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Jade Goody gets robbed blindI have to laugh at the Sun's headline for their story about Jade Goody, the famous ex-Big Brother contestant, getting money stolen from her bank acco…
... Lizzy woman in my head..
She's a right mong..[/QUOTE ... Sport, that must have been a very bad sight !!! She was ... in the news recently for not declaring money from her ... -
Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
... ]> Well INVERSE doesn't actually invert the pixels...
It shouldn't be a surprise as SCREEN$ is explained ... RTFM if I couldn't figure out how to use a specific command ... have a problem with trusting the accuracy of manuals. Datasheets for ic ... -
Spectrum Game NewsSome snippets of Spectrum game news , via the RT forum and micro mart if you guys are interested.... [url]http://www.retro-trader.com/forum/index.p…
... the day and but wouldn't particularly want to seek out ... )?[/QUOTE]
A number of my newer games for a start. Hardcore retro ... the talk yet you don't walk the walk![/QUOTE]
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Speccy T-ShirtsI've been getting a little creative, and I was wondering what the market was like for Speccy related T-Shirts? I've made one so far: [url]http://ww…
... would blank my own mum for a chance to touch a real girl ...
With regards the t-shirt printing you could always ... Cafepress or Spreadshirt and make a "private shop" (note, that ... including printing options that last a bit longer (alledgedly) than ... -
Which Linux distro for low end PC?Hi, I have a low end PC knocking about which I want to turn into a fairly simple and secure granny PC for surfing, email, odd word doc etc without h…
... but I didn't think it was suitable for a granny PC... ... it's a little too ... ? Slax is one of my favourties because it's always ... to install), security isn't that much of an issue ... that.
Cheers for the info so far.
What game is this?When I first got my Speccy, in the year dot, I had a simple shoot em up game, that I cannot find. Can anyone recognise this please? The game starte…
... the late hours for a week after I bought my speccy until I ... you mentioning nails and stuff for enemies. By the same ... them (and it probably isn't, as they are primarily ... the case) then I can't help you, beyond suggesting ... be, the rest I don't think, but you can ...There is a better original game for every conversion?[QUOTE=Matt_B]My contention would be that for any good conversion, I could name a better original Spectrum game in a similar format. As such, there a…
... when I was away for the weekend. :-P
my opinons ... [/QUOTE]
< ... days! So here's my final post for a while ...
< ... br /> I can't think of a better vertically-scrolling Speccy ... one I'd go for ... good thread, good ...England and penalties don't mix.Is this a record of sorts? No great surprise then to see England go out yet again via penalties. It's a pity to see the likes of Lampard and Gerrar…
... Rooney and Ronaldo meet up for pre-season training that Rooney ... he hadn't lost his head.
It's a shame that ... think they have been overrated for a number of years now and ... totally un-Germanlike) for the entire tournament and for me have been ...Problems with my +2A DatacorderHey folks, Bought a speccy from ebay, but i think its fucked. What do you think? Basically it turns on fine, but when i try load a game nothing wor…
... opened it up and had a look inside.
couldn't find anything that seemed like a spidery chip! ... have another look with a tape inside and see ... bits together to make a connection, which I imagine ... look at this tape head connection, and see if ...Garry Lancasters +3e site down?Hi, I have been trying to access Garry's page about the +3e ROM, because I know of a utility for the +3 he has on the site which makes it possible f…
... circle. From a thread started because I couldn't access Mr. ... Lancasters website, over a lot of ... necessary files and adding a drive B to your ... and running again at a new and reliable host ... feel I have done my share this week ;).Gamestage is Dead!Wouldn't that be nice. :) The real reason I'm here is that I wanted to write an insulting message in his faecesbook but he seems to have disabled it…
i made up a load of bollocks for my profile, they must have realised ... of my life. I don?t meet
to the men for a two ... years. I was sure that there isn?t plase for ...
the man in my life. I ...What would you pay for a brand new Spectrum?I wanted to know if there was a market for new hardware, like the DTV-64.
... had my [B]Sprinter[/B] circa 2002, IIRC, for ... who don't know)... I think that, for a portable ... )(mebbe some pixels extra for border), laptop-like
a Line-In connector for connecting my CD-Player< ... this [B]would be[/B] my dream machine)...
Please don't shout at me - I bought something C64 related...Went in to Argos with the missus yesterday to get something dead exciting (bedsheets) and saw someone at the counter collecting one of those C64 30-g…
anyway, I shall pick mine up in tomorrow, I reserved on their website earlier today
I would have paid for it too, but couldn't remember my login details, and their webstie sucks donkey balls.Don't ever buy a futon from ikeaBought a futon from Ikea. Started putting it together. Surprise, holes in wood are slightly out in varying ways throughout the whole thing. This woul…
My brother worked for a firm which at weekends would ... 'd go with him on a Saturday while I was home ... from university to earn a few extra quid.
t touch the stuff now.
Crappy weekend?I went away this weekend, I had to stay with friends in the 'country' and was distressed when I found that during a picnic in a field, I'd put my han…
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Well I don't know what the f**k ... have storing up this one for a week. It was so bad ... So in I went holding my breath, once inside, the ... the bowl itself was a big brown bagette floating ... thanked the woman for reporting such a problem saying that ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... was far better for playing games (though not for fast typing of ... the 48K), you couldn't match up the characters in a full (thirty ... keep the old mode, both for compatability and because it worked ... of extra RAM being used for the screen display. Perhaps several ...Was learning machine code a waste of time?I remember computer magazines from the mid-1980s often had features about using machine code, which I duly skipped over as it seemed totally impenetr…
... /> Even if it weren't necessary knowledge for one's job, this ... br />
Couldn't have put it better myself - a reasonably in-depth ... need blistering speed (such as for a small stub that is called ... code that gets submitted here for tweaking by the experts - ...My final day at workAs the title said today was my last day at work. I went to work as normal, did my shift as normal, and at the end of the day nobody said good luck in…
... some of us were invited for a party at the dept. boss ... told us to start looking for a new job since in all ... didn't even get a thank you or even an acknowledgement for it ... I found something on my own though within a week and I was ...Games that are impossible to complete due to bugs!I'm trying to compile a list of Speccy games that cannot be completed because of a bug (or simply bad programming)! Here's a few... [B]Frankie Goes …
... ,0 Grass2
Couldn't make my mind up about the house ... as is bar the top 'for sure' corruption.Total Worldwide Sales?Does anyone have an accurate source showing total Worldwide sales for the ZX Spectrum (all models, incl. Timex)? I notice the Wikipedia entry for th…
... or Brazil since most weren't authorized.
... themselves. I couldn't even find sales info for the Laser ... 128 or Franklin which weren't ... as sales. It doesn't take into account defects, ... ,000 sold a month but I haven't found anything ...Ever find something on tape that should not be there?I remember this from my school days,its an absolute classic this!,i borrowed a game from a school friend at that time(i cannot remember which game)bu…
... ) family found a close up of my nob(only for a second or so ... anyway - thank fuck I wasn't there when it was discovered ...Ever find something on tape that should not be there?I remember this from my school days,its an absolute classic this!,i borrowed a game from a school friend at that time(i cannot remember which game)bu…
... ) family found a close up of my nob(only for a second or so ... anyway - thank fuck I wasn't there when it was discovered ... .[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't be embarrased - I personally would ...Ever find something on tape that should not be there?I remember this from my school days,its an absolute classic this!,i borrowed a game from a school friend at that time(i cannot remember which game)bu…
... ) family found a close up of my nob(only for a second or so ... anyway - thank fuck I wasn't there when it was discovered ...Not so BRIGHTOk, on the Spectrum I'm a crayon man so I don't know much about the coding. If I create a graphic in, say, SevenUp or TommyGun and the graphic is not…
... day at work so I couldn't put my finger on why it ... -20 bytes, there are quite a few possible solutions.Emulating Spectrum digitizer?Hello everyone, Not sure if this is the right forum part to ask this question...basically, I'm making a video for my brother's band (the song is cal…
Off the top of my head, there's a utility that turns images ... the software runs on a Mac, but for what it's ... worth, I think you have had a ... very high quality level. Editors for graphic retouch are included. [ ... is off the top of my head, but I hope it ...Flippin` ebay banner ad :(Sorry to post a new thread over something so trivial, but is anyone else getting sick or noticing the new ebay ads on websites, the banner sized flas…
... etc... It`s crippling my computer at times, mainly ... />
I`ve seen my computer just start to hemmel ... webpages, and didn`t realise what it was for a few days, ... 70-90 odd percent CPU for a flippin` banner add on ... /> I'll fix it for if you install firefox and ...Speccy graphics on CBM64The recent "Starquake" thread had me browsing through Steve Crow's portfolio of games and I was quite surprised when following the links to the CBM64…
Found another - "Head over Heels":
[url]http://www.lemon64.com/?game_id=1158[/url]
The mode couldn't have been that slow for this game to have worked well....Rupert and the Toymaker's PartyHow to complete levels in this game? I always gather up all invitations, but the door is still closed :-(.
... had this game on my wants list for a couple of years, ... the doors (the instructions aren't on WoS); but, although ... that either there's a concealed item which has ... to be collected, or a key combination is required to ... doors - or there's a bug in the game, of ...SCART Lead and C= 1940 MonitorHi, I've decided to make a SCART lead for my +3 I've been doing a lot of searching on the internet and forums but I'm a little confused as some peop…
... -3V, but it was a quicker solution for me.
I used XS42V in my SCART ... cable, you just don't need all the wires for a ... if I could get my Freeview box to connect ... SCART adaptor I set up for my CPC monitor, but I' ...SCART Lead and C= 1940 MonitorHi, I've decided to make a SCART lead for my +3 I've been doing a lot of searching on the internet and forums but I'm a little confused as some peop…
Thanks for replying
[QUOTE]I used XS42V in my SCART cable, you ... just don't need all the wires for a ... wasn't possible, and then I saw the circuit there for the ... for a while myself, but when I do, I'll certainly post my ...
