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Catchiest 80s pop/ rock song.Its got to be this, but if there are any others mention so we can have a poll. All fun. :smile: [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtIAJnzAWrA"]…
[QUOTE=dmsmith;817607]Are there any Sister Sledge influences here?[/QUOTE]
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FirelordDoes anyone fair complete this game? [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001775&loadpics=3"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infose…
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FirelordDoes anyone fair complete this game? [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001775&loadpics=3"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infose…
[QUOTE=dmsmith;817573] ALways thought the chink, ... -
Catchiest 80s pop/ rock song.Its got to be this, but if there are any others mention so we can have a poll. All fun. :smile: [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtIAJnzAWrA"]…
[QUOTE=dmsmith;817677]Crowded House - only ever ... -
Catchiest 80s pop/ rock song.Its got to be this, but if there are any others mention so we can have a poll. All fun. :smile: [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtIAJnzAWrA"]…
[QUOTE=dmsmith;817823]What kept ya? :-)
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I was only about 12 when Martika appeared! :D -
Catchiest 80s pop/ rock song.Its got to be this, but if there are any others mention so we can have a poll. All fun. :smile: [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtIAJnzAWrA"]…
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I like this version of Only You :-)
[youtube]qgDKtLPp46s[/youtube][/QUOTE]
I used to see Brian Hibbard quite a lot when I lived in Cardiff (and bought a kebab after him in Aberystwyth once). RIP. -
"Let It Not Be Said We Did Nothing"While we were playing games on our Spectrums (or in my case an Amstrad), many of our peers were forced to play sick games against their will. So far …
[QUOTE=dmsmith;818143]Are there not some established support / helpline / watch charities that it would be better to mention also?
For instance:
IWF?[/QUOTE]
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"Let It Not Be Said We Did Nothing"While we were playing games on our Spectrums (or in my case an Amstrad), many of our peers were forced to play sick games against their will. So far …
[QUOTE=dmsmith;818147]Conspiracies, nonsense, stupidity, situation ... -
The official CSSCGC 2014 threadJust to announce that the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2014 is now open. It's home for the year will be; [url]http://www.mykeweb.co.uk/c…
By the Powa that Jaialai/Yoyohey conferred on me, I knight dmsmith as the new MC.
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Features you wish your computer hadI wish my computer has a 'Stop F*cking About' button. So that what ever the computer feels it needs to do when it holds me up with a spinning cursor …
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Bowie's effect on the 80'sDid bowie influence a lot of 80's bands/music? Example,'the politics of dancing' sounds like a bowie track. He was cross dressing in the seventies a…
[QUOTE=dmsmith;818745]Yes that Associates song - party fears two - that I mostly only like the keyboards from is reminesicent of Bowie.[/QUOTE]
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Bowie's effect on the 80'sDid bowie influence a lot of 80's bands/music? Example,'the politics of dancing' sounds like a bowie track. He was cross dressing in the seventies a…
[QUOTE=dmsmith;818792]I listened to it but I don't like it :-)[/QUOTE]
Maybe it's a grower. I like it, but tha'ts because I like most of their work. To those not into Divine Comedy's work, it might come as bit of a 'eh what?' moment. -
Best TV Theme Tunes of the 80s and late 70sLet's continue our 80s reminiscing and extend the conversation to 80s and late 70s TV show theme Tunes. Let me start with this one. It has to be one…
[QUOTE=dmsmith;819090]It was as though Kevin Kostner had dipped his flaming arrow in cheese first then lit it.
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Best TV Theme Tunes of the 80s and late 70sLet's continue our 80s reminiscing and extend the conversation to 80s and late 70s TV show theme Tunes. Let me start with this one. It has to be one…
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S.E.U.D. still for sale?I suppose Ebay?
[QUOTE=dmsmith;818235]Cousin Horace, looks great - ... -
Best TV Theme Tunes of the 80s and late 70sLet's continue our 80s reminiscing and extend the conversation to 80s and late 70s TV show theme Tunes. Let me start with this one. It has to be one…
[QUOTE=dmsmith;819251]Am I missing something or has [B]Dr. Who[/B] from the 80s Peter Davidson era not been mentioned ?
[youtube]g4On0uLqH_I[/youtube][/QUOTE]
Probably because its crap in comparison to the original 60s version -
WHat are "Internet Bubbles"What are 'internet bubbles', and how do internet bubbles occur? The term is fairly common parlance now (which has nothing to do with it being unders…
[QUOTE=dmsmith;819747]I don't know what a "hosts" file is?
I'll do a search[/QUOTE]
Try reading this ( works for me - NO ADS to slow everything down )
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Did your school use any of the Sinclair Educational / Science softwareBack in the day there was a range of Educational and Science Horizons packages published by Sinclair / MacMillan and others Was having a look at som…
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Did any schools use these in the classroom?[/QUOTE]
Except for all the home work that was done on the Spectrum? :) -
Scrolling in BASICI remember a few BASIC typeins for other machines that claimed to be scrolling the screen. Obviously vertically its not too difficult - once you dis…
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