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  • Horace the TraitorWTF! Horace on the 64! I want my money back Horace you bast! [URL="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Commodore-64-128-Game-Hungry-Horace-/290598258744?pt=…

    ... he was a well known computer game star, gives in to ... street would look at him, shops refused to serve him, all ... would never finish Buzzsaw (see, computer game stories can be socially ...
    ewgf ewgf August 2011 Games
  • skool daze ?where yours any good ? I was talking to someone about them at work yesterday who said his kid was starting a new school soon. I preferred college, t…

    ... off-limits hallways behind the shops in the local mall, where ... , until it got confiscated. Blame computer games for the inspiration! :-P ...
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG September 2011 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... +
    later about 4 corner shops had the usual ?1.99 ... green IRC.

    wembley computer centre , john menzies in wembley ...
    fog fog September 2011 Games
  • 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…

    ... two shops) that I worked for in the 1980s - The Computer Shack ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman September 2011 Games
  • What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …

    ... reasonably well received by the computer press at the time (1985 ... a copy in my local shops but couldn't find one ... outfit in one of the computer monthlies, so I sent them ...
    Moonchild Moonchild September 2011 Games
  • 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…

    ... the 2600 (no 8-Bit computer stuff sadly - although there's ... , but no 8-bit home computer stuff...

    Oh, and ... 't chose to expand, bigger shops,better fittings, (some 15k for ... hoarded - and kept the smaller shops...well, anyway...(wiping the tears ...
    Clakkers Clakkers October 2011 Games
  • 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…

    ... those streets were built as shops, but looking on Google StreetView ... later days there was another computer shop in an upper room ...
    joefish joefish November 2011 Games
  • Better or Worst! Speccy vs C64Just wanted to see what games you all thought looked better or played better on the Speccy or the C64? I always thought that Renegade & Target Ren…

    ... shops - so it had a much larger base than any home computer ... ://retrogameandcomputer.com/commodore-64-retro-computer.php[/url]

    And ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu December 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • MB02+IDE aliveLast weekend I finished soldering and testing my MB02+IDE. All items work perfectly on +2 grey, on +2A, on 128k heatsink and on 48k Issue2 and 3b tes…

    ... found that most german electronic shops I use as Reichelt, Kessler ... used with the original Spectrum computer. This reproduction only consists of ...
    ingo ingo December 2011 Hardware
  • The Sinclair Myth - New Scentist June 12 1986I thought you'd all find this particularly interesting, so I scanned it especially for the holidays! Merry Christmas! [url]http://www.zxdesign.info…

    ... weren't sold in toy shops. Consoles were, and the " ... first - they stayed in toy shops and their consoles took the ... countries looked at what a "computer" was - from a mysterious ... /> And that of course included computer gaming - whoever denied that? Surely ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu December 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Sinclair Myth - New Scentist June 12 1986I thought you'd all find this particularly interesting, so I scanned it especially for the holidays! Merry Christmas! [url]http://www.zxdesign.info…

    ... .
    [/QUOTE]
    Which toy shops sold them?
    I certainly ... only remember shops like WH Smiths, Boots and specialist computer outlets.
    rich_chandler rich_chandler January 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Sinclair Myth - New Scentist June 12 1986I thought you'd all find this particularly interesting, so I scanned it especially for the holidays! Merry Christmas! [url]http://www.zxdesign.info…

    [QUOTE=karingal;591733]Which toy shops sold them?
    I certainly ... only remember shops like WH Smiths, Boots and specialist computer outlets.[/QUOTE ... time); I remember two toy shops - Rays' Toys (who closed down ...
    weesam weesam January 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Sinclair Myth - New Scentist June 12 1986I thought you'd all find this particularly interesting, so I scanned it especially for the holidays! Merry Christmas! [url]http://www.zxdesign.info…

    ... were never sold in toy shops in Italy - and for that ... Spectrum as less than a computer. The majority of people may ... therefore, by definition, a working computer. To dismiss such an efficiently ... Spectrum as not a proper computer is first off an insult ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu January 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • +3 Games in shopsI was thinking today, when I was a kid back in the late 80s, how come I never used to see Spectrum +3 games in the shops? Were they mail order only o…

    WH Smiths and proper computer game shops had em but I was ...
    Wookiee Wookiee February 2012 Games
  • HMV, Game, and Gamestation to close down?Has anyone heard if the (British?) shops HMV, Game, Gamestation and maybe others are to close down? A bloke at work today claimed he'd been told by a…

    ... a resurgence of small independant computer game shops. you still see them ...
    mile mile February 2012 Chit chat
  • Time WreckHey all. I rediscovered [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005284"]Time Wreck[/URL] again recently. I played a mate's "back up" …

    ... programme, for ANY home
    computer, send it to us now ... programme could be in the shops within 3 weeks!! SEND TO ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek March 2012 Games
  • Your 8-bit micro preferencesWell, I kinda love [U]all [/U]8-bit machines. Yup, I've not found one that I haven&#8217;t warmed to in one way of another, but obviously there are …

    ... it wasn't really a computer in that sense? and no ... PRINT "" people did in the shops

    whats the ratio ...
    fog fog April 2012 Chit chat
  • This week is 'Retro Week' on The Register[QUOTE][B]Retro Week[/B] Thirty years ago today, a pre-knighthood Sir Clive Sinclair launched his first colour computer, the ZX Spectrum, and the ea…

    ... every British 8-bit home computer released in the 80s, but ... (certainly nothing in the local shops anyway). His mum was a ...
    Dave_C Dave_C April 2012 Chit chat
  • Query about memorySo I know this has been asked a lot and I beg your brief indulgence. I have scanned through a lot of old threads already but I'm trying to improve m…

    ... not new.
    TV repair shops often repaired Spectrums and some ... as well as in the computer magazines.
    1024MAK 1024MAK October 2012 Hardware
  • Query about memorySo I know this has been asked a lot and I beg your brief indulgence. I have scanned through a lot of old threads already but I'm trying to improve m…

    ... not new.
    TV repair shops often repaired Spectrums and some ... as well as in the computer magazines.[/QUOTE]

    Okay ...
    EightBitTony EightBitTony October 2012 Hardware
  • i dont know how to use a spectrum!uhhh sorry to elbow in to your lovely fan site, but i'm from usa (living in uk) and selling a spectrum on ebay on behalf of an english friend. I jus…

    ... 's stupid to rely on computer shop sales personnel knowledge. Nothing ... average[/I], sales personnel in shops knows &(#*% about what they ... ]just took it to a computer shop, where the middle eastern ...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie November 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Polish socialism and the zx spectrumJust loved this story, and the part my favorite little computer played in it. [URL="http://idlewords.com/2007/04/tv_solidarity.htm"]http://idlewords…

    ... there was nothing in our shops. You could work and earn ... 't use your money because shops/stores were empty. There was ... . Your situation was fairly better. Shops in Moscow were never empty ... and because of british home computer I got in 1987. :-)
    ikci ikci March 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Fully-addressed devices initiative (FADI)I would like to introduce an initiative for those who create new pieces of hardware containing legacy devices with well-known addresses. It says that…

    ... few thousands were sold in shops. I spent [B] ... So, when you bought your computer at least, you also couldn ... a natural thing for a computer user - many people ... that IS normal - that computer user is just a person ... [B]buys[/B] a computer and some perpherals, plugs ...
    Jiiira Jiiira March 2013 Hardware
  • Fully-addressed devices initiative (FADI)I would like to introduce an initiative for those who create new pieces of hardware containing legacy devices with well-known addresses. It says that…

    ... few thousands were sold in shops. I spent [B] ... So, when you bought your computer at least, you also couldn ... a natural thing for a computer user - many people ... that IS normal - that computer user is just a person ... [B]buys[/B] a computer and some perpherals, plugs ...
    Black_Cat Black_Cat March 2013 Hardware
  • What was the first Spectrum game you bought.Mine was Technician Ted and Gift from the Gods. What were your first game you bought for the spectrum?

    ... more popular then in the shops where I lived, and only ... 2 shops in our town sold Spectrum ... our Spectrum. Another small independent computer shop stocked a small range ...
    Your Spec-chum Your Spec-chum April 2013 Games
  • Childhood moments with my SpeccyHey everyone. The other day I randomly came across a tumblr page called "Me and My ZX Spectrum" ([url]http://meandmyzxspectrum.tumblr.com[/url]) …

    ... disk that came with the computer. Everything looked great for a ... . No success. I reset the computer, went into 128 BASIC and ... Spectrum had that no other computer I have owned after the ... box at a computer shop. By that time no shops were selling ...
    memrah memrah July 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Expect Price Hikes on ebay from SeptemberApparently from September, business sellers on ebay will have to pay the final value fee calculated on both the final price of their item and the pos…

    ... around ?40 postage for a computer!

    As a business ... they pay for very expensive shops.
    rwap rwap July 2013 Sales
  • At the Carboot sale today.Today at the carboot sale I picked up An Acorn Electron -I see these all the time, An Official Branded BBC Micro Datacassete Recorder - I'v…

    ... , with the addresses of two shops in sheffield and one in ...

    loads of none computer related stuff inc old mono ...
    mel the bell mel the bell August 2013 Chit chat
  • Things not to do in a powercutplay hide and seek

    ... have any spares and the shops are shut it can be ... a "semi black out". My computer shut down but the display ...
    Zup Zup December 2013 Chit chat
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