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Favourite speccy game cover-artSomething that was interesting about the 8-bit period was the cover-art for the games which tended to represent the very 1980s airbrushed/comic-art a…
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Time travel...Time travel is a very, very interesting concept. Surely everyone has dreamt of going back in time, to see how things used to be, or of going into the…
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Interesting retro gaming vidsJust came across this on Youtube, supposed to be an actual video of SpaceWar from 1962, but it`s not, it`s apparently a video of Tennis for Two from …
Just came across this on Youtube, supposed to be an actual video of SpaceWar from 1962, but it`s not, it`s apparently a video of Tennis for Two from 1958 or something running on an oscilliscope... there`s been talk of these in Retro Gamer so nice to see a ... -
LynxAn interesting one: [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280112616757&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:UK:1[/url] Z80 book too.
An interesting one:
[url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280112616757&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:UK:1[/url]
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Anyone remember "Sinclair Programs"Anyone remember this magazine ? I seem to remember i brought a fair few of them, pretty sure they stopped though in late 84 / early 85 My memory ha…
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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…
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ZXF11 now available in printThe print version of ZXF issue 11 is now available for £5 per copy (not including postage and packing). Received my copy today and it looks supe…
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ZX Spectrum running 14Mhz[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKu9qreiI3E[/url] Interesting vid, is that an emu hes using and if so which one?
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKu9qreiI3E[/url]
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one laptop per child projectI was looking at this mainly as a result of a word war between intel and others. I had heard about the project of course but this time decided to ha…
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So far so good sound and visionPlease bare in mind the following 1) When I had a spectrum, I never tried writing anything that was arcade, graphically interesting or had any sound…
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Great story in the Times - the saga of sex.comRead it here: [url]http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article1844511.ece[/url] Very interesting.
Read it here:
[url]http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article1844511.ece[/url]
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Need a "toy"I'm currently in the mood to impulse buy something, but cannot think of anything that grabs my interest. Any interesting non-pervy suggestions?
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Pics from my uncle's 48K SpeccyThis was built back in 1987 and it looks old now, but it brings back lots of good memories. [url]http://zxspectrum.zidev.com/zx/1987enclosure/HPIM16…
This was built back in 1987 and it looks old now, but it brings back lots of good memories.
[url]http://zxspectrum.zidev.com/zx/1987enclosure/HPIM1694.JPG[/url]
[url]http://zxspectrum.zidev.com/zx/1987enclosure/HPIM1697.JPG[/url]
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Microsoft Surface.[URL="http://www.microsoft.com/surface/"][FONT=Arial][SIZE=1][B]Micro[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][B][I]$oft[/I][/B] Surface[/URL] Very interesting ... sounds…
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Who's bored with Big Brother already?I know I am. Might switch on and watch it on Friday night. If they put another guy in, it might be interesting to see how the dynamic changes, when…
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A Pic from my Grandads ZX SpectrumHere it is!! [url]http://freespace.virgin.net/scottie.uk/Pics/OldSpectrum.jpg[/url] They don't make like they used too. A.
Here it is!!
[url]http://freespace.virgin.net/scottie.uk/Pics/OldSpectrum.jpg[/url]
They don't make like they used too.
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Some interesting new old school games to try[url]http://www.binaryzoo.com/home/index.htm[/url] I love echoes. Great game! (but you may need to get the shades on) If anyone else knows of any …
[url]http://www.binaryzoo.com/home/index.htm[/url]
I love echoes. Great game! (but you may need to get the shades on)
If anyone else knows of any games that have these sort of visuals could you post a link?
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Just in case I've missed anything.It's probably the case. After all, I don't follow retro developments nearly as close nowadays as I used to. However, I've been asked to write an arti…
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ZX Fireboot CDHi, I would like to share with anybody who is interesting in with the ZX FIREBOOT CD. The objective was to create a small, easy-to-download, CD-b…
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Soldering surface-mount componentsWinston's latest posts about PCBs and joystick interfaces have reminded me of a question I'm really curious about. Basically: Soldering surface-mount…
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The Fool's Workplace SurveyI thought I'd try and find out more about what my fellow WOS'ers are up to during their work hours, so I've compiled a simple survey. Overwrite my an…
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Games ThoughtsJust got round to playing my real spectrum in anger, and here are some thoughts about the games I have played so far. Scrable - the tape didn't load…
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Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
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Orange Intro Sinclair book + Subliminal Message = ???I've had [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2000512"]this book[/URL] for over 20 years now ... and I just noticed* less than 5 mi…
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Evolving wordsSorry still half asleep after my whopping 6.5 hours worth before work. My mind is a little more inane when I'm tired than usual but this has been bug…
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paydayloancruises?Interesting name for a new member :) I'll be interested to see what kind of posts ensue... none so far though. (Benefit of the doubt for now, but t…
Interesting name for a new member :)
I'll be interested to see what kind of posts ensue... none so far though.
(Benefit of the doubt for now, but that looks like a spammer id.)
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First steps in Z80 machine codeI never got into machine code much back when I had a speccy, as I didn't have any development tools at the time. The only machine code I'd previousl…
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Preferred way of determining Y co-ord in assembly?I know of 2 ways of calculating the y-cord of a pixel row for the speccy in assembly. One is to calculate the address by ways of shifting and masking…
... row efficiently? It would be interesting to know what technique(s ...