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  • Byte Back, anyone else going?Anyone else from these forums going to be attending this in Stoke this weekend? I know Joffa, Mark and Jonathan are but what about "civilians"? ;)

    ... the RGCD guys and Commodore Computer Club. It was a pleasure ... number of things that have gone wrong with the thing of ...
    jonathan jonathan March 2009 Chit chat
  • 'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back, videos & photos'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back Longton, Stoke On Trent, 7th March 2009 "One of the most famous software houses of the 80s and early 90s was Manchester…

    ... with just about every home computer, console and related game on ... , Mr Pud Pud.

    Gone the youthful apple-cheeks and ...
    tandemar tandemar March 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • A tax on violent games?[URL]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/technologynews/4968581/Tax-violent-video-games-tobeat-knife-crime-says-Damiola-Taylor…

    ... =ewgf;341114]Maybe, but violent computer games do have a legitimite ... all our civil liberties have gone away.
    Winston Winston March 2009 Chit chat
  • Record 419 letterI've just got a 419 email (first to get past my shitfilter for ages) and I must admit I am impressed. Yes the crap tale of woe is there (money alrea…

    ... take 70%. I would have gone ahead to ask the funds ... was found on his office computer during a routine maintenance of ...
    ADJB ADJB March 2009 Chit chat
  • TIMEX Sinclair 2068 => ZX Spectrum/Timex2048?Hello. I have opportunity to buy Timex Sinclair 2068. According to www sites dedicated to Timex machines, TS 2068 can handle only 7&#37; (!) of Spe…

    ... about titles announced by "Timex Computer Corp". I think that some ... that were never sold in shops but were passed around and ...
    zxbruno zxbruno April 2009 Hardware
  • Today's malware problemI've got Windows XP and am being greeted with the message that my computer is being shut down by "NT Authority System", and that there is a problem w…

    ... to let it scan your computer?[/QUOTE]

    Well, brave ... unlikely that they'd have gone to the trouble of working ...
    gasman gasman April 2009 Chit chat
  • Frying Iphones, a warningWell I've managed to fry 2 iphones in 1 year. Thought I would post a warning on what not to do and maybe help someone else out. I charge my iphone a…

    ... on the USB of my computer....the carpet is the usual ... the first time) I have gone to unplug the cable from ... and a static spark and 'gone in' the connector and made ...
    mile mile April 2009 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... old daughter as a first computer.

    Scotty - how much ... webs and it had all gone off colour, its connectors were ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk April 2009 Chit chat
  • I cant believe I clicked on it......Some toss pot (my friend) sent me this link.... Im scared for life! *WARNING...IF EASILY SHOCKED...DO NOT CLICK IT!....* I have edited the post!,…

    Yep, superb video that is, love seeing the footage of the computer show, shops full of old 80's machines and tons of games etc.

    Joffas in there somewhere also isnt he !
    psj3809 psj3809 April 2009 Chit chat
  • Who Are You Guys..... ???I'm curious to learn about the guys (and no doubt gals) who keep this forum alive. Were you all Spectrum-heads from the start? Did any of you come la…

    ... needed to visit the computer departments at electronic shops.

    I ...
    bverstee bverstee April 2009 Games
  • If Money Was No Object - Would You Have Bought A SpectrumTruthfully, at the time you bought your first ZX Spectrum, would you have bought something different if money was no object. Don't get me wrong - I …

    ... just wasn't in the shops. [I]Boots[/I] was the ... monitor that even put the shops off stocking it. Even if ... pushed schools who wanted a computer to bung education money their ... it seriously as a home computer.

    I think the ...
    joefish joefish April 2009 Games
  • If Money Was No Object - Would You Have Bought A SpectrumTruthfully, at the time you bought your first ZX Spectrum, would you have bought something different if money was no object. Don't get me wrong - I …

    ... and my parents were not computer savvy at all, we picked ... distributed and/or in the shops because of a lacking user ...
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG April 2009 Games
  • If Money Was No Object - Would You Have Bought A SpectrumTruthfully, at the time you bought your first ZX Spectrum, would you have bought something different if money was no object. Don't get me wrong - I …

    ... ]ewgf is using his first computer now, well when I say ... =karingal;349265]TBH the first computer I used was a Commodore ... he's not as far gone as Kilby. That poor bloke ...
    ewgf ewgf April 2009 Games
  • 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…

    ... seems to think their retro computer is some kind of nest ... ]
    indeed, same with charity shops now :( greed

    days ...
    mel the bell mel the bell April 2009 Chit chat
  • Successor to the SpeccyBased on the rambling on the other thread it would be interesting to see what people felt was the 'spiritual' successor to the speccy. Amiga here....

    ... C64. It was, 'The other computer' The one that the odd ... the C64 mob that had gone and bought one!

    Graz Graz May 2009 Chit chat
  • Successor to the SpeccyBased on the rambling on the other thread it would be interesting to see what people felt was the 'spiritual' successor to the speccy. Amiga here....

    ... C64. It was, 'The other computer' The one that the odd ... the C64 mob that had gone and bought one!

    Dave_C Dave_C May 2009 Chit chat
  • Crashable Spectrum games?Following the discussion at: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=24821[/url] I was wondering what Spectrum games could be m…

    ... dear, something seems to have gone wrong. Please phone xxxxxxx and ... I get back to a computer next week.
    csmith csmith May 2009 Games
  • Crashable Spectrum games?Following the discussion at: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=24821[/url] I was wondering what Spectrum games could be m…

    ... dear, something seems to have gone wrong. Please phone xxxxxxx and ... I get back to a computer next week.[/QUOTE]

    Sard Sard May 2009 Games
  • Shocker at work!Just heard someone was fired at work today for saying to a colleague jokingly 'im going to kill you.' A manager overheard this person saying it, the…

    ... a message next to my computer saying 'We've ordered you ... legs at the back were gone.

    Meaning obviously that ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek May 2009 Chit chat
  • Windows Vista?I'm having real trouble finding a decent spec. laptop that has Windows XP on it, it's all Vista Vista ****ing Vista. I've down (well, let's be honest…

    ... ;356657]it's a world gone topsy turvy. A windowing system ... ] 3-5 years worth of computer hardware.

    [QUOTE=guesser ...
    AndyC AndyC May 2009 Chit chat
  • Brush with the local constabularyRemember this thread spec-chums [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20575[/url] Well, just before the Manchester Utd Vs Bar…

    ... might have gone over the top but those lines outside shops like ...
    psj3809 psj3809 May 2009 Chit chat
  • Need a Win prog which shows what is using up the network (WiFi)connection ... G'argh!Ok ... it's a (WinXP) computer using a cable modem. It's firewalled. The other day a WiFi router was added to it. It's locked, it's supposedly sec…

    ... ][/B]

    Now the computer is infected with [URL="http ... in desktop properties might be gone, etc. and some quick registry ...
    zxbruno zxbruno June 2009 Chit chat
  • Spectrum +2 tape playerHi all, the tape player on my +2 has gone silent on me. There's power getting to it but there doesn't seem to be any sound getting to the computer, e…

    ... player on my +2 has gone silent on me. There's ... any sound getting to the computer, either loading or saving. I ... a simple fix as the computer itself seems to be working ...
    trellis trellis June 2009 Hardware
  • Anyone know the story behind Salamander?Right, the mysterious case of Speccy Nemesis is well documented, but there also seems to be something odd going on with Salamander too. Namely: Sala…

    ... it made it into the shops but I guess that Ocean ... never appeared on a home computer of the day. It's ...
    Steve Halfpenny Steve Halfpenny June 2009 Games
  • The [You] awardsI'm bored, so I thought I'd do the traditional ewgf Spectrum awards, for the first time ever. Once you've ignored my post, please post your own winne…

    ... nothing better to do at gone 1 in the morning. I ... : Ocean
    Best Spectrum era computer magazine (doesn't have to ...
    Vertigo Vertigo June 2009 Games
  • Ace Archive is 4 years old today!Yep! We have hit 4 years old today, to mark this the team have released [url=http://www.jupiter-ace.co.uk/sw_tetris_rf.html]Jupiter Ace Tetris[/url].…

    ... idea because the business computer the Osborne1 has gone ahead with Forth ...
    Jumping Stack Jumping Stack June 2009 Announcements
  • Weird we have half the power.We have just had a momentary power cut, now everything has come back on we only have half the power. The old traditional lights bulbs are only ligh…

    ... work, the UPS on my computer is screeming blue murder, and ... of the mains supply had gone down)
    guesser guesser June 2009 Chit chat
  • Help - no tv receptionHi I've just bought a 128k Spectrum +2 from ebay & am having trouble getting any output on a tv. The specy seems to work - the power light comes on …

    ... ; their a few e-bay shops that sell brand new scart ... pretty coloured squares then the computer is dead.

    It ...
    Hercules Hercules June 2009 Hardware
  • Anyone else miss the variety of the 8-bits?When I was a kid in the early eighties, as I'm sure you all know there were a shed load of different micro's and consoles on the market. all were sig…

    ... on display ... Speccies (sadly mostly gone after 1986 or so here ... 1985 or 1986 in the shops, very impressive.

    Or ... the game shops. The excitement when you found ...
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG June 2009 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... ) there used to be a computer game shop called just micro ... there was a couple of shops, then a black frontage which ... space above loads of the shops etc, all you could see ... now......was a couple of shops UP (towards west street) if ...
    mel the bell mel the bell July 2009 Chit chat
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