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ZX Spectrum +2 not booting correctlyHello there! I recently purchased a ZX Spectrum +2 from a charity shop with the hope that it may be functional. Upon booting, the Spectrum does not …
... a RAM fault as green border with black paper is an indication of ... -
Spectrum 48k Power On ProcessI have a 48k Spectrum here that maybe does something strange on power on. Could somebody confirm what is meant to happen when power is applied? On …
... /> Machine should give a white border, black paper - red bars up and down ... the screen, flash of black, then white paper, white border and a (c ... -
Spectrum 48k Power On ProcessI have a 48k Spectrum here that maybe does something strange on power on. Could somebody confirm what is meant to happen when power is applied? On …
... /> Machine should give a white border, black paper - red bars up and down ... the screen, flash of black, then white paper, white border and a (c ... -
Game of Life.Last year (I think) or maybe the year before, I entered a Game of Life simulator into the CSS CGC compo but for the Sinclair ZX81. I decided to port…
... blue border below line 20 needs restoring as it changes to black ... ,0: PRINT AT 21,0; PAPER 1,,,,,,: POKE 23659,2"
LOAD "" CODE in machine code/store 128 bank dataHow do you LOAD "" CODE from machine code? I have written the following MC routine that fits into a REM statement in a basic program. I want to cal…
... ,64 ; white ink (7) on black paper (0),
; bright (64).
call 8859 ; set permanent border colours.
call 3503 ; ROM ...Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]
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BORDER 0: PAPER 0: INK 4: CLS
New version (v0.31) of ZX DiagnosticsHi all,<br><br>Just wanted to let people know that I've released a new version of the Spectrum Diagnostics into the wild.<br><br>These were originall…
Should the testram.tap load with a Spectranet? It just gives a white border/black paper combination for me. This is on a grey +2..slightly different question - how long ago did you pack away the speccy ?if at all ;) personally I think I was about 19 when it, and all the games, went into storage - SNES and PCs etc took over. I'm 32 now, and only in …
... +2 just displayed a green border and black paper image, +3 wouldn't ...PHP class for ZX Spectrum images parsing/convertingI've taken a class from ZX-Art, made it composer-friendly, refactored it and published on Github. https://github.com/moroz1999/zx-image Now every…
... format.
"bsc" - Border Screen. Size: 11136. 6144 bytes ... of attributes, 4224 bytes of border "pixels".
"bmc4" - ... of attributes, 4224 bytes of border "pixels".
"gigascreen" - ... for mixing paper+ink for ink and forcing black paper.
...Trump V Clinton, which one ? Actually Neither !Looks like Obama will declare Martial Law and stay in power. That is my prediction !
... , the same with the open border policies. I am an immigrant ... think that having a secure border is a must for any ... -g6TIQI
Hillary calls black criminals super predators:
paper'[/url] (that would be Bush ...Comp.Sys.Sinclair Crap Games Competition 2017As the creator of the second-least crap game in last year's competition (and the only mug stupid enough to agree to host it this year) I am proud/ash…
... have set INK and PAPER all the same then ... screen completely to attribute 0 (black).
Note ...
60 INK 7: PAPER 0: BORDER 0: BRIGHT 0: FLASH 0 ... :
210 INK 2: PAPER 8: BRIGHT 1
... REM Clear the buffer to black:
250 LET z ...Interrupts, 16k Spectrums and snowI'm writing something for the 16k Spectrum and I want to use interrupts. The avilable documentation doesn't seem clear enough for me to figure out ho…
... the beginning of the bottom border area instead, i.e. ... when it's writing the border?
I ... bottom attr row to BLACK+BLACK+BRIGHT+FLASH so that ... the top attr row (just BLACK+BLACK) to make the screen ... of either ink or paper is constant across the ...Replacing lower RAM 4116 ZX Spectrum 48k - desoldering advice please?A long post, but interesting pictures perhaps. :) I'd like some advice: (also apologies I think I picked the wrong 'Hardware' category for this, plea…
... purple and black bars on the paper area, with a white border. Before ...A Neat Redefine Keys RoutinePreviously, I’ve only shared this routine with a couple of people via PM, but I’ve now decided to make it public. I optimized it for size, so it uses…
... a,71 ;WHITE INK (7) + BLACK PAPER (0) * 8 + BRIGHT (1) * 64 ... ;set ATTR_P
xor a ;BORDER = 0
call 8859 ;inside ... ROM routine BORDER ($2294)
call 3503 ;clear ...Hacking the ZX Spectrum 48K ROMHi Guys, I have modded my Speccy with a dual boot ROM loading on first bank the original ZX kernel and on the second bank an enhanced version. I h…
... above, the initial border colour is set using ... br /> [code]
0 = BLACK
1 = BLUE
... BORDER, P-ATTR and T-ATTR system variables; the flash, bright, paper ... br /> Bits 5-3: Paper
Bits 2-0: ... of the familiar red on black:
[code]
...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…
... if it does *that* (wrong border colour, garbage on the screen ... the 48k machines. Whereas the (black) +2A, +2B and +3 machines ... this time; imagine the entire paper area shifting left by one ...Cubic RevealI just though I'd develop this a little further. Written a while ago on a whim! [img]https://dl.dropbox.com/s/p44y5dda49ucmop/square_reveal_1_1.gi…
... ;ATTRs end
xor a ;Black PAPER, Black INK
slp0:
ld ... ,slp0 ;
out (0feh),a ;BORDER 0
entry:
Cubic RevealI just though I'd develop this a little further. Written a while ago on a whim! [img]https://dl.dropbox.com/s/p44y5dda49ucmop/square_reveal_1_1.gi…
... ;ATTRs end
xor a ;Black PAPER, Black INK
slp0:
ld ... ,slp0 ;
out (0feh),a ;BORDER 0
entry:
what is the best way to transfer 128k snaphots to hdd?im using the +3e disk system. and i want to do the transfer via tape.
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10 INK 0: PAPER 0: BORDER 0: CLEAR
20 LOAD ... with a yellow cursor on black paper.
9. Switch the +3 ...Fixing a poorly Issue 3 - Odd faults.Here's one for you Spectrum fixers, I warn you it's a long one. I've spent a couple hours this evening doing several repairs on a rubber keyed Speccy…
... and was greeted with a black paper area, and thin vertical red ... display problem, only showing black paper area with white border. Diagnostics showed ic6 ...Short unattended type-in'sThis follows a similar topic on the BBC/Acorn forum (said topic can be found [url="https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=14919"]here[/url…
... ... The POKEs set the paper and border to black. It draws 10 connected ... (7) it loops back to black again. For added spice, it ... :
[code]
10 paper 0:window origin 0,0 ...PAPER&INK: screen/character differenciation?So I was looking at a type-in listing earlier and I got to wondering how the Spectrum differenciates between knowing that the PAPER/INK commands need…
... ink/paper/bright/flash colours.
23624 , X for the border (lower ... what I need, via INK / PAPER / BRIGHT etc, then do ... incase you wanted say bright black with black :D , otherwise you'd ... ink colour, depending on the paper choice.
Random ...48k Spec with composite video mod, screen adjustment possible?I've had a 48k Speccy with a composite video mod for a few years now, and although it works perfectly otherwise, the screen isn't centered correctly …
... not being centred within the border area?
That’s a ... no longer centred within the border area, but is shifted slightly ... , which makes the slightly shifted "paper" area even more off the ... straight to a TV, the black slab on the right edge ...ZX Spectrum BASIC "non UK" titles that can be easily translated to make an "easy" English VersionIt was the 16K German version of LEMONADE STAND written in BASIC that made me think about this . Really , I suppose this translation aspect just…
... 65023: PAPER 7: INK 9: BORDER 7 : CLS: PRINT : PRINT "Loading : Black Friday ...How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... /> bordcr equ 23624 ; border+#0 colours
seed ... bit_6 temp
; bit_7 PAPER 9
;rom ...
black equ 0
darkblue ... 7,8)
paper equ 17 ; paper , x (0 ...How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... /> bordcr equ 23624 ; border+#0 colours
seed ... bit_6 temp
; bit_7 PAPER 9
;rom ...
black equ 0
darkblue ... 7,8)
paper equ 17 ; paper , x (0 ...
