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Words of adviceHi all This is my first post on World of Spectrum and I'm gradually starting to discover the wonders of the machine. Just to give you a bit of bac…
... learning BASIC, currently by using BASin.
I've dabbled ... any other resources for using BASin other than the help manual ... -
Annoying colour issues with UDGsMe again... Flush with the success of finding the latest version of BASin to play with I tried to buff the graphics of the various screen items All…
... finding the latest version of BASin to play with I tried ... -
Kodak files for bankruptcy[url]http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/01/19/Kodak_Chapter11_Bankruptcy[/url] As an amateur photographer who walked his first faltering steps into t…
... hand, it sounds like a strange twist of fate that the ... -
Faulty rubber speccy - advice neededHello all speccy hardware gurus :) Recently I moved to a new flat and after a long time have some space (and time) to dig out my old Speccy hardware…
... one worked too, but experienced strange behavior: after some time, keyboard ... -
Monty Mole is back?Found this really strange web site today: [url]http://www.gamesbritannia.com/montymole/index.html[/url] (before you click on it, note that it is me…
Found this really strange web site today:
[url]http://www.gamesbritannia.com/montymole/index.html[/url]
(before you click on it, note that it is mean for schoolchildren. :))
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Cleaning up an old recording?Hi folks! :smile: I recently found a bunch of old Boots C15 tapes in the loft the other day. I know what's on most of them, but there are a couple o…
... myself (I can hear the strange noise that my tape deck ... -
Strange edition of ZX Spectrum 48K?Hi Everyone! A couple of years ago I bought a ZX Spectrum 48K and there is one very particular thing about it: The lettering "ZX Spectrum" that is s…
Hi Everyone!
A couple of years ago I bought a ZX Spectrum 48K and there is one very particular thing about it: The lettering "ZX Spectrum" that is supposed to be white (beneath the Sinclair logo) is BLACK! :-o Not that it has been scratched ... -
Atomito Gordito & Foton wrong year in infoseek searchEven if in the entry the year of release is "never", when doing a search, the game appears as released in 1989 (this is one of the most strange thing…
Even if in the entry the year of release is "never", when doing a search, the game appears as released in 1989 (this is one of the most strange things ever happened to me in infoseek :D )
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Wrong Phantomas 2 in-game appearing in compilationsAs opposed as it happens with its own entry, where the in-game screenshot is taken from the original Dinamic release, in the following compilations: …
... the re-release from Codemasters. Strange that there is a compilation ... -
JSWED 2.2 probs,gutted!With an head full of game ideas i have been working away with my first one `Pip The Pipistrelle` about a young bat blown from a roost from the top of…
... it is something silly.
Strange thing is i was about ... -
Detecting presence of AY?I'm working on my first little demo for the ZX Spectrum. At the moment I'm aiming to keep the memory requirements low enough that it runs on a standa…
... ? Will it lock up, produce strange effects, or just ignore it ... -
Strange annoying CD burning (even virtual disc image burning) problemLong story: Recently my desktop started to burn DVD-Rs with errors. I.e. when I tried to burn a DVD-R full of data from my torrents folder (TV episo…
Long story:
Recently my desktop started to burn DVD-Rs with errors. I.e. when I tried to burn a DVD-R full of data from my torrents folder (TV episodes, ebooks, etc) using Nero, then Nero would end the burn by throwing up an error. I tried ... -
Strange problem with +2A tape driveI recently bought a +2A. I load software using an cassette adapter connected to a laptop. The first week or so it worked beautifully, load menu, pres…
I recently bought a +2A. I load software using an cassette adapter connected to a laptop. The first week or so it worked beautifully, load menu, press play on built in tape drive, then play in K7ZX on the laptop and off we go.
However, since ... -
Chequered Flag vs Pole Position[CENTER][IMG]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/c/ChequeredFlag.gif[/IMG][IMG]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showsc…
... Position a boring game, a strange racing game, that car with ... these 'strange' movements, ... the original arcade game ... -
Anteater by Nigel Stuart?!As Anteater is one of my early favorites coin op, I was going through the archive and found this game by Nigel Stuart...Its actually not bad, but I w…
... if it was commercial? Its strange that it does not have ... -
Model Railway Timetable Version 1.4.12.0313...Hi Folks, Since November 2010 I have been working on my [B]Model Railway Timetable [/B]software. Thanks to the considerable help and patience of yo…
... . Until I came across [B]BASin [/B]I was not too ... -
Proper mapping for joysticks in an existing emulatorThis may seem like a strange question, so I'll try to explain it as well as possible. In one of Rare's (Ultimate Play the Games) later games there…
This may seem like a strange question, so I'll try ... -
48K's and bad DivIDE compatibilityI have had some 48K boards and complete machines in the past which didn't work fully with a DivIDE interface. The reason for that always was a Z80 pr…
... NMI menu; instead it does strange things, like letting the 48K ... -
Strange Desktop background problemHi all OK,i am using my Desktop background to come on every 3 hours(9am,noon,3 pm,6pm,etc).All was OK that is until the clocks went forward.The norm…
Hi all
OK,i am using my Desktop background to come on every 3 hours(9am,noon,3 pm,6pm,etc).All was OK that is until the clocks went forward.The normal time is fine,but when i try to save the Desktop background's to come on at 3 hour intervals( ... -
Mine Alert from MH, already typed up by Namco and missing from WoS (Neil Parsons??!)I was reading the thread where the game "Sir Gawain" was typed up and uploaded to the archive and noticed that the same person did type up also anoth…
... the near future, I found strange that this one was not ... -
3D Deathchase on the Commodore 643D Deathchase has been ported to the C64, at least according to Micro-Mart. According to this week's MM, the port is called Hell Racer, and here's a …
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This is slightly strange, as in all the discussions ... -
vBulletin odditiesStrange. For the past six months or so i've noticed a strange phenomenon. When I log on to WoS forums I have to refresh the web page to get acknowleg…
Strange. For the past six months ... so i've noticed a strange phenomenon. When I log on ... -
Overflow Detection while Scanning a Number from a StringI've got some strange behaviour from a subroutine that reads a number from a string and converts it to a 32-bit long. It's C's strtol if it helps to…
I've got some strange behaviour from a subroutine that ... -
BASin v.15 DEF FN bugThe bug would appear to be in "BASSupport.pas : Procedure ProcessDEFFN"; as it's not inserting the 6-byte variable place holder after each parameter …
The bug would appear to be in "BASSupport.pas : Procedure ProcessDEFFN"; as it's not inserting the 6-byte variable place holder after each parameter in the DEF FN definition. There's code there to do that, but it's not working for some reason. As I don't ... -
Official Basinc thread - Bug reports and other discussionI just released a new BASin fork, basinc. The first official release was V16r2, and today it's r3. it's uploaded to wos archive and alternatively, h…
I just released a new BASin fork, basinc. The first official ... -
Shaded Desktop...Hi Folks, As part of some BASin testing I thought I would create a little program that creates a shaded desktop. In this case it goes from solid bl…
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As part of some BASin testing I thought I would ... -
strange trend (coo, you can edit thread titles! I never knew that!)maybe I'm only just noticing it now but it seems to me like there have been loads of threads recently where someone decides that because they don't w…
maybe I'm only just noticing it now but it seems to me like there have been loads of threads recently where someone decides that because they don't want to discuss/argue something any more no-one should be allowed to. If someone has something to say about ... -
The Curse of the Larch : Text Adventure(c) 1988 & (c) 2012 You never really got on with your cousin. So when a party invite turns up on your doorstep you decide that it's maybe time to m…
... something isn't quite right. Strange things are afoot (or maybe ... -
More troubles: The microdriveRecently bought a used Spectrum Expansion System incl IF1 and microdrive - in a really nice looking condition, along with the accompaniing software o…
... (by keyboard). This caused some strange behavior with the Spectrum itself ...