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Funny books?What books (be they novels, TV spin offs, compendium of annecdotes, whatever) do you think are funny? For some reason, I've never found a book that w…
... Irvine Welsh straight away if I wanted a laugh, but there's plenty ... short story "The Undefeated" (from [I]Ecstasy[/I]) -
Funny books?What books (be they novels, TV spin offs, compendium of annecdotes, whatever) do you think are funny? For some reason, I've never found a book that w…
... Irvine Welsh straight away if I wanted a laugh, but there's plenty ... Undefeated" (from [I]Ecstasy[/I])[/QUOTE]
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"Press any key" detectionWhat would be the simplest way to detect if *any* key is being pressed? No LAST_K trickery, I can't rely on that. It has to be reading the keyboard p…
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@AA: I knew of those, but they ... right now. I'm just coding a simple intro for ... bytes left I have, that's why I wanted a tiny assembly ... exactly the same -- have a look at the source :) ... ). in_LookupKey() (to generate a scan code from an ascii ... -
Anyone Buying a PS4 or Xbox One as Soon as They Are Released?...or, like me, will you wait until they are much cheaper and much smaller. I'm guessing most people on here are over 30 and have bills to pay so ?35…
... months later you need a whole new processor/motherboard ... /> [/QUOTE]
I'm sorry but this is ... the latest units. I happily ran a quad core, 4 ... gtx 260 died and I wanted a smaller form factor unit.< ... it and effectively have a machine that exceeds the ... -
Anyone Buying a PS4 or Xbox One as Soon as They Are Released?...or, like me, will you wait until they are much cheaper and much smaller. I'm guessing most people on here are over 30 and have bills to pay so ?35…
... Vampyre;739238]I'm sorry but this is just a myth ... cards. Anyone who's a gamer will probably be ... the latest units. I happily ran a quad core, 4 ... gtx 260 died and I wanted a smaller form factor unit.< ... it and effectively have a machine that exceeds the ... -
PC to +3 communicationsHi I'm going to explore the abilities of my +3 to communicate with a PC. The "natural" ways to do that would be via serial or parallel link. I've b…
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I do feel I should point out that a better way ... to just get a spectranet ;-)
I do understand the ... I wanted to make some experiments without wasting too much money, so I wanted a ... cheap cable. A serial cable would use ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... I'm surprised by how good it looks considering it's a ...
Restarted [I]I Am Alive[/I] too. I got properly stuck on ... today.
I was a bit disappointed about the first ... to rushed and unnecessary? I wanted a bigger psychological build up of ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... ]Started playing I Am Alive today.
I was a bit disappointed ... felt to rushed and unnecessary? I wanted a bigger psychological build up of ... Creed with a regular guy in charge.[/QUOTE]
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I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... 3 remains the only game I've ever Platinumed! Can't ... (after Red Dead Redemption) that I've played from start to ... end. I'm stuck on the final ... 3? It had quite a lot of good extra stuff ... buy the DLC eventually, but I wanted a break from Fallout 3 so ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
[QUOTE=Arjun;776908]Yes, I will buy the DLC eventually, but I wanted a break from Fallout 3 so am now playing [B]Mass Effect 2[/B]. Enjoying it so far![/QUOTE]
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What systems do you regret buying/not buying?I've never had a non-mainstream console or computer really, I've owned (in order of my buying them*): ZX Spectrum (48K, 128K, +2) Atari ST (STFM/STe…
... /> The one console I've always wanted to get (but never ... .
I've still never played one ...
There was a stage when I wanted a NES to play Mike ... Tyson's Punchout but overall I ... 'm glad I got a Master System ... -
What if Sinclair had released a 16 bit Spectrum?Had Sir Clive not wasted his companies money on the white elephant that was the C5 and instead focused on competing with his rival computer manufactu…
Good point RobbeeeJay, I wanted a QL back in the day but never got one as I went down the ST route. This was definitely the right decision for me.
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I have returned! This time with no tape problems!Hello all. Some of you may remember me from about a month or so ago with this little spawn of satan... :lol: [IMG]http://www.ridgedpixel.co.uk/proj…
... it again... :lol: I now have on top of ... all the other bits a grey +2 (working).
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Couldn't resist... I wanted a grey +2 and this was ... cheap (?25 all in) I now have a ZX81, 48k, 128k +2 ... eBay for me I think... :lol:
I wonder if ... -
Just realized it has been 9 years!I've been coming to this forum regularly for over 9 years now! (I've been coming to WOS for more than 9 years) 2050 something post don't seem that m…
... here as TechnicianSi, then decided I wanted a break from the interweb and ... account to be banned. Think I was well over 1,000 ... -
Recommended wireless modem router?I did a quick search for this, but any relevant threads were years old and therefore the information was a bit obsolete. We have a BT HomeHub 2.0, w…
In my experience, a Netgear wireless router gave hassles, but then I got a D-Link and that has proven much better reliability and range.
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I am currently watching.....This stems from a rant Mel did months ago on the currently listening to thread, and he suggested starting a thread like this to somebody (sorry can't…
... , yeah. It's almost like I wanted a team of SWAT to come ... and slaughter both the adults [I]and[/I] the children. Then the ... -
i am currently listening to........as i couldnt seem to find the old one, i didnt look that hard :P ive started a new one right after somebody asked me for some slayer ive rediscovere…
Yeah I was quite surprised ... a pound, I got a Clannad CD to go with it, just because I wanted a ... decent copy of Robin The Hooded Man for a mashup idea I ... so it's always a bit cheaper... although that ... I've seen anything in there I've actually wanted ... -
Looking at 16 bit screenshots as a speccy ownerHow did you feel when you looked at screenshots of 16 bit games as a speccy owner? I used to think how good it must be to own such a machine and get…
I wanted a VIC20/C64/BBC/Amiga etc ... the ZX81 and Spectrums that I could afford.
... Move forward to today and I have all those computers and ... full of games. Mostly I am disappointed in that they ... never lived up to what I thought was better. The ... -
One game which made you change computersWas there any game (or games) that made you think 'thats it, the times up with the Speccy, time to move on' and get an Amiga or ST back in the late 8…
... Speccy as a "real computer" just as a games machine? (I didn't ... />
After that I had a SNES.
I swapped it for ... games.
I got my PS1 because I wanted a F1 Game, and ... there wasn't a decent one ... -
How come...i'm never into music when its popular? :lol: When I was in my school days I was listening every night before I went to sleep to the only Dire Straig…
... subliminal with a whole load of associations, I think it ... happening, unlike A-team and Airwolf, where I could miss an ... into home computers I had for a few months a Casiotone keyboard ... />
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Question to all of you ex-patsBefore the question, I must mention a few things... I left Portugal in 1995 when I was 17. Was young and foolish and left before finishing High Scho…
... curiosity.
I could go into a lot of details about ... . As a student I had also brought and sold a home for a small ... topped up further. Therefore when I wanted a mortgage for my home, my ... to be a little less frugal, but to be honest I don ... -
What is the most expensive rare spectrum game?Has to be released so not Mire Mare or Rescue by Ocean amongst others. Bubbler by Ultimate seems to be ?100 and I do not know why any one else shed …
... Did a deal and got it for ?70 I think. Yeah I know ... it is high but I wanted a complete Ultimate ... set. It is the most I have spent on a ... spectrum game.
Martianoids I got ... -
First computer you wanted?As a teen, I was scouring the pages of PC-World long before I could afford a computer. My first micro was actually a zx81, just missed the zx-80, bu…
When I watched [URL="http://www.imdb. ... "]WarGames[/URL] back in 1983 I wanted a computer like that, which could ... another computer via phone, what I found it amazing...
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First computer you wanted?As a teen, I was scouring the pages of PC-World long before I could afford a computer. My first micro was actually a zx81, just missed the zx-80, bu…
I wanted a Vic-20. After I saw a tv advert where you could ... a day or less, I was sold. Didn't want a C64 until I ... mate's. Secretly, I wanted a C128, of which I had read about. It ... until 17 years later, when I finally got a C128, for free. -
80's fashion the good the bad and the fugly.Ok so it seems it's 80s season on WOS so here's another 80's thread. Fashion in the 80s? Was is good, bad, fugly? I appreciate that all decades have…
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Sod that, If I wanted a retro gaming Tshirt Id just ... put a picture of an acrade machine ... the screen area and put a mobilephone or tablet behind it ... -
AGD loader helpHi guys, Ive been making a little game in AGD and I'm really stuggling to get a basic loader to load the game. AGD creates a loader for you, which …
So every time I change my game in ADG ... games start location forward a bit. So I think its eating into ... seems to work with a small loader, but I wanted a more complex basic ... -
Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... and 2) outside it . I suppose a +D or Disciple is more like ... the latter but I never got ... />
Maybe for now I could do a "rough reassembly" of the ... possibility of breaking a working 48K Spectrum when I plug them together ... -
Did you choose to have a Speccy or did it just happen that way?A strange question I know, but, the reason I ask is that when we (my family) were looking to buy a computer non of my mates had computers and non of …
I wanted a C16 because my mate had one. Then we went to get one at Dixons in Tooting (I think) and the assistant there talked my mum into getting me a Speccy.
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Did you choose to have a Speccy or did it just happen that way?A strange question I know, but, the reason I ask is that when we (my family) were looking to buy a computer non of my mates had computers and non of …
[quote="Bluce_Ree;845550"]I wanted a C16 because my mate had ... when my parents bought me a C16! I wanted a Speccy because my best ... Playstation . After this I always had a PC of some sort ...
At the moment I also have a Megadrive, Saturn, Dreamcast, N64 ...
