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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 ...
    Takashi64 Takashi64 January 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Random game text funMy wife is watching Nigella Lawson shovelling her cooking into her pie hole, and she was making Chocolate hotpots. But it sounded like she said Hot-a…

    ... ?"

    Anyway this totally random train of thought got me ... me wonder if typing other random bits of text or conversations ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek April 2011 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... expert when it comes to random numbers. If I have the ... and then proceed to generate random numbers from that seed I ... should get a pseudo random sequence - correct?

    However ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman May 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Help with random numbers......Hi all, wonder if anyone can help me... sort of a novice here ... I have been trying to write a simple ish basic program to compare random sets of n…

    ... ish basic program to compare random sets of numbers
    for ... of 6 numbers that the random generating routine (that i thought ... !

    10 REM PUT RANDOM NUMBERS INTO X ARRAY
    130 REM PRINT RANDOM NUMBERS IN SETS OF 6 ...
    loonix loonix July 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • CMWC random number generator for Z80Seeing the interest regarding the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=23070"]Xor-Shift random number generator for Z80[/URL]…

    ... .php?t=23070"]Xor-Shift random number generator for Z80[/URL ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak June 2012 Development
  • Random number from a rangeHow can I generate in assembly a random number from a range, let's say 0-21 or 0-57? There are generators which make it 0-255. By using bit masks I…

    How can I generate in assembly a random number from a range, let's say 0-21 or 0-57?

    There are generators which make it 0-255.

    By using bit masks I can make it 0-127,0-63,0-31 and so on. But what if my range isn't that "equal"?
    Ralf Ralf September 2012 Development
  • Defective +2 grey with only random coloured screen while powering onHi, so the story goes: After buying myself an divIDE and a grey +2, this runs well for a few days. But while playing a game the picture stucks and …

    ... the picture stucks and gets random coloured.

    At this ... on, I only get a random coloured picture most white and ... changes one time to another random picture like this:

    Luzie Luzie September 2013 Hardware
  • Deterministic random number generatorI'm looking for a random number generator in assembly which, given a seed, the generated sequence is always the same. You change the seed, you get a …

    I'm looking for a random number generator in assembly which, given a seed, the generated sequence is always the same. You change the seed, you get a different sequence, but same seed = same sequence.

    Any pointers?
    na_th_an na_th_an February 2014 Development
  • Random game searchNot sure if it's been asked already, but are there plans to keep the "pick a random game" option? I like the current feature. It's a nice way of f…

    ... to keep the "pick a random game" option?

    I ...
    Morkin Morkin October 2015 Feature Requests
  • Random Game InterpretationsHi All Just some random thoughts I'd been having around what it is about the (specifically the example of JSW / MM) games that so appeals to me: …

    ... All

    Just some random thoughts I'd been having ... a game?

    Thoughts (random or otherwise) :P
    saddestmoon saddestmoon February 2016 Games
  • So where is the random number in the Speccy ?So I am messing around with ZX Spectrum Assembler and I want a random number. I looked up previous posts and one of the links said that random number…

    ... Assembler and I want a random number. I looked up previous ... of the links said that random numbers are in the ROM ...
    ivanb303 ivanb303 November 2016 Assembler
  • 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 Your ... /> "This is the 32-bit random number generator routine I used ... fast and returns a reasonable random
    number. This version ... Spectrum version. So for a random number function 3*speed of ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • Playing my own random 'Cover Tapes'So after reading through some old magazines, I started to get nostalgic about the old days, where I'd get a new Spectrum mag 3 weeks out of 4 complet…

    ... /> So I went to the random button in the WOS Archive ... times, and I had 5 random games of varying quality that ... and let you try my random 'Cover Tapes' for yourselves...obviously ...
    deadpan666 deadpan666 August 2017 Games
  • 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…

    ... [/b] is the ability to "random read access" an OPEN# microdrive ... [/b] is the ability to "random write" back to the same ... ) and effectively does a [b]random read[/b] of 512 characters ... and a [b]random write[/b] back (even if ...
    mattsteel mattsteel May 2018 Sinclair Basic
  • Getting an even random numberWhat would be the best, simplest way to do this ? I was thinking of say: A = RND*100 Then a conditional along the lines of: IF A / 2 <> I…

    ... not matter I require a random number between 0 and 63 ...
    spider spider November 2018 Sinclair Basic
  • 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.
    digital digital June 2019 Development
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