My name is not Paul and i am not a Frenchman, but sometimes (always) i wish I live in the beutiful town of Cette on the Azure coast. But again that is not because i would like to go on permanent vacation but to relive one of my dreams. And that is to visit Paul Valery`s birthplace, imaginary landscape of my favorite Poet. Well i can tell that poetry goes great with ZX spectrum, especially BEEP type :), but is underrated. I want to bring focus of idealism of human thought to computers, not to the ones of today, but the ones I grew up with and developed my thinking with, and my visions also. It is much more than a concept it is thought in the making.
My name is Milos, and i am from Serbia.
My name is not Paul and i am not a Frenchman, but sometimes (always) i wish I live in the beutiful town of Cette on the Azure coast. But again that is not because i would like to go on permanent vacation but to relive one of my dreams. And that is to visit Paul Valery`s birthplace, imaginary landscape of my favorite Poet. Well i can tell that poetry goes great with ZX spectrum, especially BEEP type :), but is underrated. I want to bring focus of idealism of human thought to computers, not to the ones of today, but the ones I grew up with and developed my thinking with, and my visions also. It is much more than a concept it is thought in the making.
My name is Milos, and i am from Serbia.
Can you tell cracking jokes like Bohusk? (look him up on here and decide...)
My name is not Paul and i am not a Frenchman, but sometimes (always) i wish I live in the beutiful town of Cette on the Azure coast. But again that is not because i would like to go on permanent vacation but to relive one of my dreams. And that is to visit Paul Valery`s birthplace, imaginary landscape of my favorite Poet. Well i can tell that poetry goes great with ZX spectrum, especially BEEP type :), but is underrated. I want to bring focus of idealism of human thought to computers, not to the ones of today, but the ones I grew up with and developed my thinking with, and my visions also. It is much more than a concept it is thought in the making.
My name is Milos, and i am from Serbia.
Errr ok, that was an introduction and a half ! I simply want to play old Speccy games !
One or two of you may know me from the Retro Gamer forum, but I thought I'd introduce myself here too for the express reason that today the spectrum I bought on Ebay arrived! :-)
Isn't it beautiful? (Well the box is, you can't see the computer inside, but trust me it is beautiful too!)
It's the first speccy I've owned since the late 80's & I honestly haven't been this excited about a new computer/console since I got my Japanese import MegaDrive back in 1990!
I'm a bit rubbish when it comes to this technology thing so I'll no doubt be asking a billion questions about how to do things before long (Of course I'll be looking up the FAQ's 1st!)
I might be a bit more active now, considering I signed up about 2 and a half years ago! *Embarrassed Smilie*
One or two of you may know me from the Retro Gamer forum, but I thought I'd introduce myself here too for the express reason that today the spectrum I bought on Ebay arrived! :-)
Isn't it beautiful? (Well the box is, you can't see the computer inside, but trust me it is beautiful too!)
It's the first speccy I've owned since the late 80's & I honestly haven't been this excited about a new computer/console since I got my Japanese import MegaDrive back in 1990!
I'm a bit rubbish when it comes to this technology thing so I'll no doubt be asking a billion questions about how to do things before long (Of course I'll be looking up the FAQ's 1st!)
I might be a bit more active now, considering I signed up about 2 and a half years ago! *Embarrassed Smilie*
Welcome to WOS...or back to WOS even....
Enjoy fiddling about with your new old Speccy! I'm just in the process of moving all my speccy roms over to an old PC I picked up, and it's making me want to play them, so I too will be revisiting a few forgotten gems...
It started many months ago when I was watching
and old show on the telly - The Life and Loves
of a She-Devil (1986) - http://tiny.cc/KnKI3
Remebering a scene where a Spectrum 128K was
shown briefly got me thinking of my dear old
Spectrum machine. One thing lead to another -
and here I am today with a collection of four
Spectrum computers, another one on its way, and
plenty of software titles, and some hardware I
only could dream about 20 years ago!
I have since recorded the show, and the scene
with got me started. I'll be posting in the
games sections asking what games are featured
in the scene.
I'll also post an ad in the wanted section for
a copy of Martianoids.
It started many months ago when I was watching
and old show on the telly - The Life and Loves
of a She-Devil (1986) - http://tiny.cc/KnKI3
Very funny how things like that bring people back to the Speccy. One of my friends was into the Speccy in the 80's but not since. He got some fancy phone and started putting games onto it, finally tried a Speccy emulator and is now addicted again like anything !
Hello! I was a comp.sys.sinclair regular in about 2001-2002 (Lee Prince, if anyone remembers that far back) but drifted away for a while - keep forgetting to post here.
Had a Speccy from 1985 until about 1990, and I still think that Head Over Heels is the best game written on any platform ever. Mind you, I haven't played any new games since about, erm, 1990...
When I'm not running around after my kids I make bootleg/mashup mixes and I'm also planning to do some Speccy musical remakes this year.
Hello! I was a comp.sys.sinclair regular in about 2001-2002 (Lee Prince, if anyone remembers that far back) but drifted away for a while - keep forgetting to post here.
Had a Speccy from 1985 until about 1990, and I still think that Head Over Heels is the best game written on any platform ever. Mind you, I haven't played any new games since about, erm, 1990...
When I'm not running around after my kids I make bootleg/mashup mixes and I'm also planning to do some Speccy musical remakes this year.
I started out writing games on the ZX81 (basic and mc) but moved up to the Spectrum as soon as I could afford it. Mucked about with that for a while and lived the dream (not!) when I got a job as a games programmer. I wrote the Championship Sprint track editor and also Maze Mania before leaving the company for pastures new. I stayed in IT though and got a job as a programmer on IBM AS/400's - and more or less thats what I am still doing now.
Welcome to the forum, ahhhh great memories, used to mess about tons with the Championship Sprint track editor ! Liked the original but remember reading about the sequel coming out where you could design your own tracks ! Think it worked very well, had a lot of fun with that
Hey guys, Chris from sunny Scotland here. Just got a hold of a +2 which I had when I was a kid. Already have plans to rip it to bits and set about it with a soldering iron :D
I have just discover this thread so, I will introduce myself :) My name is Rafa and I am a Spectrum enthusiast from Spain.
My parents bought me a +2A in 1990 and, thanks to it, I got deep in the computer world, not only playing but also programming in BASIC. I was 8 years old and I remember copying and modifying the programs that came in the Instruction Book. That were the times :)
Sadly, that +2A "died". Nowadays, I am trying to get one, as I learn from this forum and the Spanish speccy.org how can we keep our Spectrums alive and give them a "second youth".
I have just discover this thread so, I will introduce myself :) My name is Rafa and I am a Spectrum enthusiast from Spain.
My parents bought me a +2A in 1990 and, thanks to it, I got deep in the computer world, not only playing but also programming in BASIC. I was 8 years old and I remember copying and modifying the programs that came in the Instruction Book. That were the times :)
Sadly, that +2A "died". Nowadays, I am trying to get one, as I learn from this forum and the Spanish speccy.org how can we keep our Spectrums alive and give them a "second youth".
Greets! :)
Welcome! You had a similar introduction to the Speccy as I did...with the dodgy +2A! :lol:
Enjoy the forums...
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I don't have a doorbell.
And the front door has long since gone - I think I killed a rabbit with it.
I'm behind you!
Tinckle!!! (the sound of my revolver as you start to cringe!)
BING BONG! AVON CALLING!
I thought you were number 52! Ooops! wrong house!
I'm really sorry mate! But it is too late!
You've got to ask yourself one question. 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?
My name is Milos, and i am from Serbia.
Can you tell cracking jokes like Bohusk? (look him up on here and decide...)
Welcome anyway like...
Errr ok, that was an introduction and a half ! I simply want to play old Speccy games !
One or two of you may know me from the Retro Gamer forum, but I thought I'd introduce myself here too for the express reason that today the spectrum I bought on Ebay arrived! :-)
Isn't it beautiful? (Well the box is, you can't see the computer inside, but trust me it is beautiful too!)
It's the first speccy I've owned since the late 80's & I honestly haven't been this excited about a new computer/console since I got my Japanese import MegaDrive back in 1990!
I'm a bit rubbish when it comes to this technology thing so I'll no doubt be asking a billion questions about how to do things before long (Of course I'll be looking up the FAQ's 1st!)
I might be a bit more active now, considering I signed up about 2 and a half years ago! *Embarrassed Smilie*
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Twitch : https://www.twitch.tv/sloanysoft
Welcome to WOS...or back to WOS even....
Enjoy fiddling about with your new old Speccy! I'm just in the process of moving all my speccy roms over to an old PC I picked up, and it's making me want to play them, so I too will be revisiting a few forgotten gems...
my name is Ronny and I am a Spectrum addict.
It started many months ago when I was watching
and old show on the telly - The Life and Loves
of a She-Devil (1986) - http://tiny.cc/KnKI3
Remebering a scene where a Spectrum 128K was
shown briefly got me thinking of my dear old
Spectrum machine. One thing lead to another -
and here I am today with a collection of four
Spectrum computers, another one on its way, and
plenty of software titles, and some hardware I
only could dream about 20 years ago!
I have since recorded the show, and the scene
with got me started. I'll be posting in the
games sections asking what games are featured
in the scene.
I'll also post an ad in the wanted section for
a copy of Martianoids.
Any way, hello everyone from the north of
Sweden!
It was found and left here.
Very funny how things like that bring people back to the Speccy. One of my friends was into the Speccy in the 80's but not since. He got some fancy phone and started putting games onto it, finally tried a Speccy emulator and is now addicted again like anything !
Had a Speccy from 1985 until about 1990, and I still think that Head Over Heels is the best game written on any platform ever. Mind you, I haven't played any new games since about, erm, 1990...
When I'm not running around after my kids I make bootleg/mashup mixes and I'm also planning to do some Speccy musical remakes this year.
Welcome to the fold, Mr. leespoons....
Just thought I'd say hello to everyone.
I started out writing games on the ZX81 (basic and mc) but moved up to the Spectrum as soon as I could afford it. Mucked about with that for a while and lived the dream (not!) when I got a job as a games programmer. I wrote the Championship Sprint track editor and also Maze Mania before leaving the company for pastures new. I stayed in IT though and got a job as a programmer on IBM AS/400's - and more or less thats what I am still doing now.
Thats me.
My name is Jos? Zanni (Josepzin) and I am a Commodore 64 fan, but I like the Spectrum
I have a retro planet -> www.retroinvaders.com Most blogs are Spanish, but I added the English section recently :)
Nice to meet you all
Nice to have another Scotsman on the team, there ain't many of us here!:smile:
Nah...it was pretty popular up here in Scotland too...
There's just less Scots on WOS....:)
Oh, and Hi Glamdring...Welcome to the madhouse! ;)
There's more Jocks than Geordies ;)
I have just discover this thread so, I will introduce myself :) My name is Rafa and I am a Spectrum enthusiast from Spain.
My parents bought me a +2A in 1990 and, thanks to it, I got deep in the computer world, not only playing but also programming in BASIC. I was 8 years old and I remember copying and modifying the programs that came in the Instruction Book. That were the times :)
Sadly, that +2A "died". Nowadays, I am trying to get one, as I learn from this forum and the Spanish speccy.org how can we keep our Spectrums alive and give them a "second youth".
Greets! :)
Welcome! You had a similar introduction to the Speccy as I did...with the dodgy +2A! :lol:
Enjoy the forums...
and I think you must go to the doctor, you look ill... :razz:
Haha, thanks Juan :-P It's also nice to see a "neighbor" around :)
well scotland is a lot bigger than newcastle. also most geordies can't read and write.
Well it's a a good job I'm not one of em' eh?:D
"Ee baaah gum eckey thump! t'int I tis' eeeee goin' down t'pit!".
There we go I was kind I even said it in a language you can understand, but everyone else probably can't ;)
My name is Helga. I come from Sweden. I like the little English boys, I think they are so cute.