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What everybody reading at the minute?It's another "What's Everybody Reading" thread. Yay!!! :) Me: Greed by Andy McNab The Good Guy by Dean Koontz Or She Dies by Gregg Hurwitz Before T…
... Hanged by Joe Abercrombie
The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas ... Taleb
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by ... s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Everyman Library ... you can download the PDF scans of the books from the online Library of ... -
Honestly, this is the first time I've ever had this...I'm 33 and I've had a few girl friends over the years. Not very many, but more than a couple, but today is the first time someone has used the "I'm …
... a few girl friends over the years. Not very many, ... couple, but today is the first time someone has used ... and isn't leaving the house until it's sorted ... my years, this is the first time anyone has used ... by the way, just thought I'd collect some thoughts from the ... -
Sorting the wheat from the chaff...So, I know I can ignore posts by other forums members through the User CP, but is there a way to ignore new threads started by those ignored members?…
So, I know I can ignore posts by other forums members through the User CP, but is there a way to ignore new threads started by those ignored members? Ta -
Filesixty keyboard for the ZX81Looking for the Filesixty 'stick on' keyboard that was available for the ZX81/Timex 1000. If anyone has one in decent condition (ie without the tex…
... ' keyboard that was available for the ZX81/Timex 1000.
the text worn off) and want ... . I'll be in England from the 23rd to 30 so can ... -
Morrissey Hits The Decks![url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/6427052/Morrissey-collapses-on-stage-during-concert.html[/url] [quote]The former Smiths fro…
... as he came to the end of the song his knees ... and the stage lights went up, to whistles and boos from the audience ... .
The singer, whose real ... be reported to be suffering from respiratory problems and was ... -
On Offer to the preservation teamAs so many people tend to plug my own website on WoS, I thought that I would offer something in return (at long last)..... I have today been passed …
... page publication edited by the publisher of the 007 Interface (and ... tips passed to him over the years - mainly linked to ... , incase there is anything missing from the archives.
Alas ... large fold out advert for the Spectrum from "PC Files" - no ... -
How to export the symbol table in ZX Spin v0.666I've managed to resurrect some old cassette tapes with the machine code for Freeway Frog from the Spectrum Machine Language For The Absolute Beginner…
... for Freeway Frog from the Spectrum Machine Language For The Absolute Beginner Book ... into Spin. From the Debugger, I can send the code to the assembler... but ... I can match them with the labels from the book?
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help in making a tzx file from standard speedIn short, I want to create a tzx file from the original Navy Moves & Army Moves compilation, giving that the one in WOS archive has an error on Army …
... to create a tzx file from the original Navy Moves & ... I have the original package, so I want to benefit from it ... have one problem: the VOC2TZX utility report the very first basic header ... turbo loading scheme.
The fragment in discussion is [url ... -
The Great Blue HoleThe Great Blue Hole is a large underwater sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It lies near the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll 100 kilometres …
... a large underwater sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It ... (62 mi) from the mainland and Belize City. The hole is circular ... a limestone cave system during the last glacial period when ... to rise again, the caves flooded, and the roof collapsed. Believed ... -
Golf on the WiiI'm in need of a [I]good[/I] golf game for the Wii, so do I download the N64's Mario Golf from the virtual console, or buy Mario Golf for the Gamecub…
I'm in need of a [I]good[/I] golf game for the Wii, so do I download the N64's Mario Golf from the virtual console, or buy Mario Golf for the Gamecube? Opinions please. -
"Spectrum Scene" from "The Life and Loves of a She-Devil" (1986)Here is a link to the clip: [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9IT95k1UoM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9IT95k1UoM[/URL] I remember when wathi…
Here is a link to the clip: [URL="http://www. ... remember when wathing this in the 80's that I ... to know
the name of the car game the Andy is playing ... sure that a copy of The Never Ending Story can< ... br /> be seen to the right of the computer. But there seems ... -
Reading the Spectrum KeyboardI've been playing around with reading the Spectrum keyboard (in the guise of Spin 0.666) using Z80, and I believe I've discovered that the number of …
... playing around with reading the Spectrum keyboard (in the guise of Spin ... of 'Q', 'A' and 'Z' (from the blocks 'Q-T', 'A-G ... ', then press 'P' (from block 'Y-P'), the 'P' isn't detected ... anyone know what the 'rules' are regarding the number of simultaneous key ... -
I have copied this title from a textbook,called "The History of Language" and I'm fairly sure there's something wrong with it, grammatically. It's written with capital letter and full stop. …
... full stop.
"The Imitation of Sounds Generally Perfect ... a sub-heading, explaining the random capital letters mid-sentence ... a "-s" since the subject of the sentence is third person ... which I thought had disappeared from the language by 1900 when this ... -
Should P.M.R. be removed/added from/to listings?@Martijn: [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=26598"]I recall our conversation(read: thread) a bit back where you defined w…
... regexp=^Spiro+Legacy%2c+The$&pub=^The+Adventure+Workshop$& ... be removed from one set or added to the other?[/B ... his involvement in the first set while being excluded from the latter set ... ? In my zzzzzzleepy-ish state I'm guessing the ... -
Release the joe75 one."Well news has reached us here in Boinko towers that joe75 has been banned from the award wining wos forums. This report has not yet been confirmed a…
... that joe75 has been banned from the award wining wos forums. ... shirts"
"Lets hear from the man himself, Sir Clide what ... the end of the month." well err some interesting views there from ... corruption,wrong doing where ever the little man is being ... -
the whole known universe in 6 minutes[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17jymDn0W6U[/url] Quote:The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky …
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Quote:The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our ... atmosphere and the inky black of space to the ... an exhibition, Visions of the Cosmos: From the Milky Ocean to an Evolving ... -
Sgt. Helmet Zero - The Mojon Twins (Spectrum 128k)Hi! this is our first christmas present! :lol: [size=150]Sgt. Helmet Zero[/size] [img]http://www.mojontwins.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/09.gif[/…
... , looked after by the complex authomatic security systems: the Tankhauser-284834B-bis ... , but as in the civil war every soldier from the two parties died ... , they have to resort to the yellow ... -
UWOL, quest for money - The MojonTwins (ZX SPECTRUM 128k)Uwol didn?t have enough after earning about the 90% of all the income which resulted of selling retrovideogames in Spain and getting himself rich. No…
... the proton pistol with the proton charger, three knickers from Gremla, the book ... of bills of Miner Willy, Wally?s pajamas, the ... like a pyramid, starting from the very top, and after ... If you get to the bottom of the pyramid and you haven ... -
The Chuntey InitiativeIt's the start of a new year and with it brings a new wave of optimism and hope! :) In light of the relative success of twitter/speccynews (in the s…
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In light of the relative success of twitter/speccynews ... information by anyone and everyone from the speccy community. A central ... information etc. It should have the following primary goals:
< ... form of interaction among the authors of post and ... -
A new twist on the 419[Quote] Dear Sir. We are writing to you from the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) Nigeria, due to the recent report received on t…
... We are writing to you from the Economic and Financial Crime Commission ... , due to the recent report received on the activities of fraudulent ... assistance in trying to bring the perpetrators to book, by ... your money which was collected from you can also be ... -
The ZX Spectrum Screenshot ChallengeI know that the idea has been nicked from another forum but thought it would be fun to have a Speccy version... Post a pic of a Speccy game and let …
I know that the idea has been nicked from another forum but ... />
Winner then post's the next pic/game...
the picture from the wos archive then remember to ... host and rename the file cause the filename is the game name...NO ... -
Inheritance: Panic in Las Vagas, TheShould be "Vegas", not "Vagas", as shown in the [url=ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-adverts/i/Inheritance-PanicInLasVagasThe.jpg]ad…
... ", not "Vagas", as shown in the [url=ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org ... the game is set in the 1960's, though the scene depicted in the ... advert is definitely from the ... -
Name the arcade gameI recently came to think of a game I played in the arcades, presumably in the late 80's. It was never converted to the Spectrum so I guess this part …
... I played in the arcades, presumably in the late 80's ... The game was seen from the top so you saw the helicopter and the islands from ... it possible to control the altitude of the helicopter, so you ... island to shoot things. The graphics felt quite advanced and ... -
Games Becoming Retro....(or 10 Years Old)...After fighting my insomnia looking for games that were 25 years old on the Speccy this morning and feeling old (see Games chat), I got to wondering w…
... br /> Duke Nukem - Land Of The Babes
Resident Evil - ... /> Tomb Raider Chronicles
The Grinch
Dead Or Alive ... br /> Tekken Tag Tournament
The Sims
Resident Evil - ...
Counter Strike
Escape From Monkey Island
Kessen
the woes of restoring a laptopI've had a "fun" day trying to sort out my old laptop... I'm giving it to a family member as my new one arrives tomorrow I hope :) anyways.. decided…
... do a clean install from the restore disks you make..
because the restore software (ghost) was using ... for a boot.. obviously the 768 mb limit , annoyed ... the machine i'd up'd it to 2gb from ... 512mb.
now I'm just removing the ...How the World Works Part 1, Togo Football1. On the 8th January the Togo team bus, en route to a match in the African Nation's Cup in a separatist area of Angola (Cabinda), is machine gunned …
... 3 days mourning. Togo withdrew from the tournament. CAF has now fined ... $75,000 and banned them from the tournament for two years. 'Adding ... worth the headlines, the attention, the care and concern, the interest into the well-being from ...Looks like the VCF is hotting up to be a good one...... and needs more Speccy goodness, says the organizer (who says basically there's hardly any Sinclair presence confirmed at the moment... we're in d…
... , err, I mean facebook, from the organizers over the weekend, so I thought ... at The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) in Bletchley Park from 19 ... Computing on the same site, it will surely draw visitors from overseas ...Cheril of the Bosque (The Mojon Twins, Spectrum 48k)A brand new game from the Mojon Twins! In the Badajoz jungle lives Cheril, a common girl, just like every other girl of her age. She eats cucumbers,…
... new game from the Mojon Twins!
In the Badajoz jungle ... degree of Tartan, the scottish of the apes, has higher ... expontaneous youthness, with the lewd stares from Mondongo the aborigin and his ... ambush her from behind every bush in the jungle. She ...Viaje al Centro de la Napia (Mojon Twins, 48K)Disclaimer: The title is in Spanish on purpose, a play on "Viaje al Centro de la Tierra", a Spanish game by Topo Soft. It roughly means "A journey to…
... remove the twelve pencils from his skull, he could never escape from that ... have removed all the twelve pencils from inside Miguelito?s ... you?ll be able to escape from this nightmare.
... s skull are not accesible from the beginning of your quest. ...The ZX-filesIt's an incredible story I found in the spanish forums (Speccy.org). Yesterday night, in a spanish TV program about strange phenomena, UFOs, etc pre…
... printer at home. In the middle of the dark, with no ... the left, the typical checking page made by the printer. To the right, the ... think it was a fake from the TV program...
... and expensive radars/aerials (see the film 'Contact' starring Jodie ...
