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Microdrive wantedhello! i'm looking for a microdrive, including any cables it may need to make it work. anyone got one for sale? or are they ultra-rare expensive it…
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Speccy Soft Time Travel - a theoryYou know, sometimes I have a few weird thoughts (not uncommon on this forum, it seems)... I?ve been thinking about this a couple of times - as we al…
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Is This The UGLIEST retro computer in the world ever ?????While looking on Ebay I saw a sight that made my body shudder. THE AMSTRAD 664 COMPUTER Wow that is one ugly mother. The Pale grey pale blue keyb…
... ugly mother.
The Pale grey pale blue keyboard.
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I think my +2 is dead! HELP!Me and my brother spent about 40 mins trying to get our speccy +2 down from the loft. We plugged it in, and tuned it into my TV. However, we are havi…
... a signal from it! No bars, noises or anything (although I ... -
ZXCF implementation in RealspectrumI downloaded the ZXF the other day, reading through the back issues I decided to have a go at using the ZXCF compact flash emulation in RS. However w…
... resets, I get blue and grey vertical stripes, or a mad ... -
zxcf in realspectrum.I posted this over in Misc earlier and no-one replied, SO.... I downloaded the ZXF the other day, reading through the back issues I decided to have …
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Bubble Bobble not loading with +2A ????Hello.I have Bubble Bobble but i can't load the game in 128k mode because it crashes on the loader (at block 2D) but it can be loaded at 48 BASIC but…
... loading the game with a grey +2 in 128k mode and ... -
Look At This Baby anyone got a lower numbered speccyI just missed out, but underwurlde is a seller so it will be on again, but i wont be able to afford it then. It looks like a grey keymat ?? Do you th…
... then. It looks like a grey keymat ?? Do you think underwurlde ... -
Problems with games on +2AHi! I have a +2A now and have problems running some games on it. I tought the resistor fix (to give it some kind of "floating bus" as the original 4…
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Today I did something I had not done for 25 years...............I ate a Texan Bar !!! I went into my Local paper shop this morning and there they were. A full box of Texan Bars. I was so excited I bought two, a…
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Why nothing will ever beat a real SpeccyI believe that one of the reasons that Speccy games were so good was because you had to wait so long for them to load! I remember sitting in front o…
... alternating flashing red and cyan bars, then the flashing yellow and ... blue bars, along with the unique spectrum ... -
Fairlight 48k - version 1 missing from archive.I have an original version of Fairlight WITHOUT the copyright message 'Copying this tape is against the law under the Copyright Act, amended 1985. C…
... has mottled matt plastic thats grey not black. The instructions come ... mode, but not on Amstrad grey+2, which is really weird ... -
Spectaculator/Spin audio savingI've tried to make an audio save of Football Director 2 on both these emulators and am having the same problem with both. When I 'put in' a cassette…
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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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oh man just about to build Athlon 64 and need some questions answered heeelpI've bought a AMD ( venice )Athlon 64 3200 it came with the AMD heatsink fan on the bottom of the fan is a bluey grey square patch. am i right in thi…
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Anybody been to Berlin?Going to Berlin next month for a few days. Anybody been there already? Know any good bars/clubs/places to go/things to do? Cheers! BigBadMick
Going to Berlin next month for a few days.
Anybody been there already?
Know any good bars/clubs/places to go/things to do?
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Not a sale - more like a giveaway !Got a box of Speccy bits i cant be bothered to put on ebay (plus i got it for free ages ago so i'm not losing out) The only condition is i need some…
... joystick interface
A grey broken Sinclair joystick
A grey Sinclair joystick (this one i ... -
Grell And Falla - Am I doing something wrong?OK, anybody remember a game called Grell and Falla in the Enchanted Gardens? It was one of the Codies last budget releases on the Speccy, and quite a…
... my 128k +2 Speccy (original grey model). It says on the ... -
Interface1 problem.I just bought one. Problem is, I plug the thingie in one of my argentinian clones and the machine seems not to run a single Z80 cycle. The screen is …
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Share your freaky storiesShare your weird or freaky stories here! Here's mine: A few years ago me and the girlfriend were on holiday in Spain and we got friendly with the y…
... nail-bombs in different gay bars around London? Well, one of ... the gay bars he blew up was called ... -
Your Computer magazineJust noticed a few issues of 'Your computer' mag have been scanned and placed in the archive.(i'd forgotten it existed) Does anyone out there posses…
... a school cap thrown behind bars! (this served as food for ... -
Has anyone ever owned, played on, or even seen an Amstrad GX4000I ask this question because the machine must have existed because Mean Machines from issue 1 until about 8 reviewed software for it until it flopped.…
... good? It was an ugly grey console which as far as ... -
my dodgy speccys.hi people, i was wondering if i could engage some opinions / thoughts / ideas of anyone, regarding my current "fixing up" of my speccys, since you s…
... unlikely.
My original grey +2. - very battered - missing a ... it wont work on the grey +2 as well. is there ... i read on this forum) grey +2... seems an unwise move ... -
Remakes Competition-- devil's advocate mode -- I've mentioned it a little on raww.org, but I was just reminded by it by looking through the latest Retro Gamer and I ha…
... that remakes are a legal grey area (I guess there's ... -
128K (heatsink) or +2 greylooking for one of these due to being unable to play 128K games on my 48K :) just in emu :( anyone has functioning and cheap one around ireland? (th…
looking for one of these due to being unable to play 128K games on my 48K :) just in emu :(
anyone has functioning and cheap one around ireland? (there?s a mate who could pick it up for me)
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Can anyone help me with the name of an old ZX Spectrum Game?Hello I was hoping someone here might be able to help me. I've been racking my brains for the name of a ZX Spectrum game I used to play when I was …
... game came in. It was grey/blue with a mountain-type ... -
9-pin joystick cables.Does anyone know where I could get some 9-wire cables with an Atari-style 9-pin plug on the end? I'm planning to do some joystick repairs / experime…
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128k dead, no TV signalI got 128k spectrum (heatsink model) from a friend of mine. He told me that speccy is dead, and he doesn't know what's wrong with it. When I plugged…
... Amps, -ve polarity (original +2 grey power supply), I tried it ... -
MurderDeathKill!!!I'm sitting at home today instead of being at work as I'm really sick. :( I don't have anything to do apart from sitting at the computer and reading …
... homicidal thoughts flow through my grey matter. It all started when ... -
Fazz dodgy dealings on ebay surely notI was watching this grey spectrum ready to do some sniping and lo and behold the listing ends prematurely it would have been my only hope of getting …
I was watching this grey spectrum ready to do some ... only hope of getting a grey cos i aint paying ?200 ...
