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Where does the BASIC program sit 48K Spectrum memory?Hi there First post so be gentle, I've had a spectrum since the 80's and have recently started programming it for fun again. I wrote the followin…
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I wrote the following program which draws some cool patterns ... system variables or the actual program listing? I looked up some ... -
So it occurred to me; "Why bother with going into 48K BASIC when you can just....wrap the machine code calls inside a 'RST #28;DEFW addr:RET'?" Of course, you DO need a small M/C routine to do that, and ta-daaa, here it is: [cod…
... ; hide the M/C from BASIC
Call48 RST #28 ; ... a routine in the 48-BASIC environment
DEFW #2DA2 ; ... /> and here's a tiny BASIC program to poke it into memory ... call routines in the 48-BASIC ROM, there is no need ... -
Time Gate graphics patchI've rediscovered Time Gate and one thing I don't like about the game is that it's hard to remember what's what in the status indicators. The manual …
... moment it's a little BASIC program that loads UDGs then POKEs ... with a Multiface & type LOAD "". This is how it looks ... but getting better at Boriel BASIC, but I guess I'll ... -
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…
... instances the required return to BASIC with a decimal fraction between ... return that value to the BASIC program.
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Here's the BASIC timing routine which I use ... it would be when the program was running normally.
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z88dk : Support FunctionsJust a quick one here, I am looking to doing some dirty dirty code with C and load a screen$ file from the disk using "system( command )" - yes I …
... dirty code with C and load a screen$ file from the ... able to LOAD an application / game using my C program as launcher ... AND location to the ROM load routine?
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Where's my green square? Basic & m/c question.I'm going mad here - can anyone tell me why my little basic program isn't displaying a green square at the top of the screen? I've checked the num…
... tell me why my little basic program isn't displaying a green ... appears ...just not in this program. I've repositioned it in ... I don't think the basic is overwriting the M/C ... -
Flood Fill IssueHi Folks, Came across the following Flood Fill routine by John Metcalf: [code]; scanline fill by John Metcalf ; call with d=x-coord, e=y-coo…
... entered it via the following BASIC program:
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WIP 3d libretro front-end -- virtual Spectrum collectionI've created a sort of 3d virtual ZX Spectrum programs collection. It is part of testing my 3d libretro front-end with lua scripting. At this point…
... nodes, texture() to load textures onto objects, print ... node to manipulate), sky() (load skybox), put (set properties), ... (), scale(), rot(), pointlight(), texture(), load(), save(), dirtable(), line3d().
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TZX/Taper headachesI've been doing a stocktake of all my Spectrum stuff, most of which I bought in a job lot a few years back, and there's a whole load of covertapes in…
... and there's a whole load of covertapes in there, ... Audacity. So I can load the game into the ... I can see the program load and execute perfectly on ... tape file that won't run properly on emulators. From ... , and this trashes the entire program.
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Alternative to Poke 23659,0 to prevent a 'break in' to a Basic Program.Good morning everyone, My memory fails me these days but in the early days of programming I used to use Poke 23659,0 as a crude way of offering so…
... of offering some sort of program protection.
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A snapshot to transfer converterI'm programming a tool that takes an snapshot file and convert it to a tape file that mimics those created with transfers. This is a long term projec…
... I haven't done a program in ages and haven't ... mimics a transtape saved game (BASIC, CODE 16384,75 and a ... any previous file.
- The BASIC program is named 1942.
- It ... to load it).
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FUSE keeps losing my files!Its infuriating that I saved the Basic program I just wrote as a Snapshot and when I went to load it, I couldn't find it! FUSE always opens my Downl…
... infuriating that I saved the Basic program I just wrote as a ... and when I went to load it, I couldn't find ... forgotten what I called the Basic file) and once again it ... finds it and lets me load it but I still dont ... -
Passing parameter from BASIC to assembler routineWas there a "clean" way of passing parameter(s) from a BASIC program to an assembler routine? Something like parameterising RANDOMIZE USR call? I fac…
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Need the title of the Sinclair Basic manual to look for itI had a copy but I've lost the USB chip it was on! I need it to look up commands because some Basic programs I looked at all used the command MOD and…
... look up commands because some Basic programs I looked at all ... only exception was an Applesoft Basic program that used DEF FN (A ... -
Tool that allows step thru BASIC prog/save in .txt formatHi folks, I'm looking for a tool that allows you to step through a BASIC program line-by-line. BASin won't work for me, I'm not sure why. It shows t…
... you to step through a BASIC program line-by-line. BASin won ... too that will save a BASIC listing in .txt format (or ... -
Hunchback is back!Hi, I would like to publish again an old-fashion style writing what perhaps should be valueable if we wrote 1985. Maybe somebody will try it ... …
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RUN your program and decide how to play ... 24698
Type LOAD "" CODE 16384 and start the ... />
Type LOAD "HBCODE" CODE 24998 and load your earlier saved ... />
CLEAR 24698
LOAD "1" CODE
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Emulators for .TAP & .TZX FilesCan someone help. I have recently started playing Spectrum games on my PC but I am having severe difficulty loading *.TAP & *TZX files. It comes up…
Try to make a .TAP file yourself. Save a simple BASIC-program and re-load it.
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Games cracking...A question for the crackers out here.... What was your very first game you cracked and for how long were you 'in clouds' of it? My very first progr…
... the basic loader.
But cracking turboloaders (to make a program load ... Disciple (to make a program load really fast). I converted Skate ... -
ZX-2-PC Interface continue...A couple of months ago I started to built an interface for less then ? 5,00 which should communicate to the PC on a high speed. Yesterday I managed t…
... to alter a standard LOAD-ing program from tape. It will ... started to load from harddisk. This small MC-program can however ... be loaded with the following BASIC-program
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Loading with CODEHi all! I last played speccy games back in '91. that's when it died IMHO. It's good to see people are keeping the dream alive with emulators and util…
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To load games of this type, all ... , and how it tokenises BASIC keywords, however, you should ... />
J (displayed as LOAD)
Symbol shift + P (")< ... LOAD "" CODE, Transylvanian Tower is ironically very, very much a BASIC program! -
Microdrive woesHi there! Just managed to pick up a 2nd hand Microdrive and interface one... Came with an introductory program which doesn't seem to load. Since its…
... select the hardware and enter RUN then the behaviour of the ... bug whereby loading a large basic program when there is insufficient free ... -
what were your most..................what were your most memoriable times of the zx spectrum and why? :) octave
... . You may also use RUN "DOOMlev1" to load the program.
In ... those you have to run in order to load all the other ... drive, choose "TR-DOS", type RUN and voila! -
Cascade Cassette 50 QuestionOdd request, but does anyone have the entire collection of 50 Cascade games available for an emulator? Surely someone must have saved them all to a …
Ciao,
visto che conosci le compilation sai se ? possibile trovare da qualche parte nella rete le vecchie cassette:
Load'n'Run
Special Program
SPecial Playgames
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Basic listings memory occupationI remember readong someplace that due to basic's representation of number, in a program, in order to save space, it was better to represent integers …
If you run the program you will see the PRINT ... a nice effect when you run the BASIC after that. It was ... -
new to emulators...I tried using a speccy emulator several years ago...but I see that they have improved by leaps and bounds now. So...what is the best emulator to use …
... a z80, so you can load it up again, and enable ... as you're entering a BASIC program (a sort of faster save ... -
Here's a christmas present for you!SE Basic is no longer being developed.
... you planning to extend Basic to support the host ... it just meant to run Spectrum Basic programs fast and make ... timer, so it'll run BASIC as fast as it can ... fun - I'm trapping load and save commands to go ... speccy community, although loading BASIC from a .sna or ... -
Basic and AY musicis it possible to play an ay-music in background while a basic program is running?
... a humble 27 year old basic programmer. When I was 15 ... :) I just playing with zx basic to have fun and for ... to execute machine code and run basic commands at the same time ... command that it wont halt basic program while playing, it will be ... -
Basic and AY musicis it possible to play an ay-music in background while a basic program is running?
... re just writing a basic program to listen to music, ... in the context of a program where other things are ... 128 basic type USR 0 and then load it.
program. Somewhere towards the ... also just Load the last block ( the main program ) with ... -
Run BASIC program by R. USR xxxxxGuys, please help. Suppose I have BASIC program in my Spectrum 48K starting with line 10. I'd like to start it by RANDOMIZE USR xxxxx. Which paramete…
... is absolutely no reason to run BASIC from machine code - ... Either you run in MC or you run in BASIC and call ... program is coded in mc while other part is in basic ... one block. Before runing basic part, I have to ... to know how to run basic (form basic) using R. USR ...
