KeyJ's ZX Star
Author: KeyJ / TRBL
Category: Christmas Challenge
System: Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Language: Sinclair BASIC
Len source code: 122 bytes (BASIC as ASCII), 112 bytes (zmakebas source code)
Len exe file: 138 bytes (tape file)
Len code only: 113 bytes (raw BASIC dump)
Instructions:
- build with:
$ zmakebas vc3_22_zx_zmakebas.bas -l -a 1 -s 1 -i 1 -o vc3_22_zx.tap
- using Russell Marks' zmakebas utility
- can be installed on standard Ubuntu Linux systems with
$ sudo apt install zmakebas
- run in basically any emulator by drag&drop of the .tap file or via
command line
- e.g., on Linux again:
$ fuse vc3_22_zx.tap
- if the emulator doesn't autostart the tape, enter the LOAD "" command
manually
- that's usually J, Ctrl+P, Ctrl+P, Enter
Description:
Several options were tried, but in the end, a parametric description of the
star shape was used, as that resulted in the least amount of code.
Comments:
Essentially a literal transcript of my Python entry. It wasn't planned that
way, but this turned out to be the most compact representation.