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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…
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Scottie_UK Ebay Auctions - Many Retro Computer and other BitsOk so I'm having a clear out of some of my Retro computer bits. Two peices of note which I will be selling soon are a ultra modern (for the time) Bl…
... ultra modern (for the time) Black Sinclair Radio from Sinclairs 1974 ... -
+3 issues....Hello All I came by a couple of +3's on ebay and I'm having issues with them. Since I only ever owned a rubber key, thought someone might be able to…
... very well and remains in black and white with a bit ... -
scart wiring?I've got rid of an old TV recently, and when pulling the scart splitter box out of it , the plate came off it and I have 2 wires that aren't attached…
... to the pins.. 1 is black and the other white.. so ... -
Strange moniter effectHi guys, I have seen this on SOME moniters but it now happens on mine. Its quite hard to explain. Basically, imagine a white dot on a black backgrou…
... a white dot on a black background, the dot has a ... -
RGB scart to S-Video converter only b&wMy new RGB scart to S-Video converter shows only a black & white picture. It is for my Sprinter 2000. On a normal tube TV with scart, without the co…
My new RGB scart to S-Video converter shows only a black & white picture. It is for my Sprinter 2000.
On a normal tube TV with scart, without the converter, it shows a colour picture.
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emulatorsplease help can we see clearly which emulator emaulates which hardware is there any that has a pc function key for the mulitface nmi button and the +…
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Database correctionsHi, some infoseek database corrections: -[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0011580]Chemistry[/url], misprint in authors name, mu…
... .org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006012]Black Tower[/url]. SGM is on ... -
+2A/+2B/+3/+3B researchdoing my redrawing/correcting of the +3 schematic I'm uncovering lots of oddities in the service manuals. I am trying to work out what really exists…
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Popeye, QBert, Locomotion and Gyruss PrototypesHello. OK, there are prototypes of Popeye, QBert, Locomotion and Gyruss out there which were released as Interface2 Cartridges only and not many of …
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Help needed +2 pleaseI have a 128k+ that when powered up through the rgb or aerial connection just shows a black screen. But I can still see the list of options and run d…
I have a 128k+ that when powered up through the rgb or aerial connection just shows a black screen. But I can still see the list of options and run down the list ok. Could someone give any help what is wrong please? Sorry for the mistake its not a +2 -
How looks a Spectrum shown in a TFT VGA monitor?Some people has just asked me if a cheap Dealextreme VGA Box is capable of showing a decent picture from a ZX Spectrum. Well, I've just modded one r…
... you nothing more than this black text over green background.
Broken +3I have noticed that some members on this forum prefer to repair Spectrums instead of just buying another one from ebay. I would like mine fixed at so…
... screen constantly swaps between solid black and pattern green. The pattern ... be described as 32 vertical black lines on a green background ...Possible tape loading modI've got an idea for improving the reliability of loading from mp3 players or computer soundcards on the +3 or Black +2... It seems to work but I ju…
... soundcards on the +3 or Black +2...
It seems ...Proof of Destruction: John BrennanThe signature on screen mentions Jon I. This isn't Jon I, this is Jon B :) The last letter is covered by black attributes. Jon B is John Brennan, w…
... last letter is covered by black attributes.
Jon B ...128k+ PSUAfter reading an earlier thread I inspected the two PSU's I have for my 48 and 128+, it seems I have the same type, 1.4amp, when the 128 needs 1.85am…
... strange behaviour on startup, thick black lines scrolling down the screen ...128+ rgbI have two 128k speccys which I connect to a rgb scart lead. The one when I power it up shows the first screen ok. The second one rolls on the screen…
... it has very small flashing black lines going across the screen ... ZTX651 added to fix the black screen which is ok now ...Song Title Story.[CENTER]:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D :sad::-(:sad::-(:sad::-(:sad::-(:sad::-(:sad::-(:sad::-(:sad::-(:sad::-(:sad::-(:sad::-(:sad::-( :-x:mad::-x:mad::-x…
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[COLOR="Blue"][FONT="Arial Black"][SIZE="7"][B]THE SONG ...Boys from the Blackstuff.I've just been watching Alan Bleasdales's Boys from the Black Stuff on BB4 four. I watched it last week too. I must say that has to be the finest ex…
... Bleasdales's Boys from the Black Stuff on BB4 four. I ...Looking for a gameThere was this cowboy shooter game that I'm having a really hard time remembering the name of. Something like Cabal basically, only in monochrome (ye…
... , only in monochrome (yellow on black) and, if I'm not ...Broken keyboard due to broken ULARecalling csmith's thread about dead ULAs, a thread appeared in the Zonadepruebas (Spanish) forum regarding... a dead ULA, but only a partially dead …
... volts and ground). With the black cable, the signals that control ...128+ and Divide+ not working togetheri think theres something wrong with my 128 (toastrack), divide+ just wont work on it, corrupted screen on bootup and with big thick black bars rollin…
... bootup and with big thick black bars rolling down the screen ...FRINGE in the ZX SpectrumJust picked it from the "other side"... ;) [list] [*][url=http://www.atc.us.es/~rodriguj/fringe128.tap]For 128K toastrack/+2 grey[/url] [*][url=http:…
... /~rodriguj/fringe_2a.tap]For +2A (black case)/+3[/url][/list]
In colour all these years laterYou know what? Even though I've been playing the Spectrum for more than a decade via emulation and thought I had played everything I wanted to play …
... spent in front of a black and white portable with the ...Challenging Common Knowlege: The +2A/B[I]I was going to write a big long essay about my research on this subject, but being an incredibly lazy person I never really got anywhere with that…
... understand the history of the Black +2, however there are many ...Mikie tape error?I purchased a copy of this to play on my +2B, but something strange happens once it appears to have loaded. The screen goes black with lots of heart…
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The screen goes black with lots of hearts flying ...Manipulating attributes...Hi Folks, I have written a routine that allows a blue bar to be scrolled up and down a list to select an item. Each item in the list occupies two l…
... pair has text/ink in black and line 2 can have ...48k Out of memoryIv just had a 48k Speccy arrive today. The keyboard wasnt working right so I changed that. Now when I tried to load Cyclone it started to load ok fo…
... suddenly the whole screen went black and a message came up ...Microdrive faultHi, After a chat with "Winston" at the R3PLAY show I have been able to fix my 48k spectrum faulty M1 signal. My problem with the microdrive is int…
... format, the screen will flash black and white for a few ...
