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Talents' Zkull???I've just been reading the Format, Jamming & Piracy article published in ZX Computing Monthly - September 1986. The [URL="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.o…
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Crash Magazine, the ZX, and the power of nostalgiaI'm currently selling some Crash mags (see Sales section of WOS *PLUG!*) and I started thinking about the power of nostalgia and what keeps us intere…
... 1983. I remember my Dad reading it out whilst I typed ... .
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Trouble compiling my BASIC programI've been trying to get a compiled BASIC version of Swift Turtle with no luck so far! I first tried MCoder 3 and it [i]seemed[/i] to compile the prog…
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What Poke?Hi all, I'm looking for a POKE that stops Sinclair BASIC reading the space bar as BREAK for a small INKEY$ sub routine, if one exists? Or is it a li…
Hi all,
I'm looking for a POKE that stops Sinclair BASIC reading the space bar as BREAK for a small INKEY$ sub routine, if one exists? Or is it a little more complicated than that?
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Missing? Mastering Machine Code on Your ZX SpectrumHi, i was just reading a few posts about programming and this one comes up often; Mastering Machine Code on Your ZX Spectrum -Toni Baker [url]http:…
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The F register unused bitsI'm doing some reading and trying to organize my Spectrum ML apprenticeship and while looking in greater detail at the flag register one question pop…
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Having trouble with some type-insI'm trying to enter some type-ins into BASin but I get into errors I can't handle. Since both type-ins are coming from the same book, it becomes a li…
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Unreal Tournament 3Does anybody still play this? I played it loads when it came out, but have had real trouble getting the bugger to play for ages. I finally got it wor…
... real reason (I've been reading on various Unreal forums that ... -
128k heat sink - ULA problems and a hintHello, I had two ZX Spectrum 128k with a similar behaviour. One item worked only a short time after switching on and then there were increasing RAM …
... failed booting or showed much reading errors.
I found that ... -
IN 255 behaviour not emulated in Spectaculator and ZXSpinI'm not speaking about "normal" IN 255 behaviour. All of you know what I'm taking about: IN 255 can be used to "read" screen data as it's retrieved f…
... of the border, and starts reading memory to generate the work ... -
Cronosoft TreasureArrived in the post to day, or rather I picked up from the post office! Yay! Just what I need after yesterday was supposed to be the most depressing …
... ages sat at my desk reading the inlays and I'm ... -
Happy Birthday Ragged SapperWhere is the old ragged sapper these days?? Anyway if you are reading, happy birthday. If you are not, well, what a waste of a thread. :D
Where is the old ragged sapper these days??
Anyway if you are reading, happy birthday.
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Found a great ZX BASIC textbookProgramming Arcade Games for your Spectrum, by Adrian Jones. Found this in a second-hand bookstore over the weekend and if you're anything like me,…
... program design, code optimisation, animation, reading the keyboard and so on ... -
R.I.P. spectrum 48kRecently one of my 48k rubber key (issue 4) machine bit the dust the other day when I tried to power it on. When powering it on, it gave a weird 'bee…
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Hello WOS will or Should Basin be meged with SPINHi I have decided to post after reading these forums for months and as the title suggests is it Dunny's intention to merge Basin with Spin when he is…
... have decided to post after reading these forums for months and ... -
Today I am mostly reading[url]http://www.hipandkneenetwork.co.uk[/url] to educate myself so I don't sound stupid when I see the consultant.
[url]http://www.hipandkneenetwork.co.uk[/url] to educate myself so I don't sound stupid when I see the consultant. -
C64 tape loader information requiredYeah I know it's a wierd place to ask this question, but it's about C64 tape loaders. At the time I was purely Z80 (apart from college stuff that wa…
... the hardware stuff (CIA timers, reading bytes from the tape port ... -
QuackersI have been reading the instructions of this game, and it talks about a prize in the game, but as far as I have played, it doesn't have an ending, it…
I have been reading the instructions of this game, ... -
Yay. Found an issue 1!I've had a Speccy sitting about the house for a while, unused as it only ran as a 16k (a sticker seal on the casing suggested either a 48k upgrade or…
... upgrade or repair).
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TZX SuitabilityHi All, Firstly thanks for a wealth of info been a long time since Ive seen those set of rubber keys and symbol-shift and now it back around and we d…
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Starglider 2 (potential AKA)I always thought that the sub-name of this game was "The [I][U]Ergons[/U][/I] Strike Back" but was proven wrong when I saw the WoS-listing. (Actua…
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turbo the tortoisethought this was blocked by codemasters, didn't realise the hi-tec release is available in the archive. been wanting to play this for years, never pl…
thought this was blocked by codemasters, didn't realise the hi-tec release is available in the archive. been wanting to play this for years, never played it before, only remember reading the review in YS I think. great game :smile: -
8 bit-game related artI stumbled across this article about an event where a lot of 8-bit gaming inspired art was shown. Since it was held in America, it's more related to …
... actually a lot of nice reading material for the nerdy types ... -
Spectrum, What If ?If i were to make another user name, is there anyway anyone could link the new user name to mine ? something has happened over the weekend that has a…
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Julian Gollop interview?I'm sure I remember reading an interview with Julian Gollop (author of Rebelstar, Laser Squad, etc) in a Spectrum magazine long, long ago but I'm try…
I'm sure I remember reading an interview with Julian Gollop (author of Rebelstar, Laser Squad, etc) in a Spectrum magazine long, long ago but I'm trying to find it now and I can't. Was I imagining it? Does anyone else remember? Can they locate it?
