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Probing the variables in 128K modeHello again! Briefly, I'm writing an m/c routine to read some BASIC variables. So, before I start, I try to get an idea for the structure of how var…
... results whether you use PRINT USR 50000 or RANDOMIZE ... routine instead appears to print the listing of the current ... only difference that can affect machine code programs.
... books were published about advanced machine code techniques, and I have ... -
Few results for "Toni Baker"I noticed that a search for "Toni Baker" had a only few of Toni's ZXC articles. http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^Toni+Baker$ …
... , anyway). Generic titles (eg. "-Programming: Machine Code Tutorials") just have "various ..." as ... noticing that there are a number of program/article data files ... -
Spectrum Ethernet update...in which a toastrack 128K machine prods a machine outside of my LAN for the first time. [url]http://spectrum.alioth.net/doc/index.php/Current_eve…
... , you could support an arbitrary number of devices this way, with ... button.
The standard code entry point is a CALL ... some piece of downstream hardware, machine code or C programs can still ... -
Why don't you like homebrew games?Alright folks, I'm sure that there are a lot of people here who like the releases from Bob Smith, Jonathan Cauldwell, CEZ Games Studio and the likes…
... out of an 8-bit machine, you need to instruct ... there are a small number of good games that ... best Speccy games are 100% machine code - and if they do, ... not to bother with machine level languages becuase the ... games on any 8-bit machine. Because things are easier ... -
Quick q. on MC vs. BASIC (boring question)No matter how long or tedious the programming/testing may be ... Is Machine Code [B]ALWAYS[/B] faster than BASIC?
... programming/testing may be ... Is Machine Code [B]ALWAYS[/B] faster than ... to a number of MC-commands
the same code coded directly ... />
When you optomize the code further by determing what values ... -
Quick q. on MC vs. BASIC (boring question)No matter how long or tedious the programming/testing may be ... Is Machine Code [B]ALWAYS[/B] faster than BASIC?
... the remainder (r) of a number (n) divided by 8.
number (n) divided by 8 in Machine code is simply:
Microdrive Help...Hi All, I need a little help.. I would like to transfer one of my all time favorites to microdrive "Atic Atac" (for which I have an original tap co…
... " for me, but doing a PRINT USR 0 then LOAD *"m ... use a small bit of machine code to move it back down ...oh my the old days :)programming on the speccy again here is a routine i remember of the top of my head to load screens or code without a header wow 5 Clear 27999 : Re…
... s a fixed version:
[CODE] 10 CLEAR 27999
... 201
90 PRINT "I am loading your code"
100 ... PAUSE 0[/CODE]
The machine code itself:
[CODE];
... br /> ret ; 28013 201 10ts[/CODE]
You can ...VIC 20 emulation on the SpectrumI'm sure most people are aware of the my attempt at bringing the full Commodore experience to Sinclair users with the "Twenty Commodes" program. It e…
... , and then importing the machine code directly into Jimmy's " ... />
;Initialise score and print it
STA SCORE
STY WORMHEAD
; print worm on new position
print it
SED
...The "Ernie Wise Memorial Game What I Wrote" thread 2008As the September rain lashes remorselessly long and hard against the window (Everest PVC-u) what more can a cove do but reflect on life whilst drinki…
... wrote which used bits of machine code for number searching. Looked nice but ...New CSSCGC posterHere it is, in all it's glory - says it all really: [img]http://marriedtothesea.com/090608/10-PRINT-SHIT-FUCK-CRAP-20-GOTO-10.gif[/img] D.
That's an apt poster for the CGC, particularly in light of Shaun Bebbingtons "Advanced 10 PRINT "Hello " 20 GO TO 10 Simulator".
Of course the bright kids could sit in the corner and do the same thing, but using machine code. :Dhelp making a gameive decided to make a game for the speccy but i have no idea where to start. i think i'd like to make a text adventure, i saw the 'build your own' pr…
... have any actual code is the number one way to ... i get graphics into the code?
[/quote]
... get music into the code?[/quote]
For ... still need some basic machine code knowledge all the same), ... should i be reading the machine manuals?[/QUOTE]
...help making a gameive decided to make a game for the speccy but i have no idea where to start. i think i'd like to make a text adventure, i saw the 'build your own' pr…
... you have any actual code is the number one way to doom ... will still need some basic machine code knowledge all the same), but ...ZX Spectrum Sound Upgrade to C64Would it be possible to interface in a seperate C64 style SID sound device to the ZX Spectrum to make existing ZX Spectrum games sound like their C64…
... a program that lets you print multi-colour text and UDGs ... be a few bytes of machine code to set the 8 attribute ...Programming Books for Kids - Whats happened to programming?What has happened to Programming in the 00's :( I remember at the tender age of 9 exitedly going to my library to get one of them colourfull program…
... between people actually checking each number for evenness/oddness (say, with ... /> [code]
if(even)
print("Even: ");
else
print("Odd: ");
print ...Programming Books for Kids - Whats happened to programming?What has happened to Programming in the 00's :( I remember at the tender age of 9 exitedly going to my library to get one of them colourfull program…
... /> [CODE]
10 PRINT "ODD NUMBER: 1 "
20 PRINT "EVEN NUMBER: 2 "
30 PRINT ... "
990 PRINT "ODD NUMBER: 99 "
1000 PRINT "EVEN NUMBER: 100 "
[/CODE]BASIC: Fast way of filling a string?Recently I decided to use string slicing to extract random numbers from a sequence in the one-liner Lottery picker: [quote] 20 RANDOMIZE : LET a$=""…
... ]POKE, that's like using machine code.[/quote]
No ... POKE, like changing BASIC-code.
Just try ... br />
Enter
[code]
1 PRINT "THIS WILL BECOME A ... ZERO LINE, NOT EDITABLE!"
[/code ...BASin r14d - Final bugfix for the r14 seriesOk, there's not a great deal to "show" here, as most of the work has been going on "under the hood" so to speak. And there's been a [i]lot[/i] of wor…
... you POKE a floating point number?[/QUOTE]
The final ... of Toni Baker's "Mastering Machine Code On Your ZX Spectrum" covers ... the absolute value of your number left or right to get ...Using INPUT without clearing last two lines of screen?I'm trying to print to the 22nd row of the screen using the ol' print #0 trick. Unfortunately, I require user INPUT which seems to wipe out the botto…
... ]
So, does the final code work on a real Spectrum ... , it's a general purpose print a null terminated string routine ... it turns your program into machine code, uses the stack to store ...Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…
... [/I] - no header, displays a "number array" message (whatever that is ... . A quick glance at the code didn't reveal anything immediately ... does not seem like valid machine code to me! -seems more like ...TAP filesI'm trying to figure out how to make TAP files and am none the wiser. Tried downloading Taper, got it working but it was one of the unfathomables. I …
... could find out where the machine code is stored by looking after ... STEP 10 or whatever
PRINT a;"-";PEEK a;","
NEXT ...TAP filesI'm trying to figure out how to make TAP files and am none the wiser. Tried downloading Taper, got it working but it was one of the unfathomables. I …
... a start number and end number of where there's machine code loaded into ...TAP filesI'm trying to figure out how to make TAP files and am none the wiser. Tried downloading Taper, got it working but it was one of the unfathomables. I …
... a start number and end number of where there's machine code loaded ... are no explicit - LOAD "..." CODE address,length - statements in the ...
If there are multiple CODE blocks then the problem is ... as Z80s. Reconstructing the CODE blocks into a composite TAP ...Cro S2008Hi everybody!!! I hope this is right thread? :-) I want to share with you my new project. I call it ?S2008?? The idea was to build Spectrum48K clo…
... does have extensive BASIC and machine-code API support, so it isn ... divIDE, but still a significant number.
Developers working on ...[BASin] Bug report and question[B]1. Bug report:[/B] BASIC Editor behavior I'm using a variable to store the contents of the BC register. But the BASIC editor works strangely. I t…
... right - if you specify a number on its own, it's ... [i]assembly[/i] and not machine code. Yes, n is 8bit, but ...Need a pointer to using the spectrum calculator from MCHi all, Can anyone point me to a good resource on using the spectrum calculator stack from machine code? I need to work out the number of seconds f…
[QUOTE=zx128k;333340]MACHINE CODE CALCULATOR
by Toni Baker< ... MEM values, even overlaying a number array!
Nice ...z88dk Help neededI'm starting my tests with z88dk from a very simple example from a tutorial in speccy.org. It works fine but when I make the smallest modification t…
... start of main:
[code]
heap = 0L;
... sbrk(40000, 10000);
[/code]
The heap statement ... -- you can count the number of sprites and sprite characters ... of stdio is not 100% machine code and using a single printf ...Loads of games cheapHello all I am currently clearing out several hundred duplicate Speccy games from my collection. Starting Monday 16th March will be ebaying these a…
... also includes the Picturesque machine code monitor utility. A number of you requested ...Your best Type-ins gamesType-ins games bring me great memories. A whole evening typing a program from a magazine, after some hours I typed RUN and... an error message! After…
... . My Dad read me the code. Very nostalgic.
[url]http ... .
The Your Computer machine code games were impressive if lacking ... .zip[/url]
The number one most useful utility for ...Another merge?The [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0008738"]Spectrum Database[/URL] entry seems to me like a newer version of [URL="http://ww…
... =0008436"]Micro-print[/URL] contains the exact same 1100 bytes machine code part ... ?id=0008437"]Micro-print 85[/URL].
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