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Zero 0.4.6 - The WoS SpecialI'm happy to announce the availability of the next version of Zero. I'm calling it the WoS Special not only because today is WoS's b'day but also bec…
I'm happy to announce the availability of the next version of Zero ... 'm calling it the WoS Special not only because today is WoS ... feature list can be found at the [URL="http://ramtop.wordpress.com ... -
strange things are afoot.. at a certain auction site..no prizes for guessing which site.. dunno if this has happened to anyone else.. so I wait to see if something sells, it doesn't and it ends .. so I …
... 's sold and the auctions ended with a sale.. and said auction ... blah blah blah
the other thing , 2 times I ... been bidding under 20 seconds.. the time goes up by a ... seem to get snipe bid at the end .. obv no way of ... -
I've got a VIC 20 again!!!It's been 24 years since I got rid of mine. Had a brief interlude with one in 1998 that I got from a boot sale and then went BANG later that weekend.…
... that I got from a boot sale and then went BANG later ... wee machine was much maligned at the time, but actually I always ... +3, but I kept all the software for another 10 years ... -
Valve are gits (hopefully the headcrabs will get them!)I've just read that Valve have banned a bloke from using his account (and therefore his games) just because he talked about selling the account! Alri…
... have Valve not allowed the sale, they have stopped him ... the norm, until we, the paying customers, have no rights at ... all.
The ... disabled for simply offering the account for sale.
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The N64 megathread[Skip this if you want, the short version is "The N64 was deeply flawed, but still has some of the best games ever", so now you can claim you've read…
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Also, the N64 appeared at the beginning of the hardware enhanced 3D ... engine in a sports car)". And the joypads were very innovative ... fit on the cartridge. The N64 has arguably the best first ...
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Goobye... and thanks for all the fish!Hi. The ones that know me probably know that I used to love the spectrum "retro" scene, from the start on the comp.sys.sinclair, the first emulators…
... is something "rotten" in the scene today. Everyone is complaining about stuff ... WOS today without something bad written that turns me off the scene ... emulation matters. The only light at the end of the tunnel are the new releases ... -
Am I the only one left in the world without locks?With reference to this post: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34293[/url] Which seems 'alien' to me to live in a place wh…
... at ones house.
Therefore:
Am I the ... take keys out of the car. The car sits all night and ... or side doors of the house. Return from work ... parcels and letters on the veranda/porch (which has ... stuff laying about and the next day, everything is ... -
Sickness and the squits :-(Had a lovely meal out this evening... Me and the misses popped off to tesco on the way back from our pub meal, and my guts didn't feel right. Opened …
... this evening... Me and the misses popped off to tesco ... on the way back from our ... 't feel right. Opened the car door and spewed x3 then ... 48hrs in the bedroom on me tod (oh well, at least ... stomach bug is doing the rounds at the moment as most of ... -
IDE Hard Drive on your Spectrum!Hello there my fellow WoS'ers Today, I am going to share with you something that has truly captivated me over the last couple of months, some of you…
... fellow WoS'ers
Today, I am going to share ... /> Firstly this is NOT a sale thread (that comes later) this ... - So from the schematics on the interwebs I redesigned the Smallest PCB I ... a closer look at the height of the adapter in the +3
Spectrum + and +3 Bath! Including SEXY photos!Continuing my "bath" projects: Today I repaired a 48K Spectrum + to working condition, an Issue 4 that is nice and stable. Took 4x Spectrums+ apart …
... "bath" projects:
Today I repaired a 48K Spectrum ... be finished tomorrow. Pictures are at the end.
the +3
The usual bath treatment then coating with that German car ... through the grating on the case.
This shows the PCB ...Quite a lot of pictures of bikes and cars that I took today[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v616/THXII38/Bikes/Clapham%20Twinwoods%20End%20of%20Season%20Show%202011/Photo0294.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.…
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[b]was not at the show, at my club Thursday, used to ...if you liked the bomb question, here's another one for you...which is worse ? You're in a car, travelling at 50mph, and have a head on collision with another car going in the opposite direction, at the same sp…
... You're in a car, travelling at 50mph, and have ... with another car going in the opposite direction, at the same ... speed.
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Your car ... />
Think car(e)fully about the physics going on :) ...Why are the same size memory cards different sizes?I've heard before that two memory cards or USB sticks can have the same official capacity, but be different capacities in reality, and I'm not talkin…
... wrong), or about the user confusing the true measurement of a ... someone confusing confusing the measurments, but today a bloke (at work) asked ... to the pre-format size given at the top of the Windows ... legal (because the lawyers are employed by the companies who ...Repaired some 128K's todayI have lot's of ZX Spectrums laying aside with some more complex defects. Today I decided to try to fix some of them. I thought: why not share my ex…
... some more complex defects.
Today I decided to try to ... br /> Solution: today I found out I swapped the 5V and 0V ... when booting, like expected.
The boot now showed a green screen ... decided that was enough for today, repairing two valuable ZX Spectrums ...ISR's in lower ram, a.k.a. the snow effect - did any game or demo ever use this?Hi all I've been curious to see what the 'snow effect' looked like in real life for a while now so today I wrote a quick IM 2 ISR in lower ram to wi…
... been curious to see what the 'snow effect' looked like ... a while now so today I wrote a quick ... before then to see the corruption dancing away merrily ... think of at the time when I had the green text ... on the black background!
...Ship of the line[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006971[/url] Nothing important really, had not noticed it before today. A look at the basic …
... noticed it before today.
A look at the basic (it is ... K of basic. Only looked at V1
I wonder ...Cause of the financial breakdown?I've written down (dictated) from a video, what Lord James of Blackheath said on the 16th February 2012 in the House of Lords. Though you can probab…
... , has also put at the disposal of the US Treasury the entire asset backing ... again receipted by senior executives at the Royal Bank of Scotland. I ... /> We have never resolved it. Today, I have this quite frightening ...Interview with VERONIKA MEGLER ("The Hobbit" programmer)This interview with Veronika Megler (The Hobbit) has been published by elmundodelspectrum.com in Spanish, I copy it here for you all in its original …
... ?t aware of any others at the time. The main company I was ... considered a completely different industry at the time.
[I]? ... /> [I]?Even today I discover new things about the game. Users report ... ?s really a lot even today.[/I]
Many years ...Get Dexter! - why was this never ported to the Spectrum?One non-Spectrum game I always wanted to be brought to our rubber keyed friend was the Amstrad CPC isometric adventure Get Dexter (originally called …
... machines other than the CPC and the ST did the games appear ... I assume Dexter was the name of the hero) sidekick an ... pirated, I never saw the game for sale) was actually called Crafton ... the French title, by clicking on the British flag (the Union Jack) at the ...30 years ago today, launch of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum!Friday, April 23th 1982 - At a press conference at the Churchill Hotel, Clive Sinclair revealed to the world his new personal computer, the ZX Spectr…
... April 23th 1982 - At a press conference at the Churchill Hotel, Clive ... Sinclair revealed to the world ... new personal computer, the ZX Spectrum. The rest is history ... Birthday Anniversary 2012
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...30 years ago today!Friday, April 23th 1982 - At a press conference at the Churchill Hotel, Clive Sinclair revealed to the world his new personal computer, the ZX Spectr…
... April 23th 1982 - At a press conference at the Churchill Hotel, Clive ... Sinclair revealed to the world ... new personal computer, the ZX Spectrum. The rest is history!< ... =38962"]elsewhere[/URL], the Speccy is 30 today.New Game! Phantomas in the museumToday May 18th, 2012 we celebrate the [b]International Museum Day 2012[/b] ([url=http://icom.museum/press-releases/press-release/article/launch-of-in…
Today May 18th, 2012 we celebrate the [b]International Museum Day 2012 ... Phantomas en el Museo" ("Phantomas at the museum")[/b] is our small ... works of art made by the Spanish contemporary artist Pablo ... been scatered all around the museum by the bad guys.
...Bringing light to the City Connection conversion...Reading the "[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=39015"]Freddie Laker's Airline Capers[/URL]", it called my attention the co…
... ]Alessandro Grussu[/B] about the mysterious [URL="http://www. ...
At the end of the 80s/beginning of the 90s, during the first days ... snapshot one with the game and the other with the loading screen, ... press fire button alone it car will jump. If you ...Car doors, Windows (Microsoft) incompatibilities, and other ponderablesJust some things I've been wondering about recently.. 1) Following the death of Eric Sykes (RIP), I downloaded and re-watched (the very funny) The P…
... had the old fashioned doors, the ones that hinged at the back of the car's ... doorway, not the front ... as all modern car ...The need of having a 257-byte table for IM2 routinesThis came from a discussion at the speccy.org forum. I have understood that the reason behind the 257-table for IM 2 routines is due to certain joys…
This came from a discussion at the speccy.org forum.
... I have understood that the reason behind the 257-table for IM ... (compared to the former). From the people that use the a real ... it safe, for today users, to assume that the lower byte will ...eBay removes a listingGot an email from eBay today: "Your listing is removed, digitally delivered goods need copyright owner permission" blah blah. I am the copyright own…
Got an email from eBay today:
"Your listing is removed, ... />
I am the copyright owner of the product I'm selling ... email attachment)
Yet, the overly "you're a criminal ... sale and eBay asks for about 1USD for listing and sometimes at the ...Strange email from wos?I got the following email notification today from user alesha00: Dear zx1, alesha00 has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled -…
I got the following email notification today from user alesha00:
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This thread is located at:
[url]http://www.worldofspectrum ... ]
Here is the message that has just been ... love cars....my passion is car driving,i try almost ...new car documents ?didn't have an MOT for 3+ years , was surprsied to see it's changed from the green sheet..so i had my MOT the other day.. MOT paperwork looks like so…
... /> today I get a new log book coz the DVLA ... up fake log books (using the green / blue book).
at the DVLA to complete the process to ... /> or they make the info of the registered owner online e ... finance on it, and the name with characters ****' ...The Doctor Who thread (2012 edition)Either I've missed the traditional Doctor Who thread this year, or no one's bothered to make any (and if not, why not?). Anyway, we're currently on s…
... didn't look at the Statue of Liberty angel at all, for a ... very moving. I watched the episode again today, and it was just ... as good the second time round ... failed to capture anything at all of the 'real' Holmes or Watson ...Chuckie Egg 'playable' off the cover of Shortlistvia an iphone/android app called Blippar according to a press release I received yesterday The whole issue of Shortlist is retro game themed Martin…
... received yesterday
The whole issue of Shortlist is ... ShortList have chosen to feature the 80s platform game classic Chuckie ... has excelled itself in making the entire issue interactive, with ... interested, though I'm in the car most of the day today
