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Early Speccy Memories ThreadHiya. Right Ok. I want to start a thread going here and I want to know all about your early days with speccys. I am 31 now. I got involved with spec…
Early Memories of Spectrum.... The weird sounding "Rock the ... TV (I still have my black and white portable though, haha)... Typing ... -
Porting game to SpectrumHello, I'm trying to port a few of my homemade adventure games on over to the ZX Spectrum (16 or 48K). My games are available below: [url="http://…
[quote]Being a spectrum novice, which commands do I ... the cursor color (text color) white?[/quote]
BORDER, PAPER ... swap regularly.
0 - black, 1 - blue, 2 - red, 3 ... , 5 - cyan, 6 - yellow, 7 - white. -
Early Speccy Memories ThreadHiya. Right Ok. I want to start a thread going here and I want to know all about your early days with speccys. I am 31 now. I got involved with spec…
... was black and white. The school Speccy was on a black and white TV ... , again, upstairs on a black and white set. I was staggered by ... as I did in the Spectrum era. Pouting over Crash day ... -
Multisystem TV'sHi all, I'm finally giving some thought to getting my Speccies and other PAL machines up and running over here and I'm looking for any recommendatio…
... PAL/NTSC problem (running Spectrum black and white on my NTSC TV). So ... -
Cascade 50 questionI remember playing on this around summer 1984. There was a game on this tape which was basically a 'W' shape made up of numbers and a moving line whi…
... ) had a little black and white portable for my spectrum, and when I ... -
Multisystem TV'sHi all, I'm finally giving some thought to getting my Speccies and other PAL machines up and running over here and I'm looking for any recommendatio…
... PAL/NTSC problem (running Spectrum black and white on my NTSC TV).
RGB values for Spectrum colorsDoes anybody know the true rgb color values for the spectrums 15 colors. I'll assume that black is 0,0,0 White is probably 255,255,255 But what are t…
... list of colours of the Spectrum and their RGB values are ... />
Bright = 0:
Black (0,0,0) (R,G ... /> White (191,191,191)
Bright = 1:
Black ... /> Yellow (255,255,0)
White (255,255,255)
RGB values for Spectrum colorsDoes anybody know the true rgb color values for the spectrums 15 colors. I'll assume that black is 0,0,0 White is probably 255,255,255 But what are t…
... Black and White, but are close enough. You can find the Spectrum ... the Spectrum, with the exception that bright black is still black and ... Black + tad of Cyan; Black + tad of Yellow; Black + tad of White< ... intensity, since adding Black or white is to decrease or ...RGB values for Spectrum colorsDoes anybody know the true rgb color values for the spectrums 15 colors. I'll assume that black is 0,0,0 White is probably 255,255,255 But what are t…
... be closer to the Spectrum's, since the ... SAM colours vs. the Spectrum's more closely. ... 255,255,255 for Black and White, respectively, otherwise, ... into believing it really is white. :)
[quote ... Blue mixed together. The Spectrum has only 2 intensities ...RGB values for Spectrum colorsDoes anybody know the true rgb color values for the spectrums 15 colors. I'll assume that black is 0,0,0 White is probably 255,255,255 But what are t…
... windows) - leaving colours 0 (black) and 3 (white) alone, and whilst coming ... more interesting graphically speaking, the spectrum of course probably the most ...Interrupts details questionSuppose I am writing a game and I want to use interrupts to measure time, draw the screen without flicker, maybe to poll keyboard etc. What kinds of …
... following definitions are for converting spectrum address space
; into the ... (0..7, not used by Spectrum 1.7) Green :)
ramDumpStart ... )
entryPoint:
; set white paper and black ink over the whole ...Why relativly bad colour on Spec compared to other 8bit?Why relatively bad colour on Spec compared to other 8-bit machines like the Master system or even c64? I understand the 8x8 block that you could hav…
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Yes, i knew the Spectrum was earlier. Im just wondering ... on the Spectrum you mix Red and Black. The more Black the darker ... Browns throw in some White into the RED+BLACK, for a more ...games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... software ) that comes with White Lighting? Brings back an annoying ... same as the individually released Spectrum Sprites. Wasted money. ... Basic and something called Black Lightning, which i don ... are similar, although the Spectrum's demonstrations that are also ...Best emulatorHowdy. New kid alert. What's the best (and/or easiest) emulator? Running Windows XP, 1.8 Athlon, 256mb Opinions and guidance welcomed Cheers guys!
... others for things they do, Spectrum Anywhere cos it freaks me ... use it
Black and white should become a standard on ...The Spectrum is a Piece of ShitHow can you all stand there and defend a computer that was ABSOLUTELY RUBBISH even back in 1982, compared to classics like the Atari 8-Bit, Commodore…
... shed with my Speccy and black and white tv playing on Kickstart ... /> "I Don't Think The Spectrum Is The Best Computer Evermade ...NTSC Spectrums?Being in the U.S., I missed the whole ZX Spectrum thing in Europe in the 80's. I've never seen an actual ZX Spectrum. I know that in the states the…
An NTSC Spectrum prototype was produced and called ... display cyan/black or white/black. The Mess emulator uses cyan/black which leads ...Moley Christmas everybody!:)
... . i`d just got a spectrum +2 and my parents had ... 128k tune warbling from my black and white tv speaker.Spectrum programmingI have a Spectrum+ at home. I tried to write some programs in BASIC (IIRC i wrote a breakout clone in which you had to hit those spider-like characte…
... how things are arranged in spectrum. F.e. where video memory ... colours are:
0 - Black, 1 - Blue, 2 - Red, 3 ... , 5 - Cyan, 6 - Yellow, 7 - White.
The bitmap file ...Worse on a colour tellyOnly with the power of emulation have i bothered to try out some old games which i only ever played on a black and white portable. It's amazing how …
... the colour limitations of the Spectrum in the 80s compared to ... fact is that during the Spectrum's heyday ('83-'87) a ... played the Spectrum in their bedrooms on a black and white TV.
Spectrum only in colour when I ...s-video SuccessHaving tried the various composite video fixes for the +3 etc, I was left feeling a little cold at the results, and was about to give up my quest for…
... the colour starts to flicker black and white.
Personally I ... near impossible to kill your Spectrum, as long as you solder ...Need Help Getting It Running - Sinclair ZX SpectrumI am trying to get a Sinclair Spectrum ZX running in the US and I am having a tough time. I recently bought the UK version of the Spectrum ZX. Sinc…
... ... although it would be a black and white picture - you can buy ... get it working with ANY spectrum is to make a really ... end to plug into the Spectrum, and a small 3.5 ...Gotta love computers......for they allow me to do cool things such as THIS: [url="http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/tvprog/whatsnew.htm"]http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/tvprog/whatsnew.htm[…
... is lit differently to the spectrum.
The keys are ... , but I don't. The Spectrum was modelled from memory and ... , I only had a black and white image to copy the keyboard ... is lit differently to the Spectrum but why does it have ..."Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... outrageous comparisons which flatter the Spectrum at the expense of the ... , well it's like saying black is white! It just isn't ... a few things that the Spectrum can do better, like BASIC ... and its a better spectrum than the spectrum!
aka MOS ...Help with dead Spectrum +2aHello. My Spectrum +2a died some time ago. It was powered on, I looked away and next time I looked at it, screen was black. I have replaced the 4 r…
... steady black, do you mean the Spectrum screen (i.e. a white border ... around a black paper ... on the entire screen turns black?
I presume you ... />
Either way, a completely black screen from a composite video ...Help with dead Spectrum +2aHello. My Spectrum +2a died some time ago. It was powered on, I looked away and next time I looked at it, screen was black. I have replaced the 4 r…
... steady black, do you mean the Spectrum screen (i.e. a white border ... around a black paper ... /> [/quote]
It is steady black, no border.
... /> Either way, a completely black screen from a composite video ...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 …
... the little black box which actually will usually have a white stripe ... on a real Spectrum. Looks like Spin ... . If you have a black or white line going all the way ...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 …
... the little black box which actually will usually have a white stripe ... on a real Spectrum. Looks like Spin ...Improving RF-modulator outputMy old 48k is working perfectly, except for the RF-modulator output giving unclear colors, moire type effects - generally being a bit bad and driftin…
... clear picture but only in black and white. So then tried both ... on CH36 same as your spectrum and the other part is ...Can't Remember Game NameEDIT: AAAAAAAAAAH! I FOUND IT, LOOK AT THE SECOND PAGE! Oh please help! I've searched the web for soo long... I know there's a remake of this game…
... it was most definately a Spectrum, my dad is sure of ... , meaning they had the highest white-pixel:black-pixel ratio.
