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Corrupt paper on zx spectrum 48kHi. When I power up my spectrum (issue 3) I get the light grey border, but the paper is black and it switches between thin red vertical lines and thi…
... [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t= ... go [URL="http://web.archive.org/web/20090520143600/http://www.alioth ... URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=1000193"] ... [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=1000328"] ... -
Possible dodgy +2 - resets when loadingSo I have a grey model +2 with a recently refurbed tape deck (new belts and cleaned heads). It might be a product of bad loading, but from what I ca…
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Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
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How much does Bifrost improve graphics (test 192x192 graphics)Inspired by the BIFROST library I made several experiments with 8x1 graphics at 192x192 resolution. The results are now overwhelming but under certai…
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I have done a Spectrum Screen Design Template As PDFI use this for my games, to work out attribute and screen addresses. It is A4, to be printed landscape [url="http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/s…
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LOOK at the size of my Rom/EmulatorOk, we have 16k, 48k, 128k, even a 256 odd k Rom/Emulator But I want more :p Is there anything out there now or been worked on to give more, as the…
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Sillycon WarDoes anyone knows about Sillycon War? I like isometric 3D arcade adventures and I found this one at WOS: [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/info…
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Commercial Breaks - A documentary about Imagine and Ocean SoftwareI'm not sure whether this has been posted here before, but I haven't seen it if it has. It's an old BBC2 documentary on Imagine and Ocean Software. …
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Spectrum CP/MHello.. Just out of curiosity, has anyone actually used +3 CP/M for any practical purpose? I remember booting it up a couple of times years ago, jus…
[QUOTE=aowen;737113]Which book? It's true though. Richard was an Amstrad employee and did the video (and RAM paging) logic on the +3.[/QUOTE]
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Spectrum CP/MHello.. Just out of curiosity, has anyone actually used +3 CP/M for any practical purpose? I remember booting it up a couple of times years ago, jus…
[QUOTE=guesser;737118]The Amstrad Story or something. It's on Archive.org[/QUOTE]
Here ya go: [url]https://archive.org/details/Alan_Sugar_The_Amstrad_Story_1990_Century[/url] [img]http://yoursmiles.org/tsmile/rulez/t2016.gif[/img] -
MIRE MARE - FOUNDOnly kidding, I'm bored ****less at work.
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Internet Archive puts classic 70s and 80s games online[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25527786[/url] [I]Classic video games from the 1970s and 1980s have been put online by the Internet Archiv…
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128K RGB Display problem.I have just got my hand on a toast rack, but when powered and connected to the telly the picture jumps horizontally at random intervals. Could it be…
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128K RGB Display problem.I have just got my hand on a toast rack, but when powered and connected to the telly the picture jumps horizontally at random intervals. Could it be…
... use the [URL="http://web.archive.org/web/20120512090357/http://www.fruitcake ... -
C+VG Type InOdd one. I'm after an old issue of C+VG or a listing of that had a type in adventure game called "The Sultans Curse" I remember it at the time as i…
Darn, too late!
Well here you are anyway [URL="https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gamer_Issue_06_1985-09_Argus_Press_GB"]https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gamer_Issue_06_1985-09_Argus_Press_GB[/URL] -
Fists of Fury (Virgin)[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0011704"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0011704[/URL] I've got this title. …
re. dead links, the wayback machine is your friend :)
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The game I have just reviewed on Spectrum 2.0 is...Future Looter [url]http://www.spectrum20.org/reviews/3097[/url] After Alessandro's recent thread about cynical WoS scoring I came to realise that a…
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[url]http://www.spectrum20.org/reviews/4761[/url]
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The game I have just reviewed on Spectrum 2.0 is...Future Looter [url]http://www.spectrum20.org/reviews/3097[/url] After Alessandro's recent thread about cynical WoS scoring I came to realise that a…
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The official CSSCGC 2014 threadJust to announce that the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2014 is now open. It's home for the year will be; [url]http://www.mykeweb.co.uk/c…
[QUOTE=R-Tape;751492]Dare I say I actually enjoyed that trivia quiz?[/QUOTE]
Dare! Dare!
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Castlevania demoFrom the author of the game Survivisection ( [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0027982[/url] ) new game project - the legendary C…
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What's on this magazine cover?I've wondered about the cover of this Big K magazine for years: [url]https://archive.org/stream/06-big-k-magazine/Big-K-Issue-06#page/n0/mode/2up[/u…
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THE HOBBIT loading screenHello again, thought I'd have a go at an alternative loading screen for The Hobbit. [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/61658082/THE%20HOBBIT%…
... [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=46969 ... [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showwrap.cgi?permit=individuals/MeglerVeronika ... the [URL="https://archive.org/details/The_Hobbit_v1.0_1982_Melbourne_House"]Internet archive[/URL]).
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Which Emulator supports Betadisk48?Hi out there and happy new year, I'm looking for an emulator to run with my vision1.7 trdos-rom in 48 mode. Unfortunately most emus only support Bet…
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Name the game... (Non Speccy)Dear all, Once again I appeal to WoS members and their knowledge of gaming, history and how to search the internet when Google fails. I'm trying t…
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Fast and easy read/write of attributes?What are the fastest or easiest ways to check the attributes of tiles on the screen, in BASIC? It seems to be a great way of storing object info. …
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Your Sinclair publisher diesThe boss of Dennis Publishing, publishers of Your Sinclair, died today. In my view the wittiest Speccy magazine there ever was. Looked forward to it…
[QUOTE=joefish;775265]btw, anyone know if there are scans of ZERO anywhere?[/QUOTE]
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video cable with +128 rgb jack and red + black rcaive been give what is supposed to be a video cable it has the connector on that would fit a +128 video socket and the at the other end a red and blac…
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[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avometer"]Wikipedia entry[/URL ... 8[/URL]
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www.timexsinclair.org down?Looks like there is no such URL anymore, and so no tutorial about Sprite Pack for Z88dk.
[QUOTE=LCD;790102]Looks like there is no such URL anymore, and so no tutorial about Sprite Pack for Z88dk.[/QUOTE]
Is the page you want on [URL="http://web.archive.org/web/20140103163815/http://timexsinclair.org/"]archive.org[/URL]?
