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When could Speccy have been born?Just a pondering excercise for those that know more about the different types of chips in the Spectrum than I. Whilst browsing the z80 page on wiki …
Just a pondering excercise ... I suddenly wondered, when, for whatever cost, could the Spectrum have conceivably been ... a small company and aiming at a low price... If Sinclair had been ... . Could the Spectrum have been made in say 1978 ... Speccy was of a type that wasn` ... -
US Gold MIA's?The following compilations by US Gold are currently listed as MIA, but have been dumped... I think their denied status has put a spanner in the works…
... compilations by US Gold are currently listed as MIA, but have been dumped... I think ... their denied status has put a spanner in ... />
Anyway, the following can have their MIA status revoked:-
I have a couple of MIA type-ins.What's the procedure/format for submitting them? I only have .sna files of them from when I converted them a few years back. Is the preffered format…
... I only have .sna files of them from when I converted
them a ... 3 games I have found are
A Day at ... from which magazine I can't remember. I'm guessing either ... that I bought.
Is there a type- ... in archive (of the actual listing) as I ...Has the wheel been re-invented already?Over in the misc forum, I have been floating the idea of a new speccy built out of off the shelf bits. The main reason for this is that I want to no…
... misc forum, I have been floating the idea of a new speccy ... able to load games by tape, but also want ... />
I think my idea does have some millage because ... ...
I recently looked at the DIVide ... /> with said item, could I buy an real spectrum, load ...Anything to say before I make my 1000th post?Im gearing up for it. It may even appear in this thread. Didn't realise that I'd got so close to that time, so this is me, just having a bit of a b…
... thread. Didn't realise that I'd got so close to ... is me, just having a bit of a breather before taking the ... , I've been indoctrinated by Mel (Which made my eyes water) and have had ... gaming. Who knows, by my 2000th post, I may have actually contributed something ...Today, I have mostly been watchin...The Trapdoor with Burk, Bony and cute Drutt. I loved the game on the Speccy too! The way they filmed the plastercene was brill and the sounds that …
... Bony and cute Drutt. I loved the game on the ... I have really enjoyed watching them again.
I would post a ... link to watch the two series but I' ... m not sure if I'm allowed? ... 's head almost like a transformer cause it was ...I am getting a Mac :)I have decided to get one of the new macs but am undecided as to which to get, i know some people on here use macs but what are the disadvantages of …
I have decided to get one ... any pages not viewable on a mac ? i have been looking at the new ... of graphics chip does it have ? is it the same ... dvd making software ? i have a lot of avi files i would like to ... an ntfs formtted hard drive i have read that it can and ...UFC 77 - Hostile Territory - Franklin and Gurgel get a Gods-Almighty ass whippin'Well, I see Rich "Ace" Franklin sucked the sausage against Anderson Silva for the second time the other night. [url]http://secure.sherdog.com/news/a…
Well, I see Rich "Ace" Franklin sucked ... 'd been hit by a truck.
I'm guessing Franklin will have to ... go up or down weights now to get into a ... .
It was a bit of a pitiful showing really. Every ...Compiling FUSE from source for a complete and total beginner...?[b]ACHTUNG: this is going to take a while to read...[/b] A message above tells me it's been nearly 14 months since I last visited here. Ye gods. Wel…
... be the case, I have to compile FUSE by hand.
< ... by ./configure, I see it has failed to recognise that I have ... because I've been sticking rigidly to the Ubuntu repository, but I have a ... now I will be 44, but may already have been executed by cancer ...A bit of a ropey questionRight I'm not really sure how to start this one off. So I'll just go for it! Does anybody know of a "safe" keylogging software? I know it sounds b…
... bad but I have my reasons.
By safe I obviously mean a program ... , for months my wife has been accusing me of breaking her ... , and the only reason I've been spending so much time in ...How can I find out if I have a static IP?Suppose I want to serve some web pages, I need a static IP so that all the other computers know where to find me, right? How can I find out whether …
... some web pages, I need a static IP so that ... /> How can I find out whether I have one? I live in halls ... connection goes thr? a bigass server in the ... that makes a difference. Hmmm, I'll have to check ... out what kind of a firewall they have ...I have just seen Steve Jobs ( Apple ) 2008 keynote speechThe products his company comes up with are fantastic and each year they seem to make the products better with more features and easier to use. Thy do…
... past few years has been Apple TV ( i wonder how badly he ... they seem to have now made that a piece of kit ... . You can now, with a downloadable software update use it ... the use of a pc or mac . You have to hand it ... to him hes bloody good at running a ...yeti by destiny softwareI thought this might make an interesting topic... [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005820"]Yeti[/URL] was a truly shameless E…
... on Exolon. It would surely have been a boring project with little professional ... have been commissioned by the software co - 'I like this Exolon game, make me a ... as an idea by the programmers? Would the money have been better? Was ...If they've have been ported to the Spectrum...Spec-chums, There were many games that for various reasons never made it to the spectrum. As an aside to the If they'd have been released in the 80s…
... they'd have been released in the 80s thread, I thought I'd kick ... II - Definitely a 128k only game, probably a stripped down universe ... but if you went for a wireframe approach (and possibly took ... Another World - Definitely a multi-load, but I think it could be ...Zelda Phantom Hourglass driving me nutsHello, Is anyone here playing Zelda Phantom Hourglass on the DS. I have been making my way through it, but have been stumped by something I am sure …
... I have been making my way through it, but have been stumped by something I am sure I ... am being being a bit ... lost and dumped back in the sea. I have gone south ... any further.
I have looked up walkthroughs online ...Anarchy in the streets of Bedford. Burn the town hall. I've been banned from a shopA nice, eloquent foreign gentlemen just banned me from his shop. All I did was go in, and get some John Smiths draught flow. They were right at the …
... them out one at a time, and put them ... and demanded I use a basket.
Ooh ta, I said, didn ... as he distracted me, I knocked a can of guiness down ... cos I was reaching for the ... t need this shit, I'll buy by beer somewhere else, ...Hello everyone. (+ a question.)Hello everyone. I have been visiting WOS since 1999 but I have only recently signed up for the forums. So, first of all, thanks to those who are main…
Hello everyone. I have been visiting WOS since 1999 but I have only recently ... still have my first Speccy, but lately I have acquired a used ... from the attic and have been playing Atic Atac, recalling ... on the keyboard membrane by assigning dedicated lines to ...Might not be a MIA, but I have to ask...I have a 3" Maxell CF2 disk here which was together with other +3 discs. On side 1 it reads 'Stop Press (Clip Art)' and on side 2 'Stop Press (Typefa…
I have a 3" Maxell CF2 disk here ... , or could it be a MIA? I don't have a +3 here and ...I have flu.I can't talk without coughing, my lungs burn when I breathe, my throat is on fire, I'm coughing up weird stuff every colour of the rainbow, except gr…
... of the rainbow, except green. I have a headache, that is just this ... Monday, well I had a sore throat but, and I got a doctor to ... />
I think I'll probably be okay by tommorrow, but I'll have to ...Talking to your 1st love again......(Serious post by rubberkeys!)As a lot of spec-chums on here know, my missus has gone away for the week....so all I have been doing is eating/drinking/watching football and annoyi…
... for the week....so all I have been doing is eating/drinking/watching ... but all the feelings I have had for her have come back!...seeing ... driving me nuts...
I HAVE A LITTLE ONE ON THE WAY ... not some attention seeking post by the way!, just need some ...Is this true? And if so, how is it legal?You know how Google are setting up a Google Library of online books? This is a collection of online scans that anyone can view: [URL]http://news.bbc…
... had been scientifically proven to be true. This was by a girl (data ... entry typist, or [I]monkey[/I] as they ... more celestal bodies have to align to indicate a certain aspect ... (and if you have, you'll have heard a load of swear ...I just been to the Isle of Wight.The roads have potential, but most of the drivers are soooooooooooooooooo slllllllllllooooooooooooowwwwwwwwww. Ocassionally you will get behind an i…
... behind an islander, who gets a shift on, offsides, forward ... like an MT-03 would have been better suited.
... zilch.
I liked the holiday, I had a great time, the ... presumably becuase it's just a 10minute hovercraft trip from Portsmouth.I start a new voluntary job in the morning.It's not a paid job though, never mind. The training has been pretty intense, two classroom sessions a week since the summer. I'm starting at the Ci…
... training has been pretty intense, two classroom sessions a week since the ... , the council etc etc Then I have a few minutes to type up ... are seen sometimes they could have been simply given the information needed ...Samsung 8mm Camcorder - Need to get it to a PCWifey has discovered our old 8mm Samsung Camcorder (about 8 years old) it still blinking works. I would like to drop the films of our kids years bac…
... still blinking works.
I would like to drop the ... put on a dvd.
I have been told you can by a USB adaptor ... about this and can provide a UK link please.
NIGHT CLUBS? Am I getting old??I went to a night club with the wife last night. Normally I love having a drink and a dance. Last night was the first time in ages I can honestly sa…
... Tiger in Cardiff, whch I was informed by a stuck up friend or ... PC monitor have more punch).
[*] Lighting just a few multi ... ones that live in a council house and have +100k of debt ... in the process. I saw several fights as a girl has shacked up ...Instructions I have scannedI've been busy scanning instruction manuals that are missing from the WOS archive. So far I've done: Arcadia (Ocean) - Instructions (Scans).zip Bat…
I've been busy scanning instruction ... to do, but I'm a bit bored of scanning ... but it said I don't have permission, I can download fine ... , just not upload. Do I need a ... password or something?
I used ...You play, like, a girl!I'm having trouble thinking of any Speccy games, apart from the Mojons' boobyfests, Gauntlet (Thyra), Gothik (Olga) and Rampage (Lizzie) that feature…
I'm having trouble thinking of ... ) that feature a girl as a main player character.
Am I missing lots ... of obvious ones or is it a sign ... the time?
I bet there's already been a thread about this ...What Sort Of Spectrum Do I Have?Hi guys, I recently found a spectrum and have been trying to find out which model it is and have failed so far so can anyone help?:-? It is the blac…
Hi guys, I recently found a spectrum and have been trying to find out which model it is and have failed so far so can anyone help?:-? It is the black small one with a red number on the bottom which is 002-686192. Any ideas? thanksI want to see if a file exists. in CIs this what they call a lockfile? I'm trying to write some software that translates from one language to another (as some of you probably know, I …
... takes a text file and spits it out, sentence by sentence, ... file A, and writes the results to file B (sentence by sentence ... .
If I have Process B delete file A when it's ... another batch) then can I expect that piece by piece, information will ...My Spectrum has gone a bit dud since doing some Mods, HELPMy father in law and I did some modifications to my 48K rubber key Spectrum last weekend, and now it seems to be very keen to crash, especially when …
... to appear, followed by half a screen of ?????. I also got beeps ... beeper. I eventually got the system relatively stable by putting the ... is a replacement one from RWAP, with which I have been very ... pleased, but I don't suppose ...
