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General purpose full screen input routineHi Folks, One of the things that annoyed me back in the 1980s with most BASICs was the lack of a full screen "formatted" input function. You could …
... XINPUT routine for the Spectrum (in BASIC). It is still quite simple ... /> 250 REM *---------------------*
260 PRINT #0; PAPER blu; INK whi ... /> 9240 REM *---------------------*
9250 PRINT AT i(2),i(1 ... i(7)=0 THEN
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AGES enhancementsThere's an enhanced version of the AGES adventure gamebook utility available; it's the first of the items on my [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk…
... possession of a particular item in order to take a particular ... working when I replaced big chunks of BASIC with machine code. Then ... have been chosen if working in a forward direction. Another knotty ... the whole thing to work in the opposite direction.
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Spanner seeks helpHello, and HNY, all. I am presently writing a game in BASIC. It's a bit - a lot - crap, but I'm enjoying it! Anyway, a couple of questions, if you …
... am presently writing a game in BASIC. It's a bit - a ... I make the cursor always in "C"? I used some previous ... /> 10 Read a$
20 Print a$
30 Data "Keegan ... -
Ag PitonThe text in the Basic listing of [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000106"]Ag Piton[/URL] is Russian, but mentions "2/87", so I…
The text in the Basic listing of [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000106"]Ag Piton[/URL] is Russian, but mentions "2/87", so I'd assume this is referring to the year of release: 1987. -
Request for help (Z80 gigascreen loader)Although I'd attempted to stick to keeping things simple in Image to ZX Spec now I've implemented Gigascreen (8x8 only) I've found the BASIC Gigascre…
... ) I've found the BASIC Gigascreen slideshow loader I'd ... Spectrum "
90 PAPER 2:PRINT AT Y,27;" "
... 100 PAPER 4:PRINT AT Y,28;" "
... 110 PAPER 6:PRINT AT Y,29;" "
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230 PRINT AT Y,1;"in BASIC before loading this "< ... -
Drawing 3D grids in Basic...This is probably very simple for someone who feels comfortable with Math, but it's driving me crazy... Let's say I want to draw a grid of 16 by 16 s…
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quick - Zx80 ASM questionWhile I am ploughing through lots of ASM listings, one of my earlier adaptation attempts surprised me [B][asm code][/B] [code] org 32768 start: ld…
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call $1601 ; select print channel using ROM
rst 16 ; spectrum: print the character in register 'A'
inc ... /> text2: defb 'Second Line of Text',19,'$'
end ... but instead of the second text entity I get an error ... -
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…
... [*]Austerlitz 1805 128K - "C Nonsense in BASIC, 1500:3" error upon loading ... - Game starts with missing text and graphics.
[*]Starstrike ... loading.
[*]Three Weeks In Paradise 128K - Reset upon ... loading (this one in particular will only load on ... -
Rock n Roll by JezzsoftRock 'n Roll by "Jezzsoft International", 1987. I'm not sure if this was ever released, as the only copy I have is on a blank cassette with a label …
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it is written in BASIC although I haven't played ... it in over 20 years I remember ... especially original, it was a text based game where you sought ... -
Best Basic games ?Any thoughts on what are (were) good games purely written in basic ? Any type be it adventure / platform / whatever. Nothing compiled although tiny…
... (were) good games purely written in basic ?
Any type be ... snippets of code are OK in the basic itself.
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Development choices, help!As a small part-time project I would like to convert my daily programming work (a workflow/bpel engine) to the Spectrum, purely for fun. I would like…
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The project contains some text input and processing as the ... 't want to develop this in Basic, I would like to challenge ... fighting a losing battle with text processing in Z80.
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Some issues with my UDG programFor the sake of remembering how to do some things in Basic, I started coding a small program that could be used to create UDGs: [url]http://db.tt/tt…
... how to do some things in Basic, I started coding a ... , while keeping the graphic in the grid intact. My ... with over 1 in expected coordinate in x1 preview next ... to draw a pixel in the big grid. After pressing " ... were correct, but the big grid didn't look quite ... -
Help with random numbers......Hi all, wonder if anyone can help me... sort of a novice here ... I have been trying to write a simple ish basic program to compare random sets of n…
... to write a simple ish basic program to compare random ... (poorly written routine) to print out the results of 21 ... 40
130 REM PRINT RANDOM NUMBERS IN SETS OF 6
160 PRINT X(F);",";" ";
170 ... 180 LET C1=C1+6: PRINT
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probably a stupid question about RST16I'm using the 'hello world' code borrowed from [url=http://equant-retrochallenge.blogspot.com/2008/07/zx-spectrum-assembly-programming-under.html]her…
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printline: ; Routine to print out a line
ld ...
rst 16 ; Spectrum: Print the character in 'A'
inc hl ... 've checked the chunk of text in the spin debugger and it ... -
ZX-Preview 2.0 out nowDear forum readers, I've had published a new version of ZX-Preview today, we have version 2.0 now. :-) You find it on my homepage at [url]http://www…
... any byte-related data block in Z80 mnemonic. It's also ... , medium and large icons and text messages).
[*]I've ... There was a bug in the text column of the byte viewer ... wrong display of INVERSE attributes in Basic listings: Instead of setting permanent ... -
Best type-in game?Was wondering what people thought the best type-in game was for the Spectrum. There were a few half-decent ones if I remember rightly... I never h…
... people thought the best type-in game was for the Spectrum ... so most of my typed in stuff was done in basic though! -
Indirect Variable AssignmentHere's another wacky routine. This allows assignment of values to variables where the source & destination variables can themselves be defined in var…
... 20 NEXT a
30 PRINT valA'valB'valC
31 ...
The syntax is:
;PRINT USR indirect,arg1,op,arg2 ... or "Parameter error" or "Nonsense in BASIC".
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BASIC: Find the nearestHello guys) A few days ago I found oldie ?Jeux et casse-tete a Programmer? by Jacques Arsac (Paris?85) and suggested my nephew to try a few in Basic…
... nephew to try a few in Basic. He chose Game #8: Shadok ... -
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…
... entered as normal;
* print controls AT to TAB (172 ... ;
* numeric parameters following print controls use characters "?" to "?" ... encoded once in situ (done in BASIC here, but in practice it ... a
REM print each DATA statement as m ... -
Trying to remember name of an old animated movie making utilityMy nostalgic mind suddenly remembered hours of making terrible animated movies using a utility I believe I sent away for from an advert in a magazine…
... away for from an advert in a magazine... so probably an ... - I think it was written in basic and allowed you to choose ... around and have them speak in text to make a 'movie'. I ... it's name had 'movie' in the title, but I really ... -
AZIMUT / Frecuency spectrum[code]start DI LD HL,#7F40 LD D,#58 loop LD B,#00 bucle1 LD A,H IN A,[#FE] XOR A,C AND A,L J…
... LD A,H
IN A,[#FE]
RRA ... RET[/code]
optimize in speed and size, to ... show audio input in spectrum, inspired in "EL AJUSTE DEL ... .
print in attr-bitmat to show the ... br /> This can run in basic RANDOMIZE USR start -
those darned recursive functions againI've been stuck on this one all evening. I want to dump out some memory in binary to debug a program. I've got a simple mod 2 division loop to do tha…
... DEF FN version, but in between I thought I'd ... still only get it to print the numbers backwards.
... - all that does is print '1' for all the ... of those results (or "Nonsense in BASIC", of course).
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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…
Further to writing that BASIC one-liner to ... characters to the upper screen (PRINT, LIST, CAT, LOAD ... errmm ... I did it all in BASIC but it was a ... streamline it. The comments in the listing explain how ... just change the "S" in the DATA statement; it starts ... -
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…
... 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 ... . "dimming" them.
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Question about 2-channel beeper musicI confess I haven't tried all the available beeper utilities and software. I always found music software confusing and trackers are not for me. I kno…
... good old beeper from BASIC and want to play ... without having to leave BASIC. Let's say I ... do from BASIC like for example key detection, print something, etc ... BASIC after one note in one channel if a note in ... be able to compose music in BASIC as I always did, ... -
Encode two positive int numbers into one?Hi guys) Recently I've been trying to simulate short lists in Basic, but the point is that using limited values, say, 0-99 or 0-999, I remembered ho…
... to simulate short lists in Basic, but the point is ... be to have one big number instead of two ... 999 we can use [CODE]big = A * 1000 + B[/ ... followed by [CODE]A' = big [B]DIV[/B] 1000
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I thought about floats too (real big ... -
Basic Challenge NO.7Ok Boys and girls get your thinking caps on. IN BASIC how would you plot an arc of a ball falling to the ground? so it gets lower and lower and mov…
... thinking caps on.
IN BASIC how would you plot an ... -
How to change the colour of an input line?Hello my fellow WoS'ers I remember the way-back machine on the humble 48k where I could write a REM statement in basic, but I could also change the …
... in basic, but I could also change the background paper of that text ... -
Best books & Sugested reading..Hi i was trying to search the forum but couldnt find it. Looking at WOS there is a number of books on BASIC, programming, machine code ect.. I mess…
... a number of books on BASIC, programming, machine code ... few simple books on basic (give me a break ... you see above the text line in the hobbit to display ... like I do today but in spectrum basic.
... and write a solution in basic or machine code for ... -
Making my game a TAP file??!!Hi- Wasn't sure where in the Forum to post this question, but I kinda asked it in hardware a while back n I'm still needing help... I really really c…
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Wasn't sure where in the Forum to post this ... , but I kinda asked it in hardware a while back n ... developed back in the 1990s.
They are simple text only BASIC games ... a rule.
Thanking you in advance !!
