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Tatung Einstein for developmentI know some developers used a [URL="http://old-school-micro.blogspot.com/2009/11/retro-computers-tatung-einstein-retro.html"]Tatung Einstein[/URL] to…
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I've finally done it!I've finally stopped being a Software Developer, Analyst/Programmer, Software Engineer, Programmer...all titles I've had over the last 10 years. Fin…
... (if I can get any at all) then I'm hopefully ... less for doing (and being better at) something I was doing a ... -
Detecting ZX Interface 1 ROM VersionIs there any way of checking which version of the ZX Interface 1 is present? I know that the later ROMs were better at networking - what other impro…
Is there any way of checking which version of the ZX Interface 1 is present?
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Jumping the sharkBored again, so "inspired" by a post on a forum I read last week (can't find the link, I'm at work now), here's a list of programs that I think have …
... had to be broadcast on at least three channels simultaneously, apparently ... claim RD jumped the shark at the beginning of series three ... Holly). Others claim it got better at that point, or claim it ... ...).
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no drivers = buy more products ?I've got a canoscan lide-50 scanner they aren't doing win 7 64 bit drivers.. yet someone else has managed to make a driver that works , off their own…
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Imperica Horizons - The whole weekend :-)So now it's all over, I'll do a quick writeup... It all started for me at 5.20 am. Getting to London from Devil's Island isn't so easy now that Aer …
... for me at 5.20 am. Getting to London ... /> But after a coffee at Victoria Station, I started waking ... the British Film Institute at South Bank is quite ... - well worth the getting up at 5.20am on Saturday ... Johnson for getting it organized and getting such a ... -
Ever had one of those days?I woke up this morning with a splitting sore head, and had to force myself to get out of bed and get ready to go to the dentist....When I got seen by…
... big mucky, grass-stained jeans...getting stared at by everyone!
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Highway EncounterTalking here about short play games, one can get through in an hour or two at most, where there is no other way to progress except to complete the "n…
... in an hour or two at most, where there is no ... no way to play it at an easier difficulty "level". But ... vortons remaining (as I got better at it)
The progressive ... -
An Old Friend of Mine Seems to Have Unfriended Me......but in real life, not on Facebook! I have not seen him since February 2010. Despite the fact he is single with his own place and I am married wi…
... again for a meet up at the pub.
Hi ... phone unless I called him at lunchtime on a work day ... made me feel a bit better. At least it wasn't just ... -
Speccy Christmas MemoriesGiven the time of year, I was getting a bit nostalgic for Christmases past - and in particular for the ones that really meant something - when I was …
... time of year, I was getting a bit nostalgic for Christmases ... '.
I remember getting up at 4am on the Christmas Morning ... solidly for the next week at least (I got a couple ... is - great when you're getting along, but can kind of ... -
Wii spectrum game suggestions (for FBZX)--SORRY WRONG PLACE. PLZ ADMINS move this post to games :) --- I am playing a bit with FBZX in my Wii and I am putting games in my SD card. Which g…
Don't Cap My Benefits..I finally got around to watching this... it's my local council, so found it interesting moreso in that respect. people have multiple kids, and no fu…
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they are getting angry at the council, yet I am ... angry at them for their kids sake ... YEARS .I notice at least 1 sky box at one of the ... continually visiting.
people getting ?800+ a week is taking ...Started commentating on Speccy games......just me doing a youtube video, going to do heaps of games. Tribute to Collie and Spinny**** who are far better at this than me!! I'll be doing he…
4K GamingWhen the new Nvidea 970 and 980 cards came out I decided it was time to upgrade my gaming PC. I decided to go for a 4K setup to try and future proof …
... Tombraider leaves Lara looking luscious at 50fps.
... Win 8.1 is much better at scaling but I don' ... tablet, great printed out at A4 and great as a ... full 1080p background. At 4K it looks awful. ... screen. Looks like I better up my photographic skill a ...Missing in ActionThe more I go in my loft the more I find "Missing in Action" files . Trouble is I am new to this. I have done the tzx's for them but cannot upload th…
... this. I have done the tzx's for them but cannot ... :-Another difficulty is whether to tzx the individual files or the ... tzxs won't run from TZX with an emulator :eg Geography ... a work around for getting a useable TZX for progs like these ...where is YS issue 75: Magnificent Seven - gone ?Hello. I am looking for this title but more precisely for STX. I cannot find it as it returns a 404 error either at WOS (http://www.worldofspectrum.o…
... returns a 404 error either at WOS (http://www.worldofspectrum.org ... /Tape/YSIssue75-MagnificentSeven.tzx.zip) but also at TZX vault (points at same location ...Any good top-down adventure recommendations?I'm a fan of Zelda games, particularly Link's Awakening which has always been one of my favourite games. Another game I like is Kaeru no Tame ni K…
... I didn't suffer from getting stuck at any point. Just a ... tend to be quite good at).
I've not ...Scuba Dive 2 - what could a sequel look like?I watched Rod Bells [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw7Re4j4_i8"]video review[/url] of Scuba Dive a couple of days ago. It's been ages since I'…
... the early days (and was better at it than Rod, LOL). It ...Issue 2 problem.Hi all, I'm trying to repair / upgrade an Issue 2 Spectrum for a friend, but have come accros the following problem. When I power the machine …
... both sets of RAM are getting enabled at the same time. I ...Your Spectrum in 4k now redoneYour Spectrum in 4k now redone Hi Guys, Finally got the Prelude to Your Sinclair (what I found to be better at the time) rescanned at 600dpi an…
... I found to be better at the time) rescanned at 600dpi and left ... as good or better than the original resolution at the printers back ...Free image hosting sitesHaving issues with these these days, is there any decent ones left? Imgur? I liked picturetrail but it was a very small amount allowed, and its…
... have a photobucket account but getting moaned at for "hosting" images, since ...Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... the screen was "only" updated at 25 Hz.
Most ... of games. While Spectrum were better at things that relied on the ... CPU, the C64 was definately better at shootemups and scrolling platform romps ...Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... wanted to scroll a screen at the same speed as ... it using 1 pixel at a time at 50 Hz, then the ... that was scrolling at 8 pixels a time at 50 Hz. ... . 50 / 8 = 6.25). At such low rates the human ... same conclusion: The C64 was better at scrolling games.
...Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... same conclusion: The C64 was better at scrolling games.
For ... doesn't negate my statement at all.Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... said that the Spectrum were better at CPU-intensive games like Super ... On, and the C64 was better at scrolling games like Turrican 2 ...Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... denied that the C64 was better at certain things (which was the ... Amos).
"A better question is - why do you ... .
If I'm at a garage sale, and I ...WaNTeD!Hello! does anyone have: Elven warrior (Players premier) Corsarios (parts 1&2) Capitain Fizz and Robocop-3 (Image works/Ocean) in *.tzx or *.tap f…
... just finding them and getting them to TZX or send the tape ...RealspectrumCan anyone tell me why sometimes when I launch realspectrum it locks up on the welcome screen? I am running it in a DOS shell within windows 98. I'm …
... be using Spin to look at tzx figures although Realspectrum will probably ...girls and speccy gamesit seems that most if not all of us on here are boys (ok so some are men) and i can only recall 1 girl ever posting on here and if your not a girl Sm…
My sister's better at computer games than I am. ... .
Some games I suck at, others I can pick up ... . My male friend is worse at computer games than I am.TZX to TAPIs there an application for the mac which will convert TZX files to TAP? I've searched around but can't find any.
... only for creation of TZX's that are not possible ... it and generate a decent tzx?
If so ... able to generate a TZX from a Amstrad loading ... Are there any issues with tzx's created from OUT files ... correct? Would they be accepted at TZX Vault and STP? I ...
