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Dead Spectrum SocietySo I'm getting back into real Sinclair computers rather than emulators. During the summer months I was lucky enough to buy a working ZX81 and was giv…
... than the rest is an easy way to test ... video showing how the computer booted. It became ... clear that the computer tries to boot, but ... you can see, the computer hung with a particular ... which the behaviour of the simulated computer resembles the observed ... -
Games that shouldn't be in the YS top 100What on earth is Rastan doing in the top 100? It's not a bad game just distinctly average. Same goes for Mined Out and Bounder. When you consider som…
... computers and it isn't an adaptation of an existing board game.
of computer games.
If you ... duty for a whole bunch of other Julian Gollop games, including ... d think that Chaos/Lords of Chaos might have been worth ... -
Which Ultimate Play the Game game's do you like (tick the ones you like)After discussing Sabre Wulf in another thread, I thought it would be interesting to see which games of theirs we liked and disliked in proportion to …
... as writers of products with serious quality. Still an excellent game ... huge anticipation after the success of jetpac.
Atic ... game ever and one of the finest computer games of all times.
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Unboxing my old SpeccysToday I dug out my old collection of computers from the bygone age. My ZX81 fired up fine, but it looks like the keyboard membrane is goosed, as on…
... probably running a UK model computer on a non UK TV ... the rest 128Ks) there is an adjustable coil that you can ... located on the left side of the board too).
an UK computer on an italian TV!!
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Teach Computer Science as well as ITC[img]http://www.bbc.co.uk/media/images/56986000/jpg/_56986587_i_livingstone.jpg[/img] Ian Livingstone who co-wrote "The Warlock of Firetop Mountain"…
... Government chose the wrong computer and then proceeded to ... would stress the computer science/mathematics side of things and ... the GCSE coursework approach is an abomination. Example: When ... the results down instead of an explanation taking twenty minutes. ... -
False memories.Ive been carrying around in my head for many a year what i thought was a false memory. Well today got the better of me so i did a bit of Googling to …
... and there were loads of blocks of ice laid out on ... a light was shining out of it. I went in ... later I read [I]The Diary of a Nobody[/I] (George and ... , and I suddenly remembered an extraordinary dream I had a ... I found that the blocks of ice were on fire. The ... -
False memories.Ive been carrying around in my head for many a year what i thought was a false memory. Well today got the better of me so i did a bit of Googling to …
... and there were loads of blocks of ice laid out on ... later I read [I]The Diary of a Nobody[/I] (George ... , and I suddenly remembered an extraordinary dream I had a ... a dream I was in an empty and closed barbers ... not a dream, but an extremely short lived product. -
the it crowd[IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4a/The_IT_Crowd_DVD.jpg[/IMG] "let's make a 3d isometric arcade/aventure based on the it crowd sit-c…
[QUOTE=Alessandro Grussu;589259]The "it crowd"? What's that? Never heard of it before.[/QUOTE]
It's a British sitcom about people who work in an IT (computer) department. -
The Sinclair Myth - New Scentist June 12 1986I thought you'd all find this particularly interesting, so I scanned it especially for the holidays! Merry Christmas! [url]http://www.zxdesign.info…
... was games; the majority of perihperals sold were for ... [/QUOTE]
Your view of the Spectrum seems quite stereotypical ... up to the end of the '80s, when 16-bit ... a wide diffusion as an entertainment machine, but from ... for "kids" there's an awesomely huge gap. -
The Sinclair Myth - New Scentist June 12 1986I thought you'd all find this particularly interesting, so I scanned it especially for the holidays! Merry Christmas! [url]http://www.zxdesign.info…
... the end of the '80s. Heck, even I own an Italian edition of Masterfile ... deformed and over-simplified view of an existing reality. That's precisely ... on the same side of Karingal in an argument).
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The Sinclair Myth - New Scentist June 12 1986I thought you'd all find this particularly interesting, so I scanned it especially for the holidays! Merry Christmas! [url]http://www.zxdesign.info…
... you feel the article is an attack on you personally. Bit ... looked rather biased in an anti-Sinclair point of view to me ... .
And that of course included computer gaming - whoever denied that ... to play games" there's an enormous gap. That sentence is ... -
The Sinclair Myth - New Scentist June 12 1986I thought you'd all find this particularly interesting, so I scanned it especially for the holidays! Merry Christmas! [url]http://www.zxdesign.info…
... a good job at providing computer literacy for those interested in ... whole article seems to have an overall anti-Sinclair bias - which ... created a whole generation of budding programmers, computer artists, or simply IT ... same time did not cost an arm and a leg.
A Thread with not much Speccyness about it..Sorry this not only non-speccy related but is also somewhat C64 related:o But hey this is the chit forum is it not? Anyway, I already posted this q…
... to make the case our of wood and really shape it ... nice though. Thinking of it now it would be ... fit it into an old computer although with the size of everything it ...Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[QUOTE=zx1;596754]Do we want to know the answer to that question?:smile:[/QUOTE]
Well, I suppose you wouldn't :) Only if interested in an old box full of yellowed eighties' computer magazines :)Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]
... if interested in an old box full of yellowed eighties' computer magazines :)[/QUOTE ... yer proverbial beans! (read: pics of the box's contents or ... didn't happen)
Of, course we're interested!!!!!!!! [img ...Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]
... if interested in an old box full of yellowed eighties' computer magazines :)[/QUOTE ... to track down some copies of YS, i have some holes ...Zodiac on the OricI played my first game on an Oric at the weekend. I was struck by the slow speed of the parser. It took about 6 to 8 seconds between typing somethin…
... recent isometric arcade adventure with an excellent intro), Xenon 1 ( ... Q (lots of silly minigames), and Pulsoids (an Arkanoid clone.) ... There are also ports of things like ... and cheerful end of the home computer market had it ...+3 Games in shopsI was thinking today, when I was a kid back in the late 80s, how come I never used to see Spectrum +3 games in the shops? Were they mail order only o…
... 1987 as a replacement for an Atari 2600.
Interestingly ... became locked when selected - the computer worked [I]per se[/I ... did about the state of the personal computer market at Christmas 1989 ... but by 1991 I had an Amiga)
I simply ...New Game! Uwol '81 [ZX81][img]http://www.mojontwins.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/s1.png[/img] Yup, we have ported our most-ported game to date to the good ol' ZX81! Using …
... . The ZX81 forum has dozens of active topics about AY tunes ... tell me a ZX81 with an AY interface isn't a ... ZX81 suddenly becomes a different computer because of an extra chip and some ... in 1981.
As an aside, I remember 3rd party ...Escape by Dominic Morris uMIAHallo, I wonder if anyone knows the game "Escape" by DMC - [strike]Dominic Morris?[/strike] Dirk Mayer (XTerminator of the Mad Guys) It appears to be…
... Escape" at the end of the 80s, my three-letter nickname ... holiday on the mountains of Austria and he sold ... recall a old issue of SPC info where all ... I currently have, in case of data loss.
[QUOTE ... , I uploaded them in an archive file with screenshots, ...Things to ponderJust some questions that have tugged at my curiosity recently, and since I'm stuck here sorting out a laptop (gorgeous Saturday, tons of things I cou…
... to give the impression now of an accurate (in game world terms ... never comprehend a single word of the answer after 'Because...'.[/ ... said it just slowed my computer down",
- Clicks ... that would definately eradicate 90% of PC malware problems, and ...St. BridesDoes anyone know if the St. Brides school who made some great adventuires actually exists? I tried the address in Google Earth, but couldn't find any…
... of St. Brides" indeed... and they had time to produce computer ... ...[cut]... "experience the virtues of an old-fashioned childhood".
... by candlelight....[cut]... rows of tiny desks ...[cut]... ... ]... was found guilty of assaulting one of the "girls" by ...St. BridesDoes anyone know if the St. Brides school who made some great adventuires actually exists? I tried the address in Google Earth, but couldn't find any…
... of St. Brides" indeed... and they had time to produce computer ... ...[cut]... "experience the virtues of an old-fashioned childhood".
... by candlelight....[cut]... rows of tiny desks ...[cut]... ... ]... was found guilty of assaulting one of the "girls" by ...I am currently watching.....This stems from a rant Mel did months ago on the currently listening to thread, and he suggested starting a thread like this to somebody (sorry can't…
Been watching "The Living Daylights" today, also an episode of "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13?" from 1985. Haha still funny after all these years. :smile:
Soon off to watch the final session of the snooker final.I am currently watching.....This stems from a rant Mel did months ago on the currently listening to thread, and he suggested starting a thread like this to somebody (sorry can't…
... of TMG;625635]Hey guys - anyone else occasionally watching/revisiting 80s ... there ... truly some of the best endings I ... stuck in the 80s hehe and I' ... always looking for 80s films and tv series ... Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13?" on youtube while looking at other 80s ...Pop 50s, 60s, 70s 80s, 90s and 00sI was thinking about pop and thinking that the 80s was the last decade with a good supply of great pop. I know every decade had its crap pop and the…
With the exception of the Oscar, the 80s didn't produce any ... going to sound better than an 80s machine, better technology doesn't ... 40 in the 80s and you would be guaranteed of hearing about ... .
watch the shape of things that hum, a documentary ...Pop 50s, 60s, 70s 80s, 90s and 00sI was thinking about pop and thinking that the 80s was the last decade with a good supply of great pop. I know every decade had its crap pop and the…
... ;625759]With the exception of the Oscar, the 80s didn't produce ... going to sound better than an 80s machine, better technology doesn't ... 40 in the 80s and you would be guaranteed of hearing about ... .
watch the shape of things that hum, a documentary ...Pop 50s, 60s, 70s 80s, 90s and 00sI was thinking about pop and thinking that the 80s was the last decade with a good supply of great pop. I know every decade had its crap pop and the…
... was criticised, songs were accused of being over produced, but at ... ;625759]With the exception of the Oscar, the 80s didn't produce ... going to sound better than an 80s machine, better technology doesn't ... 40 in the 80s and you would be guaranteed of hearing about ...i am currently listening to........as i couldnt seem to find the old one, i didnt look that hard :P ive started a new one right after somebody asked me for some slayer ive rediscovere…
I was listening to an 80s-themed internet radio station before ... ]. Maybe not everyone's cup of tea, but I sure remember ... being quite fond of it back in the day ... and found out they made an English version with different lyrics ...i am currently listening to........as i couldnt seem to find the old one, i didnt look that hard :P ive started a new one right after somebody asked me for some slayer ive rediscovere…
[QUOTE=XTM of TMG;629188]I was listening to an 80s-themed internet radio ... ]. Maybe not everyone's cup of tea, but I sure remember ... being quite fond of it back in the day ... and found out they made an English version with different lyrics ...
