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Why are rotozoomers on C=64 so fast ?Hi, I noticed rotozoomers on C64 are really fast. I'm not the best coder on Speccy but I know my pet I never succeed to do rotozoomer (or rotating ch…
... rotozoomers on C64 are really fast. I'm not the best ... which is even simpler) so fast in similar resolution.
Slow/fast games - change speedSome ZX games are too slow or too fast. Problem with speed is aslo in russian ZX games or thanks to different memory layout on zx128 and +2a models. …
... are too slow or too fast. Problem with speed is aslo ...Sinclair Print UtilitiesHi all, Can anyone provide me with a 'decent' scan of the instruction manual for Sinclair's PRINT UTILITIES? Mine came without instructions and I w…
... instruction manual for Sinclair's PRINT UTILITIES?
Mine came ... and I would like to print a set off to put ...For Sales: Crash Tech Tape, SuperCopier & Fast SaveThree utility tapes for Sinclair Spectrum, includes: 1) Crash Tech Tape (not currently in WoS archive). [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek…
Fast Condition TestingHello my friends, I have been writing some input and string handling routines in BASIC lately - yeah I could write them super fast in C/ASM via z88d…
... I could write them super fast in C/ASM via z88dk ...ZX rom type detectionHere is routine for fast detection of zx rom / computer model. [URL="http://velesoft.speccy.cz/other/ZXROMDETECT.zip"]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/othe…
Here is routine for fast detection of zx rom / computer ... can be code used via PRINT USR xxxx
[B ...Print WizardHere is the instructions for Print Wizard by Softcat Micros. [url="http://www.thespectrumshow.webspace.virginmedia.com/DL/pwiz.jpg"]Download here.[/…
Here is the instructions for Print Wizard by Softcat Micros.
[url="http://www.thespectrumshow.webspace.virginmedia.com/DL/pwiz.jpg"]Download here.[/url]Screenshots of Games - gifI'm making a database which has screenshots of 8-bit games, and I noticed the better results you get with .gifs. Clearly saving as .gif from an emu…
... quickness I've been using print-screen and simply saving from ... /> It should also be a fast process if possible.z88dk v1.99A Release Candidate[b]Z88DK VERSION 1.99A RELEASE CANDIDATE[/b] Download from: http://nightly.z88dk.org/Releases/ The release candidate will be available for te…
... ), adt (C++ STL containers), fzx (proportional fonts), BIFROST/NIRVANA/SP1 (zx ... source using fixed width or proportional fonts, output as ROM or ... time options allow selection between fast and small library code and ...Fast load of multiload games on real hardware?I was wondering if there was a hardware device that could allow fast loading of multi-load games for real hardware? I noticed a good many of the b…
I was wondering if there was a hardware device that could allow fast loading of multi-load games for real hardware?
I noticed a good many of the best 128 games are multiload and I'm quite impatient and I don't have a +3!How to save/print a complete Thread with multiple pages?Hi folks, is there an easy way to save or print a complete thread with multiple pages? Thanks for any help and support. Best regards, Urs
Hi folks,
is there an easy way to save or print a complete thread with multiple pages?
Thanks for any help and support.
Best regards,
UrsScreen address of PRINT position...Hi Folks, The following code uses DF CC system variable to extrac the screen address for a PRINT position. [code]100 CLS 110 PRINT AT 10,16;…
... the screen address for a PRINT position.
[code ... ]100 CLS
110 PRINT AT 10,16;"A"
120 PRINT AT 11,16;"B"
The day you unboxed your brand new SpectrumI was at junior school for much of the Spectrum's heyday, yet never owned a computer in that time. I was fascinated by computers back then, they were…
... usual introduction to BASIC (10 PRINT "peter is cool but not ... owning a computer. Let's fast-forward to 'big school', October ...RANDOMIZE USR, PRINT USR etcHello just wondering why is it called RANDOMIZE UsR what does randomising have to do with it ? When calling machine code routine from adress x you ty…
... USR x ? I just tried PRINT USR 65368 it resets the ... machine! Why doesn't it print the UDG at 65368?Print (to screen) avalue held in a register pairHi guys, looking for a routine that will print any value from 0 to 65535 to the current position on the screen. I once heard that there was a PRIN…
... for a routine that will print any value from 0 to ... want a routine that will print a value held in theBC ...ROM PRINT routine issuesHi all, I am using the ROM print routines a lot in my assembly program and I'm experiencing issues. I am changing the system variable DF CC to po…
... /> I am using the ROM print routines a lot in my ... resuming as normal, knocking subsequent PRINT commands off by 1 character ... . I'm assuming the ROM print routines are updating other system ... /> CALL 11563
CALL 11747. PRINT CONTENTS OF BC TO SCREEN ...help with my original issue 3b from when i was a teen. possible lower ram fault.hello, well ive tried to fix my old speccy, but haven't made much progress. could you help me out with some diagnosis. the fault occurred about…
... .
it initialises very fast and shows the copy write ... then tried to enter the PRINT PEEK 23732 + PEEK 23733 * 256 ... .
if I just PRINT PEEK 23732 I get 0 ... .
if I use PRINT USR "A" I get 32600 ...Random Numbers, USR Return Values & Timing BASICI've been trying out Jon Ritman's random number routine, published in Your Sinclair Aug'87. Apart from a timing comparison I also did a frequency ana…
... Heels. The routine is quite fast and returns a reasonable random ... SUB 9999: LET st=t0: PRINT #0;AT 0,0;"Start ... SUB 9999: LET ft=t0: PRINT #0;AT 1,0;"Finish ... -st)*100+0.5)/100: PRINT #0;" Time=";time;" secs":
SpecBAS 0.900 ReleasedAgainst my better judgement, here's 0.900. It's got lots and lots new, but mostly the new shiny is the editor. You can indent your code, you can e…
... /> Added ITALIC and BOLD commands. PRINT embeddable, but BOLD is only ... in the editor so that fast typing isn't lost
PRINT
Due to popular demand ... updates in Linux versions
PRINT and TEXT could cause a ...Can I name a subroutine and then call it by name?No thats not really exactly the problem. I wrote 4 lines of Basic that draws an 8x8 square and then told it to check x,y and subtract 4 from x or y t…
... ,draw,draw.draw would be fast enough and half a character ... but it doesnt. Its quite fast but theres a flicker so ... well I need to OVER print but to do that the ... subroutine so I can say PRINT OVER SQUARE. Tried various experiments ...Why don't the variables print where I told them too?I wrote the following program to experiment with creating sounds using 3 notes of BEEP and having the ability to change the notes up or down one at a…
... so I told it to print them and it prints them ... c=c-1
116 PRINT "a is",a, AT 2 ... ,1
117 PRINT "b is",b,AT 4 ... ,1
118 PRINT "c is",c,AT 6 ...Speeding up PRINT code in ROMHi Folks, I seem to recall that someone stated the PRINT command is rather slow because it has to handle screen and printer printing - is this cor…
... recall that someone stated the PRINT command is rather slow because ...Emulator with print function?Is there an emulator that can LLIST to a standard printer? Speccy does have a function to dump a graphical version to a text file, but it's a pain th…
Is there an emulator that can LLIST to a standard printer? Speccy does have a function to dump a graphical version to a text file, but it's a pain then getting that to print properly.Print vs 23659To be honest I could not think of a better topic title, although its not ideal. Anyway, I do recall reading ages ago that the reason you cannot no…
... normally get away with a PRINT AT 22,(whatever) is because ... POKE 23659,0
20 PRINT AT 22,0;"Yes we ... POKE 23659,0
20 PRINT AT 23,0;"Some text ...I feel like such a moron having to post this but stillI started out to write a simple cursor move program to demonstrate how easy it is to program in Basic! Hah, serves me right. I started by setting…
... at 10.15 followed by print * at x,y and ran ... a GOTO back to the PRINT AT line.
It ... reason some moves were too fast, like the R was. But ... I added a line to print the values of X,Y ...Fast Binary to Text DisplayI've done this thing that takes some memory contents and converts it to a Binary version of 0's and 1's on screen. However, I've no idea what to use …
... the bottom to indicate how fast it runs.
[img ...Proportional-width fontsFor reasons that are still not quite clear to me (because I’ve always loved typography and design,) I never bothered to write a proportional-font rou…
... never bothered to write a proportional-font routine. Never, that is ...Random-Access to Microdrive FileI am working on a BASIC program to backup a microdrive text-file to standard tape array-file. To backup a text-file from one microdrive to a secon…
... in this post) is very fast: it glues together three tricks ... area and forcing the re-PRINT# of the last byte of ... 1,0
330 CLS : PRINT "Block ";r+1
340 ... PEEK (cha+4)"M" THEN PRINT INKEY$#2: REM J
1430 PRINT #N;CHR$ PEEK (cha+593 ...
