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The Fool's Workplace SurveyI thought I'd try and find out more about what my fellow WOS'ers are up to during their work hours, so I've compiled a simple survey. Overwrite my an…
... Using the internet and being on MSN / Myspace all day ... chatting to people.
What’s the ... ?
Our customers. The majority are retards. They ... an hour for lunch each day.
Do ... and he told everyone in the building. It was great ... -
Games ThoughtsJust got round to playing my real spectrum in anger, and here are some thoughts about the games I have played so far. Scrable - the tape didn't load…
... a view to maybe on day selling the physical tape?
the 'computer life' program. The screen is clear and ... they just slow the game down), even in 48k it could ... the keys (dooh) or maybe this in itself is an in-game joke. In ... -
Are you addicted to...The Shaky Game?Occasionally I have a look at [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/playstats.html"]this page[/URL] to see who has been playing what in the online emu…
... who has been playing what in the online emulator.
It ... chart is inevitably
The Shaky Game
by
in the tradition of any crap games ... plays this game regularly every day.
What I'd ... -
Free booklets with magazines... in archive?A recent trawl through my storage boxes has turned up some booklets that SU used to tuck into their mags back in the day. Specifically: Top 50 Spect…
... tuck into their mags back in the day. Specifically:
Top ... in some likely-looking folders and seen nowt. I'm guessing the ... be folded into the Tipshop, informationwise... at the time of typing ... if there is a place in the archive for this kind of ... -
Anybody in the printing trade?I'm after the name of the object created on plastic film containing an extremely contrasty image, used to photo etch the printing rollers. It's like…
I'm after the name of the object created on ... image, used to photo etch the printing rollers.
the plate to give the final image.
What is the name given to this sheet ... in differing grades. It's important as I need the ... -
So long and thanks for all the fishIm off now. Alot of the chat here reminded me too much of of the chat in the school yard etc.... Not bitter, as my sig says just bored. Its been f…
... me too much of of the chat in the school yard etc....
in the next day or so).
How do you run PCW games in Joyce?Seeing as Amstrad is back in the news, I may as well give it a go... My mum had a PCW and I was able to convert the disks over to the PC (before the…
Seeing as Amstrad is back in the news, I may as well ... able to convert the disks over to the PC (before the PCW was ... I have are "start of day" disks that boot up into ... (or something) to actually start the game.
Any kind ...The actual top ten Spectrum games EVER! : )I had a free moment and collected all the votes from the thread of "Top 10 Spectrum games ever". ([I][url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/show…
... users did I find in the thread up to 23th ... br /> [*]Match Day 2
[*]Myth
[*]The Great Escape
[*]Match Day
[*]Nebulus
[*]Renegade
[*]The Sentinel
... of exploding fist
[*]The Worm In Paradise
[*]Theatre ...Need help finding Spectrums in London - visiting in NovemberHi there, I need some help from all of the english members of this forum, or more specifically anyone located in the London area. Late last year, e…
... , or more specifically anyone located in the London area.
... ons. The idea was for me to completely refocus my life as ... a father and at the same time realise some of the ... money I had invested in the collection.
< ...Ian WeatherburnI read the tribute to Viktor Drozd with great interest coupled with sadness at his passing. Clearly few could match his passion for the Speccy and I …
... view, a fast car in the garage and the world's dodgiest collection ... but if he does, one day they will surely find this ... - and one of the most influencial games in the speccy cannon. His softography ... not have been life and soul of the party, without the need to ...The hunt for a game in Welsh!Just out of pure curiosity, were any Speccy games or apps ever made in Welsh? I was earlier performing an "Advanced Search" of the archive, and noti…
... games or apps ever made in Welsh?
... an "Advanced Search" of the archive, and noticed you can ... search on many of the common languages of speccy ... was a speccy title written in Welsh?
... , but am interseted purely in the novelty factor!Got a new job. So far, so good....but still...I have now given up working as a tv-repairman for the second time in my life. After giving it up for the first time in 97, after the company I worked…
... a tv-repairman for the second time in my life.
After giving ... it up for the first time in 97, after the ... know the driver.
Today was my 9th day being ...Anyone program on the speccy and still program?I messed around with Spectrum basic in the 80's mainly doing drawings that I created using basic commands. I then learnt Z80 Assembler for a collage …
... messed around with Spectrum basic in the 80's mainly doing drawings ... in C for work. I never got into C++ or saw the ... point in it.
Although ... I spend about 30% of day developing software for broadcast systems.Recent Returnee to the spectrum fold needs hardware adviceHi all. Thanks for taking the time to read this. This is my first post to this forum after I stumbled on this site just a few weeks ago, i only reg…
... map but where's the fun in that), its bugged ... I sit in front of a PC all day and don' ... in Windows) to the floppy drive in my PC in a format the ... I've got the program on the floppy in the B drive I ... it onto the normal chunkier a drive in the +3. Because the +3 ...The 87 Hurrican - Michael Fish --- 20 Years OnTwenty years and a day ago Michael Fish infamously told the UK that there was no hurrican on the way. [youtube]uqs1YXfdtGE[/youtube] However on a …
... and a day ago Michael Fish infamously told the UK that ... there was no hurrican on the way.
[ ... and no mention of Florida in the above vid.
So is Micheal telling the truth, or did he indeed ... make the BBC's worst ever ...The worst games in the archive.What are the worst game in WOS's archive. I came accross two real baddens yesterday: Stupid Sports it so bad its actually fun: [url]http://www.wor…
What are the worst game in WOS's archive.
... has to be one of the most mind numbingly booring and ... =0000816[/url]
Even the instructions are more intersting than ...Passing the torch - Spectrum games in the modern school classroomI teach maths in a middle school (years five-eight), and at the end of lessons we often try to assess learning by playing a maths based game on the i…
... maths in a middle school (years five-eight), and at the end ... based game on the interactive white board for the last five minutes ... of education games available for the humble Speccy, so I had ... 't comment once on the graphics, just enjoyed the game of matching ...I hate this country (serious - England gets worse)Have you seen this: [URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7059283.stm[/URL] "[B]The Prison Service has converted two jails to hold only foreign nati…
... protection!), yet the paedo's never live in the same areas as ... for life imprisonment if life meant life - nowadays of course life means ... on Walking Day (a traditional event where the school kids ... around town, the roads are closed for the day, people line ...The Star Wars Holiday Special - IN FIVE MINUTES!I dare you to watch the whole five minutes and not get that "Tickly Feeling Of Embrassment Up The Spine" tingle. [url]http://video.google.co.uk/vide…
I dare you to watch the whole five minutes and not ... "Tickly Feeling Of Embrassment Up The Spine" tingle.
[url ... really hit home for me in the last thirty seconds when Carrie ...Why the hell are you asking to be ignored or banned?"Are you seriously that screwed up that you are posting on a forum and asking to be banned?" not at all i dont care, this isnt important. Alas a few…
... /> Lets take the WCS, you ban me, woohoo, life goes on, i ... />
For the record, i live in one of the most expensive fully ... paid off houses in st ... ives(again one of the most beautiful place to live in the ...Battle of the Isometric gamesYes, it is another poll. But I think this one will produce quite an interesting debate. I never really got into these games back in the day but sinc…
... into these games back in the day but since I ... The 14 games in the poll are the 14 that are rated in the ... top 100 by WoS visitors at this moment in ... time. It is quite a mean poll for fans of the ... your absolute favourite - the one Isometric game you ...40 % chance of depression for the US ecconnomyTonight Mathiew I'm going to be a surrogate pasty!! :lol: Athough what I have to say comes from slightly more reputable sources. I have been watchi…
... the odds of the USA going into depression are getting higher by the day ... .
Currently the odds of ... going into depression within the next 12 months is ... the US ecconnomy. Whether we see the difference in the price at the ...More Weird People in the News...[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7131532.stm[/url] Now what the heck was this guy actually doing to get himself in this po…
[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7131532.stm[/url]
Now what the heck was this guy actually doing to get himself in this position?th?ts on a CF hard disk for a laptopG'Day y'all, I'm thinking of splashing out on a low-end laptop once my loan comes thr?. A REALLY low end one: ?89.90; Pentium II @ 200MHz; 32MB RAM; …
G'Day y'all,
I'm ... linux (probs slackware or debian) in the hope that it will be ... will save on my battery life. Will it do this?I've got a 1961 music centre type thing, stuck in my loftSix years ago, I was at my physical peak, and I put this old early 60's stereo in the loft, after a house clearance. At the time, stuff like that, yo…
... old early 60's stereo in the loft, after a house clearance ... . At the time, stuff like that, you ... stuck it in the loft, planning to ebay it one day.
the bugger down again, without breaking ...Snow in YanksvilleOK it snowed here in Indiana last night, I say this for my neck of the woods though I have no idea if the entire state got snow. Anyway I have 2 nig…
... in Indiana last night, I say this for my neck of the ... I have no idea if the entire state got snow.
Anybody else in the states get snow?
in Canada and you get snow ...Spectrum +2 power supply - voltages on each pin..?My +2 suddenly stopped working yesterday. It was working fine earlier in the day and now the power light will not go on, nor will the tape drive and …
... working fine earlier in the day and now the power light will ... notice the voltages going across the connector to the tape ... the power supply is damaged in some way. The machine *did* flicker into life ... 12v as the supply indicates according to the voltage meter, ...Deteriorating quality of artwork in Crash... during the "commercial" life of the speccy. I am making this topic about Crash magazine as that's the only one I know almost every issue of, so I…
... during the "commercial" life of the speccy. I am making this ... seems that the Oli Frey artwork in the early stages of the magazine was ... me. I also assume that in the last few years, when things ... amount of time to the art as in the magazine's infancy.
"Bouncing Bug" and "In-betweening" - missing games?Has anyone heard of the following two Speccy games: - Bouncing Bug - In-betweening They are not listed on World of Spectrum Infoseek at all, and I …
... anything about them in Google (although the second one is ... ).
The only evidence I have of ... my past. Back in the day, I used the notebook to write ... Set Willy were listed the controls for Bouncing Bug ... 't have written down the controls for that.
Games with pancakes in them?I want to do some vids for my blog (link in signature) that relate to pancakes for Pancake Day, which this year is on the 5th of Feb. Anyone know of…
... blog (link in signature) that relate to pancakes for Pancake Day, which ... this year is on the 5th of ... /> Anyone know of any? Searching the archive draws a blank, so ... 't have to be prominent in the game, just being present is ...
