stevencotton

Well you can't use just any keyword, if the parser is expecting more parameters for a certain keyword you'll just get a flashing '?'. RUN USR <num> is how you execute machine code routines, so starting the ROM at location 0 restarts the machine.

Just editing my bad code


[Edited by stevencotton - 4/1/2003 1:24:51 PM]

beemerboy

anyone else remember any useless code from bygone days???

BB

MattW

Forgotten most of it now.....but why did you get taught PASCAL in school. Does anyone use it commercially?

SiCotty

I though Delphi was based upon PASCAL

Si

Mr.Cookie

10 input "what is your name" a$
20 if a$="bob" goto 40
30 got 10
40 print "hi BOB how are ya!!!!"

and to think i never got a job in it

MattW

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! Sin of all sins the GOTO statement

Si - Don't know Delphi, can't understand why they don't teach c though.

camk

altered go to in COBOL, how mental were they, code that changes the route of the code...aaarrrrrgggghhhh

STi-Frenchie

Mr Cookie - not surprised you didn't get a job programming - syntax error line 30

what would scooby do

I used to get kicked out of shops by doing

10 cls
20 print "xxxx is sh1te" (where xxx is name of shop)
30 goto 20

my programming has nver been as sophisticated since.. LOL

jbryant

POKE 53280,x
POKE 53281,y

Changes the foreground (x) and background (y) colour of your screen on a C64.

Yikes how did I remember that!!!!!

Joolz

Mr.Cookie

hey STi-Frenchie it's microsoft code

Neil Smalley

Pop quiz, What did rnd usr(0) do on a spectrum?

Easy one

stevencotton

Pascal was taught because one of the things it teaches you to do is design your program before you start coding.

DemonDave

iTrader: (13)

and nobody has come back with peek !!!!

ChristianR

iTrader: (1)

never had a spectrum, I had a C64!

ChrisB

My TI99/4A had VCHARs and stuff.

Them were the days!

I got taught Pascal at Collge & Uni on the basis that it was a good structured language to encourage good programming.

AndyC_772

iTrader: (2)

USR(0) caused the Spectrum to reboot.

(Collects coat)
(Leaves)

Hanslow

Totally sad as my missus tells me, but, 6031769 is the level skip code for Manic Miner on the Speccy. You then hold down 6 and make binary patterns with the other number keys to select the level.....

If only I could remember half my passwords as well

Oi! Who has nicked my coat!


[Edited by Hanslow - 3/31/2003 8:58:52 PM]

stevencotton

RANDOMIZE USR 0 in fact

Sheepsplitter

beemerboy: Blimey, I remember that, it was for setting the screen and border colour.

Personally my fave is:-

21 00 00
C9

Which is Z80 for
LD HL,0000
RET


I know it's sad, but I used to have to program real time systems in machine code and I can remember most of the op-codes even now.

rik1471

This forum has just sunk to new levels of geekiness

PiNkEyE69

I used to have the old Spectrum Multiface 3 which allows you to POKE

I remeber deleted an old school teachers work by mistake on the BBC and with a mate replace it with
10 print "i love s*x"
20 goto 10
run

BoxerFlat4

Well, I still remember some of the Z80 opcodes I used to hand assemble on my old Spectrum ....

201 = RET etc etc...

Sheepsplitter

BoxerFlat4: Ha, real men code in hex. LOL.

GaryK

BB,
<sad muppet mode>
Even sadder if memory serves me right 36879 was used on the vic20 to set either the foreround or background colour? Am I right, do i get I prize, do I, do I??? </sad muppet mode>

Good old zx81 basic you couldnt beat it back in the day!

Gary

beemerboy

gark K... go top of the class mate

you are right indeedy

poke 38679,8 sets the border to black, and the screen to black!!

LOL

what about this one...
10 print chr$(141)"hello"
20 print chr$(141)"hello"

i'll give you a clue....
no i wont...
ok the clue is ... a typical 1984 school PC...


BB

BoxerFlat4

BBC Micro ?

beemerboy

check out the big brain on brad!!! well done boxer..

god it was great at school, no money issues, no responsibilty (except doing 500 lines before 9.30am)
i wish i knuckled down and didn't pish about so much now!!!

BB

stevencotton

On the BBC you could use '?' instead of print, the C64 also had BASIC shortcuts, that was pretty cool.

mark_h

Delphi is basically Pascal on steroids, and we use Delphi here.