Hi,

Looks remarkably like what you used to have to do with a Sinclair ZX81 back in the early 70s ;)

Anyone else remember peeking and poking bytes in memory?

-Carol Haynes (March 18, 2006, 06:21 PM)

Peek and Poke exist in FBSL also, but they have been enhanced :)

Peek( [@ ]addr[+offset], [$%!#]numofbytes )

Parameters
[@ ]addr[+offset] : address from where to retrieve value(s). @ and offset are extended options
[$%!#]numofbytes : you have to precise the very number of bytes to retrieve from the addr variable, and you have to precise the very type by prefixing the very offset by $, %, ! or #

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Poke( [@ ]addr[+offset], [$%!#]val )

Parameters
[@ ]addr[+offset] : variable [address] where to write value(s).
[$%!#]val : value(s) to write to at mandated address. You have to precise the very type by prefixing the very offset by $, %, ! or #

So ? :)

Hello,

Eek, that looks like how pascal did machine code before the inline assembler was added :P

-f0dder (March 18, 2006, 12:25 PM)

The way Fbsl handles 'asm' is in fact a pure trick available via a system APi call, but it works from win95 up to 2003 and even latests M$ actual betas... :)

Hello,

Really nice effect actually. Could be used to create a nice screensaver.

-Cpilot (March 15, 2006, 09:11 PM)

Simply try to do the same sample using VB : impossible since VB is not capable of multithreading...