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Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
... set myself was to write a machine code double ... I wrote the routine in Sinclair BASIC to ensure I ... how to write a double height character routine in BASIC that is ... around the method used in BBC BASIC MODE 7 i. ... only downside of the BASIC routine is that it ... -
Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
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The first BASIC program actually POKEs the data in to screen memory ... to create the double height characters. For BASIC ... who want to use only BASIC.
Enjoy.
ANN: EsxDos 0.73 released (third party - not mine)Papaya Dezign have finally released their firmware/OS for the DivIDE interface. Go get it from [url]http://www.esxdos.org/files/esxdos073.zip[/url]…
... being able to use 128k basic. With your version i can ... basic at all. I just hope that one day i can write ... a 128K basic program and save it to CF in some ... and such, and use ESXDOS in MAPRAM because i like working ...How do you work with fonts on speccy?just curious really.. I know c64 workings, and obv. the spec you draw direct to screen.. on 64 , you'd make what would be equivalent to UDG.. and sa…
... to work with Basic or assembler.
In Basic there are 21 ... you store new letters somewhere in memory and change this variable ... of displaying graphics - copy its data to screen memory.
in asm.storing level datahi everyone im using arrays to store level data. its not working. just to set up the walls takes an array of size 92*2 is there a better way?
This old topic might be useful:
[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=24768[/url]
If I ever do a big game in BASIC again, I will store the level data in RAM for sure.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…
... ". This will inevitably be somewhere in the ROM.
... Setting a breakpoint in Spectaculator at address 1331 and ... that loading in programs resulted in a E. Out of Data ,R.Ramtop ... No Good or C. Nonsense in Basic.Location of variableHi everyone When basic makes an array how to you find out the location in the ram of where the data is stored. :) Also, does it store the values in…
... data structures are explained on pages 122-124 of the 48k BASIC ... of any data type. Remember that numbers are stored in 5-byte ... manipulating them directly from memory in BASIC is a bit tricky.
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3001 PRINT #0 ...Using real 3.5" floppies to load a +3 game (emulated)Is it possible to load a Spectrum +3 or Amstrad CPC 664/6128 game with the use of 3.5" floppy disks (providing the emulator can support real disk mod…
... other emulators, see the list in their web).
... CPCdiskXP always reported lot of write errors and nothing happens ... i try to load games in RS emulator (fdraw is ... sector requested.
or
write: Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
Adventure games written in basic (commercial)This thread partly got me thinking > [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31141[/url] But I'd like to know about adventure ga…
... ). School Report was mainly BASIC (with a hint of ... lot of text in it. I did write one other ... adventure (again this is in the ... text adventure game in good old Speccy BASIC, and well ... by Automata) also written in BASIC, as well as both Mad ...Adventure games written in basic (commercial)This thread partly got me thinking > [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31141[/url] But I'd like to know about adventure ga…
... ). School Report was mainly BASIC (with a hint of ... lot of text in it. I did write one other ... adventure (again this is in the ... text adventure game in good old Speccy BASIC, and well ... by Automata) also written in BASIC, as well as both Mad ...Our Failing Tapes - what to do with them.So, I've been testing out various tapes with a view to putting some of them on Ebay. Some of them do not load on either side and I've tried it in a f…
... most would last a single write from new then fail. Earlier ... We got a +3 spectrum in December 1987, the Live Ammo ... superseded by an Amiga. In about 1994 I took it ... would not load due to data missing from the disk. ... for a disk to lose data in, when it has hardly ...Sorting an array...Hi Folks, Over the weekend I had a play with sorting algorithms - takes me back to my student days! :-o My first try was with the good old Bubble S…
... of several sorting methods, implemented in BASIC. It gave listings, and at ... array size and randomness of data inside it.
[url ...Loading BASIC programs stored as "bytes:"Hi all, I have a question regarding loading BASIC programs, that I managed to save as machine code (I suppose) when I was a child, as a result of e…
... in BASIC".
Could it be that ZX is loading the data ... just fine but doesn't verify it(hence the "nonsense in BASIC ... " message),whereas when loading a BASIC program, ... process going on verifying BASIC statements etc which would ...Sorting an array...Hi Folks, Over the weekend I had a play with sorting algorithms - takes me back to my student days! :-o My first try was with the good old Bubble S…
... actually have to keep the data in physical order.
BASIC but the other data structures are ... not familiar with Speccy BASIC. I know it worked ... And with float, the BASIC has to convert to ... depending on where your BASIC starts arrays and max ...Sorting an array...Hi Folks, Over the weekend I had a play with sorting algorithms - takes me back to my student days! :-o My first try was with the good old Bubble S…
... with this sort of test data. Your final change to the ... have exactly the same test data in the same order, there is ... remember that fewer line numbers in an inner loop means the ... has to do fewer searches in *ANY* BASIC, and FOR loops remember ...Spectrum 128K RS232 to PC serial cableIf you have read some of my recent posts then you will know that I am eager to link my Spectrum +3 to a PC. This will be done by wiring a standard PC…
... of 48896 BYTES. The data also has CRC protection.
data follows once a valid header ... header...
I write each BYTE to the border ... RED if the header or data CRC fails and turns ... as db (define byte) data in the x86 code... YUK!
A BASIC quiz[URL]http://equ.in/ox/spectrum/basicquiz/[/URL] On first try: 14/20
... not done much ZX programming in over 20 years, and never ... when I was trying to write stuff in Speccy BASIC.Alien8 will not run on Divide?I can't seem to get Alien8 running on my 128+ with Divide. I have the original tape and have loaded into an emulator to create a snapshot, (.z80) an…
... know why... This OUT command write value #7F,#7E or #00 ... be fixed for possibility load in ZX128/+2/+2A/+3 models ... /> Set your ZX to 48 BASIC ( or write OUT 32765,48 ) and ... and use 48mode in any time without manual setting in basic:
[url ...ZX-Editor, Blockeditor and Paintbrush 2.0 publishedDear ZX-Spectrum & Emulator friends, yesterday I've uploaded new versions of - ZX-Blockeditor - ZX-Editor - ZX-Paintbrush on my website at [URL="h…
... blockeditor, then RightClick say, "Program Data" and select Send to/Send ... message: "You can recieve Basic programs only in Basic mode. Create a new ... I force the editor into Basic mode, to recieve files ... to force the editor into Basic mode... Can the editor ...Learning Assembly LanguageHow easy would it be to learn assembly language for someone who has a decent grasp of Basic? I mean how long do you think it would take before I coul…
... to find MC equivalents of BASIC Commands and realising it takes ... trying to equate it with BASIC and not seeing any similarities ... routines and modules and write the game in BASIC based around those. Then ... start with a mix of BASIC and Calls to MC but ...Hacking the O.C.P Full Screen Editor/AssemblerIf you have been reading my posts recently then you will know that I am eager to have the sourcecode I wrote for the Spectrum during the period 1988 …
... and the map data. I actually poked test data using BASIC to create ... the following two data files at the address used in the filename ... .
Here is the map data (40000 ... / P - Right / R - Return to BASIC.
Here's how ...Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …
... too much comparison between "languages" in the computer industry. Often it ... when we tried to write a fast sort in BASIC - choosing the right ...divide deviceHi, This is first my first post,so hello to you all I first Spectrum 48k was a Xmas present way back in 1983,best gift ever. Then I moved on to a C…
... 31) and send in same time to data bus value with joystick ... state = collision on data bus. Both data values are mixed and ... systems via OUT 23,xx in basic.
[QUOTE=Alien ... on any kempston interface without data collision. Will work RESIDOS ...Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …
... much comparison between "languages" in the computer industry. Often it ... when we tried to write a fast sort in BASIC - choosing the right ... /> DFCC EQU 23684 ; Address in display of current position
LD (DE),A ; Store in screen
INC HL ; Step ...Programs & hardware you lostThought i would start a thread on a discussion of stuff you lost, sold, gave away....& pehaps stuff you now find you are in the process of getting ba…
... discs. They are all in SJ Research MDFS format, ... tricky to recover the data, but with the help ... the location and exit data in an example Spectranet program ... lost it in the 80s. I used a "BASIC compressor" to ... white space taken out (in other words, very hard ...Transferring games into MicrodriveLast week a big pack of empty microdrive cartridges arrived, and now I'm ready to playing with my little microdrive equipped speccy. One of my aim w…
... again.
in search for ways to transfer ... games into microdrive cartridges, in addition to ASM's excellent ... somewhere safe, load the game data from basic, and execute game from ... />
As this program coded in the middle of the night ...Copying from divIDE+/Tape to +3 DiskCan it be done? Im about to place an order for some 3" disks and wanted to put my favourite games on them, but im having a hard time trying to figure…
I provided the the BASIC loader and save for ... />
1) Enter +3 BASIC
2) Type the following ... />
3) Send the data to the +3 (PROGRAM.WAV ... SCREEN.WAV)
4) Data should now be saved to ... />
You could write a simple BASIC menu if you really ...ZX BASIC and garbage collection...Hi Folks, I was thinking about using the following approach in a program I am writing: [CODE]DIM d$(100,50) LOAD "NAMES" DATA d$() ... DIM d$(50,25…
... to size 15.
As in DIM a$(10): PRINT a ... arrays to be ERASEd and in Sinclair BASIC you can minimize a ... that ZX BASIC is quite happy with just loading the data in. I ... the new one with the data from "tape".
PaddyHow create boot file for Tr-dos game?How can I create a boot file for a converted Tr-dos game? I use tap2trd from the trdos-utils-2010 but this program makes no boot file. Micky
... of making the boot file in TR-Dos. Instead of changing ... /> 1) Open the .trd file in emulator.
2) If ... into Basic
3) If necessary remove disk write protection in emulator ... TR-DOS
6)In TR-Dos type
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