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POKING graphicsI remember using binary code (in BASIC) to POKE graphics (thanks Input magazine!) Using a FOR..NEXT loop you would POKE each square in the 8X8 charac…
... remember using binary code (in BASIC) to POKE graphics (thanks Input ... !)
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Spectrum +3 suspected memory faultHi, I've been using my +3 for the first time in a while and found that some games have problems with the display becoming corrupted and sometimes cr…
... the first time in a while and found that some games ... tested the first 48K in BASIC by poking and peeking, and ... -
Z80 'EXX' ConfusionI was working on a little Z80 routine last evening, and, having run out of registers, resorted to sticking one of the values into a memory location a…
... getting a 'Nonsense in BASIC' error when it had ... code gives a 'Nonsense in BASIC' error!
... buffer pointer and as a loop counter (in order to ... LD HL,32
LOOP: EXX
LD ( ... /> CP 0
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Making TZXsI would like to be able to make new TZX files containing new software/data. If at some point I do manage to complete the writing of a little game or…
... to be, i.e. a BASIC loader, a picture, then the ... , after playing around for a while, I can't seem to ... -
Spectrum Safari (wrong type)[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004730&loadpics=3"]Spectrum Safari[/URL] Listed as Arcade:Maze but I would have to say it's…
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Making BASIC occupy less RAM?I risk being told to search the forums and the entire archive of type-ins, but here it goes... Is there any known utility to do all the hard work of…
... all the modifications in BASIC, fix the BASIC header using POKEs and ... . routine to save the modified BASIC listing.
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Most impressive game you've ever seen which has been written in speccy BASIC?What's the most impressive speccy game you've ever seen that's been written solely in speccy BASIC? +3 Basic or 48k basic. No machine code routines…
What's the most impressive speccy game you've ever seen that's been written solely in speccy BASIC?
+3 Basic or 48k basic.
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A.I. in a Pacman game made in BasicA few years ago I tried to make my own Pacman game in Sinclair Basic. The map, UDGs and the whole game was completed and was working with just one gh…
... own Pacman game in Sinclair Basic. The map, UDGs and the ... this simple A.I. in Basic, or give me a general ... -
[ANN] Spxfr 0.09 releasedHi everybody I just released the new Spxfr release (0.09) on my site: [URL="http://www.angelfire.com/games6/atari2600/spxfr/index.html"]http://www.a…
... $ or CODE after). The right BASIC loader will be sent to ... BASIC program will be erased from memory).
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Vector font in BASiCHi guys) Some fifteen years ago I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate a vector font with size/ thickness/ italicization params. I remem…
... I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate a ... a'la vector font in BASiC.
I've got ... /> 1440 PRINT "THEN, WRITE YOUR BASIC LINES TO"
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ANN: SE Basic Beta 2Somewhat surprisingly, and 10 years after I started it, SE Basic is pretty much finished. [url]http://bit.ly/d64mo3[/url] The main selling point, a…
Sound Basic 1.7Hi, I'm new here, anyone heard of Sound Basic 1.7 for Spectrum 48 ? The program can be found from WoS, it contains a manual/instructions/demos in t…
... here, anyone heard of Sound Basic 1.7 for Spectrum 48 ...My first program - a vertical scrollerHi all, I'm new here. Nice to meet you all! A couple of weeks ago I decided to learn Z80 assembly language. I spent many hours in front of the Spec…
... I never really ventured beyond BASIC back then.
Now ... language on the Spectrum, so while you don't know it ...Problem with Spin 0.7s +3 file I/OI'm currently trying the +3 disk functions in z88dk. I've based my work upon the simple snippet Winston posted a while ago, but doing the contrary. H…
... simple snippet Winston posted a while ago, but doing the contrary ... a simple loader written in BASIC which sets RAMTOP to 32767 ... loading it manually from +3 BASIC, but it doesn't work ... [/b] without parameters in +3 BASIC. The emulator goes to full ...SCREEN$ and Sinclair Basic: Help Required !Two simple questions: 1) When saving SCREEN$, how can I avoid the bottom of the loading screen from being chopped off by the 'Start Tape & Press Any…
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2) When writing a BASIC loader to load back a ...Real Spectrum screen flicker with SCREEN$I've written a basic loader to simply do a 'load "" screen$' based video from a divide+ however I'm finding the Spectrum can't render a screens and a…
I've written a basic loader to simply do a ' ... have to work within a loop in basic in order to play ...ZX Basic 1.2.5 - a BASIC CompilerWell, my old post about ZX BASIC seems to be gone (maybe this phorum purges old threads?), so I started a new one. After more than 6 month, I've fin…
... , my old post about ZX BASIC seems to be gone (maybe ... a new version of ZX BASIC. It's a free compiler ...An update on ZX BASIC support for the SpectranetOne for zxbruno, I hope :-) So just an example of what now can be done with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is of a program …
... with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is of ... this on the Spectrum, using BASIC and streams:
[code ... send data over ethernet from BASIC. You can PRINT # to that ... script that expands the ZX BASIC tokens.Midi Out from machine codeI need to send midi-signals by machine code, while Basic is too slow for my current project. I already read I can use hookcode #11E, but I have some …
... midi-signals by machine code, while Basic is too slow for my ... system; ROM 1 contains 48K BASIC.
Bit 5:If ... : +3DOS
ROM 3: 48 BASIC
Bit 3: Disk motor ... , if I'm using 48K Basic together with an interrupt routine ...A neat little BASIC trick(from a type-in by Robert Burgess) This one line of code completely bamboozled me for a while, as it seemed impossible for it to produce the result s…
... completely bamboozled me for a while, as it seemed impossible for ...ZX BASIC (Boriel's Compiler) - LibrariesWell, we have a nascent option on a sprite library coming together, thanks to na_th_an's fourspriter being retooled for the job. It's not general pur…
... is simultaneously almost completely sinclair basic compatible (It even allows ... easy fix to a Sinclair Basic Program) and a very ... able to write in basic and make M/C ... you're still using Hisoft Basic, it's time to ... -in functions for the basic compiler to make it ...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…
... am trying to compile a basic program with the [B]Hisoft ... BASIC v1.2 Plus 3[/B].< ...How to insert special characters in Basic and ASM ?Look the next picture. [IMG]http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9479/scode.jpg[/IMG] I dont know how to insert these black and diagonal characters. No…
... and diagonal characters. Not in basic, and not in ASM. For ...Getting back into Spectrum BasicAfter a LONG break from Spectrum Basic, have discovered BASIN and starting to do some old school programs. Then I can run them on Nintendo DS using t…
... a LONG break from Spectrum Basic, have discovered BASIN and starting ...Extended Basic InstructionsThis is the first time I send on this forum. First of all I send you a friendly "Hello" from Belgium, and I hope that you'll excuse my bad english..…
+3 Basic QuestionBeing doing alot of programming in Basic on my +3 recently and was wondering if there is a way to get my Basic programs to auto boot from disk?
Being doing alot of programming in Basic on my +3 recently and was wondering if there is a way to get my Basic programs to auto boot from disk?FUSE(Mac) save LLIST as text file?OK, now that I can get to the LLIST command I want to output a typed in BASIC program to a .txt file on the Mac. I checked Help and it says that a 1…
... to output a typed in BASIC program to a .txt file ... for LLIST - it takes a while (it's a large program ...storing machine code in BASICApart from putting m/c above RAMTOP, which means that it has to be POKEd or LOADed separately after the BASIC program; or putting it in a REM, which …
... or LOADed separately after the BASIC program; or putting it in ... code between the end of BASIC and the beginning of VARS ...decoding speech in Creature of HavocI've been looking at the Fighting Fantasy gamebook "Creature of Havoc" for the first time, since it was mentioned yesterday in another place, and hav…
... , which threw me for a while. Secondly, these rules mean that ... it? Was there such a basic blunder made in the encoding ...