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  • SAM Coupe - a video problemHi mates. Lately I managed to acquire a SAM Coupe 512K. There are, however, certain problems that - I thought - You might help me with, in a mome…

    ... The screen is black/white only. From both: TV antenna output and monitor ... low side of the screen. They blink and slightly change position ... - if reset is active + screen defects continue then is unstable ... Or you see only white and only black ?
    Can be dead ...
    velesoft velesoft April 2013 Hardware
  • Faulty 48kHi all, Been a long time since my last vist to the site. I have an issue with a 48k I just picked up. When I type load "" and hit enter nothing hap…

    ... when you type load "" then screen will flash red/cyan however ... on the 48k the screen just goes black and does not flash at ... swapping the ULA chips over and try to load a game ...
    Rocky1980 Rocky1980 April 2013 Hardware
  • 48k + Spectrum Issue 4S Display IssueHi all! Brand new user here. Growing up I had a zx spectrum for a little bit, and recently I have bought a working 48k + Spectrum (Issue 4). I was…

    ... /> What happens when you press and hold the reset switch?
    And what happens when you release ... ?

    Does the screen go black, then have narrow red vertical ... for 2 or 3 minutes and then power it on again ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK April 2013 Hardware
  • Speccy games with B/W option?Hi peeps I have just read a comment on my Halls Of The Things YouTube vid that has got me thinking,a guy recalls how he used to play HOTT on a Black …

    ... cloud have blue on white, red on yellow, black on cyan... the ... you could either have black or blue paper and any colour of ink ...
    gkmac gkmac April 2013 Games
  • Bounding into the App Store in the morning - Spectaculator 5Happy 31st Birthday, ZX Spectrum! [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BIfVWmpCEAAQ84S.png[/IMG] :) Jon.

    ... 5 and iPod touch 5th generation screen.
    ? Added 'Mimic TV Screen' ... simulate a 1980s TV screen.*
    ? Added 'Black & White TV' ... 0-for-iphone-ipod-touch-and-ipad-released/"]http://www. ... -0-for-iphone-ipod-touch-and-ipad-released/[/URL]
    ...
    Jon Needle Jon Needle April 2013 Emulators
  • Faulty 48K Issue 3 motherboardHi I have a faulty Issue 3 motherboard and would appreciate it if somebody can steer me in the right direction of where to begin with the fault find…

    ... />
    what you mean "screen is black with switch-on" ?
    how ... RAM ic's ULA, CPU and ROM?

    i dont ...
    xaris_sm xaris_sm April 2013 Hardware
  • Faulty 48K Issue 3 motherboardHi I have a faulty Issue 3 motherboard and would appreciate it if somebody can steer me in the right direction of where to begin with the fault find…

    ... is that the whole screen is black with switch-on. There ... a completely uniform black screen. I removed the upper RAM and interface chips ... br />
    -If you have black screen, it's time to use ... />
    If you still have black screen now come the hard work ...
    Jose_Leandro Jose_Leandro April 2013 Hardware
  • Games with Music BugsI know there is already a thread about games with bugs (and indeed its a awesome thread), but I thought maybe it would be nice to open another one ju…

    ... - if I make a snapshot and turn it into a TZX ... /+3 with AY music intact and no graphical corruption.

    screen goes black then plays a short ... notes before the menu appears and the menu music starts playing ...
    Lee Tonks Lee Tonks May 2013 Games
  • Poorly Issue One 16k spectrum diagnosis?Hello, everyone. :smile: I was lucky enough to buy an Issue One 16k rubber key the other week; I didn't know it was an Issue One till I opened it up…

    ... white bordered, broad black-and-white vertical striped screen as shown near ... border, black paper, and the vertically scrolling and flashing red/black checkerboard pattern ... &W screen is *always* rock-solid and the white ... is a bit fuzzy, and I can't really ...
    Trafferth Trafferth May 2013 Hardware
  • 'Tir Na Nog' loading screenHere's the original: [URL=http://s23.photobucket.com/user/mlucifersam/media/TirNaNogOrigScr_zps3c500784.jpg.html][IMG]http://i23.photobucket.com/albu…

    TZX with the new screen:
    [url]http://www.sendspace. ... ,0 (make bottom 2 lines black on black) and POKE 23739,111 (stop ... : prompts from wiping out the screen) to make it a bit ...
    leespoons leespoons June 2013 Games
  • Enable 128kB paging in emulatorFrom Zx Spectrum documentation ([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/reference/128kreference.htm[/url]) [CODE][SIZE="1"]When memory is being pag…

    ... = rom 0(black)/1(blue)
    -line 3 = vram 0(black)/1(blue)
    -line 4 = lock 0(black)/1(red ... )
    Blue flashing border sign 48ram and 128kB ... then ESXDOS jump to fiebrowser and here is possible save snapshot ...
    velesoft velesoft June 2013 Emulators
  • Issue 4A issuesHi all, I've been trying to get the Issue 4A board that came DOA with the case I purchased for my Frankenspectrum to work. I've recapped and socket…

    ... can result from both desoldering and soldering/resoldering operations.
    ... start-up, the border and centre screen have random colours. One ... lines being drawn on the black screen.
    If the CPU ... clear the centre screen to white and display the copyright ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK June 2013 Hardware
  • UK video recorder in the USA.If I take my UK video recorder to the USA, will it still work if I get a step up transformer and a device capable of displaying PAL. Or will the 60Hz…

    the 60hz refers to the screen refresh, but on the same ... with that the picture was black and white.

    beanz ... just get a capture card , and sort out the format to ... be 48k in the US and here 44.1 , so ... me, I looked on ebay and there are loads.. but the ...
    fog fog July 2013 Chit chat
  • List of useful POKEs?Hi all. :smile: Just out of curiosity, does anyone know of a thread/file somewhere here containing a list of useful POKEs? Stuff like POKEs to make …

    ... lines black on black - handy when you've got a screen$ to load and ... lines of white ink on black paper before the attributes load ...
    leespoons leespoons July 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • List of useful POKEs?Hi all. :smile: Just out of curiosity, does anyone know of a thread/file somewhere here containing a list of useful POKEs? Stuff like POKEs to make …

    ... lines black on black - handy when you've got a screen$ to load and ... lines of white ink on black paper before the attributes load ...
    TK90XFan TK90XFan July 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Games featuring... relevant bugsThere was a recent improvement to the WoS database in order to classify [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34261"]Games fea…

    ... .2 normally the screen goes dark and it's impossible ... of a routine filling the screen with attribute which
    black on black, and that's the problem. ... blocks your way
    and you just cannot go ... are a bit lame :) And there is disk version ...
    Ralf Ralf July 2013 Infoseek database
  • The first speccy game you ever clapped eyes onMine was Jet Set Willy round an old mates house back in the early 80's, I was mesmerized!

    Pssst! I think. On a black and white telly. I loved the way the loading screen appeared one line at a time....!
    JeffB JeffB July 2013 Games
  • .SNA snapshot compatability between esxDOS and emulators?Currently I am using a ZX Spectrum 128K (toastrack) with DivIDE Plus (with new GAL's) and esxDOS 0.8.5. It saves and loads 128K .SNA snapshots withou…

    ... ]disconnected[/I] , I see black and white stripes for a second ... then a black 'paper', then the 128K Menu and the 1986 ... I see the black and white stripes, the black paper, and then the 1982 ... esxDOS bios/boot screen (before the black paper and the 1982 copyright ...
    ZXHistory ZXHistory July 2013 Hardware
  • .SNA snapshot compatability between esxDOS and emulators?Currently I am using a ZX Spectrum 128K (toastrack) with DivIDE Plus (with new GAL's) and esxDOS 0.8.5. It saves and loads 128K .SNA snapshots withou…

    ... ]disconnected[/I] , I see black and white stripes for a second ... then a black 'paper', then the 128K Menu and the 1986 ... I see the black and white stripes, the black paper, and then the 1982 ... esxDOS bios/boot screen (before the black paper and the 1982 copyright ...
    phoenix^ra phoenix^ra July 2013 Hardware
  • Poorly Issue One 16k spectrum diagnosis?Hello, everyone. :smile: I was lucky enough to buy an Issue One 16k rubber key the other week; I didn't know it was an Issue One till I opened it up…

    ...
    With BASIC up and running I find (surprise surprise ... and observe the RAM test.

    The screen is a bit... blue ... :

    [url]https://dyp.im/csRm4tywBy[/url]

    and ... right and sometimes slightly above any text on the screen. ...
    Trafferth Trafferth July 2013 Hardware
  • Games featuring... relevant bugsThere was a recent improvement to the WoS database in order to classify [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34261"]Games fea…

    ... 5.2 normally the screen goes dark and it's impossible to ... of a routine filling the screen with attribute which takes the ... 5 the counted attribute is black on black, and that's the problem ... /> c5d0: jp $9eaa ;colour the screen


    ;good ...
    Bandit Bandit July 2013 Infoseek database
  • generating a pre-defined list in an un-defined sequenceI've decided to become a drunkard, to which end I've been drinking a whole bottle of beer in one day (whereas normally I'd make it last 2 or 3 days).…

    ... number from one to ten. And we grab that card. ... fill in square 8 in black. We put the card ... in black, drop the card into the discard pile, and go ... in the 10th square in black, and move the card to the ... the screen in a random order; hitting each one once and ...
    Gedlion Gedlion July 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • ULA5C102EHi everyone, I need to buy Ferranti ULA5102E for repair ZX Spectrum issue one. It was fitted only on issue one and very first issue 2 boards. Thank…

    ... - i have a big luck and the ULA is on the ... result is only black & white screen. LM1889 is and all components around ... try it with new ULA6C... and picture is perfect colour. But ... in original state with ULA5C102E and the dead cockroach. :-)

    MiH MiH August 2013 Wanted
  • Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…

    ... ;; the original 47loader border: blue/black pilot, red/black data

    ;; red/black pilot, blue/black data, Speedlock-stylee
    ... black/white pilot, red/white/blue data

    ;; the pilot and ...
    stephenw32768 stephenw32768 August 2013 Development
  • Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…

    ... in themes for alternating black and coloured borders. I'm ... ifdef LOADER_THEME_SPEEDLOCK
    ;; red/black pilot, blue/black data, Speedlock-stylee
    ... ;; black/white pilot, red/white/blue data

    ;; the pilot and data ...
    stephenw32768 stephenw32768 August 2013 Development
  • Repairing a torn trace on an Issue 2 PCBI've found what I think could be the reason for my Issue 2 board not working properly... There is a torn PCB trace beneath one end of where a new ULA…

    ... (but offset) pattern of black, light blue and white colour blocks. A bit ... more tweaking and now I ... get a white border, black paper, with ...
    Before I start removing and replacing the Z80 (with the ...
    Simon_Carr Simon_Carr August 2013 Hardware
  • RND cyclical behaviourGood evening. I'm playing with RND function to show its cyclical behaviour, i.e. after 65536 calls to it, the next one will return the same value of …

    ... ) until all of the upper screen is black. The call to SET_WORK ...
    ld b,a
    and (hl) ;check if bit is ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny August 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…

    ... ;; the original 47loader border: blue/black pilot, red/black data

    ;; red/black pilot, blue/black data, Speedlock-stylee
    ... black/white pilot, red/white/blue data

    ;; the pilot and ...
    stephenw32768 stephenw32768 August 2013 Development
  • Multicolor chess?I thought multicolor chess pieces would be a good idea, since it's easy to fit a 8x8 chessboard within the 9x9 tile area of BIFROST*. However this tu…

    ... />
    what about black and white pieces (or dark blue and white pieces) on ... and bright values, with maybe cyan for shading?

    And the black ... peices use blue or red for shading ...
    weesam weesam August 2013 Development
  • Old homemade hardware?Hey there, I've been given a bunch of ZX Spectrum stuff, I've mostly fixed the computer, just need a membrane. But what I was wondering is that there…

    ... 've been playing some golf, and listening to 9 channels of ... yellow and blue bars, and usually it resets when I get blue aand black or ... error during the yellow aand blue bars.

    Also, do ... virtually non-exsitent in NZ, and the people who are intonit ...
    Clym5 Clym5 September 2013 Hardware
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