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(Difficult) question about deaths in gamesOff the top of my head I can name two games in which each time a life is lost, an angel (w/wings and/or halo) appears and ascends to the top of the s…
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Anyone used WinAPE before?Erm ... sincerest apoligies all around ... yes, I'm trying to run a game (Death Pit) in WinAPE but the silly bugger who made the emulator doesn't mak…
... run a game (Death Pit) in WinAPE but the silly bugger ... /> The first screen stares me in the face with either "f1 ... I press F1 on my keyboard then that is mapped as ... HELP ... and not actually f1 in the "menu" ... so ... how do ... -
Danger Mouse in Double Trouble. Features ...Even though "[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001247"]Danger Mouse in Double Trouble[/URL]" does feature one (1, single) scree…
... .cgi?id=0001247"]Danger Mouse in Double Trouble[/URL]" does feature ... towards the bottom.
In the second section (featu. multiple ... third section has one screen in iso view where DM has ... -
Why can't I use the keyboard?Playing some old Speccy games recently, there's a fair number that ask you to enter your name using the joystick (Trashman for example). Why not let …
... let the player use the keyboard?
I suppose they ... of leaning over to the keyboard, but it's a lot ... -
'Straddle keyboard tailsWell, I bought an Amstrad Speccy keyboard off an ebayer - not for a Spectrum (I don't actually have an Amstrad one) - but for my own homebrew compute…
... , I bought an Amstrad Speccy keyboard off an ebayer - not for ... /2 (or heaven forbid, USB keyboard). And cheap, too. The 'Straddle ... keyboard even with postage was only ... I was expecting the Amstrad keyboard to have the usual 5 ... -
Repartition and backup in XP - please helpMy laptop snuffed it, so I've bought another one, this time running XP (as opposed to Win98 ). Anyway, when I bought the old one, it's hard drive (FA…
... PC to save to disc, in case the C: drive ever ... became corrupted, in which case I could un ... I need to boot up in DOS to use either of ... (perferably CD) will boot up in DOS and recognise NTFS partitions ... -
Free Acorn and Amiga gear - Cambridge UKHiya - not really speccy related - but you can emulate the speccy on em! Hehe The time has come, I am in Oz, my folks in the UK and they are tired o…
... come, I am in Oz, my folks in the UK and they ... having all my old stuff in their loft. So I need ... /> A4000
Archimedes 310 (no keyboard)
Acorn mouse
How does interrupts work?I am a little confused regarding the interrupts on the Spectrum. If I have some hundred bytes of machine code started with, say, [B]RANDOMIZE USR 300…
... to ROM or RST instructions in my own code.)
keyboard scanning, but is this done in hardware or ... with routines in the ROM code ...Screenshot with border in SpinHi. I'm probably missing something obvious, but I want to save screenshots of a couple demos, and I want to include the border area in the screenshot…
... to include the border area in the screenshot. I can't ... out how to do it in Spin (it's the only ...Problems with my specs!!! Help wanted!!Hi, I newly had a zx spectrum 48+ and a Spectrum +2 and got problems with them. The keyboard of 48+ is not working. When i turn it on i see the clas…
... got problems with them. The keyboard of 48+ is not working ... cables but they were all in place.
The second problem ...PetersPlus Sprinter for saleHaving a bit of a clearout due to impending house move. I think I could justifiably call this item "R@RE!" ;-) PetersPlus Sprinter (Sp2000) Spectrum…
... an AT case with mouse, keyboard, floppy drives, hard disk, CDROM ... & Amstrad CTM644 cables. Operates in the following modes:
WTB Spectrum (any model) like new in box with papers, books etc.Hello all Looking to by a mint Spectrum if available. I live in Walnut Creek, CA. Feel free to email me directly or post. Thanks Charles
Hello all
Looking to by a mint Spectrum if available. I live in Walnut Creek, CA.
Feel free to email me directly or post.
Thanks
CharlesType-in listingsI still can't believe the amount of time that I spent typing in listings (which usually didn't work) Does anyone remember a Scramble copy that was p…
... time that I spent typing in listings (which usually didn't ... Scramble copy that was printed in Your Computer? It looked excellent ...Better start mangling email addresses in postsBe aware that posts to these forums are now being mirrored to a private Usenet news server - there is a possibility that some of these posts will be …
... going to include email addresses in your posts, it might be ...Ebay pricing - how much is too muchI was wondering what an acceptable price for a spectrum including domestic postage (uk - uk) is in general terms. I know that some models have a lar…
... domestic postage (uk - uk) is in general terms.
I ... rubber but with a better keyboard) or a speccy + 3 (I ...Saving 'Snapshots' in SpectacularHow do you do this? I go to the menu option and it states that it only works in 128k mode (even if I am already in this). I can save games under th…
How do you do this?
I go to the menu option and it states that it only works in 128k mode (even if I am already in this).
I can save games under the other formats but not .sna
Any ideas?
Regards.Improving position in search engine results?I'm wondering how to improve the position of my ZX81 Collection web site in search engine results. On Google typing "ZX81" gives a load of links (so…
... my ZX81 Collection web site in search engine results.
in my pages themselves, or do ...Anyone in Reading?I'm in Theale next Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday if anyone fancies a beer? Come on, someone save me from this boredom!
I'm in Theale next Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday if anyone fancies a beer?
Come on, someone save me from this boredom!That stupid blonde bitch in the ApprenticeDid anybody see the Apprentice last night? I couldn't believe my eyes when Sugar told that posh blonde girl she was in the final, ONLY FOR HER TO FU…
... posh blonde girl she was in the final, ONLY FOR HER ... to get to her position in the final five, or even ... chance at the job back in Sugar's face when she ... time. Hope she's not in the final episode, cos I ...I Swam in the Bristol Channel and Survived.Today for the first time in ages, I swam in the british sea. It was so hot in Cardiff, that me and the misses whent to Barry's Pothecary park. It ne…
... the first time in ages, I swam in the british sea.
It was so hot in Cardiff, that me and the ... />
We ended up swiming in the Bristol channel, the water ...Ubuntu, Ubuntu they drink it in the JungleIts my usual getting bored with having the same os for 6 months syndrome. At the moment my pc works rather spiffing. Its just a bog standard lappy w…
After Clive - why did computing go backwards?Just a thought on from another thread a couple days ago. 25+ years ago Clive made a tiny computer which fitted in your pocket (ok it had to be a lar…
... a tiny computer which fitted in your pocket (ok it had ... cheaper.
With this in mind why is the form ... ) route, afterall how many components in your current pc's (or ... I want to see a keyboard and mouse on a WII ...The Amazing Rocketeer[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0017643"]This game[/URL] has no keyboard controls in the instructions. I think it may offer Ke…
... "]This game[/URL] has no keyboard controls in the instructions. I think ... way of remapping in an emulator like SPIN in order to be ...Things not to do online in a public forumDue to recent posts on my part, I thought this would be a good one. Basically in joke form I raised the idea that an image uploaded to this forum co…
... good one.
Basically in joke form I raised the ...Problem registering in SintechI am trying to register in Sintech, but it wouldnt allow me, it always says that I have to verify my name, I only can use some special characters... …
I am trying to register in Sintech, but it wouldnt allow ...Crap pre-installed in new computersMy battered 7 year old Toshiba laptop was stolen from my friends house and just got delivery of the replacement. His insurance did not pay up as he l…
... all with their own entry in 'Uninstall programs'
Loads of ...My iTunes wants to be shut down in an unusual wayAny suggestions on what to say to Apple to get it to shut iTunes down in an unusual way? Screenshot: [url]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/murra…
Any suggestions on what to say to Apple to get it to shut iTunes down in an unusual way?
Screenshot:
[url]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/murrayg/unusualway.jpg[/url]Only in America ...[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6238364.stm[/url] Short of it - A US Judge had a pair of trousers (worth $1000) lost by a dry cleaner…
... ) lost by a dry cleaners in 2005, and so attempted to ...Free booklets with magazines... in archive?A recent trawl through my storage boxes has turned up some booklets that SU used to tuck into their mags back in the day. Specifically: Top 50 Spect…
... tuck into their mags back in the day. Specifically:
in some likely-looking folders and ... if there is a place in the archive for this kind ...
