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more than 2 colours in an 8x8 sqaure?something that came up in the misc. forum - it was something I always wanted to see. In which games was this acheived? Both Black Lamp and Popeye ha…
... this acheived?
Both Black Lamp and Popeye have been ... suggested. Black lamp only has it on the title screen - nice ... -
Changing the colour of the screenCan anyone tell me the ROM command to change the paper colour of the main screen ?
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Screen distortion problems, I can't fix it!I just managed to get myself a ZX Spectrum +2 from the local car boot sale but for some reason theres a distortion halfway down the screen when i pla…
... a distortion halfway down the screen when i play games.
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screen$ and ramdisk 128kDoes anyone know how to load a screen$ from tape and then save it to ramdisk, without the screen$ showing during the load from tape?
Does anyone know how to load a screen$ from tape and then save it to ramdisk, without the screen$ showing during the load from tape? -
Help with dead Spectrum +2aHello. My Spectrum +2a died some time ago. It was powered on, I looked away and next time I looked at it, screen was black. I have replaced the 4 r…
... time I looked at it, screen was black. I have replaced the ... led is working and screen is steady black when I power on ... -
video problem with 128kHi. I bought a 128K (the one with the huge heat sink in the right side) some years ago. Everything seems to work properly except the screen. It doesn…
... to work properly except the screen. It doesn't show anything ... in the screen but conecting one of the ... a TV it shows a black and white image.
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Screen damaged while loadingI've written a simple Spectrum game and did a loading screen for it and now i'm trying to put it together into tzx file. My Basic loader is really s…
... game and did a loading screen for it and now i ... simple:
1 Load'' Screen$
2 load '' Code
My problem is that after screen is loaded,
Spectrum starts ...
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Replacing +2/+3 rom with eeprom?Hi I want to change my +2a to +3e (or +2e). Garry mentions that 27C256 eprom can be used. I would like to use 28C256 instead. Pins are not all the s…
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128k Speccy ScreenAm I right in thinking that you can draw to one, while displaying the other (therefore eliminating the need for timing when you dump the screen and d…
Am I right in thinking that you can draw to one, while displaying the other (therefore eliminating the need for timing when you dump the screen and draw the sprites etc... a-la 48k ??) -
Help with +3 in comaHi everyone Had a spectrum +3 under the bed for some time and when replacing its drive i accidentally connected the 5v and the gnd of the led. Now…
... , but it remains with the screen black and the border white without ... -
screen$I'm wanting to create a game which is written mostly is Basic, due to lack of MC skills but i need a MC routine if someone would kindly supply it I…
... these in memory
eg screen 1 at address 23296 to ... 30208
screen 2 at address 30209 to ... used to mess up the screen if you were pressing a ... -
is my ZX Spectrum + finished :(When i turn it on the screen i get the usual gray border all around but in the screen area i get yellow and some orange lines with a black background…
... i turn it on the screen i get the usual gray ... screen area i get yellow and some orange lines with a black ... -
48k spectrum, video problems help neededHi All, I have been browsing this site for a long time and today i have finally registered and am after some help!! I have a 48k speccy and the vid…
... shows the black rectangle in the middle of the screen with a ... instead shows a fuzzy black and white screen!!!
The logic ... ]INK 6[/B]
?INK? ?BLACK? ?Enter? ?Enter? = [B]INK 0 ... -
SAVE the complete screen in BASICHow can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC? If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and th…
How can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC?
If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and the last two lines are destroyed! -
PGD game endingsHi all! My game 'Brian Vs. The Bullies', created with PGD Explorer for the Cronosoft Cassette 50 compilation, is about 98% complete. The actual game …
... finished, along with a loading screen for the CD version, with ... hell do I use this black, rubbery thing?
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Name that game number 23,843,342 in a seriesHello! Name this game please, so I can play it later. OK, I'm not sure if you could select your screen colours but as far as I remember it by default…
... if you could select your screen colours but as far as ... default it was yellow, with black line graphics because it was ... -
Claudia Black ... Brilliant New AdditionDid anyone see the new episode of Stargate SG-1 last night? Claudia Black's character was just brilliant. She really made me laugh, especially some o…
... SG-1 last night? Claudia Black's character was just brilliant ... -
Hidden piccy in Cylu loading screen.I was looking at the eggs at [url="http://www.cl4.org/comp/spectrum/eggs/#"]http://www.cl4.org/comp/spectrum/eggs/#[/url] and I was wondering about …
... wondering about the Cylu loading screen ... the little doohickies* on the ... -
The ULA and ScreenI've asked something similar before but please bear with me. I'm trying to understand the way the screen is controlled. The ULA controls output to …
... to understand the way the screen is controlled.
The ... controls output to the the screen and the rom sets out ... the memory locations of the screen ( and attributes ). is this correct ... -
Return of Speccy screen buffer formatI recently discovered that the Spectrum screen buffer format that allows only two colours in an 8x8 pixel block has made its return in a slightly dif…
... recently discovered that the Spectrum screen buffer format that allows only ... -
Optimisation Needed! Is this the Fastest way to copy bytes from screen and back again?I have the screen address (say 0,0 i.e 16384) I want to copy 4 bytes wide by 32 bytes high from the screen to an area of memory. I then want to cop…
... (4433 TStates to copy from screen to store)
screen
Can ...
; Clear the screen to show we are bringing ... ; Copy from store to the screen
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Convert Screen to TAPHow do I take the screen display and save it as a tap (I am basically trying to create 3 taps, one for the basic loader, one for the screen, and one …
How do I take the screen display and save it as a tap (I am basically trying to create 3 taps, one for the basic loader, one for the screen, and one for memory and then copy them all together into one tap file)
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Can't remember name of a Text AdventureHello there! I can't remember the name of this Text Adventure I used to play... and to complicate things further, there's not much i remember from t…
... loading screen, but the game was just white text, on a black ... -
More Micro drive problemsHi everyone! I recently bought a interface 1 plus a microdrive for my 48k speccy and have finally gotten round to trying it out. Having set everythi…
... and the black and white border came up, then the screen just ... drive started working but the screen just went white again.
Question regarding Manic Miner (Bug Byte) Acquired another Manic Miner (Bug-Byte Release ?(one that has the guy with the beard on cover)) on eBay (part of someones collection) The thing is,…
... doesn't have a loading screen (you know the flashing one ... loads the header and the screen turns black, then it loads the ... second bit and the screen turns white ... /> No.1 - Black case with paper inlay (Has loading screen)
What happens during a reset?I always used to wonder about this, but only thought a bit more about it last night when noticing after all these years what actually happens. Obvio…
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Obviously, the screen goes black, but you also see verticle ... value being sent to every screen position - a byte with ... was also sent to the screen attributes.
I notice ... that the screen seems to fill in backwards ...Worst loading screenAlmost every Spectrum game has a loading screen. Some of them are good, some are not. So, which one is the worst loading screen ever?
Almost every Spectrum game has a loading screen. Some of them are good, some are not. So, which one is the worst loading screen ever?Woody?s Tape2wav tested[quote] I've uploaded a new version of Tape2WAV to the same URL as given above. Any chance of giving this version a quick test? [/quote] Hi Woody, …
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[B]screens?s black, computer freezes after loading[/B ... fuzzy blocks instead the Loading screen, self-reset during loading[/B ...Name that screen shotJust picked up a half price copy of Gamestm's Retro compilation magazine and was wondering is someone could indentify the spectrum screen shot on pag…
Just picked up a half price copy of Gamestm's Retro compilation magazine and was wondering is someone could indentify the spectrum screen shot on page 18 column 2 row 1Spectaculator ProblemI wonder if anyone can help with a problem I have with Spectaculator? Trying to go from 128k mode to 48k mode by 'switching models' I got a white sc…
... ' I got a white screen with a black border. I tried this ...
