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You know you're starting to lose it...You know when you're starting to get a strange addiction when you start searching for *broken* Spectrums to buy ... There's something thrilling in a…
You know when you're starting to get a strange addiction when you start searching for *broken* Spectrums to buy ...
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You're going to hate this...May I first point out that I'm wearing flame-retardant clothing, and whilst it *is* a concrete overcoat (presumably to save time...) it chafes a litt…
... *is* a concrete overcoat (presumably to save time...) it chafes a ... curiosity for someone else (natch) to fix, if it tickles their ... in turn used different palettes to represent the Spectrum colours.
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tape to microdrive?not sure where to put this so im sticking it here. how can i convert a game onto a microdrive cart? ive seen some dodgy guy on ebay selling microdriv…
not sure where to put this so im sticking it here.
how can i convert a game onto a microdrive cart?
ive seen some dodgy guy on ebay selling microdrives with games on them.
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Help required to pickup some magsDoes anyone on the forums live near Haslemere is Surrey and would also be willing to do me a favour? There's a chance I can get my hands on some mag…
... and would also be willing to do me a favour?
to be collected in person initially ... , I could then arrange to have them delivered by courier ... -
Bird to human birdflu in Wales :-/ugh, so it isn't the deadly variant but anyway, [url]http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20070528/thl-uk-britain-birdflu-wales-7ae5c24.html[/url] thought…
ugh,
so it isn't the deadly variant but anyway,
[url]http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20070528/thl-uk-britain-birdflu-wales-7ae5c24.html[/url]
thought you all ought to know
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What WAS going to be bundled with Bandersnatch?Just saw a documentary about the death of Imagine ( [url]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1012096952890708986[/url] ) and apparently they wer…
... ] ) and apparently they were going to include 30 (!) items in the ... what exactly they were going to put in the box, or ... -
Whatever happened to the Mikro Plus?Anyone know what became of this? [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=Crash/Issue19/Pages/Crash1900020.jpg[/url] It was supposed to …
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Going to see Meatloaf tomorrow nightGot two tickets for his show in the Odyssey Arena, Belfast. Was a bit perturbed to discover they're still selling tickets for this show on ticketmas…
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Should +2's Be left turned on to save games?Hi, Forgive me for asking you guy's a daft question but, I was just wondering what you think about leaving a Spectrum +2 turned on all the time. The …
... loaded a game I tend to play it for several nights ... -
Stupid Net Games your adicted to...I've been wasting precious hour of my life with a very stupid (but highly adictive) game I found on miniclip called "mother Load"... as if Wos didn'…
... if Wos didn't took to much time already...
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A New 21 UDG Plotter BASIC ProgramHello All, Here goes... My first proper Spectrum program for 20 years! And the reason why I've been asking about multiple banks of UDGS recently. …
... UDG plotter which allows you to edit all 21 UDGS on ...
L=List codes in decimal
S=Save
C ... [/url]
Thanks again to everyone who has advised and ... -
Ridiculous excuses to get off workI've worked for the same company for the past ten years and sometimes people come up with the most ridiculous excuses for taking time off work. Among…
i need to find a gamethis game was similar to a game called millionaire.but instead of buying and selling software,you were buying and selling stocks i.e.gold tin silver …
this game was similar to a game called millionaire.but instead of buying and selling software,you were buying and selling stocks i.e.gold tin silver etc,can anybody help me??The Spectrum game you always come back toIs there a Spectrum game that you still come back to playing after all these years? For me, after all this time there still isn't a game to match Ba…
Is there a Spectrum game that you still come back to playing after all these years?
For me, after all this time there still isn't a game to match Back 2 Skool on any other system.Some interesting new old school games to try[url]http://www.binaryzoo.com/home/index.htm[/url] I love echoes. Great game! (but you may need to get the shades on) If anyone else knows of any …
Games you wish you'd had the intrsuctions toI would have loved to know what I was supposed to be doing in both Fairlight and The Great Escape
I would have loved to know what I was supposed to be doing in both Fairlight and The Great EscapeThings not to do online in a public forumDue to recent posts on my part, I thought this would be a good one. Basically in joke form I raised the idea that an image uploaded to this forum co…
Due to recent posts on my part, ... idea that an image uploaded to this forum could be easily ... have the list, things not to do on a public forum ... boss online somewhere hes likley to see it.
(Lets ...Anything to say before I make my 1000th post?Im gearing up for it. It may even appear in this thread. Didn't realise that I'd got so close to that time, so this is me, just having a bit of a b…
... I'd got so close to that time, so this is ... crazy, adorable folks. Looking forward to the future of Speccy gaming ... have actually contributed something worthwhile to the group!
External access to magazine scansMartijn, I've taken the first steps to adding a Source/Reference index to my ZX81 site (I've indexed SU issue 1 as a starting point). For the ref…
... ve taken the first steps to adding a Source/Reference ... my pages that go directly to the magazine page scans ... on WOS but that appears to have some referrer blocking ... , so I've gone directly to the FTP site.
... you're happy for me to do this, or possibly ...Church amits to the existance of AliensJust read Sony news story where they say sorry to the Church of England for basing a shoot-em-up in Manchester Cathedral. [URL="http://news.bbc.co.u…
... where they say sorry to the Church of England ... that shooting someone equates to murder/violence in gods house ...
As I understand it to shoot at someone or murder ... then they would need to be real in the ... in a church equates to murder/violence in Gods ...Carphone warehouse starting to bite AOLI have been a member of AOL on and off for years, and when previously I left AOL it wasn't down to bad service or even bad software, more often then …
... have heard it is possible to keep with AOL but you ... the router, so I decided to phone AOL because I heard ... support wasn't really up to the job ( I think ... :D ) so they passed me to billing, because they could help ... I then said I heard to the contry so please could ...Transfer to tape from PCHi all, A few years ago I had a program on the Amiga that would take a Spectrum game and save it out via the serial port to a cassette tape player. T…
... out via the serial port to a cassette tape player.
to transfer some to tape.
TIA ...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…
... /playstats.html"]this page[/URL] to see who has been playing ... emulator.
It came to my notice that one of ... appeared as a B Side to one of his records.
What I'd like to know is, is it you ... the appeal of this game to you?
And ...A return to point-and-click adventures...Okay, they've nicked my username, but I sincerely hope this is the start of a welcome return to the traditional point-and-click adventures. Made by …
... start of a welcome return to the traditional point-and-click ... one of the very few to get it right.
New to the online Spectrum worldHi I own a 48k spectrum but it has since stopped workin! Could anyone please help me to get up and running again on my home pc! Any help much apprec…
Hi I own a 48k spectrum but it has since stopped workin! Could anyone please help me to get up and running again on my home pc!
Any help much appreciated DaveForgive me...this album is just too good to not be mentionedJust got the new album from Symphony X. Bought, not downloaded. I'm speechless. I can't believe it's possible to make something this good, and to …
Just got the new album from Symphony X. Bought, not downloaded.
I'm speechless. I can't believe it's possible to make something this good, and to perform it this well.Speccy Popeye vs. Wikipedia info irrelevant to each other?I noticed that [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003830"]Popeye[/URL] has a link to Wikipedia about this game ... except it tec…
... "]Popeye[/URL] has a link to Wikipedia about this game ... except ... archive? It's supposed to be relevant to the specific game in ...My iTunes wants to be shut down in an unusual wayAny suggestions on what to say to Apple to get it to shut iTunes down in an unusual way? Screenshot: [url]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/murra…
Any suggestions on what to say to Apple to get it to shut iTunes down in an unusual way?
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[url]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/murrayg/unusualway.jpg[/url]Going to see..[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrT31u2FEqw]Nick Harper[/url] in Bournemouth at the weekend, I've been looking forward to this gig for a while.
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrT31u2FEqw]Nick Harper[/url] in Bournemouth at the weekend, I've been looking forward to this gig for a while.
