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Auntie remembers the Speccy[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_6580000/newsid_6582200?redirect=6582255.stm&news=1&nbram=1&nbwm=1&bbram=1&bbwm=1[/url…
... history, the ZX81 was the computer which hosted the world's ... ever 3D game on a home computer -- JK Greye's 3D Monster ... -
The cheeky sodThis cheeky bugger is using all my pictures :( I sold them this ql ages ago and they never even left me feedback, surely i have copyright on em wonde…
... .ebay.co.uk/Dragon-32-Home-Computer-1982-Welsh-ZX-Spectrum-Clone_W0QQitemZ220101048417QQihZ012QQcategoryZ1247QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem ... -
The cheeky sodThis cheeky bugger is using all my pictures :( I sold them this ql ages ago and they never even left me feedback, surely i have copyright on em wonde…
... .ebay.co.uk/Dragon-32-Home-Computer-1982-Welsh-ZX-Spectrum-Clone_W0QQitemZ220101048417QQihZ012QQcategoryZ1247QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem ... -
PZX file format draft[QUOTE=Andrew Barker;186084]To this date, there is no rival format for TZX, despite people saying they can do better. Well the challenge is on, prov…
... -stored data for almost any home computer. 1 bit sample size will ... -
Happy birthday FontsHelvetica which is the secondary font for WOS is fifty years old this year whereas Arial, the primary font at WOS is 25 years old. That's the same a…
... wishing a 25 year old home computer Happy B'day I suppose ... -
Alternative KeyboardsI seem to remember way back when some manufacturers made alternative keyboards ( a bit like the 48+ upgrade where you shoved your speccy board into a…
... keep carrying to my local computer club so i got the plus ... an embedded aplication, the main computer system in my custom van ... -
How many items of a good Spectrum game got sold?Is it known how large quantities of typical Spectrum games sold back in the 80's? A popular game, did it sell like 10.000 or 100.000 items?
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the lost years...hello what i am refering to in the title is the years 1993-1997 when the ZX spectrum was dormant.i know that WOS was set up in 1995,but i am guessin…
... announced they were quitting the home computer market. Stuff was pulled from ... being the mom and pop computer shops that kept stock until ... -
Question about Bill GatesI was reading a portuguese book that has a few memories from former Timex engineers, and one of them mentioned that when someone asked Bill Gates if …
I doubt he would have said that, Its pretty clear in the US that the Apple II was seen to be the first 'home' computer for everyone.
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Question about Bill GatesI was reading a portuguese book that has a few memories from former Timex engineers, and one of them mentioned that when someone asked Bill Gates if …
... with the idea of a home computer, but one that was used ... -
Question about Bill GatesI was reading a portuguese book that has a few memories from former Timex engineers, and one of them mentioned that when someone asked Bill Gates if …
... with the idea of a home computer, but one that was used ... -
Question about Bill GatesI was reading a portuguese book that has a few memories from former Timex engineers, and one of them mentioned that when someone asked Bill Gates if …
... seen to be the first 'home' computer for everyone.
[/QUOTE ... the '70s was not the home computer period -- that was still ... the states, mainly because most computer users (as opposed to ... reach those buyers and the home computer boom was born. The ... -
"The Lords" and Speccy nostalgiaI've just noticed that "The Lords" (demomaker group from the Netherlands) have now granted distribution permission. Now this brings back memories. I …
Well, there was a ZX computer club and software library in Brussels ( ... in charge of the ZX club.
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Marshall Cavendish Input magazinesHi every one, I have the complete set of Input magazines in folders from a long way back. I am wandering if I typed them in (or at least as many as I…
I'm an idiot... I've just looked and it's not Input I was given, it's the Home Computer Course...
That's just 2 binders worth - because it has the index at the end. -
FA: Masses of mags, inc complete set of YS!I've now sorted out the rest of my magazines, and posted them up on eBay, as follows: Crash (94 issues): [URL="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dl…
Just realised that I have a full set of Home Computer Course (for some mad reason I thought it was some issues of Input) and must say that it is a really good magazine - lots of information about 80s micros. Very good. -
Daley Thompson's Decathlonhi I've been playing DTD a lot recently and I've managed a long jump of 9m 65 by jumping as soon as the line appears on the right, then holding the …
... to test games at their computer club! I saw it on telly ... -
Spectrum development images from Rick DickinsonHi World of Spectrum. I've just started the long process of recording and uploading the tons of stuff I have on all the Sinclair computers from ZX80 …
Wow! Thanks for sharing those Rick, I'd always heard of the ZX82, but never imagined I would see any pictures of one. It must be immensely satisfying knowing that you had a part in designing the most beautiul home computer ever! -
First ever gameFollowing on from this thread: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=16763[/url] What was your first ever game? Although f…
... Nascom build it yourself at home computer. And that was before 1980 ... -
Fast internet connection ?[quote]75-year-old Sibritt L?thberg from Karlstad Sweden just got her first computer, but it didn't take her long to download all the necessary patch…
... asking is - how would her home PC cope with an influx ... ?[/QUOTE]
if a home computer had that much information going ... -
fruit and veg technologyi can think of apple computers blackberrys apricots acorns can you think of anymore?
* Orange telecom
* Acorn computer
* I believe there is ... remember reading about the Chestnut home computer. Dunno if it was ever ... -
Net guru help neededHELP! Okay, I'm out of sorts when it comes to the internet these days.... this whole 'MAC' code is new to me and seems really confusing compared to …
... hosting the website from your home computer on your ADSL line, which ... -
Is there an old computer u nearly bought ?I remember seriousley thinking about getting an Enterprise, the one with the built in joystick [url]http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp…
... used to go to a computer club and harrass the older people ... -
Nintendo DSI'm probably going to buy a Nintendo DS this month, can anyone help me out or point me to any good websites explaining exactly what I need to do and …
... one (especially touch keyboards for home computer emulation).
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... -title suggestions:
'How a home computer revolutionized the world' (yes, I ... huge impact of a small home computer'
'The impact of a ... -
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... ]The (Colour) Clash of The Home Computer Titans: the ZX Spectrum corner ... -
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