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  • SpecBAS: Request for comment - SpritesHi all - Having been slaving away at the new SpecBAS release, I've decided to finally bite the bullet and implement a sprite engine. I've got a nice…

    ... being allowed to pass a string variable for the gfx$ ... a "remake" of sinclair BASIC. It's available here:
    BASIC at heart. It's ... be able to allow a BASIC programmer to create an ... PCs.

    The BASIC editor needs some work, as ...
    Dunny Dunny January 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • +2A/+3 compatibility fixes thread!It might be a good idea to keep these fairly common +2A/+3 compatibility fixes (and requests) in a single thread for quick reference ;) Let's start …

    ... Editor), 1=ROM 1 (48K BASIC).
    ; Bit 5 : 1= ... Various flags to control the BASIC system:
    ; Bit 0: 1 ... 6: 1=Numeric variable, 0=String variable.
    ; Bit 7: 1 ...
    jp jp January 2011 Games
  • World Class Rugby - what a game!Just [url=http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/tvprog/whatsnew.htm]dipping my toe[/url] into documentary stuff (a nice diversion whilst vegging out) and reacquain…

    ... whole string of other rugby games that used the same basic engine ...
    Matt_B Matt_B February 2011 Games
  • A type-in BASIC platformer that's worth a goWorking on some type-ins for TTFn, from Games Computing, I came across [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/patpostman.zip]The Adve…

    ... , it looks fast for a basic program. I'll check the ... (ofcourse): First, load everyting into string array (one row each), and ...
    Arda Arda March 2011 Games
  • A type-in BASIC platformer that's worth a goWorking on some type-ins for TTFn, from Games Computing, I came across [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/patpostman.zip]The Adve…

    ... (ofcourse): First, load everyting into string array (one row each), and ... PRINT statement, using a single string.

    You can do ... , it prints stupidly fast for BASIC and you even get a ... got it by reading a BASIC listing in one of those ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn March 2011 Games
  • A type-in BASIC platformer that's worth a goWorking on some type-ins for TTFn, from Games Computing, I came across [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/patpostman.zip]The Adve…

    ... PRINT statement, using a single string.

    You ... prints stupidly fast for BASIC and you even get a ... free (by using string slicing on a string that's bigger ... it by reading a BASIC listing in one of ... m quite fond of these BASIC platformers, I've been ...
    R-Tape R-Tape March 2011 Games
  • Japan Tsunami AppealAs some of you will be aware, I've been tinkering with an open source version of SE Basic that could be distributed with hardware without infringing …

    ... is functionally compatible with SE Basic 2.21 ([url]http://www ... ]
    * Macros for the following tokens:
    [code]LOAD, CODE, RUN ...
    chev chev April 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • SE Basic Type-ins^Pete suggested creating a sticky thread for SE Basic discussion. I thought a Type-ins thread might also be useful. Up to the mods if they want to ma…

    ... [/i] font used by SE Basic is designed for legibility with ... (including block graphics, UDGs and tokens). You can use the AT ... channel must be created below basic
    ; so look at the ...
    chev chev April 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • I cant get this listing to run!Ive read this through so many times my eyes are misting up! [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/DUC/Issue08/Pages/DUC0800039.jp…

    ... t be entered in 128k BASIC. Yet another reason for ... me to dislike the 128k BASIC editor. It would have ... br />
    In SE Basic you can force enter a ... edit it as SE Basic also features a detokenizer ... string 'BIN '.

    Try doing the same in SAM Basic ...
    chev chev April 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • SpecBAS build 0.642 now availableAnother (smallish) release sees the following changes: [url]https://sites.google.com/site/pauldunn/SpecOS.zip[/url] With the Linux build nicely don…

    ... than the way that the BASIC should be presented to my ... . I don't like indented BASIC, and it makes the editor ... to preserve spaces when the BASIC tokens have quite complex rules about ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • SpecBAS build 0.642 now availableAnother (smallish) release sees the following changes: [url]https://sites.google.com/site/pauldunn/SpecOS.zip[/url] With the Linux build nicely don…

    ... . I don't like indented BASIC, and it makes the editor ... to preserve spaces when the BASIC tokens have quite complex rules about ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Assembly help: EQUCan anyone explain in duffers language the purpose of the EQU term in assembly? I found this info in another thread: EQU: Equate a name to a specif…

    ... /> MACRO fbands ; binary and string
    defb 0x10
    ENDM ...
    MACRO fcat ; concatenate string
    defb 0x17
    ENDM ... br />
    MACRO fstrs ; string
    defb 0x2e
    ENDM ... /> This enables the OpenSE BASIC source code to use floating ...
    chev chev April 2011 Development
  • Copying a SCREEN$ in ZX BASIC in 1 second?!Following on from the revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE i…

    ... general problem of binding a BASIC string variable to any user-specified ... .

    The string slicing feature of BASIC using ( TO ) could also ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn April 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Copying a SCREEN$ in ZX BASIC in 1 second?!Following on from the revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE i…

    ... data in BASIC. It occurred to me that a string assignment ... into treating the source string as though it started ... soon discarded as the string's header would have ... set up my own string definition to point to ... from a non-existent string variable which I'd ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny April 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Copying a SCREEN$ in ZX BASIC in 1 second?!Following on from the revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE i…

    ... a variable function using this BASIC "swift copy" technique to ... the destination & source string names are in the next ... devise some other method.) Any string names (apart from m$, ... for up to two (optional) string variable definitions (destination & ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny April 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Copying a SCREEN$ in ZX BASIC in 1 second?!Following on from the revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE i…

    ... ]

    The string slicing feature of BASIC using ( TO ) could also ... ]

    No, NONSENSE in BASIC or corrupted screen so far ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP April 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Copying a SCREEN$ in ZX BASIC in 1 second?!Following on from the revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE i…

    ... This generates a "Nonsense in BASIC" error because the ROM processes ... see why the "Nonsense in BASIC" error occurs.

    * ... instead of "=" the "Nonsense in BASIC" error is generated.
    < ... FN m$() could handle both string slicing and free RAM slicing ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny April 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Copying a SCREEN$ in ZX BASIC in 1 second?!Following on from the revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE i…

    ... QUOTE=Battle Bunny;525787]Regarding string slicing, it will work ... generates a "Nonsense in BASIC" error because the ROM processes ... see why the "Nonsense in BASIC" error occurs.

    ... instead of "=" the "Nonsense in BASIC" error is generated.
    ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman April 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Copying a SCREEN$ in ZX BASIC in 1 second?!Following on from the revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE i…

    ... The complication arises because the string function will probably use some ... effect) by DIMing a string at the start for workspace ... ]"storing machine code in BASIC"[/thread] from last August ... I tried a "quick-BASIC"/regular BASIC timing comparison by writing ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny April 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Copying a SCREEN$ in ZX BASIC in 1 second?!Following on from the revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE i…

    ... of FN m$() which handles string slicing in both destination & ... 's still all done with BASIC.

    [code]
    2 ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny April 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Load! Screen$ questionI've got a basic program listing in BASIN which among other things recalls a screen via Load! (I've Save!'ed a screen into memory before hand). How d…

    [QUOTE=Nonsense in BASIC;527419]Thanks to everyone for ... . However, when you choose 128k Basic, the listing is there and ... BASin does save, like a string array. See Battle Bunny's ...
    chev chev April 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Help with custom loader neededAs people here became active recently about MakeTzx and tzx format in general, I have thought that I would post it here. I have some .wav recordings…

    ... the header, 9ms for the basic block, and around 20ms for ... ]Also worth standardising the Creator string of the additional info?[/QUOTE ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak April 2011 Emulators
  • New music program in developmentAs I suppose it was mentioned from yesterday when I actualised my blog, I'm actually in the making of another music arrangement for Zx Spectrum 128k,…

    Here are some basic chord ornaments to ... here are a few basic demonstrations. The tne is ... .

    Most basic sample. Volume C looping with ... more realistic sound of plucked string with fine tuning. A ... real string plucked hard will start ...
    FrankT FrankT April 2011 Development
  • SpecBAS 0.646 now available.Yay! Here's another round of bugfixes and additions to the Program. Not so much of the extract coding features, but more back-to-basics this time: […

    ... not available in standard ZX basic?...
    [/QUOTE]

    READ ... then converts it to a string - so you can only use ... it with a string variable. That way you don ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • A type-in BASIC platformer that's worth a goWorking on some type-ins for TTFn, from Games Computing, I came across [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/patpostman.zip]The Adve…

    ... ;521928]First, load everyting into string array (one row each), and ... lot you can do in BASIC with good performance if you ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas May 2011 Games
  • Serial protocol, help!Hi, simply trying to find best way to transfer programs from PC to real ZX Spectrum for testing purposes. Under Windows I tried using Spxfr and it w…

    ... ;533841]
    Consider the following BASIC program
    [/QUOTE]

    #include /* Standard library */
    #include /* String function definitions */
    #include /* UNIX ...
    tstih tstih May 2011 Development
  • Proportional Print Routine...Hi Folks, Does anyone know of a good proportional printing routine for the ZX Spectrum? Ideally I am looking for something that prints with charact…

    ... ' to 0. When printing a string linewrap would be called several ... put it in his original BASIC demo; ie. 96 bytes down ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny May 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Proportional Print Routine...Hi Folks, Does anyone know of a good proportional printing routine for the ZX Spectrum? Ideally I am looking for something that prints with charact…

    ... ' to 0. When printing a string linewrap would be called several ... put it in his original BASIC demo; ie. 96 bytes down ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman May 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Proportional Print Routine...Hi Folks, Does anyone know of a good proportional printing routine for the ZX Spectrum? Ideally I am looking for something that prints with charact…

    ... printer. If you compare SE Basic (which doesn't support the ... ROM you'll find SE Basic is quite a bit nippier ... and tokens (although the 42 column routine for SE Basic handles these ...
    chev chev May 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Proportional Print Routine...Hi Folks, Does anyone know of a good proportional printing routine for the ZX Spectrum? Ideally I am looking for something that prints with charact…

    ... noticably slow down the SE Basic 42-column code, because as ... routine also handles UDGs and TOKENs, clears the area of screen ... channel must be created below basic
    ; so look at the ...
    chev chev May 2011 Sinclair Basic
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