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  • A couple of random questions......because, why not? (1) USR0 mode on the +3/+2A/B I know of its existence, I know how it's used, and I have some games that require it to work o…

    ... , say...
    1 REM (seemingly random string of characters that holds all ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone March 2020 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Birthday PlotsHello all; When browsing the web, I stumbled across an oddity known as Birthday Plots. In effect somebody enters a numeric date and the computer prin…

    ... the computer prints a rather random string-art type pattern. ([URL="http ...
    Meurglys68 Meurglys68 July 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • 2 questions about matrix and string handlingI was never good at understanding how to do something random in Sinclair Basic without repeating something that was already done. Had problems unders…

    ... picks two random characters along the length of the string and swaps ... swap every character in the string when in fact you need ... a few times for a random string. However, it does ensure that ... the string is truly mixed up. ;)
    Arjun Arjun October 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Ban me pleaseI'd like to request a temporary ban please. 2 weeks should do the trick. I appear to have no self-control and I've been spending too much time trawli…

    Make sure your email is OK then change your password to a random string (just copy / paste it) then logout.

    When you want to come back in two weeks, run the lost password recovery.
    spider spider August 2010 Chit chat
  • Random Smiley FacesAs promised, here's the Syntax: ;Startup 5 CLS 7 PAPER 0: BORDER 0 ;Graphics 10 FOR n=0 to 7 20 READ row: POKE USR "P"+n,row 30 NEXT n 31 DATA BI…

    ... DATA BIN 00000000

    ; Random Numbers

    40 LET ... * 20)

    ; Printout!
    ; String in line 71 is Graphics ...
    Takashi64 Takashi64 January 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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$=""…

    ... decided to use string slicing to extract random numbers from a sequence ...
    Dunny Dunny November 2008 Development
  • 2 questions about matrix and string handlingI was never good at understanding how to do something random in Sinclair Basic without repeating something that was already done. Had problems unders…

    ... understanding how to do something random in Sinclair Basic without repeating ... way to randomly scramble the string?

    Second question. Let ...
    zxbruno zxbruno October 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... trying out Jon Ritman's random number routine, published in ... "This is the 32-bit random number generator routine I used ... fast and returns a reasonable random
    number. This version ... a slightly trickier trick allows string pointers to be returned from ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... stream area to a normal string S$. Many thanks to ... stream area to a normal string S$. I use the ... b] is the ability to "random read access" an OPEN# ... and effectively does a [b]random read[/b] of 512 characters ... and a [b]random write[/b] back (even ...
    mattsteel mattsteel May 2018 Sinclair Basic
  • random numbersCan you write a piece of code that gets you a truly random number from the Spectrum, or is it only capable of generating a pseudo-random number (ie. …

    ... that gets you a truly random number from the Spectrum, or ... capable of generating a pseudo-random number (ie. one from a ...
    Spector Spector April 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Speccy Ringtones for your mobile :)Hi guys Im sure i cant be the first person to think of this, but with the aid of a few software packages, I spent this weekend converting some class…

    ... to these tunes, save each string on a single line in ... file, deleting notes generated by random noise.
    6 use something ...
    Anonymous Anonymous March 2002 Games
  • Wanted: Monty Mole and the random crushersA fairly good rip off of Jet Set Willy, this game suffers from one main weakness- the randomly falling crushers. You can be the best player in the wo…

    ... . Does anyone else agree that random elements like this ruin a ...
    Spector Spector July 2002 Games
  • RND not random?I recently wrote a simple Alien style game where the bad guys shoot you at random, it works fine, but after a while the Variable that is supposed to …

    ... bad guys shoot you at random, it works fine, but after ... that is supposed to be random gets stuck on a number ...
    Pirate Pirate June 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • Scrolling string variablesCan anyone help me with this for a program I'm writing on the spectrum. There was a command in speccy basic that would let you scroll a string variab…

    ... would let you scroll a string variable left or right one ...
    Neil^P Neil^P December 2003 Games
  • Random Pick.I finished the game 'Simpsons Hit & Run' on the weekend and I am about to choose another game to start playing in a few days time. I was thinking of…

    ... got me thinking that a 'random pick' feature might be a ... archive so that a totally random game could be choosen for ...
    Adventurer Adventurer March 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I need ASM for random numberI need to generate a random pair of coardinates in asm so that x=random no between 0 and 31, y=random no between 0 and 23. Any ideas on how to code …

    I need to generate a random pair of coardinates in asm so that x=random no between 0 and 31, y=random no between 0 and 23.

    Any ideas on how to code the above

    Cheers
    robpearmain robpearmain September 2004 Development
  • String slicing for UDG definitionHey everyone. Got a bit of a string slicing/string to variable conversion problem. 10 let a$="01100110" 20 let pokevalue=???? What expression do I…

    ... a bit of a string slicing/string to variable conversion problem.
    BigBadMick BigBadMick April 2005 Development
  • How do I get a random numberHi, I need a simple routine to get a random number from 1 to 4. I don't need nothing very complex or that much random, it just have to produce diffe…

    ... simple routine to get a random number from 1 to 4 ... very complex or that much random, it just have to produce ...
    AE.Vasconcelos AE.Vasconcelos May 2005 Development
  • Pseudo random numbersHi everybody, I 'd like to convert a little program i wrote in VisualBasic6.0 to C or C++ to make it run faster and for training as i'm a very very n…

    ... program in VB gets 5 random generated numbers (min=1 max ... to have the very same random generated numbers (not only the ... /> More generally:Can the pseudo random numbers generated in VB environment ... some way synchronized to pseudo random numbers generated in C or ...
    andregiax andregiax April 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget - Random World of Spectrum gameWell, now you all have a reason to upgrade to Windows Vista... I knocked up a sidebar gadget to load random games from World of Spectrum. Every 15 m…

    ... a sidebar gadget to load random games from World of Spectrum ...
    mjwilson mjwilson May 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…

    ... smithore mining.
    4. Random events, good and bad. Shit ... plot for that good, a random element, economies of scale ... the "32 column" string being printed at random locations in either left ... test shows a multi-line string being separated into individual ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous June 2007 Development
  • Insane string of bad luckWhat a horrendous past 3 months. :cry: All my computers died (including WoS), 2 of my guinea pigs died, my holidays got canceled and tonight my DVD p…

    ... out.
    Surely such a string of bad luck was thought ...
    mheide mheide February 2008 Chit chat
  • problem using FRAMES to generate 'random' numbersI realise the pros use bytes from ROM to get their random numbers, presumably because they want to use FRAMES to synchronise the printing and avoid s…

    ... from ROM to get their random numbers, presumably because they want ...
    bigjon bigjon March 2008 Development
  • Random Gamer ep1 - Spectrum SpecialHi, in Random gamer I randomly choose 3 games for a given system and do a sort of video review of them. The first attempt is with Spectrum games and …

    Hi, in Random gamer I randomly choose 3 ... YouTube Gaming Video's inc. Random Gamer Ep2[/b][/u][/url]
    SirClive SirClive June 2008 Announcements
  • 10 Random things about you.Have a butchers of this. 1. I fell thirty feet out a window when I was 1 year old onto concrete, landed on my ass and survived totally unscathed. …

    ... />
    Now tell me ten random things about you.
    Ælita Ælita August 2008 Chit chat
  • Random access, file sizes and more.A few days ago Aowen mentioned that random access to saved data is not a problem. Here are my thoughts, doubts and suggestions regarding this subject…

    ... days ago Aowen mentioned that random access to saved data is ...
    zxbruno zxbruno November 2008 Development
  • Web Server QuestionI did an exercise at a local school where they had to download a executable Java file from a standard web server. 27 pupils were instructed to acces…

    ... download page I used a random number generator to pick a ... this in to the URL string to randomly download one of ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk July 2009 Chit chat
  • Writing internet servers in ZX BASICNew Spectranet news! I have just finished adding the code to allow listening sockets to be used from BASIC. A simple example: [code] 10 %listen #4,…

    ... /> to see a list of random numbers appear on the screen ... be accepted, or an empty string if nothing is waiting.
    Winston Winston August 2009 Hardware
  • Req' Help with Random numbersHello all, im new to the forum, i hope im putting this in the right place ... I would like to ask a question in the hope someone will be able to as…

    ... can choose at random,(or at least as random as spectrum basic ...
    djloonix djloonix November 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Kung Fu Knights / Random things on tapesI've just sampled 'Kung Fu Knights' by Top Ten and was cropping the samples and thought there was some garbage or random data at the end of side 2. W…

    ... there was some garbage or random data at the end of ... else ever come across any random stuff hidden away on tapes ...
    richl richl April 2010 Infoseek database
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