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what made u buy a spectrum?Yo spec-chums what really made you buy a spectrum?. Here is my story i was about 9 and had a oric1, poor me eh?, yes it had 48k but it was just about…
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what made u buy a spectrum?Yo spec-chums what really made you buy a spectrum?. Here is my story i was about 9 and had a oric1, poor me eh?, yes it had 48k but it was just about…
... i have to say that Christmas (84?) was also my ... during the run up to christmas. My story goes like ... had found out that Father Christmas unfortunaly didn't exist!) ... Xmas i was in bed at about 7.00pm hoping ... i got no sleep at all. At around midnight i finally ... -
what made u buy a spectrum?Yo spec-chums what really made you buy a spectrum?. Here is my story i was about 9 and had a oric1, poor me eh?, yes it had 48k but it was just about…
... was 9. I looked longingly at the Specs in the shops ... spectrum under the tree that Christmas. I hogged the telly for ... -
Microdrive fault.I guess some of you may know this... My microdrive has a problem: the motor starts running as soon as I plug the computer in, and won't stop! It is …
... still remember getting one for Christmas 1984 or 1985 - and being ... amazed
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Little Sinclair museum needs your helpHi, I run a little Sinclair museum at <a href="http://www.zx-spectrum.net/museum and" target="_blank">[url]www.zx-spectrum.net/museum[/url] and</a> …
... Spectrum magazines along with the Christmas leftovers! If you haven't ... mags. Drop me a note at: [email="derek_glen@hotmail.com"]derek_glen ... -
Amstrad/Sprectrum Amstrad in the UK are advertising an E-Mail telepone system which has a small screen attached, in the advertising it states that you can download a…
... first posted about this before Christmas, but my claims were largely ... would be a bit rash at ?100. But I would certainly ... -
Average age of a Spectrum fanHi! I'm wondering what's the average age of us, readers of this forum. I'm 29 and started playing and programming on the Spectrum when I was 13 (infl…
... got a Speccy 48K for Christmas '82, if memory serves... but ... I got a +2 for Christmas '86.
Sadly, I ... how many it totals up at), three PCs, the aforementioned five ... beermat I got from Father Christmas when I was six. [I ... -
32-bit handheld console GP32 / Spectrum emulatorFor your information Download Spectrum Emulator for GP32 [url="http://info2.info.tampere.fi/~teoarsa/ZardozJOnes/GPSPECCYV005.ZIP"]http://info2.info…
... have that many commercial games at all. Rumours are that it ... getting a UK release this Christmas though, which would be quite ... -
Horizons and Thro' The Wall- the greatest game of all time.I just got that Horizons tape in a charity shop, I'd never seen it before, and loaded the programs up. What a barrel of laughs that must have been on…
... got a +2 as a Christmas present and to me Horizons ... had been written in Basic at the time. They really inspired ... "Beyond Horizons: Spectrum Memory introduced" (at least I think it was ... on Machine Code. Quite interesting at the time but, as I ... -
What's you happiest speccy related memory?Mine would have to be coming home from school at lunchtime with a couple of friends, loading up manic miner or commando for a quick 30 minute game-pl…
... a computer for Christmas (didn't care which one at the time ... had got off his mate at work. One of the best ... a prefect (well headboy actually) at my Primary school.
What's you happiest speccy related memory?Mine would have to be coming home from school at lunchtime with a couple of friends, loading up manic miner or commando for a quick 30 minute game-pl…
... sticks in my mind is Christmas '86. I'd had ... what was waiting for me at my grandparents' house? A ... pretty hyped when I used Christmas money to buy a MegaDrive ... in love wih the things at E3 2001, I finally got ... , at my store's midnight launch ...Why the Spectrum?Of all the 8-bit [I]microcomputers[/I] that were around in the 80's, why did you choose the Spectrum and not another one?
... /> I had one as a Christmas present. I didn't choose ... brother in law recommended it. At the time, he was designing ...Why the Spectrum?Of all the 8-bit [I]microcomputers[/I] that were around in the 80's, why did you choose the Spectrum and not another one?
At that time and age shopping ... much different that buying a Christmas present. I just my bad ...Who bought the rest of the 250,000???Sirclive, I know you said the eBay buyer only took a white van full. Who got the rest - I'd like to contact them with my wants list. Rgds... Wadste…
... on this. I've seen at least 4 Ebay resellers with ... />
I'm not really at libberty to divulge the ebay ... !
Have a great Christmas everyone.
Best wishes ...ZXF issue three is publishedHello everyone, A festive issue three of ZXF is now awaiting your downloading at [url="http://www.zxf.cjb.net."]www.zxf.cjb.net.[/url] The actual P…
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You have made my Christmas. Except for my girlfriend doing ... with a few choice Finbars at "we best not go into ...Just how rare is Sinclair stuff - are e-bay prices inflated?Just how rare is rare? I e-bay a lot, (my e-bay user i.d is thx1138ebn ). I have noticed that some Sinclair products starting to fecth silly prices.…
... years. So are you all at the moment buying the software ... ebay.60 odd just before christmas for a fiver.
Three ...WOW Bubbler from Ultimate on ebay!!!!!here is the link will be bidding myself :) [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3408211002&category="]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws…
Just before christmas, I picked up some wargaming magazines at auction. 7,500 ...Happy happy joy joy.What was the happiest moment in your Spectrum life? (To narrow this down, this thread doesn't include recieving the Spectrum, or buying your best ev…
... ' computer. Now I figured that at ?3.50 a week and ... could scrounge for my birthday / christmas / mowing the lawn etc I ... the 16k model was released at ?125 mail order only from ...Happy happy joy joy.What was the happiest moment in your Spectrum life? (To narrow this down, this thread doesn't include recieving the Spectrum, or buying your best ev…
... was a christmas present, I was 9 at the time ... I was very excited that christmas. Th first game I ... to spend the rest of christmas playing Atic Atac.
... (probably not even released at tht point) but I ... playing Formula One. Then at 7 in the morning we ...Happy happy joy joy.What was the happiest moment in your Spectrum life? (To narrow this down, this thread doesn't include recieving the Spectrum, or buying your best ev…
... I recieved my speccy for Christmas...I swapped my light gun ... that had done the rounds at school for months(?) beforehand...Fantasy ...Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... wrong with my question, or at least in some instances.
Christmas. I love both machines, although ...My favourite games!Alchemist, Antiriade, AticAtac, Blob The Cop, Bomb Jack 1-2, Booty, Boulder Dash 1-6, Bride Of Frankenstein, Bruce Lee, Buratino, Custard Kid, Dan Da…
I agree about Worst Things Happen at Sea.
Occasionally on these and other forums, it gets a bashing. I got it one christmas, and was very happy with it! It's great! :)What kind of music were you into in the early 80s?Recently I've been taking a trip down memory lane with these spectrum games, and in conjunction with that I've also been curious as to what music was…
... the "NME Best Newcomer Award" at the last minute to The ... remember "Wishful Thinking" by China Crisis? That was a good one ...What did you pay for a SpectrumJust wondered what everyone paid for getting hold of a spectrum. I got hold of one from eBay MINT condition, both the Box and the Speccy. Paid 110 …
... , Bulls Eye etc.) was a Christmas present many years ago now ... 've paid anything from nothing at all to ?30 for second ...NEW DEMO for ZX 48 + AY :)Hi there. First stuff from SYNDEECATE zx-party is ours of course. ;) [url="http://republika.pl/hooyprogram/sailor.zip"]http://republika.pl/hooyprog…
... , they are very good actually. at least theyre different and usually ... sympathize with their message but at least they try something. theres ... .pl/hooyprogram/h-prg.zip"]Christmas - New Year[/url]
Fire Ruby - More HelpI cant pass the spikes in the fire ruby by lawrence creighton, can someone please help? [ This Message was edited by: welsh_brawler on 2003-08-08 21…
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LET ...Was spectrum the most advanced thing when you got it?When you got your first spectrum games, were they the most advanced games at the moment? When my dad bought it for me I was crazy excited, it was ama…
... picked up my +2 for christmas 1987. But after the ZX81 ... existence of the mighty ST at the time..
[quote ...Worst Colour Clash ever?As Malcolm Hope's posted a request for the most boring looking monochrome cop-outs, how about this... Which games have the most appaling colour clas…
... 't get this as a Christmas present from an Auntie like ... /> She must have been looking at me through mothers eyes as ...Did you choose to have a Speccy or did it just happen that way?A strange question I know, but, the reason I ask is that when we (my family) were looking to buy a computer non of my mates had computers and non of …
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It was either Christmas '83 or '84 and I ... Vic20 that I really wanted. At school, there was a real ... come down in price. At school after Christmas, the rage was the ...
