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For residents of Wiltshire and Somerset...I've been wanting to travel there and see some of the historical sites (Avebury, Stonehenge, Glastonbury etc.) for a while now and I'm thinking of do…
... been wanting to travel there and see some of the historical ... etc.) for a while now and I'm thinking of doing ... . What's the nearest airport and how easy is it to ... get to and from there?
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Opus Discovery and +2A?Can anyone tell me if the Opus Discovery is compatible with the +2A. I've just bought a +2A off Ebay and couldn't find any info on compatability. If…
Can anyone tell me if the Opus Discovery is compatible with the +2A. I've just bought a +2A off Ebay and couldn't find any info on compatability.
If not, can anyone recommend a disk drive that will work with a +2A.
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Orbs, Pigs and CamelsThis is definitely one of the most brilliant ads ever made. I've been looking for this for a long time now and it's finally been uploaded to YouTube.…
This is definitely one of the most brilliant ads ever made. I've been looking for this for a long time now and it's finally been uploaded to YouTube. Yay!
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKB32Gve0CY[/url]
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Retro computing and gaming things on eBay.Right-ho, chaps, I've put a few auction up on the eBay, and thought I'd just advertise them here. Not strictly ZX related, but bound to interest some…
... auction up on the eBay, and thought I'd just advertise ... you want it
And secondly an MZ 700, a ... , do please have a gander, and bid on whatever takes your ... -
Differences between 16K and 48K modelsI know this is probably an extremely dumb question, but what, besides the extra 32K memory, is the difference between and original 16K rubber-key Spe…
I know this is probably an extremely dumb question, but what, besides the extra 32K memory, is the difference between and original 16K rubber-key Spectrum and an original 48K rubber-key Spectrum? -
When i press shift and 3 i get # instead of ? whats wrongwell it aint me but my bro has rung me to say his Microsoft Word has just started doing what the post title says, i have never used Word, but i have …
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Track and FieldI think this is the most awful game there is [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005360]Track and Field[/url] released in 1988 by …
... /infoseekid.cgi?id=0005360]Track and Field[/url] released in 1988 ... -
IIRC and other silly abreviations!!Call me stupid.... many people do but i dont get some of these abreviations you web folk use. IIRC... is bandied about on this forum quite a bit. B…
... quite a bit. But up and till now I have never ... have come into common use and which ones realy get on ... -
Question about Type-ins and OCR.Hi guys. I've never used OCR software before (yep, I've been living in a cave). What software do you guys use when you want to send something to Arj…
... portuguese manuals (fdd3000, service manual) and translate them to english, but ... ), that need to be typed and sent as txt(rtf?). Is ... would be distributed between us, and the W.O.S. would ... from the old mags, books and newspapers directly to .tap files ... -
Driving/Racing from and 'onthetrack' viewIts poll time. Pick the selection of these you like best. None of these take the overhead view. and there are no strategy/manager games in the poll.…
... these take the overhead view. and there are no strategy/manager ... very good at these racetrack and road games, but some programmers ... -
3D Deathchase and Kempston?Flicking through some old issues of YS, I noticed this odd remark in [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=YourSinclair/Issue90/Pages/Y…
... ]:
"Oh, and Deathchase is incredibly (and uniquely as far as ... -
MGT +D Logos and graphicsDoes anybody have any logos, graphics or links to any on the net? A Google search didn't really find much. I'm after the Miles Gordon Technology (M…
... website, which should be up and running reasonably soon - pages are ... currently under construction and I've had some pretty ... -
And you thought Cornishpastey was a nutcase...On the IMDB message boards relating to Pixar (and some Dreamworks) movies, people keep spouting a crackpot conspiracy theory that Dreamworks steals a…
... message boards relating to Pixar (and some Dreamworks) movies, people ... the point of nonexistence, and even though it's ... cases ([i]Shrek[/i] and [i]Flushed Away[/i]) ... 't they get lives and worry about things which ... hydroxilic acid [b]and[/b] carbonic acid... -
books, mags, games and thatWell spec-chums, it's clear-out time so here's a list of stuff that I've put on e-bay as of today... [url]http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZballysa…
... tatty Mastering Machine Code (again) and several tape games (Match Day ... -
Spectaculator and favorites location helpI am using Spectaculator and i have a fair few favorites bookmarked with the menu in the emulator. I have recently moved all my games from my C: dri…
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Atic Atac, the +3 and Multiface.Hello :smile: I have a Spectrum +3 with Multiface 3 attached and working well. I have discovered that at least JetPac and Atic Atac (all Ultimate …
... +3 with Multiface 3 attached and working well.
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.mgt and if2 .rom filesI did search the forums before I started this thread. Is there an emulator (windows version) that can load the .mgt and the IF2 .rom files? I tried t…
Interface 1 and microdrive with TS2068?Along the same lines as THX1138s thread. Could I hook up my interface 1 to a TS2068 without damaging anything and would it work?. I have a Speccy em…
... a TS2068 without damaging anything and would it work?.
and assumed (probably wrongly) that it ...Question about serial numbers, and issue marques.Hi, I don`t know if you can help me with this little question, but here goes. The spectrum computers have coloured serial numbers on the bottom of th…
... of computers they come from and which issue boards they sould ... have inside. I restore spectrums and as purist would like to ... . I have asked various "experts" and they are not very helpful ... I've posted it here, and will mail the ebayer a ...Getting scr addresses from x and yCould someone please tell me how to calculate the 8 screen addresses corresponding to a character printed in basic at coordinates x and y? For examp…
... in basic at coordinates x and y?
For example ... moving between 0-31 and y between 0 and 21. What would ...Scarface and Grand Theft Auto smilaritiesI sat down and watched Scarface last night and noticed something surprising. Having played all of the Grand Theft Auto games on PS2 (GTA III, GTA Vi…
I sat down and watched Scarface last night and noticed something surprising.< ... Vice City, GTA San Andreas and GTA Liberty City stories) I ... use in their radio soundtracks. And certain other things, like the ... office, with the palm trees and the red/golden sunset, ...Badges and other free giftsI remember getting free badges with [i]Auf Wiedersehen Monty[/i] and [i]Jack the Nipper[/i]. What were some other freebies bundled with games?
I remember getting free badges with [i]Auf Wiedersehen Monty[/i] and [i]Jack the Nipper[/i]. What were some other freebies bundled with games?UK (And US) Charts, Still DisgracefulReally now. UK 1. Sugarbabes vs. Girls Aloud "Walk This Way" (who?) 2. Gwen Stefani (featuring Akon) "The Sweet Escape" (please, can No Doubt reunite…
... 's a mix of emo and hip-hop, which should be ...Doctor Who and some new Spectrum games - childhood revisitedNew Speccy games and a new series of Doctor Who to enjoy over the weekend... I feel like a kid again! What else can I do to relive those classic [i]…
New Speccy games and a new series of Doctor Who to enjoy over the weekend... I feel like a kid again! What else can I do to relive those classic [i]skooldaze[/i]?.dsk and +3after successfully connecting 3,5" PC FDD as drive B: , i'd like to backup all my 3" disks from A: to B: as .dsk images on ZX+3 (not PC) All of them …
... to copy DU50 to +3 and format some diskettes as 700Kb ... me backup diskettes on +3? (and back to A: )
(I ...Thanatos and the MultifaceI saved my position on Thanatos using a Multiface 128, and when I loaded the file back in to the Spectrum, I noticed that the 128K sound had gone, an…
... Thanatos using a Multiface 128, and when I loaded the file ... the 128K sound had gone, and it was 48K sound instead ...Name the game (hey, its my first and hopefully last!)Hiya everyone, Usually I can figure out most of the name the games queries, but here's one that I wouldn't know where to start looking... Its a gam…
... , probably around 88 or 89, and I believe it was mail ... Shadow Of The Unicorn and Tir Na Nog, and the game featured ... beasties like a giant centaur and the likes.
Seem ... more than half a page, and usually towards the rear half ...Rubber Key Spectrum BoxesAfter buying quite a few boxes i have found that in all there are 7 ndifferent box designs and its possible to know which issue speccy isin the box w…
... are 7 ndifferent box designs and its possible to know which ... had 2 small side flaps and 1 large flap that covers ... both ends the box has 2 small side flaps and 2 ... end has 2 side flaps and 2 larger side flaps, ... on it, issue 3 spectrums and issue 4.
...Paisley and O'Hern lovefestMister Paisley shakes Mister O'Hern's hand. A rainbow bursts out of the clouds and peace reigns over Northern Ireland. [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1…
Mister Paisley shakes Mister O'Hern's hand.
A rainbow bursts out of the clouds and peace reigns over Northern Ireland.
[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6524163.stm[/url]
Ain't life grand! :)WOS, Martijn and Google.Martijn, Ran across an interesting article the other day about Google's cache paging and how a surfer can access part of WOS that is redundant. Out…
... about Google's cache paging and how a surfer can access ... effect, as pages often change and a normal surfer has the ... the article.
Oh and incase you don't see ...
