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  • Spectrum Issue two problemI managed to bring back to life a issue two spectrum (at least the power supply cirquit). The screen is now crystal clear (after replacing all the el…

    ... /> Sometimes i've noticed some black dots on the white paper that ...
    2. Very messy screen display (barely readable)
    3. Faulty ...
    gtsamour gtsamour January 2007 Hardware
  • C=1084s with Timex or ZX+2 - no colorI have an old C=1084s monitor for Amiga. It worked fine with my A1200 connected via RGB cable. Few days ago I tried to connect my Timex 2048 and grey…

    ... cable. The result was black & white display.
    1) Monitor is ...
    PopoCop PopoCop July 2009 Hardware
  • dying zx?hi everyone, Some times when i turn my spectrum on black dots appear in someplaces. other times it wont even go load and i can see a black rectangl…

    hi everyone,

    Some times when i turn my spectrum on black dots appear in someplaces. other times it wont even go load and i can see a black rectangle with a dot changing color. Whats happening?
    Robin Robin September 2010 Hardware
  • Spectrum 48k boots but small black dots start appearingAnyone any ideas where I should look first?

    Anyone any ideas where I should look first?
    Macc Macc January 2011 Hardware
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... trying to get enough alternate black dots in there to fake a ...
    Amigo Amigo June 2003 Games
  • Spectrum Issue two problemI managed to bring back to life a issue two spectrum (at least the power supply cirquit). The screen is now crystal clear (after replacing all the el…

    ... appears with red dots moving down on a black background (pixel and ... that is NOT red-on-black dots crawling down, then you have ...
    Marcelo Marcelo January 2007 Hardware
  • Just for fun...Loading from unusual audio sourcesHas anyone ever tried messing around with, say, Spectaculator's "Load from audio source" option and seeing what you can do? For instance, I just set…

    ... a bitmap, possibly as a black dots (1-bits) and white space ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz April 2007 Emulators
  • Interface rom - Need help to dump itHi, I have temporarily an interface that is similar to a multiface. It has an NMI button and displays a menu where states can be saved and pokes ent…

    ... working, although having a few black dots appearing randomly after the sinclair ...
    odious odious October 2007 Hardware
  • More colours II (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.

    ... rendering bugs, such as the 'black dots on bright areas' (which was ...
    AY Chip AY Chip November 2009 Emulators
  • More colours II (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.

    ... rendering bugs, such as the 'black dots on bright areas' (which was ...
    guesser guesser November 2009 Emulators
  • More colours II (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.

    ... rendering bugs, such as the 'black dots on bright areas' (which was ...
    Arda Arda November 2009 Emulators
  • dying zx?hi everyone, Some times when i turn my spectrum on black dots appear in someplaces. other times it wont even go load and i can see a black rectangl…

    ... i turn my spectrum on black dots appear in someplaces. other times ... and i can see a black rectangle with a dot changing ... have blown it. Th eblack dots on mine were usually in ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 September 2010 Hardware
  • Directions in isometric gamesThis is my biggest bugbear when playing isometric games. Something that is more of an annoyance when playing it on my DS. There is no standard in w…

    ... ? I seem to remember some black/yellow display at the beginning.
    Rickard Rickard November 2010 Games
  • Testing memory/transistors etc with multimeterAnyone have a rough guide to show how to do this properly? Im using the diode setting on the multimeter to test various components, im touching the b…

    ... one with the strange little black dots that appear) 5v across all ...
    Macc Macc January 2011 Hardware
  • Sinclair QL ProblemHi there. I purchased recently four Sinclair QL for a not small amount of money. Two german and two english, they are mixed: British or European conn…

    ... , only white screen with appearing black dots. Maybe the EPROM defect?
    LCD LCD May 2011 Hardware
  • 48k dots appear but not with CUB monitorToday I tried out an issue 3 and an Issue 2 with the CUB monitor, to my surprise they both worked flawlessly, now before when I tried them on any oth…

    ... to reiterate the problem, small black dots start appearing if powered by ... Opus, spectrums stable and no dots
    Macc Macc June 2011 Hardware
  • Super Stick ManBeen thinking about doing a weird platformer for a while now, but since I have zero programming knowledge, and a modicum of drawing skills, I thought…

    ... ? It's filled with random black dots. If you make that a ...
    Timmy Timmy July 2011 New game ideas
  • Monsters graphics for a roguelike/dungeon crawlerSome time ago I was trying to make some roguelike/dungeon crawler type game. The result looks like this: [URL=http://www.image-share.com/igif-844-4…

    ... the outlines of the sprites black but it adopts the colour ... also the background (like the black dots of the floor).

    ZnorXman ZnorXman August 2011 Development
  • Monsters graphics for a roguelike/dungeon crawlerSome time ago I was trying to make some roguelike/dungeon crawler type game. The result looks like this: [URL=http://www.image-share.com/igif-844-4…

    ... the outlines of the sprites black but it adopts the colour ... also the background (like the black dots of the floor).[/QUOTE]I ... pick a common background colour (black, white or yellow).

    Timmy Timmy August 2011 Development
  • Repairing another Issue 2 48K Spectrum.I said at the start of the other thread that I've got another one of these and I've started investigating it. The board is more-or-less exactly the …

    ... and the machine produced a display just as I'd expect ... Spectrum. The result was a black main display area with thin (non ... initialise, there is just some display corruption. With this installed, the ...
    Zorn Zorn January 2012 Hardware
  • Microhobby's Pixel A Pixel compoI've recently found out that there's been a graphics competition Pixel A Pixel held by Microhobby magazine, thx to Ivanzx for pointing this out in on…

    ... right place. However, the black color is not entirely pure ... /> It' clearly seen, that the black pixels SHOULD not be contained ... channels do not contain the black and therefore can be ... channel in Photoshop until the "black" dots disappear in color channels, I ...
    moroz1999 moroz1999 May 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 5th QuadrantAnyone ever mapped or completed it? Theres a game in there somewhere im sure of it but I cant make head nor tail of it!

    ... up (locked doors have four black dots on the activation pad).
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny May 2013 Games
  • 5th QuadrantAnyone ever mapped or completed it? Theres a game in there somewhere im sure of it but I cant make head nor tail of it!

    ... door (doors that have four black dots on the activation pad). Here ... ' indicates a door with three black dots on the activation pad; these ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny May 2013 Games
  • 5th QuadrantAnyone ever mapped or completed it? Theres a game in there somewhere im sure of it but I cant make head nor tail of it!

    ... pads into the bargain. The black dots on the pads indicate which ... . If the relevant spot is black then the door won't ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny May 2013 Games
  • i am currently listening to........as i couldnt seem to find the old one, i didnt look that hard :P ive started a new one right after somebody asked me for some slayer ive rediscovere…

    ... 'd just had too much black flag and was turning into ... would just be too much Black Flag, I've worked it ... Bad Brains (mainly tracks from Black Dots) pop up on both of ... after listening to those 2 Black Flag albums quite a lot ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek October 2013 Chit chat
  • i am currently listening to........as i couldnt seem to find the old one, i didnt look that hard :P ive started a new one right after somebody asked me for some slayer ive rediscovere…

    ... Bad Brains (mainly tracks from Black Dots) pop up on both of ...
    def chris def chris October 2013 Chit chat
  • 48K Upper memory issues?Having more issues with the 48K spectrum I just fixed that had the black screen in this thread [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread…

    ... enough memory, I occasionally get black dots on the screen and it ...
    whoremoan whoremoan November 2014 Hardware
  • 48K Upper memory issues?Having more issues with the 48K spectrum I just fixed that had the black screen in this thread [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread…

    ... Ram IC (IC8)
    Now black screen with white border - Found ... IC7 to ground.
    Now black screen with thin magenta lines ... seen. Also occasionally a few black dots would appear on the screen ...
    whoremoan whoremoan November 2014 Hardware
  • Name the sprite : Bees[img]http://s14.postimg.org/a0ml7k34x/bees.png[/img] Usual thing. Nothing too difficult.

    Gah, I'd have never of got them. Great quiz though, I love how just a bunch of black dots can bring back all kinds of memories :)
    vanpeebles vanpeebles September 2015 Games
  • Can CD's rot away?Since my move, i found an old Jimi Hendrix CD that had been at the bottom of a box, untouched for god knows how many years (i actually thought i'd lo…

    ... are discs that have small black dots (similar to poppy seed on ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins May 2017 Chit chat
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