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You know you're starting to lose it...You know when you're starting to get a strange addiction when you start searching for *broken* Spectrums to buy ... There's something thrilling in a…
You know when you're starting to get a strange addiction when you start searching for *broken* Spectrums to buy ...
There's something thrilling in a geeky way about bringing a dead Speccy back to life. -
Bargain BasementAnyone here actually read the full disclaimer at the beginning of Bargain Basement? It's rather strange... [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infos…
Anyone here actually read the full disclaimer at the beginning of Bargain Basement? It's rather strange...
[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000420[/url] -
Bobby Bearing -- alternate/earlier version?I'm starting to wonder whether a slightly different version of Bobby Bearing was ever released -- a first version, with all the other available ones …
... for it; the Alkatrazz multi-hack by The Skunk (printed in ... neither does Jon North's hack on the covertape of YS ... 4/89. Jon's hack expects the block containing the ... actually $4C1. However patching the hack to load the $4C1-byte ... -
Comments for small "sprite" routine wantedI have just written my first machine code program and I am quite happy (and proud) to get it working! :smile: As a child I never learned anything e…
... in particular feels a little strange.
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Extend mebrane stripes?Hi! i was messing with one my rubber speccies trying to do the composite hack BUT I was not carefull and I cut the mebrane stripes in a position th…
... trying to do the composite hack BUT
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Windows XP advice neededI've just bought a laptop with Windows XP Service Pack 2 pre-installed. I've never used SP2 before, as I've never needed the Service Packs, and I was…
... laptop with Windows XP Service Pack 2 pre-installed. I've ... -
Window Cleaners.I hate window cleaners. A few months ago I saw the local window cleaners accross the street and asked them to give my windows the onceover. Now ev…
... bottle of windowlene on my kitchen window ledge and asks if ... -
Blatant duplicationI got my first +2 around 1986 second hand bundled with the Sinclair Research game pack that included Oh Mummy! Disco Dan and Crazy Golf... One of th…
... with the Sinclair Research game pack that included Oh Mummy! Disco ... -
Speccy games I bought todayBeen helping out at the Village Day in Ashtead, Surrey today. Was looking around the stalls when I noticed a small box containing 13 Speccy games. So…
... /> - One of the Sinclair Action Pack tapes with Bullseye and Operation ... with cases except the action pack tape which was just the ... -
Can I help with any of thisThe following is the games I just won on Ebay, as far as I can tell the cassettes look complete. Anyone know if any of the following can help with t…
How strange!I just noticed that Mousey has deleted every post he's made! Anyone know why?
I just noticed that Mousey has deleted every post he's made!
Anyone know why?Compiled gamesAn earlier thread made me think - How many commercially released games were compiled? I know a few by that Paul Hargreaves chap were - Strontium Dog…
... bonus though that you could hack out MCODER II from the ...Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... spectrum.h library for the strange screen address manipulators seen in ...It's dropped off!Bleaurgh! I stubbed my lil toe this morning, and its just started feeling a bit numb and strange. Okay, so I haven't lost my toe, but the whole nai…
... feeling a bit numb and strange.
Okay, so I ...Something juvenileSometimes Viagra spam can amuse me in strange ways. The latest euphemism: "Lunch tent". Don't know why that one in particular made me laugh, but th…
Sometimes Viagra spam can amuse me in strange ways.
The latest euphemism: "Lunch tent".
Don't know why that one in particular made me laugh, but there you go :)I'm a naughty little man!I've had quite a dodgy week or so, some rather disturbing news back home (bad things going on with my ma, but I won't bore you with the details) has …
... , very big, I bought a pack of Camel lights while I ...Hidden messages whilst loading gamesHi all, Was having a chat with my mate about old speccy games and remembered that pausing the loading on some games and then printing gave strange m…
Sinclair User Club #8Hi, I've got a tape with a printed inlay with Clive's face and "SINCLAIR USER CLUB" in italics. I believe it is issue 8, although there's nothing o…
... looking at the wrong entry (strange that they both have the ...Pentagon-1024 manufacturingI am finishing a trial assembly of 2 boards. Unfortunately getting components appears to be very time-consuming (it's difficult to obtain electronic …
... manual in english, some software pack on DVD-ROM (i didn ...short changed!!!i just bought a 100g jar of nescafe coffee and a pack of 20 richmond kings for one pound 70. bargin :)
i just bought a 100g jar of nescafe coffee and a pack of 20 richmond kings for one pound 70.
bargin :)What happened to Olli & Lissa 2?Anyone know the story behind this sequel? Obviously the game was released - you can download it from WOS - but back in the day I couldn't find it in …
... it.
It seems strange because the first game was ...PCB transfer on the cheap?This will sound like a really dumb* idea, but maybe someone can help I want to etch a PCB by electrolysis using a salt solution. I know this techniq…
... anyone could think of a 'kitchen chemistry' way to do it ...ANN: Tipshop updated Sunday, 05 August 2007Sunday 05 August 2007 A huge July (ahem! Ed) update in the form of massive amounts of tips, POKEs and maps - hurrah! * A new Good Egg called Archie …
... OCR-induced typo for the hack for
Peking. I look ...MAME cabinet help?Hey there, Need a little help, Im wanting to create a MAME cabinet (stand up) for my front room, I have a computer to run it, Monitor, Massive Soun…
... cut all the bits flat pack em and send them to ...ZXSoftware needs your helpQuick cry for help. I have just done a massive update on [url]www.zxsoftware.co.uk[/url] but for some reason (possibly the fact I am crap at coding…
help with name of a gameI'm trying to remember the name of a game i got with my specturm +3 as part disc's that came with it The pack of games it came with also had gift fr…
... with it
The pack of games it came with ...Crisps - Is it just me, or what?Like so many vaguely unhealthy people, I munch through a bag of crisps with my sarnies each day. My bag of choice for a while has been Walkers Ready …
... telling still, I got a pack of Cheese & Onion from ... . But the next day, another pack from the machine was NOT ...armaggedon manfor some strange reason i spent hours playing that game... it was one of the lat games I got for speccy... although half of the time I had no idea o…
for some strange reason i spent hours playing ...Memories of childhoodWalking home today in the warmth of the summer sun, I got to thinking of more than one merry childhood memory from the summers that seemed endless at…
... who threatened to stick her kitchen knife into my football if ...What I hate about computers and/or video gamingYesterday I spent approximately four months (subjecively that is, objectively it was around two to three hours) fixing my mate's PC. I won't bore you…
... ". I did find a registry hack to fix it, but it ...
