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Coming to Byte-Back ?Months in the making, now coming up quite soon ! Retro event in Stoke coming up in March... [url]http://www.byte-back.info/[/url] Just read a post…
... the 80's and early 90's, in both game development ... -
Sound problemsI'm having yet more PC problems. This time, it's mainly sound that's playing up (it's more noticable when I'm playing music/games etc). Basically, ev…
... a friend who has a degree in computer science, but he ... -
Questions about possible pseudo-3D gamingSince the Spectrum is too slow for solid-3D gaming and 100% wire-3D doesn't always look good, shouldn't there be a way to do something that at le…
... angles, moving around in 360 degrees. A "real" map isn't ... -
z88dk Help neededI'm starting my tests with z88dk from a very simple example from a tutorial in speccy.org. It works fine but when I make the smallest modification t…
I'm starting my tests with z88dk from a very simple example from a tutorial in speccy.org. It works fine but when I make the smallest modification to the code, it just crashes.
Now it works but note that if I uncomment the final printf, then ... -
Drive belts for Casette recordersI have a pair of sharp datacorders, both 'work' in the sense they power up and do what they should to a degree - but both seem to be suffering stretc…
... what they should to a degree - but both seem to be ... -
Girlfriend's computerI'm on my girlfriends computer atm -- one which she has asked me to sort out. It is a Vista computer which has reportedly slowed down since she fir…
... %, and CPU usage drop from 90 ish to 6%. How is ... -
SRAM replacement for lower 16KSome time ago I wondered if it were possible to replace the lower 16K RAM of a 16K/48K Spectrum with a single SRAM chip. You know, those pesky 4116 D…
... I had worked to some degree, but not perfect. However, I ... -
Sinclair Manual Art - A Panoramic ExperimentWhen I got my new camera its software disk came loaded with a few goodies. One of them is a QuickTime panorama maker. Now I know panorama makers or …
... tried to create a 360 degree panorama using the cover art ... -
MIA / STP records in Infoseek which could be removed?There's a few records in Infoseek which if removed could clear a few MIA / STP entries:- Sector 90 by Quicksilva. I'm not sure there were seperate …
... / STP entries:-
Sector 90 by Quicksilva. I'm not ... -
Best / Most iconic Speccy game packaging!Not the artwork or anything, just the boxes used. Nowadays, a system more-or-less sticks to the same type of packaging throughout its life, but the …
... used later on in the 90's)
(Elite, Afterburner, Barbarian ... -
Anyone have the 720 Degrees arcade soundtrack tape?Fancy recording it and uploading it somewhere? I'm working on something for later this year[1] and would find a very nice place for it! [1] Nope, no…
Fancy recording it and uploading it somewhere? I'm working on something for later this year[1] and would find a very nice place for it!
[1] Nope, not the Xmas Special[2].
[2] Work on that continues once I've finished a lot of the work[5] ... -
found in the loftrecently helping my Mum clean her loft out, and came across a box with some of my old Spectrum tapes in. Now, as my 128k is long gone (lent to a frie…
... way back in the early 90's and since vanished) i ... -
Games not working on Timex 2048Timex 2048 is a very good Spectrum 48k clone, over 90% of games work fine. But there are also not working games or working but not properly. Is there…
... good Spectrum 48k clone, over 90% of games work fine. But ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Thursday, 30 April 2009Thursday 30 April 2009 Yike - nearly got caught out by a 30-day month! Lots of POKEs this month, and a big batch of new maps (sort of) - hurrah! * …
... over Heels, Hulk, The, Italia '90 - World Cup Soccer, Kick Off ... -
Spectrum game saleHello everyone, I'm having a big clearout out of all my spectrum games.Here is the list. Large box compilation of games ?2.50 eac…
... cobra
World cup year 90=kick off,gary linegar hotshot ...
World cup soccer italia'90
Smash tv
Predator ... -
Help me to name some games![youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnf_XqWGVKE[/youtube] Well,I'm trying to make a list of the games appearing on this video,but sadly I can't …
PhD student post goingLast week the UK Government allocated a ?416,000 grant for Steven Vickers to research Applications of geometric logic at Birmingham for three years. …
A paper model of the new Freedom tower...So, here I was trying to show one of my kids how easy it was to come up with a paper model of the new [URL="http://www.usatoday.com/news/graphics/911…
... base which is rotated 45 degrees compared to the base position ...Faith No More Touring Europe This Summer!so... am I the only one excited about this? tomorrow I'm going to get the tickets for the portuguese concert! I saw them back in 95, and during t…
so... am I the only one excited about this?
tomorrow I'm going to get the tickets for the portuguese concert!
I saw them back in 95, and during the 90's they where one of my favourite bands...Best Arnie filmWas watching Twins on tv today (i was bored!) and it got me thinking, what's your fave Arnie film? Terminator, Red Heat or Total recall? For me, it…
... the boil after the mid 90's (didn't like End ...First Class - Anyone remember it?Hello all This already mentioned in a previous thread, only I been trying to locate some video clips of an old 80's show called First Class. It were…
... such wonderful games as 720 degrees, track and field, hypersports and ...Speccy mention"The keyboard is vaguely reminiscent of the one on the Sinclair Spectrum, but fortunately only visually. The keys are over 90 per cent full-size and …
... visually. The keys are over 90 per cent full-size and ...Funny Speccy Videos on YouTubeI'm a lifelong Speccy fan with microdrive, Currah Microspeech unit, special printer adapter and tons of tapes! My Speccy got me through my maths deg…
... got me through my maths degree and taught me a lot ...Is it MIA?Searching through some old C-90 cassettes I found a simple Basic game called Laser Chase [URL=http://www.image-share.com/image.php?img=35/43.png][IM…
Searching through some old C-90 cassettes I found a simple ...The Time Machine - incorrect posterThe Time Machine (Digital Fantasia) has a poster under Additional Material from YS #56 (Aug'90). This actually relates to Time Machine (Activision), …
... Material from YS #56 (Aug'90). This actually relates to Time ...WikipediaThere's an article in this week's Micro Mart about Wikipedia, the free, online encyclopedia that anyone can edit or add to. Apparently Lenny Henry c…
... 're all biased to one degree or another, and even the ...Your sinclair/Crash magazinesI have a few spectrum magazines for sale,?1 each + ?1.50 postage Your Sinclair: November 86,May 87,January 88,July 89,August 89,November 91,January 9…
... ,August 87,September 87,October 90,January 91(with both tapes ...The thin blue lineHas anyone watched 'The thin blue line' on GOLD recently? It starred Rowan Atkinson and was set in a police station. I watched it back in the 90's …
... watched it back in the 90's then forgot about it ...