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Playing AY musicHi I'm looking for a piece of software to play AY files or beeper files on my 128k toastrack. What is a good place to find those AY files also the ni…
Hi I'm looking for a piece of software to play AY files or beeper files on my 128k toastrack. What is a good place to find those AY files also the nice songs from Yerzmyey :-D -
Speccyholic BlogHello, I recently started a Speccy blog on Tumblr which I classed as "Fun with the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in the 21st century, with guest appearances b…
... PC Shows in the late 80s, and also looking at some ... -
Cheesy Songs That You Secretly LoveMy guilty pleasure is this.... [youtube]kwH0BxtbeEA[/youtube] I dance like the bloke on the tambourine too on a night out :grin:
My guilty pleasure is this....
[youtube]kwH0BxtbeEA[/youtube]
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Elite: Dangerous launches final Alpha phaseThe remake of classic 80s game Elite has entered its fourth and final Alpha phase and is preparing to enter Beta on May 30. There's a new press rel…
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Not-quite-an-advert for IRCSince my pitiful attempt to solicit more users for #speccy and #spin failed miserably, I'm gonna try one more time! A few of us from WoS are on IRC.…
... return). If you like the 80s, sweeties, crisps, alcohol etc. then ... #speccy. If you like the 80s, sweeties, crisps, alcohol etc. but ... -
Pyskool 1.1.2Pyskool 1.1.2 has been released. Pyskool is a remake of Microsphere's Skool games written in Python and Pygame. It's designed to be very customisabl…
... nursery rhymes and other traditional songs) are done in the style ... -
Computer Magazine ListingsI was browsing through some really old multi format computer magazines and found some Speccy game listings. They were popular during the first half o…
... the first half of the 80s and then seemed to suddenly ... -
The cult of cute girlies playing Bad Brains songslmao [youtube]_h1I3Ayrysg#t=56[/youtube] [youtube]-TIG3gj1Mg4[/youtube] [youtube]dhfwsutrUGo[/youtube]
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[youtube]_h1I3Ayrysg#t=56[/youtube]
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Good, free, useful programs for Windows usersI was asked to recommend a couple of programs (which happens enough to make me wish I had a fiver for every time!), and I didn't know offhand either …
... , which I use to order songs alphabetically on my mp3 player ... -
RIP Sir Donald Sinden[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29170107[/url] Philistine that I am, I only really knew him for slightly crap 80s sitcom Never The…
... knew him for slightly crap 80s sitcom Never The Twain, rather ... -
Any Testament fans here?Looking for a bit of advice, some years ago a friend i lost touch with gave me a cassette of various heavy metal songs and one was a live version of …
... cassette of various heavy metal songs and one was a live ... -
I've found my old Spectrum softwareAbout a month ago, I contacted my ex partner and pleaded with her to look in her attic for my old cassettes containing the master copies of all my ol…
... in that attic since the 80s.
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Z80 Pins ScamblingDon't if this is any interest for anyone: "If you look closely at the datasheet for a Z-80 chip, you'll notice the data pins are in a random-looking…
Don't if this is any interest for anyone:
"If you look closely at the datasheet for a Z-80 chip, you'll notice the data pins are in a random-looking order."
[url]http://www.righto.com/2014/09/why-z-80s-data-pins-are-scrambled.html[/url] -
Trying to remember a film!Hello folks! Trying to remember the title of a film I saw quite a few (10+) years ago on telly. I don't know why but it's stuck in my mind and I'd l…
... think it's from the 80s (thinking about the fashion etc ... -
Why do you love the Spectrum?I saw a similar question posed on a Spectrum FB group and it got me thinking. At first, I struggled to answer what should be a simple question. So af…
... growing up in the pioneering 80s. The games were great, more ... -
Arcade conversions, automatically convertedHi! My first post, be gentle with me :smile: I was creating for a hobby project of mine (a completely non-speccy-related, unfortunately) a postproce…
z80 reverse engineeringI came across Ken Shirriff's blog today where he is reverse engineering the Z80 from images of a Z80 die. I guess this may be of interest to those of…
... .com/2014/09/why-z-80s-data-pins-are-scrambled.html ...New Game: ZEN[IMG]http://i61.tinypic.com/r94r5f.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i58.tinypic.com/2150kmd.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i62.tinypic.com/308w4zo.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://…
... levels!
[*] 5 exciting intro songs (over 25Kb) by Mister Beep ...What if Amstrad never bought Sinclair ResearchApologies if this has been previously discussed, but I was thinking about this subject the other day. How do you think the whole Spectrum scene woul…
... before the end of the 80s.
4) Spectrum owners would ...'classic' songs you don't like...Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Loving Feeling. just heard it earlier,forgot how much that song gets on my nerves. The chorus could be the mo…
Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Loving Feeling.
just heard it earlier,forgot how much that song gets on my nerves. The chorus could be the most boring thing ever written in the history of pop music. bag of ****e!
Add on :)Favourite Cover Versions You Didn't Hear FirstSo, there are lots of great cover versions of songs, and you may prefer the original or the cover, but do you always prefer the version you heard fir…
... of great cover versions of songs, and you may prefer the ...Hallowscream! Issue 6 - Tribute to Scream! Horror comic from the 80sIt's that time of year again folks! My brother and his fellow freaky scribblers have put together the 6th issue of [b]Hallowscream![/b] [img]http://…
It's that time of year again folks! My brother and his fellow freaky scribblers have put together the 6th issue of [b]Hallowscream![/b]
[img]http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j260/MalcolmKirk/c1cb23ea-5df4-4037-8060-c982e84c3775_zps2d673920. ...Sir Clive loves Speccy games?It?s often mentioned how dear Sir Clive was somewhat miffed how his ultimate home computer, designed for serious stuff, home business and the househo…
... for the oiks of the 80s, but I?m not buying ...Spectrum Vega Media Reviews (Good & Bad)Good: [url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/02/zx-spectrum-vega-games-console]The Guardian[/url] [url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/scien…
... -spectrum-vega-resurrects-the-iconic-80s-pc-as-a-handheld-1610728 ...Name the TV show...A friend of mine was speaking of a scene from an opening titles of a TV show he remembers from the 70s or possibly 80s which rings a bell for me too…
... from the 70s or possibly 80s which rings a bell for ...Thanks for supporting my Speccy bookI wanted to share my good news with my Speccy chums. My Spectrum related book 'Diary of an 80s Computer Geek' has passed the 1000 sales mark. As you …
... related book 'Diary of an 80s Computer Geek' has passed the ... ://www.amazon.co.uk/Diary-80s-Computer-Geek-Computers-ebook/dp ...Twenty years of the PlaystationThis month's Retro Gamer celebrates the twentieth birthday of the Playstation, so let's discuss our memories/delights/disappointments of the machine …
... 't moved on since the '80s, and gave the impression of ...Best Worst Gadgets of the 80sWhilst working today my mind began to wander as it does regularly to the 1980s. I began to think of all the fads and gadgets that came and went, some…
Whilst working today my mind began to wander as it does regularly to the 1980s. I began to think of all the fads and gadgets that came and went, some of which stuck around, some of which are laughable now.
So I thought, lets reminisce once ...