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WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …
... many games that are written in basic i can study.
in the archive.
... Interesting thing i noticed in magazines - more and more the ... reduce the length of the variables to more compact means it ... -
Get a listing to .txtI am messing with an old Spectrum game which was written in Basic for the 48k Speccy (not compatible with 128s). I get an error in the begining of th…
... game and it was written in BASIC.
When I load it ... I cannot understand, it starts saving something and then I get ... -
ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…
[QUOTE=ub880d;621985]hey, in esxdos there are 2 slots ... only a second is for saving only. so try it as ... /> 1) boot esxdos
2) in basic cmdline enter: .tapeout simsave.tap ... auto loading it)
11) in simcity menu find and execute ... -
Query about memorySo I know this has been asked a lot and I beg your brief indulgence. I have scanned through a lot of old threads already but I'm trying to improve m…
... variables.
The type of RAM chips used in ... will store a value in the system variables that indicates that ... The system variables in the original Sinclair ZX Spectrum BASIC programming manual ... 255 = 33023 which is 80FF in hex which is nonsense for ... -
smooth movement in basicWas trying to figure this out myself but i would like to be pointed in right direction now :-). How do I make something move in Basic without gettin…
... ;658180]I did some timings in BASin for different methods of ... a single key-input point in the program loop (eg. LET ... there are multiple INKEY$ checks in the loop then, depending upon ... 's why in BASIC you do a GOSUB 9000 to initialize variables and ... -
smooth movement in basicWas trying to figure this out myself but i would like to be pointed in right direction now :-). How do I make something move in Basic without gettin…
... 's why in BASIC you do a GOSUB 9000 to initialize variables and ... during the loop and create variables. Then go back to loop ... -
syntax checking helpcan anyone help with syntax checking, its been a while since I did any basic extension coding this routine always gives :C nonsense in basic error …
... Bunny;660493]Are the numbers in the string being checked followed ... give a "Nonsense in BASIC" error if it's in run-time mode ... , because its not being run in syntax checking mode before run ... />
just tried it with variables instead of numbers and it ... -
Boriels ZX CompilerI'm trying to compile a very simple program and I keep getting the error: unexpected end of file. Here's my code: [CODE]10 cls 20: let n=0 22 do 2…
... our choices then were built in BASIC or nothing. I rapidly ... is bad in general, like global variables are bad in general. That ... isn't to say using them in ... Because I spent years programming in BASIC on various machines, until I ... -
Boriels ZX CompilerI'm trying to compile a very simple program and I keep getting the error: unexpected end of file. Here's my code: [CODE]10 cls 20: let n=0 22 do 2…
Look, [i]any[/i] construct in any language such as C/ ... ++ can be expressed just fine in BASIC, such that it has the ... manage a stack with some variables and some creative PEEK and ... -
New game from Retrobytes Productions: The World War Simulator: PART 1The first game from this spanish retrogroup is now out :) There is an english version, and a spanish one, its a game mixing strategy and arcade The d…
... like he is using many variables in floating format (not DIMing them ... smaller PutChars Routine from Britlion, saving much memory.
PRINT can ... /> I see a chance of saving 5-10 Kb.
Currently ... with the Intro for Yumiko in the haunted Mansion (Collector ... -
Your Computer Magazine ScansPlease forgive my Intrusion. At the moment I'm trying to type in an Amstrad game called "Bomber" which was published in an issue of "Your Computer" O…
... 'right', and to most other variables except 'h', do have a ... seen the "@" begin used in other BASIC programs in relation to the printer ... would drop the "%" after their variables and use "DEFINT a-z ... being written for a 464 in BASIC 1.0. The later machines ... -
+3 BASIC DOS_DemoI got side-tracked while working on the Op.Wolf conversion and ended up writing this +3 DOS utility which provides most of the disk functions that mi…
... these areas:
REM 1: BASIC program code & data
variables in page 7 as I considered ... might crash on returning to BASIC if its workspace was overwritten ... t see anything particularly critical in the +3 ROM 2 ... -
Deaf spectrum +3?I'm not having the best of luck so far. I've made a couple of poorly thought out impulse buys, and to date I've not really had much use out of any o…
... ever owned a 48k back in the 80s). While loading Centipod ... very quickly either with "nonsense in basic" error, or a tape load ... loading Centipod (and also SOS) in 48k mode too but without ... test writing/saving a basic program to tape and loading back in. But ... -
Deaf spectrum +3?I'm not having the best of luck so far. I've made a couple of poorly thought out impulse buys, and to date I've not really had much use out of any o…
... ever owned a 48k back in the 80s). While loading Centipod ... very quickly either with "nonsense in basic" error, or a tape load ... loading Centipod (and also SOS) in 48k mode too but without ... test writing/saving a basic program to tape and loading back in. But ... -
Bottom 4 lines of the screen fileI'm wanting to save the bottom 4 lines of the display memory (AT 20,0 to #0; AT 1,31) 23168 is the start of the attributes and its length will be 32…
... bottom four print lines. In BASIC I would have done a ... gt; 23295[/code]
In m/code the display file ... rows as one continuous row in a very few lines ... assuming there's graphic data in those four lines on ... be saved by just saving the character codes. -
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... Recording>Insert Tape for saving then select a blank tape ... already have).
6-In BASIC type Save "loader"LINE 1 ... loading screen file you saved in step 1, Type load""CODE ... -
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... >Insert Tape for saving then select a blank ... have).
6-In BASIC type Save "loader"LINE 1 ... I do is just saving the screen in .scr mode from ... the LOAD "" SCREEN$ in the main basic program). Then I ... first as one chunk of BASIC, then load the SCREEN ... -
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…
... /> 80% of it was written in BASIC and it was an amazing ... game itself allowed loading and saving of character.
I ... -
Mouse systems for ZX Spectrum[U][B]Mouse systems for ZX Spectrum[/B][/U] Okay, I have been reading the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?p=688449#post68…
... true position are used different variables in ZX ram. Driver calculare relative ... , add this values to true variables for cursor position and must ... limit for plot in ZX basic :-)
In assembler you can use ... -
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... Recording>Insert Tape for saving then select a blank tape ... already have).
6-In BASIC type Save "loader"LINE 1 ... loading screen file you saved in step 1, Type load""CODE ... -
BIN2BAS (load BASIC text into emulator) utilityI've nearly finished testing this. It allows a BASIC program to be loaded from a text file in any emulator which has a "load binary" option. I was wo…
... Line Edit Buffer and associated variables in RAMpage 7, which entailed ... to trap the "Nonsense in BASIC" error that's produced ... and update the editor workspace variables, which should then present ... which will include the BASIC loader with the restart option ... -
Rally Driver Hi-Score Challenge!!!I was looking for a game to aid [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=43476"]MickMog's thread[/URL] and discovered this little…
... the REPDEL and REPPER system variables (23561 - repeat delay, 23562 - repeat ... keyboard almost uncontrollable (try it in BASIC, POKE 23561,1: POKE 23562 ... ,1 and try to type in 10 PRINT "DEATH RALLY")
Rally Driver Hi-Score Challenge!!!I was looking for a game to aid [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=43476"]MickMog's thread[/URL] and discovered this little…
... the REPDEL and REPPER system variables (23561 - repeat delay, 23562 - repeat ... keyboard almost uncontrollable (try it in BASIC, POKE 23561,1: POKE 23562 ... ,1 and try to type in 10 PRINT "DEATH RALLY")
Can a guy that traveled on the short bus learn machine code...Hmmm So after some soul searching I figured it was time to finaly nail spectrum machine code. Its so frustrating to sit infront of a basic listing w…
... CARRY flag affect values in the register in a circle, from ... one other kid in school who actualy programmed in BASIC all the rest ... could afford (you try saving 12 quid when your allowance ... soiled underpants. ADC still resulted in full soilage...
...Copying data between memory banks in USR0 modeI am experimenting with Funky Fungus to load the majority of its data (levels, screens, music etc.) into memory banks 1, 3, 4, 6 and (partly) 7 by sw…
... another, then recalling them from BASIC and "pouring" their contents ... can't use 128 system variables in USR0 mode. The first ... stack pointer isn't in the top 16K of ... The standard RAM configuration in USR0 mode is R|2 ... only page the screen in when you want to ...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…
... have local parameters in vanilla ZXBasic but not local variables in DEF FN ... can write an entire procedure in a DEF FN statement ... ]
Remember that Sinclair BASIC was an almost complete implementation ... of the 1978 ANSI Minimal BASIC standard. BREAK didn't ...LOAD "" CODE - Blind Alleycame across [B]Blind Alley[/B] in the archives, and both tzx/tap versions only have Bytes header, no Basic loader with autostart - please, anyone, ho…
... rubber speccy. Played it loads in the 1980s. Have you ... the BASIC interpreter, BASIC would resume (with new system variables and BASIC program ... and then extract the BASIC Progs and E LINE ... can be found using system variables:
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[*]PPC ...LOAD "" CODE - Blind Alleycame across [B]Blind Alley[/B] in the archives, and both tzx/tap versions only have Bytes header, no Basic loader with autostart - please, anyone, ho…
... BASIC and ends after loading the whole game. Due to the saving ... with the BASIC part of the loading ... will return to the loaded BASIC after loading and run the ... 48K. This would also autostart in the same way as above ...LOAD "" CODE - Blind Alleycame across [B]Blind Alley[/B] in the archives, and both tzx/tap versions only have Bytes header, no Basic loader with autostart - please, anyone, ho…
... the BASIC interpreter, BASIC would resume (with new system variables and BASIC program ... can be found using system variables:
[list]
[*]PPC ... - Cont repeats" stopping the basic loader to reveal the randomize ... could be real pain in the ass to explain ...Documentation for SP1 for Z88DK?(I was going to post in [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=11729"]the other thread[/URL], so if a mod thinks this should go…
... have to take care of saving registers and re-enabling interrupts ... work. The EXX thing for saving registers in "fast interrupt response" was ... the declaration of a few variables. The reason is the compiler ... to make space for those variables on the stack -- if ...
