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How the World Works Part 1, Togo Football1. On the 8th January the Togo team bus, en route to a match in the African Nation's Cup in a separatist area of Angola (Cabinda), is machine gunned …
... to a match in the African Nation's Cup in a separatist ... Togo's request for 3 days mourning. Togo withdrew from the tournament ... , are worth the headlines, the attention, the care and concern, the interest into the well-being ... -
Ognom - What's this game about?I've been mapping the game [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0016326&loadpics=3"]Ognom[/URL] and have finished 99 out of 100 scr…
... seem to get into the last room, either because the game is incomplete ... what to do in the game ( [I]There's your problem! -Ed ... [/I] )
The instructions are ... re-appear (i.e. it's super easy to not have ... -
The Born In The 70s ShowThanks for the amazing site - we've been fans for a while and have used it to revisit everything from Hobbit to Stop the Express. Just to let you kn…
... everything from Hobbit to Stop the Express.
... 's New section.
The Spectrum clip starts 56 seconds into the ... /comedycolumnists/2957434/Born-In-The-70s-Look-here.html[/ ... own small contribution to honouring the magical black box.
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Jumping the sharkBored again, so "inspired" by a post on a forum I read last week (can't find the link, I'm at work now), here's a list of programs that I think have …
... looks like it's all so contrived, the sets, the styles, the people, everything ... of interest in the characters too. It's like the writers have given ... by the subsequent standard of the scripts, Kristine Kochanski was introduced into the regular ... -
Bargain - ?15m and the Pope will call roundHis Holiness the Pope, former Nazi youth and leader of the richest organization in history (in terms of both wealth and land ownage), is visiting Br…
... after a near collapse of the world's banks, with major cuts ... ? It's better that we pay it than that the Vatican have ... , but let's not get into that here, it's not the point) never ... , whilst a third of the world's population are starving to death ... -
An evening in with the Speccy emulatorAfter a day at work which didn't exactly go according to plan, and after three weeks of disruption at home due to redecorating, the old soul needed a…
... frittering away lives like nobody's business as I kept running ... , I have never really gotten into - the map just sprawls all over ... I really love - maybe it's the above-ground graphics, rather than ... on the job, and there's plenty of dialogue between all the major ... -
Old Family Photo'sOk so I went home this weekend to visit my parents. I went into the loft and got looking at a big box containing all our old family photo's. You know…
... my parents. I went into the loft and got looking at ... family photo's. You know, holiday photos, the ones that ... school takes each year, the ones your cousins get from ... with them all?? At the time you obviously went ... I've scanned in the most precious to my ... -
Challenging the orthodoxy - Composite modWell, what's brought this on is two things: firstly I composite-modded an Issue 4S board this weekend in preparation for the Vintage Computing Festiv…
... up by Horowitz and Hill's "The Art of Electronics". Now things ... some stage, and somehow it's become the orthodoxy. (It doesn't ... out) = 2200 / (140 + 1), that's to say 17 ohms.
the signal goes into the TV modulator. Adding another ... -
Howto paint a squared zone of the screen ?You know what guys ? i begin to love this languaje. Cant understand why not put more effort on the 80's to learn it :( because it is really speedy. …
... put more effort on the 80's to learn it :( ...
A new question on the way.
This ... a squared zone of the screen with some color ... with blue color the into.
the way to start ... /> call $1601 ;to print in the screen
Anyone know how to turn Beep into Hertz?Im still tinkering with my Mid2Asm, wondering about the possibility of adding a preview option to play the beeper music using AutoIT's beeper command…
... my Mid2Asm, wondering about the possibility of adding a ... to play the beeper music using AutoIT's beeper command... ... for converting the Zx beeper pitch into its corresponding ... formula yet for converting the beeper pitch into the hertz equivilent...
What's the law regarding writing sequels to old books?I've long been tempted to attempt to write a sequel to a series of childrens stories that were originally written back in the period 1939-early 1950s…
... originally written back in the period 1939-early 1950s. ... still in print, though the author is long dead.< ... or other law, on the basis I will be ... I need permission from the author's estate/family and/or ... the publishers?
Any ...The death of the SpectrumI was reflecting the other day about life and the significance of those interests that we develop during childhood. For many, its football or physic…
... tinker or even step into someone else's imagination. It was our ... raised, but if I go into the office with an emulator on ... day be a time capsule into the early experiences of computing without ... pain when stepped upon. It’s just a bunch of primitive ...Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…
... there's probably a lot of stuff I'm not taking into ... a black background is the Spectrum's best possible environment for ... I'm not taking into account? maybe colouring the screen better uses ... or anything :???:
Here's some pictures I hodge podged ...Challenging Common Knowlege: The +2A/B[I]I was going to write a big long essay about my research on this subject, but being an incredibly lazy person I never really got anywhere with that…
... s on the internet... :)
Some statements include:
"The +2A is the ... citing sources for it's content, but this is ... no evidence for it's claim that [I]"Basically ... elsewhere with no investigation into the source or the statement. This example ...Raided by the Customs and ExciseA friend of mine (in England) has been raided by the police and the Customs and Excise, for selling cigarettes that had come into the country without…
... selling cigarettes that had come into the country without having tax paid ... , I can't go into details, but she's a good person ... in itself, but that's another matter). The thing is, what is ... .
She's really bad, she's having panic attacks, and ...+3 s-video outAs I mentioned in another thread recently I use my +3 through a TV card, there is therefore no way to make use of the RGB output, and the composite s…
... built a nice neat mod into the old modulator case.
< ... melted hole is new, it's the luma (brightness signal) connector.< ... being mixed with the chroma signal. The TEA2000's output becomes chroma ... ]
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[IMG]http ...A curious problem with Tomcat's cracked version of R-TypeTomcat (AKA Tomaz Kac) has done an all-in-one loader for R-Type which is very nice. The trouble is, when I try and make a turboload of it using Tomca…
... of it using Tomcat's Z802TZX utility, it has ... game. Upon loading the tzx turboload, the game seems to ... stopped. From the title screen it immediately jumps into the game as ... real Spectrum (my model is the 128+).
... suggestions as to what's going on?Where's it all going?[Rerouted from 'Assembler Intricacies' in Development Forum] [QUOTE=Timmy;506104]I don't think we're in disagreement here. As I've said it's a niche…
... As I've said it's a niche market, for ... 'd say that it's more like some retro ... 't want to, then it's over.[/QUOTE]
s thought of producing Limited ... 3D games, intricate adventures, into-the-screen racers, sports sims etc ...Twenty Reasons Why It's All Kicking Off Everywhere[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/paulmason/2011/02/twenty_reasons_why_its_kicking.html[/url] [quote]We've had revolution in Tunisia, Egypt'…
... had revolution in Tunisia, Egypt's Mubarak is teetering; in ... changed the political mood.
What's going on? What's the wider ... I am throwing them into the mix here, on the basis of various ... these different situation, here's 20 things I have spotted ...The stupidest invention ever?Ask most people what is the stupidest invention ever, and you'll get lots of different answers; germ warfare, the Millenium Dome, the two weapon limi…
... answers; germ warfare, the Millenium Dome, the two weapon limit in ... t reverse a Mini Cooper into a thirty foot gap within ... you going to change the world's attitude towards an entire ... staggered in time with the other eyelid's involuntary opening and closing ...The best music player for Windows?Up until now, I've been double clicking on .mp3/.wma files in Windows Explorer to play them in WinAMP (or block selecting with SHIFT and then right c…
... might as well move into the twenty-first century with ... whereas everything is in the format [group name]_ ... whilst converting files in the background (plus maybe other ... Yet I'm sure it's always written as "Up ... ", which I believe is the correct English. Which is ...Zetr0's Catchup Time (hardware / software)Hello there my fellow ZX'ers I have been soaking myself into the "world of spectrum" and more I do, the more I realize I have to play catchup.... a …
... /> I have been soaking myself into the "world of spectrum" and more ... for games and demo's and that's what its about really ... are running the "SM8 EN" ROM's that allow for the simple 8BIT ... to use half of the IDE device's available storage so if ...The Hobbit:A guide and how i play it.Yes i know there are walkthroughs and guides on the net but what i want to do here is give chance for those people to complete the hobbit who have no…
... that to get into the cellars when the WOOD ELF can ... /> [Hidden Path]
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...New games in the last few years...Many games have been released since the Spectrum stopped being commercially viable. Especially in the last few years I have noticed a lot that have b…
... have been released since the Spectrum stopped being commercially ... viable. Especially in the last few years I ... the Speccy's commercial demise. Might be good for newbies coming into the ... scene as well!
All the best ...A question about the suggestion(s box)The pop-up suggestions box is a nice feature, but there is one sma-a-a-ll problem. I noticed that when I selected Books and typed "rom" (looking for …
... "rom" (looking for the text version of the ROM Disassembly), it offered ... difference, nor did typing the rest of the phrase. In particular, it ... typed more letters the list changed to match the extra letters until ... with "mo" in them. It's a puzzler.
...Some more 419 fun fresh from the spam folderErm from Eva Desmond apparently? [quote]Hello My name is Eve Desmond, I saw your profile today through the help of chamber of commerce in ouagadoug…
... FROM THE DATE THE
BENEFICIARY DIED, THE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED INTO THE TREASURY ... ALL THE INFORMATION'S.
PLEASE ENSURE TO FORWARD THE INFORMATION'S REQUESTED ... sent me this requesting "information's", but failed to address me ...RGB to S-Video and Composite Adapterif I produced a dongle that generated composite and s-video from the RGB socket on +3 and Black +2 spectrums would anyone be interested? I'm thinkin…
... generated composite and s-video from the RGB socket on ... of cable to plug into the RGB socket. It'd ... output connectors, Composite, S-video and a speaker ... any TV (RF, Composite, S-video and RGB)
... was previously planning an S-video modulator replacement kit ...Speccy's and Opus etcAre you sitting comfortably? I will do my very best to identify all this stuff. I have had some help but please ask if you need more information abo…
... fitted to that with scews into the ends of its flip out ... which have been screwed into. So, with the grey pads removed and ... Amsoft with some Maxell CF2's.
[IMG]http://i64 ... that the Opus, the Monitor and the Speccy that was attached to the Opus ...Cadbury's Cream EggsRecently my wife has been packing Cadbury's cream eggs in my lunch. However, I dont eat them. Its not that I don't like the taste, its just that once…
... wife has been packing Cadbury's cream eggs in my lunch ... that I don't like the taste, its just that once ... and start nom nom noming into the centre (nom nom noming unavoidable ... just tell the wife. However, any criticism of the wife's packed lunch ...For sale in the U.S.Just a heads-up. I'm not the one selling these, but since they're hard to find... [URL="http://cgi.ebay.com/Timex-Computer-TC2048-Motherboard-Workin…
... heads-up. I'm not the one selling these, but since ... (no interface) (clone of Portugal's Timex FDD3000 but with 5 ... : )[/URL]
The same seller had the following auctions that already ... lot more great items in the next few weeks. If you ...
