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  • Just bought a Spectrum+. Doesn't work. Red bars on screen.Hi all, Something of a noob here. Having recently been on holiday, I came across a Spectrum+ in a box, with a collection of games in a shop, and, af…

    ... get an alternating pattern of vertical red bars - it switches between four ... , and eight red bars every second or so ...
    king_spoon_ian king_spoon_ian August 2012 Hardware
  • Dead Spectrum SocietySo I'm getting back into real Sinclair computers rather than emulators. During the summer months I was lucky enough to buy a working ZX81 and was giv…

    ... a pattern consisting in 32 vertical stripes of 1 pixel width, ... which causes the above stripes to show in red.
    But if ... pattern, showing many vertical (red or black) stripes in a green background ... 1's means double the stripes that go crossing the screen ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix October 2011 Hardware
  • What's going on during a reset?Always wanted to know this. Why does the screen fill with garbage then white lines on black then just a totally black screen? What is happening?

    ... turns black with
    ; sometimes red stripes on black paper just visible ... 02 ; Load memory with $02 - red ink on black paper.
    red ink. As it moves into ... area (16384 to 22527), the vertical lines appear - the value "2 ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2012 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…

    ... before, 2. A multicolour vertical striped screen; more stripes than (1.) again ... border, black paper and flashing red/yellow blocks that walk up ... you should briefly see thin vertical red lines, then the whole screen ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK May 2013 Hardware
  • Broken ZX 48kHey all. I have acquired a broken ZX 48k. It looks in good condition - tried the membrane and it is working with my other 48k very well. When you tu…

    ... the normal Reset routine (the Red stripes on the black background) but ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Faulty Spectrum (help requested)I have an issue 6a specci. It's Z80 has the fault m1 line problem (Multiface 128 does not work). So I decided to put in a new Z80 but unfortunately i…

    ... initializing, because there's no vertical red line pattern like upon normal ...
    UTom71 UTom71 February 2008 Hardware
  • RealSpectrum doesn't work in 48k mode.It doesn't. All that happens is a black screen with a few vertical red lines, which disappears after about 1/10 of a second. Then, it goes blank, w…

    ... black screen with a few vertical red lines, which disappears after about ...
    Lockett Lockett February 2008 Emulators
  • Strange but true things that you've experienced?On Monday I had one of those days where you just shouldn't have got out of bed. I won't bore you with the details, and I've sorted most things out, b…

    ... night, and we saw three vertical red lights, moving slowly downwards, and ...
    ewgf ewgf March 2009 Chit chat
  • ZX Spectrum 48k issue 3b power problem?Hi :) I was lucky enough to find a couple of ZX Spectrums at a car boot sale yesterday. I spent the evening fiddling about with one (issue 2) and t…

    ... the middle, filled with thin vertical red lines. This flashes up for ...
    vinnivee vinnivee April 2011 Hardware
  • Games not loading in my original spectrum 48kHello. I have recently bought a zx spectrum, for nostalgia purpose (haven't touched one for more than 20 years) The computer boots fine, but I can'…

    ... get the initial cyan and red stripes, followed by the short burst ... of blue and yellow stripes. But when comes the time ... the longer blue and yellow stripes section, it's not "getting ... border is blinking cyan and red!

    I've tried ...
    Ooops Ooops May 2012 Hardware
  • Yet another glitchy graphics 48kHeyo, I'm new both to the forums (sorry if this is the wrong forum) and to Spectra I'm afraid, picked up a 48k from a steam fair sale thingy (not th…

    ... a flashing "K" to drawing vertical red lines on an otherwise blank ...
    CaptainHayashi CaptainHayashi May 2013 Hardware
  • Tricky ZX RepairHello guys, This time I put my hands on a very nice Issue 3 16K, upgraded to 48K. To bertter explain "nice", it is absolutely mint, not a scratch on…

    ... of the screen still with vertical red lines.

    First checks ...
    Falco-F8L Falco-F8L December 2013 Hardware
  • no color zx spectrum 48k (rubber) composite modI have a problem, I just got my 48k speccy and I am waiting for my keyboard mebrane to arrive, meanwhile I did the composite mod and on startup befor…

    ... show any colours (like the red stripes going down) its all in ...
    duro00611 duro00611 January 2014 Hardware
  • Puzzled about transferring games to tapeI was trying to transfer a game to a tape by using tapir and VLC. I opened up the tape file in Tapir and then converted it to a .wav file. I then pla…

    ... few seconds (alternating blue and red stripes), then it went to a ... red border and didn't stop. ...
    SamTebbs33 SamTebbs33 February 2014 Games
  • 48k not startingHi team, I have 2 48k's, one works (Issue 4s), one doesn't (Issue 4a). The non-working one appears to start, but not finish the RAM test. The pape…

    ... goes black and the thin red lines appear, but don't ... also a few extra horizontal red lines (also 1 pixel wide ... , which join some of the vertical red lines.

    The voltage ...
    neillsun neillsun September 2015 Hardware
  • You know your a speccy nut when......you drag your wife into a charity shop because from the corner of your eye you see ZX . You think you have found that rare missing book, after fighin…

    ... getting the initial blue and red stripes and then flabbergasted when you ...
    Sadako Sadako May 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Now it's workingHello again and again, Today I received the membrane. And i turned the speccy on and worked a bit. I wrote some commands, used CLEAR 65535 command to…

    ... , and sometimes pale blue and red stripes on the border. What's ...
    tayanc_molla tayanc_molla February 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Now it's workingHello again and again, Today I received the membrane. And i turned the speccy on and worked a bit. I wrote some commands, used CLEAR 65535 command to…

    ... , the cyan (aka pale blue)/red stripes are a good sign, unless ... , are the blue stripes about as wide as the red ones, or ...
    GOC GOC February 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Not a sale - more like a giveaway !Got a box of Speccy bits i cant be bothered to put on ebay (plus i got it for free ages ago so i'm not losing out) The only condition is i need some…

    ... definetly black and with thin, red stripes. It didn't have a ...
    Skarpo Skarpo January 2006 Sales
  • "Real Tape" mode?I'm trying to use RealSpec32 and Klive's "Real Tape" mode feature, but I can't get my tape player to play correctly. Am I doing something wrong? Fo…

    ... getting an alternating cyan/red border? Cyan/red stripes? Cyan/red stripes and a burst ...
    Dunny Dunny July 2006 Emulators
  • Dead Spectrum diagnosis and desolderingI have two dead Spectrums - one I'm pretty sure is caused by bad memory, and the other - well, perhaps a bad ROM, perhaps a bad CPU (it gets halfway …

    ... is okay you'll see vertical flashing stripes on the screen. Pressing ...
    Sonic Sonic November 2006 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... see a clear picture of vertical flashing stripes. Try to reset ZX ...
    Sonic Sonic December 2006 Hardware
  • Spectrum Issue two problemI managed to bring back to life a issue two spectrum (at least the power supply cirquit). The screen is now crystal clear (after replacing all the el…

    ... memory test (black screen with red stripes) terminate faster, so will produce ...
    Dunny Dunny December 2006 Hardware
  • Which game did you like the loading noise the most?I always like skool daze's loader, it seemed to come over in regular waves.

    ... game only skipping it (blinking red/cyan BORDER), when it got ... was the header sound (cyan/red stripes), but when the high-pitch ...
    FRGT/10 FRGT/10 April 2007 Games
  • Poorly Spectrum + Fault diagnosis help needed!Hi, I've got a Spectrum+. Sometime in the past I broke it and sent it off to be fixed. It came back working good as new, but with an issue 2 board i…

    ... do the black paper with vertical red lines (i.e. writing 0x02 ... work for a while, then vertical lines start appearing on the ...
    Winston Winston July 2007 Hardware
  • Poorly Spectrum + Fault diagnosis help needed!Hi, I've got a Spectrum+. Sometime in the past I broke it and sent it off to be fixed. It came back working good as new, but with an issue 2 board i…

    ... do the black paper with vertical red lines (i.e. writing 0x02 ... work for a while, then vertical lines start appearing on the ...
    DEATH DEATH July 2007 Hardware
  • RealSpectrum doesn't work in 48k mode.It doesn't. All that happens is a black screen with a few vertical red lines, which disappears after about 1/10 of a second. Then, it goes blank, w…

    ... black screen with a few vertical red lines, which disappears after about ...
    Vertigo Vertigo February 2008 Emulators
  • 128K Guru requiredThe answer eludeth me, and I seeketh a higher knowledge! I'm in the process of putting together a very simplistic emulation testbench of my laptop s…

    ... 2 at one point giving red stripes on black paper.
    The ...
    Geoff Geoff May 2008 Hardware
  • 128K Guru requiredThe answer eludeth me, and I seeketh a higher knowledge! I'm in the process of putting together a very simplistic emulation testbench of my laptop s…

    ... 2 at one point giving red stripes on black paper.
    The ...
    Phu Phu May 2008 Hardware
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