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Hardware fault - HELP!I bought a speccy 48K (rubber) on Ebay. I was delighted when it arrived. It was in PRISTINE condition, it looks brand new! However, the machine has a…
... wierd 'graphics' bug that is hard to describe... Hopefully this one ... I think)... Anyway, it's keyboard I want to fix first ... -
hard drive issuesi turned on my laptop last night and it started to make clicking noises, and failed to load. i presume it's the hard drive that has gone, i took it o…
... . i presume it's the hard drive that has gone, i ... crash but it's very rare that it happens to new ... * ... not unheard of but very rare.
*if yours was ... -
New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…
... homage is paid on the keyboard, like typing in dp on ... the keyboard or something?[/QUOTE]
hard for the player to memorize ... -
Toshiba t6600c - 1993 laptop[url=www.toshiba-europe.com/computers/products/notebooks/t6600c/index.shtm]T6600C literature.[/url] My neighbours has been given one for their son t…
... and a 600MB (ish) hard drive (that I tried ... low resolution), the small hard drive was large enough ... they all loaded from hard drive), that also ran ... still miss the Thinkpad's keyboard and screen, though.
hard drive size? If you ... -
The best portable machine for Spectrum emulation?Which is the best portable or handheld device for Spectrum and non-Spectrum emulation? I only have a PSP, and whilst it has some good emulators, the …
id have to go for the DS, as its the only one ive got. :)
it does look good with the keyboard on the touch screen. although i do find it hard to use the d-pad for diagonal things on games , but that just might be my thumb that is at fault. -
CPU question about various emulators for and on various machinesRight, you know how nowadays the latest CPUs seem to be dual (or more) core 2.4GHz (or whatever speed) as opposed to, say, single core 5.8GHz? Now I …
... as a monitor) with wireless keyboard (and mouse built in) and ... /> Cash, basically. I work very hard and get very little money ... . Actually, I don't work hard (agency based PC support isn ... -
need help with Dragon SpiritI bought dragon spirit off ebay a coupla' days ago and everytime I load it it won't let me change the control method, it says press 4 for redefine bu…
... that problem, they replace the keyboard membrane or something, hopefully someone ... at all no matter how hard I pressed them, to easily ... -
Great new virtual keyboard!This won't be of use for emulators that run on machines that have real keyboards, of course, but for emulators that run on the XBox, PS2/3, PSP, Nint…
... leading spaces make it very hard to do diagrams in this ... ]
[QUOTE]This virtual keyboard is much better than the ... older, simple drawing of a keyboard, as it's much faster ... adding this kind of virtual keyboard?[/QUOTE]
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Modern computers with 8-bits styleThis was said in a recent SPA2 forum [URL="http://www.speccy.org/foro/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=626"]post[/URL]. There's a computer with a 'retro' style: …
... lighter, the keyboard won't be so tall, the hard drive will ... -
list of removed / banned games?Hi all, apologies if this is outside the etiquette of this forum, but I was wondering if there a list of all of the banned or removed games from the…
It's not exactly hard to find all the denied ... .
Same goes for Rare, asides from a jazzed up ... , hell....it might even get Rare some more fans if a ... -
TZX info grabber programHi, I have my full TZX collection in a folder on my hard disk. I would like to separate games for Spectrum model (16k, 48k or 128k could be enough). …
That would be quiet hard to implement - the only way ... , but that's quite a rare block tbh.
Snapshots ... -
Ultimate earlier gamesI mean those Ultimate's games before [I]Atic Atac[/I]. Which is your vavourite? My fave, Jetpac. Very addictive, great gameplay.
... /> Yes indeed, it was very hard to use them fast and ... do how you scan the keyboard from machine code and that ... -
Ultimate earlier gamesI mean those Ultimate's games before [I]Atic Atac[/I]. Which is your vavourite? My fave, Jetpac. Very addictive, great gameplay.
... ]Yes indeed, it was very hard to use them fast and ... do how you scan the keyboard from machine code and that ... -
Spectrum tops "first home computer" poll someplaceOn a whim, I Googled for "zx spectrum news" to see what came up. Below the recent BBC coverage, the raww.org site and an abandoned fansite: [url]htt…
... ’T PRESS THE KEYS SO HARD!!! When we definitely were not ... bullet proof clicky clonk type keyboard. Even if you sneezed near ... -
Spectrum tops "first home computer" poll someplaceOn a whim, I Googled for "zx spectrum news" to see what came up. Below the recent BBC coverage, the raww.org site and an abandoned fansite: [url]htt…
... ?T PRESS THE KEYS SO HARD!!! When we definitely were not ... bullet proof clicky clonk type keyboard. Even if you sneezed near ... I was removed from the keyboard.
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Specdrum 3 W.I.PIts a new app so i needed a new thread sorry :) I am sorry i have been neglecting this site and i have been working hard on Specdrum 3 Honest i hav…
... i used a Casio MT540 Keyboard for the drums that was ... /> but it would not be hard to rewrite.
Moving ... source (i.e) sequencer or keyboard / drum machine.
Quote ... /> Specdrum 3 is mouse and keyboard driven too and has a ... -
New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…
[QUOTE=Dr BEEP;266919]It is based on WHEELIE when you must try to get back before the ghostrider does. I altered the plot to a road and pigeon.[/QUOTE]
Good work!
[QUOTE=Digital Prawn;266901]No doubt if Einar logs in and ... -
Amiga softwareWill PAL Amiga games (originals) work on a NTSC Amiga? I'm looking for Carrier command and Starglider II but they are thin on the ground over here. …
... .co.uk/MOONSTONE-A-HARD-DAYS-KNIGHT-VERY-RARE-AMIGA-GAME-BOXED_W0QQitemZ220211460364QQihZ012QQcategoryZ98929QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem ... -
Got an interview for Managers job on WednesdayHave been on the technical hands on side of television broadcast engineering for past 18 years. Decided to move up into management at same company. C…
... that if you work too hard at your task to will ... have 1) common sence, (very rare), 2) taken time to know ... .
Its very hard to get promoted within your ... you ( a good but rare and hard position to be in) they ... -
PianosIts true there is no such thing as a free (or cheap) piano. There was a guy a few doors up from me who sold his piano to us for 40. It's in very goo…
... quiet notes depending on how hard you touch the keys.
keyboard is weighted is vital to ... to play a cheap electric keyboard will probably have difficulties getting ... -
key on laptop keyboard problemThe 'o' key on my Sony Vaio laptop is only working when pushed on the top left corner. I'm crap with computers but also can do without having to find…
... , i just kept hitting it hard, then i bought an external keyboard. -
Spectrum more loved than C64It just occurred to me that the Spectrum must be more loved than the C64 these days. After all, it has been more than a year since an update was made…
... 's how to fix a keyboard though, even though that's ... . Questions about PSU's are rare but will be answered, generally ... beyond my understanding.
Keyboard membrane faults are quite common ... -
myspeccy.org - online gaming which auto-saves scoresIt's a blimmin' miracle - I'm most impressed.
... and the keyboard input seems to not be quite right. Hard to ... -
Favorite C64 games?It seems that the guys over at [url=http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27077]Lemon[/url] are finally admitting that they like Spectrum game…
... know if they are perticularly rare?[/QUOTE]
Rereleases for ... didn't work without a keyboard ;) -
Keyboard replacement for ZX-81Where can I obtain a keyboard replacement for the ZX-81. Can't find any on eBay. I wonder if there is a better keyboard available to replace the ZX-8…
... looking for is a better keyboard, not a membrane for the ... has. :) Unfortunately those are very hard to find, even on eBay ... ZX81, but again, they're hard to find. You could also ... -
Your laptop recommendationsAfternoon. After a good new Win XP Pro laptop capable of doing pretty much everything including playing games. I tend not to play anything 3D but do …
... much narrower viewing angle, the keyboard feels much worse, and the ... of the laptop's screen/keyboard/speakers etc than just going ... of the CPU speed, the hard drive size, the screen resolution ... -
Porting more adv games to the ZX SpectrumIf anyone is up to the task, I'd love to see a port of some of my other games on the ZX Spectrum. I myself need to find a manual for Sinclair BASIC b…
... ago). It hides all the hard bits of using an emulator ... in basic (such as the keyboard layout which even in 128k ... -
RZX Player interface - Possible?If I have a Mass Storage interface and some media (CF, SD) with a couple RZX files, what would I need to play them on a real Spectrum? If the RZX fil…
... IN (more than just a keyboard as other INs may be ... rest isn't all that hard to do in hardware - instructions ... -
Q about Atari ST Emulators and anthoer Q about JoysticksEnough of this talk of this Comode Amiga... Phah!! I may have asked this before but can I stick my Atari ST disks in my PC and run them in an ST Emu…
... 5 ST exclusive games then? Hard to find ST exclusives apart ... more advanced FPS and a rare STE exclusive)
There ... -
George Carlin is Dead. No, I'm Not Kidding.This has officially ruined my day. [url]http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/arts/24carlin.html?ex=1371960000&en=38c143a26174e026&ei=5124&partner=perma…
... American accent (like that's hard, but still she does a ... . I just got a new keyboard which does not correspond to ... don't press really, really hard. Why am I bringing this ...
