hidden message in Down To EarthJust found this in the Down To Earth code. I like reading these old messages left behind by programmers. [code]WELCOME TO ORIFICE Credits Darren B…
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Tony Lill
Print routine, Opus & Zeus
a RND & a devious POKE command.
-Why is ...Problem with Page 7I've been experimenting with running code in page 7 (+3) from BASIC and I seemed to have got it sorted out but then it all went wrong. Firstly, I tr…
... br /> [code]
10 POKE 23388,16+7: FOR a ... 32765,16+7: PRINT USR 65368:
POKE 23388,16+0: ... :": LOAD "LoadCODE"CODE 16384: POKE 23388,16+7: OUT 32765 ... +a): NEXT a:
POKE 23388,16+0: STOP [/code ... all crash on the first POKE.
Can ...BLOG- ZXSporgBasic RPG development thread- Inspired by the Spectrum 30 show, and after a six-month wait while I was busy playing loads of gigs, I have decided to do a spot of Spectrum coding…
... /> 1030 READ g
1040 POKE 65368+j,g
1050 ... ,4,6
1110 REM print background
1120 FOR j ... =0 TO 15: INK 1: PRINT AT j,0;CHR$ 143 ... yo=1: LET d=0: PRINT AT y,x;CHR$ (144 ... nxy=5: LET nd=0: PRINT AT ny,nx; INK 5 ...What's the POKE that removes the Start Tape message when saving?I'm sure there is one... you could POKE one of the system variables and when you SAVEd it would do it without the pause and the Start Tape message. …
... there is one... you could POKE one of the system variables ...How slow can a CF-card goSurprising. My 48k Spectrum did not allow me to CAT all the 254 files that my private DOS (for CF-card) can store in each sub directory. Spectrum get…
... /> CLS: POKE 23692,255: FOR f = 1 TO 170: PRINT f: NEXT ...The Spectrum Resuscitation ThreadKicking off this thread as a place where people who are fixing/restoring Spectrums (or indeed any other piece of related hardware) can show off their…
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Anyhow doing a 'POKE 32768,85: PRINT PEEK 32768' returned 93 ...Full 16*16-digit BASIC multiplicationI liked Andre Adrian's 32-bit long multiplication routine so much that I decided to a decimal version. After all, 2^63 is only 9223372036854775808, a…
... /> 816 RANDOMIZE fnr: POKE 23563,PEEK 23670: POKE 23564,PEEK 23671
POKE var,CODE r$
... /> 1000 REM LMUL:
1001 PRINT " ";FN b$(V)+FN b ... FN b$(C)
1002 PRINT "* ";FN b$(S)+FN ... THEN NEXT a
1393 PRINT "= "'a$(a TO)'32-a ...BIFROST* example: "Knights & Demons DX" source codeA package containing the source files of our multicolor game "Knights & Demons DX" is now available for download [URL="http://www.mediafire.com/?hbch…
... key is pressed
POKE UINTEGER 23606, @fontchr-256 ... BIFROST* tileset address
POKE 59035,254 ' set BIFROST* ... PRINT " ";: END IF
PRINT INK 3;pikes ' print number ...Can a guy that traveled on the short bus learn machine code...Hmmm So after some soul searching I figured it was time to finaly nail spectrum machine code. Its so frustrating to sit infront of a basic listing w…
... I only ever managed to poke a few locations of memory ... Z=Z-7
60 POKE X,16*Y+Z
PRINT USR 61440 (or whereever you ... and a
[code]
PRINT USR 61440
[/code]
MC LPRINT 23681Having problems with this routine to print large on the screen using LPRINT, it works ok in BASIC, but cant seem to get it to loop for some reason in…
... with this routine to print large on the screen ... ;start of address to poke
ld b,7 ... /> loop ld (23681),hl ;poke address with hl
push ... push bc
call print ;call print routine
pop bc< ... ,16
call 8252 ;print
ret
dat ...
