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If you met Sir Clive Sinclair......what questions would you ask him? Here are some of mine: 1) Which of your inventions are you most proud of? 2) Which of your inventions are you …
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9 yr old girl shoots gun instructor dead with uzi[url]http://news.sky.com/story/1325316/girl-accidentally-kills-gun-instructor-with-uzi[/url] saw this earlier.... wtf. all the USA 'gun rights' iss…
... increases both the likelihood of relatives, friends or neighbours ... or irresponsible adults), and of an armed criminal actually using ... that contains a (reliable) computer that stops the gun firing ... ...some people live HUNDREDS of miles from the supermarket ... -
ZX-Assembler file handling concept[QUOTE=clausjahn;777075]Dear readers, At this time, it's a good time to ask you, the future users, how to implement the file usage. Let's suggest so…
... work in assembler. This is an assembler-level feature -- it has ... 1960s, skipping the small machines of the '80s, work this way. All ... , the C library is an example of a large shared code base ... 't mean it's not an example of what happens when you ... -
Docking in EliteI was going to post this to the "games featuring relevant bugs" thread, but after tinkering with Klive I'm more confused than before. As a kid I use…
... ]I crashed loads of time docking on the ... hitting it at a bit of an angle.
... you enter, destroying most of your shields, but still ... was simply a matter of matching the rotation speed ... br /> In fact the docking computer was unreliable and could make ... -
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…
... hand-me-down boxes of games and reading Your ... don't remember anyone owning an ST, it had zero ... I been in the presence of an Atari ST.
... really bothered that it was an Amstrad machine, to us ... the 'next phase' in home computer gaming for me.
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Buy the Pope's hatIts easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man enter the kingdom of Heaven. So, to improve your chances of eternal life, …
... accepting Jesus/God and repenting of your sins necessitates many ... roughly that a certain amount of cash or property does ... increase the health and quality of life of your fellow man. If ... room, with an 80" TV, snooker table, some of those 80s arcade cabinets ... -
I've found my old Spectrum softwareAbout a month ago, I contacted my ex partner and pleaded with her to look in her attic for my old cassettes containing the master copies of all my ol…
... I like the idea of an angry lover throwing Spectrum ... hardware and software out of the top floor window ... instead of guitars, clothes etc :grin:
of hope that the BASIC ... brother wrote in the 80s will turn up. :-([/SIZE ... -
Why do you love the Spectrum?I saw a similar question posed on a Spectrum FB group and it got me thinking. At first, I struggled to answer what should be a simple question. So af…
... curious, name a better looking computer than the rubber keyed Spectrum ... looks of an [url=http://jim-agine.deviantart.com/art/Old-computer-Oric ... loves my spectrum collection because of their design. All thanks to ... -
Why do you love the Spectrum?I saw a similar question posed on a Spectrum FB group and it got me thinking. At first, I struggled to answer what should be a simple question. So af…
... looks of an [url=http://jim-agine.deviantart.com/art/Old-computer-Oric ... loves my spectrum collection because of their design. All thanks to ... ]
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What if Amstrad never bought Sinclair ResearchApologies if this has been previously discussed, but I was thinking about this subject the other day. How do you think the whole Spectrum scene woul…
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1) The lifespan of the Spectrum would not have ... to decline before the end of the 80s.
4) Spectrum ... nothing in the world of the Spectrum's commercial ... regarded as a fringe computer and not enjoyed the ... it was the dominant computer starting in 1984. -
Favourite Cover Versions You Didn't Hear FirstSo, there are lots of great cover versions of songs, and you may prefer the original or the cover, but do you always prefer the version you heard fir…
In 1997 The Williams Fairey Brass Band released an album of cover versions of late 80s/early90s house tracks. The albums called Acid Brass. -
Favourite Cover Versions You Didn't Hear FirstSo, there are lots of great cover versions of songs, and you may prefer the original or the cover, but do you always prefer the version you heard fir…
[QUOTE=Nick;799029]In 1997 The Williams Fairey Brass Band released an album of cover versions of late 80s/early90s house tracks. The albums called Acid Brass.[/QUOTE]
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Please explain Spectrum FPGA-clones to meI've been using the great ZXDS-emulator on the DS XL so far, which is great. But I kinda missed toying around with hardware. I've tried bidding on a …
... interchangeable. The defintion of one doesn't exclude ... particularly a computer pretending to be another computer. Otherwise, ... mathematical model of an aircraft in flight or of financial markets ... tiny operation of the original system, whereas an 'emulation' ... -
Sir Clive loves Speccy games?It?s often mentioned how dear Sir Clive was somewhat miffed how his ultimate home computer, designed for serious stuff, home business and the househo…
... miffed how his ultimate home computer, designed for serious stuff, home ... games machine for the oiks of the 80s, but I?m not ... cow that was selling because of games not serious software. Once ... -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... of an issue back then. It was just great to see a computer ... had already been made aware of restrictions from the Atari 2600 ... -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... of an issue back then. It was just great to see a computer ... had already been made aware of restrictions from the Atari 2600 ... .[/QUOTE]
the colour of the 2600 was miles better ... -
Elite : DangerousAh, the years I spend playing Elite on the speccy! And still only ever made deadly rating, meh. So, Elite Dangerous coming out on the PC, could my c…
... bought this on the back of my 80s obsession with the program ... word, it was a simulation of an alternative / future existence. I don ... -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... ways. By the mid 80s, games had moved on ... of reproducing the same level of action.
As 3D made an ... for a different era of game. The spectrum may ... the 'wow' factor of amazing graphics and sound ... honesty I cannot think of an arcade game that played ... -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... of games seen at the beginning of the 80s. The level of ... graphical detail by the mid to late 80s ... [I]even within the confines of ... , Creatures, Armalyte, Defender of the Crown, Maniac Mansion ... wouldn't satisfy an owner of a C64 if ... -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... this from the perspective of a British person playing ... seen to have convinced me of an improved game, and better ... at the classic canon of Spectrum games adapted for the ... done - in hundreds and hundreds of examples. So, I cannot ... so easy for that computer? -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... seen to have convinced me of an improved game, and better potential ... looking at the classic canon of Spectrum games adapted for the ... done - in hundreds and hundreds of examples. So, I cannot ... seemingly so easy for that computer?[/QUOTE]
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Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... middle ish class, and wanted an educational computer.
... , whose parents could afford a computer, had spectrums.
of the spectrum for me.< ... The spectrum was an amazing little computer, and some of my favourite ... -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... middle ish class, and wanted an educational computer.
... , whose parents could afford a computer, had spectrums.
of the spectrum for me.< ... The spectrum was an amazing little computer, and some of my favourite ... -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... best shoot em ups of any machine of the 80s.[/quote]
... get the Sinclair Seal of Quality, the NES games ... get "THE NINTENDO SEAL OF QUALITY", which means some ... Europe gave about 98% of the sh*te shovelware the ... your room and write an entire game in BASIC.< ... -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
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From the point of view of an individual, how many people only ... /> And after the delight of having your own computer / games console to ... anything from the point of view of someone who did not ... web sites leaving shed-loads of dead links everywhere, how ... -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... 've blown up many a computer by doing this. Didn't ... move the plug from one computer to another.
The ... googling. The official output rate of an original C16 PSU is 9 ... -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... move the plug from one computer to another.
The ... googling. The official output rate of an original C16 PSU is 9 ... -
Is there any reason whya ZX Spectrum, could not be the platform for a new mathematical or scientific discovery?
... you hadn't noticed its an old computer forum - we bring ... are about the capabilities of the ZX Spectrum in the ... ), not to make fun of it, or because we ... are unaware of its limitations, but simply ... away at some aspect of research it would not ... -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... improved them - but in the computer market advances, complexity - 8bit - 16 ... have the concrete market results of three or four years to ... are more expensive, because part of the profits is earmarked for ... has it by being more of an all-rounder (though not the ...
