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New Functions for Sinclair BasicA total of 52 new functions can be added to Sinclair BASIC; 26 numeric functions (A-Z) and 26 string functions (A$-Z$). Owing to the internal structu…
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Can Anyone Suggest a Good Emulator for a Slow Laptop?I have an old Pentium 2 Thinkpad. I have already tried Spin on it and although it does run. It is slow. The only way I could get decent speed out …
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Happy birthday RNDThink of a number between 0-100 RND, go on, any number. Huppy Burthus-day.
Think of a number between 0-100 RND, go on, any number.
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Disappearing/appearing effectI remember doing a small routine in BASIC which could be used to cover the attributes section randomly, until all 704 characters were filled with the…
... version of my routine used RND and ATTR to paint randomly ... started fast, but it would slow down near the end.
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Has WOS been slow and unresponsive lately?over the weekend ive not been able to get onto wos, the homepage has been taking 20 minutes and not openening fully, never mind the forum pages. ever…
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FAST and SLOW .TAP loading in RESIDOSWhy is in RESIDOS this TAP file loaded always too slow ? (with lines in border area). Other TAP files on my drive is fast loaded, but loading this fi…
Why is in RESIDOS this TAP file loaded always too slow ? (with lines in border area). Other TAP files on my drive is fast loaded, but loading this file is always slow.
[url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/other/tapslow.zip[/url]
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Slow down ZXSpin Emulator?Hi, I am wondering if the author of ZXSpin would consider adding a facility to slow the emulation down? Maybe a hot key that when pressed would togg…
... consider adding a facility to slow the emulation down? Maybe a ... would be very handy to slow it down to see [I ... -
Forums Slow?Is it just me, or are the forums really slow at the moment (the last few days)? :-? I've just moved back up to uni so loading pages shouldn't be slo…
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Youtube Slow?Has anyone else noticed that Youtube has been slow this week in streeming video? On some videos it seems to wait until the whole video has downloade…
Has anyone else noticed that Youtube has been slow this week in streeming video?
On some videos it seems to wait until the whole video has downloaded before it will play or allow you to play.
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problem with RND (or maybe INT)I'm using this statement: LET m=(INT (RND*sn)+k1)*k2-k1 to give a pointer m to a 2-byte segment of a string l$. Items k1 & k2 are integer constants…
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LET m=(INT (RND*sn)+k1)*k2-k1
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RND CommandsExactly how random are they? Reason I ask is I'm using 4 of them to generate a random number, the value of which then assigns movement commands to f…
... seem to recall a RANDOMIZE RND command which I've entered ...
930 LET k=INT (RND*8)
940 LET l ... =INT (RND*8)
950 LET m ... =INT (RND*8)
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RND numberHow do I go about selecting from the numbers 4,9,14 and 19? (RND*4)*5-1 ????? :-?
How do I go about selecting from the numbers 4,9,14 and 19?
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Basic BASIC help needed RNDHi all, I have recently re-discovered an old program I wrote in the early 90s which would do generate random lottery numbers. I know little now, an…
Dimming the screen...Hi Folks, I was hoping someone on here could help me with a wee machine code routine. I have written the following example in BASIC: [CODE]100 REM…
... : PRINT AT y,x; PAPER RND*7;" ": NEXT x: NEXT y ... ): NEXT a
150 REM SLOW[/CODE]
When run ...Help needed... RND in machine codeI have been battling away trying to convert a simple BASIC routine (below) to machine code, but to no avail. The routine is used to fire 2 bullets a…
... flummoxed, mainly due to the RND equation!
Any ideas ...problems with rndGot past the whole INKEY$ issue and now am trying to pin down the combat section of the game. got a basic combat routine however, when i try and gen…
... LET PH=INT (RND*6)+(INT (RND*6))+(INT (RND*6)): LET PD ... =INT (RND*6): LET MH=INT (RND ... *18): LET MD=INT (RND*6)
50 ...generating a pre-defined list in an un-defined sequenceI've decided to become a drunkard, to which end I've been drinking a whole bottle of beer in one day (whereas normally I'd make it last 2 or 3 days).…
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20 LET r=INT (RND*768): LET y=INT (r ... in an irregular (and increasingly slow) manner. The simple solution to ...RND cyclical behaviourGood evening. I'm playing with RND function to show its cyclical behaviour, i.e. after 65536 calls to it, the next one will return the same value of …
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I'm playing with RND function to show its cyclical ...
15 LET r=INT (RND*n)
20 LET y ...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. …
Some ZX games are too slow or too fast. Problem with ... /> DOUBLE DRAGON 3 is also slow. One POKE 43315,0 replace ... screen synchronisation, but also for slow down game code.Game of Life.Last year (I think) or maybe the year before, I entered a Game of Life simulator into the CSS CGC compo but for the Sinclair ZX81. I decided to port…
... b: LET g(i,j)=RND*x>e: NEXT j ... out that this is very slow, but with some presentation magic ... , no one will notice how slow it updates.
Because ...spectaculator slow optionHi i didn't find an option to slow down the speccy(if a game is too fast and slowing it down can make it better) does any one know how can i slow d…
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i didn't find an option to slow down the speccy(if a game is too fast and slowing it down can make it better)
does any one know how can i slow down using the spectaculator emulator?Slow "Mark All Viewed"I don't know if this is just me, but I find the "Mark All Viewed" function incredibly slow. Is this something that can be fixed?
I don't know if this is just me, but I find the "Mark All Viewed" function incredibly slow.
Is this something that can be fixed?Slow serverApologies for the slow site today - we are updating the server in preparation for loading more infoseek data, and it's affected the database performa…
Apologies for the slow site today - we are updating the server in preparation for loading more infoseek data, and it's affected the database performance. It will be finished this evening...random number generator without using rnd in basicwhat is the simplest way to generate random numbers in basic (0-255), without using the rnd statement? i also want it to always generate the same…
what is the simplest way to generate random numbers in basic (0-255), without using the rnd statement?
i also want it to always generate the same numbers over and over again.New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... than 130 tend to noticeably slow down the keyboard response (since ...Ways to use double buffering in basicI was meddling with woody's print stream code where you can print characters at any pixel location on screen. I was playing with 12 sprites, very ann…
... /> 30 rem *A crap and slow game *
40 rem * to ... $
1300 let i=int(rnd*maxi)
1310 let inci ...fullscreen spectaculatorIs there any way to speed the emu up in fullscreen, its fairly slow. Im using a 22" widescreen monitor.
[quote=RND;177710]Is there any way ... up in fullscreen, its fairly slow. Im using a 22" widescreen ...fullscreen spectaculatorIs there any way to speed the emu up in fullscreen, its fairly slow. Im using a 22" widescreen monitor.
[QUOTE=RND;177710]Is there any way to speed the emu up in fullscreen, its fairly slow. Im using a 22" widescreen monitor.[/QUOTE]
:grin: It will run faster on a smaller monitor - less square inches to update. :grin:
