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GAMES IN MONOCHROME-am i the only fan?I think that on the speccy games in monochrome are very pleasing to the eye! most people seem to think it is poor to have no colours, but in games li…
... , you can see everything clearly and there is no colour clash ... kid i only had a black and white portable to play on anyway ... and sprites looked lovely and smooth.
AAAARRRRR DIV-MMC ENJOY againIve recently been posting trying to get to the bottom of problems with my +48 not working with this rechid addon.Now ive finaly worked out theres not…
... it connected, a 48k machine black and white virtical lines with flashing coloured ... been manufactured only this year and it has been the biggest ... because im raising my son and dont have pockets full of ... money and theres no way to diagnose ...TR1 & TR2 replacement - now dark picture?Hi all I saw a list of diodes you could swap out for better modern equivalents. I saw TR1/2 could be replaced with BC547 which i had afew of (BC547 …
... be replaced with BC547, BC548 and BC549 in TR1/TR2 position ... is terrible at the moment and thought it would be a ... I've now got a black and white picture and its quite dark...
Giving up on SpectrumsHi all... Bit of a downer post here... I'm really close to giving up on Spectrums.. My 48k has given me nothing but head aches since day one... and …
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I have a black and white picture issue at the moment ... nameless at this stage) and he told me to put ... took it back out and then tried a slightly ... did that and tried to connect it and while pushing ...What influence the number of stripes during initialization?Hi for All! After some adventures, with other rare old computers I'm back here to my favourite forum. :) Recently I got some ISSUE 2 boards from Ben…
... ZX Spectrum is powered up black and white stripes are displayed for a ... RAM chips are different: NEC and ITT 4116 chips were used ...TR4/TR5 replacementHi guys, I've got another Spectrum I'm working on now - an Issue 4S this time. When I originally got it, I powered it up and did the basic tests a…
... it up and did the basic tests and it seemed ... of RAM. Not surprising, and I've now got ... no longer turns on and displays a black and white image only, similar ... very low - missing the +12V and -5V rails.
... with a new ZTX651 and installed it as per the ...Another "wot game woz this then?" threadText adventure, released some time between about 1987 and 1991 (probably 1988-1989). Had very detailed black and white location graphics in a wee win…
... 1988-1989). Had very detailed black and white location graphics in a wee ...Faulty Issue 1Hi all, thought I'd document my efforts in getting another speccy working. I've never done this before so please bear with me... I recently took a p…
... convertor. Power on and I get a white border with a messy ... in and get a much cleaner paper area (still with white border ... ) divided into 4 black and white columns, with some ... the white areas. They flash about twice a second and I ...Dodgy Amazon CourierLong Story Short i get an email saying my amazon parcel is coming today, keep my ear up till 5 PM but nothing. In bed watching a film at 8:50 and …
... looking bloke in jeans and a black shirt with a yankees ... this and he just shrugged, got in his white van ... with no company logo or anything written on it and ... it was there in black and white that he'd handed ... hire anyone with a white van to do there ...Converting screens » too many colors yes or no ?Hi all, Trying to convert some Space:1999 pictures. Question is: I'm using colors almost as grayscale, that is, taking into account their bri…
... value.
Blue and red are darker, cyan and yellow lighter, etc ... for "as seen on a Black and White TV/Monitor". Those were very ... the conversions, they are WIP and only for discussion)
ZX Diagnostics v0.33 releasedHi everyone, I'm pleased to announce the release of v0.33 of zx-diagnostics. This release contains the following changes: - ULATest: Detect …
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- ULATest: Detect and show ULA type, and new TR6 check
- ULATest: New tape test - black and white stripes follow tape signal in ...P.O.W.As far as I know, a port of P.O.W. (Prisoners of War) from NHK, doesn't exist. [img]https://cld.pt/dl/download/61d19b5e-453b-489c-b17b-d3ed6fccd594/…
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And here is a first attempt ... keep some color, and have players/sprites in black and white (without color), ... invite someone to tackle graphics and sprites/animations, so that ...What would you have on your own TV channel.If you were able to start up a channel in Freeview, in replace of the current crap what programmes would you show. It can be purely selfish and indu…
... /> It can be purely selfish and indulgent, not worrying about number ... ) retro show. Interesting chat, reviews and interviews.
Reruns of all ... it called).
Regular black and white comedies and US film noire stories in ...Strange things about my +2AHello everybody I´m from Spain and first of all I want to thank you the oppotunity of join to this forum. And second, my problem. I have and old…
... smartphone using TapDancer and a cassette-mp3 adapter and the tzx ... screen frozen or loading bars black and white (with the tape loader stopped ... ressults are Ikari Warriors and Fernando Martín Basket ... I dissasembled all the datacorder, and, silly of me, when ...ZX Spectrum 48k tape loading issueHi guys I have refreshed a ZX spectrum 48k with a new keyboard layer and front case. The machine will power up and seems to work good. Unfortunate…
... with a new keyboard layer and front case. The machine will ... power up and seems to work good. Unfortunately ... get is a black and white checkered border on screen and no loading sound ...Getting a +3 working again (keyboard & tape socket issues)So, as part of my Spectrum restoration project I will also try to tackle the problem child among my fleet, the +3. PROBLEM ONE: Ever since I firs…
... internal bit that's reading and interpreting the keypresses.
and black-and-white TV all in one!) ... stereo jack to red-and-white RCA plugs along with ... EAR socket, red or white, I was treated only ... plugged the red or white lead into the TAPE ...Are there any unreleased Spectrum games or prototypes in the hands of collectors?You know how some games for various machines were written but never released, and then a collector buys the developers' discs or whatever hardware, a…
... written but never released, and then a collector buys the ... developers' discs or whatever hardware, and keeps the working game to ... a Durrell game too? And some cartridge based Spectrum games ... I wish the prototypes of Black and White on the original XBox were ...No CLK on issue 2 ULA pin 32I'm trying to fix an issue 2. The symptoms are as follows:- Black and white bars on screen, colours near impossible to tune in, although these po…
... symptoms are as follows:-
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I have changed TR3 and recapped the whole board.
and changes the transistor at TR3 ... m looking at the schematic and starting to suspect the diode ...Game identificationHey guys, I'm looking for a game and I need some names! First of all, I remember this being a compilation tape with a bunch of games. The only one…
... 'm looking for a game and I need some names!
black and white picture of a witch, and the game probably ... had so much fun with, and it wasn't the witches ...48k spectrum problems at bootHey guys so my 48k Specfy, Issue 3B is having some issues. They're not entirely consistent but the majority of the time (95%) it presents itself as m…
... of video noise with vertical black and white banding and squares of colour. It ... squares. I have been reading and it's either the Z ...Spectrum special effects in Polish filmBack in the 80s, Channel 4 was showing one of their edgy, cultural, foreign language films late at night. I loved watching these on my portable black…
... watching these on my portable black and white TV in my bedroom because ... ?v=auz5a8JZD-k
And I'm fairly certain its ... a Spectrum at 44.50 and 1:08.41.When games had very little or no sound ...We all know the Speccy often got ridiculed for its shortcomings like colour clash, and another factor was the lack of music in most 48k games. It jus…
... its shortcomings like colour clash, and another factor was the lack ... rather little on-screen action and also not a lot of ... picked by my (then black and white) TV set and causing a very specific ... a rich man" sound weirder and more out of tune with ...Free Tapes, just pay the postagesToday I'm doing a bit of loft clearance and found a bunch of tapes I got from a friend many years ago and never used or loaded. So these are a bit of…
... a bit of loft clearance and found a bunch of ... a friend many years ago and never used or loaded. So ... can see they are all black and white. They don't look like ... If so, let me know and I'll make the effort ... br />
So roll up and recycle. You know it makes ...ZX Spectrum +3 repairI have my first +3 here, and it needs repairs. Hoping someone here can help me out. When I power it on I get this screen with black and white line…
... my first +3 here, and it needs repairs. Hoping someone ... I get this screen with black and white lines, and some blocks, sometimes flickering ... , connected the diagnostics board, and this makes no change, I ... easy to replace/swap, and supposedly it doesn't break ...I love my dogShe may have saved my life. I very nearly stepped on a copperhead snake coiled up in the long grass and she barked and pushed me out of the way. I wa…
... in the long grass and she barked and pushed me out of ... up, teeth bared, bloody impressive and the stag took one look ...
She pranced home head and tail high, she knew she ... with a labrador face and dalmatian markings (black and white but blotches more than ...1st steps in animation Having finally resurrected my familiar old graphics programs, chief amongst which is DPaint Animation, I was a little taken aback to reali…
... with a Brownie 127 using black and white film versus any SLR ... chose to use black on white and eventually that black outline is going ... in appearance between a black on white line and a graduated one ... is tremendous and with care ...Fastest emulator screen renderingHi, I'm developing an algorithm for fast emulator screen rendering and here is what I came up with. 1) Use 4bpp indexed image format as target …
... can quickly create a black and white 4bpp byte from Speccy ... paper]
paper_pattern=np32 and p32 // mask in paper ... val32=ink_pattern or paper_pattern // and all masked.[/code]This enables ... bit per bit examination and shifting) directly convert spectrum ...The Diagnostic PCBIt arrived in the post today so this is my first go with the Diagnostic PCB. (bought on Ebay) This item , I think , does the same job as Retroleu…
... rubber Key Spectrum but got black and white vertical lines on screen .So ... tried again but got the Black and White vertical lines on screen . So ... . It is meant to produce black and white lines on screen? !CSSCGC 2021: 25th edition extravaganza![img]https://csscgc2021.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/yellow_programmer_960x600.png[/img] [url=https://www.rickdangerous.co.uk/csscgc2021/][b][size=…
... in 2021 (silently, and in black and white). You can also write ... for the QL - and ... Eastern Europe, Brazil and beyond - and the new kids on ... screens, and making tape, disc and microdrive versions, and complete reproductions ...Building a ZX Spectrum 3B, Looking for PartsAs the title says, I'm attempting to build a new ZX Spectrum, but I'm having some trouble locating all of the parts. Thus far, I've got all of t…
... the resisters, diodes, transistors, and most of the capacitors. ... br />
However, the coil and crystals are another story.
Black border with thick black and white vertical bars). I ... exception of the ROM and IC14, and for the life of ...
