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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
  • 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.
    screen started flickering slightly, no display ... it did have some long red lines across the display)

    mel the bell mel the bell May 2009 Chit chat
  • 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
  • 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…

    ... with various output to the screen every time I turned ... coloured garbage or back screen with thin red lines.
    Using information ... with an almost completely black screen. You could almost say ... there are some thin vertical lines running through it.
    ...
    whoremoan whoremoan November 2014 Hardware
  • Where to get Speccy bits and pieces...Hi everybody, My poor little 16K Speccy is begging to be fixed but I think the ULA has given up the ghost - when I power it on the screen stays the …

    ... it on the screen stays the same, no red lines, or anything... it ...
    Spirantho Spirantho October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... middle of the screen with a quick red lines as normal, ... a fuzzy black and white screen!!!

    The ... 1[/B]
    ?BORDER? ?RED? ?Enter? = [B]BORDER 2 ... B]

    ?PAPER? ?RED? ?Enter? ?Enter? = [B]PAPER ... INK 1[/B]
    ?INK? ?RED? ?Enter? ?Enter? = [B ...
    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…

    ... screen goes black, but you also see verticle red lines. Looking closely, the lines ... value being sent to every screen position - a byte with ... 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 ...
    Winston Winston July 2006 Hardware
  • Spectrum Diagnosis: Purple is not my colour!Hi, I thought the self-fault-finding amongst you might appreciate my learning experience this afternoon in fixing my home-made speccy 48K. Yesterda…

    ... .. the reset sequence, red lines come down, uh.. magenta screen? and why is ...
    Phu Phu July 2007 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…

    ... is a black screen with a few vertical red lines, which disappears after ...
    Lockett Lockett February 2008 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... on this spectrum, the copyright screen comes on in black and ... />
    Seconds later, the copyright screen is replaced by the black ... middle, filled with thin vertical red lines. This flashes up for a ...
    vinnivee vinnivee April 2011 Hardware
  • Yet another glitchy graphics 48kHeyo, I'm new both to the forums (sorry if this is the wrong forum) and to Spectra I'm afraid, picked up a 48k from a steam fair sale thingy (not th…

    ... a black screen with a flashing "K" to drawing vertical red lines on ... an otherwise blank screen. The border's ... try looking at the data lines with an oscilloscope yet but ...
    CaptainHayashi CaptainHayashi May 2013 Hardware
  • Tricky ZX RepairHello guys, This time I put my hands on a very nice Issue 3 16K, upgraded to 48K. To bertter explain "nice", it is absolutely mint, not a scratch on…

    ... of the classic flashing tartan screen, it just didn't go ... 1/3 of the screen still with vertical red lines.

    First ...
    Falco-F8L Falco-F8L December 2013 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.

    Lost Lost October 2017 Hardware
  • How to tell if I have a Spectrum ZX 16K or 48K?Hi all, I'm a total newbie to the good old Spectrum and I got three spectrums in one box together with som other old computers. The spectrums seem…

    ... time on a black screen after the red lines bit).
    * PRINT PEEK ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall March 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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 ... , it's 16K. If the screen stays black for a short ...
    Spirantho Spirantho June 2005 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 > ...
    Jose_Leandro Jose_Leandro July 2006 Hardware
  • RAM Test ROM?Found a link to this: [url]http://www.retroreview.com/iang/TestSpec4.zip[/url] in another thread, and fired it up in SPIN, but I have no clue how to…

    ... screen stays black, and the feint red lines that normally "fall down" the screen ...
    trellis trellis September 2006 Hardware
  • TV Modulator. Can it be repaired?Is it possible, to repair tha TV modulator (after removing it) if it gives wavy picture? I replaced both transistors (tr1/2) and both electrolytic ca…

    ... (it's an Issue 2). Screen stays black for the right ... a 48K machine, red lines up and down the screen as normal, (c ... is what the red lines up and down the screen are. I get ...
    DEATH DEATH March 2007 Hardware
  • TV Modulator. Can it be repaired?Is it possible, to repair tha TV modulator (after removing it) if it gives wavy picture? I replaced both transistors (tr1/2) and both electrolytic ca…

    ... (it's an Issue 2). Screen stays black for the right ... a 48K machine, red lines up and down the screen as normal, (c ... is what the red lines up and down the screen are. I get ... for ripple in the power lines. That's a big bugger ...
    Marcelo Marcelo March 2007 Hardware
  • Poorly Spectrum + Fault diagnosis help needed!Hi, I've got a Spectrum+. Sometime in the past I broke it and sent it off to be fixed. It came back working good as new, but with an issue 2 board i…

    ... the black paper with vertical red lines (i.e. writing 0x02 to ... while, then vertical lines start appearing on the screen and the machine ... of the behaviour in the screen shots, it's been bad ...
    Winston Winston July 2007 Hardware
  • Poorly Spectrum + Fault diagnosis help needed!Hi, I've got a Spectrum+. Sometime in the past I broke it and sent it off to be fixed. It came back working good as new, but with an issue 2 board i…

    ... the black paper with vertical red lines (i.e. writing 0x02 to ... while, then vertical lines start appearing on the screen and the machine ... of the behaviour in the screen shots, it's been bad ...
    DEATH DEATH July 2007 Hardware
  • Poorly Spectrum + Fault diagnosis help needed!Hi, I've got a Spectrum+. Sometime in the past I broke it and sent it off to be fixed. It came back working good as new, but with an issue 2 board i…

    ... obtained from the messed up screen of a borked spectrum? I ... /white border, and dark red vertical lines briefly before getting to the ... see some broken vertical dark red lines too - the Z80's executed ...
    Winston Winston July 2007 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…

    ... is a black screen with a few vertical red lines, which disappears after ...
    Vertigo Vertigo February 2008 Emulators
  • Hi-colour gamesDoes anyone remember some of the games that used something called Ho-colour? Like the options page on the Agent X games, and a few others. If memory …

    ... very top left of the screen.
    I wait until the ... alter the colour - say to red. The ULA draws the next ... below the last one as red.
    I wait again, and ... to magenta. The Blue and Red lines stay where they are - they ...
    Dunny Dunny January 2009 Games
  • Best Game Rated At 97% by CrashFollowing the recent polls, what do you think here? My favourite: Dun Darach without a doubt, but i suspect HOH will win! BTW omitted PAW.

    ... screen music? If so, then what else did the 48K version lack ... ?

    [COLOR=Red]* "Missile launched" *[/COLOR ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2009 Games
  • Best Game Rated At 97% by CrashFollowing the recent polls, what do you think here? My favourite: Dun Darach without a doubt, but i suspect HOH will win! BTW omitted PAW.

    ... screen music? If so, then what else did the 48K version lack ... ?

    [COLOR=Red]* "Missile launched" *[/COLOR ...
    The Starglider The Starglider February 2009 Games
  • 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.
    < ... in ROM that writes the red lines and dots to the part ... otherwise faulty.

    On screen you see the value 2 ... the screenaddresses and the black/red coloursetting of the attributefield ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP September 2009 Development
  • 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…

    ... in ROM that writes the red lines and dots to the part ... is still drawing to the screen when this happens, you see ...
    Arjun Arjun September 2009 Development
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