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Black paper, white border. Ram fault?We have a speccy that wont work properly. When we power it up, we get white border around a black screen. We swapped the rom and ula with a working o…
We have a speccy that wont work properly. When we power it up, we get white border around a black screen. We swapped the rom and ula with a working one, and we got the same result.
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Well I'm excited, but I guess you might not beHehe this is as far as I got today, a silly little border program: [PHP] ORG 32768 PROGGY: LD C,255 ; We loo…
... ; Put pen colour to the border
DEC A ; Decrement ... ; Put pen colour to the border
INC A ; Increment register ... with the border to try and get the scrolling bar effect ( way ... -
out (254) - Bright Border[code] ld a,%00000111 out (254),a [/code] The above changes the border to white. Is there a way to set the border to Bright white? Cheers
[code]
ld a,%00000111
out (254),a
[/code]
The above changes the border to white.
Is there a way to set the border to Bright white?
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Emulating RGB triad (aperture grill effect)This post is slightly off topic. But I'm going to use this effect on my speccy screen viewer... I was trying different kind of tv emulation effects,…
... 's rgb triad 3x4 effect. In this effect pixels rendered thru a ... imageshack, this is the exact effect:
[url]http://img144 ... 's not a standart overlay effect. Because I'm unable to ... replicate same effect with photoshop's blending effects ... -
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.
64+56 = ... goes for left and right border the would 48+48=96 ... -
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.
I realise I ... -
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…
... to produce a lazer sound effect but for some reason it ... -
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.
I ... be 2 reasons for that effect:
[LIST=1]
[*]The ... -
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…
... any ZX games with raining effect in screen, then add game ... -
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.
[/quote]
... as much.
The effect is noticable on PC clocks ...Looks like im looking for a new job :(background currently been in my job 4 years next april, in that time ive gone from complete noobie to senior operator. ive learnt most there is to le…
... analysis etc
ive sweated blood sweat and tears, ive filled ... : my number 1) so in effect i am numer 3.
effect im helping him rise above ... ...hmmmmmm
so in effect ive been shafted and am ...+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 ...How stupid is the (British) nanny state?I was watching Steptoe and Son a few days ago. It was on at 11pm on satellite, and was black and white, and made in the mid 1960s. It was an episode …
... nude pictures (actually topless in effect, as the women were sitting ... films with realistic deaths and blood and weapon wounds etc that ...Blood Bowl PCNot sure whether to get it or wait for the xbox 360 version. Absolutely LOVED Blood Bowl back in the day though... [url]http://bloodbowl.nexway.com/…
Not sure whether to get it or wait for the xbox 360 version.
Absolutely LOVED Blood Bowl back in the day though...
[url]http://bloodbowl.nexway.com/[/url]
AndrewVote 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 ...Captain Blood (anything missing?)[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000810"]Captain Blood[/URL] Loading screen has this info: Music by [COLOR="Silver"]the very…
... /infoseekid.cgi?id=0000810"]Captain Blood[/URL]
Loading screen ...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 ...
