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Takes a licking but keeps on ticking.So pcs are notoriously a pain in the arse and suposedly very sensitive pieces of kit, but what abuse have you seen a pc take and still keep running. …
So pcs are notoriously a pain in the arse and suposedly very ... what abuse have you seen a pc take and still ... keep running.
A few months ago at work ... co workers managed to empty a cup of water into ... let the water run out a fan was placed next ... -
Can you remote-"fry" a PC?Here's the account of an occurence from a few years ago, something that has been nagging me a little ever since. Back then, I used to hang out in a …
... to hang out in a chat room associated with a cartoon-themed website ... just left it running for a bit in the hope it might ... become better.
A few minutes in, "Perp" then suddenly addressed ... it to her chat partner in a private message instead. I don ... -
Help name a game.I remember vaugley seeing a game in a mgazine that featured a cockroach as the main character, i think it was for the saturn but was never released. …
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Alice in Wonderland 3DToday I've seen this film, nice 3d athmosphere, the look and feel is similar to classical PC RPG games, you are watching a role playing experience. T…
... on objects in foreground in contrast with objects in background. For example a moment ... ideal was a robot that can transform to a car, in this film ... . The characters behave like people in a woman's mind, you are ... -
Crappy video in +2B/+3Maybe it's not a failure in my ZX Spectrum, but I need some advice... I've got some spectrums (a ZX Spectrum +, two spanish ZX Spectrum +2B and a mo…
Maybe it's not a failure in my ZX Spectrum, but I ... ) I've installed composite video in all of them.
< ... and +3 shows crappy video in the screen. My tests ... I've built is shown in this page: [url]http ... />
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Modding / repairing a +3I've got a +3 and I'm repairing and enhacing the computer. The enhacements I've done so far: - A slightly buggy video composite output. - Repairing …
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My Spectrum has gone a bit dud since doing some Mods, HELPMy father in law and I did some modifications to my 48K rubber key Spectrum last weekend, and now it seems to be very keen to crash, especially when …
... a Load/Save Box which had a power toggle switch built in with a ... simple in ... line on/off table lamp switch in ... the mains cable.
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A neat little BASIC trick(from a type-in by Robert Burgess) This one line of code completely bamboozled me for a while, as it seemed impossible for it to produce the result s…
(from a type-in by Robert Burgess)
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Looking for a ZX81 gameHi all, I'm trying to find the name of a ZX81 game. It was a sort of maze / adventure game. There would be a maze on the screen, with something like…
... adventure game. There would be a maze on the screen, ... blind. You would take a few steps using the ... ' of the game was in the randomness of the events ... that it was a type-in published in a magazine or book ... chance the whole thing was a BASIC program.
A day in with the Speccy (real hardware)right, inspired by nicks post heres my speccy games playing so far today. All on real hardware now ive got a speccy set up and all the games out of t…
... real hardware now ive got a speccy set up and ... i saw it, on a tiny black and white telly ... lol, played a few go's on this ... did, think i need a new copy of the software ... and the tape does have a nibble out of it, ... they did, i had a small go on each but ...How do you make a CV shine without actually lying?My CV has more holes in it than a Swiss cheese, and it looks pretty rubbish quite frankly. I am pretty good at my voluntary job at the Citizens Advic…
... for six months 2 days a week in a classroom/glorified broom cupboard ... did a GCSE in Astronomy a couple of years ago got a B in my ... exam forgot what a ... />
I got an A-level in English Literature and Language at ...Full ASM code or a mixed solution ?Ok another important question. Building a program in asm, is it interesting that all the program is done in asm or always is interesting for some r…
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Building a program in asm, is it interesting that ... all the program is done in asm or always is interesting ... about guys ?
thx in advance"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 …
... (even has a pic of Jonathan chugging a beer in between programming), and ... Chronosoft.
Well worth a read. :DATARI, EPYX, A'n'F, OCEAN, games back catalogue SOLD!According to EBAY, a seller in Rotherham has bought the rights to loads of software companies back catalogue, and is now the copyright holder! [ur…
According to EBAY, a seller in Rotherham has bought the rights ... , OR IT IS FREELY AVAILABLE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. THE SALE ...Is this a bug in BASin?Hi Folks, I seem to be getting a lot of issues when trying to use functions with BASin. For example, the following: [CODE]100 DEF FN a(x,y,p$)=COD…
... I seem to be getting a lot of issues when trying ...
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110 PRINT FN a(3,4,"Paddy")[/CODE]
a number, or vice versa). Situation ... br />
Have I found a bug?
Many ...Help needed preserving a few MIAsI have a few MIAs in my collection. I intended to tzx them for the archive, but I can't see them getting done in the near future, as I just don't ha…
I have a few MIAs in my collection.
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I'm sure I have a ... I got into a bit of a mess, and ...What's it like being a Dad?Well we've only 6 weeks until our baby is due and I thought I ask, what's it like being a dad, and how does it change you. Sometimes I fear that the…
... what's it like being a dad, and how does it ... that the enormity of being a dad in a few weeks has not ... fully sunk in. So I'd thought ... with those about to be a dad, (I know there ... ), and those who have become a dad.
PS ...Weird Stuff in Google's Maps / EarthWhy is this lake in Iraq so red? [url]http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&t=k&ll=33.39845000,44.48416800&q=Iraq&spn=0.002907,0.005869[/url]
Why is this lake in Iraq so red?
[url]http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&t=k&ll=33.39845000,44.48416800&q=Iraq&spn=0.002907,0.005869[/url]Print text in assemblyHello, a perhaps simple question: I would like to print a text string on the screen and I wonder how to do that in the most easy way? I seem to re…
... I would like to print a text string on the screen ... wonder how to do that in the most easy way? < ... , can I set up a position in memory with some string, ... of spectrum" and print at a position of choise?
... AT 5,10;"Hello", but in assembly.
...making a tzx in win7?as it says most programs dont seem to want to run in gui? - any recommendations on what i am doing wrong!
as it says most programs dont seem to want to run in gui? - any recommendations on what i am doing wrong!Help needen to find screenshots in WOSHello, I have now spent two hours to find a page in WOS which showed screenshots/loading screens. The Shots were listed in alphabetic order, 4 (i thi…
... spent two hours to find a page in WOS which showed screenshots ... .
The Shots were listed in alphabetic order, 4 (i think ... ) in each row.
I saw ...I'm writing a library for "running" co-processorsCrossposted at [URL=http://amibay.com/showthread.php?p=117391#post117391]amibay[/URL] and [URL=http://forum.classicamiga.com/forum/showthread.php/436…
... want to launch a binary on a specific architecture (an ... example is being developed in ... parallel by me that loads a CP/ ... java and flash etc implemented in hardware or FPGA).
a log in to download it). ...Loading arrays in BASin...Hi Folks, I have been playing with loading and saving arrays from BASIC in BASin. By trapping the SAVE command the DATA can be saved to a .TAP file…
... and saving arrays from BASIC in BASin. By trapping the SAVE ... DATA can be saved to a .TAP file or directly ... to the hard disk as a .bsd file.
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Is this a bug in BASin or am I missing ...Stupid question by a stupid person!Ok so laugh all you will at this question, but.... :-? I need to buy a cheap mobile for (I've had a work phone for years so have never actually bou…
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I need to buy a cheap mobile for (I've ... had a work phone for years so ... my own phone, but a change in company policy means no personal ... />
I am going for a dead cheap model from Argos (How to code a run and jumpHi all, Is there a way in basic to take action on two simultaneous key strokes. I want to add a run and jump i.e. keys Q and M but using inkey$ seem…
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Is there a way in basic to take action on ... strokes. I want to add a run and jump i.e ... only one key press at a time. I am not ready ...Recommend me a joystick / gamepadWell so far this forum is proving a goldmine in helping me get my spectrum emulator and games working so thanks everyone for that. Next step for me …
... far this forum is proving a goldmine in helping me get my ... for me is to get a joystick or gamepad that will ... ZXspin but thats not cast in stone) so what do you ... not see the benefit on a spectrum game ;)What first person shooter games (PC or console) have both a map maker and bots?I was just wondering if there are any other games that have a map maker (or level editor, whatever you want to call it), and also have bots that can …
... (and it is) is a factor in it's limitations, but it ... themselves, of course. Making a map in Timesplitters takes ten minutes to ... can knock up a basic but playable map in the time it ... takes to boil a kettle. Using ...Games you thought nothing of as a kid, but are now disturbingI've been playing some 1982 games, and I find the popular genre of aeroplane bombing cities a little disturbing now. Games like City Bomber and Groun…
... genre of aeroplane bombing cities a little disturbing now. Games like ... this genre was popular as a type in as well.
"Yeah, I'm a pilot, and I ... bomb this city to smithereens in order land. Oh, I'm ...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 ... (I'm interested mainly in connecting them to VGA or ... keys not working and found a crack in the keyboard flat-cable ... maybe expanding my Spectrum collection in future.
Cheers < ...Need help with a DOS commandI've searched for hours in a row and I've been searching for a couple days now, but I can't find a way to log on to a local machine using DOS. This i…
I've searched for hours in a row and I've been ... machine using DOS. This is a specific situation where the welcome ... to be logged on as a user in order to have full ... t (even though it's a fresh/clean copy of explorer ... be able to logon as a user, using DOS. Tried " ...
