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General question about electronics I guess... (128k +2a)[Short question] When I very slightly put my finger on top IC15 on my +2A the TV picture becomes crazy and the spectrum acts if it just resets I don…
UGH! - a solved mysteryNot too much information can be found about this game but I played a lot with it long time before. Nice music, interesting setups (just see how many …
... joystick type), sweet graphics (split border effect in game with sounds ...Anyone one here good at Vista?Wrong forum, I know, but you chaps seem a bright bunch. After putting them in sleep mode, every now and again I come across either my main PC or my …
... , but you chaps seem a bright bunch.
After putting ...Codename Mat weird variant + "stuff" on eBayI just thought I'd plug my auction for Codename Mat "weird mutant loader" variant which I think is reasonably rare on the basis that it's not on this…
... and varies in speed, changes border colour occasionally and all that ...dead issue 6a boardI've just been back to the uk and found my old 48K + there - and bought it back with me to singapore - it's giving white border and red bars. From wh…
... singapore - it's giving white border and red bars. From what ...BUG in SZX snapshots ???I create snapshots of same code in ZX emulators ZXSPIN, SPECEMU, SPECTACULATOR, FUSE and one with SNAPCONV convertor. In snapshot is this code: …
... must set after start blue border.
Each SZX filename contain ...Meeting in Boxmeer, HollandI had a meeting in Holland planned this year, the date is now fixed 24 october 2009 from 10:00 to 18:00 (can be opened sooner) Where: Wijkaccommod…
... to Nimwegen/Nijmegen
At border 57 becomes A77
Second ...Some ever noticed that +2A/+3 halts Z80 using WAIT?I mean: Anyone ever noticed that the +2A/+3 halts the Z80 using WAIT? All documentation I've read about contention state that the ULA halts the Z80 …
... that ULA is generating the border (first right, then hsync, then ...Doubling the Spectrum's resolution?Before the advent of digital, PAL TV sets had a resolution of about 702x576 pixels. It was overscanned (i.e. the edges of the broadcast picture would…
... screen resolution, plus the screen border.
PAL uses a ...trying to find some games - need helpHello First of all a big thank you for this great site, it brings back a lot of memories - even if some of them were very frustrating ( due to diffi…
... very colorful with lots of bright colors.
So anyone ...Hello allHello all. Only discovered this today after years of bumming around Your Sinclair RnR Years. Obviously not to bright on the up take. I adored my S…
Printing in 64 columns, from Basic?Not strictly a Sinclair Basic question but... Is there any known machine code utility that allows something similar to PRINT AT that can be called fr…
... /> I even thought of using BRIGHT to create a grid that ...+3 that won't load in tapesjust curious if the mk1 +3 spectrum had issues loading in tapes as well as the sound fix thing. I mean I can get the sound going thru it from both a…
... tv) , but neither trigger the border changes like the old days ...ZXSpin 0.7 public testingOk, now that the private testing phase is over, I need to get more people testing ZXSpin 0.7 I am not terribly interested in emulation problems, bec…
... does weird things with the border. I know.
Some PCs ...Old peripherals on the Spectrum +2I have a Wafadrive and an Alphacom 32 (ZX Printer clone), neither of which work in 128 BASIC, but both of which work flawlessly when you run them in …
... black screen with a white border when you try to initialise ...More montior troubleHello again!. OK,i have been treating myself to a new monitor.After having darkish displays,everything is now clear and bright.So why am i posting h…
... ,everything is now clear and bright.So why am i posting ...uuuuuuuuuh my headOut on the lash last night with CodenameV superb evening. Jager bombs, who's bright idea was it to start drinking that. And another thing what's h…
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Jager bombs, who's bright idea was it to start ...what game had a loader with crawl text at bottom ?I remember I had a game which had an interesting feature while loading – there was a crawling text at the bottom of the screen. This was instea…
... was instead of the loading border colour, or perhaps both together ...how convert PNG to TAP (SCR...)Can you tell me how can I convert PNG (or BMP GIF) image [B]without any pixel/attributes changing[/B] to TAP (SCR)? The problem is that I have a pict…
... ... the program rejects any non-bright attributes and it does not ... even when I choose Intelligent bright method under Options. So basically ...Spectrum 48k Fault - anybody seen this before?Hello, I have two 48k spectrums that exhibit the same fault. Black border, paper area is full of columns of wavey lines. I have posted a screen sho…
... exhibit the same fault. Black border, paper area is full of ...Adjusting your code for screen refreshingOk, I'm aware that I should know it already after writing 5 Spectrum games in machine code but interrupts and screen refreshes were always my weaker …
... . The refresh begins from top border horizontal line A (see my ... picture) and ends with bottom border line D. Then it immediately ... game screen, beginning of bottom border). It would give me more ...SPIN 0.7s uploaded; the crowd goes wild......with bug reports! Get it here: [url]http://sites.google.com/site/pauldunn/ZXSpin_07s.zip[/url] New in this version are RPI filters and Overlays …
... View menu. Use the small border around the display to move ...Name that game: loading routineName that game but with a twist. I remember loading a game and it had a strange loading (protection?) scheme. It played normal when loading up initia…
... a black/red or blue border. Before the leader tone for ... kind!
The loading border would flicker with the noise ...Free Windows/Linux/Mac first person shooter - World of PadmanA bloke I know recommended I try the freeware first person shooter [I]World of Padman[/I] (PC), during a conversation about computer games, and I hav…
... the game, with it's bright cartoony graphics, it's eccentric ...grey +2 with blue screenI've been checking through my collection of speccys and one of my grey +2's display white (bright 0) as cyan. Bright 1 white is correct and it does t…
... 's display white (bright 0) as cyan. Bright 1 white is correct ...zx spectrum +High i bought a spectrum + a while back that endend up that it didnt work.. the screen was just a scramble of colours..ive change the ktc(ztx650) and…
... black screen with a white border.Have left it on for ...Dan Dare turbo version?I remember my original had a turbo loader, was this on side B? It loaded the screen in the same manner as the original tzx in the wos archive but ve…
... but very fast. Multi coloured border stripes if I remember correctly ...Can ULA kill other componentsIn my search for a problem I used a ULA6C001E-7 on a board that had a ULA6C00IE-6 chip. Q1) Should this have worked? Q2) After this experiment both …
... with the same problem. White border, Black screen with verticle thin ...Spectranet updateWell, I've not put an update in here for too long, so here's a summary of what's been developing ... * A snapshot manager module. Basically, you can…
... by software, such as the border colour and whether the 128K ...IF1 and 48k Capacitor QuestionsHi, I am not very knowedgeable about electronics but I am willing to give stuff a go.. I have a microdrive that is not performing and for various r…
... through the format routine - flashing border, but when it comes to ...
