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Policy Exchange think tank calls for BBC overhaulWhat utter bollocks. [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8458271.stm[/url] Is the BBC out of thouch?. Should they stop funding shows for 16 to 35 y…
... radical overhaul to survive in the digital age??
... on about? Are the just trying to run down the BBC in favour ... fully emrace and intergrate into the internet revolution.
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IDE emulation and delaysA few months ago I was told that IDE emulation, while perfectly usable, isn't accurate enough to compare it to IDE access on real hardware. On some e…
... at a time, to cut down the number of disk access commands ... all comes down to having a way of inserting the necessary ... time, which depends upon the technology behind the IDE device (solid ... Flash for instance), then the magnetic disc (the standard hard disc), ... -
Do you "Quick Reply" ?Today I wanted to be adventurous. I decided it was high time to try out the "Quick Reply" function in WoS. ( [I]You daredevil, you! -Ed[/I] ) So, …
... I was thoroughly chuffed (as the young ones say) because it ... 's probably several years still down the road. But it brings me ... -quote" ...
Why does the forum software not do multiple ... , why does it snip off the initial quote? Rather bothersome to ... -
Help on 80s Horror TV ProgHello all, I could we some of WOS's sage like knowledge. In the early 80s my dad recorded a US 1 hour horror program. You know, the usual format, i…
... /haunted house and then the program starts. The story was about a ... a while the mom is at the bottom of the winding staircase that ... son is in the shadows at the top. He shouts down 'the devil didn ... demon jumps from the top of the stairs and kills the mom.
How do they effin get away with it.I got a leaflet though my door today from a hire purchase company called Buy as You View flogging home goods delivered, you know fridges, freezers, T…
... rating and so are exploiting the poor or vulnerable (those that ... hate to see people sold down the river in these hard times ...Mire mare endingfound 'footage' of Mire Mare's ending on Youtube last night and the poster claims to have manged to track it down. The Stamper brothers haven't said …
found 'footage' of Mire Mare's ending on Youtube last night and the poster claims to have manged to track it down. The Stamper brothers haven't said anything about it and it osn't in Retro Gamer. Possibility of a hoax anybody?Dizzy games for spectrumIf someone have this games and want to sell them, I'm interested to buy them (only complet version: tape+manual+case): - Spellbound Dizzy; - Dizzy P…
... Dizzy;
- Dizzy Prince of the Yolkfolk;
- Crystal Kingdom Dizzy ... ;
- Bubble Dizzy;
- Dizzy Down the Rapids;
- Dizzy - Crash Special ...Mum looking over your shoulderWhilst paying a visit to my flat once, my dear old Mum came up behind me whilst I was copying some files from +D disk to a cassette for a friend. I w…
... tide me over. The utility used half the screen to work ... and it basically filled half the screen with jumbled flashing coloured ... I could not find the words to tell her that ... fine, it was what the program did. She left ... , now I can go down the pub and get into a ...Some ROM/EPROM questions...I've got a ZX Spectrum +, a +2A and +3 computers, and I've been using +3e project ROMS for a while in my +3. I was thinking about using an EEPROM or…
... flash memory "pin compatible" with the 27C256?
Also, ... with a "reset" button (for the counter) and a "advance" button ... is not present in the cartridge. Besides the almost-instant crash (due ... switching ROM programs without powering down the Z80?Lucid Dreams, Synchronicity, DMT etcanyone else have an interest in this sort of stuff? Been training myself to try and have lucid dreams these past few years and just this year have f…
... mind wakes up in the dream (usually by a ... your watch is upside down it acts as a ... watch be on upside down?" trigger and your conscious ... alcoholic and this massively dulls down the mind even when sober... ... time into meditation, purifying the mind (i.e. kicking ...RGB SCART Not Working on ZX 128K (heatsink)I've just received a SCART RGB to HDMI converter and it is not working with my ZX 128K (heatsink). I do have the correct 128K SCART cable (which is d…
... 128K (heatsink). I do have the correct 128K SCART cable (which ... ? How could I measure if the RGB connector is providing correct ... 128K SCART cable to narrow down the problem.
Any thoughts ... /> EDIT: To add: The RF video signal on the 128K machine is ...How to solderI've just tried soldering two wires together (one end'll fit in my computer, and the other into a little radio) I found that when I stripped the two …
... in my computer, and the other into a little radio ... that when I stripped the two wires down, the copper inside had ... or something wound in with the copper so that's ... is still not sticking to the wire that's covered ... with the red stuff. How can ...handbagswhats with bloke carrying hand bags these days. when did they become acceptable? ive been seeing they a lot these days, but today a bloke had one on…
... a bloke had one on the train, it was light tanned ... had two big buckles holding down the flap. it just looked like ... now appear to move across the floor with out being tipped ...Pubs that are now ClosedHas anyone's local closed down? The Wych Way Inn (my local) closed down last year, apparently either over a row over CCTV or it wasn't running a pro…
... anyone's local closed down?
The Wych Way Inn (my ... local) closed down last year, apparently ...
It's had all the downstairs windows and all but ... /> We have a sovernier of the pub - the signs...
...Granny's Garden[IMG]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Granny%27sGardenWitch.gif[/IMG] As I'm sure everyone is aware, Granny's garden is not permitted for distribut…
... - this topic is about the Spectrum version. Has anyone actually ... br /> I managed to track down the C64 version a few months ... ]
[*]So, how did the Spectrum version compare?
[*]How ... Multiloader?
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The game itself was never that ...Whatever happened to thread 30642?Has it slipped down the back of the sofa or something? :-o
Has it slipped down the back of the sofa or something? :-o48K Speccy Repair Log.Some people may know my love for writing up my repairs of arcade PCBs on various forums so thought I would do the same for this little fella. Had th…
... every byte and bring the machine down. I had to use ... short across the PSU which would effectively power the device down, it ... also stops the PSU from dumping max current down the ... link when it is pulled low which would cause the ...MicrosphereI was just reading this > [url]http://www.crashonline.org.uk/25/msphere.htm[/url] [quote]But wait! There is more. I can exclusively reveal that not …
... should able to work out the title? Dave said.) Furthermore, Back ... to Skool is the second program in a trilogy ... next summer! Gosh. Clues to the new Skool game are hidden ... doing so many years further down the line as it were.Another......help me find a game thread I'm afriad. It's a spaceship sim thing. I remember that in one of the lower corners there were 3 indicators that used…
... distance to the target, they'd count down as you ... that moved up and down. The dashboard of the ship (if memory ... type noise which caused the graphics to stop momentarily ... think you had to dogfight the enemy.
... trying to hunt it down to play it now ...Sherlock Holmes eat your heart out...Over the weekend I was playing with my 9 year old daughter in her room, enacting a typically complicated story involving small My Little Pony figures…
... found. I peered down the back of the radiator, expecing the figure to be ... in front of the radiator when the horse fell down the back of it ... ! And there it was, the ...Help needed +2 pleaseI have a 128k+ that when powered up through the rgb or aerial connection just shows a black screen. But I can still see the list of options and run d…
I have a 128k+ that when powered up through the rgb or aerial connection just shows a black screen. But I can still see the list of options and run down the list ok. Could someone give any help what is wrong please? Sorry for the mistake its not a +2Opinion on new 128K only gamesHello, Being new to the WOS community, I am unclear on the attitude towards 128K only software, that is; Is there a strong need to support the 48K m…
... (uncompressed and without the FMV) and the Gameboy ROM is 256K ... projectiles. Scaling down the graphics is out of the question. I ... down multi-directional scrolling arcade aventure/shoot 'em up similar to The ... Alien Breed on the Amiga. Both the PC and Gameboy ...128k+ PSUAfter reading an earlier thread I inspected the two PSU's I have for my 48 and 128+, it seems I have the same type, 1.4amp, when the 128 needs 1.85am…
... an earlier thread I inspected the two PSU's I have ... 128+, it seems I have the same type, 1.4amp, when ... the 128 needs 1.85amp, this ... startup, thick black lines scrolling down the screen until its warmed up ...Turbo EspritWhat a classic game ! (I feel guilty now, this is now the top ranked game and Fairlight has disappeared down the list!) I still play this a fair bi…
... game and Fairlight has disappeared down the list!)
I ... just practicing and 'driving around' the city, sometimes from point a ... do it.
The missions are actually very good ... getting them. With all the cars going in opposite directions ...Route Diagram Search Algorithm?With regard to a diagram of the sort of which the picture below is a simple example. Given that routes are restricted to those going down the screen,…
... are restricted to those going down the screen, and if I know ... in advance the adjacent connections to every location ... one so far.)
The actual diagrams have hundreds of ... may be many locations on the route between any two points ...Wanted GamesHello,I'm after the following games if anyone has them and wishes to sell,thanks Lost caves by Players Premier Software Treasure island Dizzy Dizzy…
Hello,I'm after the following games if anyone has ...
Bubble Dizzy
Dizzy down the rapids
How to be ... /> Blade Runner
The Snowman
Roy of the Rovers
Wild ...128+ and Divide+ not working togetheri think theres something wrong with my 128 (toastrack), divide+ just wont work on it, corrupted screen on bootup and with big thick black bars rollin…
... big thick black bars rolling down the screen too, any ideas people ... />
I should add that the 128 works fine without it ... and the divide+ works well in my ...Spectrum games that *should* existRight, I'm bored (or "working hard" if any of my bosses walk past) so to kill the time, I've decided to become a games designer. Or post crap about s…
... dustbins, along with the homeless, the winos, and the Sinclair User staff. Bad ... grim determination, staggered the most hideous, the most deformed, the most vomit inducing ... help them hunt down the unscrupulous egg. To even the chances a bit ...Spectrum games that *should* existRight, I'm bored (or "working hard" if any of my bosses walk past) so to kill the time, I've decided to become a games designer. Or post crap about s…
... determination, staggered the most hideous, the most deformed, the most vomit ... Castle, through the countryside and the city, into the airport where ... them hunt down the unscrupulous egg. To even the chances a ... he can assume the form (and the abilities) of any ..."QL & Mac are 25" Show Oct 31st / Nov 1st - Session videos now online!Finally the video footage has been catalogued, ordered, brushed up (video noise, audio volume), edited and became a final directors cut. Then the 24 …
... power than expected. The videos of the 8 sessions are online ... public viewing now! Just browse down the events webpage until you?ll ... see the fire and enjoy the easy navigation through the YouTube ... topic keywords: 1st men on the moon, Clive Sinclair, ZX80, ...
