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Problem registering in SintechI am trying to register in Sintech, but it wouldnt allow me, it always says that I have to verify my name, I only can use some special characters... …
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Crap pre-installed in new computersMy battered 7 year old Toshiba laptop was stolen from my friends house and just got delivery of the replacement. His insurance did not pay up as he l…
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My iTunes wants to be shut down in an unusual wayAny suggestions on what to say to Apple to get it to shut iTunes down in an unusual way? Screenshot: [url]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/murra…
Any suggestions on what to say to Apple to get it to shut iTunes down in an unusual way?
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Only in America ...[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6238364.stm[/url] Short of it - A US Judge had a pair of trousers (worth $1000) lost by a dry cleaner…
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Free booklets with magazines... in archive?A recent trawl through my storage boxes has turned up some booklets that SU used to tuck into their mags back in the day. Specifically: Top 50 Spect…
... tuck into their mags back in the day. Specifically:
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007 James Bond titlesHi all, in the database we have some 007 James Bond titles, for example (so that I am not listing all of them: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/…
Hi all,
in the database we have some ... a cassette inlay here [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games ... die: cassette inlay here [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games ... -
3 Days and no sign of Mile[COLOR="Black"][SIZE="4"]THEE DAYS & NO SIGN OF MILE??[/SIZE][/COLOR] Has he been fired for spending too much time on WOS? I know last thursday he …
IN for KempstonHi all A few years ago I wrote a Spectrum program that used graphics on screen to indicate what position a Joystick was in. I need the read IN instru…
... a Joystick was in. I need the read IN instruction for Sinclair ... to know what is the IN for Kempston, and the Sinclair ...I'll name that game in ...I was about to recommend Astro Blaster to someone, when I realised it's not the game I thought it was. Astro Blaster appears to be a space invaders …
... scramble variant. You could land in little floating cyan pods, scattered ...Emulating the Plus3e in SpinHi. At the weekend I finally got my ass in gear and started to go through my many +3 discs, with the aim of transferring a lot of the content to a CF…
... I finally got my ass in gear and started to go ... ] with DivIDE card.
In order to transfer these files ... CF card and initialised it in a real Plus3e, and proceeded ... 't. Looking at the image in a hex editor, it all ...The ropes in JSWJust watching the latest JSW mod rzxs from the archive and I remembered how good the ropes were in JSW - nobody came close in achieving that level of…
... the ropes were in JSW - nobody came close in achieving that level ... of realism in rope simulation :smile ...First steps in Z80 machine codeI never got into machine code much back when I had a speccy, as I didn't have any development tools at the time. The only machine code I'd previousl…
... code I'd previously done in the past was 6502 on ... something that's actually interesting in the long term future, but ...Best type-in gameApart from the excellent shorties in program pitstop, what was the best type-in game? Pixy the micrdot stands out for me after all this time.
Apart from the excellent shorties in program pitstop, what was the best type-in game?
Pixy the micrdot stands out for me after all this time.Preferred way of determining Y co-ord in assembly?I know of 2 ways of calculating the y-cord of a pixel row for the speccy in assembly. One is to calculate the address by ways of shifting and masking…
... pixel row for the speccy in assembly. One is to calculate ... -ords into the appropriate bits in H & L registers. The ... (s) people prefer to use in their own routines.How do I clear only a specific area of a screen (quickly) in machine code ?I'm looking for a machine code routine which will clear the first 20 rows of the Spectrum's display (or any number of rows or columns) . I have found…
... routines which do the job in thirds (as is
how ... the display is mapped in memory), which can
clear ... screen
pixels are stored in memory) then that would be ...OT: MAME 0.106u2 CHD filesI'm in the process of updating my MAME rom and chd files.. According to ClrMAMEPro, I've got 35.83Gb of chd files from a total of 56.35Gb. Does anyo…
I'm in the process of updating my ... they have access to an ftp server somewhere so the outstanding ...GUIDE: How to convert TZXs to LOSSLESS low bitrate MP3s (56, 64 and 80 kbps)I posted this to comp.sys.sinclair last year, but it didn't get a single reply. Which annoyed me a bit. Since some people here seem to be intereste…
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The batch file included in this post will convert TZX ... sinclair/tools/pc/TZX2WAV_02b.zip"]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/ ... goto encode
for %%a in (%1) do tzx2wav -f 48000 ... This will convert all TZXs in the directory into lossless MP3s ...Anybody in the printing trade?I'm after the name of the object created on plastic film containing an extremely contrasty image, used to photo etch the printing rollers. It's like…
... negative of (say) a page in a magazine. This negative is ... photographic material, does it come in differing grades. It's important ...Electronics interfaces used in schools in the 80'sCan anyone remember the names of those interfaces that plugged into the parrallel ports of computers at school in the 80's. They had 6 LEDs in red, …
... ports of computers at school in the 80's.
They had 6 LEDs in red, amber and green, 2 ...Flash aaahPav has just released a map for [url=ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-maps/f/FlashGordon_4.png]Flash Gordon[/url] and the whole thing…
Pav has just released a map for [url=ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-maps/f/FlashGordon_4.png]Flash Gordon[/url] and the whole thing seems to be set in a jungle, which doesn't make sense.In a 100 years time..When we're all dead and buried (or cremated depending on your preference) and there's no more people around who actually HAD a ZX Spectrum do you thi…
... frustrated by the 'attic bug' in 'Jet Set Willy' or trying ... the pieces of the Amulet in 'Sabre Wulf' etc.
Regarding older dot-matrix printersLong ago I had the [URL="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/hardware-adverts/ZXLprintIII.jpg"]Lprint III interface[/URL] and I still have (in…
... ago I had the [URL="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/hardware ... [/URL] and I still have (in Portugal) the Seikosha printer that ... 'll be visiting my parents in a few months, I'll ... market, there's no point in buying old Deskjets.... And if ...Advice on car rental in the USA.Would it be cheaper for me to pre book my hire car over here via the web or wait till I'm over in the USA?? Andrew.
Would it be cheaper for me to pre book my hire car over here via the web or wait till I'm over in the USA??
Andrew.ways of killing dogs in saboteurwow! did you know, a dog can be killed by the automatic firing devices trying to kill YOU in saboteur?! (incredible game...) (recent discovery... :…
wow!
did you know, a dog can be killed by the automatic firing devices trying to kill YOU in saboteur?! (incredible game...)
(recent discovery... :-) )Worm In Paradise/playing text adventuresHi folks I've seen this game highly lauded in many sections of this website and I've been dabbling with getting back into text adventures recently. …
... seen this game highly lauded in many sections of this website ...How do you run PCW games in Joyce?Seeing as Amstrad is back in the news, I may as well give it a go... My mum had a PCW and I was able to convert the disks over to the PC (before the…
Seeing as Amstrad is back in the news, I may as ...Flat for rent in SloughHi, i'm applying for a temporary occupation in Slough and i need some info. Since i am currently living in Portugal, i have no idea about the month…
... applying for a temporary occupation in Slough and i need some ... /> Since i am currently living in Portugal, i have no idea ... costs to make a living in the UK.
So ... rent, food and public transportation in the area.
How ...The Big Four Oh (Oh Oh)!Wow! I can't believe I've just reached the 4e3 point. As you all know, it's customary for me, on reaching such milestones, to ruminate, reflect on, a…
... minor milestone earlier this year. In February 1987, I received my ... Warcraft however, so don't sign up expecting the opportunity to ...super-quick games in BASIC?do you think, games written in BASIC could run flawlessly at high speed when run in a speccy emulator at, say, 1000% speed? (i wonder, speccy is rare…
do you think, games written in BASIC could run flawlessly at high speed when run in a speccy emulator at, say, 1000% speed?
(i wonder, speccy is rarely used in this way - it's even more platform independent then JAVA! :-))) )What is "Citizen 85 guide to hacking"?CRASH issue 23 featured an interview with artist Dave Beeson. One of the illustrations appears to be of 4 Spectrum screenshots put together, with the…
... can see it here: [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines ... 't find anything like it in Infoseek.
