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Spectrum Emulator that supports low resolutions and runs smoothlyHello to All, I have been trying to find a spectrum emulator that will work well through my CRT TV (using RGB to Scart) Most emulators seem to supp…
... to the [I]blacker than black[/I] level for the ... will be generating blacker than black.
In addition the ! ... period. The clocks controlling the vertical and horizontal counters are delayed ... completing 13 CLK7 cycles after !Border returned low. At this point ... -
Help me resurrecting a 128KHello to everybody. I'm really struggling along a repair of a standard 128K a friend of mine handed me over some (ok, actually a lot of) time ago. A…
... should see eight differently coloured vertical stripes for each bit, starting ... iterations, followed by an entirely black screen which, according to ... I would expect a blue border with 7 white lines, showing ... correctly a D6 fault (blue border and 7 white lines). ... -
smooth movement in basicWas trying to figure this out myself but i would like to be pointed in right direction now :-). How do I make something move in Basic without gettin…
... clean up the display. For vertical movement it (rather annoyingly) ... 0 causes the top left border character to be erased.
black ball in this case).
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ZX Spectrum 48K help and Hello :)Hello out there I am a long time admirer of the ZX Spectrum range of computers my first go at one was in the early 1980s with my dads ZX 80 now its …
... is turned on? Is the border pattern static or moving? Does ... the centre (the wide black and white vertical stripes), it has been ... that in combination with that border pattern.
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ZX Spectrum 48K help and Hello :)Hello out there I am a long time admirer of the ZX Spectrum range of computers my first go at one was in the early 1980s with my dads ZX 80 now its …
... that pattern of wide black and white vertical stripes without any other ... .
I suspect the border pattern won't be perfectly ... the ULA to change the border colour and the timing happens ... -
48k + Spectrum Issue 4S Display IssueHi all! Brand new user here. Growing up I had a zx spectrum for a little bit, and recently I have bought a working 48k + Spectrum (Issue 4). I was…
... the screen go black, then have narrow red vertical lines followed by ... again?
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Yet another glitchy graphics 48kHeyo, I'm new both to the forums (sorry if this is the wrong forum) and to Spectra I'm afraid, picked up a 48k from a steam fair sale thingy (not th…
... displaying a black screen with a flashing "K" to drawing vertical red ... lines on an otherwise blank screen. The border's ... probably fine.
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Poorly Issue One 16k spectrum diagnosis?Hello, everyone. :smile: I was lucky enough to buy an Issue One 16k rubber key the other week; I didn't know it was an Issue One till I opened it up…
... white bordered, broad black-and-white vertical striped screen as shown ... I get a white/yellow border, black paper, and the vertically ... scrolling and flashing red/black checkerboard pattern.
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Issue 4A issuesHi all, I've been trying to get the Issue 4A board that came DOA with the case I purchased for my Frankenspectrum to work. I've recapped and socket…
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At start-up, the border and centre screen have random ... does is to set the border to white. This is before ... change to all black, followed by thin red vertical lines being drawn ... on the black screen.
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…
... fill with white or black pixels or only border lines (the 4 ... some useless rulers. Now, the vertical shifting and depth is calculated ...Repairing a torn trace on an Issue 2 PCBI've found what I think could be the reason for my Issue 2 board not working properly... There is a torn PCB trace beneath one end of where a new ULA…
... a white border (=good?) and a paper comprising 8 vertical columns, each ... repeating (but offset) pattern of black, light blue and white colour ... now I get a white border, black paper, with what looks to ...Tutorial: ZX-Paintbrush and BIFROST*The latest version of [URL="http://www.zxmodules.de/"]ZX-Paintbrush[/URL] now supports editing multicolor tiles as used in [URL="http://www.worldofsp…
... be visible on the side bars on both sides. Personally I ... 's marked as black. It's exactly like the BORDER/INK colors ...Nasty 'Gotcha' for multicolour timingI thought I would be better developing my multicolour routine on the 48K first, being the slowest, so it would then be sure to work on the 128K varia…
... design-wise I want 4x12 vertical scoreboards for everyone, 2 on ... . Just in-game tokens, health bars if necessary, and either a ... bullet rendering during the top border, then re-work all the ...NEW GAME: Elixir VitaeOnly 2 weeks after Janosik I have a pleasure to announce my next creation - a logical minigame called [B]Elixir Vitae[/B]. Just like another Polish …
... during the top border, then overwrite them with black attributes in the ... bottom border. When you want ... it will be horizontal or vertical) then I can probably read ...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...48k Spectrum ULA issue?Hi All, Have a couple of Spectrums Plus' with their orignal ULAs showing the failure as in screen 2 on the left. [URL="http://hardware.speccy.org/i…
... 't be seen AFAICT. The vertical duplication would be explained by ... see either a black screen or black screen with red bars for a ...Fixing my old ZX Spectrum 48K issue 4AHi Guys, I trying to fix my old Spectrum 48K. Looks like my dad used a wrong power supply as the ULA had a bit missing and so did the 7805. So I rep…
... a black screen with white border, with pairs of red/magenta vertical lines ...ZX Spectrum 48K Issue 3, loss of -5V rail.Hi all, I've googled this problem and poured over the electrical diagrams for the circuitry concerning the power supplies and I believe I know what …
... is white border and black paper.
Then some pixel-thin vertical lines ...ZX Spectrum 48K Issue 3, loss of -5V rail.Hi all, I've googled this problem and poured over the electrical diagrams for the circuitry concerning the power supplies and I believe I know what …
... is white border and black paper.
Then some pixel-thin vertical lines ... of each character the thin vertical lines appear in?What is the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega and what does it mean?Just stumbled upon this Indiegogo page following a tweet from SpeccyNews [url]https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sinclair-zx-spectrum-vega[/url] it…
... compromise that results in neither black borders, nor a squished widescreen ... the borders get cropped - no black bars on the sides as the ... the screen is filled with border.
I've used ...Harlequin clone...PCB manufactured!Using Chris Smith's detailed schematics and project notes from the Harlequin... a Speccy fan in the United States by the name of Don (Superfo) has de…
... . There is a white border, black screen with vertical white lines running down ...Black screen on 48k+Hello peeps Just bought a 48k+ was working fine then after leaving it off over night I turned back on to get a total black screen, no border etc. …
... see thin vertical red lines on the black screen? Does the border change ... multimeter, connect the negative lead (black lead) to either the metal ...A z88dk + sp1 demo (with source)Since nowadays people are still wondering about how difficult it is to make something in z88dk, I thought I just put a very simple demo to show how e…
... " changes the background, "" adds the border timer and "o" exits to ... , 28, 20}; // full screen minus border
struct sp1_Rect levelbrect = {0 ...
unsigned char dy; // signed vertical speed in pixels
};
Magenta border and black screenGot my hands on a issue 3 48k machine. Did the initial resistance checks and everything seemed in order buy when I switch the machine on all I get is…
... does is to set the border to white. Then it does ... zeros. This normally gives a black screen. Then it writes new ... memory. On screen you get vertical red lines.
But ... , you are getting a magenta border, which may mean that either ...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…
... you're doing the vertical scroll for now. POKE ... screen completely to attribute 0 (black).
Note ... /> 40 REM Example of Vertical Attribute Scroll
50 ... 60 INK 7: PAPER 0: BORDER 0: BRIGHT 0: FLASH ... Clear the buffer to black:
250 LET ...Getting a +3 working again (keyboard & tape socket issues)So, as part of my Spectrum restoration project I will also try to tackle the problem child among my fleet, the +3. PROBLEM ONE: Ever since I firs…
... contacts separated by 2 black rings like this:-
black ring, this a ... responding with loading bars, or border flashing red/blue, ... respond with loading bars if the volume level ... it still should make the border flash red/blue.
Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
... powered on but got Black and White Vertical stripes . The Smart Card ... just shows Black Screen and Red Border ...Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …
... now and it made the border go black ( so a fault had ... lifted track and the screen border returned to normal . This could ... . There is a bit of "vertical" greening effect on the left ... hand vertical line on the 128 screen ...Need help from people with a +2A/+3Started a topic [url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/55141/need-help-from-people-with-a-2a-3"]here[/url] to get a broader reach, b…
... into the border area, and the border flickers between red and black if ... only watch for the yellow border jumping above the ground level ... . Press any key and white vertical stripes will appear in the ... the screen. Does the yellow border now appear around them as ...Need help from people with a +2A/+3Started a topic [url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/55141/need-help-from-people-with-a-2a-3"]here[/url] to get a broader reach, b…
... held down, yellow bars flicker in the border area next to the ... is pressed, a steady yellow border with black stripes appears:-
[img ... the yellow bar in the border flows from top to bottom ...
