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Repairing a faulty 48K issue 2.I am investigating one of a pair of non-working issue 2 48K Spectrums that have been sitting in a cupboard untouched for quite a few years. I haven…
... working so I removed that and
before replacing it ... 30802[/url]
(Thick black and white vertical bars, but almost always ... lines between the CPU and ROM
and ULA, with the ... at all RAM chips (upper and lower).
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Issue 2 voltage troubleDear all, I got my hands on an old issue 2 from a friend. Price was close to zero so I did not hesitate to take it. After powering it up I was sur…
... shows no colour, just black and white. I tired to tune ... by adjusting the variable resistors and capacitors without any success. ... the usually problematic -5V and 12V supply. So what ... appreciated.
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Some questions for us big-brains to ponder...1) In this week's Micro Mart (well, tomorrow it will be last weeks, but I only got around to reading it today) it says that it's untrue that PC compo…
... black and white films? Even if you don't like watching things in black and white ... versions to the black and white original. When me and my mates watch ... the (admittedly very) occasional black and white film, no one ever says ... in both colour and black and white). -
Three faulty machines - help!I have three Spectrums and all of them have suddenly collapsed and I can?t figure out what?s wrong. New here.... I own three Speccies but all of a …
... them have suddenly collapsed and I can?t figure ... It has always worked and I haven?t done any ... modification and I have never opened ... the sceen got distorted; just black and white mess. I disconnected it ... TV or antenna cable and gave it up for ... -
48K issue 2 needs 5 seconds to bootupI have an issue 2 board here that needs some seconds to boot up. So when connecting it, it shows black and white blocks, and then after some seconds…
... connecting it, it shows black and white blocks, and then after some seconds it ... does start and work fine (even with DivIDE ... -
48k Issue 2 Blue screen!Well, blue paper/border black ink, everything functions correctly apart from "sometimes" its blue, ive fiddled with the pots and i can get it to disp…
Well, blue paper/border black ink, everything functions correctly apart ... can get it to display black and white but no colour, then blue ... -
Spectrum 128k +2 (grey) RGB Port IssueI have a Spectrum 128k +2 grey model which when connected to the TV with a RGB scart lead via RGB port displays the standard menu screen but flickeri…
... standard menu screen but flickering black and white and showing some distortion, buzzing ... the TV displays no signal and the cycle repeats. I ... standard Spectrum menu etc, and have noticed if I start ... connection via standard RF socket and this works fine, scart ... -
Faulty +2 advice please :)Hi all , I have a faulty +2 which when powered up gives a black border and 6 black and White stripes , I'm thinking faulty ram ??? Any one have any b…
Hi all , I have a faulty +2 which when powered up gives a black border and 6 black and White stripes , I'm thinking faulty ram ??? Any one have any better ideas :)
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Action figures with flying disc thingieIt's another trip down memory lane to try and remember something I played with as a kiddie. It was a bunch of action figures. It must have been mid-…
... down memory lane to try and remember something I played with ... like aliens/lizards and I think they wore black armour.
< ... (the disc may have been black and white?). These were fairly large discs ... firing mechanism was pretty cool and fired quite a few one ... -
Deathchase improvementsI have spent the last couple of months bringing out an "enhanced" version of Deathchase which I called "Deathchase 2012". Unfortunately because it us…
... colours and speed
[*]Snow
This level uses bright white ... soil against a dark white sky and plays at ... speed. There is only 1 (black) biker to get in this ... br /> [*]Monochrome madness
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No colour after changing LM1889NI replaced the faulty LM1889N in my issue 2 spectrum, since I had a very yellow picture, and soldered a socket to put the new LM1889N into, however, …
... had a very yellow picture, and soldered a socket to put ... , however, I now have only black and white colour. I have checked the ... on Pin 2 and 4 to adjust VR1 and VR2 to get ... check the settings for TC1 and TC2 as I dont have ... -
Newbie needs help!!I own a 48K Speccy bought at a Car boot sale and would love to get it working although I haven't the faintest Idea what I am doing! It had a dodgy k…
... at a Car boot sale and would love to get ... br />
It only shows black and white. There is no colour at ... a game, it flashes and has the horizontal bars but ... to load a Chess Tape and it had the loading ... middle it said "Bytes T" and then "Bytes C"
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Measuring the Geoff Wearmouth problemTo paraphrase NickH: Please vote if you've received harassment from Geoff Wearmouth during this year, be it theft of your copyright material, or mal…
... your copyright material, or malicious and misleading comments about you on ... 't see this as a black-and-white issue, vote "Wellllll...."
John Peel's The Space online record collection goes livesounds like a dream for us geeky vinyl hoarders article here [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-17894985[/url] website here [url]htt…
... "video" cover adam and the ants - dirk wears white sox tho, which ... thought hed have the normal black and white cover one48k+ CPU SocketThink I've bitten off more than I can chew... After the desoldering my z80 went without incident, no damaged pads, tracks etc. I expected the socket…
... and hey presto... a choice of either red, magenta or black ... spare and fitting this gives me additional black and white bars. ... The internal speaker is buzzing and ... checked fairly thoroughly for shorts and solder bridges.
...Free 35 issues of quanta magazine.Quanta a Sinclair QL fanzine style magazine A5 black and white.Issues range from 2003/2007. Picked these up from freecycle from a very nice chap but…
... QL fanzine style magazine A5 black and white.Issues range from 2003/2007 ...Name the Spectrum book...Hi, as I don't have access to Sinclair Miscellaneous, I am posting this here. Back in the mid-late 80s I got a book from the Home Computing Club and…
... from the Home Computing Club and I'm trying to find ... a hardback, all full-colour and glossy. It had little cartoon ... robots all over it, and it contained details about programming ... launch a missile, and this had a black and white graphic background on the ...Very weird +2 problem.After two days, I'm still fighting this grey +2. Symptoms: When I first got it, there were stray pixels on the screen, and stray lines and colours. …
... yellow and white borders. It was black and white at one point. Occasionally green and white creeps ... the screen disappears, and is replaced by black and white vertical stripes, one character ... disconnected pins 34 and 35 (MIC and EAR) and JetPac still loses ...More from Timex Computer corp. (U.S.A.)I'm hoping this will be of interest to some of you. Bruno: For many years we've been told a 48K Spectrum had been modified to work with NTSC but did…
... the NTSC Spectrums using black TS1500 cases and they would look ... just like we did the black-and-white basic Sinclair. However, after ... a TS1500 sold in a black executive case.
... busy learning about medical products and watches.[/COLOR]
Alien 8 TrophyI always wondered what happened to this, glad it is still owned by the original competition winner. I think this is the first time I seen a colour p…
... in Crash magazine was in black and white if I remember correctly.
my first 48kHi I have just got my first 48k and I can't keep it tuned in. And when it is its not very clear. Moving text and switching to black and white. some …
... just got my first 48k and I can't keep ... it tuned in. And when it is its not ... very clear. Moving text and switching to black and white. some times I can ... issue is when I try and loaded a game from ... solved a tape recorder and not mp3 and a old portable tv ...ZX Spectrum problemsHello Everybody, I am new here, and I need some help in my ZX repairs : - I have a ZX Spectrum 48k board (issue 2) which power up but remains stuck o…
... I am new here, and I need some help in ... 1982 sinclair research" on a white screen.
I did ... IC6 all are ok, and voltage regulator ok,
... board) which displays random black and white squares, I checked the ... main memory and the +5V is missing ...Graphic editor suggestion neededCould anybody suggest me some free PC graphic editor that would do the following thing: 1) I load some picture and set it as background layer 2) Th…
... /> 1) I load some picture and set it as background layer ... picture for Spectrum using some black and white high res picture as inspiration ... and "template".
I hope ...ZX SPECTRUM 48K color problemsHello, I am asking for your help... I found a ZX spectrum in a garage of a friend. He gave it to me telling that it didn't work. To say the truth it…
... I downloaded the service manual and read that those problems ... following problems:
TR1 and TR2 transistor ( I replaced them ... image is perfect but in black and white. No colors at all. ... it continues to work in black and white. It has no effect at ...Speccy games with B/W option?Hi peeps I have just read a comment on my Halls Of The Things YouTube vid that has got me thinking,a guy recalls how he used to play HOTT on a Black …
... play HOTT on a Black and White tv and i thought that was ... Halls Of The Things and Warlock Of Firetop mountain ... B/W during play and why would this be ... the sprites less defined and therefore making it an ... i could email Simon Brattel and ask him.
Regards ...Spectrum +2A problemWorking my way through a new influx of greys and blacks i came across one thats got me a little stumped, on boot it goes straight to vertical black a…
... a new influx of greys and blacks i came across one ... it goes straight to vertical black and white lines, nothing ive tried gets ... ive tried replacing ROM, Z80 and RAM to no effect. This ... damaged sometime in the past and some connections on the board ...Poorly Issue One 16k spectrum diagnosis?Hello, everyone. :smile: I was lucky enough to buy an Issue One 16k rubber key the other week; I didn't know it was an Issue One till I opened it up…
... and displays a picture over RF; there is a usually white, sometimes black ... border and vertical black and white stripes as shown in ... be the odd white pixel or two in the black bars. There ...Microsoft Orifice 2013Any one have it or tried it? I have a new laptop provided by my Employer in which it was installed. Eugh, absolutely horrid. I think MS has taken th…
... the UI is almost all black and white, and the same colour as the ... workspace background and Window heading and almost the same colour ... of the few advancements 2010 and 2007 had over its ... a set resembling their minimalist and pretty shoddy Metro UI.
ZX48 svideo modI have modded a ZX48 to have svideo output. The end of C65 that goes to TR2 (its an Issue 2 zx 48 ) has been lifted to get Chroma. Luma is taken fro…
... that on each transistor, and the other end is connected ... base of the transistors, and then from the emitters are ... the signal take and fed to the svideo ... tv, I get only black and white. Meaning that Luma is ... getting through properly and picked up by the ...Question about The Complete Spectrum ROM DisassemblyHello I just purchased a copy of the Complete Spectrum ROM Disassembly book in great shape and noticed that the cover looks slightly different than …
... Disassembly book in great shape and noticed that the cover looks ... Melbourne House logo is in black and white. Does anybody know if this ...
