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Which Tolkien game had this loading screen?I recall game name had a word "Mordor". Searching WOS using "Mordor" didn´t help. Looking at other Tolkien games screenshots, it´s not Lord of the Ri…
... sounds right, though. The loading screen was something like a close ... Lord of the Rings loading screen. The screen didn´t have any ... visible. Horse´s head had black and light blue colours. There ... of colour "splashed" on the screen.
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Repair Zx Spectrum +2 Blackhello there, just found a Zx Spectrum +2 Black edition Issue 1 board that doesnt appear anything on the screen, even led dont power on,i have tes…
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Spectrum 128k 2a or not 2b....Just picked up a +2 black case version and I'm in as little bit of a quagmire, The case is definitely black, has '+2A' stamped on the bottom, but in…
Just picked up a +2 black case version and I'm ... quagmire, The case is definitely black, has '+2A'
stamped on the ... wires, isn't that a 2a mod?
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Need help from people with a +2A/+3Not sure where to post this. This is a plea to people with the actual hardware, naturally. Could you run this little program (both TAP and WAV fil…
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Confused whether I have a +2A or +2B?I opened up my newly acquired black +2A and what I see is that it's an Amstrad Z0833 Issue 2 board from 1988 . I was changing the resistor to make th…
... opened up my newly acquired black +2A and what I see is ... case though it clearly says +2A and of course when I ... -
How to refurbish my black +2?So I'm pretty chuffed with my black +2A/B just wondering what should I do to ensure a long Speccy life ? I suspect the tape drive needs a service bec…
... 'm pretty chuffed with my black +2A/B just wondering what should ... -
Troubleshooting my +2To put this in context: a while back (i.e. late last year and earlier this year) I was looking to put together a compilation of modern Spectrum games…
... during the load (either the screen after "RetroWorks presents..." never appears ... of my two non-original black +2s. Meanwhile, if anyone has ... chunky DIN plug on the +2A/+3, but is this just ... -
Need help from people with real 128/black +2 and grey +2A/+2B/+3.Please, if you have time and inspiration, run [url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/55518/test-of-screen-switching-timings"]this t…
... /forums/discussion/55518/test-of-screen-switching-timings"]this test[/url ... -
Mixed bag - Mangled in-game screen and/or loading screen.[url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0012757&loadpics=3"]Black Raven[/url] Mangled in-game screen and loading screen.
[url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0012757&loadpics=3"]Black Raven[/url]
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Hiding a Loading Screen?Hi folks! Is there an easy way (a POKE or something) to hide the drawing of a loading screen? I did find a post from leespoons in an old thread wh…
... the drawing of a loading screen? I did find a post ... two lines black on black - handy when you've got a screen$ to ... lines of white ink on black paper before the attributes load ... -
Fastest emulator screen renderingHi, I'm developing an algorithm for fast emulator screen rendering and here is what I came up with. 1) Use 4bpp indexed image format as target …
... an algorithm for fast emulator screen rendering and here is what ... you can quickly create a black and white 4bpp byte from ... algorithm.[code]byte=next screen byte // get next screen byte
p32 ... offsets from 16384 for each screen line as[code]uint16_t offsets ... -
Finding the issue.My sister recently found our old Speccy in her loft and having no interest in retro gaming promptly put it in the bin. Her husband text me and I res…
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It's the black 128k +2A, and on a superficial level ... on and displays the menu screen, the keyboard works and the ... -
+2A vs +2BFrom what I understand, the +2A like the one I have is black, while the +2B is grey. Logically, the +2B came after the +2A, but why is there a prefer…
From what I understand, the +2A like the one I have is black, while the +2B is grey. Logically, the +2B came after the +2A, but why is there a preference to the A model?
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Screen RatioAn interesting thing happened with my photos on facebook of my Spectrum setup with my new OSSC (open source scan converter). Some made a fuss (in jes…
... its better than big black borders on the screen, and it makes ... -
Exact emulation of the Snow effectAs the original post on another forum is outdated, and for those who don't know about that forum, I duplicate this info here: At the beginning of …
... of two processes — reading screen data by the ULA and ... the interference of reading ULA screen data and memory regeneration leads ... effects on Amstrad's black machines (+2A/+2B/+3/...) and on ... fast running columns on the screen immediately after loading the ... -
AMERICAN SPECTRUM FANS?Hi all. I was wondering, who many Spectrum-fans could live in America... I have many addresses in my zx-base, but not many of them belong to Americ…
... only that picture will be black and white but also you ... lot of "snow" on the screen.
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@@ I ... have tried with spectrum+2A, +3 there is no snow ... noise at edge connector. ( for +2A or +3 I pull video ... -
maketzx problemsDoes anyone else have problems running maketzx v2.33 (with or without the GUI) on Windows 2000 Sp4? I've just changed my OS from Win Me where i've m…
... my P3/450 and the screen doesn't keep up with ... />
I often use my +2a, play a tape (which auto ... is somethimes something of a Black Art. -
Cylu doesn't work in 128KI've played hundreds of 48K games on my original Spectrum 128K+, and all of them load fine, which is more than can be said for the plus2 Spectrums. H…
... noses), but same title screen "beeper" tune as the ... "advert" is full screen graphics including Knight Tyme plug ... +2 and also a black +2A at one point, and ... troublesome games, but the black +2A was awful and failed ... like "not compatible with +2A", [url="ftp://ftp. ... -
Dead +3The good news is I've just acquired a +3. The bad news is it doesn't bloody work. When I plug it all in and switch it on the disk drive starts spinn…
My +2a broke, and I changed almost ... connected it to TV, screen changed to black and that was it ... -
Spectrum Game CompatibilityHi, At the moment I have a spectrum 48k. I am planning to get a 128k +2, but I have a problem. Will my 48k games work on 128k +2? Because some of the…
... 8 in 128K mode, the screen turns black, you can hear the ... a +3 or a +2A. These machines won't run ... (don't know about the +2A) has corrupt sound. The +2 ... The original 128 Spectrum (the black, Sinclair one) is great, ... +2 (and +3 and +2A)'s joystick ports aren't ... -
replacement +3 psuok, who would be kind enough to help an idiot build a replacement PSU for the +3 / +2a , from a PC power supply? Guesser has already helped out a gr…
... a while now on a +2a, at one point I have ... the centre of the screen would remain black; but once the Spectrums ... -
SCART Lead and C= 1940 MonitorHi, I've decided to make a SCART lead for my +3 I've been doing a lot of searching on the internet and forums but I'm a little confused as some peop…
... of the wires (eg. the black coloured one) for the ground ... />
Also I noticed the screen in the cable is connected ... +12V 5 - 16 Blanking ***
BLACK Ground 2 - 17 Video ground ... buzz on +2A).
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128 spectrum zx +2 is stuck on test screenhey this is my first spectrum i bought it from a boot-sale for 2 pound and it came with loads of games but when i turn it on i get the test screen an…
... plugs on the motherboard. (The black +2A has only one ribbon I ... to see if the test screen goes away (That should confirm ... -
128 spectrum zx +2 is stuck on test screenhey this is my first spectrum i bought it from a boot-sale for 2 pound and it came with loads of games but when i turn it on i get the test screen an…
If it is a Black case +2A or +2B then when in test screen mode press PLM and QAZ at the SAME time to get a diagnostic screen come up.
This was only put in the Spectrum +2A, +2B and +3A, +3B models.
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+2B problem stillHi all, I have a spare +2B that still dont work. Richard kindly sent me 4 x 4464 ram chips but the +2B still dont work I have swapped over both ROM`s…
... flashing black to white back to black border.
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Why wasn't Underwurlde on the Ultimate Collected Works?Ultimate: The Collected Works has all the Spectrum games which directly involved the Stamper Bros... except Underwurlde. Anyone know why? [url]http:…
... /+2 in 128K mode, the screen went black, but the sounds of ... 're not thinking of the +2A, are you? I don't ... -
Why are we here? (At WoS)No, not a deep philosophical question about the nature of life, the universe and human existence. The thread “what does your partner think of …
... even have the correct Spectrum screen aspect (it was square ... could also add:
2a. The Speccy is very well ... an arbitrary pixel on the screen, restrictive licensing agreements and even ... colour. Why couldn't Bright Black have been grey? And although ... -
Another fusetest runWould anyone with a real machine be prepared to try the latest version of [url=http://www.shadowmagic.org.uk/spectrum/fusetest.zip]fusetest[/url], my…
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On a black +2A, loaded in 128 mode via ... cold. I then tried another +2A and the program kept crashing ... in the centre of the screen before it reset. However, with ... -
MB02+ software and system developmentsThe following text was (before last modification) first published here: [url]http://www.sintech-shop.com/forum/board.php?boardid=20[/url] As discuss…
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ULA snow effect (screen raining) is active on real ... this slow(contended) memory.(BLACK RAVEN, IMPERIA 3, HEXAGON ... /> ZX48 rom on ZX128+2A/+2B/+3 not contain values ... This games crash on +2A/+3. If register I ... (games will work on ZX128+2A/+3 too)
Help with faulty +2ahi everyone I'm Nuno from Portugal I think I made poopoo with a 128k +2a motherboard I had spare for testing purposes This motherboard has always …
... sets of ROMS from another +2a and a +3 and the ... roms work fine on another +2a
I've tested ... 't boot there are just black paper with some random squares ... to boot to the test screen (holding break) but it never ...
