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An icon of England?Hi - I nominated the ZX Spectrum as an "Icon of England" on the ICONS website a while ago, but since then 39% of people have voted against it! I'm …
[QUOTE=aowen]Is the Speccy especially English? ... -
An icon of England?Hi - I nominated the ZX Spectrum as an "Icon of England" on the ICONS website a while ago, but since then 39% of people have voted against it! I'm …
[QUOTE=aowen]Is the Speccy especially English? For a start it was made in Scotland.[/QUOTE]
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Old Radio 1 recordingsI have this nostalgic urge to listen to old recordings of Radio 1 from the 80's - anyone know if any are downloadable? Would especially be interested…
[quote=aowen]One reason why I can't stand listening to Radio 2 is that it is clearly pitching to people who are nostalgic for Radio 1 from the 1980s.[/quote]
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Old Radio 1 recordingsI have this nostalgic urge to listen to old recordings of Radio 1 from the 80's - anyone know if any are downloadable? Would especially be interested…
[QUOTE=aowen]I don't write for the Speccy because it takes me back to my youth - I write for it because it's about the most complicated thing I can manage.[/QUOTE]
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RAM Test ROM?Found a link to this: [url]http://www.retroreview.com/iang/TestSpec4.zip[/url] in another thread, and fired it up in SPIN, but I have no clue how to…
[QUOTE=aowen]There's a commented assembly ... -
Steve Irwin"I want these mother****ing stingrays off the mother****ing boat!"
[quote=aowen]Only the 3rd person ever to be killed by a sting-ray in Australian waters. If that's not rotten luck I don't know what is.[/quote]
Being the only one? -
Avast, me hearties! only 12 days to go!Talk Like A [url=http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html] Pirate Day[/url], 19 September.
[QUOTE=aowen]But I talk like a (nautical) pirate every day![/QUOTE]
Do you work on an 18th Century privateer vessel that operates in the Caribbean?
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Avast, me hearties! only 12 days to go!Talk Like A [url=http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html] Pirate Day[/url], 19 September.
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The new KITTIt doesn't look bad: [url]http://i75.imagethrust.com/images/2A9Z/view-image/eyes-only.html[/url] But you just KNOW that the KnightRider movie will …
[QUOTE=aowen]I remember someone telling me ... -
Cd'sdo you guys think compact discs will become obsolete in the future? will these blue ray discs, drive down the cost of dvd discs. all the laptops i …
[quote=aowen]If you thought DVD regions ... -
Your SinclairHi all, i've just bought a load of Your Sinclairs from ebay (trying to get the ones i don't already have) and flicking through it made me forget how …
[QUOTE=aowen]Yes, YS3 was a spin-off.[/QUOTE]
...although not an official one.
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Spectrum won't load data when warmI've got an interesting observation. I put iPodLinux onto my iPod and got TZX files playing back as the proper audio waveform. I also removed the vol…
Phew. It was only after I posted that that I saw your handle next to your post. Glad I didn't offend you with my unix developer rant :) -
Byter and U.F.O. by Protek?Who says these are available for the Speccy? I've often wondered where this info comes from - any info I've seen shows these as available for the ZX-…
... Davey replied with his usual rant instead. There has been no ... -
*** New Game *** Farmer Jack Now AvailableFARMER JACK IS NOW AVAILABLE ... ?2.99 + ?1.00 UK Postage (or a nice pack of cigars) I haven't updated the website yet though, as someone volunt…
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Sorry about the rant. I'm sure the review ... -
Is the new "Retro Gamer" any good?The only place that would carry it (a Barnes & Noble built on the site of an abandoned golf course) no longer did after Live Publishing folded. I hea…
... is extensive...
Anyway, rant over... Maybe sometime in the ... -
*** New Game *** Farmer Jack Now AvailableFARMER JACK IS NOW AVAILABLE ... ?2.99 + ?1.00 UK Postage (or a nice pack of cigars) I haven't updated the website yet though, as someone volunt…
... have it called crap - EDITED RANT).
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Font centering problemA while back today, I started coding a simple Othello/Reversi game in BASIC, with the precious aid of BASin (great tool, hope it eventually becomes b…
... this problem?
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Seventh Harry Potter book?What will this be called? My guess is [i]Harry Potter and the Da Vinci Codex[/i]. :D
[QUOTE=aowen]I'm surprised I'm ... -
*** New Game *** Farmer Jack Now AvailableFARMER JACK IS NOW AVAILABLE ... ?2.99 + ?1.00 UK Postage (or a nice pack of cigars) I haven't updated the website yet though, as someone volunt…
... have it called crap - EDITED RANT).[/QUOTE]
I bet ... -
Seventh Harry Potter book?What will this be called? My guess is [i]Harry Potter and the Da Vinci Codex[/i]. :D
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The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
[QUOTE=aowen]It's not a Super Spectrum (that's the SAM Coupe) [/QUOTE]
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Total Worldwide Sales?Does anyone have an accurate source showing total Worldwide sales for the ZX Spectrum (all models, incl. Timex)? I notice the Wikipedia entry for th…
... C64, but when I did Aowen said [quote]?Utter twaddle.?[/quote ... -
Total Worldwide Sales?Does anyone have an accurate source showing total Worldwide sales for the ZX Spectrum (all models, incl. Timex)? I notice the Wikipedia entry for th…
... C64, but when I did Aowen said .
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