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ahem!.. could I have a minute of everyones time please :)ok... here's the thing. I'm looking into sourcing some spare IC's for the whole range of Spectrums - mainly memory, as that's probably the weakest l…
... I can't get good video signal AND sound out of the ... -
No picture from my Spectrum +2I just got my hands on a ZX Spectrum +2 but I'm having problems getting a picture through the RF port. I get a really faint signal (like watching TV…
... RGB socket carries a Composite Video signal. Unfortunately, it requires a high ... you need to add a Video Amplifier before plugging it into ... -
AMERICAN SPECTRUM FANS?Hi all. I was wondering, who many Spectrum-fans could live in America... I have many addresses in my zx-base, but not many of them belong to Americ…
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For playing ZX Spectrun with NTSC TV, if you don't care COLOR, just pull video signal from edge connetor and connect to vidio in jack of any TV or any composit vedio. -
AMERICAN SPECTRUM FANS?Hi all. I was wondering, who many Spectrum-fans could live in America... I have many addresses in my zx-base, but not many of them belong to Americ…
... 't care COLOR, just pull video signal from edge connetor and connect ... -
Sound on Spectrum +2/a & 3Okay, so now I've got 2 +2's and a +3 and they all have absolutely the crappiest no existant, buzzy, sound on the planet. Surely they all cant be fau…
... frequency above that of the video signal, where as in Australia and ... NZ the signal is carried bellow the video signal. A multi system ... only lock on to the Video signal. All I do is connect ... -
My first attempt at Gigascreen interlacingWonderful. Did some research on the port which controls memory paging and wrote a short BASIC programme to switch pages 5 and 7 in and out of the scr…
... , without the benefit of modern video card antialiasing filters.
Video signal, with the solely reason to ... -
spectrum 128k +2 sound problemsi recently bought a spectrum 128k+2 grey modell on the net. but i cant get any sound from my games, i have connected the arial lead to the TV socket …
... , the encoding of the sound signal sometimes differs. This is in ... Speccy's sound because the signal can't be decoded properly ... cable that takes the composite video signal from the DIN plug at ... -
Is the Spectrum +2 notorious for having bad RF output? Are you Happy with yours?Hello, Are you happy with your Spectrum +2 using RF? Does it give satisfactory picture. Is the Spectrum +2 notorious for having bad RF output? If s…
Well, I don't remember how black text was like, but mine was so bad that I couldn't get video AND audio tuned in at the same time...
If you're asking me, use composite video signal instead, and audio out of the ear socket. -
Is the Spectrum +2 notorious for having bad RF output? Are you Happy with yours?Hello, Are you happy with your Spectrum +2 using RF? Does it give satisfactory picture. Is the Spectrum +2 notorious for having bad RF output? If s…
The scart carries a composite video signal plus audio signals, so yes, it can be done. The modulator is entered by composite video, so you just need to bypass that one. Been done in the past. -
Does anyone play a Speccy through a Plasma/LCD Tv?What does it look like? Without the scanlines of a normal cathode TV, it would be all blocky. In fact it would probably look just like an emulator wa…
... the Speccy sends in the video signal.
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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…
... to see a rolling video signal, that is, a signal is there but ... a convertor to get the signal to display correctly in 60Hz ... possibility to get a colour signal but you'd need a ... -
"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]
... does a lot to the video signal which makes it look smoother ... -
Connect Speccy to LCD monitor?Hey all.. I've just busted my 3rd bloody TV set in a single year, I'm just fed up with cheapo old 14s by now.. ;) I do have a 17" LCD screen that ca…
... in effect an analogue PAL video signal equates to a resolution of ... because they expect a composite video signal from a VHS player ... away with this on motion video, mainly because the picture ... but with home computers and video consoles the conversion will always ... -
Any other real Spectrum users in the USA?Hi, I bought a Spectrum +2a off e-bay (I collect old computers) and managed to make it run here in the US. I'm curious; is anybody else running an a…
... vertical sync signals with the video signal was going dodgy. Maybe it ... -
The ULA and ScreenI've asked something similar before but please bear with me. I'm trying to understand the way the screen is controlled. The ULA controls output to …
... or Poland for either the Spectrum or Timex machines, excluding ... but wrote exclusively with the Spectrum in mind.
... approached Sinclair for an expanded Spectrum machine with the Spanish ... memory access cycle. In normal Spectrum video mode, that's 8 ... -
The ULA and ScreenI've asked something similar before but please bear with me. I'm trying to understand the way the screen is controlled. The ULA controls output to …
... memory access cycle. In normal Spectrum video mode, that's 8 pixels ... easy way to improve the video from the existing ULA would ... -
GAMEX VideoYou can view a bit of the game GAMEX here: [url]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5725278028331457884[/url] (Only a few bits of the game, so…
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Hello Spain. Can we have your votes?
And, thinking of others, if you have a 'ZX Spectrum' video then make sure that both the words 'ZX' and 'Spectrum' appear in the blurb. -
One emulator feature it would be good to haveI'd like to see emulators (and SCR-to-proper-bitmap-format converters) have a config option for colours: "Realistic" or "Bright". The trouble with b…
... and demonstrates the true internal video signal of the speccy, you seem ... -
128k dead, no TV signalI got 128k spectrum (heatsink model) from a friend of mine. He told me that speccy is dead, and he doesn't know what's wrong with it. When I plugged…
... , the other carries in the video signal from the associated circuitry.
video signal from the other wire that ... into the modulator, into the video in socket on your TV ... -
128k dead, no TV signalI got 128k spectrum (heatsink model) from a friend of mine. He told me that speccy is dead, and he doesn't know what's wrong with it. When I plugged…
... , the other carries in the video signal from the associated circuitry.
video signal on comopsite pin (pin 1 ... you could take the composite video signal from the other wire that ... into the modulator, into the video in socket on your TV ... -
Spectrum Composite video connections?Is it possible to modify a standard 48K spectrum to give composite video output? In my experience i have found the quality of the picture out of the…
What i was thinking is if you snipped the power supply wire to the modulator and soldered a wire from the composite video signal to the centre core of the tv out phono would that then make the tv out a composite out ?????? -
+A/B scart cableHiya, does anyone use a scart cable on their +A/B or +3 Spectrum? I did for ages and it looked fantastic up until a year ago when i got a new TV and …
... will be expecting a composite video signal (which the +2A/+3 doesn ... -
+3 Scart on LCD vs CRTJust got a very nice condition +3 given for christmas, along with a new RGB scart lead from ebay (I believe it's a guy in Poland on here who makes th…
... LCD monitor operates with composite video signal from Speccy, and not with ... probably because of too strong video signal, or it needs capacitor (some ... 47microF) serial in video line.
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Video capture of Spectrum games?I wasn't sure where to post this, but what are the options if you want to capture a video of a Spectrum game running? Is it possible to do it from a…
Are you aware of the [url=http://www.rzxarchive.co.uk/]RZX Archive[/url] of spectrum video recordings -
Video capture of Spectrum games?I wasn't sure where to post this, but what are the options if you want to capture a video of a Spectrum game running? Is it possible to do it from a…
... .uk/]RZX Archive[/url] of spectrum video recordings[/QUOTE]
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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 +…
... able to get the composite video signal off the socket as sugested ... 's also present on the signal wire leading into the modulator ... the cap is your composite video output. You will need the ... -
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…
... signal appears clean, it doesn't mean it actually is. Composite video ... where a radio signal (or other EM signal) gets into places ... strength of the interference signal and offering an impedence ... wire feeding the composite video signal into the modulator, and ... -
Zx Spectrum Laptop (again)I've been reading all the old treads about a possible portable speccy. I even found the one about the Speccy Laptop. But it seems there's a lot of ne…
... be avoided by using a Video Monitor instead of a TV ... TFT versions exist, mind you). Video monitors are the ones which ... jacks where you feed the video signal, not RF.
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ULA chipHi. Where i can find a ULA 6C001E-6 chip for an 3B issue Speccy ? Also looking for one 7805 heatsink... Thank
... connector. The Speccy has no video signal. I think the 14 Mhz ... -
128k dead, no TV signalI got 128k spectrum (heatsink model) from a friend of mine. He told me that speccy is dead, and he doesn't know what's wrong with it. When I plugged…
... from RGB to monochrome composite video signal. Of course color is better ... should go to corresponding color signal. Anode of the diode should ...
