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An evening in with the Speccy emulatorAfter a day at work which didn't exactly go according to plan, and after three weeks of disruption at home due to redecorating, the old soul needed a…
After a day at work which didn't ... magazines left and no bullets in the onscreen counter. If ... so that you can get in a dozen levels quite nicely. Simple ... with 1987, but also mixing in the politics theme, I ... episode. You play Jim Hacker in his first week on the ... -
"The New Wave Of Retro-Gaming" - article in the IndependentHere it is: [url]http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gaming/the-new-wave-of-retro-gaming-2004295.html[/url] Mentions Jonathan …
... ]http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gaming ... (even has a pic of Jonathan chugging a beer in between programming), and ... Chronosoft.
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The death of the SpectrumI was reflecting the other day about life and the significance of those interests that we develop during childhood. For many, its football or physic…
... was reflecting the other day about life and the significance of ... through our interactions with computers in the present of our ... us cannot survive us except in auto-biographical form. The ... than a community, it is a living museum. A monument to a childhood ... -
Getting a ZX Spectrum to work in the USHello all, I'm terribly new to these forums but not to the use of the Spectrum. I have a few in my collection of old machines and one of them I am …
... Spectrum. I have a few in my collection of old ... PAX runs twice a year and has a special section within ... it will be used in North America. This means ... be a number of technical issues to overcome in order ... for it to work. The power supply will need a ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Friday, 01 October 2010Friday 01 October 2010 This update is only a day late - not too bad, considering my track record of late!! * La_Sole sent in corrected and addition…
Friday 01 October 2010
This update is only a day late - not too bad, considering my track record of late!!
* La_Sole sent in corrected and additional POKEs for Devil's Crown; POKEs for -
A bug in BASin?Hi Folks, Have I found another bug in BASin? I wrote the following small program: [CODE]10 PRINT AT 0,0;CHR$ PEEK 23556;" " 20 GO TO 10[/CODE] …
... /> Have I found another bug in BASin? I wrote the following ... />
When run the value in address 23556 never changes - it ... . If the above is run in ZXSpin it works as expected ... .
Is this a bug? :cry:
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Spectrum games that *should* existRight, I'm bored (or "working hard" if any of my bosses walk past) so to kill the time, I've decided to become a games designer. Or post crap about s…
... there should be a good Dizzy game in the world ... luxury, and he led a life of affluent leisure, with ... Noooo!!!
In the distance, coming over the ... known that this day would come. One day, the poor ... had bought an island in the Caman Islands, where ... -
Java Lite (does it exist?) Can't play games in WoS archive.I am using an older laptop that has Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (v1.4.1 - from Sun Microsystems) ... it's not good enough for playing games in t…
... for playing games in the Java emu in the WoS ... is this: Is there a "lite" version of Java ... So ... I have no interest in putting the "full"* version of ... becomes bloated within a day ... (maybe it's a settings issue on ... with the Java logo in top-left corner then ... -
Running a Spectrum in the USI didn't realise how much hastle it was to set up a UK PAL Spectrum in the US. [url]http://wn.com/List_of_ZX_Spectrum_games[/url]. I knew about the …
drawing a series of stacked 3D shapes in ExcelI've been working on a problem concerning water emptying from a container, and how this is affected by the shape & size of the container. I've divide…
... been working on a problem concerning water emptying from a container, and ... vertical (Y) slices and have a series of calculations for the ... to do is have a 3D chart in Excel which plots the ... suggestions on how to specify a chart in Excel to get this ...Lennon-30 yearsMight come a shock to some,but coming on 8th marks 30 years of the death of the former beatle,notoriety still surrounds this,some saying there should…
Might come a shock to some,but ... sentence to 20 years to life and already served sentence ... has left the prison in situation of protecting him ... outside if he ever sees day of release,series of ... John Lennon: the last day in the life,with such contributions from ...Not worth reading really - unless you have some spare time(Mods if you want to move it please do it does have a sort of hardware theme and a couple of recommendations at the end :) About two years ago now I…
... a very depressing moment later in my life.
I have poured a ... nor can I coax to life. My seemingly glorious new carreer ... I just thought my speccy life was emulator bound, no more ... lives another day in 2011. If you want to get a ROM cart ...Hi everybody! Need help trying to rescue a ZX 48K...Hi, since this is my first post, a bit of info about me: I'm an Italian guy, now living in Poland (Warsaw), informatics and electronic geek since…
... an Italian guy, now living in Poland (Warsaw), informatics and ... keys not working and found a crack in the keyboard flat-cable ... buy one, but yet other life priorities always empty my bank ... maybe expanding my Spectrum collection in future.
Cheers < ...A type-in BASIC platformer that's worth a goWorking on some type-ins for TTFn, from Games Computing, I came across [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/patpostman.zip]The Adve…
... of densely packed listing in a tiny font that I ... br /> The author obviously put a lot of thought into designing ... written entirely in BASIC. I've shown a few screens ... can be seen in action - there's a demo mode ... It'll be included in the archive whenever I ...The Hobbit:A guide and how i play it.Yes i know there are walkthroughs and guides on the net but what i want to do here is give chance for those people to complete the hobbit who have no…
... who have not already but in a way that can show you ... you will complete the game in a very short while (less than ... /> [i]wait 3 times for day to dawn-also you can ... or you broke the sword in a fight as the light from ... ELF could now be a pain in the butt because he ...Buying GamesWas reading a thread the other day (can't recall which one now - think I'm suffering RAM pack wobble) which put me in mind of the whole process of bu…
... /> I grew up in a sleepy market town in Wiltshire. Until the later ... day and the journey home. it was a full on day out - Shopping in ... Bath in the morning, but ... shops and by that time in life I was more likely to ...A wolf in sheep's clothing ...... or new wine in old skins. [URL="http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_C64Select.aspx"]http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_C64Select.aspx[/URL] Unfortun…
... or new wine in old skins.
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Unfortunately a main feature of the old ... the nerve to create a real new operating system ... 4A with new hardware and a Basic prompt.
a windows emulation and the loop ...Copying a SCREEN$ in ZX BASIC in 1 second?!Following on from the revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE i…
... revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although ... Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE in the CHANS area to ... it sets up a dummy DEFADD area in the UDG space to ...Some more 419 fun fresh from the spam folderErm from Eva Desmond apparently? [quote]Hello My name is Eve Desmond, I saw your profile today through the help of chamber of commerce in ouagadoug…
... I am Mr Peter Morgan, a Manager in African Development Bank, (ADB ... from Jordan who died in a plane crash in 2000 Tbm 700 ... /> OUR PRESENT AND FUTURE SURVIVAL IN LIFE. MOREOVER,I HAVE LAID ALL ... /> Dear Friend,
Good Day,
I know that ...New Game: Chopper DropAnnouncing my latest game; Chopper Drop. It?s a tough life being a chopper pilot. Day in, day out, you have to pick up crates and drop them onto the…
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It?s a tough life being a chopper pilot. Day in, day out, you have ... /> Read the txt file for a hint that will make things ...I didn't even get a job interview.I have been at the Citizens Advice Bureau for 2 years now. I'm one of the most experienced assessors (that's a fairly new role) there, and out of tho…
... painstakingly learning to be a Money Advice Assistant. ... qualifications at evening classes, A - level English, GCSE ... and put 2 years in at this voluntary job ... BUT NO ONE IS INTERESTED IN HIRING ME![/b]
day in different towns, then a phone call ...mrs.t in hospital drama and I missed my breakfastI spent most the day in a&e with mrs.t, bored. After whinging on about her tummy aching all yesterday, she went to the doctor - despite me insisting …
I spent most the day in a&e with mrs.t, ... told her to go to a&e. So, I had ... and put her on a drip. Might operate in the morning if ... /> So, I just got in, and had a sandwich.
erm ...Homebrew Coding Weekend @ In Da 80s, July 16-17, ManchesterHi, This is a bit late notice, but we're trying to reach out to 8-bit homebrew developers who might be at a loose end this weekend! We're trying to…
... down very well with those in attendance.
... of the previous events in the retro calendar with ... and how to join in is available from the ... stuff which is available for In Da 80s attendees, which ... Manchester, even if just for a day, we're hoping it ...So as not to miselad. This thread has a picture of a real spider in it.I was going to call the thread Visitor to My Lounge. Or Horace and the Spider etc .. But instead, I thought I'd just say it like it is. There is a s…
... . There is a spider in my lounge, it is quite a large spider ... I'd upload a photo.
Also in this photo is ... a tape measure, and some ...2 blown PSUs in one dayI got a SAM Coupe today, and the PSU started to smoke as soon as I turned it on. Since the Spectrum +3 PSU looked up to powering the SAM, I wired to…
... /> I put a disk drive in to try to load a disk blind ... - which worked for a ... no LED. I had a look in the PSU and sure enough ... so I got a new one and put it in. Still the ... 5V pins to 12V, resulting in a burning smell and smoke.
Definitive Replay Attendance List 2011There's not too long to go until Replay 2011 in Blackpool, so I thought I would make a separate thread to list WOS members who say they're going to t…
... to go until Replay 2011 in Blackpool, so I thought I ...
psj3809 (Crash Match Day Winner 1987. Will sign autographs ... br /> Hercules (his avatar is a movie psychopath running amok - ' ... (he's never programmed a game in his life!)
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...Dreaming About gamesMore than I would like to admit, I've been an hard core gamer ever since I got my first speccy... so since 1987. I played tons & tons of games of di…
... games of diferent formants and in diferent consoles.
never ... go to bed after playing a game and dreamed bout it ... watch 1 or 2 movies a day).maybe it's something about ... it feels more like "real life" than before... or maybe I ...Our cat...The missus got back from the vet 2 hours ago and it might not be good news for our 15 year old cat. He's had a cough/hack since the start of decembe…
... And he's got a bit of a heart murmur that wasn ... for the rest of his life.
He's ... we've to go back in two weeks and see if ... started having the odd puff a day before christmas.
... that thread) that I posted in saying something like we'll ...I Remember "Back In The Day"Forgive me for rambling (Led Zeppelin wrote a song about it). . . I remember my Dad buying a computer in 1996? Pentium 100, 8 Mb Ram. I remember spe…
... for rambling (Led Zeppelin wrote a song about it). . .< ... remember my Dad buying a computer in 1996? Pentium 100, ... Ram just to play Quake in Windows.
a Spectrum and "The Hobbit ... , and?" my mate throwing a huff. . .
