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A Miscellany of Dangerous TipsHere's a selection of ideas for using some of the more obscure system variables which I've found handy on occasion. They can be very convenient if us…
... upon this idea, a similar variable space can be assigned anywhere in ... available for reference in its variable space after the function has been ... features saving time and/or space which are not otherwise possible from BASIC ... -
Idiots guide needed for idiotI thought I would try and give a basic compiler a go. The trouble is that I have tried both hisoft and mcoderIII and it just doesnt seem to be worki…
... /> MCoder3 can compile almost every basic program, it's very compatible ... the very end of memory space.
To be ... emulator, insert a tape for saving first. Prefer .tap format.)
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Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... in this version - to save BASIC space)
To ... so am doing all BASIC dabbling in ZX SPIN ... naturally fits a ZX BASIC string array (i.e ... variable p(n), rather than x(n),y(n), saving further space. Net space ... row and a half of BASIC code overall.
Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
... a specific subroutine in the BASIC loader which loads new ... C program, not the associated basic program).
Here ... registers, for example). Also some basic commands will mess with the ... the uspeech's memory mapped variable space. Here's an [URL=" ...Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
... C program, not the associated basic program).
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Keep in mind that Basic expects the IY register and ... registers, for example). Also some basic commands will mess with the ... the uspeech's memory mapped variable space. Here's an [URL=" ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... up too much space on the BASIC listing. So ... for the previously submitted space invaders game. I ... Net saving was a further 6 characters of BASIC listing ...
I tried saving further space by changing
... 2 chars of BASIC line space remaining.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…
... contains the actual code and variable space allocations, whereas the header file ... an ascii string (similar to basic's STR$) and writes the ... end of string "s". The basic equivalent to this would be ... of random number generators like basic's RND and C's ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... evaluated 3 times, saving further space by using the temporary variable 's' simply ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... account the current ball direction (variable c) in the expression that ... updates variable d.
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ANN: ColorPRINTColorPRINT gives you 256 fully programmable Timex mode 2 characters (maximum 16 colours per character if you have bright black) to use in your 48 BAS…
... DIM command anywhere in the BASIC yet at line 9010 it ... ).
Some ways of saving more space :
1) Remove ... converted from another dialect of BASIC. I'm sure the program ...Help! Reverse engineering a Spectrum game[deleted]
... the display with colour thus saving graphics space, or to draw a ... save programming time and code space. I could go on...
basic 3D, panel displays, eye candy ...Copying from divIDE+/Tape to +3 DiskCan it be done? Im about to place an order for some 3" disks and wanted to put my favourite games on them, but im having a hard time trying to figure…
... ? Do you have any free space on any of your CF ... a matter of me saving a simple BASIC program along with the ...Use of saving arrays ?I was wondering did much software (cannot think of any of the top of my head) make use of the facilities to save and load arrays ? :) I had to check…
... thought it saved the entire variable space, but it might have just ... may have saved the entire BASIC area, program, variables and all ...SE BasicAfter 13 years of development I thought I'd run out of things to optimize, but it turns out I was wrong. However, I'm now running out of time to work…
... /> [*]ANSI BASIC-78 / ECMA-55 Minimal BASIC standard compliant.
[*]AY silenced on BASIC report.
[*]AY supported ... br /> [*]More room for BASIC programs.
[*]Newton-Raphson ... .
[*]User system variable space accessible via IY register.
FZX: a new standard format and driver for proportional fonts[B]FZX[/B] is a very compact and efficient (although extremely flexible and powerful) standard format to create new fonts for the ZX-Spectrum. It sup…
... system uses IX for tracking variable space. I had a fun moment ... , and Sinclair Basic uses IY for its own system variable tracking (A ... register is tied up for basic!), you have to do some ...P.O.W.As far as I know, a port of P.O.W. (Prisoners of War) from NHK, doesn't exist. [img]https://cld.pt/dl/download/61d19b5e-453b-489c-b17b-d3ed6fccd594/…
... screen flipping, like Renegade, saving some space by going monochrome (yes, good ... over again...
Some basic questions to think about:
P.O.W.As far as I know, a port of P.O.W. (Prisoners of War) from NHK, doesn't exist. [img]https://cld.pt/dl/download/61d19b5e-453b-489c-b17b-d3ed6fccd594/…
... screen flipping, like Renegade, saving some space by going monochrome (yes, good ... /> [quote="kgmcneil;863355"]
Some basic questions to think about:
Numeric arrays: floating point or integer?I've just started programming a game in Sinclair BASIC (see the thread 'UFO Defence Command' in game ideas, although I'm going to call it ZXCOM ;) ).…
... define the arrays within the BASIC program, you end up with ... listing and one in the variable space in memory. If so, ... can you save more space again by defining the arrays ... "" DATA; then deleting the original BASIC initialisation (or, better still, keeping ...Numeric arrays: floating point or integer?I've just started programming a game in Sinclair BASIC (see the thread 'UFO Defence Command' in game ideas, although I'm going to call it ZXCOM ;) ).…
... define the arrays within the BASIC program, you end up ... listing and one in the variable space in memory. If so, ... "" DATA; then deleting the original BASIC initialisation (or, better still, keeping ... are saved along with the BASIC program.
This method ...How much can you get into 48k?Todays experiment was to see how long, how much text, a PRINT statement will hold. I filled it up with * and counted them and got 689 chrs. Almost 22…
... one to get around space limitations by daisy chaining ... to use in your basic program, because I think ... You have the actual Basic program taking up so ... it has to allocate variable space again for the text. ... you 10 lines of BASIC program for each location ...FOR vs LET (speed)Hi dear friends. A question for you 10 FOR I = 0 TO 10 11 PRINT I 12 NEXT I 10 LET I = 0 20 PRINT I 30 LET I = I+1 40 IF I < 11 THEN GOTO …
... in the FOR-NEXT control variable space. See [url="https://worldofspectrum.org ... /> Hence as well as less BASIC statements and expressions to process ...Hard drive and Multiface problemsI recently read about the Spectrum +3e, and thought to myself - "I'll give that a try, and I'll build the Hard drive Interface while I'm at it". So,…
... wrong here? I tried saving a simple basic program to the hard ...XLR-8 mastering utilities - help wanted!!Hello. Ironic I know given I wrote them! I can't for the life of me get the XLR-8 mastering utilities to work under emulation. It goes through the m…
... got as far as saving out a Basic loader - but it won ...New and updated software for ResiDOSI've posted an update to the TapeIO package for ResiDOS. This includes a couple of bugfixes and an enhanced listing in the %TAPELIST command, showing…
... %TAPELIST command, showing array variable names, BASIC autorun line numbers and CODE ...Loading arrays in BASin...Hi Folks, I have been playing with loading and saving arrays from BASIC in BASin. By trapping the SAVE command the DATA can be saved to a .TAP file…
... playing with loading and saving arrays from BASIC in BASin. By trapping ...Getting scr addresses from x and yCould someone please tell me how to calculate the 8 screen addresses corresponding to a character printed in basic at coordinates x and y? For examp…
... but I think searching through variable space is quicker than a search ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... clever sinclair keys method for saving further space in the combined version ... , then that would need more space than we perhaps have available ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... think). It certainly is worth saving the space in that case.
Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... "fix it" again after printing - Saving two entire statements. Also, you ... original simpler score printing method, saving further space.
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Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... stepping method, saving a lot of space.
Space saved allowed reverting ... this in the next version, saving further space.
The expression ...
