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Well I just watched the final episode of Lost and ...It was very good. I'm not going to post spoilers here, unless anyone actually wants to know how it ends. :) I knew how it was going to end about 15 …
It was very good. I'm not going to post spoilers here, unless anyone actually wants to know how it ends. :)
I knew how it was going to end about 15 minutes into the episode.
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Best collectablesHere's another poll, what's your best collectable spectrum related stuff...? I used to work for a guy called Terry Pratt who was one of the people b…
... stuff...?
I used to work for a guy called Terry Pratt ... .
Anyway knowing I was a speccy fan he fished out ... -
Any played F.E.A.R? (New PC Game)I know a lot of you played Half-Life2 when it came out so I would gather a guess that a lot of you have been looking forward to this too (it's been a…
I know a lot of you played ... came out so I would gather a guess that a lot of ... />
The thing is, I'm thinking of getting it ... tomorrow and well basically I wanna know if it' ... s worth it. I've played the demo and ... was quite good so I've almost made up ... -
User selling emulators & roms, steps to take?Here's a very common situation. Someone selling through the internet emulators and software (Sinclair,C64,Amstrad,Amiga) and even magazine scans. Wha…
... magazine scans. What would be a good way to deal with ... commies :)
Until now I emailed the guy (it's on an ... politely to not do such a thing as it's against ... t believe as there's a scan from Mort's DVD ... games which of course is a lie as he advertises selling ... -
A Feast for Crows from www.play.comI waited a good while for this book to come out and noticed that while Waterstones was busy selling it for a whopping full-price ?19, play.com was se…
I waited a good while for ... .com was selling it for a bargainmundous ?11 delivered(!)
Needless to say, I ordered it from play.com ... It arrived yesterday.
I opened it.
... damaged - not a bad batting record - so I can't REALLY ... -
My pet pig AlbinThings are quiet around here, so I'll shift some guilt. I had a pet pig when I lived in Sweden, called Albin. I fed him, I watered him. I knew he wa…
... guilt.
I had a pet pig when I lived in Sweden ... , called Albin. I fed him, I ... watered him. I knew he was going ... .
The result. I was served a dish known as Blodpankaka ... -
ZX computing scans in the archiveHi, I was looking for a couple of issues of Zx computing in the archive that I used to own, but they don't appear to have been added yet. One had a …
Hi,
I was looking for a couple of issues of Zx ... computing in the archive that I ... cover the other had a guy sitting at a spectrum as though it ... was a piano. Are these MIA or ... -
Postman not allowed to knock on doorI buy stuff online more than going to actual shops and recently bought a few dvds of someone. I knew that all 6 dvds would be in the one package and …
... recently bought a few dvds of someone. I knew that all ... letterbox. Anyway this morning i was sat in the ... come through the letterbox. I thought that the dvds ... door. Anyway a couple of minutes later i walked into the ... hall to find a You ... -
Game with a birdHi all, when I was a child I had a Spectrum game with a bird flying in the multiscreen labirinth. I downloaded a few thousands speccy games recently …
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when I was a child I had a Spectrum game with a bird flying ... in the multiscreen labirinth. I ... downloaded a ... -
Amusing things you didnt know about speccies...When you were a kid, when you were a young kid, like me, aged 9-10, seeing a speccy in the shops for the very first time, where Jetpac was loaded and…
When you were a kid, when you were a young kid, ... time when someone I knew in my class borrowed a tape, then ... br /> "Why not?" asked I (now, not quite so blonde ... before)
"Well, when I place it on the spectrum ... you put it into a tape deck?" I ask.
"Tape ... -
I May get crucified again here!!!!Hi Folks..well as a lazy arsed git I turned up last night and just came straight to your/our forum...the OUR may well be till yam pissed off with me.…
... ..well as a lazy arsed git I turned up ... a massive spectrum fan i have quite a collection but still have quite a ... was 'as a furniture restorator'..I had a house clearance to ... D.F kind)..I came across a load of ... of the unicorn'....which i was absolutely made up ... -
After roughly 22 years can you help?Hi, A long one this but here goes. Roughly 22 years ago (i was 14 if i remember right) i got a 48K speccy for christmas of my dad it was awesome an…
... years ago (i was 14 if i remember right) i got a 48K speccy ... get far as i got confused but i did a few things ... and the like.I once asked him how you knew what the ... numbers did and how you knew which ones to put in ... tell a 38 year old big kid just how his dad knew ... -
A game that never was.......would anyone like to see it...Back in about 1990 a friend and I sent a game to Newsfield created in the "2D game maker", a smart little graphic adventure, not unlike Dizzy called …
... about 1990 a friend and I sent a game to ... Newsfield created in the "2D game maker", a ... Fred Egg". We got a letter back from Richard ... then the next issue. I think eventually Newsfield was ... to bad organisation from a couple of teenagers - ... -
Bleedin customers.I have an advert in the yellow pages under the computer maintenance section. A guy rang me yesterday & asked if I sold DVD re-writers. I told him t…
I have an advert in ... br />
A guy rang me yesterday & asked if I sold DVD ... re-writers. I told him that I would fit a dual layer one ... asked for two.
I drove all the way across ... his dvd player! Why ring a computer engineer?? Why are people ... -
A athlon 3000 32 bit system or a athlon 3000 64 bit systemThey will cost about the same which i was suprised to learn, but which system would you recommend, if i build the 64 bit one, can I still play my 32 …
... windows XP ???
+ i remember reading that someone had ... with SATA drives should i buy a SATA 2 drive ... much difference ????
I am buying new motherboard processor ... media centre edition, could i reuse my pc case and ... has come for a new pc and i don't ... -
damn damn and damn againwell the 128k speccy i was going to have has gone from the shop but i got the guy to hold another speccy for me cuz i wanted your views on it. It`s …
well the 128k speccy i was going to have has ... from the shop but i got the guy to hold another speccy ... for me cuz i wanted ... your views on it.
It`s a ... +3 with a multiface 3 what can i do with ... -
Buying a +3I've been told you can download Spectrum games in .TZX format and transfer them to a specci through the headphone jack. Can you only then save the ga…
... and transfer them to a specci through the headphone ... this?
I own a Spectrum +2 and am thinking ... because it has a disk drive.I know that the actual ... low, but I thought it would be a good way of ... that snapshot facility? If I can get a +3 for ?10, ... -
Some drunk tried to 'mug' me this morning4:35am, riding my motorbike to work, got my royal mail coat on, and all my kit in a delivery pouch over my shoulder. See in the distance someone sta…
... assumed it was some homeless guy looking for dog ends.
i a "stop" gesute.
So ... to 30mph, even though I was approaching a junction. He then basically ... interfer with their progress. I noticed a few other people lurking about ... -
I hate cold callers, and tin rattlers, and religious nuts.But this latest one takes the biscuit. Double glazing chav knocked on my door. I say chav, not salesman, because both his appearance and attitude s…
... that I was a tosser.
So, I opened the ... cold callers, I've tried putting up a sign telling them ... for example, I wanted a new front door, I'd go and ... buy one. I ... one.
I think I shall buy one of those ... -
Help I've lost some filesI have a file which is over 2 gig in size but when i click it to open it it just shows the folder that i have just clicked and not the files, and if …
I have a file which is over ... 2 gig in size but when i ... shows the folder that i have just clicked and ... the files, and if i click the back button ... however many times i clicked at the beginning ... to find the files , i have to click the ... -
How does a Speccy keyboard work?Hi again. I saw a post a while ago about the Speccy keyboard. I think it referenced an old magazine article. I have no idea how a keyboard membran…
Hi again.
I saw a post a while ago about the Speccy keyboard. I think it referenced an old magazine article.
I have no idea how a keyboard membrane works. Could anyone give me a bit of insight on it?
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Mystical powersWay back in the day I had a friend who could listen to a Speccy tape and tell, just by the pattern of the high-pitched screech and warbling, what the…
Way back in the day I had a friend who could listen to ... a Speccy tape and tell, just ... . Televisual fame, perhaps? (there was a guy on some rubbish ITV programme ... -
another game, another name!I was talking to my cousin, and we where trying to remember all the "lost" games that we have not recovered here in the site, and I remembered a game…
... in the site, and I remembered a game I used to play that ... of game and you where a guy...that was chased by arabs ... a mini and the second maybe a porshe or something)
I ... " comes to my mind, but i dont think that was the ... -
ThundercatsI had a case of Christmas Nostalgia and decided to go search for thundercats...I remember how hard the game was when I was a kid and today when I pla…
... hard the game was when I was a kid and today when ... it...no wonder I remembered it as a hard game, I don't ... the flying bike???(I didnt even knew there was a flying bike)
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Help support the preservation teamIt's been two and a half weeks since the biggest single update in WOS history! Over 8 months of work, 1,363 new or updated tape/disk files added plus…
... not been a SINGLE DVD order :-/
I posted a few hints ... before the update plugging the DVD as I knew ... effort will continue, but personally I'm not gonna be pouring ... do..
I know it's a busy time of year ... -
How many pulled a sicky to stay home and play speccy?I used to pull sickies almost every time i got a new game, i used to act really lethargic and ill, and my mum usually fell for it, then i would spend…
I used to pull sickies almost every time i got a new game, i used to act really lethargic and ill, and my mum usually fell for it, then i would spend the whole day playing ZX Spectrum. It was great! -
Chess Game with a slant to 2 player versionsHi y'all. I'm actually going through the spectrum collection for chess games with a slant towards 2 player games. The older the better. Before I ch…
... better.
Before I check, I would like to hear from ... either.
I had a C64 when I was younger - on that ... I had MasterChess by mastertronic ... br />
BattleChess (off topic a bit - this Amiga game had ... -
Emulator File types...SNA/TAP/TZX/Z80/ZXS All I knew about the Spectrum was how to play games on it, but since being introduced to pc emulations back in '97 I've always w…
... /Z80/ZXS
All I knew about the Spectrum was how ... ?
Was ZXS not a good format since we don ... about?
I know it's a big request, but whenever ... deep about programming, I always wish that I had a little clue on ... -
amx art / physics a leveli have a title called physics a level by calisto and amx art by advance memory systems. i think you already have both (calsito title appears to have…
i have a title called physics a level by calisto and amx ... art by advance memory systems. i ... -
Proving a negativeThis could be fun: prove to me that there is no such thing as flying reindeer. If I had a million dollars, I'd bet that you can't.
This could be fun: prove to me that there is no such thing as flying reindeer.
If I had a million dollars, I'd bet that you can't.
