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Short Circuit Damage?Hey Spectrum fans, Currently trying to diagnose what is wrong with my 48K Issue 4B ZX Spectrum. The initial problem was the fact it would not boot -…
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Night Gunneralthough im aware of the bite back and silverbird re releases there seems to be confusion in my mind,my copy is on black tape with white inlay howeve…
... ,my copy is on black tape with white inlay however ive just ... seen a copy on white tape with black inlay the colour of ... -
Imagine OfficesI was wondering earlier, does anyone know where in Liverpool the original Imagine offices were? And is the building still standing?
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Issue 6 repair with a twist...(Starting with a slight grump - the forum ate my first attempt at this so this'll probably end up being a bit terse :)) I got a Issue 6 48K machine …
... cyan when the paper was white.
Now suspecting a ... in random blank pixels and white paper/black ink (00111000) being corrupted ... to cyan/black (00101000).
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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 …
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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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LOAD "" CODE in machine code/store 128 bank dataHow do you LOAD "" CODE from machine code? I have written the following MC routine that fits into a REM statement in a basic program. I want to cal…
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Spectrum preservation/clean up questions.I’m sorting out my 5 Spectrums trying to make them look a bit better, and to package them up how they should be, and to get them to be reliable…
... one is really nice and white, can anyone recommend what to ... from the rubber Spectrums (rectangle black), Microdrive’s (rectangle), the pluses ... -
Issue with Issue Two[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25300140/Spectrum/Edited_ImageEasyImageEditor_20141111_84.jpg[/img] I'm working on an Issue Two that was sh…
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ZX SPECTRUM REFURBHi, I have an old ZX Spectrum here that I want to fix up cosmetically, the machine seems to be fully operational so I wouldn't want to mess around in…
... after all these years I imagine.
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New Floppy Interface for the +2a/b (black case)Hello everybody! For a long time I wondered about the posibility of adding a FDD to the +2a/b (black). I knew it was possible; All the logic is alre…
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No text at startupGreetings from Norway all Spectrum enthusiasts. I hope someone can help me with this. When I power up my Spectrum 48k (issue 3b) I get a white border…
... 3b) I get a white border and black paper on the screen ... and after a second the black ... paper turns white and no "(c) 19xx ... Ltd" appears. Just a complete white screen. I have replaced all ... -
Strange ROM in grey +2I got a grey +2 for repair and I got it working. However, when I did some final testing, I realized there were no key-clicks either in 128K or 48K mo…
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ZX Spectrum+ video ? red on green problemThis is my first post on the forum, so let me introduce myself. I am retired for several years. For 30 years I have been a fan of the ZX Spectrum. I …
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Chuckie Egg 2 PokesOkay, so, I fancy a crack at Chuckie Egg 2 before FA Cup MotD comes on. Loaded it up, and tried the Multiface poke, but the one that crops up EVERYW…
... one of the older blue/black labels with the stars around ... , not one of the later white ones..)
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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…
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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…
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Pentagon 1024SL 2.2 woesHey there,<br>I'm currently trying to get my Pentagon 1024SL 2.2 up and running for the second time.<br>Right now it's showing me the screen one woul…
... put into the machine (blue, white, black screen pattern, blue border)
Have I damaged the keyboard membrane?I've just picked up a Spectrum+, and am a total novice when it comes to fixing hardware, but thought I'd give the Speccy a clean and see if I could r…
... part of the white tracks underneath, leaving behind black tracks. See picture ... no idea what the white coating on the black tracks is for ... even realise it was a white coating until it came off ...Sinclair FontI'm searching for "Sinclair" font. NOT zx spectrum character font, that can be easily extracted from ROM, but instead the font used to make the "…
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You know, those black letters "Sinclair" extruded from the ... the "ZX Spectrum" letters painted white.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…
... -1989). Had very detailed black and white location graphics in a wee ...Another option for using a speccy (or other pal system) in NTSC landAnother option for those using the Speccy (or other PAL computers/consoles) in the USA. I picked this up off Ebay for $12, it converts PAL to NTS…
... monitor which previously just gave black and white images using the speccy ...K-MOUSE 2016 (black version)I will make new K-MOUSE 2016. [b]Price is 37 EUR[/b] + postage 5 EUR. (PayPal only) Contact me at: [b]sprinter2000(a)quick.cz[/b] First pieces …
... pieces of K-MOUSE 2016 (black board) with [url="http://velesoft ...A few hardware questions regarding Z80 and eZ80Hi Guys, Maybe some of you could help me with these questions: I would like to know what is the actual file size limit that can be used by z80 …
... regarding the resolution using just black and white mode and reducing the ...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…
... on and I get a white border with a messy flashing ... area (still with white border) divided into 4 black and white columns, with ... flashing yellow columns in the white areas. They flash about twice ...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 …
... bloke in jeans and a black shirt with a yankees baseball ... just shrugged, got in his white van with no company logo ... as it was there in black and white that he'd handed ... just hire anyone with a white van to do there deliveries ...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…
... for "as seen on a Black and White TV/Monitor". Those were ...Selling complete ZX + Didaktik collectionHi everyone, I have just unpacked my whole ZX Spectrum and Didaktik collection as regretfully I have decided to sell it as 1 whole lot. I have …
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Didaktik Gama - black version
Didaktik Gama - white version
Didaktik ...Help With AY Music Program in BASICHi, last year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker…
Hi, last year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker but, in the end - I just learned how to use Soundtracker anyway (Thanks to ZXF for those tutorials!).
What can I do with white spirit?Accidentally knocked the rear view mirror off in my car. Bought a new sticky pad and a bottle of white spirit from Wilko to clean the surfaces before…
... pad and a bottle of white spirit from Wilko to clean ...
