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128 spectrum zx +2 is stuck on test screenhey this is my first spectrum i bought it from a boot-sale for 2 pound and it came with loads of games but when i turn it on i get the test screen an…
... it on i get the test screen and it makes the beep ... keeps going bk to the test screen can any one help? -
+2A shows test screen and beepsNew day, new problem. A +2A, which seems to be in good condition, shows the colored test screen when powered-up and beeps about once every second. Am…
... good condition, shows the colored test screen when powered-up and beeps ... -
test screencan someone help? iv got a spectrum 128k +2 B i found in the attic form whenn i was a kid. it powers up only it starts on the test screen with out me…
... only it starts on the test screen with out me starting it ... -
ZX Spectrum 2+ Stuck on Test ScreenHello, I hope you can point me in the right direction. I recently purchased a ZX Spectrum 2+ which I've never owned before or used. After booting,…
... , it gets stuck on the "test screen". After doing some reading I ... understand you can boot this screen by holding break when pressing ... is the screenshot of the test page I am seeing: http ... -
What's the RAND USR code for the test screen?And what versions of hardware does it work on? Ta!
And what versions of hardware does it work on?
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Saving space using procedural graphicsAfter spending several hours playing around with various packers to squash the Alien8 test screen$ it occured to me that maybe bigger space savings c…
... packers to squash the Alien8 test screen$ it occured to me that ... procedural method to draw the screen. Various key areas of the ... the depacker). Looking at the screen, it consists of what looks ... -
Metropolis - The Arcade GameFRITZ LANG’S METROPOLIS – The Arcade Game I’ve been wanting to do this for over 25 years, and thanks to Jonathan Cauldwell’s…
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I knocked out this test screen today that won’t be ... -
Two more faulty onesCould I get your opinion on these two faults, please? Understanding these two cases would be very beneficial for my ZX education. Thanks! - A Spectr…
... a sudden. However, the "Beep-test" (test screen) works, so the Spectrum is ... -
Help with 128k greyHello friends, need some help here on try fixing a +2 grey spectrum128. To keep it short, opened the case and the voltage regulator was missing, the …
... and other with Paul farrow test program.) going down the line ... eprom fitted and... "lower" ram test passed. Then an error on ... 5 showed up on the test screen. That should suggest an ic ... -
Please, convert your game to EP128The Enterprise is a Zilog Z80-based home computer first produced in 1985. It can simulate the specy screen, so most of the EP128 game is specy conver…
... . It can simulate the specy screen, so most of the EP128 ... /Sgt_Helmet_Zero.htm
A test screen of Wizards Lair:
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Test screen of Popeye (right):
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Textured Scanline Flood Fill for ZX Spectrum 48KPity that it's quite hard to contribute code to WoS in a straightforward manner. Recently, I have created a textured/hatched fill M/C routine for the…
... Leave some space for shadow screen buffer
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Who's NEXT?How about having a category just for Spectrum NEXT owners? I got mine on Monday, its the original issue, plain jane and quite enough for me to ge…
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Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
... 't mind doing a loading screen for it though "if" ... members.easyspace.com/Abadia_color_ZX_SCR.gif"]Test Screen of what it may be ... would be great though ), loading screen, dedication screen, my Dizzy TTFont ( it ... the time to do one screen of a Double Dragon ... -
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128My loving mum has brought me back one of these beauties from a carboot sale but I'm haven a slight problem with it I CAN'T FIND THE ON SWITCH!!!!!…
... , +2A and +3) you can test the beeper. Swith the machine ... hand side. This invokes a test screen.
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+2A ProblemHi ! I just got a +2A and it has a powerup problem. When I turn it on it just displays 1987 1987 over the first few lines and a random attributes p…
... it always went into the test screen (Those 1987 1987... and different ... attributes are the test pattern ;) ) . It seems that one ... -
What's the RAND USR code for the test screen?And what versions of hardware does it work on? Ta!
... but I thought that the test screen was in the other ROM ... -
+3 Disc Drive ProblemsI was loading a game (gauntlet) on my +3 tonight and the drive made an unusual noise (not the silent ticking, like 2 seconds of noise). Then the driv…
WRT to the spin speed test, I mean one of the ... when you bring up the test screen and then press QAZ and ... -
Cybernoid editorSo, my long tern goal is to make my own Cybernoid or Rex like game (see an ancient thread about Sprite advice)...but my skills are somewhat lacking..…
... just a snapshot of a test screen showing off my new explodable ... -
Cybernoid editorSo, my long tern goal is to make my own Cybernoid or Rex like game (see an ancient thread about Sprite advice)...but my skills are somewhat lacking..…
... the same position on the screen your in, like when an ... ]Here[/url] is another little test screen showing my new girders and ... -
Cybernoid editorSo, my long tern goal is to make my own Cybernoid or Rex like game (see an ancient thread about Sprite advice)...but my skills are somewhat lacking..…
... ]Here[/url] is another little test screen showing my new girders and ... cunning - it helpfully increases the screen area in which you can ... -
128 spectrum zx +2 is stuck on test screenhey this is my first spectrum i bought it from a boot-sale for 2 pound and it came with loads of games but when i turn it on i get the test screen an…
... unplugged to see if the test screen goes away (That should confirm ... -
128 spectrum zx +2 is stuck on test screenhey this is my first spectrum i bought it from a boot-sale for 2 pound and it came with loads of games but when i turn it on i get the test screen an…
... still went on to the test screen. How ever when i pulled ... -
128 spectrum zx +2 is stuck on test screenhey this is my first spectrum i bought it from a boot-sale for 2 pound and it came with loads of games but when i turn it on i get the test screen an…
If it is a Black case +2A or +2B then when in test screen mode press PLM and QAZ at the SAME time to get a diagnostic screen come up.
This was only put in the Spectrum +2A, +2B and +3A, +3B models.
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+2A, are they all this incompatible?My +2A does not seem to be faulty but the number of games that don't run on it are silly. Scooby Doo(Elite), Crazy Cars , Turbo Outrun, Vindicator(im…
To test you machine (RAM etc) you ... same) to enter the color test screen.
While you're in ... the color testing screen, press QAZ and PLM keys ... -
Any isometric colourful Spectrum game?When I think of isometric 3D Spectrum games (Knight Lore style), all of them seem to be monochrome. I can't remember any isometric game which would h…
... [B]Fairlight 2[/B] loading screen in this [URL="http://www ... some colour to a Fairlight screen, and filling in with some ... ][/COLOR][/B][/SIZE] is the test screen, what do you think? -
Any isometric colourful Spectrum game?When I think of isometric 3D Spectrum games (Knight Lore style), all of them seem to be monochrome. I can't remember any isometric game which would h…
... [B]Fairlight 2[/B] loading screen in this [URL="http://www ... some colour to a Fairlight screen, and filling in with some ... ][/COLOR][/B][/SIZE] is the test screen, what do you think?[/quote ... -
BASIC error messagesDoes anyone know what all the numbers mean after the various error messages in Sinclair BASIC? Does anyone know how to instigate each error type?
... mode", and the "1987 colour test screen".
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BASIC error messagesDoes anyone know what all the numbers mean after the various error messages in Sinclair BASIC? Does anyone know how to instigate each error type?
... mode", and the "1987 colour test screen".
I didn't ... enough times you get a screen full of question marks. Mmmm ... -
Help with faulty +2ahi everyone I'm Nuno from Portugal I think I made poopoo with a 128k +2a motherboard I had spare for testing purposes This motherboard has always …
... tried to boot to the test screen (holding break) but it never ... there was a way to test them with them still on ... -
packers / crunchers and general compressionI'm just curious where I would find such things, coming from a c64 background also , there is shedloads. I mean the obvious things like crunchers fo…
... will compress graphics and say screen maps, char packers etc also ... it is called to the screen.
1K, unpacking after ... packed graphics and calling compressed screen on every start. Complete screen is stored ...