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Spectrum in black TS1500 case with grey "Sinclair ZX Spectrum" labelAt the Spectrum30 event yesterday, someone had brought a Spectrum like object with an unusual case and I never did find out whose it was or where it …
... =aowen;652305]You can test it for yourself. Create ... may interfere in such a test (yet).
< ... the former has 2 RAM chips while the latter ... details the full ts2000 basic, including additions like SOUND ... while trying to LOAD a program into the ts2000.
Diagnosing a strange software fault in a 48kHi, A friend gave me a 48k, which I am very keen to restore. The spectrum 48k was my first computer over 20 years ago and I owe my ability to code t…
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POKE 50000,85
PRINT PEEK 50000
POKE 50000,170 ...
PRINT PEEK 50000
RAM chip has an addressing error ... ). You can do it from BASIC if necessary though.Diagnosing a strange software fault in a 48kHi, A friend gave me a 48k, which I am very keen to restore. The spectrum 48k was my first computer over 20 years ago and I owe my ability to code t…
... . Perhaps it is a 48k program?[/QUOTE]
I've ... had faulty RAM that I couldn't reveal using entirely BASIC test programs ... across memory rapidly (as my program linked above does).Conversion of Paralactika DemoHello, we are producing our disk magazine SCENE+ and wanted to release the demo PARALACTIKA by DeMarche. However, we failed to contact that group, b…
... the Basic loader, there are lines like:
[code]40 POKE ... />
The POKE there is intended to switch between RAM pages, but ... running a program in 128 mode, the 128 BASIC ROM is paged ... that...)
[code]40 POKE VAL "23388",VAL "22": OUT ...Ideas for speeding up this BASIC routine?This loop can take up to 2 minutes to run, depending upon the content of the screen being scanned, about 70% of that time being taken up by lines 105…
... . One other change to the BASIC which I made was to ... REMs aren't in the program file; I just post-insert ... /> 1051 IF b$="n" THEN POKE 23678,y: LET y=USR ...Conversion of Paralactika DemoHello, we are producing our disk magazine SCENE+ and wanted to release the demo PARALACTIKA by DeMarche. However, we failed to contact that group, b…
... the Basic loader, there are lines like:
[code]40 POKE ... />
The POKE there is intended to switch between RAM pages, but ... running a program in 128 mode, the 128 BASIC ROM is paged ... that...)
[code]40 POKE VAL "23388",VAL "22": OUT ...Wolfenstein / Doom for 48k SpectrumHi, is there any game / demo of this kind that runs on 48k machines? Thanks.
... the player code to Uncontended RAM making it sound much better ...More memoryHi all... can anyone help, Is it possible to get more memory for basic pref' in Basin.... 40 odd k is just not enough !
... for BASIC. That's the only spare RAM available ... bytes in any large program. Use string arrays to ... , so once your program's got substantially smaller ... RESTORE repeatedly. Once a program is running the location ... an array, then just POKE the relevant address from ...Asking for help: ZXBC to ASM routine translationHallo, In order to save some bytes and gain speed, I'm asking for translation of a very simple ZXBC routine to Assembler [code] sub light(x as uinteg…
... loading them in with the poke command, then writing them into ... to 439
c=c+(peek(@Level+b)=4)
next ... helped me to save this BASIC at exit too:
[code ... your code to fit the Program:
[code]
sub fastcall ...CAT!RAM and PUTRAMLast year sometime I posted a couple of routines to: * catalogue the 128k RAMdisk in BASIC; * move RAMTOP and the stacks from BASIC. CAT!RAM and PUTR…
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REM CAT!RAM print the RAMdisk catalogue & ... ,1,2,3,4 RAM pages 1,3,4, ... n,4)=PEEK h:
REM 1 type: 0=program, 1= ...
REM 6,7 program length, or array name; ... PRINT
9945 NEXT n: POKE 23388,16+0
REM ...Spectrum +3 WoesI have a second hand +3 here - the case is in really nice condition. It starts up fine, but after I try accessing the floppy disk, the Spectrum free…
... , then I would list the RAM as the next most likely ... test.
You could also type in a simple BASIC memory test program ... . Run the program while it warms ...ZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …
... :???: If I, say, enter this BASIC program, where line 25 loads in ... POKE 65526,INT (x/256): POKE 65525,x-256*PEEK 65526
1010 POKE ... 65529,INT (y/256): POKE ...Adding TAP file contents to a Spectrum +3e DOS PartitionHello my fellow WoS'ers, This thread is a companion to a great little guide from a fellow AmiBayer [B]mnjnurney[/B] you can view his thread by [URL…
... I've written a BASIC programmette which reads a TAP ... be merged into my DOS_Defn program, which provides all the ... : LET base=k32k-k32: POKE 23658,k8:
LET ... FN p(base): LET flag=PEEK (base+k2):
...
REM end of program
6499 GO SUB ...Adding TAP file contents to a Spectrum +3e DOS PartitionHello my fellow WoS'ers, This thread is a companion to a great little guide from a fellow AmiBayer [B]mnjnurney[/B] you can view his thread by [URL…
... I've written a BASIC programmette which reads a TAP ... be merged into my DOS_Defn program, which provides all the ... : LET base=k32k-k32: POKE 23658,k8:
LET ... FN p(base): LET flag=PEEK (base+k2):
...
REM end of program
6499 GO SUB ...RAM used / corrupted by +3DOSAs I said previously, [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=41775]I'm trying to put some games in hard disk[/url] so they can b…
... br /> Unless disabled by the POKE mentioned in the Dizzy thread ... caching, then load from BASIC, and from c/m ... DOS INITIALISE (after all, BASIC has initialized it)?[/quote]< ... the default DOS & RAM buffers. That's why ... those in the self-test section) and the EI ...+3e filebrowserHello everyone, Im writing a game/program loader for the +3e (with an IDE interface, but it can work with floppies too). The program lets you choose…
... my DOS_Demo program set to auto-run to test it; I ... to BASIC (ie. the calling program) when I quit the program (although ... 's a very simple test which I just did:< ... 's (LODDRV) set to (PEEK 23417)? It should be the ... drive letter where the program to be loaded is ...Red DwarfA Red Dwarf video game - good or bad idea? (given its recent resurgence in popularity in the UK) My ideas: [b]Plots[/b] - An interquel which bridg…
I've done it in BASIC... sorta. It seems to ... 's not exactly "in BASIC", but you don't need ... 8000 and with a simple program (the tiny block called ... to $C000, and page back RAM 0.
... block to $8000, poke your destination RAM page to 25000, RANDOMIZE ...ZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …
... . Then I wrote this simple test program:
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10 CLEAR ... (x/256): POKE z+7,x-256*PEEK (z+8): POKE z+12 ... ,INT
(y/256): POKE z ... +11,y-256*PEEK (z+12):RANDOMIZE ...ZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …
... bytes per block on your BASIC program. Instead of this:
[CODE ... : POKE z+2,INT (x/256): POKE z+1,x-256*PEEK (z ... +2): POKE z+5 ... ,INT (y/256): POKE z ... +4,y-256*PEEK (z+5):RANDOMIZE ...Keyboard TrickI know how to use the multi key in BASIC with IN you can get the keys [QUOTE]IN 254+256*(255-2^K)[/QUOTE] K is the keyboard's half row, comes from …
... call it from BASIC. The program is position independent ... Q) ";
40 IF PEEK (a+5) THEN PRINT " ... A) ";
50 IF PEEK (a+26) THEN PRINT " ... O) ";
60 IF PEEK (a+25) THEN PRINT " ... PEEK (a+35) THEN PRINT "FIRE (SPACE) ";
75 PRINT : POKE ...Screens and BasicA question about the ZX screens. I am using software to convert my own art and drawings to the ZX Spectrum. I have some tools to change .jpg files in…
... using the (very) quick BASIC technique mentioned by Dr.BEEP ... as part of the main program, so there would be ... BASIC.
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2 DEF FN p(a)=PEEK ... a+256*PEEK (a+1):
... LET s$(s)=CHR$ PEEK c: POKE c,255: LET s=s ...SAVE writing zeros after program?Hi there! I hope this is the right forum, but I didn't find any other more appropriate... I'm trying to recover some very old tapes with stuff I mad…
... data is in your program, then running the program will recreate them ... UDG data within the BASIC (ie. when the program's running the ... and CLEAR eg:
POKE 23627,57: POKE 23628,97: CLEAR
PEEK 23635+256*PEEK 23636 TO PEEK 23627+256*PEEK 23628-1 ...BLOG- ZXSporgBasic RPG development thread- Inspired by the Spectrum 30 show, and after a six-month wait while I was busy playing loads of gigs, I have decided to do a spot of Spectrum coding…
... too early meant that the program crashed on its second run ... /> [CODE]10 REM zx sporg basic v0pt021 20130306 - next to do ... .jpg[/URL]
1020 IF (PEEK 65369)>0 THEN GO ...Font hack that was used in a lot of early gamesThere was a little hack for changing the fonts on a spectrum and I remember it being used in a couple of old games on the 48k, it was a sort of ye od…
... but that will prevent the program running correctly at all. ... likely give a "Nonsense in BASIC" error.[/QUOTE]
... />
For instance, this program will work correctly and prevent ... World": STOP
POKE 23758,255
SAVE "test" LINE 1[/CODE]128k Basic used much ?Hi - I was wondering if there were many,if any, games programmed in 128k basic? I was also thinking of doing one myself as I wish to make a text heav…
I know at least one basic program that uses ram disk, but for a ... 'm sure you can use ram disk, so you'll get ... the text directy from upper ram with PEEK rather than using Merge ... can still use them within basic.BIN2BAS (load BASIC text into emulator) utilityI've nearly finished testing this. It allows a BASIC program to be loaded from a text file in any emulator which has a "load binary" option. I was wo…
... , with & without extended BASIC commands, and with & ... br /> The If.1 extended BASIC commands are not supported in ... br /> [code]1000 REM Test Microdrive commands
1001 CAT ... 2;5,6
26 POKE 54321,255: PRINT #3: ... IF NOT a OR PEEK b THEN PRINT c< ...pathfindingworking on pathfinding in the game. here is Russian description of Lee's algorithm: [url]http://algolist.manual.ru/games/wavealg.php[/url] "if-then"…
Trailblazer - mapped?Anyone mapped Trailblazer yet? I'd kind of like to get hold of the maps. D.
... zone is called Terry's Test.
There's ... tape
* A separate program SAVEMAP to:
+ Build a ... 23489
* A separate program PRINTMAP to:
+ Print Zone ... =";p: INK i: PAPER p: POKE 23624,PEEK 23693: CLS:
. RANDOMIZE ...FZX: a new standard format and driver for proportional fonts[B]FZX[/B] is a very compact and efficient (although extremely flexible and powerful) standard format to create new fonts for the ZX-Spectrum. It sup…
... From BASIC, it can be done as follows:
POKE 65061 ... ,INT (FONT/256): POKE 65060,FONT-256*PEEK 65061[/CODE]
< ... affect anything else in a program? (like changing the interupt ... mode would make a program work differently)[/QUOTE]
< ...ZX Spectrum 48K working as 16K from factoryGood morning I Have a Zx Spectrum 48k working as 16K , it came like this from factory. What can i do to solve this , and put it to work as 48K? Wha…
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The memory test program didn?t worked ( shows ramtop ... codes:
Print Peek 23732+Peek 23733*256
Result , ... put Poke 32768,85: print peek 32768 ( for the 32767 ) and Poke ... 32769,85: print peek 32769( for 32768 ...
