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1982 speccy gaming pioneersThe games that helped get the Spectrum noticed are about to be 25 years old. Which is the best game from 1982? A list of the 30 with the highest rati…
[QUOTE=TechnicianSi;177402]I'd go for Penetrator too. Didn't look up to much, and had its faults, but it was (and still is) hell of a Scramble clone.[/QUOTE]
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Reasons for buying a QL ?It seems, from what I have read, that the QL was a bit of a failure back in the days. But apart from being a collectible, is there any useful/intere…
... 've put the machine's faults right, you basically end up ... -
Beautifully programmed gamesJust watching the bobby bearing tzx and admiring the beautiful programming involved. Which other games would you say had asthetic programming opposed…
... , nice graphics, nice sound, no faults that I recall. 4 and ... -
Problem with ZX Spectrum 128k +2B Tv Output and RGB imageHello, Last week I've been ofered with a ZX Spectrum 128k +2B but I have a problem with the tv out (through RF modulator) .The image is clear on the…
... should be ?
Such faults are not always visible when ... -
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…
... . All they do is add faults and then correct them. yet ... -
Fixing a BBC MicroI brought a almost mint BBC Micro B (With polys) at a carboot sale for ?2.50 the other day. Only it doesn't work. When I turn it on all I get is a …
... really.
a lot of faults on booting seem to be ... -
Crap pre-installed in new computersMy battered 7 year old Toshiba laptop was stolen from my friends house and just got delivery of the replacement. His insurance did not pay up as he l…
... the internet to diagnose the faults.)
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Low Sound output + Sound distorting pictureHi, I am having a problem with my Grey +2 at the moment while trying to use RGB output. When I load a game the loader tones are fine but the actual…
... the same on everything. The faults have gone from bad to ... -
Working from home pros and consI have changed job location from London to Southampton but live in Wiltshire. I now only have to be at work 3 days a week and can work the other two …
... live system and simulate some faults on some non live equipment ... -
Low Sound output + Sound distorting pictureHi, I am having a problem with my Grey +2 at the moment while trying to use RGB output. When I load a game the loader tones are fine but the actual…
... I will discover even more faults with those!?;-) Interesting stuff though ... -
+3 broken driveHi, I bought a +3 from E-bay, but the drive doesn't work :( I am not so familiar with Speccys, I know how to program them, but this is the first I'…
... from my experience with similar faults with CPC drives it is ... -
speed of my Broadband connectionI have done a speed test on my Broadband connection and got a result of 2.5 and 4.2 megabits, the thing is i have just upgraded my connection to 20me…
... router. It has it's faults compared to the Netgear, but ... -
Identifying a film or mini series.Need your help identifying a film please... Little to go on, very vague. Probably 70`s, possibly early 80`s made, something to do with either a nuc…
... I was to pick any faults I`d say it seemed ... -
68000 programming.Anyone here know anything about this? My question is: how does the programmer know how long hisinstructions are? Do determine the operands to branch …
... instructions, divide by zero, bus faults, traps, etc. Each has a ... -
Doctor Who Series ThreeThe third series premiere premiered on July 6 (they showed "The Runaway Bride" and "Smith & Jones" back to back, and showed "The Shakespeare Code" la…
... , especailly in view of the faults in the writing where the ... -
Z80 Developer ConsoleHi, This is a project I have meaning to do for ages, recently had a kid, had some time off work (as a software developer) and surprisingly had a bit…
... that objective. Java, with its faults, really is truly open. .NET ... -
Question on Z80 R/W cycles.Snipped from the complete spectrum ROM disassembly: [CODE] Now the memory is checked. 11DA RAM-CHECK LD H,D Transfer the value…
... which will turn up some faults (it'll always find chips ... -
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 …
... know the real Ian Weatherburn faults and all.
Simon only ... -
Anyone got information on the Playstation 3If anyone here owns one could you let me know what its like to use, and what are the negatives about the machine, in particular i would like to know …
... that has a lot of faults. Primarily it's just too ... -
What do you think of Shockway Rider?I think it's quite good actually, and it doesn't deserve the 60-something percent that Crash gave it. Certainly it should be in the 80s. That loading…
... playing it. There are some faults, though, such as the way ... -
Speccy meeting on the 20th: hardware swaps?Anyone coming to the pub meet on the 20th bringing spares or dead machines to swap? I can bring my diags board along to try and help debug some dead …
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Speccy meeting on the 20th: hardware swaps?Anyone coming to the pub meet on the 20th bringing spares or dead machines to swap? I can bring my diags board along to try and help debug some dead …
[QUOTE=ADJB;219939]Can anybody make use of a few dead machines, various faults?.[/QUOTE]
Yes, of course! May even be able to return them fixed, if you want to take advantage of my "board replacement project", PM me :) -
Testing the Ram on a Toastrack 128KHi All My "new" 128K is misbehaving, all the demos I have loaded for it crash instantly, Ghostbusters 128K is playable but one of the background scr…
... a discussion of Spectrum RAM faults online here (this concentrates on ... -
I hate this country (serious - England gets worse)Have you seen this: [URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7059283.stm[/URL] "[B]The Prison Service has converted two jails to hold only foreign nati…
... tyranny of the majority. The faults, I find generally with the ... -
Reco Games for Xbox 360Ok, which games do you xbox owners recommend for the Xbox 360? I already have Halo 3, PGR 4 and Bioshoc and am on the lookout for more.
... have COD4. for all their faults, GAME are top notch at ... -
Duel of the games 4! Super conundrum! Manic Miner vs Jet Set WillyGo on I dares ya, to decide which one is best, it's popped up in many, many previous threads, so do it, decide the better of the 2 :D
... Roof's bugs (or design faults) probably made me think I ... -
Faulty +2 Grey :(Hello everyone... i was trying to fix a +2 grey board the other day, i had it for some time now. It gave a black screen (paper and border) with two …
... when it boots. Low ram faults often cause the black screen ... -
Stunning engineeringIt was my girls lantern parade, I got out my old Zippo lighter, (haven't smoked for decades), fueled it up. Mighty surprised the fuel was still good.…
... of it's many, many faults, such as the eye's ... , and any number of other faults - just ask a Doctor or ... -
Stunning engineeringIt was my girls lantern parade, I got out my old Zippo lighter, (haven't smoked for decades), fueled it up. Mighty surprised the fuel was still good.…
... we could pin-point minute faults in all our engineering marvels ...
