Another BASIC demo

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Shaun_B
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Another BASIC demo

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I wondered how fast I could update a good chunk of the screen, and then decided to add a scrolly again.

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Shaun.
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Re: Another BASIC demo

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The fastest version in Basic I know of is using a single print with a string variable containing all the characters of the screen. I used this to show a large walking man on the screen by

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100 PRINT AT A, B;A$
110 PRINT AT A, B;B$
... 
200 GOTO 100
this wasn't tested on a Zeddy so can contain errors. A and B were used because I wasn't sure about value of top left corner.
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Re: Another BASIC demo

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Thanks. I know that using variables is faster on other dialects of BASIC, I just wasn't sure whether this rule applied to the ZX81 as well. I think using my scrolly routine in this thread I could probably get some more speed out of it, and then maybe more animation.

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Shaun.
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