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Don't care about Apple products, but...My work (Staples) now carries iPads, iPods, and we'll start selling iPhones in about three weeks... I'm a PC guy and I've been out of the Mac World s…
... did a good job of creating a computer that you don't ... and I got to know of things the public weren't ... making their authorised dealers know of any.
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In what ways your AGD, CGD or La Churrera game was innovative?Well I think it would be very interesting for people using AGD, CGD or La Churrera if anyone that has been using these software would highliht those …
... , three weapons and an end-of-game boss to defeat ... .
[*]Funky Fungus - An homage ... to shooter/platform games of the '80s, with differently ... - Cartoon adventure vaguely reminiscent of the Wally Week games, ... -
In what ways your AGD, CGD or La Churrera game was innovative?Well I think it would be very interesting for people using AGD, CGD or La Churrera if anyone that has been using these software would highliht those …
... , three weapons and an end-of-game boss to defeat ... .
[*]Funky Fungus - An homage ... to shooter/platform games of the '80s, with differently ... - Cartoon adventure vaguely reminiscent of the Wally Week games, ... -
Elite Kickstarter ProjectAs some of may know Steve Wilcox of Elite is currently close to raising ?60k via Kickstarter to begin manufacturing a USB spectrum keyboard. I have g…
... on the heels (well, trotters) of an airborne swine, I glanced Mr ... sure the airspace was clear of explosives.
I ... heading in the general direction of *his* Roller Coaster (he ... many International licensors (in its 80s heyday) only ever seemed to ... -
Grey +2 DiedHi all, Thrashing my +2 playing Mugsy last night and it did this... [URL="https://m.flickr.com/photos/83515822@N05/13012551693/lightbox/"]https://m…
... I've got less of an intuitive feel for what ... the display to the computer via the RF output ... of the 12 V supply does not completely stop the computer ... off) and viewing of waveforms on an oscilloscope (power on) ... />
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How much would you pay for this FPGA clone?...given that a mint 128 goes for around ?125. [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15659782/chloe280seboxed.jpg[/img] Features: [list] [*]100%…
... nasty PS/2 keyboard instead of a custom printed mechanical ... USB controller to an FPGA implementation of an 8-bit computer.
... . Most people who want an FPGA clone will probably be ... build-to-order machine with an associated high price (although ... -
Something I made in Minecraft...So, this is what I do in my spare time these days (when I'm sure a lot of you will be screaming for me to come back to Speccy-land; I assure you I wi…
... I've been thinking of making an all-new mechanised Minecraft ... conducive to laying stairs of the same colour to ... somewhere, is a very basic computer (of sorts) built using redstone circuitry ... give it the required fuzziness of an old TV screen...[/QUOTE]< ... -
Harlequin clone...PCB manufactured!Using Chris Smith's detailed schematics and project notes from the Harlequin... a Speccy fan in the United States by the name of Don (Superfo) has de…
... to be working except of video part.
Computer starts properly, I ... .
Does anybody have an idea what can be wrong ... -
Which 8-bit Computer Are You?Here's a fun quiz from usvsth3m.com: [URL="http://games.usvsth3m.com/which-8-bit-computer-are-you/"]http://games.usvsth3m.com/which-8-bit-computer-…
Oops! Just realize I've spoilered the quiz too. :lol:
Ah well, I scored a lousy 97%. I'll put it down to being more of a physics geek than a computer geek. -
Best 128k Speccy?Hi Which 128k Spectrum is the best from the point of view of the operating system, hardware design etc. Reason I'm asking is that I read on here th…
... most reliable and well built of the lot.
... software caused by the absence of the floating bus effect, ... be cured by the addition of an external tape input (should ... http://www.8bit-homecomputermuseum.at/computer/pictures/Sinclair%20spectrum%20128/ ... -
Harlequin clone...PCB manufactured!Using Chris Smith's detailed schematics and project notes from the Harlequin... a Speccy fan in the United States by the name of Don (Superfo) has de…
... to be working except of video part.
Computer starts properly, I ... .
Does anybody have an idea what can be wrong ... a while for the reason of misbehaviour.
Then I ... undesired glitches at some outputs of the decoder chip U17, a ... -
Top Telly Tip... Halt and Catch FireThe series is set in the early 1980s and depicts a fictionalized insider's view of the personal computer revolution. The show's title refers to the f…
... correctness.
The big computer genius is an independent woman, who has ... fairly enjoyable.
Part of the fun is seeing the ... turn around the attitudes of an entire room of people he has never ... -
World Cup 2014 - BrazilContinuing on from the Euro cup and world cup threads: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=12433[/url] [url]http://www.worl…
... out, it seems most of us here won't be ... encouraged to give their own of course :)
[I ... victory from the hands of defeat in their match ... Algeria will not make that an easy victory.
... to their golden era of the '80s and I think the ... -
World Cup 2014 - BrazilContinuing on from the Euro cup and world cup threads: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=12433[/url] [url]http://www.worl…
... encouraged to give their own of course :)
... victory from the hands of defeat in their match ... Algeria will not make that an easy victory.
of the '80s and I think ... ]
instead of typing out all my predictions ... -
What systems do you regret buying/not buying?I've never had a non-mainstream console or computer really, I've owned (in order of my buying them*): ZX Spectrum (48K, 128K, +2) Atari ST (STFM/STe…
... that I had the one of the first EPOC 32 (Symbian ... last, the Nokia 700. End of an era when I switched to ... is also the first ever computer I've owned which shipped ... -
Game advert inspiration...Reading about Bob Wakelin's artwork for games, I found it quite fascinating what he used for reference images. Like for example Lisa Lyon, a bodybuil…
... figure on the loading screen of Saboteur II is supposed to ... screen of the original [I]Saboteur[/I] is lifted from an 80s martial ... -
Chloe 280SEHi all, Could somebody tell me how far this project is to being complete? [url]https://github.com/cheveron/sebasic4/wiki/Chloe-280SE[/url] Im ver…
... and 1990 because of the strength of the market so ... for the next generation of systems. The gap between ... is no reason why an established computer such as a ... an Atari ST/Amiga of the time and the performance of ... the early 16-Bit systems of the time.
Chloe 280SEHi all, Could somebody tell me how far this project is to being complete? [url]https://github.com/cheveron/sebasic4/wiki/Chloe-280SE[/url] Im ver…
... clones in 1997.
Milan Computer were still selling 68K ST ... on the market, which none of those were.
As ... , it was a least more of an upgrade than Amstrad themselves did ... 64K law. That just consisted of soldering another 8K to the ...What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…
... just an 8bit computer it really does a good job of matching the ... bought the next Sinclair 16bit computer if it was out with ...What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…
... just an 8bit computer it really does a good job of matching the ... bought the next Sinclair 16bit computer if it was out with ...For connoisseurs collection: ZX Spectrum 128, 520 discs, FDD3000, joystics and moreHI, I am getting ready to sell above set. If I get competitive offer I will decide to sell it. Send me prive msg if there is interest. This is my …
... grand for an old computer, of which, there must be tens of thousands in ...What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…
Surely a lot of it was due to Sir Clive turning his attention elsewhere, after all he wasn't a computer inventor per say more of an inventor who looked for opportunities. He's more about innovation than renovation.What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…
... 81 and Spectrum all form an incremental lineage, but you ... technological challenges and the lack of an obvious market for it.[/ ... leap ahead of the competition: a mass market computer with next ... generation graphics and sound. The lack of ...Name the Sprite: BallsJust something I quickly slapped together for a laff. Some balls for y'all... [IMG]http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr250/GreenCard79/ballspec_zps…
... ! Correct! :)
[QUOTE]Your 80s toy clue for 5 made ... me think of "Crossfire", but that's not ... be somewhat misleading - it's an 80s game, battery-powered.Change PAPER and BORDER colours from machine codeHow do you go about changing PAPER and BORDER colours from machine code? I've forgotten the system variables for border and paper.
... basics (excuse the pun) of the spectrum computer.
Are you ... lay the groundwork first instead of posting and waiting for answers ... clarification on every single line of assembly you're going to ... 's not going to be an efficient process.
I ...What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…
... ]The biggest problem of Sinclair Research was Clive ... his aim of getting an affordable computer into millions of British homes. ... Even if most of ... as gaming machines, plenty of us got into computing ...What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…
... (on a web site for an old computer for crying out load ... intentions prior to the release of the Spectrum and in the ... , loading times, printing capabilities, lack of ports, a BASIC that was ...Computer Magazine ListingsI was browsing through some really old multi format computer magazines and found some Speccy game listings. They were popular during the first half o…
... some really old multi format computer magazines and found some Speccy ... popular during the first half of the 80s and then seemed to ... ideas. One of my favourite magazines was Personal Computer World and I ... even had one of my own ...What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…
... market -- the market was primarily of an educational nature. That's why ...
The C64 was never an educational machine. It was a ... to speculate about what kind of computer Sir Clive would have come ... QL was meant to be an inexpensive business machine. Clive ...Do you remember the Great Gaming Crash?Assuming you were in England (well, anywhere really, except the USA) in 1983/1984, were you effected, or even aware, of the 'global games crash"? Thi…
... nobody owned a home computer in Poland in 1983 ... hobbyists built clones of the simplest popular Western computer (the Spectrum ... of the home computer revolution but also the end of computers as an ... experimenter's kit. Kind of like ...
