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Help needed. American TV horror prog!!!In the eighties there was a US TV Horror program which I think was called "Its in the closet, its under the bed" which was introduced by some bloke i…
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How r@re is Rocky?Just managed to get my hands on a Gremlin Graphics copy of Rocky (medium size clam case), and wanted to know roughly how many of these made it out th…
... a Gremlin Graphics copy of Rocky (medium size clam case), and ... advertised it under the name 'Rocky' as it would appear that ... -
Why does Spectrum display has a border?Ok, this is problbly simple and very basic question but I don'r remember seeing an answer anywhere. Don't you think, that at first glance it is irr…
... we leave an empty unused border if we could place some ... seems to me that eliminating border could have been achieved by ... whole screen, thus eliminating the border(it would look better imo ... -
Nooooo my speccy died!??!!Hi! I am quite sad. :( Tonight I got a kempston interface so I rushed home to try it on my spectrum+ The edge connector of the interface was narrower…
... and the display in the picture was a moving black and ... I get a steady grey border and a white paper ,when ... -
Black paper, white border. Ram fault?We have a speccy that wont work properly. When we power it up, we get white border around a black screen. We swapped the rom and ula with a working o…
We have a speccy that wont work properly. When we power it up, we get white border around a black screen. We swapped the rom and ula with a working one, and we got the same result.
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Spectrum +2 No TV PictureHi, As a retro collector in Australia I thought it was time to check out a real Spectrum as they were never popular here. So I bought the Spectrum +…
... but cannot tune in the picture on my 2 PAL TV ... with a speccy with no picture
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Digitized videos and sounds projectAfter starting this thread [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14420[/url] I decided to start converting parts of clips and…
... be saved as avi again, picture sequences would be easy to ... an animation/avi.
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Issue two picture qualityDoes anyone know if issue two and earlier spectrums have worse picture quality (in general, beside colours) compared to issue 3 and later? I mean on…
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Well I'm excited, but I guess you might not beHehe this is as far as I got today, a silly little border program: [PHP] ORG 32768 PROGGY: LD C,255 ; We loo…
... ; Put pen colour to the border
DEC A ; Decrement ... ; Put pen colour to the border
INC A ; Increment register ... with the border to try and get the scrolling bar effect ( way ... -
out (254) - Bright Border[code] ld a,%00000111 out (254),a [/code] The above changes the border to white. Is there a way to set the border to Bright white? Cheers
[code]
ld a,%00000111
out (254),a
[/code]
The above changes the border to white.
Is there a way to set the border to Bright white?
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Emulating RGB triad (aperture grill effect)This post is slightly off topic. But I'm going to use this effect on my speccy screen viewer... I was trying different kind of tv emulation effects,…
... 's rgb triad 3x4 effect. In this effect pixels rendered thru a ... imageshack, this is the exact effect:
[url]http://img144 ... 's not a standart overlay effect. Because I'm unable to ... replicate same effect with photoshop's blending effects ... -
How gullible are you?This from a website (no longer active, but availible on [url]http://web.archive.org/web/19970125142623/media.circus.com/~no_dhmo/[/url]] Ban Dihydro…
... .
contributes to the "greenhouse effect."
may cause severe burns ... any longer!
The Horror Must Be Stopped!
The ... to the El Nino weather effect.
What are ... -
Logo picture wantedYes and yes, I know there has been many posts about this, and I have searched quite a bit, but lots of the old links are dead. I'm sorry, but I have…
... anyone have this below linked picture in large format with good ... -
So you think you know your Spectrum games, do you....I thought this might be a fun thing to test your knowledge of Spectrum games - below is a quote taken directly from Crash in their description of a p…
... Baron von Blubba, an indestructible horror who'll track down the ... well known Central TV quiz show...the game is surely well ... -
Border size?Hi I've read the documentation on the border in the CSS. But I think I've managed to missread somthings, perhaps som one can explain. it says 64 bord…
... read the documentation on the border in the CSS.
But ... explain.
it says 64 border lines , 192 screen and 56 ... border lines again.
64+56 = ... goes for left and right border the would 48+48=96 ... -
Good Horror Films...Can anyone recommend any good horror films for me to watch? Just to give an idea of the kind o' thing I like - I like creepy apocalyptic horror such…
Can anyone recommend any good horror films for me to watch?< ... like creepy apocalyptic horror such as, especially J-Horror (either remake or ... -
Border emulationHow is the border emulated to do all the fancy little tricks such as in Aquaplane? I've got some basic border emulation working but it only displays…
How is the border emulated to do all the ... /> I've got some basic border emulation working but it only ... like Aquaplane or Starion the border colour is being changed as ... the screen and border are being redrawn. How is ... -
Screenshot with border in SpinHi. I'm probably missing something obvious, but I want to save screenshots of a couple demos, and I want to include the border area in the screenshot…
... I want to include the border area in the screenshot. I ... 256x192 image, regardless of the border emulation.
I realise I ... -
Weekend Gamer radio show - Out NowWG-AX is the new audio extension of Weekend Gamer that brings you a regular slice of gaming chat and music, direct to your PC or MP3 player. AND IT'…
... the link below.
Show 1 has the team discussing ... very soon start working on Show 2, so please go to ... -
Speccy music on Gaming Radio ShowHi, I am part of a gaming radio show (WGAx) and we have just released show 2. As well as gaming chat we also play gaming music and show 2 has a coup…
... part of a gaming radio show (WGAx) and we have just ... released show 2.
As well ... also play gaming music and show 2 has a couple of ... you want to hear the show the clink on the link ... -
sound effect code causing crash[FONT=Courier New]I have just written this piece of code to produce a lazer sound effect but for some reason it is causing a crash and I can't figure…
... to produce a lazer sound effect but for some reason it ... -
explosion sound effect how?Anyone have any tips on programming an explosion sound effect using 128 sound chip? I know that you use the white noise generator, but how exactly? …
Anyone have any tips on programming an explosion sound effect using 128 sound chip?
I know that you use the white noise generator, but how exactly?
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New TV recommendations?Right, I think retrocomputing on the lounge floor is starting to get a bit impractical. I have to do it here because that's where my circa 1994 Sony …
... does the right thing. The picture quality is superb. Today, I ... also give that slight antialiasing effect which makes a real Spectrum ... -
50Hz on PC?Hi, do you know of any emulator for PC that can switch monitor refresh rate to 50Hz or closest possible and sync ZX interrupt with monitor refresh?…
... technical constrain why PC cannot show ZX resolution at 50Hz monitor ... remember name of the emulator... Border corners were round and there ... -
SPIN's breakpoints - an overviewAs quite a few people have been asking how to set breakpoints on memory write etc. in SPIN, here's a description of the way the breakpoints work. Get…
As quite a few people have been asking how to set breakpoints on memory write etc. in SPIN, here's a description of the way the breakpoints work. Get some sandwiches ready as this is longer than intended :p Feel free to ask questions later!
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ULA RAS, CAS cycles, refresh and "snow effect"Hello everyone. I have a question, does anyone observed timings of RAS and CAS generated from ULA? I think there may be answer to where the "snow ef…
... answer to where the "snow effect" comes from.
I ... be 2 reasons for that effect:
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The Steve Wilcos showI see the head of security from the Jerry Springer show - Steve Wilcos - now has his very own show. Here's a typical episode, courtesy of YouTube: …
... security from the Jerry Springer show - Steve Wilcos - now has his ... very own show.
Here's a ... -
An excellent show...I've just got back from seeing Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds live at the O2 arena, and it was simply a stunning show! Good to see Jeff conducting an…
... it was simply a stunning show! Good to see Jeff conducting ... -
Video output (48K)Hello! I've made video mod on my Zx Spectrum. Now the problem of scanning (and tuning) to right channel is history for me. But, now I have another …
... ]) you can see how black border on white paper looks like ... . Over and below paper border is not black but grey ... 've two Spectrums with this effect. There must be a solution ...