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  • Questions about ZXDSFinally got my M3 DS Real Rumble Pack, installed ZX DS and started playing with it. It looks superb, but I'm still trying to find my way around it. S…

    ... will soon have 3 diagonal colour bars on it. :)
    zxbruno zxbruno June 2008 Emulators
  • Spectrum+2A(B) Stuck in Test ModeHello there my fellow WoS'ers, I have recently got yet another +2A(well B) but it only boots to the TEST Mode - multi colour bars with 1986 on them …

    ... to the TEST Mode - multi colour bars with 1986 on them in ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 November 2011 Hardware
  • +2A - stuck on test signalHi, new member here, hope it's OK to ask for help... I recently rescued my old +2A from my parents' loft. When I tried to test it out, I've found th…

    ... , it shows the test signal (colour bars with "1987" in text).
    colour bars and beeps.

    Is ...
    Scarysheep3000 Scarysheep3000 November 2012 Hardware
  • Randomize USR xxxxxA weird topic: When I was a kid I use to mess around with the RANDOMIZE USR xxxxx, sad I know!!! For instance RANDOMIZE USR 51234 would give me a loa…

    heh... yes I did the WHSmith 'make all the speccys look like they were loading something interesting' thing as well..

    There's a few that do weird colour bars as well iirc.
    GP GP December 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Vote for the change of TZX formatThere is an ongoing discussion on the proposal of Patrik Rat to change the current TZX format specification to one that is simpler to implement for e…

    ... the cool way Spin shows colour bars while loading.
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker May 2007 Emulators
  • Which game did you like the loading noise the most?I always like skool daze's loader, it seemed to come over in regular waves.

    Nobodys mentioned Tomahawk By Digital Integration, sounded different to every other spectrum game and had multicoloured colour bars in the border (orig version only), give it a try!
    Mort! Mort! May 2007 Games
  • Question about something I don't know what is called.I am interested in reading about something which I don't know what is called (duh). I am looking for (online/offline) reading material which explain…

    ... WoS).

    The bars themselves are actually nothing particularly ... operation to cause the border colour bits to invert, causing ... the transition from one colour to the other.
    ... The result is loading-esque colour bars, though they don't ...
    Phu Phu September 2008 Hardware
  • Rainbow Generator for 48K Spectrum using PUSHThis is what I came up with from [B]gasman[/B]'s suggestions. It's stable in ZXSpin and ZX32 simulating a 48K Speccy. Anyone like to try it on the …

    ... 75% display 4x4 pixel 8 colour display on a 48K machine ... to swap the border colour. From the colour bars in the border, you ... them all to the same colour and leave them in.
    joefish joefish May 2009 Development
  • New BUZZSAW+ Demo, No.2OK everybody, here's the latest demo of [I]Buzzsaw[/I]. This includes the title screen I wrote in Corfu with control selection, some new sprites and…

    ... with the size of my colour bars, and being actually right 'n ...
    joefish joefish August 2009 Development
  • What's this hardware?[URL="http://www2.snapfish.com/slideshow/AlbumID=1351742020/PictureID=39192676020/a=1759991020_1759991020/otsc=SHR/otsi=SPIClink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfis…

    Could be a 'test page' generator. Colour bars and grids etc.
    csmith csmith September 2009 Hardware
  • More colours II (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.

    ... If you write the colour index command once, can ... surely? You could have colour bars right across the screen.< ... advantage. If just one colour can be adressed (maybe ... specific command for streamlining colour 000) then that would ... moving full-width colour bars.
    joefish joefish November 2009 Emulators
  • Turbo LoadersI absolutely love the different loading schemes that were used on the Spectrum over the years. There are a couple of questions that I have been meani…

    ... was the one with the colour bars?!?! I do remember the elite ...
    fog fog January 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Grey+2 displays cyan instad og bright 0 whitehere's a weird one one of my grey+2's displays cyan instead of white, yet bright 1 white is ok I swapped a ULA out of a machine that is ok and it's…

    ... lines that goes "border-blank colour bars-border"

    Then you ...
    guesser guesser May 2011 Hardware
  • 48K COMPOSITE VIDEO infosI'm not familiar with the Composite Video, so I'm asking help to WOS. I've got a 48k with Composite Video Mod. I am used to my Toastrack, that I plug…

    ... these resistors only control the colour difference signal. So you ... be done while looking at colour bars on the screen (made by ...
    I await that the colour of the white start screen ... this should be neutral without colour difference signal.

    ...
    ingo ingo February 2012 Hardware
  • 48K COMPOSITE VIDEO infosI'm not familiar with the Composite Video, so I'm asking help to WOS. I've got a 48k with Composite Video Mod. I am used to my Toastrack, that I plug…

    ... these resistors only control the colour difference signal. So you ... be done while looking at colour bars on the screen (made by ... this should be neutral without colour difference signal.

    ... will ask to fix this colour trouble, if possible...
    ...
    Spectrum Spectrum February 2012 Hardware
  • BorderTron 3000A little bit of speccy-related fun for a Friday afternoon... I've knocked together a program for Windows which I've called Bordertron 3000 (a suitabl…

    ... 3-char-wide "pixels" of colour either side of the paper ... do with that is horizontal colour bars, no fancy pictures or anything ... , L are set to one colour value each (this is the ... to extend the rows of colour to 4 or 5 characters ...
    ccowley ccowley April 2012 Announcements
  • BorderTron 3000A little bit of speccy-related fun for a Friday afternoon... I've knocked together a program for Windows which I've called Bordertron 3000 (a suitabl…

    ... 3-char-wide "pixels" of colour either side of the paper ... do with that is horizontal colour bars, no fancy pictures or anything ...
    guesser guesser April 2012 Announcements
  • WIP: ULAPlus hardware implementationThis aims to be an "almost" plug-in replacement for the Sinclair ULA chip fitted in Spectrum 16K/48K/Plus machines. It comes in a form of a small PC…

    ... &W output instead of colour) is fixed.

    ... unable to generate a proper colour video signal. At first I ... PAL pattern generator (the classic colour bars image) inside the FPGA. This ... or thick edges between each colour bar (note the darker edge ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix October 2012 Hardware
  • Please help identifying this Spectrum (I think) addonHello. I got this addon with bunch of ZX Spectrum stuff so I am assuming it is some kind of Spectrum (video) add on hardware. Could you please help …

    ... device might be a programable colour bar generator for tv/monitor ... can program the test pattern, colour bars, or image on to it ...
    Your Spec-chum Your Spec-chum April 2014 Hardware
  • Please help identifying this Spectrum (I think) addonHello. I got this addon with bunch of ZX Spectrum stuff so I am assuming it is some kind of Spectrum (video) add on hardware. Could you please help …

    ... device might be a programable colour bar generator for tv/monitor ... can program the test pattern, colour bars, or image on to it ...
    Shockwav3 Shockwav3 April 2014 Hardware
  • ZX Spectrum issue 2 has only blue tintsRecently I've bought a 16k speccy and ran into some issues with it. Faulty keyboard, broken caps, no stable frequency, faulty lower RAM chip, it bein…

    ... hold control - getting the colour correct is easier than reading ... time until the full eight colour bars are present, in their ... colour controls should now be set up correctly and the bars ...
    Finally, when a satisfactory colour display has been obtained put ...
    wedwo wedwo August 2015 Hardware
  • Best and worst loading coloursWas just thinking the other day about this, what are the worst / best loading colours that have been seen ? :) Apart from loaders with either mult…

    Room Ten CRL has colour bars on the loading screen
    MatGubbins MatGubbins September 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Best and worst loading coloursWas just thinking the other day about this, what are the worst / best loading colours that have been seen ? :) Apart from loaders with either mult…

    [quote="MatGubbins;923170"]Room Ten CRL has colour bars on the loading screen[/quote]

    So does Academy - a pretty cool trick.

    [img]https://j.gifs.com/Z4q3LE.gif[/img]
    leespoons leespoons September 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrum +2b sound issueHi, I picked up a black +2b and everything is good with it, except there is no sound... I've connected it to my TV with an RGB/scart cable and still …

    ... the bleep/bleep on the colour bars page as this is afaik ...
    spider spider May 2019 Hardware
  • CopperlistIf anyone knows how to create copperlist for ZX Spectrum? Vertical blank interrupt handling?

    Copper list refers to the Amiga. On C64 it’s known as colour bars or raster splits.
    merman merman October 2022 Assembler
  • decoding loading barsI was idly pondering if it would be possible to decode the tape loading bars - just the header, say, for a standard loader, to determine the title o…

    ... to decode the tape loading bars - just the header, say, for ... the program. Each change of colour yellowblue is one bit, and ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny October 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • adding colourThis my sound like a real stupid Q but when programing a picture how do i add colour like filling in shapes with colour. What kind of programming sh…

    This my sound like a real stupid Q but when programing a picture how do i add colour like filling in shapes with colour.

    What kind of programming should i put in.
    mangaman3000 mangaman3000 July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How to print with colour using DiscipleHi! I was wondering if there is any way of printing in colour using the Disciple. I am using an Epson Stylus 600 Printer with one of my +2s and I wo…

    ... any way of printing in colour using the Disciple. I am ...
    Anestis Anestis August 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Major +2A problemI've found that my +2A doesn't seem to be working anymore - I just get some black and white horizontal bars on screen, sometimes with some random cha…

    ... some black and white horizontal bars on screen, sometimes with some ... keys by changing the border colour, but it won't do ...
    Queen Frostine Queen Frostine February 2003 Games
  • S14CM - Sinclair colour monitor. What's it compatible with?I got in my monthly shipment of retro 'junk'. (I have an arrangement with the local chairty shop). Got a nice Radiofin console, and amongst it the t…

    ... />
    It is apparently a colour monitor, was made in Taiwan ... suppose stands for Sinclair 14" Colour Monitor?

    The video ...
    thx1138 thx1138 March 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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