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Spectrum CapacitorsLooking for some opinions here, if I may? In the 80's and 90's I used to repair Spectrums and other machines for a living so I'm reasonably famili…
... repair Spectrums and other machines for a living so I'm reasonably ... 't really done much for the last 20 years ... get back into repairing (mainly for my own amusement) as ... 't say the same for the old wax paper ... radio hadn't been used for a while was all that ... -
Clamping Speccy InterfacesThere are a huge number of broken Speccy interfaces available . I came across one on Ebay recently said to be "partly working" or similar .Why are th…
... have done a similar but much bigger clamp for the Opus Discovery ... stored away for future use.
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Loading games from pcI have set up an issue 6a with an opus discovery 1 The opus has had the upgrade from bytedelight of twin floppys and quickdos and is working great. …
... sna2tap to make games in a way that I can ... save to floppy to get a collection for loading and so far ... I have managed to do chuckle ... I have been meaning to do for a long time now and it ... I am thinking it's a heat issue.
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Is there an archive of Speccy title screen music?Hi, As above :) I've created a little screensaver for my own use that iterates through .scr and other image files, but I want to also play the …
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Were the full Sinclair Loki specs ever actually known?I was just curious. A lot was leaked to the media, but the exact specs seem different depending on source. Some say it could support up to 512x256 an…
... era was a few thousand, and was mostly sought for flight ... simulator, but a blitter chip might ... assembly for a living, but the lure of a hard disk ( Seagate ST225 ) for ... whole "Games For Windows" idea.... I was a journo at the ... -
Castlevania ZX looking REALLY nice in color :)[url="http://www.redeya.com/bytemaniacos/castlevania.html"]http://www.redeya.com/bytemaniacos/castlevania.html[/url]
LCD - treat the attribute map as a 32 x 96 one instead and do whatever you normally do for a 32 x 24 attribute map - as essentially 64x96 just has a vertical half ink/half paper bitmap behind it. See what sort of results that sort of processing gives. -
WOS Archive website thoughts.I had a flash of brilliance earlier, as recorded by the wonderful IRC... [snip] [18:14] <DarkHalf|nap> anyway [18:14] <DarkHalf|nap> bck to w…
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... who writes Z80 assembly code for a living, I feel slightly embarrassed that ... inability to come up with a good initial algorythm.
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So who plays PS2, Xbox & GameCube games?I'm still into gaming in a big way, how about you guys?
... hooked. and the ones that do for a bit, well like i said ... once did leave it on for a couple weeks but when i ... havent found MOD chips for it nor do i think id want ... time for review but if its a questionnaire type thing i'll do ... -
i want to start writing my own gamesi want to start writing my own games but have no idea how. is there any downloadable dummys guides or some software that teaches u how. the only expe…
... can actually. You can do pleanty of mathmatical things ... programs, won't really do for a Speccy game programming neophyte. ... and [relatively] efficient techniques for relatively simple ops (clearing the ... me to start making games for the C64; (boo, hiss !!!) ... -
Soooo.........how do you play urs?I mostly play the speccy games on emulators these days but on the odd occasion i do get the real thing out and wait 10 mins for a game to crash errrr…
Weep for my poor 48k that died last year when the cat stood on the multiface and wrote it off. I still have a 48k+ and a +2 (with WORKING tape deck!); but apathy and wroking for a living means emulators for me; quick nostalgia-fixes on the go... -
whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
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Imagine versus UltimateImagine (The Name of the Game) Ultimate (Play the Game) Well, twenty years after their heyday, how do these two super software houses' products com…
... /> Well i much preferred Ultimate for being these anonymous programmers. Same ... out soon enough, and what a fantastic game it turned out ... . Imagine celebrity programmers. I have a magazine here with an advert ... . Wonder what they're doing for a living now...... -
I would like to write emulatorHi guys, I'm new to this forum but I realise that you must get loads of posts from people asking "how do I write an emulator" so I'll try and be spe…
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YS94 - I've got it!Very short review: It's 21st-Century YS for grown-ups, not 1980's YS for teenagers. This is a good thing. It's not a new issue of YS per se, but a…
... so if you fancy a bit of a read and analysis of ... to get into games writing for a living.
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OT: RIP Fred DibnahCompletely off topic, but this news really upset me because Fred was such an enthusiast for his engineering, especially Victorian engineering. [url=…
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OT: RIP Fred DibnahCompletely off topic, but this news really upset me because Fred was such an enthusiast for his engineering, especially Victorian engineering. [url=…
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Thanks for that. Bad news but I ... and nothing for a man who blew up chimneys for a living?! I don ... peely has done more for music in the past 40 ... the other hand was a decent northen chap who ... cos he was shown in a docu once.
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New member, dead SpeccyHallo everyone, I was directed here from a Commodore (boo, hiss) forum after pleas of aid with my newly acquired, quite dead 128k Speccy. I sincerely…
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ot: true type font makeris there a utility downloadable for free, that can make a true type font from jpgs or bitmaps? I loked on google, but I am not so good at finding thi…
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What was the first game/program you wrote?Mine: ZX81 - a centipede clone with just one piece to shoot at - I called it Monopede :D Spectrum - a Basic game co-designed with a friend. I prog…
... defense) and only had a computer for about a month or so. So ... , but hey, I gave it a try at least and look ... me now, I'm programming for a living :D
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Post your photos!I recently got around to posting some photos of me on the net. I can remember a thread a few years ago where people posted their photos - let's do i…
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Games that sparked an interest in something.I got heavily into Celtic stuff after I started playing 'Tir Nan Og' and 'Dun Darach'. An interest I retain to this day. When I lived in Sweden 'Lor…
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Monkey Island On Speccy...I would love to see Monkey Island on the speccy...think it can be done...not as much detail or graphics...but along the same story lines.... What ot…
... game' would be ideal for one of the 'mass ... storage' solutions for the Speccy. And if someone ... was to develop such a game, I'd plug ... if needed. Perhaps this could do for a 'mass storage' device what ... Metal Dust has done for the SuperCPU on the ... -
Retro Gamer dead and buriedJust in case anyone is interested, Live Publishing (who publish Retro Gamer) have gone belly up and were put into administration on Monday. All their…
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Because I write for gamesTM ;)
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Recommended cassette recorder?I'm looking for a new cassette recorder with a counter. Any suggestions?
... think these are excellent units. A bit expensive yes but when ... you build it into a machine with a plus 3 drive you ... about the best you can do for a preservation setup.
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Recommended cassette recorder?I'm looking for a new cassette recorder with a counter. Any suggestions?
... these are excellent units. A bit expensive yes but ... build it into a machine with a plus 3 drive ... about the best you can do for a preservation setup.
for ripping my old music tapes ... :)
yes they do seem a bit expensive to me, ...PSPectrum for PSP v.01 releasedAmazing, nobody else has posted this yet! Yes, it's true, thanks to HexDump, I'm now playing Speccy games on my v1.5 PSP (it won't work on later fir…
... feeling - I sell videogames for a living, so rabid fanboys are not ... stick media makes it a cinch to get emulating ... system itself doubles as a USB memory stick reader. ... 32MB stick can hold a lot of Speccy games... ... looking at a DS flash cart now, just for the ...Speccy CounterstrikeBit far fetched perhaps, but has anyone here ever set up a counterstrike session amongst WOS'ers? Perhaps even where the Counterterrorists have Clive…
I'd ave a go. Trouble is I have ... , cos I 'play' with computers for a living. :(
Love the MOH ...How long must I keep doing this?[quote] On 2006-02-13 22:14, ZX Beccy wrote: Although you have raised what could be considered valid points, I think you should think long and hard b…
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I had a Physics teacher who was nicknamed ... he ranted and raved for an entire double lesson. ... I play with computers for a living. I program, and ...
