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Pixelwise scrolling sideways - how many ways to do it?Not that I need to, but I've been wondering if there's a good way to do this that I haven't considered. Scrolling [B]pixelwise [/B]vertically is "ea…
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joining lines of BASICDue to overwhelming demand - well, one demand - well, more of a suggestion, really - here's a routine to join together lines of BASIC. The vertical c…
... the join and leave the scrolling function enabled.
I ... d,(hl) ;DE=1st line text length + ENTER
inc hl ... /> inc bc ;BC=2nd line text length + 4 + ENTER
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Poking a string to memory...I'm looking to poke a string of characters including colour control codes to memory, I'm currently doing it by hand: 16,2,19,1,22,1,1,144 That equa…
... 'm looking to poke a string of characters including colour control ... do it by poking a string such as A$? -
Text Adventures through Facebook; advice please!I've started doing what I call text adventures (but would really fall under the category of role-playing) with friends through the chat on Facebook, …
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Overflow Detection while Scanning a Number from a StringI've got some strange behaviour from a subroutine that reads a number from a string and converts it to a 32-bit long. It's C's strtol if it helps to…
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simplest method to pass a string to m/code?The statement "RANDOMIZE numvar+USR mc" is a simple way of passing a single numeric parameter to a m/c routine, as mc can retrieve numvar from the to…
... doing the same for a string variable but haven't done ... to SCANNING to get the string details onto the calculator stack ... $): whereby mc can obtain the string details from within the DEF ... for the name of the string to be pointed to by ... -
La quete du chevalier, uMIA Text adventure from FranceAs per this review in SOS Adventure in Tilt: [url]http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Tilt/tilt_numero028/TILT%20-%20n%B028%20-%20janvier%20fe…
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Text adventure, in french, about Camelot ... -
SUPER INPUTA couple days ago I searched for an "INPUT string" routine that I could use in Assembly programs and supported multiple lines, but I found none. Thus…
... I searched for an "INPUT string" routine that I could use ... ]
SHIFT-1 to clear text
SHIFT-2 to switch ... cursor to the end of text
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1986 Text adventuresI hadn't realised until I started doing this blog entry what a great year 1986 was for[URL="http://jdanddiet.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/speccy-years-1986…
I hadn't realised until I started doing this blog entry what a great year 1986 was for[URL="http://jdanddiet.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/speccy-years-1986-text-adventures.html"] text adventures![/URL] -
SpecBAS 0.747 Now available!Hiya folks - it's update time again! SpecBAS has had a load of new fixes, as well as some new additions! Firstly, as you all wanted it, SpecBAS can…
... 10 will centre any following text on row 10
Command ... /> CONST optimisations to commonly used string operations - variable lookups will now ... -
Interview with Steve Wetherill (Odin)Hi you all!!! Here is the interview done to STEVE WETHERILL (Nodes of Yesod, Robin of The Wood, Arc of Yesod, Heartland... ?Odin!) and published at […
... CPM. We used Memo for text editing, and M80/L80 for ... ?s games, especially Cobra. His scrolling code was second to none ... -
Lighter: Better Than Raw[CENTER]So, [B](Burn The) Lighter's back[/B]! And don't ask me why I had to skip issue two at that point. [IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/95941449/Bur…
... 128K machines, except for snaily text scrolling.
Works perfectly on Pentagon ... -
giant pop-up text?!Since I installed Explorer 8 and Firefox 15 the text in the Infoseek pop-up suggestions box has gone ginormous. I was sure that with the earlier vers…
... 8 and Firefox 15 the text in the Infoseek pop-up ... earlier versions the pop-up text was the same size as ... the search expression text. I've tried changing the ... -
Games with good scrollingI know the Speccy's forte was not scrolling games but their must have been some that not flick screen and maybe even smooth! I remember playing a few…
... Speccy's forte was not scrolling games but their must have ... -
SpecBAS 0.759 Now available!Hi all - Another round of bugfixes and a couple (well, one) of new features! Go grab the latest from [url]http://www.specbas.co.uk/[/url] - linux a…
... handling arrays.
OUT - send text output to a variable (OUT ... embedded in a PRINT or TEXT command.
Bugs fixed ... PRINT to a stream or string var, but also the output ... various other commands which emit text - such as CAT or LIST ... -
SpecBAS 0.766 Now available!HI Folks! Sorry for the lack of updates recently, but with a one-year-old son I'm not getting much time these days - that will improve later, I'm su…
... ORIGIN command's function for text placement with AT
... clipping
OUT - send text output to a variable (OUT ... filespec" ALL
Python-style string multiplication - 2*"Hello" will create ... foreign installs converting ansi text to unicode in the ... -
Windows emus on LinuxYesterday I tested my new Fuduntu Linux distribution and of course my favorite windows emulators. I was really pleasantly surprised at how well they …
... RealSpectrum, work great through wine, scrolling is even smoother than under ... smooth synchronized scrolling (Dan Dare and Stainless Steel bottom scroll text in ... -
Printing textThis is probably quite a basic question, or there might be something obvious I'm missing. I'm looking for an economical way of printing formatted te…
... economical way of printing formatted text in a set-width column ... ). The content and amount of text will vary (e.g. sometimes ... got a fair amount of text overall, so those control codes ... better way to print the text that uses less memory, or ... -
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…
... to be loaded from a text file in any emulator which ... Map / Key Caps in the text editor to insert the correct ... may be split across multiple text lines
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Spectrum text adventures with music - are there any?I was playing the C64 version of Kentilla and rather enjoying [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX0gIf1Hg4E"]Rob Hubbard's in-game soundtrack[/URL…
I was playing the C64 version of Kentilla and rather enjoying [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX0gIf1Hg4E"]Rob Hubbard's in-game soundtrack[/URL].
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Text adventures.Playing text adventures on handheld systems, is it possible-sensible and which system is best. Cheers.
Playing text adventures on handheld systems, is it possible-sensible and which system is best.
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TXT2EMU enhancementI was looking at the encodings supported by BAS2TAP for entering graphics, print controls, etc. as plain text. Basically, there's only one needed, be…
... , print controls, etc. as plain text. Basically, there's only one ... reason, you wanted the literal text for {00} or whatever, then ... ' and returns them as a string.) This also allows the use ... -
Mansion Kali, Spanish C64 text adv, gets Speccy portMansion Kali, a spanish text adventure game released by the nice fellas of Commodore Plus at last RetroMadrid event, is now available for the Spectru…
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Scrolling by 2 pixelsWhat is the fastest way of scrolling a Spectrum screen line by 2 pixels left or right? When thinking about it I've come to this simple solution: [C…
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Another vertical scrolling questionwhile talking about w256 x h128 vertical scrolling, are 128k modes have any advantages over 48k models? has extra ram or swappable screen buffer any…
while talking about w256 x h128 vertical scrolling, are 128k modes have any advantages over 48k models?
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Found my old Manic Miner scrolling hackI don't remember if I put this old hack here on WoS so [URL="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/e.tinney/manic.szx"]here's a snapshot[/URL]. Be impressed w…
I don't remember if I put this old hack here on WoS so [URL="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/e.tinney/manic.szx"]here's a snapshot[/URL]. Be impressed with the silky smooth scrolling :p -
Yet another Prisoner (spanish) text adventure!Had you guys a good time playing [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=mansion+kali&loadpics=3]Mansion Kali[/url]? Then, from the v…
... ' The Prisoner, a brand new text adventure simultaneously released for the ... -
FZX Driver for z88dkAn fzx library for z88dk can be downloaded [URL="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6XhJJ33xpOWM2hWNjAxMVkxaEk/edit?usp=sharing"]here[/URL]. The libr…
... );[/B]
Output zero terminated string.
[B]int fzx_write ... ]
I've added text extent queries.
[B ... to specify how wide your text window is and use this ... they are contained in the string.
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Help identifying a Text adventure!I have the feeling that this Spanish text adventure: [url]http://computeremuzone.com/ficha.php?id=307&sec=spectrum[/url] is actually the translatio…
... the feeling that this Spanish text adventure:
[url]http ...
