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Microcomputing History PhDHi All, Given the fact I've been visiting the site for years and finding it so very useful, I'm surprised it's taken me so long to join the fo…
... back then that a person could get a PhD in the history of 80 ... 's micros ... hehehe. Hope all works ... ready, and consider uploading the doc in to the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum ... -
Getting the snipThe snip snip thread just reminded me about something on my todo list. Okay have done my bit for increasing the world's population and time to de-ar…
... story before. My mate was a lad in the old days, slept around ... was pregnant again (a 7th) but lost the baby , in the end he had ... the snip.
... my mate for looking after the kids, works crazy hours and now ... -
Things that just aren't the same anymore...Just drank a can of Tizer... It used to be such a gorgeous drink, and now it's crap!! Had a Slush Puppy a few days ago, raspberry, and that didn't ta…
... green instead of pink and the sugar crystals were black.
a holographic sticker of a gremlin in them. You could even get a sticker ... them on. If I remember the story was about 2 warring ... sad reason I think the leader of the purple gremlin army was called ... -
Mirrorsoft/Images Works/PSS barcodes and scansCan't quite believe I'm putting myself through this again, but I'm in the early stages of creating a new web site all about Mirrorsoft (as a sister s…
... released by Image Works when it did. Just a few weeks later ... have probably been caught up in the whole 'administration' thing that ... came with a voucher in the box to send off for a free Turtles ... bloke!) and sent off the voucher a couple of days later, ... -
2 (or more) players over the netAre there any emulators that allow 2 (or more) players over the net? I guess, 1 machine running the emulator but serving the screen up to 2 or more …
... emulator runs as a service in the background and listens on a TCP/IP ... the centralised emulator "server" process.
(Think how X-Windows works ... - this is quite similar).
There's still the ... -
Amiga/Atari ST Emulator?Right, I already have Spectrum,SNES,NES,MAME,N64,Megadrive,ScummVM on my computer... I now want to venture into the Amiga/Atari ST Emu Scene!!! (Reli…
... is for STe games (the STe only works with 1.6 onwards ... , and 1.62 is a fixed ... /> For setting up a hard drive: Click the button in the very right upper ... corner and add a path in the textbox under the ... -
Currah Microspeech problemI recently bought a Currah Microspeech for my rubber keyed 48k from Ebay, it works fine when plugged directly into the back of the speccy. But if the…
... all the connections, still the same problem. :evil:
Must be a duff ... for it with postage (to the UK). As cheap as possible ... block (which I thought was a cartridge in the Ebay picture!) to swap ... 'bargain buy' works, I've got a red light on the microdrive as ... -
1984in 1984 Ultimate released Knightlore [img]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/k/KnightLore.gif[/img] in 1984 Imagin…
[QUOTE=karingal;302218]Never get tired of watching them...[/QUOTE]
A special is in the works, and looking good. But I think Real Life Stuff might delay it somewhat :( -
ParallaxHas C64 Parallax been made for the ZX Spectrum If not someone should Homebrew it great game
There is a [URL="http://www.retroremakes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=120&t=11820"]PC version currently in the works[/URL] that's looking spankin' it's by Georg R who did Joe Gunn on the C64 last year. -
US Elections: It's going to be McCain/Palin, isn't it?Surely the Palin gimmick won't win McCain the election? But it's looking that way :(
... the Americans for some reason elected Bush for a second time in 2004 ... it was the war time leader thing, it always works and it ... the bait on the Falklands but it worked a treat in the 83 elections after the ... -
US Elections: It's going to be McCain/Palin, isn't it?Surely the Palin gimmick won't win McCain the election? But it's looking that way :(
... it was the war time leader thing, it always works and it ... the bait on the Falklands but it worked a treat in the 83 elections after the ... seasaw 70's[/QUOTE]
That and the ... alternative choice at the time was John Kerry ... -
CoffeeI just bought my very first coffee maker. It's a 4-cup Mr. Coffee. I hate coffee. Lately I've felt a bit slow(er) and like I'm dragging my feet in…
... cream crackered first thing in the morning) my interest in coffee was piqued ... year I was waiting for a bus in the morning for work and ... I need a quick wake-me-up, I find coffee works quicker ... -
Design Design / Crystal ComputingNice post on [URL="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.sinclair/browse_thread/thread/56e6ebdedc6930ac#"]comp.sys.sinclair[/URL] about [URL="http:…
... only in a couple of the code fragments and the instruction list elsewhere in the manual ... expression in there - even none at all - so long as it works ... out to a valid displacement. Experience tells ... -
Edge of Disgrace on the other side :)Got my mind blown today... saw the Edge of Disgrace demo on the commie ;-) Regardless if you are a c64 fan or not, you should see it. Effects and Des…
... the coders said, it took the best part of a year make it a ... reality..[/QUOTE]
From what I read, the transitions ... took the best part of a year - the whole demo had been in the works for ... -
Edge of Disgrace on the other side :)Got my mind blown today... saw the Edge of Disgrace demo on the commie ;-) Regardless if you are a c64 fan or not, you should see it. Effects and Des…
... took the best part of a year - the whole demo had been in the works for ... , so what is the best Spectrum demo in your opinion? Something ... began on the Commodore 64. What happened was a lone C64 ... born!
In fact, the name "demo", derives from ... -
Edge of Disgrace on the other side :)Got my mind blown today... saw the Edge of Disgrace demo on the commie ;-) Regardless if you are a c64 fan or not, you should see it. Effects and Des…
... this one - a 'swansong' demo that's been in the works for years with ... - the 'bootleg' videos of the 1998 version show a pretty groundbreaking demo in the design ... and code stakes, and the rumours ... -
The Dizzy (spit spit) gamesI [B][U][COLOR=red]HATE[/COLOR][/U][/B] Dizzy. The shallow, one dimensional character and his stupid, annoying, repetitive games. If it was up to me,…
... (Addams Family - Great), Gremlin bowed out (Space Crusade, ... who had a spectrum in the later days when the new available ... software dwindled and they were the ... without realising that the rereleases from the 1980's were ... -
BASin r14c - maintenance releaseAfter the recent discussions, BASin has been released as version 14c. It's only a maintenance release, and some of the really big new features are un…
... the printer window open) - for f=1 to 10: print "this works ... ": next f: copy
generates half a screen ... of text and a copy in the printer window.< ... Jimmy;304354]
1) Type in the following program :
[CODE ... -
Compact file to zip using DOS command promptI know there are lots of clever people here so I am hoping I can get some help. I need a DOS command to compact a file into a zip file from Windows …
... this kind of thing back in the day and could not ... and then transferring them to a server in the USA for someone else ... be able to import it in the compressed NTFS format. I ... or zip the files to cut down the time the transfer is ... get info-zip past my works IT. -
Retro-X Alpha availableChanges from WIP 7 (Alpha 3) to Alpha 4 ( 1.5.08 - 14.5.08 ). Requested by and help by - in brackets. Bugfixes: * Viewer: o File list not displaye…
... this a bit. In the next version the AVI controls will be in the Panel, reducing the ... jump directly to importer. The same works already in the current Alpha 7 version ... the timeline, etc. and in the end prepare everything to be used on a ... -
2001: A Space Odysseyhello have you ever wondered what this film was all about?.check this website i discovered:- [url]http://www.collativelearning.com/2001%20analysis%…
... of Arthur C Clarke's works. A fantastic writer, mathematician and ... ACC story I read was 'A walk in the dark.' Have to admit ... I wonder if it was the ...
Recently, I read the 'The City and the Stars.' Just plain incredible ... -
What Spectrum Game would you have liked to see in the next gen consoles?It's something we've already debated, but I've just downloaded Manic Miner for GBA and played it for the first time (And it's oficial, I will always …
Where time stood still, maybe an enhanced version of Rescue and Bombjack.
Also, maybe Sab 2 (theres a Sab 3 in the works but it's not finished yet). -
Program able to make bootable dvd of system?Could someone recommend a good (and preferably free) program that would backup the entire system hdd with xp and all installed programs, and then be …
... htm"]Driveimage XML[/URL] with the WinPE boot CD could be ... able to do the job. Norton Ghost works a little in the same way, backs ... up to a file and ... uses a bootdisk to ... -
Program able to make bootable dvd of system?Could someone recommend a good (and preferably free) program that would backup the entire system hdd with xp and all installed programs, and then be …
... able to do the job. Norton Ghost works a little in the same way, backs ... up to a file and ... uses a bootdisk ... storage, while supporting quite a lot of hardware Ghost didn ... -
GF's stupid mates.have to go for a stupid sunday lunch with them all next week. ive met them a few times and they drive me round the bend. they are all so up themselv…
... girl once years ago, a few of her mates ... ). One of them in particular was a real pain, her ... be a treasurer of my Universities climbing club, the two ... be having to repeat a couple of years on ... stick as many spanners in the works for the next people that were ... -
ZXDS 0.8.1 beta 1Hi! The [URL="http://zxds.raxoft.cz"]new version[/URL] is out. The major feature is of course the RZX playback, but support for ZIP archives and POK…
... to release a version of zxds with a proper gui in time for ... now I am finally writing the missing diary chapters covering that ... I have another major feature in the works, but I intentionally didn't ... -
TAP filesI'm trying to figure out how to make TAP files and am none the wiser. Tried downloading Taper, got it working but it was one of the unfathomables. I …
... the Z80 break into the program.
Insert a new blank TAP file (works ... just drop the Z80 onto it which loads in the BASIC. The simply
which will populate a block in the contents pane, change the properties to activate ... -
CSSCGC 2008 has now officially begunFor coming last in the 2007 crap game compo, I have the honour and privilege of hosting CSSCGC 2008! I have now put up the CSSCGC 2008 website at …
... is fine if you get a choice in the OS you use for ... 't require CMYK. I'm a big fan of open source ... ]
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[BASin] Bug report and question[B]1. Bug report:[/B] BASIC Editor behavior I'm using a variable to store the contents of the BC register. But the BASIC editor works strangely. I t…
... /> Not quite; there's a bug in the "selectionastext" function, which when called ... the cursor, then you get the behaviour that Bloodbaz reported where backspace works ... like delete (it clears any selection by default, and if the ... -
Hiive Books and the economy...Hehe... Scared you (or maybe not)... It's just as well I'm not in it for the money! I've been upgrading the database over the weekend to allow me t…
... well I'm not in it for the money!
I ... figures with the correct exchange rates. It wasn't a problem before ... because the rates were pretty stable ... I'm about to start a phd, I'm going to ... got an idea for one in the works..
