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Was the +3 a missed opportunity?I just wanted to gauge WOS opinion on this. Do people think that the +3 was a bit of disappointment that didn't really advance the hardware as much a…
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fence postsso tomorrow I have to fit / resit a fence post... your asking.. but thats a piece of **** slight complication is , that it's near a manhole cover s…
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Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... would the original R.A. cease to exist OR ... (probably me) in which no R.A. currently exists, then travel ... six months to develop a graphics and RAM controller ... played to be R.A. for a few days as I ... 've just finished building a Jupiter ACE clone :). Having ... -
Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... the Spectrum was in no way a failure. It was cheap ... Alright, so the sound had no volume control, was only one ... had attribute clash, there were no hardware sprites, etc, but ... the necessary maths, then no doubt it's simple to ... -coded-and-I-was-no-bloody-good-at-it- ... -
Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
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But with a little more careful design ... the necessary maths, then no doubt it's simple ... -coded-and-I-was-no-bloody-good-at-it ... giving possible solutions and examples, a shitstorm ensued :roll:
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65 vintage ZX Spectrum games[url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/65-vintage-ZX-Spectrum-games-/190500291093?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item2c5ab3c215[/url] Batman The Movie - Ocean D…
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nice list.. I did notice stonkers ... but no make-a-chip or tasword 2... so I'm out.
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Charity collectors on the highstreet. A pest...Do you notice these charity collectors on the highstreet? Im not on about charities going out and collecting donations by themselves, but the fact th…
If a charity is hiring companies to collect for them, then it's no longer a reputable charity IMO.
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A thousand core CPU?Maybe this is old news to most people on here, but according to: [url]http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/emerging-tech/2010/12/25/intel-why-a-1000-core-chi…
... effect, which I imagine is a "Mock the Week" type reference ... poisonings, how every Muslim is a terrorist bomber, and so on ... the terrorist this week?" - no doubt a reference to my continual politicial ... possibly rude and abusive in a kinda passive way ("not my ... -
Computer virus, source code lost, Argh!Ack! My laptop has succumbed to a virus that has changed the desktop to 'YOUR'RE IN DANGER' (not my spelling mistake) and won't let me open anything…
... now) buy an external drive !
A few years back my ... computer crashed, the hard drive actually ... from the hard drive. Learnt my lesson, bought a cheap ?50 ... external drive from amazon and ... -
Apostrophes...correct usage?One of my play-testers for the Wicker Woman has commented that I should be omitting apostrophes when using a posessive term, ie " eating it's sausage…
Right, so "it's" is a no-no (and a bad example tbh), but "Willow's room" is fine? -
Apostrophes...correct usage?One of my play-testers for the Wicker Woman has commented that I should be omitting apostrophes when using a posessive term, ie " eating it's sausage…
[QUOTE=The Lone Magpie;516731]Right, so "it's" is a no-no (and a bad example tbh), but "Willow's room" is fine?[/QUOTE]
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Apostrophes...correct usage?One of my play-testers for the Wicker Woman has commented that I should be omitting apostrophes when using a posessive term, ie " eating it's sausage…
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I refused to fill in the census formI threw it in the bin. my missus retrieved it and I presume filled it out correctly I'm a failure as an anarchist. :(
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Beta testers wanted for Spectaculator for iOSHi all, Two Spectaculators in two days eh? Whatever next ;-) Yes, you read it right, I've finished Spectaculator for iOS to the point where it's al…
... case stuff, we have submitted a large number of applications which ... what you would class as a regular app - we directly ... out that the answer is no. Submitting a quick-and-nasty port ... waters before embarking on writing a proper emulator.
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Any diet debate in the UK? (Low fat or high fat food)I assume UK has the same problems with overweight and related health problems as most european countries. Are there any debate going on around for ch…
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Age of Empires games.I quite fancy playing these ace games again does anyone know if they are available at any online stores for download i dont really want the physical …
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SE Basic Type-ins^Pete suggested creating a sticky thread for SE Basic discussion. I thought a Type-ins thread might also be useful. Up to the mods if they want to ma…
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50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel scrolling on a 128K Speccy50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel horizontal scrolling on a 128K Speccy. Graphics are an obvious nod to Joffa, whose games and banter were a big ins…
... =Arda;523787]OK, I'm a bit confused. If you can ... standard recommends). There's no way a software could work around that ...Building a puter.Im putting some bits together into a new case and was just wondering if there was any need to add a floppy disk drive. Now that may seem like an odd…
As for floppy drive you can get a usb floppy drive. If you need ... to make a driver ... the usb floppy drive will do. I built a machine recently and ... it happily used the usb drive as drive a:. Once that was created ...Scottie_UK's Ebay Auctions. Many retro computer goodies in Spectrums.Ok so I'm selling off some of my stuff on ebay. [B]Currently I have listed a couple of:[/B] Spectrums 48K and 48k+ for Spares or repair (most have k…
Right I've listed more
an Amiga 600HD with 20mb drive.
a for Spares or Repair 48k
a for Spares or Repair 48k+Gimme Bright 2.0Hello. I?ve finished the game with new graphics (by Radastan), music and ultra-FX. I hope you enjoy it. [url]http://www.mediafire.com/?mc5ct9f6vi…
... cheats, so it?s no impossible.
A clue: The level ...Presents & GiftsEver since I was a kid, I never really liked getting presents & gifts... first, maybe it's because I'm shy or something, it always made me unconfort…
... who was quite good and a few more who were awful ... money and JD.. (and no M-A-C despite rumours)
a person away. Women as a whole are far ... go by what someone in a shop says e.g. this ... this way, least you have a wife buying you nice gifts ...The Royal Weddingthought I might as well.. as Mel likes em so much ;) Kate's sister scrubbed up well and Miles fav Elton was there :lol:
... them, roads for them to drive their Bentley Continentals on, police ... who contribute nothing....if they drive a Bentley for example....first they ...Windows updates pain.What a pain they are,recently i had to reinstall vista,and for security/virus reasons downloaded the all the fixes,lucky to have broadband but the do…
... world over will be just a frustrated with slow webpages.[/QUOTE ... ]
So? a slow PC still works fine ... there's a choice between a slow PC or no PC a slow PC ... cards downstairs that will output a 1024x768 picture, I don't ...Your Views on... GhostbustersI dusted off the Master System version of this and inspired me to try out the Speccy version. It's a good game with it's strong and weak points. I …
... that comes round once in a lifetime and remains as good ... as it ever was. A true credit to the film ... /> But I wouldn't say no to a 3D remake!Ebay items missing in the post.How often do ebay items go missing in the post. I've had two recently. I sometimes wonder if there are people on ebay, who buy things and then clai…
... now. (100x the value of a first class stamp).
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I sold a Zelda wii game for ?40ish ... contact the seller he was no longer a member of Ebay and ... I had no record of his ...New game! Nanako in CJMC for ZX81!Yup, that's true. We've been busy in crafting a nice, small, simple library to code games in text mode (this is, standard, unexpanded) for the 16K ZX…
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The ZX81 is quite a good little machine, but I ... started writing stuff for it a couple of years ago ... 81, but there might be a very good reason for that ...Games featuring... relevant bugsThere was a recent improvement to the WoS database in order to classify [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34261"]Games fea…
... properly documented "known errors", and a bugfix version for each one ... NTSC Atari 7800 version has a confirmed bug that makes the ... /> The hack is in no way a bug-fix - the computer terminals ...ZX systems on PC FDD! (TRD,Opus,D40/D80...)Hi. A friend suggested me a program that can force PC's FDD (even on the newest systems) to format and save programs of ZX Spectrum. Seems like it …
@guys,
Jasey did a wonderfull guide in how to make an external 3.5" Drive, making it switchable between drive A: and drive B: too
[URL="http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=5544"]have a read here (lots of pictures)[/URL]
