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Xor-shift random number generator for Z80[QUOTE=Patrik Rak;320244]Come on, people, [URL="http://www.jstatsoft.org/v08/i14/paper"]xor-shift generators[/URL] devised by Marsaglia, that's the w…
... print randomBase()
REM print as a decimal, like basic' ... s random number:
print randomFixed()
print int(randomFixed()*10)+1< ... /> Or prototyping code in Basic, and rewriting in assembly for speed and ... -
Games translation to EnglishIn this thread will released translated games to English (for example Czech/Spanish games...) Here is first: [B]PEDRO NA OSTROVE PIRATOV[/B] origin…
... that will replace a text using any code table ... computers and, sometimes, in several ZX Spectrum word ... (yacht) for a game in BASIC which uses this kind of ... />
But! The text inside the Black Raven's ... of letters), the text is written in pure Russian. Pure, ... -
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 …
... a *PRINT command that one could add to ZX BASIC.[/QUOTE]
in PRINTs and so the BASIC would still work ... things up, then using PRINT #stream (variable), or PRINT #5 (literal), is ... />
I compared PRINT 1 and PRINT #2;1 in BASin and they ... -
new game ......[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFaUth_DKoQ&feature=channel&list=UL[/url]
... unprotected tape version with loader in Basic to Tr-Dos disk ... version. In many cases it's enough to change Basic commands.< ... - font, cursor, sounds, all in separate files. Nobody but the ... irrational ;)
Anyway, big thanks if you volunteer to ... -
'Spectrum Play' ErrorI always wondered why the screen sometimes filled with 'SPECTRUM PLAY' if I loaded a 48k game in 128k mode (using my 128k+2B). Colditz Story in parti…
... really. I'm reading the basic manual again to try and ... the same text in the same place; eg. when editing a BASIC line ... -
SUPER INPUTA couple days ago I searched for an "INPUT string" routine that I could use in Assembly programs and supported multiple lines, but I found none. Thus…
... " routine that I could use in Assembly programs and supported multiple ... />
I posted one back in February - "editing strings with INPUT ... text string. I use it from BASIC to edit blocks of descriptive text in ... -
SUPER INPUTA couple days ago I searched for an "INPUT string" routine that I could use in Assembly programs and supported multiple lines, but I found none. Thus…
... ]I posted one back in February - "editing strings ... the beginning of a text that is several lines ... screen when editing a longer text with multiple lines.
text string.[/QUOTE]
BASIC to edit blocks of descriptive text in my ... -
Good character sets ?Just wondering if anyone had any favourite character sets ? :) The one in SE basic is quite nice and I'm aware (I used to have it in my head I'm sur…
... 40 column (or 42 column) text in a 256x192 res screen, and ... 80 column (or 85 column) text in a 512x192 res screen. All ... a 6x8 font in SE Basic will become clear in version 4.x ... hardware, but it should make BASIC editing more pleasant on virtual ... -
Good character sets ?Just wondering if anyone had any favourite character sets ? :) The one in SE basic is quite nice and I'm aware (I used to have it in my head I'm sur…
... 40 column (or 42 column) text in a 256x192 res screen, and ... 80 column (or 85 column) text in a 512x192 res screen. All ... a 6x8 font in SE Basic will become clear in version 4.x ... hardware, but it should make BASIC editing more pleasant on virtual ... -
dungeon crawlerHi. I'm toying with idea of making simple dungeon crawler in spectrum basic and i actually got first version working somehow. [IMG]http://watashi.ic.…
The fastest way to PRINT in BASIC is to construct the string ... send it all in one go to the PRINT routine. You can ... use embedded codes in place of ... -
dungeon crawlerHi. I'm toying with idea of making simple dungeon crawler in spectrum basic and i actually got first version working somehow. [IMG]http://watashi.ic.…
... compiler. If i used laser basic, i probably wouldnt be dealing ... scene as a $ and print it out in one line. that might ... -
Switching 48/128 modes within a BASIC programI'm not sure what use this would be; ie. being able to switch between 48k and 128k modes and back again from within a continuously running BASIC prog…
... =48+bit4*80: PRINT AT 0,0;CHR$ 163,"in ";mode;" mode ... /> REM Error Return
9000 PRINT "Report code ";FN m(PEEK ... HL,9000 ;line number of BASIC error handler
ld a ... hl,$0014 ;address of $FF in BASIC ROM, for report "0 OK ... -
Work out attribute location in MCHow do I go about writing a MC routine which calculates the attribute address from a set of PRINT co-ordinates. I know you in basic you multiply the…
... a set of PRINT co-ordinates. I know you in basic you multiply ... care about the carry (and in 3 out of 5 shifts ... byte. If your address is in HL you'd simply execute ... -
Performance Analyser?Disclaimer: Im asking this question as a "non-programmer" so please forgive my ignorance if this turns out to be a daft question. During the life-sp…
... down some nasty corruption bugs. In fact, its debugger has some ... /> Break when PC == xxx is in pretty much all debuggers already ... info should then come up in a separate window somewhere, or ... /> Debug UI
Ability to print debug text, draw lines, bars, etc ... -
What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …
... this game can be turned in something good with more polishing ... itself seems to be written in basic and compiled with HiSoft COLT ... 's why it's so big (in terms of code/data space ... -
WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …
... many games that are written in basic i can study.
... the code from the programs in the archive.
Interesting thing i noticed in magazines - more and more the ... IF PLAYERHITCHANCE>=MONSTERDEFENCECHANCE THEN PRINT "PLAYER HAS HIT THE ... -
What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …
... to colour the pink face in bottom right of screen ... the 3 up/down arrows in top right go red ... this game can be turned in something good with more ... itself seems to be written in basic and compiled with HiSoft COLT ... s why it's so big (in terms of code/data space ... -
WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …
... figured that a big hole in my understanding is in spectrum graphics and ... /> 20 INK Q
30 PRINT [COLOR=Red]INK[/COLOR] "INK ... /> 20 INK Q
30 PRINT "INK COLOUR NUMBER";Q
print in black ink...
[CODE ... -
40 Column Printing RoutineI've written a 40 column printing routine, which I'd like to share... It's my first piece of 'public' code so go easy on me! I don't think it is a…
... replace RST 10/be used in basic
di
... jr dontprint ; skip calling the print routine
notatting
... jr dontprint ; skip calling the print routine
notatchr
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A new ZX spectrum cloneOver the past 12 months i have been developing a new spectrum clone as a hobby project to waste my spare time on. It is still not fully complete yet …
... it and SE BASIC IV supports 80 x 24 text in Timex hi ... -
Beepola questionshope this is the right place :) Is there a way to make the playing of the exported file wait until a button is pressed. I would like to sync the mus…
... have exported as .tap with BASIC loader, stopped it with a ... add a line to the BASIC loader: "55 PAUSE 0" (or ... , but there are some quite big variations in there). Also, due to ... notes and drums being played in a particular pattern. The engines ... -
WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …
... day, starting to understand arrays in basic.
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5 ... D=12 THEN INK 7: PRINT "#";: RETURN
[/CODE]But its ... STOP
320 INK 6: PRINT ".";: RETURN
340 INK 4 ... ";: RETURN
400 INK 5: PRINT "=";: RETURN
420 INK 7 ... -
Games that could be better off with a 7MHz CPUI've just reviewed Kung Fu Master for the Spectrum, as I remember it as a very poor conversion from the arcade. Then it just ocurred to me to raise t…
... text adventures where the input is a bit sluggish (ones written in Basic ... -
Games that could be better off with a 7MHz CPUI've just reviewed Kung Fu Master for the Spectrum, as I remember it as a very poor conversion from the arcade. Then it just ocurred to me to raise t…
... text adventures where the input is a bit sluggish (ones written in Basic ... -
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…
Good luck with that, sure these games need to be preserved. I also used to code text games in Basic and Im also proud to see them here in WoS even if they are not the best around! :D -
WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …
... a problem im getting nonsense in basic.
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1 ... 7: PRINT "TIME:";: INK 6: PRINT "00:00.000";: PRINT " ";: INK 7: PRINT "LIVES ... :";: INK 4: PRINT "\u ... -
A new ZX spectrum cloneOver the past 12 months i have been developing a new spectrum clone as a hobby project to waste my spare time on. It is still not fully complete yet …
... text but compatability always rules.[/quote]
To support SE Basic ... be to add new BASIC commands that run the ...
Adding new BASIC commands to Sinclair BASIC is never simple. The ... function would make drawing circles in BASIC a lot faster. The ... -
Playbook and the SpectrumHas anybody got a decent Spectrum emulator to work on the Playbook without sideloading? The Blackberry must be the only platform in existence that ha…
[QUOTE=Nonsense in BASIC;644789]The Blackberry must be the only platform in existence ... qwerty and still a reasonably big display within (working on proprietary ... even talk 'bout the thing in the forums... there's malevolent ... -
WoSBridge for Spectranet - early previewAs it's been mentioned in the Spectranet thread, I thought I'd post a quick heads up about the WoSBridge for Spectranet. [B]What is it?[/B] Well, i…
... Infoseek results can be written in BASIC (if someone wants the challenge ... writing a simple JSON parser in BASIC, of course :-))
The ... INPUT #4,a$
30 PRINT a$
40 %close #4 ... ZX BASIC stream, you can INPUT # to read it, or PRINT # to ...
