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  • coding guruOk I'm looking for a to help me in my quest to do my first proper game. The 80's child in me thinks he can do it, But the 2013 man in me knows zip. …

    ... store all the data for each location in a byte. If ... paged in at #4000) because then you can write data to ... it with any bank paged in at ... code to be running in uncontended RAM regardless of ... the graphics, and ZX BASIC or z88dk for the game ...
    chev chev September 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • IF EXIST?In MS-DOS scripting, there is an IF EXIST command that lets you check wether a file exists in disk or not. There are any way to check it out from BA…

    ... exisit in Sinclair BASIC, although some other BASIC's ... instance the FILES function in Liberty Basic.
    That said ... be possible to write a machine code ... (right).

    In BASIC (using DOS)
    (after ...
    The_Bert The_Bert October 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • DivMMC EnJOY!Coming up... [IMG]http://benophetinternet.nl/hobby/vanmezelf/DivMMC_enjoy_first_render.jpg[/IMG]

    ... and SD) are always in sync, the only difference ... .

    Earlier in this topic, Black_Cat replied:
    write data is replaced with new port ... a working 128K menu and basic (like plus-d), ... spi rtc also, and in the future a ethernet ...
    bverstee bverstee November 2013 Hardware
  • Writing faster BASICIn terms of structuring BASIC programs, what are the best ways allocate variables, functions, arrays? Any tips. I remember INPUT mag had some suggest…

    ... it might be better to write it as a GO SUB ... the use of RESTORE, in that DATA statements should be as close ... possible.

    For timings in BASIC you could use something like ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny December 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Outputting debug trace to RS232 (assembly)Hi Guys, I'm working on a game at the moment (written in assembly) but I am really needing to write out a debug trace of what is going on with the p…

    ... TO 10
    50 DATA 19200,9600,4800,2400,1200 ... crashes (RST 30 at 00BCh in IF1 ROM) and returns ... go "start in BASIC" route but having to write a string of ... BASIC before doing the ... have a routine to write log data to a block of ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz January 2014 Development
  • Learning a programming language from scratchSome advice please... At work I use an Excel/Calc spreadsheet of my own making to get address information from various csv/txt files I download ever…

    ... data in Excel, as a spectrumist has at least small experience with Basic ... should he use if not Basic built in Excel?

    Don ... he should look at to write a tool to do this ...
    guesser guesser March 2014 Chit chat
  • Dock's ZX Maze gameI'm hoping to finish a simple maze game in ZX Spectrum BASIC this week, as part of the Ludumdare Retro challenge. I used to dabble in speccy basic on…

    ... for directions I used a data list
    12213412342221123 for up ... />
    Upside... you can write your basic, compile it, test within 30 ... everything intact and continue writing in basic without having to reload anything ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins June 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • UDG tricks?I always enjoyed using [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZXBasicManual/zxmanchap14.html"]UDGs [/URL]for the 'sprites' in my games, when I coded th…

    ... from "Fast and easy read/write of attributes?" with more ... a reasonable turn of speed in BASIC. I tried three different methods ... & forwards along the data to select the correct character ... .uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/animate4.bas]BASIC listing[/url] and [url ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny June 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • z80 commands timeshi! I need site with z80 commands mashine times. I remember, I saw one as table, maybe in .cc domain, but pity forgot link. for example LDI take 16 …

    ... such list with opcodes written in decimal system?

    Cal ... thinks it's cool to write opcodes in hex like:

    in decimal notation can occupy up ... to introduce machine code into BASIC DATA/READ structure.
    TK90XFan TK90XFan July 2014 Development
  • ProTracker manual/instruction in English?Hello. A friend of mine would like to start making AY music on ZX Spectrum. In this purpose he'd like to have a ProTracker's instruction/guide/manu…

    ... √ Volume (global gain)
    √ Write data (auto-fill input note parameters ... /> Use -96 displacement in ornament for fix every note ... br />
    Setups are in basic block:
    5d3b, 5d3c = ... br /> Special commands (right column in every channel):

    Alone Coder Alone Coder July 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectranet updateHi all It's been a busy summer, and in any case I've wanted a little bit of a break from doing Speccy stuff to avoid it getting old (pun intended). …

    ... web browser to recognize the data sent to it as HTML ... and try to provide headers in the PRINT function. Any ideas ... BASIC ON PC:-
    I'd like to be able to write ... my ZX BASIC on my PC, i ... ++ but no luck so far in being able to format it ...
    IanJ IanJ July 2014 Hardware
  • Are OpenSE BASIC and SE Basic IV incompatible with Plus D?Hello, I'm considering Andrew Owen's impressive [url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/sebasic/]OpenSE BASIC[/url] and [url=http://cheveron.github.io/…

    ... ]
    Given that SE Basic IV does all the new ... all that out of OpenSE BASIC and then juggle the ... happy to hand the OpenSE BASIC project over to anyone ... 's no support for data files in BASIC). I hope esxDOS will ... you want to save. Write out the array using the ...
    chev chev September 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • Beautiful codeSome people see beauty or something sublime in maths formulas and equations, can anyone suggest examples of beautiful or sublime programming?

    ... standard io functions (like write or read from a stream ... applicable to multiple data types.
    Data-driven ? allows data to be provided ... been much more difficult to write or maintain. But then ... be implemented in only a few lines, even in Basic. But they ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2014 Development
  • RFC: 64 column font codeIn BASIC, type CLEAR 49999 then import the code at 50000. Then type RANDOMIZE USR 50000. This will create a new channel and attach stream #4 to it. A…

    ... are stored with identical data in the left and right ... Print @ location like Microsoft BASIC
    row rmb 1 ... ;* works similar to print@ in Microsoft BASIC
    ;* prntat contains @ ... #' ' ; printable character set data starts at space, ASCII 32 ...
    JamesD JamesD September 2015 Development
  • Was there a POKE that broke the SpectrumHi Everyone I've been recalling myths and rumours from back in the day. You know "Lunar Jetmans" trailer and that sort of thing. But one rumour …

    ... ROM and RAM. POKE in BASIC simply writes the specified ... And in fact, the BASIC program in the ROM actually does write to ... values in it's registers may cause data on ... the address and outputs data at the same time ... that the CPU outputs data. If one outputs a ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK October 2015 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ZX81 Character SetHello, hope I don't offend anyone with my request. I've put together a program on my Amstrad that redefines a condensed text and displays it appropri…

    ... There are no DATA, READ or RESTORE statements in ZX81 BASIC, so you ... 'd need to store the font data in ... end up storing the data twice - once in the program and ... , manually delete the lines, write the rendering program and then ...
    GReW GReW December 2015 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • BASIC Tenliners 2016I would like invite all basic programmers to this year's BASIC Tenliners contest. You have to code a game in 10 lines of BASIC. For details please ta…

    ... would be trivial to write a huge BASIC program (size limited ... for the graphics and map data.

    Looks ... logic was in the BASIC program itself rather than expressions in variables, ...
    remotely complicated in Sinclair BASIC on the Speccy.
    GReW GReW January 2016 Announcements
  • Help! I'm learning Machine Code...Having decided to take the plunge and learn to machine code a while ago, I have started in earnest using the much recommended 'Mastering Machine Code…

    ... decimals. So in this case, you could write something like
    In theory it would mean " ... actually entering your code with data statements in BASIC - waaay to tedious. Get ... /) and use that - simply write your assembly code into a ...
    utz utz February 2016 Development
  • Help! I'm learning Machine Code...Having decided to take the plunge and learn to machine code a while ago, I have started in earnest using the much recommended 'Mastering Machine Code…

    ... to read it from BASIC. It will be good ... 's on-screen bitmap data. Immediate [s]visible ... KB's of screen data. When you're ready ... in the day, I used to write down in extreme detail what was in ...
    Break down problem in smaller problems, once problems small ...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie March 2016 Development
  • Some Graphic Coding & Audio help.Hello my fellow WoS'ers I am in the process of writing some code for graphical purposes - I have Z88DK raring to go but I do not know how to take…

    ... load data from disk. This way you recoup memory lost to basic ... ) that would allow me to write / experiment with AY-Synth - with ... ]
    I am attempting to write a small graphical adventure game ... would load all the data into banks needed in basic before the C ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2016 Software
  • Where does the BASIC program sit 48K Spectrum memory?Hi there First post so be gentle, I've had a spectrum since the 80's and have recently started programming it for fun again. I wrote the followin…

    ... simple example. I did write a small program that first ... translate into bytes of data which you can POKE ... into memory from a DATA statement, and call it ... of one of my routines in BASIC would be:

    ... again, it copies the data back from 58368 to ...
    joefish joefish September 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • The state of source level debuggingI was just wondering if we can put on a table everything we collectively know about source level debugging for ZX Spectrum to get an overview of curr…

    ... minimal protocol (1 byte commands + data)
    2) Support minimal ... bytes (len), and len bytes (data)
    [b]- get registers... ... before giving user control in Basic (with basic screen Sinclair Research Ltd ... use set memory block to write RST command to the ...
    tstih tstih November 2016 Development
  • help with my original issue 3b from when i was a teen. possible lower ram fault.hello, well ive tried to fix my old speccy, but haven't made much progress. could you help me out with some diagnosis. the fault occurred about…

    ... multimeter?

    The BASIC ROM in the Spectrum needs some of ... area to store the screen data in, some for workspace, some for ... good to potentially write over game code or data). But it will ... strange results if the values in RAM are nonsense.
    < ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK January 2017 Hardware
  • ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter Launchedhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1835143999/zx-spectrum-next

    ... I'm more interested in new software (regular ... in word processors, cp/m terminals and an adaptation of basic ... . People don't write software for old machines ... minutes I can write a program in basic that moves ... pixels AND sprite info data (unless you wanna ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • endless runner project..So I'm thinking of writing a small tutorial series on writing games for the speccy in C, and figured that an endless runner would be an easy example …

    ... for exported functions and data declared in a header file associated ... ensures that functions and data are consistently and properly ... put actual code and data declarations into header files ... write. You can find the same sort of thing in Sinclair Basic in ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2017 Development
  • z88dk : Support FunctionsJust a quick one here, I am looking to doing some dirty dirty code with C and load a screen$ file from the disk using "system( command )" - yes I …

    ... need to know where in BASIC such variables would be ... variable is not declared in basic, it will be ... to write the strings to a fixed address in memory ... a string from that in basic by PEEKing each character ... and build up a data structure representing the catalog ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous June 2017 Development
  • Thought this would be simple... Z80Hi Folks, Started to read "Beyond simple BASIC, Delving Deeper into your ZX Spectrum" by Dilwyn Jones. This is a great book and I came across the…

    ... write a mouse routine in Z80. I knocked up the following demo in BASIC ... bad speed wise for BASIC and even handles the ... ------------------------------------------
    110 REM ZX BASIC Mouse Cursor Demo
    120 ... NY>21=Cursor in bottom half of screen< ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman September 2017 Development
  • How do I convert a .z80 snapshot to a tape file?I've been fiddling with this for a while but can't get it to work reliably. I use Marvin to write short BASIC and assembly programs that uses .z80 in…

    ... ’ll need to prepare each data block properly, of course. Fuse ... will just append new data chunks to the tape file ... your data to load back.

    It is customary to write ... a few lines of code in BASIC dedicated to ...
    Ast_A_Moore Ast_A_Moore November 2017 Emulators
  • Need Some Basic HelpHi all, I’ve decided to give programming in Spectrum Basic a go again (bit of nostalgia trip!) and I’m trying to develop a CYOA style game. How…

    ... are stored somewhere too, in case someone RETURNs), and ... 40 STOP
    9010 DATA "It was a dark and ... the DATA stored in line 30, which is also in memory ... memory as you're further in the game.

    write a multi-part game in BASIC instead. But ...
    Timmy Timmy April 2018 Sinclair Basic
  • Brain 8I am glad to present my new "experiment" in Sinclair Spectrum 48K BASIC. https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_wCFWaAl5diIVt3rPLTbKhxDmPmYmOs/view?us…

    ... ]Spectrum Manual[/URL] you can write LET i$( TO )="..." as ... every single byte counts in BASIC, for memory. In this case, both ... this contains the level data). Does that in fact contain more ... memory since the DATA can be avoided in the BASIC list. That is ...
    IvanBasic IvanBasic April 2019 Brand new software
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