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Lion BarsSeeing as there's a thread asking about [B]Burton's "Fish & Chips"[/B], I thought I'd ask about Lion Bars, as I used to love them, but I haven't seen…
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Spectrum dead: 8 vertical bars in alternating colorsI have been soldering on this basterd for a long time now. All IC's now have sockets (except the LM1889). I swapped all 4116's by types that are 100%…
... the system, is 8 vertical bars, with some flickering blocks and ... 8 perfect vertical bars without distortion. The 8 bars take up the ... , light color, total of 8 bars. I can't tell you ... -
Just bought a Spectrum+. Doesn't work. Red bars on screen.Hi all, Something of a noob here. Having recently been on holiday, I came across a Spectrum+ in a box, with a collection of games in a shop, and, af…
... alternating pattern of vertical red bars - it switches between four, and ... eight red bars every second or so. No ... -
decoding loading barsI was idly pondering if it would be possible to decode the tape loading bars - just the header, say, for a standard loader, to determine the title o…
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48k Spectrum "Jail Bars" Removal?Hi all Just curious I think I saw a post here about the bars that go down the screen on some 48k's I think he referred to them as "jail bars". Any…
... a post here about the bars that go down the screen ... referred to them as "jail bars".
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Dead issue 3b with black and white barsHi all, I've been donated an issue 3b which has some nice black and white bars with a few flashing blocks. I've done a few RAM tests and could spo…
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ZX Spectrum 48K it only shows colored barsHello, I'm new to the forum and I need help with a ZX Spectrum 48K which I bought recently unfortunately defective. I want to mention that before t…
... the screen only appeared colored bars.
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Horizontal black and white bars on ZX Spectrum 128k ToastrackSo I found a working 128k toastrack on a local auction site. After playing around with it for a few days I noticed the sound of the AY chip was reall…
... machine it showed black/white bars. I tried power cycling a ... -
ZX Spectrum 128k Toastrack with horizontal black and white barsSo I found a working 128k toastrack on a local auction site. After playing around with it for a few days I noticed the sound of the AY chip was reall…
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Loading Bars - Rnd USR cmd ?Morning, Just a quick question - messing about with basic and all those years back I seem to remember a way to create loading bars with a RANDOMISE …
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Loading Bars - Rnd USR cmd ?Morning, Just a quick question - messing about with basic and all those years back I seem to remember a way to create loading bars with a RANDOMISE …
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Loading Bars - Rnd USR cmd ?Morning, Just a quick question - messing about with basic and all those years back I seem to remember a way to create loading bars with a RANDOMISE …
... a way to create loading bars with a RANDOMISE USR command ... -
Major +2A problemI've found that my +2A doesn't seem to be working anymore - I just get some black and white horizontal bars on screen, sometimes with some random cha…
... some black and white horizontal bars on screen, sometimes with some ... -
New issue of Edge: Spectrum designer featureThe new issue of Edge has a fairly good article on the guy that designed the Spectrum's casings, from the rubber-keyed original to the 48/128K black …
... -Spectrum bias, like the quote bars, but there's only so ... -
Interesting Renegade 1 BugThere's a bug in the game that allows you to keep punching a dead opponent. I remember doing it by accident years ago on my Spectrum. Here's how it …
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I think my +2 is dead! HELP!Me and my brother spent about 40 mins trying to get our speccy +2 down from the loft. We plugged it in, and tuned it into my TV. However, we are havi…
... a signal from it! No bars, noises or anything (although I ... -
Today I did something I had not done for 25 years...............I ate a Texan Bar !!! I went into my Local paper shop this morning and there they were. A full box of Texan Bars. I was so excited I bought two, a…
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Why nothing will ever beat a real SpeccyI believe that one of the reasons that Speccy games were so good was because you had to wait so long for them to load! I remember sitting in front o…
... alternating flashing red and cyan bars, then the flashing yellow and ... blue bars, along with the unique spectrum ... -
Spectaculator/Spin audio savingI've tried to make an audio save of Football Director 2 on both these emulators and am having the same problem with both. When I 'put in' a cassette…
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Anybody been to Berlin?Going to Berlin next month for a few days. Anybody been there already? Know any good bars/clubs/places to go/things to do? Cheers! BigBadMick
Going to Berlin next month for a few days.
Anybody been there already?
Know any good bars/clubs/places to go/things to do?
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Interface1 problem.I just bought one. Problem is, I plug the thingie in one of my argentinian clones and the machine seems not to run a single Z80 cycle. The screen is …
... black & white thick vertical bars (about 3 or 4 chars ... -
Share your freaky storiesShare your weird or freaky stories here! Here's mine: A few years ago me and the girlfriend were on holiday in Spain and we got friendly with the y…
... nail-bombs in different gay bars around London? Well, one of ... the gay bars he blew up was called ... -
Your Computer magazineJust noticed a few issues of 'Your computer' mag have been scanned and placed in the archive.(i'd forgotten it existed) Does anyone out there posses…
... a school cap thrown behind bars! (this served as food for ... -
Issue two picture qualityDoes anyone know if issue two and earlier spectrums have worse picture quality (in general, beside colours) compared to issue 3 and later? I mean on…
... , i can see faint vertical bars on a white paper and ... -
Name this gameI'm looking for a side scroller thats set in space (the main char is on foot not in a ship) the main character was a bit like Johnny Bravo. The only…
... roof (sort of like monkey bars) and kick enemy's while ... -
So you think you know your Spectrum games, do you....I thought this might be a fun thing to test your knowledge of Spectrum games - below is a quote taken directly from Crash in their description of a p…
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HD enclosures - might be of some use to someone?Basically, it's an external 'icy box' 3.5" HD enclosure but i've taken out the circuit board that was in there and power supply gubbins for an embedd…
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Those RANDOMIZE USR lines that look like tape loading...I often see on here people mentioning those RANDOMIZE USR lines which when entered, seem to simulate a tape loading, with the colours and lines in th…
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Does anyone else find Dan Brown suspect?Don't get me wrong, he's a good entertaining [i]fiction[/i] writer -- as long as the emphasis is on "fiction"; unfortunately, he has the annoying hab…
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Unconventional way of diagnosing a faultHi everyone Some time ago I got a 48k Spectrum (issue 3B board) in a pretty bad condition. I believe the power supply transistor TR4 failed, causing…
... 4 vertical black and white bars over the screen. I suspect ... these characteristic black and white bars appear on the screen (I ...
