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  • Start Tape, Press any key...Hi, I'd like be able to save (program or data or code) using the save "whatever" command, but I want it to start recording immediately, rather than …

    ... , rather than waiting for the key press. Anyone know if that's ...
    gcallard gcallard May 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Key press to ASCII valueI need a bit of code that will give me an ASCII value when the key is pressed. I only really need a-z. I tried using the following code but it only s…

    ... an ASCII value when the key is pressed. I only really ... following. D=FF if no key pressed, Zero flag reset if ... more than one key pressed else zero set and ...
    Mr Millside Mr Millside July 2005 Development
  • Simultaneous key presses in BASICIs there a way to check for 2 simultaneous key presses in BASIC? I use if inkey$="z" then goto... but that only lets me check for 1 key press at a…

    Is there a way to check for 2 simultaneous key presses in BASIC?

    I use

    if inkey$="z" then goto...

    but that only lets me check for 1 key press at a time.
    Rebelstar without a cause Rebelstar without a cause September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • ZXSpin 0.62 Available nowAs promised (and only a [i]little[/i] past the deadline) here is the latest version of ZXSpin. Many bugs have been fixed, and a few new features add…

    ... assume you mean that you press the CTRL-P keys and ... this bug too. Thought the key was broken at first but ... specific. Try one or two random key depressions and it will stop ...
    Jumping Stack Jumping Stack April 2007 Emulators
  • myspeccy.org - online gaming which auto-saves scoresIt's a blimmin' miracle - I'm most impressed.

    ... doing it? It seems really random the way you sometimes do ... .[/QUOTE]

    Don't press fire until you're about ... on the vault don't press fire until the very last ... emulator which catches every single key-press :)
    NickH NickH June 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Random numbers...Hi Folks, I am not an expert when it comes to random numbers. If I have the RANDOMIZE statement the beginning of a program and then proceed to gene…

    ... different sequences of "pseudo" random numbers. The RANDOMIZE statement chooses ... simplest solution to ensure a random behavior on emulators was ... it by waiting for a key press before each PEEK, to ...
    [CODE]10 PRINT "Press any key to start"
    20 IF ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas May 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Random numbers...Hi Folks, I am not an expert when it comes to random numbers. If I have the RANDOMIZE statement the beginning of a program and then proceed to gene…

    ... . Doing a RANDOMIZE after a key press is detected will give a ... will not be any more random than the sequence generated by ...
    chev chev May 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Random numbers...Hi Folks, I am not an expert when it comes to random numbers. If I have the RANDOMIZE statement the beginning of a program and then proceed to gene…

    1) Set SEED after a key press
    2) When using cards ... set SEED
    Pick a 'random' place (your through) and switch ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP May 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Devils CastleJust looked at this in the archive , i think it only went on today , its another great game , similar to the 1st section in journeys end or like a gr…

    ... same shortcoming as before - TOO RANDOM!
    Namely, everything in ... the game is too random! How is one supposed ... fair, well, it's rather random sometimes, but the GameMaster ( ... some reaction-message like [QUOTE]Press [random key here] to slip behind the ...
    NRA NRA November 2011 Brand new software
  • Auto generated spritesLooking around for some graphics I came across [url]http://blog.disktree.net/?p=19[/url] , one of several such pages. Need the odd 8x8 UDG or two (…

    ...
    Depends on random keypresses to generate random bytes, then mirror them ... keyboard to get a more random sequence, the ones in ... is called when a key pressed, one key press per byte. Pain ... make_udg
    inc b ;every key press b is increased, stop at ...
    R-Tape R-Tape December 2011 Development
  • BorderTron 3000A little bit of speccy-related fun for a Friday afternoon... I've knocked together a program for Windows which I've called Bordertron 3000 (a suitabl…

    ... in a real fast, professional, random manner, you see), which is ... not, the ability of a key press to continue (at the moment ...
    ccowley ccowley April 2012 Announcements
  • Sending key presses to the spectrumfor a project I want to send automated keyboard presses to the ZX via a micro-controller. Is it possible to send these through the expansion slot? …

    ... they are single press keys, not caps+key or symbol+key (this is ... pairs (R,C)

    /* key press */
    PUT all pins on ... timer=250ms (countdown timer for key press)
    DO (this loop has ... to be read, or just random data from other CPU operation ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix August 2012 Hardware
  • So what makes a great OS?So what if you were given a free hand in designing an Operating System what would you want. The reason I ask is every time a new version of Windows …

    ... , for SAVE) using a single key press. At the moment, it?s ... could be on a single key (say, ?S?). This could be ... printed on the key itself.
    [*]A simple way ... a plug or (perhaps) a ?random? restart mode, for fun.
    RST#08 RST#08 August 2012 Chit chat
  • Random object placementI'm looking for some advice on placing objects randomly in a game. I have a routine that reads a table and prints the corresponding object: 0 prints…

    ... QUOTE]

    1. Simple random generator can be found here ... index.php?title=Z80_Routines:Math:Random"]http://wikiti.brandonw.net/ ... index.php?title=Z80_Routines:Math:Random[/URL]

    2. ... from program start to first key press (sooner or later the ...
    tstih tstih February 2015 Development
  • Random object placementI'm looking for some advice on placing objects randomly in a game. I have a routine that reads a table and prints the corresponding object: 0 prints…

    ... from program start to first key press (sooner or later the user ... has to press start button).[/QUOTE]

    Wait until user presses key (to start game for instance ...
    ld (SEED),hl ; set random seed
    [/CODE]
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas February 2015 Development
  • ZX-Uno moddingStarting with ZX-Uno case modding I have not yet received my ZX-Uno yet (it is in the post) but I know that I will have to do at least one mod …

    ... "Green Cockroach" keyboard testing (no random jabbing for me in future ... to using the correct "key pressing sequence" : random jabbing is no good ... to be OK with this key press sequence (after just 1 attempt ... " and do it properly . Random jabbing of these 3 keys ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio December 2016 Hardware
  • IN command in BASIC to read keyboardThis weekend on a Sinclair meeting we had some BASIC-games using IN to control the character. The maker of the game assumed that the result of an IN …

    ... of an IN without a key press would always be 191, making ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP September 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Midi to beep helpHi guys, My game is starting to progress (in a reverse sense of the word) I now have a title screen (now I know it should be the last thing but hey …

    ... loop looking for a key press, if theres no press it will play ...
    Toxitalk Toxitalk May 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • Decoding of speccy keyboardHello everyone. I face following problem with spectrum keys decoding and need some explanation. I know how to decode a single key press by reading po…

    ... how to decode a single key press by reading port 0xfe (eventually ... has LEFT and RIGHT direction key. Can anyone explain how to ...
    Fikee Fikee April 2008 Development
  • Rock 'n' Roll cheat - help neededHello, all.. The author of Rock 'n' Roll (YS game) contacted me today saying: "there is a hidden key combination that takes you to a secret menu al…

    ... />
    "there is a hidden key combination that takes you to ... can be accessed through one key press on each of the "banks ... (if you've programmed multi-key press stuff on the spectrum you ... /> I can't remember the key combination but is there anyway ...
    hackersanon hackersanon June 2008 Games
  • Keyboard Input$/scan problemHi, I'm finally fulfilling my promise to get a reasonable understanding of the Speccy and embarking upon attempting a few simple routines in Assembl…

    ... chase, my current gripe is 'key detection' ~ and I'm wondering ... that varies according to a key press in the scanned area BFh ... should? (i.e. If I press 'i' or 'm' I get ...
    Jagd Tiger Jagd Tiger January 2009 Development
  • Keyboard Issues When Setting Border ColourWelcome to the next in my series of inane 'Z80 on the Spectrum' questions! ;) Here's a minimal snippet of code for polling the keyboard until any ke…

    ... polling the keyboard until any key is pressed, then returning (to ... no longer waits for a key-press before returning to BASIC:
    RoseCotton RoseCotton December 2009 Development
  • problems tuning in a new +2Got a new +2 today from eBay, as the last one I 'won' turned out to be a 48k+ that didn't work. Anyway, I've connected it up to 2 TVs, by the Aerial…

    ... , and I can hear the key press sound through the fuzz. But ...
    Retro_eido Retro_eido July 2010 Hardware
  • 48K Speccy Repair Log.Some people may know my love for writing up my repairs of arcade PCBs on various forums so thought I would do the same for this little fella. Had th…

    ... in and faking the keyboard key press I got nothing. The only ...
    Womble Womble August 2010 Hardware
  • How to code a run and jumpHi all, Is there a way in basic to take action on two simultaneous key strokes. I want to add a run and jump i.e. keys Q and M but using inkey$ seem…

    ... take action on two simultaneous key strokes. I want to add ... limit me to only one key press at a time. I am ...
    hedge hedge January 2011 Development
  • Ensure my interrupt handler begins at the same T-stateHi! Is there a way to ensure that an IM 2 interrupt handler starts always at the same T-state (related to the moment the ULA triggers the INT line, w…

    ... instructions to check for a key press and close the loop. The ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix November 2014 Development
  • Bizarre ZX Spectrum faults (also possibly relevant to Spectranet compatibility problems).I'm attempting to repair an issue 4A 48K ZX Spectrum and am encountering some very strange problems. For my own records I've given this computer the …

    ... not found any other single key press or combination that can do ...
    Zorn Zorn February 2016 Hardware
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