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Running Game in AspectrumI am a noob at all this, I have downloaded the Aspectrum emulator and a game. When I select the tape to play all I get is the grey spectrum screen wi…
I am a noob at all this, I have downloaded the Aspectrum emulator and a game. When I select the tape to play all I get is the grey spectrum screen with 50 in the bottom left corner. Can anyone help?
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doesn't work in EliteHi All, I'm using the SPIN emulator (nice) and all games working fine including Elite. However I can only go in as 'Commander Jameson' as after typ…
... /> However I can only go in as 'Commander Jameson' as after ... typing in my name for New Commander ... />
I've also clicked in the Keyboard Helper, still no ... I forgetting?
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Gamestation in Leeds has Speccy stuff (bizarrely)The gamestation in leeds near the market currently has a mint Speccy 128k +2 with 2 joysticks, a mint cond. manual and 100 games (all with box and in…
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Weird bug in BASin 13I was checking out the new RAM disk feature of BASin and I came across a weird bug. I typed in a small program and saved it to the ramdisk. Entering…
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Spec 128 in the U.S.So I have a Spectrum 128 and I am in the U.S. I need to get a power supply that will work with this unit. What can I do here? I should be able to …
... Spectrum 128 and I am in the U.S. I need ... = 1084S monitor's digital RGB in. That screen handles my Amiga ... in PAL mode just fine.
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Apologies X post - Not sure if it should be in Hardware or EmusA couple of nights ago I cracked and decided I had got to do something else except the seemingly endless scanning of my speccy games for a couple of …
... don't see much point in covering that ground again, it ... I would aim to do in the long term is build ... -
ZX-Spectrum Music in MIDIHello. I am looking for music/tunes from ZX-Spectrum games in MIDI format. As a lot of them are surely on someone's HDD (minimally the ones on the r…
... /tunes from ZX-Spectrum games in MIDI format.
As a ... with them.
Thanks in advance and merry Christmas
Doctor Who - Children In Need SceneHi Ho If anyone out there recorded the Children in need 10min doctor who scene, could you please email me a copy of it as I missed it? Many thanks…
Hi Ho
If anyone out there recorded the Children in need 10min doctor who scene, could you please email me a copy of it as I missed it?
Many thanks!
Me!Cant play any speccy emulators in xp helpJust recently ive been having a problem that effects every spectrum emulator ive got in which i cant use the cursor keys to emulate a joystick and if…
... every spectrum emulator ive got in which i cant use the ... i choose the keyboard option in a game the keymapping is ... work and whwn its plugged in the controls are the wrong ... . The pc keyboard works ok in other applications and pc games ...SPECTRUM +3 NIGHTMAREGot my Specci +3 through the post this morning. The good news all the keys work and it turns on ok. The bad news the disk drive doesn't work. When yo…
... blank screen with a red border. I tried the connections, I ... know if plugging the lead in as shorted something inside. I ... fault.
So all in all a great buy off ...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…
... that he'd read in a PC magazine that ... that the CPU is in effect drawing more energy than it ... they need, instead of drawing too much and then needing ... m asking these questions), in which case does this ... processing, with three CPUs (in effect) running a 3.2GHz ...I'll name that game in 2I was on the phone to my mum the other day and I happened to have Manic Miner sitting on the title screen and my mum, overhearing the PC, said "what'…
... she heard/saw it was in the 80's!
ASpec ...More Micro drive problemsHi everyone! I recently bought a interface 1 plus a microdrive for my 48k speccy and have finally gotten round to trying it out. Having set everythi…
... , the drive kicked in and the black and white border came up ...Dutch VNU in bid talksVNU NV is in talks to be acquired for as much as $8.8 billion by a group of the world's biggest private equity firms. The company is massive but amo…
VNU NV is in talks to be acquired for ... published my ZX Spectrum programs in their English and Australian magazines ...The best sandwich in the worldthis is the best sandwhich in the world. Steak, Bacon and Cheese with lettuce, fried onions and mustard. i suggest you try it.
this is the best sandwhich in the world.
Steak, Bacon and Cheese with lettuce, fried onions and mustard.
i suggest you try it.GUI in sinclair basic.Can anyone point me to any existing subroutines or functions or library to be called whithin sinclair basic to create visual command like messageboxe…
Can anyone point me to any existing subroutines or functions or library to be called whithin sinclair basic to create visual command like messageboxes, listboxes, editboxes, or something similar?
Thanks in advanceFunniest Spectrum-related memorySeeing the emulated loading screen on the Dreamcast speccy emulator reminded me of something from many moons ago. I was in the local computer shop w…
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I was in the local computer shop with ... do to simulate the loading border - which ran indefinitely.
... and went and stood in another part of the ... A couple of kids came in and looked at the screen ... still jostling for position in front of the TV.< ...I need snes games in Essex!So im about to go out today, i want to get some SNES RPG's but i don't know anywhere in Essex that might sell old SNES games, if anyone could help po…
... i don't know anywhere in Essex that might sell old ... up going to a store in Wickford, the guy had a ...PS1 in car power supply help needed.Where is the cheapest place to get an in car power suplly which will run a PS1 (the newer psx thing) and a plug on the back LCD supply?
Where is the cheapest place to get an in car power suplly which will run a PS1 (the newer psx thing) and a plug on the back LCD supply?Celebrity Big Brother who would u put in ?i think it's going to be difficult for the big bro lot to better this series, and was wondering which celeb housemates could surpass these lot. If yo…
... . If you could put anybody in big brother from past or ... present in the next celeb big bro ... , who would u put in ?
For me it ...Myth - History in the makingHi to everybody! I'm trying to play this game, after reading some positive reviews, but... I'm having problems! :D Well, I define keys, Q A I O Sp…
... so on? I've tried in many ways, but achieved nothing ...?bomb? game nameoh, I?ve forgotten name of the game (that was mentioned here before) with a jumping guy (maybe fireman) whose task was to extinguish/defuse the firin…
... wicks of the bombs layed in the platform maze.
every ... solid borders - passing through any border means the character appears on ...Was there a bug in Turrican?I notice that when i play it on Spectaculator 6.25 that when i die on any level it says 'Continue YES/NO' and if i choose YES it puts me back to the…
... out there is a bug in the emulation of the game ...Very interested in the YS special of 2004I am really interested in getting the special YS number that appeared in 2004 (i Think), this issue came with another magazine (Retrogames??), but i …
I am really interested in getting the special YS number ... that appeared in 2004 (i Think), this issue ... ??), but i am only interested in the YS issue, I live ... in Spain, but I dont think ...Creating a loading screen in 80'sToday painting a picture using a computer is easy with mouse, scanner etc. But in the 80's it was harder. So, how did "game artists" create their loa…
Today painting a picture using a computer is easy with mouse, scanner etc. But in the 80's it was harder. So, how did "game artists" create their loading screens twenty years ago? Did they use lightpens or some kind of scanner?Which looks 'real'?Out of Spin and Spectaculator, which looks and 'feels' most like a real Speccy to you? I mean in terms of border size / playing area the look of the …
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I mean in terms of border size / playing area the ...3" drive in w2k+Hi. I've been sorting out my house (it's an ongoing project that so far has lasted just over 3 years). I found a whole bunch of my old 3" discs, so …
... " drive with RealSpectrum's "RealDisk" in win2k/XP?
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…
... C64 if necessary!
In other news, i am moving ... with leads etc UNLESS someone in the Bristol or South West ... etc but been looked after in dry cnditions. Sme Ultimate games ...PC Joystick for kempston/sinclair in ZX emulator?Never played the games on PC with joystick, but I presume there?s something like that (have seen the steering wheels and pedals for playing FNS, or t…
... thing?
Anyone tried this in emulator?
Is it worth ...Barbarian II competition in Speccy magBack in the late 80s I entered a Barbarian II competition in one of the Speccy mags (I think it was either SU or YS, but I might be wrong). The idea…
... entered a Barbarian II competition in one of the Speccy mags ... creature that would be used in Barbarian III. I entered and ... know what mag it was in? Over to you guys ...
