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by Fruitcake
Sat May 02, 2020 12:30 pm
Forum: GAMES
Topic: New ZX81 Game: Against The Elements
Replies: 52
Views: 67398

Re: New ZX81 Game: Against The Elements

And the software I found on my hard drive: https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/598af660300e0d55b35f5755/598af6d4be2a7d8a457add30/8ef40f72b124d0a22a3b949b9035e6a5/AgainstTheElements.zip That zip contains the original V1.00 release. I later released V1.01 that made some small efficiency chang...
by Fruitcake
Sat May 02, 2020 12:25 pm
Forum: GAMES
Topic: RetroSnake is out ! New ZX81 16k Pseudo High Res game
Replies: 13
Views: 15707

Re: RetroSnake is out ! New ZX81 16k Pseudo High Res game

Thanks for the game. It plays really well (on EightyOne), and I like how you've used the pseudo hi-res graphics. Great stuff!
by Fruitcake
Fri May 01, 2020 12:42 pm
Forum: ZX BASIC
Topic: ZXtool - intimately examine P files
Replies: 35
Views: 37344

Re: ZXtool - intimately examine P files

Oh, no I was asking for zxtool.exe source. Have been looking for it without success. I spoke to SirMorris and he's updated zxtool for this issue (although I note not yet updated the version for download on the original post and so I've suggested he does that). Should you still want the source then ...
by Fruitcake
Fri May 01, 2020 1:33 am
Forum: ZX BASIC
Topic: ZXtool - intimately examine P files
Replies: 35
Views: 37344

Re: ZXtool - intimately examine P files

But I've never used it or know what format it outputs non-ASCII characters in... Maybe yet another format... Modified source "to make it compatible with ZXText2P" is here: https://github.com/mobluse/zx81-mob/tree/master/converters and previously mentioned here: https://www.sinclairzxworld.com/viewt...
by Fruitcake
Fri May 01, 2020 1:26 am
Forum: ZX BASIC
Topic: ZXtool - intimately examine P files
Replies: 35
Views: 37344

Re: ZXtool - intimately examine P files

I found it...the author wrote a simple Perl program to do the conversion from .p to txt. A variety of formats to choose between! :lol: I guess I never gave it much thought but it seems a .p file is litterally just a translation of kewyrods to the ZX81 code set. Plus system variables, BASIC variable...
by Fruitcake
Thu Apr 30, 2020 10:52 pm
Forum: ZX BASIC
Topic: ZXtool - intimately examine P files
Replies: 35
Views: 37344

Re: ZXtool - intimately examine P files

Sorry, I should have given a better example. I have seen code like {128}{128}{128} and figured that the { and } are being used to allow ZX81 numeric code values to be used instead of character sequences such as \::\::\:: which I think represents the same thing. I haven't seen that used before. Is a...
by Fruitcake
Thu Apr 30, 2020 1:47 pm
Forum: ZX BASIC
Topic: ZXtool - intimately examine P files
Replies: 35
Views: 37344

Re: ZXtool - intimately examine P files

With regard to \" in source text file: •EightyOne version 1.16 works with this when using a zxtext2p.exe converted text-to-.p file Yes, zxtext2p successfully converts \" and produces a valid .p file and so EightyOne can read it in and run it. With regard to "" in source text file: •EightyOne versio...
by Fruitcake
Thu Apr 30, 2020 12:41 am
Forum: ZX BASIC
Topic: ZXtool - intimately examine P files
Replies: 35
Views: 37344

Re: ZXtool - intimately examine P files

So it' seems that it is zxtool that may need updating no zxtext2p, no? Or the zxtool could be updated and then all 3 would still be in alignment... It seems a shame zxtext2p uses \" rather than "" since the latter looks more like a BASIC listing, and it is possible to reliably detect it within PRIN...
by Fruitcake
Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:12 pm
Forum: ZX BASIC
Topic: ZXtool - intimately examine P files
Replies: 35
Views: 37344

Re: ZXtool - intimately examine P files

If you give zxtext2p.exe a file with "" it just moves it into a .p file and then EightyOne doesn't know what to do with it. EightyOne V1.13 and up directly supports importing text files and converting them into programs. It is based on the formatting used by zxtext2p to achieve a high level of comp...
by Fruitcake
Wed Apr 29, 2020 12:09 am
Forum: Emulators
Topic: New release of EightyOne available
Replies: 344
Views: 358376

Re: New release of EightyOne available

EightyOne v1.17 is now available from SourceForge. This release fixes a crash that occurred when resetting a Jupiter Ace.