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Border size?Hi I've read the documentation on the border in the CSS. But I think I've managed to missread somthings, perhaps som one can explain. it says 64 bord…
... read the documentation on the border in the CSS.
But ... explain.
it says 64 border lines , 192 screen and 56 ... border lines again.
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Border emulationHow is the border emulated to do all the fancy little tricks such as in Aquaplane? I've got some basic border emulation working but it only displays…
How is the border emulated to do all the ... /> I've got some basic border emulation working but it only ... like Aquaplane or Starion the border colour is being changed as ... the screen and border are being redrawn. How is ... -
Screenshot with border in SpinHi. I'm probably missing something obvious, but I want to save screenshots of a couple demos, and I want to include the border area in the screenshot…
... I want to include the border area in the screenshot. I ... 256x192 image, regardless of the border emulation.
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sound effect code causing crash[FONT=Courier New]I have just written this piece of code to produce a lazer sound effect but for some reason it is causing a crash and I can't figure…
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explosion sound effect how?Anyone have any tips on programming an explosion sound effect using 128 sound chip? I know that you use the white noise generator, but how exactly? …
Anyone have any tips on programming an explosion sound effect using 128 sound chip?
I know that you use the white noise generator, but how exactly?
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ULA RAS, CAS cycles, refresh and "snow effect"Hello everyone. I have a question, does anyone observed timings of RAS and CAS generated from ULA? I think there may be answer to where the "snow ef…
... answer to where the "snow effect" comes from.
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Video output (48K)Hello! I've made video mod on my Zx Spectrum. Now the problem of scanning (and tuning) to right channel is history for me. But, now I have another …
... ]) you can see how black border on white paper looks like ... . Over and below paper border is not black but grey ... 've two Spectrums with this effect. There must be a solution ... -
Into the screen driving simulator effectI was wondering how the racing games of yore did the into the screen scrolling effect. I'm sure you could do something crude drawing bars on the scre…
... the into the screen scrolling effect. I'm sure you could ... -
list of ZX games with raining effect(ula snow)If you know any ZX games with raining effect in screen, then add game name to list. I know about this games only: (tested on real ZX128+2 - grey) 4x…
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How to claim back the border space in basic?Hey, I'm wondering if there is a way to reclaim the space the border usually occupies in BASIC? I am sure I have hit BREAK on some games and ended up…
... to reclaim the space the border usually occupies in BASIC? I ... had got rid of the border and gained much more screen ... -
Tape loading issues - can anyone help?Hi, I have just bought a +2 which has a problem. Whenever I try to load a tape the spectrum refuses to acknowledge what I am doing. I have tried in …
Timing... in the CSS faqI was looking at the CSS faq for something completely unrelated and noticed: [quote] Then the 192 screen+border lines are displayed, followed by 56 …
... br /> Then the 192 screen+border lines are displayed, followed by ... 56 border lines again. Note that this ... been observed to remove this effect.
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... as much.
The effect is noticable on PC clocks ...+2A keyboard - different matrix effectMy friend test keyboard on ZX128+3, ZX128+2A, ZX128+2B and matrix effect (multikeys combination with mirroring) work incorrect (different as on origi…
... +2A, ZX128+2B and matrix effect (multikeys combination with mirroring) work ..."Floating" AY registersWhile I was working on some AY sample-related stuff, it occurred to me that with the AY port not being completely decoded, it would be a handy CPU-ti…
... BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER 1: BORDER ... /> By varying the number of BORDER statements, you can see the ... .
I doubt this effect has any practical use (except ...Screenshots without the border?I'm going through a list of some games in the archive and when I find one that doesn't have the correct loading screen I create the .scr and .gif fil…
... been having to crop the border, because Spin and Spectaculator include ...Vote for your favourite loading border colourSo it is time for one more important voting! :razz: What is your favourite loading [B]border[/B] design? Since I guess most of us spent many many ho…
... is your favourite loading [B]border[/B] design? Since I guess ... the game used some custom border colours it was even better ...Keyboard Issues When Setting Border ColourWelcome to the next in my series of inane 'Z80 on the Spectrum' questions! ;) Here's a minimal snippet of code for polling the keyboard until any ke…
... way is to change the border colour (to black in this ...border graphics / text tricks ?just curious if it was possible.. I mean in basic, when you scroll a program you have "scroll ?" in the lower border? is there trickery that you can…
... have "scroll ?" in the lower border?
is there trickery ... " seems to be in the border. but no one ever uses ...Tricks with IN 31It's generally considered unwise to use a Kempston joystick's fire button to start a game, because the floating bus effect can make arbitrary data ap…
... game, because the floating bus effect can make arbitrary data appear ... is still drawing the upper border (using a short interrupt routine ...ZX Spectrum + Issue 6A Repair attemptHello everybody! I got ZX Spectrum + which doesnt work properly. On power up I can see color mosaic, then paper goes black and i can see thin red ba…
... and white border. I replaced all 4116 with no effect, voltages are ...ula bookula book is here: [url]http://www.zxdesign.info/book/[/url] can i post sam coupe stuff here - she kind of is a speccy if you stuff the speccy rom i…
... kind of simulated dot crawl effect
although it seems ... of phosphorous, interlacing has the effect of doubling the vertical resolution ... almost has the dot crawl effect in the earlier email ... approaches and breaches the left border of the screen - it ...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…
... some vertical bars on the border, barely visible on the first ... , it's because the Moire-effect of the camera sensor and ...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…
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At power on, the border colour is white and the ... with interference but does not effect the state of the +3 ... flashing screen to stop, the border may turn blue or yellow ...Toastrack border changes colour with joystickI plugged my Kempston joystick interface into my 128K toastrack last night and had a blast on Beach Head. Funny thing is, the border colour changed…
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Funny thing is, the border colour changed every time I ...New To Group....Hi All, A quick introduction as this is my first post. I am a Scarborough, UK based chap who is quite heavily into retro computing, more specificall…
... " is shown as "_", . This effect carries on into graphics on ... image later if possible). The border is totally unaffected. If I ...PC Mass Effect 2 FreebieI have a download code for the PC version of Mass Effect 2 for the first person that shouts. Bioware are giving a copy to everyone who bought Dragon …
... the PC version of Mass Effect 2 for the first person ...BORDER colours...Hi Folks, As a matter of interest, why can't the Spectrum make the BORDER colour BRIGHT? Is this just a BASIC limitation of is there are hardware r…
Hi Folks,
As a matter of interest, why can't the Spectrum make the BORDER colour BRIGHT? Is this just a BASIC limitation of is there are hardware restriction?
Many thanks
PaddyZX Spectrum 48K clone and test resultsHi! This is my first post, so, first of all, I'd like to say hello to the whole community! I am Alessandro Dorigatti from Italy and I'm developing …
... the most faithful way (Snow Effect too, emulating the "spurious" /RAS ... compared with Fuse); the snow effect is there.
By ... on the left and right border; between the upper and lower ...ISR's in lower ram, a.k.a. the snow effect - did any game or demo ever use this?Hi all I've been curious to see what the 'snow effect' looked like in real life for a while now so today I wrote a quick IM 2 ISR in lower ram to wi…
... to see what the 'snow effect' looked like in real life ... for any kind of special effect or similar? I'm certainly ...
