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Spectrum Black & White Image??I've just got my machine to load but now I'm noticing the picture is black and white!? Whats wrong!? Now i think about it I've never loaded a game o…
Screen buffer Tip from Raff CeccoRaff very kindly gave me this tip: "Incidentally, I remembered a trick I used on the Z80 for extra speed: When clearing the screen buffer, it was a…
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When clearing the screen buffer, it was actually much ... the end of the screen memory area and push zero values onto ... the stack until the screen area ...Alkatraz Protection System - "How to" and compo?I'm thinking about writing a "how to" regarding the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0020807"]Alkatraz Protection System[/URL].…
... a custom rendered loading screen, countdown timer and optional scrolling message.
screen[/URL] and came up with a ... couple of ways to render the screen ... best rendering of the loading screen?
Happy to ...Issue 1 oddityHello to everybody, I have a very first under my hands - a broken Issue 1. Apart from the classic "broken lower RAM" syndrome which will be easily t…
... of, it shows a blue screen. I mean, all blue. Even Paul Farrow ... shade of blue.
5C102 ULA works. U,V and Y ... . Apart of feeds for U and V signals, nothing goes into ...Please can you help with three ocean gamesHi there I'm collecting early ocean games from 82-84 , most of the ocean titles had the black background with red and blue writing on the spine of t…
... ocean titles had the black background with red and blue writing on the ... currently have is yellow background and black writing which says ?for any ... .co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gaming/zx-spectrum-reboot ...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 ... most of my machines the screen divided into eight stripes:
and ITT 4116 chips were used ...Scart 128 toastrack tip (powered scart)<br>It you have a toastrack you may like to know that you can create a powered cable ( +5v to the pin 16 on the scart) with out taking it from the sp…
... the ones I have, Samsung and Logik) have
a USB ... to stop
the screen going black every 15 mins or so ...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 …
... If there is any. And the same question for eZ80 ... resolution using just black and white mode and reducing the size ... , what is the limit and is there any limit, ... video output resolution of z80 and ez80?
... using z80 or ez80 and what would be a ...No colors on screen, issue 2.I have a 48k issue 2 with composite mod. When i first pluged it in after i bought it, the screen went yellow and after restart there were no colors a…
... i bought it, the screen went yellow and after restart there were ... at all. The games load and runs fine. I have changed ... VR1 and VR2 with no success. Any ...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…
... brightness value.
Blue and red are darker, cyan and yellow lighter, etc ... for "as seen on a Black and White TV/Monitor". Those were ... 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 ... soak testing
- General: Splash screen (line) on startup to inform ...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/…
... coins into this machine :) ), and with some hacks I believe ... conversion, graphics wise, of startup screen initialization.
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And here is a first attempt ... some color, and have players/sprites in black and white (without ...Spectrum 128k +2A Resets after loadingHey Everybody, I'm from Australia and I'm new here in the forums. I was hoping to pick everyones brains over a problem with a Speccy I acquired o…
... br /> I'm from Australia and I'm new here in ... a Spectrum +2a model (black) and I know that this machine ... on title screens appear and all seems to be fine ... will seem to load and then the machine will ... has graphics appearing on the screen.
I ...Which great games had terrible Loading screen/title screens?Which great games had terrible Loading screen/title screens and could do with a remake? :) This will be interesting
Which great games had terrible Loading screen/title screens and could do with a remake? :) This will be interestingRolling display from RGB port on a +2Hi gang, after many years I finally decided today to attempt connecting my +2 to my Japanese RGB monitor. Using just the composite video pin only …
... only ever got me a black and white picture so I thought ... used to get, but the screen keeps rolling up (or down ... connected R, G, B, ground and composite sync. Connecting vertical sync ... the usual colour inputs and separate horizontal and vertical input. Now, ...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 ... the car, and then, nothing, screen frozen or loading bars black and white ( ... ressults are Ikari Warriors and Fernando Martín Basket ... I dissasembled all the datacorder, and, silly of me, when ...Spectrum-inspired tax discToday, I needed to hand over some cash to the DVLA to keep my car on the road (legally) for another year, and so I can tell them to fix some potholes…
... five colours, eventually:
- blue ([url=https://www.flickr.com ... images of all of these and without faded colours, I ... to be boring and just cycle round blue, purple and reddish-pink ... or ZX80 inspired version (black and red, and blue and a bit of yellow ...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…
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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!< ... broomstick on the loading / title screen. It's not [b] ... All I remember is a black and white picture of a witch ... , and the game probably had witches ... so much fun with, and it wasn't the witches ...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 ... that had rather little on-screen action and also not a lot ... by my (then black and white) TV set and causing a very specific ... a rich man" sound weirder and more out of tune with ...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…
... /> Did this project ages ago, and was working fine. Got the ... now just get a screen of black with red lines vertically.
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…
... s each full screen frame will be much smaller and therefore the ... 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 ... a black on white line and a graduated one is tremendous and ...divIDE interface not workingA while ago I bought a divIDE interface for my two spectrums (one is a 48k rubber keyboard one, the other is a 48k Spectrum plus). Sadly I never actu…
... I get a black screen with grey border and then it boots ... %20interface.pdf
And nothing... the rubber speccy still ... get the initialization screen instead of just black and pressing the NMI ... mention some green squares on screen when the menu comes ...Spectrum 48K / composite mod / LCD TV: voltages out of the ULAHello Spectrum World I have juste bought again my first computer on ebay... a Speccy 48k issue 2 with a 5C112E-2 ULA. Just had to replace TR4 and …
... (with the capacitor and then with a NPN ... voltage between sync and black is bigger than between black and white).
black at 2.2V and white at 1 ... .3V (measured on the boot screen ... microcomputer"
- U and V continue to generate ...Printing text using direct screen addressingHaving some problems printing using the FASE engine which is currently defeating me. Hoping to have someone clear out the bit of fog currently dwell…
Having some problems printing using the FASE engine which is currently defeating me. Hoping to have someone clear out the bit of fog currently dwelling in my brain for this function. I'm trying to get the text working properly in 128k mode which uses ...Black and White 128k Only DemoThere is a demo out now of a brand-new game that if you like Bubble Bobble and that kind of thing then get on it now. https://www.youtube.com/watc…
There is a demo out now of a brand-new game that if you like Bubble Bobble and that kind of thing then get on it now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h5N8pDzQ38The 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…
... Spectrum but got black and white vertical lines on screen .So I retried ... it with the Smart card and everything ... but got the Black and White vertical lines on screen . So I ... . It is meant to produce black and white lines on screen? !Retrobits Retro-cade console.Anyone here with the Retrobits Retro-cade console? It should be able to load roms from an SD-card but i can't get mame roms to work, the screen will …
... roms to work, the screen will go black and then back to the ... with thumbs for the games and all but it just won ...What was the first thing you did with your spectrum?This is like an addition to Stuarts topic what made you buy your spectrum,,,,ok what i want to know from you lot is when you got your speccy home,or …
... no loading bars, and a counter on the screen telling you how ... seconds of loading, the screen went black for what seemed like ages ... working? Then suddenly- bip beeeeeeeeep! and the loading picture came down ...music in manic mineranyone knows the name of the tune that sounds in the first level of this game, thanks in advance
its the hall of the mountain kings and the title screen music is the blue danube.
I think anyway lol
