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ForthTrying to search for FORTH programs and FORTH articles within the forum is proving to be a complete nightmare!! If I search for FORTH in Infoseek I …
... Spectrum compatibility.
My BASIC to Forth translator is on ... to get "Transylvanian Tower" ready in time for Halloween, but that ... of the 6 games written in BASIC I've been testing with ... [CONST] [STRING] "MINE LAYING"
PRINT STACK
VDU 13
Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
... but is a bit flickery in BASIC, suspect this one needs MCODE ... 23607+CODE "0"*8:
PRINT AT 5,5;:
LET ... 23684+256*PEEK 23685:
PRINT PAPER 7;"0":
FOR ...Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
... but is a bit flickery in BASIC, suspect this one needs MCODE ... 23607+CODE "0"*8:
PRINT AT 5,5;:
LET ... 23684+256*PEEK 23685:
PRINT PAPER 7;"0":
FOR ... poke 23606,t
30 print at 10,0;0
How to Extract a Font from a Game?I remember it was possible to load/save your own fonts in ArtStudio on my Speccy. I also remember it was possible to loop the loaded block of a game …
... own custom print routine? Since text was used quite rare in most games ... if there's no other Text in the game you still need ... character set to handle that. Text in games isn't as rare ... posts I posted code to print text on pixel rather than character ...Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …
... to write a fast sort in BASIC - choosing the right ... for character
; Print matrix
; ------------
LD ... ; -------------
PUSH HL ; Save print position
LD A,H ... attribute
POP HL ; Get print position back
...Import text files of type insThere are ways to read the text of scans and covert them to word or txt files. So you could do this then edit and correct them and import them to run…
... and the mediocre to poor print quality of many listings, the ... wrong assumptions about what questionable text should be, the readily ... of the output. Then, whereas text in a human language can have ... and still be understood, text in a computer language has to ...Programming flash eprom on DIVIDE+Can you test it on DIVIDE PLUS ? [url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/other/flasher-divide-plus.zip[/url] (This flash utility is WINSTON's flasher for dia…
... ;492450]Magnificent! :-) Can SE Basic run from this menu or ... full reconfigurable from ZX basic. You can change text in menu, add next ... [B]Tap file contain this basic:
1 clear 31999:load ... switch to BSROM and modify basic, switch to residos and save ...Best way for programming in BASIC?New to the ZX Spectrum, and fixing up ccowley's vbSpec emulator. Aside from that, I would also like to try programming a game or two in BASIC. What's…
The best way to code in BASIC for me is firing up my favourite text editor, writing my source, then compiling it with the ZX Basic compiler, obtaining a TAP file to run in the emulator or the real machine. Nothing beats that :PBest way for programming in BASIC?New to the ZX Spectrum, and fixing up ccowley's vbSpec emulator. Aside from that, I would also like to try programming a game or two in BASIC. What's…
... to code in BASIC for me is firing up my favourite text editor ... , writing my source, then compiling it with the ZX Basic ... compiler, obtaining a TAP file to run in the ... , how do you debug your BASIC on a line-by line ...Platformer BAS file?Does anyone have an example of a platformer in BASIC? Specifically one that uses drawn sprites, etc.
... player UDG set.
3.- Print player.
4.- Update the ... player UDG set.
6.- Print enemies.
Steps 2 ... teave the silicon disk operations in interpreted basic. I've done this ... of Biniax 2 was coded in BASIC with the engine compiled and ...best text adventure gameswhich text adventure games should i play and which should i not play
... , Seabase Delta, Invincible Island (written in BASIC!) are very good introductions to ... it's a real nice text adventure.
For a ...Retro Gamer Issue 86 - The cover's a bit special![IMG]http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg615/scaled.php?tn=0&server=615&filename=dekmj.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640[/IMG]
... mean some people even wanted BASIC listings in the mag ! I mean ... of them , love seeing a big zoomed out graphic of an ... , other people how to write in basic, difficult to cater for everyone ... in the UK are there who want programming tips on speccy basic ...Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... actually writes 35-40K monstrosities in sinclair basic :lol:
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in BASIC including a couple of text adventure games and ...Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... couple of "monstrosities" in BASIC including a couple of text adventure games and ...Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... couple of "monstrosities" in BASIC including a couple of text adventure games and ... propose would be nice for text displays, but I think that ... ]I think the screen is in fact upside...
This means ...Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... nothing wrong with writing "big" programs in Sinclair BASIC as long as you ... etc. Sinclair BASIC does lack some of the features in other languages ...Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... nothing wrong with writing "big" programs in Sinclair BASIC as long as you ... etc. Sinclair BASIC does lack some of the features in other languages ... has some features that other BASIC's don't have ... was BASIC, IIRC only the animation and display routines were in ...Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... nothing wrong with writing "big" programs in Sinclair BASIC as long as you ...DSK to MGT?What is the easiest way to copy files from +3 dsk to +D mgt format? Is there any tool for such a transfer?
I checked in more detail mgt transfered "Batman ... only modified the line 2 in Basic loader, adding D1 to load ... tape.
But this is big progress.
Also i transfered ...Saving space...Hi Folks, Looking for ways to save some memory in a program I am writing. In a number of places I have the following code: [CODE]xxxx PAUSE 1: …
Nice piece of code to have a look in BASIC
[code]
10 FOR F = 23755 TO 4E4
20 PRINT F;"..."; PEEK F, CHR$ PEEK F AND PEEK F>31
30 NEXT F
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You will see the markers.Saving space...Hi Folks, Looking for ways to save some memory in a program I am writing. In a number of places I have the following code: [CODE]xxxx PAUSE 1: …
... to generally save space in BASIC is getting rid of ... you store your stuff in DATA and then read ... the same information twice: in your program DATA statement, ... ): NEXT i
30 PRINT r(3)[/code]
< ... just
[code]PRINT PEEK address + 2[/code]Compiling Basic to MCHello, I have a lot of long Basic programs. These are mostly strategy programs, good but slow. I was thinking about how to speed them up without com…
... ] . Nice new games, but all in Basic.
Regards
BASIC "dialect", which also allows ... it did in the original BASIC program :-o. This is a big improvement ... feature, bug-by-bug compatible BASIC, better stick to the ROM ...An alternative method of input...Does anyone know of any software for the PC that will take text from its keyboard and output tones from the sound-card that are recognisable to the c…
... tools, and if your into basic programming, it is a must ... loaded into a spectrum from Basic, or into a format that ... BASin, you can type your text in a word processor, and cut ... .Tap file that contains your BASIC listing: Found at: [url]ftp ...+2: 128k enhanced games no longer loading (but OK in 48k mode) :-/Having a spot of bother with my +2, a couple of my favourite games are now refusing to work in standard "Tape Loader" based 128k mode - Marauder (Hew…
... /> You could enter USR0 in 128 BASIC, then do CLEAR 32767: ... 65535, although anything you do in BASIC would be rather slow.
PRINT x:GO TO 50< ... ,255:IF PEEK x255 THEN PRINT x
50 OUT ... for a while. It will print out each address that does ...Zetr0's Catchup Time (hardware / software)Hello there my fellow ZX'ers I have been soaking myself into the "world of spectrum" and more I do, the more I realize I have to play catchup.... a …
... thanks for posting your knowledge in this thread, it is a ... hopefully its a good chuckle in the process, I love sharing ... shared is an experience doubled in life!
@Guesser ... on a DATA line in basic, I then PRINT USR and whoot added ...SE Basic Type-ins^Pete suggested creating a sticky thread for SE Basic discussion. I thought a Type-ins thread might also be useful. Up to the mods if they want to ma…
... [/i] font used by SE Basic is designed for legibility with ... driver enables you to print any character in the range 24 to ... channel must be created below basic
; so look at the ... (atflg), a ; positions for the print.
ret ;
getxp ...Maketzx...Whats the state of play?Been out of the whole emulation bit for...a while :) But, back in the saddle, ready to transfer some more tapes.....except...maketzx doesnt seem to w…
... re-writing a passage of text in a different perhaps more ... PZX represents all schemes in just those two basic blocks. This makes ... information from the decoding process in producing a TZX is ... look fantastic in the file browser and in file dialogs in emulators. ...Load! Screen$ questionI've got a basic program listing in BASIN which among other things recalls a screen via Load! (I've Save!'ed a screen into memory before hand). How d…
... ...
[QUOTE=Nonsense in BASIC;526828]How do I save ... in one big chunk.
(In fact, there are tricks to combine Basic ... approach is to have the Basic program load first, and ... for that purpose. Your Basic program will then look something ...Designing a game.Hi all Lets say that i have been impressed with the games being created by guys on WOS and want to have a shot at making a game myself,my ageing know…
... puzzle, board game, strategy or text game in Basic.
If you ... are interested in machine code, download some ... [/url]). It's full game in only 1 kB of code ...
