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  • Machine code/Assembly language back in the dayHello. Back in the 80s when I was a kid, I didn't learn Z-80 machine code, but I was always curious about it. Just recently I decided to explore Z-…

    ... />
    [EXECUTE]

    Black screen.. red lines.. white screen..

    ?1982 Sinclair research ...
    memrah memrah September 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Issue 2 Spectrum - Black screenHi I have an issue 2 spectrum which I'm having some issues with. I bought it on ebay so have no idea of the history or how it came to be broken. Whe…

    ... various output to the screen every time I turned ... coloured garbage or back screen with thin red lines.
    Using information ... border with an almost completely black screen. You could almost say ... there are some thin vertical lines running through it.
    ...
    whoremoan whoremoan November 2014 Hardware
  • Sinclair QL-Black and white lines displayCould be obtaining an QL soon,problem is according to seller it display black and white lines on screen,looking at service manual here- [url]http://w…

    ... to seller it display black and white lines on screen,looking at service ...
    JACK98 JACK98 May 2011 Hardware
  • Black Screen Spectrum 48kWas working ok, it came to me in a Fuller FDS keyboard, I had a nose inside and found a floating power lead connected to the keyboard, I removed that…

    ... the lines flash down the screen and it stops at the black screen....:(
    OttO OttO December 2013 Hardware
  • Magenta border and black screenGot my hands on a issue 3 48k machine. Did the initial resistance checks and everything seemed in order buy when I switch the machine on all I get is…

    ... magenta border and black screen with the odd bit of red garbage appearing ... don't get any red garbage on screen at all.

    BruceNorton BruceNorton September 2016 Hardware
  • Black ScreenHi, Anyone know what would cause a 48k Spectrum to boot to a black screen? you can hear the internals buzzing at power up, but you just get a black…

    ... Spectrum to boot to a black screen?

    you can hear ... , but you just get a black screen. When the power or aerial ...
    Lunar_Jetman Lunar_Jetman September 2008 Hardware
  • Black screen of deathI recently aquired a zx spectrum (revision 3b) of the rubber key variety. it was all running smoothly(for about an hour after pluggin in), i left the…

    ... coffee and returned to a black screen.
    Restarting the device ... always left me with a black screen with some minor interferance.< ... problem , boot up to a black screen.
    ive done the ... no joy, still the same black screen with slight interferance (which ...
    nxgshadow nxgshadow June 2009 Hardware
  • Spectrum +2A -Black screen-When I turn on the power I get only black screen (full size) PSU is working (I even tried with my +3 PSU) RF-cable is working. What could be the pro…

    ... the power I get only black screen (full size)
    PSU is ... ?

    There is only black screen no more no less.
    Vipered80 Vipered80 January 2010 Hardware
  • Zx Spectrum 48k+ black screenHi A friend of mine gave me his 48k+ and when i tried to turn it on I just get a black screen of the TV. I don't have sound of the console. Where c…

    Hi

    A friend of mine gave me his 48k+ and when i tried to turn it on I just get a black screen of the TV.
    I don't have sound of the console.

    Where can I start searching for the problem?

    Thank you
    Trajano Trajano March 2011 Hardware
  • Black screen on 48k+Hello peeps Just bought a 48k+ was working fine then after leaving it off over night I turned back on to get a total black screen, no border etc. …

    ... get a total black screen, no border etc. Just black all over.
    jamiejoe jamiejoe May 2016 Hardware
  • Harlequin rev F picture issueHi, Did this project ages ago, and was working fine. Got the spectrum itch today, so got it out. I first turned it on everything was fine. Then…

    ... now just get a screen of black with red lines vertically.

    Guessing ...
    Lost Lost October 2017 Hardware
  • Black screen on my 48k SpeccyHi! I have a problem with my 48k rubber key speccy. I keep getting this black screen with white stripes after the computer has been running for a w…

    ... .
    I keep getting this black screen with white stripes after the ... and then kaboom.
    The black screen does not go away until ...
    Sam Cruise Sam Cruise November 2017 Hardware
  • Want a Speccy Repaired?Maybe it's time to put my 'skills' to use.... Now that I've sourced some of the nastier transistors, I've fixed about 6 rubber keyed Speccys in the …

    ... 4 speccys all had a screen but no keyboard response - just ... . If the screen turns black, the red lines appear, and the screen sets to the ... 's 16K. If the screen stays black for a short while (half ...
    Spirantho Spirantho June 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…

    ... begin with, look the screen going black, the red lines going down the display ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler June 2011 Emulators
  • Getting Tasword to save to CF cardHey chaps I have a Plus 2 with a simple 8bit IDE interface installed. I was hoping I might be able to use the +3 disk version in conjunction with …

    ... , as in the center screen went black with red lines running down it.
    Hiddenevil Hiddenevil February 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Issue 2 Failed 48k to 128k upgradeI have been trying to upgrade my Issue 2 with the help of Velesoft, using this schematic; [IMG]http://i764.photobucket.com/albums/xx284/arioch1973/4…

    When following the traces, somehow I cleared up the short between A10 and D1. Now I am back to having the machine show white border and a paper that is flashing between black and red lines. Any suggestion on that?
    Johan1973 Johan1973 August 2012 Hardware
  • Opus Discovery 1 - Information?Hi World Of Spectrum users! :) I picked this up today: [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v366/cauterize4/ZX1Custom.jpg[/IMG] Obviously its th…

    ... ]

    Obviously its the Opus Discovery 1, however i was ... turned it on and the Red Power Light on the Floppy ... /> However i get a Grey screen with lines...

    Im hoping ...
    Cauterize Cauterize May 2008 Hardware
  • red dwarf killed my dvd player :(the dvd player in the bedroom has kerfuckered :( we aint had it that long (it was cheap but still) anyway the other day it was fine, downloaded and …

    ... , downloaded and played some avi red dwarfs on it (they wernt ... a dvd of the new red dwarf i ahem found.
    black and the screen started flickering slightly, no ... it did have some long red lines across the display)

    mel the bell mel the bell May 2009 Chit chat
  • Using rainbow processing for red/green stereoscopeWould it be possible to set the display attributes to alternate lines of paper black, ink red and paper black, ink green with full width? You could …

    ... attributes to alternate lines of paper black, ink red and paper black, ink green ... the screen like this, and display stereo images using the alternate lines ... for the red image and the green ... on 2 thirds of the screen?
    Pobbit Pobbit January 2014 New game ideas
  • Opus Discovery 1 problem insideHi folks, when I opened my Opus Discovery 1 I have probably wrecked a regulator that is connected to the mainboard by three cables. Regulator 2 is wi…

    ... three calbes in order white red yellow fomr left to right ... shows only black screen, white border and vertical thick lines on screen...

    opus side?

    Would this ...
    Skydiver Skydiver October 2010 Hardware
  • Invisible loading screenI can't remember how this is done (I did it years ago but can't remember how). When loading a screen$ from basic you can see the lines being display…

    ... loading a screen$ from basic you can see the lines being displayed ... /> you can set the screen black so the lines are invisible but the ... bottom 16 lines still show up while ... do you stop these bottom lines showing until the colours attributes ...
    Unique Unique March 2005 Development
  • 48k spectrum, video problems help neededHi All, I have been browsing this site for a long time and today i have finally registered and am after some help!! I have a 48k speccy and the vid…

    ... the black rectangle in the middle of the screen with a quick red lines ... instead shows a fuzzy black and white screen!!!

    The ... 7[/B]

    ?PAPER? ?RED? ?Enter? ?Enter? = [B]PAPER 2 ... ]INK 6[/B]
    ?INK? ?BLACK? ?Enter? ?Enter? = [B]INK ...
    mattstroud mattstroud September 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What happens during a reset?I always used to wonder about this, but only thought a bit more about it last night when noticing after all these years what actually happens. Obvio…

    ... Obviously, the screen goes black, but you also see verticle red lines. Looking ... closely, the lines ... was also sent to the screen attributes.

    ... I notice that the screen seems to fill in backwards ...
    Gwyn Gwyn February 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Bah, Spectrum+ has diedBah. My Spectrum+ appears to have died. On power up, the 'paper' part of the screen goes black (and you see the faint red lines that you normally se…

    ... of the screen goes black (and you see the faint red lines that you ... normally see), but it stays black - never ...
    Winston Winston July 2006 Hardware
  • Speccy dead? :-(I've been playing around with my Speccy and a Discovery disc drive unit, and tried to do the NMI modification to allow a multiface to be plugged into…

    ... lines on the screen.

    At this point the Spectrum and Opus ... border, with thick alternating black and white vertical lines :-(

    I ... - cyan border with vertical black and white lines.

    So, the ...
    hldswrth hldswrth December 2006 Hardware
  • RealSpectrum doesn't work in 48k mode.It doesn't. All that happens is a black screen with a few vertical red lines, which disappears after about 1/10 of a second. Then, it goes blank, w…

    ... happens is a black screen with a few vertical red lines, which disappears after ...
    Lockett Lockett February 2008 Emulators
  • Screen display at resetJust something for curiosity: When the Spectrum is reseted by for example NEW a very typical screen is shortly displayed. [IMG]http://i33.tinypic.c…

    ... example NEW a very typical screen is shortly displayed.

    red lines and dots to the part ...
    Rickard Rickard September 2009 Development
  • Black screen on a Spectrum?I'm looking at a Spectrum+ on eBay right now and the guy says when he plugs it in and turns it on, the screen is black. He says it's because a casset…

    ... and turns it on, the screen is black. He says it's ...
    Tupin Tupin November 2009 Hardware
  • ZX Spectrum 48k issue 3b power problem?Hi :) I was lucky enough to find a couple of ZX Spectrums at a car boot sale yesterday. I spent the evening fiddling about with one (issue 2) and t…

    ... this spectrum, the copyright screen comes on in black and white. The ... later, the copyright screen is replaced by the black box in the ... middle, filled with thin vertical red lines. This ...
    vinnivee vinnivee April 2011 Hardware
  • Difficult to find upper RAM fault.I've recently repaired an issue 3B 48K Spectrum that had a tricky to diagnose upper RAM fault, so I thought I'd post a report of what I found here. …

    ... time it produced a mainly black screen with various coloured squares and ... what causes the black display with thin red vertical lines.

    Next ...
    Zorn Zorn April 2012 Hardware
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