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FZX: a new standard format and driver for proportional fonts[B]FZX[/B] is a very compact and efficient (although extremely flexible and powerful) standard format to create new fonts for the ZX-Spectrum. It sup…
... to fill with white or black pixels or only border lines (the 4 ... , the full area appears on white raster (except the tracking area ... -
Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... ;; the original 47loader border: blue/black pilot, red/black data
ifdef LOADER_THEME_JUBILEE
;; black/white pilot, red/white/blue data
;; for a white border
ld a,0x2f< ... -
Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... the pilot, the border colour changes from black/white to black/green. So if ... it never goes black/green ... it goes black/green and then back to black/white during the ... sync. If it goes black/green and stays there until ... -
Can a guy that traveled on the short bus learn machine code...Hmmm So after some soul searching I figured it was time to finaly nail spectrum machine code. Its so frustrating to sit infront of a basic listing w…
... commands...[/I]
BLACK (BORDER 0):
[code]
... IMG]
PURPLE (BORDER 3):
[code]
3E03 ... IMG]
YELLOW (BORDER 6):
[code]
3E06 ... 16isbaq.jpg[/IMG]
WHITE (BORDER 7):
[code]
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spectrum issue 6a oddityMorning everyone Bought a speccy (rubber key) from ebay in near mint condition - couldn't tune in on analogue particularly well so did the comp mod …
... fine. Sometimes sticks on black paper white border on boot but have had ... -
spectrum issue 6a oddityMorning everyone Bought a speccy (rubber key) from ebay in near mint condition - couldn't tune in on analogue particularly well so did the comp mod …
... =actualreality;721581]Sometimes sticks on black paper white border on boot but have ... -
spectrum issue 6a oddityMorning everyone Bought a speccy (rubber key) from ebay in near mint condition - couldn't tune in on analogue particularly well so did the comp mod …
... fine. Sometimes sticks on black paper white border on boot but have had ... -
Machine code/Assembly language back in the dayHello. Back in the 80s when I was a kid, I didn't learn Z-80 machine code, but I was always curious about it. Just recently I decided to explore Z-…
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[EXECUTE]
Black screen.. red lines.. white screen..
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Manic Miner - Loader And Screen DifferencesThere are some changes between the various releases and re-releases of Manic Miner with both the loader and the loading screen itself. Here I'll deta…
... of them have the black-ink-on-white-paper attribute file.
white border stripe" below the black after the BASIC loader ... the BORDER 0.
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Issue 4A black paper, white borderJust had one of these through, nice yellow pcb! Everything but the ULA soldered in. On power up I get black paper, white border and some intermitten…
Plugged in the diagnostic cart, black paper, blue border, 7 stripes, IC12 then ... initialise, black paper, white border. Plug the diag cart in again, black and white pic ... -
First time capacitor replacementHi, I have an Issue 2 board, that i wish to start with recapping as advised on here, as they look to be all original. (Same with V3 board, but going…
... I assume!! It starts with border and black screen, then repeatedly fills with ... -
First time capacitor replacementHi, I have an Issue 2 board, that i wish to start with recapping as advised on here, as they look to be all original. (Same with V3 board, but going…
... I assume!! It starts with border and black screen, then repeatedly fills with ... -
Issue 3 board with strange piggy-back boardIn case you are interested. I?ve never seen something like this before. I have an Issue 3 board here. When I opened the case and found a strange pig…
... switching on I got the screen normally appears when the lower ... are not available. Means white paper and white border with random colour blocks ... -
+2a double vision - uncommon problemHelloo - I was helped by Guesser on a previous occasion on a toastrack, so many thanks to him for that! Today's problem is the RGB display from a +2a…
... /> Yes! it says its a black +2a with din power brick ... and I get white Klingon letters on the black screen):
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+2a double vision - uncommon problemHelloo - I was helped by Guesser on a previous occasion on a toastrack, so many thanks to him for that! Today's problem is the RGB display from a +2a…
... /> In sum: we have a black +2a with din power supply ... /> RGB to SCART - Flatscreen - white screen ghosting on black letters and on games ... /> RGB to SCART - CRT - black screen with white Klingon alphabet
How ... -
Switchable Timex Sinclair 2068 ROM modificationI have just finished a switchable TS2068 / Spectrum ROM modification and implemented it on two TS2068s. It uses a 32K EPROM chip for the HOME ROM and…
... sets port FE to a white border at the beginning of START ... quite different results on the screen.
I used five ... -
Toasted +3Oops.. I shorted one of my +3 (being clumsy with multimeter, doh) when measuring PSU connector pins :D Any immediate guesses what exactly died on thi…
... it, it displays a black screen(paper & border) for a second or ... so...then on to the copyright screen ... -
Toasted +3Oops.. I shorted one of my +3 (being clumsy with multimeter, doh) when measuring PSU connector pins :D Any immediate guesses what exactly died on thi…
... it, it displays a black screen(paper & border) for a second or ... so...then on to the copyright screen ... random blocks on the screen though. The screen is only blank while ... -
ZX Spectrum + Please help!I wonder if anyone can help? I purchased a ZX Spectrum + from a Car Boot Sale last year, boxed, with games and leads. The problem is, it won't tune i…
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A screen with a white border and a mix of ... circuit (SMPSU). If the border is not white, then the problem could ... -
Just some clarification needed6A board, RAM test displays blue border, black paper and 7 horizontal lines, according to [URL="http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/Sinclair/Interface2/Car…
That's what I'd read too - 7 border stripes = bit 6 error = IC12. Black screen indicates bit stuck low.
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Loading AGD games into AGD to check codeHey there Not sure if this is quite the place to put this but it covers both Jonathan's AGD and Spin and is a question about developing my AGD game.…
I have tried loading the largest block in land of mire mare and get a black screen with a white pixel,I will try something else -
Loading AGD games into AGD to check codeHey there Not sure if this is quite the place to put this but it covers both Jonathan's AGD and Spin and is a question about developing my AGD game.…
... mare and get a black screen with a white pixel,I will try ... -
Help! +3Just got my +3 working after replacing the drive belt. All was OK until I plugged in my Multiface 3 (known working with a +2a) and the computer went…
It was just vertical stripes, but now when I go to check, it's just a black screen with a green border... That might well mean a memory problem after all... -
Help! +3Just got my +3 working after replacing the drive belt. All was OK until I plugged in my Multiface 3 (known working with a +2a) and the computer went…
... ASIC) resulted in a black screen and green border. When you receive your ... -
Issue 3 Speccy, Grey ScreenHi, Just purchased a "working" Issue 3 Speccy 48k from Ebay. Except it's not working. All I get is a grey screen, no Sinclair copyright text, no cli…
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Imagine the startup screen but with no Sinclair text ... blocks or a black screen perhaps with the grey border. This is just ... -
New test for finding missing +2A/+3 ULA timing detailsHello, having added the +2A/+3 emulation recently, I want to make sure I got the ULA timing 100% right. We know when the contention pattern starts, …
... on mine, visible before the black line is drawn over them ... screen now contains not only zeros, but attributes with black paper and white ... see the blue pixels turning white on black background? That should tell ... -
New test for finding missing +2A/+3 ULA timing detailsHello, having added the +2A/+3 emulation recently, I want to make sure I got the ULA timing 100% right. We know when the contention pattern starts, …
... p13z;757528]blue pixels turning white on black background?:
Seems the ... the attribute from the shadow screen combined with the pixels from ... the normal screen.
The fact ... reason on +3 the screen flip happening between pixels and ... -
THE HOBBIT loading screenHello again, thought I'd have a go at an alternative loading screen for The Hobbit. [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/61658082/THE%20HOBBIT%…
... the images are simpler - larger white or black continuous areas - won't ... the 6 most recently used screen blocks on Spectrum 128K memory ... -
The Wizard of Hotspot HillockI've just re-discovered this unfinished game which I haven't done any work on for a couple of years. As it can be played through to the end as it is …
... files and then display a black screen with "Wizard of Hotspot Hillock ... the location narrative)), green narrative, white pictures (there aren't any ... -
New user with a dead 48k issue 2Hello all I've found my way here from watching some excellent youtube videos by Joulesper Coulomb in an attempt to fix a issue 2 rubber key 48k I bo…
... would give a black screen as a basis; black and white thick vertical stripes ...
