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Movies that should be made/remadeEveryone hates it when a classic movie/tv series/radio series/book/breakfast cereal/duvet cover is turned into a movie. Think of the outcry when they…
... the magic of Hollywood. Or books that really should be on ... -
JSW64 Feature ListOk, I remember at least someone asking about the current state of the JSW editing scene, so I thought I'd post this, which I wrote in the JSW/MM club…
ANN: Tipshop updated Tuesday, 10 May 2005Monday 09 May 2005 PHEW! I thought this update was NEVER getting done. There's been lots of background maintenance work getting done on Tipshop since…
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12 Mysterious Books, 48 Irons, 4X4 Puzzle, Alien ...Island of SecretsIsland of Secrets Has anybody got his game or even ever played it? It was one of those type your own code in from an Usbourne book things. I had the …
... ="http://www.zxsoftware.co.uk/Books/Covers/Island%20Of%20Secrets.jpg ... "]http://www.zxsoftware.co.uk/Books/Covers/Island%20Of%20Secrets.jpg ...An interesting press release.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE So you want to be a record breaker? London, UK ? Jun 02 2005 ? From the ZX81 to the PSP, gamers of all ages and formats are i…
... their names into the record books.
Since 1981, Twin ... make it into the record books by providing proof of their ... their name into the record books will need to provide proof ...Why Spectrum has a lots of software?I'm thinking a lot of it and can't find "magic" which produced a lots of software (games, educational, utility) for Spectrum. My suggestions: 1. Ea…
... a game screen. Draws 8x8 bitmap in single operator. Much faster ...Trig questionI'm trying to write a function that describes a 2D circle in 3D space - that's not important, just a bit of background! I've almost done it, but the…
... ? Currently flicking through Uni maths books from ten years ago and ...BooksGot the following to get rid of, if anyone wants them. The ZX81 Companion / Bob Maunder Beyond simple BASIC, Delving deeper into your ZX Spectrum /…
Got the following to get rid of, if anyone wants them.
The ZX81 Companion / Bob Maunder
Beyond simple BASIC, Delving deeper into your ZX Spectrum / Dilwyn Jones
The explorers gude to the ZX81 / Mike Lord
ZX81 BASIC ...Decent Gaming Books - Is There Such A Thing?The 30th birthday is imminent so I'm being pestered for a list. What I'd really like is a nice, picture filled book filled with stuff about retroga…
The 30th birthday is imminent so I'm being pestered for a list.
What I'd really like is a nice, picture filled book filled with stuff about retrogaming from a European perspective - anyone know if there's such a thing?
Everything ...Speccy spotted at Fine Art exhibition in LondonI recently went to the prestigious St Martins College of Art and Design (as in "She came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge.....") to see the…
... say this as there were books on an existential theme such ...BMP of font to hexI have a windows bitmap of a font that I want to use on the spectrum. Is there any applications that can help me in converting the image into hex so …
I have a windows bitmap of a font that I want to use on the spectrum. Is there any applications that can help me in converting the image into hex so I can use it in my Spectrum game ?Good e-books?What good ebooks (stories that can be download, in formats such as .txt, .rtf, .htm, .pdf etc) can anyone recommend? If you go to [url="http://www.…
What good ebooks (stories that can be download, in formats such as .txt, .rtf, .htm, .pdf etc) can anyone recommend?
If you go to
[url="http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/"]http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/[/url]
then ...Is this wanted..Which Micro Flexidisc I found it when i bought some CP/M and Forth books today it was inside one of the books. Side a: ZX81: blockade Spectrum: Blophop BBC B : Robotcha…
... some CP/M and Forth books today it was inside one ... of the books.
Side a:
"The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey" in 2006As you may know, Thalamus Books will be releasing "The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey" in 2006. The book now appears on Amazon where you can pre-order an…
As you may know, Thalamus Books will be releasing "The Fantasy ...What are you reading and what's on your reading pile?I'm currently reading: "Velocity" by Dean Koontz "Jonathan Strange and Mister Norrell" "The Penguin History of the World" by J.M Roberts On my read…
... Dark Tower series!!! :) (All 7 books)
Anybody else doing ...Magazines for sale on EbayFirst Sinclair User Annual (1983) 68 Issues Home Computer Advanced Course (mint) plus others, click on link: [url="http://books.search.ebay.co.uk/_…
... :
[url="http://books.search.ebay.co.uk/_Magazines_W0QQcatrefZC12QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsacatZ607QQsassZderek895 ... "]http://books.search.ebay.co.uk/ ...Steven King's Dark Tower seriesHas anybody read this? I have all seven books and I've just started the third one "The Wastelands." Looks like it's just starting to get going. Shou…
Has anybody read this?
I have all seven books and I've just started the third one "The Wastelands." Looks like it's just starting to get going. Should be good...Anybody ever try reading Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon or any other Pynchon books?Fucking hard to read, aren't they??? I'm trying to get through Gravity's Rainbow at the minute, but I have to say, it's an uphilll struggle. Ah wel…
Fucking hard to read, aren't they???
I'm trying to get through Gravity's Rainbow at the minute, but I have to say, it's an uphilll struggle.
Ah well, better look on the bright side. At least I've got Ulysses to look forward to ...Latest Cronosoft News...Just in case anyone was wondering what's been happening recently with the Cronosoft site, as it's not had an update for a long time.. TIS THE SEAS…
... sofware) and RICHARD JOSEPH (Sensible/Bitmap Brothers/etc.) - and got to ...Who's seen the silent Call of Cthulhu film?Just stumbled across it and thought it looked great. Should I purchase? Some Clark Ashton Smith films would be nice. Have any of his books been fi…
Andy RemicI was in a bookshop yesterday and I was looking at the sci-fi section when I came across a series of books written by one Andy Remic. Is that the sam…
... came across a series of books written by one Andy Remic ...Things I have put on my Palm Tungsten for my imminent trip to BerlinHeading off to Berlin in just over two weeks. On the Palm I've got: Zillions of good books. Best of Enya Ricky Gervais Podcasts 6 to 8 Around 10 ep…
Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
Are there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc?
The Spectrum BASIC manual only glosses over them without going into a lot of detail.
Necros.Ever thought about who you bid against on Ebay ?There is an interesting auction on my watch list at the moment. The Book, The Sinclair Story [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&i…
... single item except one were books with the same subject matter ... Cyril Black is collecting these books. Why ?. To write a might ...I am selling some of my Spectrum's and BooksZX Spectrum +3 [url [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8769514090&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1]"]http://cgi.ebay.co.…
ZX Spectrum +3
[url [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8769514090&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1]"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8769514090&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE% ...Sinclair Heaven February UpdatesOver 1gb added today! Fixed magazine viewer & added books Major update to the Gamebase ZX Files Added the 3D construction Kit Video Added Making The…
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Major update to the ...Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…
... have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and ...Anybody read books off Project Gutenberg?At the minute I'm reading: [url]http://www.gutenberg.org/files/159/159.txt[/url] The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells on the laptop and Palm.…
At the minute I'm reading:
[url]http://www.gutenberg.org/files/159/159.txt[/url]
The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells
on the laptop and Palm. :)
Anybody else reading anything off Project Gutenberg?
