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  • Those RANDOMIZE USR lines that look like tape loading...I often see on here people mentioning those RANDOMIZE USR lines which when entered, seem to simulate a tape loading, with the colours and lines in th…

    ... those RANDOMIZE USR lines which when entered, seem to simulate a tape loading ... I first ever found was RANDOMIZE USR 1280 which shows blue and ...
    alexsut alexsut April 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Randomize USR xxxxxA weird topic: When I was a kid I use to mess around with the RANDOMIZE USR xxxxx, sad I know!!! For instance RANDOMIZE USR 51234 would give me a loa…

    ... to mess around with the RANDOMIZE USR xxxxx, sad I know!!!
    For instance RANDOMIZE USR 51234 would give me a loading screen with noise ... /> Anybody know where these fancy loading things come from or a ...
    Anonymous Anonymous June 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Strange loading problem with SpinWhen I load certain .tap files into Spin - mostly it seems to be files I created myself with the old freeware version of Spectaculator - they will on…

    ... , I get an R Tape loading error.

    Stranger still ... ; if I enter RUN (or RANDOMIZE USR for m/c) it will ...
    darkman darkman October 2004 Emulators
  • POKE, PEEK and RANDOMIZE USRAnyone got a store of useful POKES, or RANDOMIZE USR statements with interesting effects? As a start, try anything from RANDOMIZE USR 1216 to RANDOM…

    ... store of useful POKES, or RANDOMIZE USR statements with interesting effects?
    RANDOMIZE USR 1216 to RANDOMIZE USR 1327. This should at ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone October 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Randomize usrHi, I've often wondered why/how they came up with RANDOMIZE USR <memory address> to invoke machine code couldn't they have used a better keyword (e…

    ... they came up with
    RANDOMIZE USR to invoke machine code

    I read somewhere that USR is the keyword that executes ...
    so what does the RANDOMIZE in front do ?
    < ... br /> All I know about RANDOMIZE is regarding random number sequence ...
    saiwong saiwong December 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • RANDOMIZE USR, PRINT USR etcHello just wondering why is it called RANDOMIZE UsR what does randomising have to do with it ? When calling machine code routine from adress x you ty…

    ... wondering why is it called RANDOMIZE UsR what does randomising have to ... x you type RANDOMIZE USR x. Why not RUN USR x ? I just ... tried PRINT USR 65368 it resets the machine! ...
    ivanb303 ivanb303 October 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • Randomize usrHi, I've often wondered why/how they came up with RANDOMIZE USR <memory address> to invoke machine code couldn't they have used a better keyword (e…

    i used to love changing the numbers seeing what strange effects randomize usr would do
    mel the bell mel the bell December 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • multiface basic loaderdoes anyone know how I can see whats in the basic loader of the multiface 1 and 128 basic loaders and how I could convert a tape save from the 1 and…

    ... @f> COPY 7 STEP ©\: RANDOMIZE a THEN W NOT b ... CLEAR © GO SUB y INVERSE ! USR { VERIFY "+CHR 135+"_!fd ... CLEAR © GO SUB y INVERSE ! USR GO SUB [nd> COPY ... : CLEAR VAL "25047": PRINT "M128 LOADING": RANDOMIZE USR ( VAL "256"* PEEK VAL "23636 ...
    caver99 caver99 December 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • Screen damaged while loadingI've written a simple Spectrum game and did a loading screen for it and now i'm trying to put it together into tzx file. My Basic loader is really s…

    ... Spectrum game and did a loading screen for it and now ... /> 2 load '' Code
    3 Randomize usr ...

    My problem is ... is loaded,
    Spectrum starts loading data and types ugly
    Ralf Ralf July 2005 Development
  • Help loading OPUS data block ?Hi folks, A while back I obtained a Daton Software Card Games compilation which will be in the next Vault update: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/inf…

    ... ....
    For instance the loading screen for WHIST which loads ... *1;"WHIST$"CODE : RANDOMIZE 47912: LET Z=USR 50877.
    So ...
    not mean the same - RANDOMIZE USR 50877 ?

    I ... LOAD *1;"OPUS$"CODE: RANDOMIZE 40000: LET Z=USR 44009.

    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker May 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • RAND USR that doesn't work in emulators and clonesEons ago, I "discovered" a strange RANDOMIZE USR. This is it: [b]RANDOMIZE USR 46578[/b] Using it on a genuine ZX Spectrum rubber key or Plus model,…

    ... "discovered" a strange RANDOMIZE USR. This is it:
    [b]RANDOMIZE USR 46578[/b]
    USR in an emulator in 48K ... 's happening here. The RAND USR proposed just begins executing NOP ... as parameter for the RAND USR, the pattern doesn't show ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix May 2011 Emulators
  • USR 0I've heard a lot about loading a program in USR 0 (and yes, I know how to do it - "RANDOMIZE USR 0" in 128 BASIC). What I want to know is: What is th…

    I've heard a lot about loading a program in USR 0 (and yes, I know how to do it - "RANDOMIZE USR 0" in 128 BASIC). What I want to know is: What is the point of loading a program in USR 0 mode, and what does it actually DO?
    Swevicus Swevicus November 2012 Hardware
  • mkloader - compressed loading screen makerI made a new tool, available on my github at: [url="https://github.com/jarikomppa/speccy"]https://github.com/jarikomppa/speccy[/url] The tool gene…

    ... compressed loading screen to screen, loads the next block and RANDOMIZE USR's ... CLEAR 32767 : RANDOMIZE USR 23759 : POKE 23739,111 : LOAD ""CODE : RANDOMIZE USR 32768[/code ... use:
    [code]lzfpack loading.scr loading.scr.lzf
    mkloader Gigablast2 ...
    Sol_HSA Sol_HSA December 2015 Announcements
  • Help with loading knowledgeHi. I'm new to spectrum coding and have a few questions to do with how the spectrum loads programs. You press LOAD "" and play the tape, and it find…

    ...
    40 RANDOMIZE USR 32768

    You may experience strange behaviour if ... you forget to CLEAR. Try loading [I ...
    andrewbroad andrewbroad September 2005 Development
  • TZX 2 WAV requiredHi, Francisco Javier Crespo here (author of TZX2WAV)? or someone who knows his e-mail address or nick... need to send him some feedback of using T…

    ... tzx2wav - it contains some strange frequencies... but it works.)
    loading byte.

    ... when appropriate [B]RANDOMIZE USR[/B] was used after loading:

    loading byte):

    ...
    de Vandemar Croup de Vandemar Croup October 2005 Development
  • The Hisoft BASIC v1.2 Plus 3I am trying to compile a basic program with the [B]Hisoft BASIC v1.2 Plus 3[/B]. When i read the instructions to prepare the program to be compiled b…

    ...
    When it is finished loading you'll see a copyright ... disk and we will try loading, compiling and running them ... (magenta-cyan-white) and strange dots and colours will appear ... loaded to address 65001 then RANDOMIZE USR 65001 will execute the compiled ...
    arfgh arfgh June 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Pretty CrashesTo make a 48K spectrum crash spectacularly and beautifully enter the following into basic. Also works on a 128k in 48k mode though not quite as prett…

    ... hitting the loading routine at a particular place:

    RANDOMIZE USR 1331 ... and green which looks very strange for the 'data'
    spider spider September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • ANN: Spud v0.210Ok guys, I've made you wait long enough. Here's a new version of Spud for you to love, hate, ridicule or ignore. [URL]http://bit.ly/iAhkXY[/URL] …

    ... 't RUN.

    And loading a tap file of my ... , loads with OK and then RANDOMIZE USR 49152 does nothing but give ... there.[/QUOTE]
    Thats a strange one, can you email me ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler May 2011 Emulators
  • Anyone Recognizes This Loader?Hi there! I live in Argentina. I have a -dead by now- CZ Spectrum (a ZX clone made by an argentinian company, Czerweny, which used to make... Excell…

    ... loaders, usually with the original loading screen "hacked" or completely replaced ... the BASIC loader was invariably RANDOMIZE USR 20140.

    I used ... POKE a game before the RANDOMIZE USR 20140, and most of the ...
    Marcelo Marcelo November 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... like to start it by RANDOMIZE USR xxxxx. Which parameters should I ...
    MrShhh MrShhh March 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Bug on Cronosoft's Dead or AliveI can't believe this wasn't spotted before... I was recently puzzled to read a couple of reports of a bug on Cronosoft's Dead or Alive and as the pr…

    ... problem, to my horror on loading the Cronosoft version the bug ... 1 statement added when the loading screen was incorporated, and that ... 0 statement immediately before the RANDOMIZE USR, or replacing OVER 1 with ...
    jonathan jonathan July 2003 Games
  • PGD game endingsHi all! My game 'Brian Vs. The Bullies', created with PGD Explorer for the Cronosoft Cassette 50 compilation, is about 98% complete. The actual game …

    ... is finished, along with a loading screen for the CD version ... this example:

    170 RANDOMIZE USR 32771
    180 PRINT AT ...
    pottyboy pottyboy October 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • How did games started with LOAD "" CODE auto-start?Some early games (l remember for example [B]Galaxians[/B] from 1982) was loaded with LOAD "" CODE, which in one single block first loaded the loading…

    ... single block first loaded the loading screen, then rest of the ... , without any BASIC loader with Randomize usr command? I assume the game ... memory (due to the game loading both screen and code together ...
    Rickard Rickard May 2007 Development
  • TOP 10 information that a speccyfan must knowI'm trying to write another article about speccy in a local scene magazine, and I need your help (again). Can you post your opinions about "very imp…

    ... .
    if you type Randomize Usr xxxxx loading stripes will be shown.
    Arda Arda January 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • k7zx and a real SpectrumI've recently got a real Spectrum (48k) and I am having problems converting TZX images to play on the Spectrum. Up to now I've always used emulators …

    ... as they miss off the loading title screen.

    k7zx ... to require the "Clear" & "Randomize USR" settings to exist in the ...
    citroen citroen January 2008 Games
  • Changing BASIC loader in Chuckie Egg 2Hi, My aim is to include "PAUSE 0" event at the end of the loading of the Chuckie Egg 2 game. The reason is that I use emulator to load the game and…

    ... the end of the loading of the Chuckie Egg ... is to actually edit the loading BASIC program somehow. I ... in one block (I mean, loading noise has no pause) - ... SCREEN$
    2 PAUSE 0: RANDOMIZE USR 39735: GOTO 2
    < ... at the end of loading process before the game ...
    maiki maiki March 2008 Emulators
  • oh my the old days :)programming on the speccy again here is a routine i remember of the top of my head to load screens or code without a header wow 5 Clear 27999 : Re…

    ... 27999 : Rem clear memory for usr 28000
    10 Border 0 ... Print "I am loading your code"
    70 Randomize Usr 28000

    wadfm wadfm June 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... Spectrum ram? The way the loading routine would load the data ... birthday party. :)

    The loading routine would always load the ... small BASIC program) and use Randomize USR to load the data the ...
    zxbruno zxbruno November 2008 Development
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