30th Anniversary of the ZX Spectrum
Next year the Spectrum will become 30th years old. I have started a invitation on Facebook and everyone who is on Facebook is welcome to take part in this discussion.
Of course we can start a discussion also here, but I wanted to try out the feedback on Facebook. So if you want, click here:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=199693406736333
We still have plenty of time to organize a big party, but however, we should start thinking about it now.
Regards
Thomas
Of course we can start a discussion also here, but I wanted to try out the feedback on Facebook. So if you want, click here:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=199693406736333
We still have plenty of time to organize a big party, but however, we should start thinking about it now.
Regards
Thomas
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There's quite a lot we can do with a "Sinclair world" event:
- game tournaments
- music events
- demo competitions
- new hardware
etc.
We have a bit of time to think about it. I would like to do something with hardware and music; one thing I want to do (as a way of learning hardware description languages) is to build a decent MIDI-in interface for the Spectrum, and then link several 128K machines together and control them with real (or real-ish) instruments: keyboards, drum kits etc., the multiple Spectrums giving much more polyphony than just one AY chip can manage and also providing something of interest to Speccy hackers, and something fun for those who aren't deeply into hardware but would like to hear something really cool from a bank of Spectrums. Perhaps even mix in a real analogue instrument a bit like what Rockriver does for the Retroconciertazo (violin + a whole heap of MIDI connected 80s machines) at Retroma??a every year.
At past retro events i might count 7 or so WOSsers , shame really.
people who had speccy's met women, and ended up getting married. :p
Yup! We're also miserable, broke and addicted to cheap alchohol....or is that just me? :lol:
I'd certainly be up for helping out with a "Sinclair World". I don't have a huge quantity of hardware but every little helps eh :)
Every help is welcome and needed. I have some experience as I organized the Spectrumania here in Germany years ago. However,we first need a place. I think London is the best place, easily accessable for international visitors as well.Anybody knows a good hall for app. 200 people in the London area?
Other ideas?
Last year they had about 2000 people, this year theyre aiming up to possibly 5000.
Biggest retro event in the UK, if there was a large stand there with various Sinclair bits it could be pretty cool
Doing one solely for the UK and booking some hall for 200 people could be a big risk. I know theres been a few Speccy meet ups (10-15 people) but i wouldnt risk booking a hall. Have a stand at the next Replay show and see how that goes ?
yeah shame there is no real speccy love at these things, for the ones i have been to its just one 48k in a corner and winston beavering away on his spectranet. although i think there was a c5 at one of them.
Anyway one guy read about it and posted about going to the event. When he was there he was furious that 'Sir Clive' wasnt Sir Clive Sinclair and moaned a ton at Gordon as he felt he had been duped !
I mean i thought it was obvious it wasnt the real Sir Clive ! What was that guy thinking ? He'll believe every person in a chatroom called hotgirl69 is really super fit !
Also you probably want to cast the net a bit wider than the WoS announcements forum ;)
I know there are a few members of the Spanish scene here, and Winston's been going to the Spanish shows with spectranet. There's c.s.s as well, though I think most of the active c.s.s-ers read wos these days.
It really needs someone to pick a show, and start co-ordinating a Sinclair World stand. If no-one steps up I think everyone will just keep saying "oh that's a good idea" and "yeah I'd do that" but nothing will ever actually happen. It also needs someone to manage assets and co-ordinate with a show's organisers. There's no use the co-ordinator just saying "oh I'll print a banner" then 20 people arrive all with a 48k speccy and a copy of manic miner and no-where to pin up the banner...
Note that I am *NOT* volunteering for this job :p
well psj will prolly be your best bet for that, he's got a car, and a family so he's pretty responsable. he also knows the organisers.
id do it myself, but im not really a doer, more of a talker.
we really need something like this. (but with speccy stuff)
and some girls like this to help people with the information.
I was going to say the same ! Without sounding like Scottie 'Brad Pitt' UK i thought both 'redheads' looked a bit 'different'
Could be worth talking to Elite who have that Speccy app. They could have a small stand, obviously show off their app and make a fair few sales and just be great having some more retro faces (Steve Wilcox is still at Elite).
Theres been some ex Speccy people here, Nigel Alderton (Chuckie Egg), a friends got details for Sandy White who came to a retro show a fair while back and i'm sure there'll be others. (Such as the guy who helped create Starstrike).
Last year they had some of the old Ocean gang which was great to see and hear some of the stories from the 80's
I'd have said the one on the right did a little, first thing I looked at was her neck, the second was her hands :D
I am picturing something closer to this...
I would like to point out the quality of women going to these events has gone way up from past ones i've been to. But dont go there expecting to find your future wife or bride ! They'll still want to talk to you about level 18 of Manic Miner etc.
I agree - like the Acorn lot always hold Acorn World in another larger event such as Retro Rewind or the VCF, a Spectrum World event should be held in a general retro event.
This is because:
* More Speccy fans are likely to come to a big event anyway
* People who may be interested in the Speccy but are more interested general in retrocomputing will also come, people who wouldn't have otherwise come at all in other words
* The organizers of the main event will like it as it's something else to draw people to the event
* The organizers of "Spectrum World" will like it because a lot of the organizing work will be already done by the main event (things like finding a building, advertising etc) so it's win-win for both the big event and the "Spectrum World" event.
So you'll likely get a great deal of people coming to a "Spectrum World" held inside something like R3PLAY or the VCF or Retro Rewind equivalent, which you otherwise wouldn't.
Ideally it would be nice to kick off the whole 2012 30th Anniversary thing at this year's R3PLAY. But there's lots to do between then and now if you're a hardware hacker :-)
maybe it would be a case of printing some flyers off to give out? announcing the thing next year?
Egghead Website
Arcade Game Designer
My itch.io page
*(appearance subject to whether or not he can be persuaded to come)
:)
I think you'll find that a woman of any true calibur will recognise that level 19 is in fact harder than the warehouse!
C'mon PSJ get with it :roll:
:p
Your point being?
Oh, I see, they're boring so-and-sos who are only interested in games, not hardware hacking. Got it now :D
The opposite of what you're looking for then? I am a robot! I am a robot! :p
*hides
:lol: