Anyone know useful ZX80 ROM tricks?

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Shaun_B
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Re: Anyone know useful ZX80 ROM tricks?

Post by Shaun_B »

Try this 4K ROM listing - do not put any spaces in the lines with REM:

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   1 RAMDOMISE
   2 GO TO 50
  10 PRINT "I WIN"
  15 REM
  20 PRINT "NO, I WIN"
  25 REM
  30 PRINT "WINNING HERE"
  35 REM
  40 PRINT "ERR... I THINK I AM THE WINNER"
  45 STOP
  50 GO TO RND(4)*10
A practical use for this - I think - would be:

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   10 IF A={condition to ignore next line} THEN REM
   20 PRINT "SOMETHING"
Regards,

Shaun.
Shaun_B
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Re: Anyone know useful ZX80 ROM tricks?

Post by Shaun_B »

I found this by accident:

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   1 PRINT "HELLO ZX80 FANZ";
   2 POKE 16421,38
[EDIT] The POKE is wrong, I've worked it out. Please see attached demo (32 x 24 text in BASIC).

This seems to remove the message at the bottom of the screen. I was using EightyOne for this.

Thanks,

Shaun.
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