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How do you get an external tape recorder to work on a +2a?Just for the hell of it, just say the internal cassette player stopped working. What command would you use when hooking up an external player, so the…
... , so the specci would know to play/save from that player ... +3 tape lead, but want to see if it works and ... 've only got a +2a to try it on. I'm ... -
What new game to write...Now that Dominetris is out I'm wondering what to set about coding-up next... ...So I'm asking what kind of new games are people wanting to play? A …
... out I'm wondering what to set about coding-up next ... new games are people wanting to play? A puzzle game? A ... />
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How many pulled a sicky to stay home and play speccy?I used to pull sickies almost every time i got a new game, i used to act really lethargic and ill, and my mum usually fell for it, then i would spend…
I used to pull sickies almost every time i got a new game, i used to act really lethargic and ill, and my mum usually fell for it, then i would spend the whole day playing ZX Spectrum. It was great! -
Anybody been to Berlin?Going to Berlin next month for a few days. Anybody been there already? Know any good bars/clubs/places to go/things to do? Cheers! BigBadMick
Going to Berlin next month for a few days.
Anybody been there already?
Know any good bars/clubs/places to go/things to do?
Cheers!
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Chess Game with a slant to 2 player versionsHi y'all. I'm actually going through the spectrum collection for chess games with a slant towards 2 player games. The older the better. Before I ch…
... I check, I would like to hear from some of you ... .
MasterChess:
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Can a CPU emite microwaves? And other questionsSome CPU/electrical questions for the more technical amongst us: 1. Some time back a bloke I knew, whose PC I used to repair, said that he'd read in…
... knew, whose PC I used to repair, said that he'd ... 't CPUs designed to be more efficient, and draw just what power ... and then needing the excess to be drained away?
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Which games that never materialised would you most like to see?Over the years there has been many games that never made it to the shelves. Which ones would you most like to magically appear now? I would like to s…
... games that never made it to the shelves. Which ones would ... you most like to magically appear now? I would ... like to see :-
Mire Mare ... -
Where do I begin to build an emulatorHi I would like to build a Spectrum emulator from scratch, the reason? well I'm curious, to see if I can =) I've successfully ported Pocketclive to X…
... br /> I would like to build a Spectrum emulator ... I've successfully ported Pocketclive to Xbox (but other emulators came ... I would like to do is to wtite one from ... is some tip on where to begin.
Any ... good sites, good source code to learn from?
Linking .CHM help files to DelphiI'm doing a remake in Delphi 6, as recently announced on [url="http://retrospec.sgn.net"]RetroSpec[/url]; the only problem (apart from technical diff…
... fucking.at"]sodding[/url] difficult to use -- way too much ... RTF isn't supposed to be edited at source-code ... actually [I]designed[/I] to be edited at source-code ... Help Viewer can be linked to [I]any[/I] ... ", but I'd like to implement proper, full contextual ...Games to TradeHi I have a few games to trade, I am looking for text adventures (on any format), here's the games if anyone is interested (duplication indicates mo…
... /> I have a few games to trade, I am looking for ... poster)
Give my Regards to Broad Street, Mind Games, Large ... , Double cassette case
Licence to Kill, Domark, Double cassette case ...Converting AVIs to flashIs there an easy (and free) way to convert movie files to SWF files, as used by Macromedia Flash? I ask because it seems SWF files can contain sever…
... (and free) way to convert movie files to SWF files, as used ... , and still be pretty small to download.
I'm ... as flash files for people to view in a browser. I ...Need Help To Find This Game!!Im looking for a spectrum game I had years ago. I cant remember the name, but the game involved a viking (I think he was) walking around a castle (?…
... its driving me mad trying to find it.
ThanksAY to YM?I was reading a thread on the Atari forums where somebody had swapped the YM2149 chip for an AY-3-8910 and it worked ok although sound was a bit muff…
... a YM2149 make an improvement to the Speccy sound? I've ... 'm considering swapping the chips to see what happens...I'm going to have a shed!It just struck me... this next place I'm moving to has a backyard, complete with shed! What delights do I have to look forward to? Besides: * Bein…
It just struck me... this next place I'm moving to has a backyard, complete with shed!
What delights do I have to look forward to?
Besides:
* Being a TOG, and
* Being a Grumpy Old ManAnother TV series from mid to late 80'sOk ... another one here. Starred either Nicholas Lyndhurst or Nigel Planer (or someone who looks very much like the two). I don't quite remember if…
... shows from around that time to no avail (unless I completely ...Things I have put on my Palm Tungsten for my imminent trip to BerlinHeading off to Berlin in just over two weeks. On the Palm I've got: Zillions of good books. Best of Enya Ricky Gervais Podcasts 6 to 8 Around 10 ep…
Heading off to Berlin in just over two ...
Ricky Gervais Podcasts 6 to 8
Around 10 episodes ... /> Anybody else use a Palm to entertain themselves while travelling? If ...Ma lovly freinds. *sigh*Again... time to die. :(Dear ma dear freinds, I am *sigh* not Gamestage ;)is the gettings many emailings of de de dear :( *sigh* fans of I am not Gamestage we team *s…
... *... ;) they are all go doing to you, ma dear freinds :(. Copyright ... say here. :( We want to be closers to you, dear *sigh*ma ... willl no longer be allowed to use you sucide methodings. I ... losts in times. :( Again... time to die ;)
Please, sendings ...Where to download "Rossum's Universal Robots"?Does anyone know where to download the 1920 script "Rossum's Universal Robots", by the Chzeck Capek? I've Google'd for it, but only found it in it's …
Does anyone know where to download the 1920 script "Rossum' ...What happened to "Surface"?(That sea monster series on ITV.) I missed the first episode a few weeks ago, and only saw a few fragments of the second episode. It didn't seem anyt…
... anyone know what's happened to it? It didn't seem ...TAP/TZX/Z80 to D80?Hello. I've come across a problem in transferring programs from TAP or TZX or other files to D80 format. The SNAP button (used on Didaktik to save …
... or TZX or other files to D80 format.
... button (used on Didaktik to save all the memory content ... to the disk) doesn't ...
Will I have to use tape-to-disk programs and edit ... the loader to make it load from ...Anyone know what happened to Sim Coupe?Does anyone know how what happened to Sim Coupe, the Sam Coupe emulator? It seems to have vanished without trace from the internet as far as I can t…
Does anyone know how what happened to Sim Coupe, the Sam Coupe emulator?
It seems to have vanished without trace from the internet as far as I can tell... :(
And Is there any other Sam emulator people could recommend instead?Don't move this to the Games forum, but...I have a dream. It involves writing 100 csscgc games for 2006. 19 so far! Anyone want to place a bet? (Or call me a prat? :-( It is a bit daft I kno…
I have a dream.
It involves writing 100 csscgc games for 2006.
19 so far!
Anyone want to place a bet?
(Or call me a prat? :-( It is a bit daft I know).Method to read byte as binary string rather than dec?Hi all Am fiddling around with the screen buffer and have written a routine to scan the screenbuffer into upper ram and then write it back in upside…
... and have written a routine to scan the screenbuffer into upper ... , I am trying to find a way to reverse each 8x8 square ... have an 8 byte buffer to store the 0 and 1s ...Adding graphics to a text adventure??Hi everyone. I've always wanted to create a Spectrum adventure game and have spent several evenings browsing the forums here, WOS and the internet on…
... . I've always wanted to create a Spectrum adventure game ... if it's possible to add graphics to any of them ... GAC and PAW allow you to create graphics with the ... I have changed a jpeg to .scr using BMP2SCR and touched ... I would like to be able to be able to do is ...A View to a Kill - Spin Emulator (Problem)Hi, I downloaded A View to a Kill from the Spectrum Archive and I'm trying to get it to work using the Spin emulator. However, it starts off fine b…
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I downloaded A View to a Kill from the Spectrum ... and I'm trying to get it to work using the ... than it's actually supossed to. After the credits roll, ... it tells me to start the tape (which ... times but it never seems to work properly. I also ...Alkatraz questionsAnyone know: 1] Before the turbo data block every Alkatraz game does this a few times: ((Out to 3F,Out to 7F) x2) In from 9F What is it doing? 2]…
Free Speccy (&C64) games to collector in BristolCopied & pasted from elsewhere so ignore references to C64 if necessary! In other news, i am moving house on saturday and tragically this means i am…
... from elsewhere so ignore references to C64 if necessary!
... If anyone can get here to collect all this by FRIDAY ... . I dont have time to look for individual titles or ... be nice for these to go to a new home with ... someone who has time to check them out but ...how do I tune the speccy to tv?hello folks :) I am come here for help rather than because I am still a speccy person. I did start with the ZX, many moons ago,had a couple of thos…
... basic on it before graduating to Amigas, and then PC's ... A lady has asked us to help her dispose of her ... computers, but first we have to access them and see what ... and she does not want to lose anything of his writing ... can't remember what else to do. Can you help ...The never-released sequel to Wriggler?I have a vague memory of seeing a sequel to "Wriggler" by Romantic Robot advertised once - I think it was in an old issue of Sinclair User or Crash. …
... memory of seeing a sequel to "Wriggler" by Romantic Robot advertised ... 'm certain that I used to have this small black & ... ; white advert for the sequel to Wriggler in my old Spectrum ...
