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  • Playstation 3 "final push" on UKRThis says it all about the PS3 launch: [url]http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/2007/03/europe-at-war-final-push.html[/url] My favourite picture is this …

    ... here in Stafford. All the computer shops have got signs outside saying ... up and running in any shops yet? I'm wondering if ...
    Vampyre Vampyre March 2007 Chit chat
  • Playstation 3 "final push" on UKRThis says it all about the PS3 launch: [url]http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/2007/03/europe-at-war-final-push.html[/url] My favourite picture is this …

    ... here in Stafford. All the computer shops have got signs outside saying ...
    Matt_B Matt_B March 2007 Chit chat
  • Amaurote - help neededHow do I detonate a Supa Bomb in Amaurote? I have radioed to have one sent and picked it up, but pressing fire seems only activate the bouncing bombs…

    ... and Zub floating around in computer shops.

    But if you ...
    StuBruise StuBruise August 2007 Games
  • A new harddisk. Where to get one?I'm getting a little squashed in my little 5GB root partition because I recently upgraded my slackware 12 installation to include colour and graphics…

    ... , but it does illustrate that computer shops can (though many do not ... quid mail order or from computer shops. But unless you live too ... should be a very reasonable computer shop within driving distance that ...
    ewgf ewgf August 2007 Chit chat
  • xbox 360 woes...just bought an xbox 360 elite, got it home and the pile of shite wont read discs!!! tried 3 discs in the whore and no joy, brand new from HMV, no won…

    ... by people who work in computer shops as being 25% to 30 ...
    ewgf ewgf September 2007 Chit chat
  • Where will Microsoft go after Vista ?If i were Microsoft, i would develop a media center only OS with no backwards compatability that would be able to be used on a Dual Booted pc running…

    ... microsoft have given OEMs and computer shops permission to offer XP downgrades ...
    guesser guesser October 2007 Chit chat
  • Where to find games in London?Hi, The wife and I are going to visit London for a weekend in early November and I would like to ask for advice on where to find gamestores, maybe …

    ... if there are any good computer shops there but IF there are ... excellent.

    Some great shops down that way
    psj3809 psj3809 October 2007 Chit chat
  • Durell ?100 reward...I was just playing saboteur 2 and noticed the ?100 reward (I had totally forgoten about it!) if i'm not mistaken other durell games also have it...so…

    ... there were no local specialist computer shops.

    That one included ...
    gcallard gcallard March 2008 Games
  • Durell ?100 reward...I was just playing saboteur 2 and noticed the ?100 reward (I had totally forgoten about it!) if i'm not mistaken other durell games also have it...so…

    ... there were no local specialist computer shops.

    That one included ...
    thx1138 thx1138 March 2008 Games
  • Which C64 games did you really likeand wish where better on the ZX Spectrum. I remember 2 event games Melbourne House's Way Of The Exploding Fist and David Crane's Ghostbusters where s…

    ... came after the home micro/computer versions. But I think my ... mattered anyway, none of the computer shops in town sold Speccy stuff ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek September 2008 Chit chat
  • What if...What if when you were a kid in the early 80s your parents didn't buy you a Sinclair Spectrum as your first computer? I was thinking about this earli…

    ... /> As an 8 year old, computer shops, and they were very few ... far between, were the only shops that seemed to take me ...
    thx1138 thx1138 November 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Have you ever queued up for a new game?....Have any spec-chums queued up outside the local computer shop for a new speccy game back in the day? Or been that excited about the new spectrum gam…

    ... .[/QUOTE]

    Sort of, computer shops took delivery of games early ...
    FrankT FrankT November 2008 Games
  • Have you ever queued up for a new game?....Have any spec-chums queued up outside the local computer shop for a new speccy game back in the day? Or been that excited about the new spectrum gam…

    [QUOTE=FrankT;317453]Sort of, computer shops took delivery of games early, ...
    GreenCard GreenCard November 2008 Games
  • Did anyone produce anything for a commercial game at home before it came out?I.E: Way back in '85 I saw that 'Ghosts'n'Goblins' was coming out for the Spectrum so I made a loading screen for it. Wasn't used of course, I was at…

    ... R Jones;331125]Yeah Northants Computer Centre which is now a ... /> There were a few bespoke computer shops in the 80's. I ...
    ChuckieEgg ChuckieEgg January 2009 Games
  • Did anyone produce anything for a commercial game at home before it came out?I.E: Way back in '85 I saw that 'Ghosts'n'Goblins' was coming out for the Spectrum so I made a loading screen for it. Wasn't used of course, I was at…

    ... /> There were a few bespoke computer shops in the 80's. I ...
    Mark R. Jones Mark R. Jones January 2009 Games
  • Where did you buy your spectrum games from?I was just thinking today of where i used to buy my spectrum tapes from. I used to buy them at a local WH Smith or John Menzies. I sometimes used a…

    ... and there were market stalls, computer shops etc everywhere so then I ...
    alanspec alanspec January 2009 Games
  • Places of Speccy interest in Google Street ViewI've noticed that there are a few cities in the UK where Street View is available on Google Maps. No idea since when, I haven't used this feature muc…

    ... /> But on a lighter note computer shops round where I used to ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek July 2009 Chit chat
  • Amiga or Atari STWhich system did you like the most ??? My person fave was the Amiga as i had loads of fun on it with games like Star Dust, Supr Frog, Speedball 2 an…

    ... about 90/91, loads of computer shops had it running on their ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek October 2009 Chit chat
  • Amiga or Atari STWhich system did you like the most ??? My person fave was the Amiga as i had loads of fun on it with games like Star Dust, Supr Frog, Speedball 2 an…

    ... about 90/91, loads of computer shops had it running on their ... demon. it makes sense for shops to run flashy-looking games ...
    Lee_dC Lee_dC October 2009 Chit chat
  • Ace mass USB storage..I know that its not a Speccy but, its a close relation. [url=http://www.youtube.com/profile?gl=GB&user=JupiterAceArchive#p/a/u/0/U5rUW0LtSEs]Jupiter…

    ... getting new CF cards in computer-shops. Hm.
    Mister Beep Mister Beep February 2010 Hardware
  • Would love to see a Speccy version of this someday...[url="http://www.play.com/Gadgets/Gadgets/4-/13496887/SPEEDLINK-Competition-Pro-USB-Joystick-And-99-C64-Games/Product.html"][img]http://images.play.c…

    Of course what we really need is a chain of 8/16 bit computer shops popping up, selling all sorts of old/new goodies with hands-on cabinets to get people excited. That'd be heavenly!
    Graz Graz March 2010 Games
  • designing a computerHi everyone! I am designing a 4 bit computer and i need some advice, is this a good instruction set? [CODE] BINARY OPCODE DESCRIPTION 00000 nop…

    ... timing otherwise bang and the computer is gone ;)

    I will ...
    Robin Robin September 2010 Chit chat
  • Student looks for material stuff to do with 80s gameplayHi everyone, Thanks to everyone for their help in advance by the way! I'll be posting this message or something like it on other retro gaming forums …

    ... kid, only big cities had computer shops.. e.g. Limerick / Dublin.. BUT ... /> atrac ? was a board game + computer game.


    The ...
    fog fog July 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Hardware and software on ebayPicked up a few issue 1's and i found an issue 2 with them so put it on ebay. Not like any issue 2 i've ever seen [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBay…

    ... just transistor fixes applied by computer shops, this is clearly a Sinclair ...
    UPTG UPTG July 2011 Sales
  • The World's Greatest Computer Games (1984)Saw this on YouTube, a 1984 documentary narrated by Chris Tarrant, featuring home computers and their software from the day. Not seen it before. [yo…

    "computer games of tomorrow at computer shops now!"

    How they manage that then?

    Even sounds like Tom Baker on the advert.

    Did Dr. Who ship these back in time from 6 months after the scheduled completion date?
    dmsmith dmsmith October 2011 Chit chat
  • New Game: Intergalactic Space RescueHello friends! My second game for the 16K Speccy is now released. It's available from [URL="http://spectrum.cyningstan.org.uk/"]my Speccy web site[…

    ... fit into my 2K Sharp computer (sadly gone). I found then that ...
    snigfarp snigfarp January 2013 Brand new software
  • Castle Computers StokeLooking through an old Crash just now and I noticed an ad for Castle Computers in Burslem, couldnt help but [URL="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=st6…

    ... was situated above the neighbouring shops. There was a forum post ... 2.230545"]one of these shops[/URL], I forget which).
    computer shops in Hanley.

    ... Rd, more of a serious computer shop, although I remember buying ...
    MartynC MartynC April 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Outmoded Techno Babble and which of todays technobable is reaching its shelf life.So technebabble. Who uses terms like 'Super Information highway' or 'Surfing the Internet' any more? I believe in believe computing technology terms …

    [QUOTE=Graz;722683]I get funny looks when I mention the word, 'micro.' They think I mean microwave. :D[/QUOTE]
    For that matter mini and mainframe computer has gone as well.
    Jimmo Jimmo September 2013 Chit chat
  • Switchable Timex Sinclair 2068 ROM modificationI have just finished a switchable TS2068 / Spectrum ROM modification and implemented it on two TS2068s. It uses a 32K EPROM chip for the HOME ROM and…

    ... were "home-made" here in computer shops. Don't know about the ...
    Hernán Pablo Álvarez Hernán Pablo Álvarez November 2013 Hardware
  • Switchable Timex Sinclair 2068 ROM modificationI have just finished a switchable TS2068 / Spectrum ROM modification and implemented it on two TS2068s. It uses a 32K EPROM chip for the HOME ROM and…

    ... were "home-made" here in computer shops. Don't know about the ...
    rga24 rga24 November 2013 Hardware
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