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  • Screen to vector?I've found old topics covering this subject and even spoke to Geoff about this, but still want to ask a few questions. I've been playing with vector…

    ... small BASIC program to trace lines on top of screens. The ... to fix using Dunny's screen editor.

    And speaking ...
    zxbruno zxbruno January 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Can you remote-"fry" a PC?Here's the account of an occurence from a few years ago, something that has been nagging me a little ever since. Back then, I used to hang out in a …

    ... the chat with often multiple lines of inane drivel. I think ... to me, something along the lines of "the storm is drawing ... song, it happened. My screen went black, as if I had pressed ... get to the BIOS, the screen stayed black. So in the end ...
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG February 2010 Chit chat
  • SpecEmu shows BRIGHT black (???)I'm watching an RZX of both of the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000864&loadpics=3"]Ceasefire[/URL] games. In the second g…

    ... screen which use bright attribs actually bleed that brightness into the black ... there is a distinct brighter black around the main character.
    screen I am referring to.
    black white ( [I]Duh, really? ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman April 2010 Emulators
  • How paint in the down two lines ?The down two lines on the spectrum screen cant be used. But i remeber from the 80's that exist some code that allow us to paint on these two lines wi…

    The down two lines on the spectrum screen cant be used. But i remeber from the 80's that exist some code that allow us to paint on these two lines with plot or draw or others.

    Someone remember the code ?


    thx in advance
    arfgh arfgh May 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Anyone interested in any of this before it goes on eBayI'm having a clearout, and am going to put this lot on ebay tonight. But as its basically my childhood I'm selling I thought I'd check here and see i…

    ... . And how about that grey, black and orange colour scheme - straight ... is constructed from high density black ABS and has 52 keys ... to draw lines, boxes, circles and freehand on your TV screen. Everything ...
    teamemark teamemark June 2010 Sales
  • Picture interference on red areas.I recently got a 48K Speccy off eBay, did a composite mode and it seemed to work OK, but then my TV had to go off for repair so I didn't use it for a…

    ... 's some terribly scratchy interference lines in the large red areas ... the plain white screen at power-on or the black background of ...
    joefish joefish July 2010 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... and the screen constantly swaps between solid black and pattern ... be described as 32 vertical black lines on a green background, ... a second. Also the screen has interference each half second ... hard, occasionally causing the flashing screen to stop, the border ...
    ASM ASM October 2010 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... on startup, thick black lines scrolling down the screen until its warmed up ...
    Macc Macc October 2010 Wanted
  • Character Printing routines - 27/32 lines?There are lots of extra character-per-line routines out there for 42,51,64 even 85 characters. Are there any that do 7/6 pixel rows - and do 27 or 3…

    ... or 32 lines, as well as higher across the screen?

    Gedlion Gedlion November 2010 Development
  • Spectrum +2 screen?Hello all! I would just like some advice on a Spectrum +2 that I recently bought. It powers up just fine with solid red light. I have connected a sc…

    ... is a very faint black/grey on screen?
    I can kinda ... see the screen but not visible enough to ...
    jamiejoe jamiejoe December 2010 Hardware
  • DivIDE questionsHi All, I'm the proud owner of two DivIDE interfaces, that I have just "inherited" from a friend. One of them is the original one and the other one …

    ... Spectrum the screen just gets fuzzy with black and white lines like when ...
    Uto Uto April 2011 Hardware
  • ZX Spectrum 48k issue 3b power problem?Hi :) I was lucky enough to find a couple of ZX Spectrums at a car boot sale yesterday. I spent the evening fiddling about with one (issue 2) and t…

    ... this spectrum, the copyright screen comes on in black and white. The ... later, the copyright screen is replaced by the black box in the ... middle, filled with thin vertical red lines ...
    vinnivee vinnivee April 2011 Hardware
  • Switching on my Spectrum+Trying one of my Spectrum+ results in not getting as far as the copyright message. The screen is all garbled displaying black boxes and lines and the…

    ... message. The screen is all garbled displaying black boxes and lines and then ... the reset button causes the screen to blackout as usual then ...
    redballoon redballoon April 2011 Hardware
  • Speeding up select processing...Hi Folks, I have the following code in my program and it works fine but is rather "sluggish". I have even moved it to the beginning of the program …

    ... bar on the screen and moves up/down two lines if you ... screen. The maximum is 10 i.e. 10 rows of 2 lines ... to bright yellow paper with black ink and prints a two ... is only updated on the screen once every minute.

    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman June 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Black Window 2 VirusI just got this on my PC... (blank window2, not black) it's always poppins a Blank window with that on the screen, it slows the pc down and it doesn…

    ... my PC... (blank window2, not black)

    it's always ... window with that on the screen, it slows the pc down ...
    VanTammen VanTammen July 2011 Chit chat
  • Composite conversion problem *update*Ok, So i converted an Old Rubber key to Composite video & i got alot of interference on the screen. Especially when border was red. Loads of scratc…

    ...
    of interference on the screen. Especially when border was red ...
    scratchy white and black lines across the screen. I was going to ... - *your looking at the large black capacitor
    bottom center.
    Riggz Riggz August 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... It's about 340 lines and includes comments, ... 2, 28, 20}; // full screen - border
    struct sp1_Rect levelbrect ... 0, 0, 32, 24}; // full screen


    // ...
    // Refresh the whole screen
    void drawmap()
    {
    Timmy Timmy January 2012 Development
  • VAL SCREEN$I seem to remember being able to find out the ascii code of a character displayed on the screen by typing in something along the lines of PRINT VAL S…

    I seem to remember being able to find out the ascii code of a character displayed on the screen by typing in something along the lines of PRINT VAL SCREEN$ (1,1).

    I cant get it to work now...

    Any ideas?!:-?
    daveysludge daveysludge January 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Faulty rubber speccy - advice neededHello all speccy hardware gurus :) Recently I moved to a new flat and after a long time have some space (and time) to dig out my old Speccy hardware…

    ... white border and black paper with thin white lines...

    ... upper ram fitted - black paper with thin vertical lines.

    ... the screen is not static (black paper with thin white lines), but ... blue blocks become static on screen.

    I ...
    deckard deckard January 2012 Hardware
  • BOB the Screen BuilderHere's my first attempt to use that tokenising idea from "more on storing mazes" in a screen designer - "[url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27p…

    ... storing mazes" in a screen designer - "[url=http ... room as possible for screen definitions (there's about ... print controls in the DATA lines.)

    The ... to save the DATA lines), together with the DEF ... saves selected ranges of lines from BASIC programs; it ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny February 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Scrimpy screensHere's a question - how small a window can you get away with as a playing area for an arcade/action game before anyone notices? From the very earlie…

    ... www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/s/SacredArmourOfAntiriadThe ... score display of only 4 lines, but it does look ... www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/t/ ... BORDERs - that's all black PAPER around the edges.
    joefish joefish March 2012 Development
  • Xperia Screen IssuesDunno if anybody else uses Xperia phones here, but i've a big problem with the screen and i've seen nothing online that can fix the issue. When it g…

    ... a big problem with the screen and i've seen nothing ... mode, the screen more often than not will stay black and sometimes ... hour, then it'll go black and i'll spend ages ...
    TechnicianSi TechnicianSi April 2012 Chit chat
  • Spectrum 48K help neededI hav got an old Specrtum 48K issue 3. When I plug-in power connector it doesn't show the home screen (c) Sinclair.... From about 50 times trying to …

    ... doesn't show the home screen (c) Sinclair....
    From about ... /> The screen shost are attached. Mostly I have white-black vertical bars ... cold. I have checked voltage lines (+5, -5, +12) and ther ...
    btrafela btrafela June 2012 Hardware
  • 48K and wavy lines.It seems all Spectrum related things are breaking here at casa de Don Pedro. After the problem with my old ZX81, I went over to my issue 2 ZX Spectru…

    ... think this is the "wavy lines across screen" fault I read about ... electrolytic capacitor to see if lines disappear. If so change that ...
    pmsr pmsr July 2012 Hardware
  • Hep needed with a bit of code...I've written a bit of code to make a character move across the screen, but the counter stops at 29 when the 3 lines to delete the characters trail ar…

    ... the screen, but the counter stops at 29 when the 3 lines ... wrong?

    [FONT="Arial Black"]org 63290
    defb 21 ...
    daveysludge daveysludge August 2012 Development
  • Very weird +2 problem.After two days, I'm still fighting this grey +2. Symptoms: When I first got it, there were stray pixels on the screen, and stray lines and colours. …

    ... stray pixels on the screen, and stray lines and colours. The ... white borders. It was black and white at one point ... starts), the screen disappears, and is replaced by black and white ...
    Edit: All address lines, data lines and resistors therein are verified ...
    Spirantho Spirantho August 2012 Hardware
  • Additional Zenobi Loading Screen CreditsAdditional Zenobi loading screen credits. John Wilson's recently been posting up some material on a new picture blog and I noticed that several of t…

    Additional Zenobi loading screen credits.

    John Wilson' ... />
    Already credited...
    The Black Tower: [URL]http://www.worldofspectrum ...
    Strident Strident October 2012 Infoseek database
  • Gift From The Gods - New Loading Screen.So, here it is - the new loading screen for Ocean's Gift From The Gods. Based on Bob Wakelin's original artwork : [img]http://i1239.photobucket.com/a…

    ... it is - the new loading screen for Ocean's Gift From ... all that out and the black background is always an easy ...
    redballoon redballoon November 2012 Games
  • My 48K Speccy has died.Hi fellow WoSer's! Wondering if you could help me with my rubber key 48k Spectrum, which died on me this afternoon. It is one I prevoiusly fixed up j…

    ... to appear on the loading screen and thought as you ... then the screen changed to a white border and black paper area ... with red vertical lines which have ... showing the screen of white border, black paper with the vertical lines. Tried ...
    Your Spec-chum Your Spec-chum November 2012 Hardware
  • Adding TAP file contents to a Spectrum +3e DOS PartitionHello my fellow WoS'ers, This thread is a companion to a great little guide from a fellow AmiBayer [B]mnjnurney[/B] you can view his thread by [URL…

    ... statement line that changes the screen to black

    [code]< ... br /> 20 LOAD "" SCREEN$ : PRINT AT 20 ... /> I use a couple of lines with compound statements to save ... usually these are the first lines I write when writing any ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 January 2013 Games
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