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Could ELITE's wireframe graphics be improvedWas watching this video last night comparing the BBC and Spectrum version of Elite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov4OAteeGWs It seems that the…
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Gryzor box coversWould anyone happen to have or know where to see box scans of the Ocean-Imagine Helias version of Gryzor, as well as the disk release of it? Imagine …
... Compatible with the Spectrum +3 Micro". Maybe the realised there that ... .
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Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
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1986-2016.I'm early, but I'm tired of 1985. So here's the annual thirty-years after topic about Speccy games.
[b]After Shock[/b] [Interceptor Micro's]
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Old software shops that have come and gone.One that i remember fondly was Software Plus in Great Yarmouth, i bought my copy of Streetfighter II C64 there, and also a little gamestore in the Ma…
There was a shop called Micro Fun in Rotherham in the ... they had loaded up. The shop lasted quite a while actually ... -
A software house on your doorstep.In late 1987, I noticed a few kids from a housing estate in my town (Wellingborough) were wearing HACKER badges. I didn't know at the time that this …
Mr Micro was around the corner from me in Swinton Manchester, it was a store front computer shop at the time (where I bought my ZX Printer)...they later made a name for themselves doing conversions etc and a few of their own games. -
Stupid things you've done to get a specy game?Here's mine. It's must have been the winter of 1984, I remember it was the release of Ghostbusters the game and a good friend of mine was bragging h…
... -office/village shop used to sell Speccy and BBC Micro games. For ... some reason known only to himself, the shop ... talking to one of the shop assistants, I knew the next ... -
Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... disk Ceramic Capacitor 0.001 micro Farad
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Any love for Cholo?I remember really wanting this, but seeing very little coverage on it... so I bought it, and loved it. I always wonder why it never got any covera…
... . I wonder if the BBC Micro version was faster? As far ... CRASH CRASH in the activity buffer, which must have been good ... -
What should your speccy have come with ?:) I was thinking about this earlier. What changes should of been made to the Speccy when you purchased yours ? Realistically this topic really…
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Old software shops that have come and gone.One that i remember fondly was Software Plus in Great Yarmouth, i bought my copy of Streetfighter II C64 there, and also a little gamestore in the Ma…
... shops. There was that other shop round the corner that used ... it was a military surplus shop in the 90's and ... Store your referring to was Micro Business Center - MBC - Manager Paul ... -
Recreated ZX Spectrum Release date?!?Hi All, I ordered a Recreated ZX Spectrum from Amazon. The release date has since changed to 26th April (3rd time it changed). In the meantime, El…
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It's a micro usb connector same one used ... buy these cheap at pound shop or longer ones online [url ... -USB-2-0-A-To-MICRO-B-Cable-Data-and-Charging ... -USB-2-0-A-To-MICRO-B-Cable-Data-and-Charging ... -
Spectrum Cables : How many individual types of these are there "out there" both past and now?So this is all about giving the SPECTRUM cables their correct cable titles to aid IDENTIFICATION OF CABLE TYPE and FUNCTION across the world.. An e…
... very good on HDHI to Micro USB cables . although ... that my training on micro USB sockets needed updating.< ... a range of sockets called Micro B . They were quite ... shop!) and I compromised on a Black USB 2.0 Micro ... be no problems with this Micro B USB cable..
Nintendo SwitchSo, £280 with no game. Ouch! That might have just killed any chance it had to succeed. Still the new Zelda game looks good and the new Mario ga…
... /> just noticed on the E shop thingy that NBA 2K18 Legend ... .
you need a 32gb micro sd card too for the ...Spectrum stuff online "buying skills". Are real skills needed for low cost Speccy items? Firstly , there are some pretty fundamental requirements that are probably too basic to mention , like buying the right software at the right pri…
... problem . In an ordinary retail shop I would not have got ... . So they have started selling "micro books " instead of full sized ... are not accidentally buying the "micro" or pocket version for ... had not fallen apart . Maybe "micro books" need more "page flattening ...Products you do not see any more.I was sitting at work recently and my mind started to wander, thinking about some of the products I remember seeing in Catalogs and in department sto…
... the rotating one, local video shop had one at one stage ... pic of some 8 bit micro's in the same shops ...Products you do not see any more.I was sitting at work recently and my mind started to wander, thinking about some of the products I remember seeing in Catalogs and in department sto…
... vary as to what each shop had display wise. I recall ... ' in the middle of the shop, similar the about 3ft high ... or 85 and a BBC Micro. I think possibly an Oric ...Ferrite beads in power cords?So I am seeing these modern psu units with ferrite beads on both ends, just like this: [url=https://imgbb.com/][img]https://i.ibb.co/PFQT4n1/9fd19…
... the one from the cpc shop gave a small amount of ... supplies, ..i have got some micro ATX supplies that supply 5 ...Is it possible to use two spectrums linked with one acting like a co-processor?Just wondering. Would be kind of interesting, but I guess two interface ones would be needed, or was there other ways to connect. What about ear t…
... the network protocol and do buffer management, it did eat up ... . Even in the Acorn BBC Micro, where the OS supports a ...I just bought a second hand BBC MasterI have had the notion for a while to get myself a old Beeb - maybe a scrappy one and fix it up - recap its PSU or whatever. Well I gave in yesterday …
... used in both the BBC Micro (A, B, B+), BBC Master ... ), you will need a frame buffer/converter/upscaler.
If ...I just bought a second hand BBC MasterI have had the notion for a while to get myself a old Beeb - maybe a scrappy one and fix it up - recap its PSU or whatever. Well I gave in yesterday …
... used in both the BBC Micro (A, B, B+), BBC Master ... ), you will need a frame buffer/converter/upscaler.
If ...Console frameworkStill working on Specotron, but at the point where working out the diagonal lines collision is not good at beer o'clock. In the meantime I've knoc…
... and saved some bytes via micro-optimisations. Now I am also ... be set
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ld hl ... be more sane and not micro-optimise now, honest
... are ready to process input buffer
IF IBUFSIZE Code length ...Console frameworkStill working on Specotron, but at the point where working out the diagonal lines collision is not good at beer o'clock. In the meantime I've knoc…
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; skips spaces (maybe wants ... be more sane and not micro-optimise now, honest
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IF IBUFSIZE Code ...Console frameworkStill working on Specotron, but at the point where working out the diagonal lines collision is not good at beer o'clock. In the meantime I've knoc…
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; A = first character in buffer
; HL -> pointer to ...
; HL -> null terminated buffer
; skips spaces (maybe wants ... be more sane and not micro-optimise now, honest
... are ready to process input buffer
IF IBUFSIZE Code ...Is it possible to use two spectrums linked with one acting like a co-processor?Just wondering. Would be kind of interesting, but I guess two interface ones would be needed, or was there other ways to connect. What about ear t…
... the network protocol and do buffer management, it did eat up ... . Even in the Acorn BBC Micro, where the OS supports a ...What game defined the spectrumHello again,im in a posting mood today,lol. Anyway what game for you defined the spectrum? What i mean is for example,if you asked someone to name a …
... same was asked about bbc micro it would be elite,,these ...spectrum mode smiilar to c64?i dont know much about machine code assembler routines, zilch actually to be honest, ive always fiddled with basic on my spectrum, only doing maybe a…
... programs out of issues of micro-hobby, but i was watching ...Mini OfficeDoes anyboduy else in this forum, actually know anybody that actually used the prog. MINI OFFICE? As my father actually used it, mainly the spreadshe…
... control his stock in his shop in Sussex in the mid ...MF-IDD FLOPPY DISKS FOR SALE 100I have got for the zx spectrumTDK Micro floppy disks MF -IDD Single sided double density 10 boxes 10 in each all sealed as bought in original cardboa…
I have got for the zx spectrumTDK Micro floppy disks MF -IDD
Single sided double density
10 boxes 10 in each all sealed as bought in original cardboard box
any offers Peter1 Box full of.....2 x ZX Spectrums (48k) Original Spectrum Manuals ZX Printer (plus 2 sealed rolls of paper) ZX Interface 2 (plus Jet Pac rom cartridge) Atari compatib…
... - Horizons Software Starter Pack, CDS Micro Systems - Gobble A Ghost, Imagine ...
