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speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…
Machine Code Challenge #1 ResultsWell at the stroke of midnight there were 3 entries so everybody gets to stand on the podium and the 3 Spectrum books will be going out to prizewinn…
... that the first sectors to fail were those following a bad ...Speccy +2 RGB to S-video?Okay, so I emigrated from dear old Blighty to a land rather less Speccy-friendly, the USA. I've finally managed to get a couple of Speccies over here…
... cassette recorder off a car boot sale on my last trip ...Woo hoo! Free Speccy!No, it's not an offer... A guy at work visited his folks' house yesterday and found an old 48 in perfect working order. In order to "hold onto his li…
... have come from a car boot sale, I can't remember ...TZX to TAPIs there an application for the mac which will convert TZX files to TAP? I've searched around but can't find any.
TZX to TAPIs there an application for the mac which will convert TZX files to TAP? I've searched around but can't find any.
... an emulator or another will fail. CSW can be compressed, and ...x128 runs under Win2000 ?I am unable to run the X128 Spec emulator on my Win2000 machine. The program exit with "No SoundBlaster found". I do have a SoundBlaster AWE32. With…
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I can boot to W95A and use creatives ...Ebayers Please Help !!! (MIA/STP/SDP)Hi folks, Most of you who will read this are probably already aware that there are many of the above titles floating around on Ebay. However I simpl…
... and a free CD to boot! This is the exception rather ...What other 'retrotech' are you into, what hardware do you own?I suppose talking about machines, hardware & software other than Sinclair is off-topic, but my retro collection was kick-started at WoS! I had heard…
I keep getting them for 2 quid at boot sales, but have not got one that works yet :(
I have a pile of sickly commodores, which will go in the dustbin soon. :(Ebayers Please Help !!! (MIA/STP/SDP)Hi folks, Most of you who will read this are probably already aware that there are many of the above titles floating around on Ebay. However I simpl…
Speedlock & Spin (again)Following on from the Vixen thread, I've come across another game which crashes during the decryption beeps - Imagine's "Ping Pong". With Vixen, a ne…
... Vixen, and it does indeed fail here. The problem, it would ... and pulses) but seems to fail after the first Speedlock 4 ...Car boot visitHi everyone, Well todays car boot fair trip produced the square root of fuck all in the Spectrum dept, although I did pick up some decent books, God…
Not strictly a car boot, but in a charity shop ...Speedlock & Spin (again)Following on from the Vixen thread, I've come across another game which crashes during the decryption beeps - Imagine's "Ping Pong". With Vixen, a ne…
... point at which other emulators fail? I'm not sure why ...Has anyone completed \"Nonamed\" from Dinamic Software?How do you find the exit after you kill the dragon and get the key? Thanks.
You go back to somewhere near the start and boot the head off one of the vases. Then you jump in and... ;)Car boot visitHi everyone, Well todays car boot fair trip produced the square root of fuck all in the Spectrum dept, although I did pick up some decent books, God…
I regularly visit car boot sales and I never seem ...Scrabble De-luxe dsk image and SpinAnyone else tries loading the disc file of Scrabble De-Luxe into Spin? All I get is the loading screen keep appearing and disappearing - as if it kee…
... many at all that will fail to load but those that ... do fail may work perfectly well in ...Scrabble De-luxe dsk image and SpinAnyone else tries loading the disc file of Scrabble De-Luxe into Spin? All I get is the loading screen keep appearing and disappearing - as if it kee…
... the 720K / 800K CP/M boot loading sector, as well as ...Scrabble De-luxe dsk image and SpinAnyone else tries loading the disc file of Scrabble De-Luxe into Spin? All I get is the loading screen keep appearing and disappearing - as if it kee…
... the 720K / 800K CP/M boot loading sector, as well as ...Transferring From Emulator Back To SpectrumI have windows xp and a soundblaster live card... what is the best way to transfer from an emulator file to cassette because everytime i've tried it …
... installed Win98 on a second boot partition, only to be able ...Transferring From Emulator Back To SpectrumI have windows xp and a soundblaster live card... what is the best way to transfer from an emulator file to cassette because everytime i've tried it …
... installed Win98 on a second boot partition, only to be able ...Transferring From Emulator Back To SpectrumI have windows xp and a soundblaster live card... what is the best way to transfer from an emulator file to cassette because everytime i've tried it …
... an example where voc2tzx would fail. I've not experienced any ...Games that aren't workingI cannot get Hostages loaded on Spectaculator. On Spin I can't get past the first menu with the 48k version. With the +2 version the controls don't…
... bug report... How does it fail for you? Where, and when ...Solution for overwritten stack in 48k SNA filesIt has been known for quite some time now that the 48k SNA file format has one serious fault, which is described in the file formats section on the W…
... agree is good, but I fail to see any particular use ...spectrum game tunes on MP3This may be a very strange request considering that it would be easier to just boot up the games... but do you peeps know of any sites where I could …
... would be easier to just boot up the games... but do ...spectrum game tunes on MP3This may be a very strange request considering that it would be easier to just boot up the games... but do you peeps know of any sites where I could …
... would be easier to just boot up the games... but do ...Spectrum helpHello all I run a website which is some sort of community/game information hybrid. It's dedicated to most gaming platforms (currently 62 of them). I…
I think you fail to note the significance of ...The Great Mystification: A reflection upon the feebleness of the "distribution denied" policyThis argument has been debated several other times in this place, yet I have not expressed my thoughts about it, and I would like to hear comments by…
... . And buying games from car boot sales etc does not help ...Game over screensFunny, I don't remember very many of these... And I should, since if I had a penny for everytime it showed up to me... :) What do you guys think the…
I think Alessandro was talking about 'game over' screens, rather than game endings, so based on that assumption...I reckon the boot in Manic Miner takes the gong - I loved it the first time I saw it...and still think it's pretty funky.Game over screensFunny, I don't remember very many of these... And I should, since if I had a penny for everytime it showed up to me... :) What do you guys think the…
... that assumption...I reckon the boot in Manic Miner takes the ... . And I forgot about the boot! Was pretty cool. :)