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  • 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 ...
    Anonymous Anonymous June 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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 ... start, try anything from RANDOMIZE USR 1216 to RANDOMIZE USR 1327. This ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone October 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... on here people mentioning those RANDOMIZE USR lines which when entered ... I first ever found was RANDOMIZE USR 1280 which shows blue ...
    alexsut alexsut April 2007 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 ...
    so what does the RANDOMIZE in front do ?

    All I know about RANDOMIZE is regarding random number sequence ...
    saiwong saiwong December 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • More on Randomize commandI always used to use randomize xxxxx then peek 23670 and 23671 to turn a 16 bit number into 2 8 bit numbers but only noticed yesterday that randomize…

    I always used to use randomize xxxxx then peek 23670 and 23671 to turn a 16 bit number into 2 8 bit numbers but only noticed yesterday that randomize 0 appears to do nothing. anyone know if this does anything?
    nuggetreggae nuggetreggae December 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • RANDOMIZE USRI always thought that this particular basic command was not intuitive! If I understand correctly is means run the code from the memory address, is t…

    ... right?

    The term randomize implies the RAND function (random ...
    Van_Dammesque Van_Dammesque February 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • RANDOMIZE - still not sure what it does...Whenever I wish a random number I use RND like: 10 LET a=RND*100 20 PRINT a 30 GO TO 0 and "a" will truly be random. But if is do the following: …

    ... the following:

    5 RANDOMIZE
    10 LET a=RND ... to 97...

    If RANDOMIZE is followed by a number ... , like

    5 RANDOMIZE number
    10 LET a ... please explain to me what RANDOMIZE actually does? Thank you!
    princm princm January 2015 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 ... from adress x you type RANDOMIZE USR x. Why not RUN ...
    ivanb303 ivanb303 October 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • Bugs in Rocky Horror ShowI've been converting this game to disk, and I've found a bug in the game. If you run the 128k version and select "Sinclair joystick" as joysticks, t…

    [QUOTE=Zup;672118]I've been converting ... Rocky Horror Show 128 Tape": RANDOMIZE USR 32768
    90 DATA ...
    jp jp January 2013 Infoseek database
  • Adding TAP file contents to a Spectrum +3e DOS PartitionHello my fellow WoS'ers, This thread is a companion to a great little guide from a fellow AmiBayer [B]mnjnurney[/B] you can view his thread by [URL…

    [QUOTE=Zup;676086]- Some programs load data ... :
    LOAD "ow" CODE 38672: RANDOMIZE USR 38672[/code]
    All ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2013 Games
  • Varios +3(e)DOS questions?I'm converting tape games to disk, for being used in my +3e. I'm trying to convert them to standard BASIC loaders, so files could be copied using BAS…

    [QUOTE=Zup;700779]And a question related ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny May 2013 Development
  • A "generic" loader for +3(e)I've made this loader for 128k games in +3DOS. [CODE]dos_open equ 262 dos_close equ 265 dos_abandon equ 268 dos_read equ 274 dos_write equ 277 dos_s…

    [QUOTE=Zup;740062]I would like ... /> 1 INPUT "Length ";rl: RANDOMIZE rl: CLEAR:
    DIM r ... LET VARS=FN p(23627): RANDOMIZE VARS+6+rl:
    POKE ... FN p(rv):
    RANDOMIZE rn: POKE VARS,PEEK ... 1,PEEK 23670:
    RANDOMIZE rl+2: POKE VARS+ ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny December 2013 Development
  • +3 Disk drive motorHi, I'm creating a disk file menu selector. I was wondering how to turn off the +3 drive motor and the motor timeout check from Basic (poking the co…

    [QUOTE=Zup;748323]The motor has a ... /> poke 23399,l+8
    randomize usr val "xxxxx"[/code]
    Speccy_James Speccy_James January 2014 Development
  • A "generic" loader for +3(e)I've made this loader for 128k games in +3DOS. [CODE]dos_open equ 262 dos_close equ 265 dos_abandon equ 268 dos_read equ 274 dos_write equ 277 dos_s…

    @Zup

    I followed your ... and call it with a randomize the file loads from disk ...
    Speccy_James Speccy_James February 2014 Development
  • DSK version of Terramex?I'm trying to make a DSK version of Terramex, but game refuses to load. The problem is probably in a protected loader (302 bytes), but I wasnt able …

    ... , which contain line
    40 RANDOMIZE USR 29184, but just in ... gives the same error.
    Zup version works both in 48 ... /128k mode.

    [QUOTE=Zup;777983]I made a disk ... spectrum.[/QUOTE]

    Thank Zup, I found it. :)
    Can ...
    Pegaz Pegaz July 2014 Games
  • LOADING screen ?Ok, so - I accidentally decided to make some improvements on my 25year old BASIC text game 'Graveyard Nights' ...I used SPIN to muck about with the …

    ... 'm getting there. The RANDOMIZE idea that ZUP came up with seems ...
    retromad retromad June 2018 BASIC
  • Tape to +3 disk transferWhen the first basic part was merged from tape, to be saved to disk, and it looked like this: [img]https://i.imgur.com/UQx1hc2.jpg[/img] how di…

    ... you get the randomize usr, the same way Zup was saying?
    wootlanter wootlanter February 2019 Sinclair Basic
  • Tape to +3 disk transferWhen the first basic part was merged from tape, to be saved to disk, and it looked like this: [img]https://i.imgur.com/UQx1hc2.jpg[/img] how di…

    ... you get the randomize usr, the same way Zup was saying?[/quote ... "CODE 16384,21500
    20 RANDOMIZE USR 23296
    [/code]
    dbolli dbolli February 2019 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... the BASIC loader was invariably RANDOMIZE USR 20140.

    I ... POKE a game before the RANDOMIZE USR 20140, and most of ...
    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 ...
    MrShhh MrShhh March 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Urban Speccy MythI remember many moons ago my mate telling me that there was some RANDOMIZE USR command that would destroy your speccy!!!! Is there any truth in this…

    I remember many moons ago my mate telling me that there was some RANDOMIZE USR command that would destroy your speccy!!!!

    Is there any truth in this is, or is it as about as believable as there being a new Sinclair system being released!!!!!
    stupidget stupidget May 2003 Games
  • 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…

    ... 0 statement immediately before the RANDOMIZE USR, or replacing OVER 1 ...
    jonathan jonathan July 2003 Games
  • TransAm - technical curiosityHi all, I guess this is for you machine code experts: how come a snapshot of TransAm always places the trophies in different places when I start a n…

    ... there's sort of a randomize-procedure every time you start ...
    SpecMem SpecMem November 2003 Games
  • An intriguing question...Well, intriguing for me anyway. As we all know, when calling a Machine Code function from BASIC, we use the USR (address) function. But for this to …

    ... by a keyword:

    RANDOMIZE USR xx
    PRINT USR ... /> Why use PRINT instead of RANDOMIZE, (or vice versa)? Is it ...
    monty.mole monty.mole June 2004 Development
  • Most pointless type-in?I think it was one I saw, probably in Program Pitstop(which mag did that?), to evaluate a string as a full expression, a la the Beeb: spend hours typ…

    ... the thing, then do a RANDOMIZE USR something to evaluate A ...
    robert@fm robert@fm October 2004 Games
  • 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…

    ... ; if I enter RUN (or RANDOMIZE USR for m/c) it ...
    darkman darkman October 2004 Emulators
  • Anybody got Interface Melodik for sale?Anybody got Interface Melodik (for Didaktik) for sale? Im from Slovakia. PLS also mail me at frgt10(at)post(dot)sk _________________ PRINT "The D80 …

    ... ":[/url] PRINT "HEARTLAND FUNERAL THEME": RANDOMIZE USR 1000

    [ This ...
    FRGT/10 FRGT/10 April 2005 Sales
  • Mobile RemakesHello. Does anybody know about some nice freeware ZX-Spectrum remakes for mobile phones? On [url="http://www.phonesoft.cz/detail.php?sekce=java&id=9…

    ... [/url]": PRINT "HEARTLAND FUNERAL THEME": RANDOMIZE USR 1000

    [ This ...
    FRGT/10 FRGT/10 April 2005 Emulators
  • How to convert AY to MIDI?Hello. There are some ways to convert AY to MIDI, for example by recording it to MP3 and then to MIDI by some programs, but the results are very poor…

    ... [/url]": PRINT "HEARTLAND FUNERAL THEME": RANDOMIZE USR 1000

    [ This ...
    FRGT/10 FRGT/10 May 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • List of RANDOMIZE USR code effects?Hi chaps, Does anyone have one of these please? Thanks.

    Hi chaps,
    Does anyone have one of these please?
    Thanks.
    Vertigo Vertigo May 2005 Sinclair Basic
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