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Are SATA drives reliable now ?I am thinking of getting a SATA hard drive the one in the link actually the 320GB one [url]http://svp.co.uk/products-solo.php?pid=1728[/url] It wil…
... time ago that they were fast but not very reliable, have ... -
Datacorder "on strike" on my 128k +2AHi, I have a problem with the built-in datacorder on my +2A : The sound became "noisy" with cracks... Giving the tape recorder a little hit was the…
... still have some cracks while fast forwarding, and when playing the ... -
Mysteries of Electricity QuizA little fun quiz that I know the answers to, but may lead to some head scratching and disbelief, but there's easy experiments than can be performed …
Windows Vista & ChessBought Windows Vista Ultimate a few days ago and noticed some things: 1-Finally a game that people can actually play! Chess! Who would have thought …
... things: Its at least as fast as XP! Now theres a ...Sega Megadrive...what i think of the colection...So i went and done it, I got myself the Megadrive Colection for PS2... I know I should download it for free and play it on the pc, but I've tried it…
... side scrolling adventure! it's fast paced, the charecter looks cool ...ONELINER : Finger TwisterFINGER TWISTER Do you all know TWISTER, that crazy game where you had to place your left foot on yellow, your right hand on green etc. etc. Well, n…
... /> as points to your score. Fast reaction will
therefore score ...games with human speech in themFast Food Jonah Barrington's Squash Meteor Strike Amaurote (?) any more...list 'em up.
Fast Food
Jonah Barrington's Squash
Meteor Strike
Amaurote (?)
any more...list 'em up.New Discussion Group? Sinclair Machine Code/AssemblyHello, What do people think about whether we should have a new discussion group relating to machine code for Z80? We have a Sinclair Basic discussi…
one laptop per child projectI was looking at this mainly as a result of a word war between intel and others. I had heard about the project of course but this time decided to ha…
... it would be still a fast enough machine.
So ...Correction required, pleaseCodemaster's game Fast Food has this for its screen shot [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/f/FastFood.gif[/url] Hehe.
Codemaster's game Fast Food has this for its screen shot
[url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/f/FastFood.gif[/url]
Hehe.OT: Pb-free solder and iron tipsIs it just me, or do soldering iron tips wear out really fast with lead-free solder? Another 1mm tip just crumbled and it's only done two and a half …
Is it just me, or do soldering iron tips wear out really fast with lead-free solder? Another 1mm tip just crumbled and it's only done two and a half PCBs worth of soldering... anyone else having the same thing happen to them?Why I Hate PES online...first time I tried PES online (PES5) I was really excited with the idea of playing with somebody else that was not in my close group of friends... a…
... game, and there they go, fast as lightining choosing Brasil, there ... slow while they play so fast they can score goals with ...Speccy games I bought todayBeen helping out at the Village Day in Ashtead, Surrey today. Was looking around the stalls when I noticed a small box containing 13 Speccy games. So…
... before!)
- Wizard Willy
- Fast Food
- Boulderdash 4 with ...New Cronosoft Games...Just a quick mention about the new Cronosoft titles, STRANDED 2.5 and QUANTUM GARDENING for the Speccy... These games should be available very soon…
... 'll have to get in fast as soon as they become ...8-bit or 16-bit registers?I'm playing around with writing a Speccy emulator for mobile Java at the moment. I did a quick and dirty port of Qaop, which does run but at less tha…
... what started off as a fast implementation). PC and SP can ...Something completely different (new game tech-demo)Since finishing Stranded 2.5 (available soon from Cronosoft - plug!) I've been playing with the idea of doing an attribute-based, rather than pixel-b…
... small warning though - it's fast & very colourful, please don ...Fast internet connection ?[quote]75-year-old Sibritt L?thberg from Karlstad Sweden just got her first computer, but it didn't take her long to download all the necessary patch…
[quote]75-year-old Sibritt L?thberg from Karlstad Sweden just got her first computer, but it didn't take her long to download all the necessary patches.
Swedish news site The Local reports that L?thberg's home has been tricked-out with a ...B: drive dont workHi all, I went to Maplin today got myself a DIY lead the one with the proper 34 way edge connector for the Spectrum+3 other end 34 way to floppy driv…
... and stays on but flickers fast.
Also when I ...Enhanced EmulationHi Hmm this is quite difficult since I lack a great deal of knowledge and terminology about computing hardware but here goes; Are there any emulato…
... they move and load as fast as another computing platform (but ...Problem with CBSpeccyFirst my config: Amiga 1200, OS 3.1, 68030/50Mhz (with MMU), 16MB Fast. I tried to run 2 versions of "CBSpeccy" (0.24b and 0.25b). Emulator works bu…
... , 68030/50Mhz (with MMU), 16MB Fast.
I tried to run ...I have bought a brand new motorbike.Saturday before last, I was sitting at home late at night with a cup of coffee, flicking through MCN, and saw that Yamaha's were still doing 0% finan…
... know it's not as fast as an R1, but compared ...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 …
... with a beach view, a fast car in the garage and ...Do you think my graphics card is on its way out?Lately, I've been getting graphical errors, if I grab a window and move it round the screen really fast (Pic 1) or if using the internet the page wi…
... it round the screen really fast (Pic 1) or if using ...Another newbie and a questionHi guys Just thought id say hi Got myself the spectaculator the other day and have been playing all my old games. At first i thought they would see…
... thing was so smooth and fast i loved it but i ...PC power source and Spectrums.I'm planning to use a basic PC ATX power source (300W) for all my sinclair equipment, but I have two questions: - I've read about some nasty things …
... (I think it will overheat FAST), using +5v and bypass the ...Adventures in Programmable Logic, Part 1So I have a couple of Xilinx CPLDs, and I've downloaded the Xilinx programmable logic IDE (WebKit ISE, they call it). All 1.2 gigabytes of it. Plus S…
... Right Thing). And then how fast you run out of macrocells ...Mb02+ideAs I wrote in the hardware forum there will be a small number of a redesigned MB02+IDE (nearly the original MB02+ including IDE interface also for CF…
... 2 kB used
7. fast 2,5A fuse (no fuse ... in original design)
8. fast Clamping diode (600 W) safes ...Ports AccelerationOn ZX48 or 128/+2(grey) is contended and uncontended ports. For example: if you will read 512 bytes sector from IDE device to ZX ram via INI or INIR,…
... and A14=0, ports is fast (uncontended)
If A15 ... and A14=0, ports is fast (uncontended)
If A15 ... 1 and A14=1 and fast memory page is set, ... ports is fast (uncontended)
If A15= ... read sequence 256bytes with all fast ports:
LD A, ...Slapfight - Hack the speed ?I really want to like this game but the ultra fast bullets just totally ruin it for me. Try as i might i just get wound up with those super fast nea…
... this game but the ultra fast bullets just totally ruin it ... wound up with those super fast near invisible bullets. Played the ... the bullets are just as fast as the character) it would ...Best (cheapest) Broad band for my mum.My mum, at the age of 68, is thinking about getting a lap-top and wireless broadband. She saw my work laptop and thought is was good as she cvould p…
... she doesn't require mega fast conneciton, and is not going ...
