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Spectrum +2 power supply replacementI bought my first Spectrum the other day, a grey +2, but it seems that the power supply is busted (I've tested it with a multimeter and tried replaci…
... busted (I've tested it with a multimeter and tried ... I could just return it but it came with a decent ... if I reverse the polarity so it's centre negative and assuming one of the ... connectors that it comes with ... -
The Spectrum and it's rivals...This has no doubt been posted and debated many times before, across hundreds of messages boards and across hundreds of playgrounds before that, but h…
... Play the C64 version and it's awful - you can climb ... version has no 'feel' to it. Jump kicking was hard, ... the C64 didn't clash it's colours like the Speccy. ... I mean.
It comes down to the C64 ... swift'. That's the best way I can put it anyway.
Play The Last Ever Shaw Brothers NEW Spectrum Game - Hop 'n' Chop ...it's in the WoS Archives now!The last ever Shaw Brothers Spectrum game is now available to download in the World of Spectrum archive section, it's called... Hop 'n' Chop it's p…
... section, it's called...
Hop 'n' Chop
it's probaby ... version features more sound - but it doesn't sound right.
it.
Give it a try and ... me know what you think. It's good that these emulators can ...WOS and it's futureI just got into a good old fashioned argument with some guy on another forum about WOS. Basically I recommended this site for games, and this guy cam…
... what is was doing with it's archive was illegal. I ... on about how wrong it was for anything to ... he's getting at, but it worries me. I think it's bollocks ... archive will be removed. That's bad news folks.
... else, do you think that's true?
[ ...It's only rock and rollDoes anyone have any cheats/tips for 'It's only rock and roll' by K-Tel? I have looked in the tipshop but can't find any. I always end up being 'ove…
... have any cheats/tips for 'It's only rock and roll' by ... hill' or whatever they call it!! Basically I get too old ...It's definitely StonkersBeing around here for a couple of months, I have noticed that Imagine's old Stonkers is getting a rough beating here, at least indirectly! I think S…
... I have noticed that Imagine's old Stonkers is getting a ... to God I did! It was the first ever game ... attack advantage all the time), it had a huge scrolling map ... bridge and all, and it let you have to check ... on Spectaculator. And boy, it's one hell of a poor ...It's drivin' me nuts!Please help with what I'm trying to retrieve from my ageing brain. You play a robot one that looks like a SW: medical droid without the 'arms', you …
... any sense?
What's it called it's drivin' me nuts!It's a bit advertisement but please join...(Free Host)I am making a site which contains two things, Spectrum pages (owned and moderated by me) and Harry potter pages, owned by 2 friends. (only moderated…
... one day, so please join. It's a great site with Fantastico ...It's for real... Activision denies distribution[B][url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showwrap.cgi?permit=houses/ActivisionInc.pmt"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showwrap.cgi?permit=houses/Activ…
... I'm personally not concerned, it's very sad news indeed. I ...Cronosoft gets it's first FATWA issued against it.I've just heard from Andy from the Crap Games Competition, that our crap game 'MANIC MUSLIM' has received a complaint. Here's the complaint... [qu…
... .
I find it extremely offensive that you have ... this world of political correctness - it's just getting ridiculous.
it.
Only a ... area's 190 year old tradition of pork butchers. AS IT CAUSES ...Is it because it's summer?Summer's here, and it seems to bring the twats out in droves. Whether it's a load burberry & Argos jewellery clad knob-ends pissed up outside your l…
Summer's here, and it seems to bring ... br />
Whether it's a load burberry & Argos ... the words "Speccyfan" after it, thinking they are funny ... they belong? Even if it's about beards or something ... , Jovies, and Mormons. It's a bit like Robotron, ...Maybe it's time to complete & release these games?As we can read here [url="http://tzxvault.retrogames.com/time.htm"]http://tzxvault.retrogames.com/time.htm[/url] a lot of games were never released o…
... were "half-written".
Maybe it's time to choose some of ...Lemon64 dead and buried...but now it's backWhat's going on at Lemon64? There is a weird poem in place of the usual [url="http://www.lemon64.com"]http://www.lemon64.com[/url] page. All the othe…
What's going on at Lemon64? There ... other pages are gone.
It's been HACKED!!!!!
[ This ...raww.org - it's aliveHi all. Just a quick post to plug the fact that raww.org is back up-n-running following a few, erm, months of downtime. It's a little... lacking at …
... erm, months of downtime. It's a little... lacking at the ... moment (I only got it back online last night, ... it's running on a new host, so it's running faster. w00t! Or it's ...
I'll stuff it with news when I get ... chance. Hey, there's only about 4 months ...apparently it's painless...There's a story in the local paper today of a bloke who committed suicide. he put a noose round his neck, tied it to a lamp post, got into his car a…
There's a story in the ... noose round his neck, tied it to a lamp post, ... but ok.
It's an invetive way of doing ... it, even though he nearly ... and i wanted to end it, i think id try ... out one of those myth's. ie drinking 20 litres ...It's not even 6am yetso why are you up, me it's the kids
so why are you up, me it's the kidsIt's weeks possibly only days away...Hi Specchums, It's been a while since I was here as I now have a job in a busy and open plan office :( and I'm not allowed to do anything not work…
Hi Specchums,
It's been a while since I ... do anything not work related - it's too busy anyway - sites all ...It's good to be back.Well, after about five weeks without internet having moved house, today the ntl man came and installed telly and broadband. It's good to be back. W…
Well, after about five weeks without internet having moved house, today the ntl man came and installed telly and broadband.
It's good to be back.
What have I missed? Anything especially exciting?It's so quiet shhhhhhh shhhhhhhhIt's soo quiet in here I could here a pin drop.... 3 users online @ 00:35 11/11/06
It's soo quiet in here I could here a pin drop....
3 users online @ 00:35 11/11/06Troll, Troll, Troll-ity, Troll ... It's Everyone's Favourite Troll ...We've had a lot of "memorable" visitors to the forums over the years so, as it's almost bedtime and my mind fills with peculiar, random thoughts, I b…
... over the years so, as it's almost bedtime and my mind ...Post #3333 : I Can't Believe It's Been 20 Years!It's true. This time 20 years ago (give or take a few days), I received my first Spectrum. It was a 2nd hand 48K given to me as a present for my conf…
It's true. This time 20 years ... I received my first Spectrum. It was a 2nd hand 48K ... around me as I plugged it in and loaded the Horizons ... tape. It was such a thrill. :) Afterwards ... and [U][B][COLOR=Blue]It's Cool!!![/COLOR][/B][/U] Here ...It's fitting...... that in the very month that the 25th anniversary of the Speccy falls on, I'm just finishing up making my first ever Spectrum peripheral. It's a …
... peripheral.
It's a ROM and diagnostics board ... (the Issue 4S board it's connected to is currently ... br /> So far, it looks like there's no shorts or bad ... solder joint), so hopefully it won't kill a ... to check it works nominally by using it from a ...Partying like it's 1989...1989 is a somewhat bittersweet year: quite a few really good games, but very few decent non-licence games, plus a rather deadly summer slump. Togethe…
... SU becoming ever-more pathetic, it's actually pretty depressing looking back ... at it in seclusion.
A ...It's Definitely Bumpy!Right! It's probably around now that someone will ask for help finding a game he/she used to play so I thought I'd preempt that and give the answer s…
Right! It's probably around now that someone ...It's official...Miss WOS Competition is the most popular thread in the whole WOS forum. Hey ho, it's not about 25 year old computers after all :D
Miss WOS Competition is the most popular thread in the whole WOS forum.
Hey ho, it's not about 25 year old computers after all :Dit's possible new 8 bit computer ?Hi all, first excuse for my english. I read in zilog home the z8 encore cpu. it's possible a new computer with this cpu ? Features are really good, 5…
Hi all, first excuse for my english.
I read in zilog home the z8 encore cpu.
it's possible a new computer with this cpu ?
Features are really good, 50Mhz.
Ready with development kit.It's a dark...dark nightBugger me, it's dark in the mornings now.
Bugger me, it's dark in the mornings now.It's a trap!So I got a CPLD (not the eventual one I want to use for the ethernet project - rather, one I actually have here and now, an XC9536 in a PLCC44). And…
... the address is transient (it's only guaranteed to be stable ... the Spectrum's, which would happen if it was released at ... pretty economical.
It's been a very successful couple ... while it's connected to the Speccy (as that's where it's getting it's ...A serious question (in case you think it's facetious)Alright, so none of us can tell the future, and equally no one knows for definate what oil/gas etc reserves are left and where, but I was talking to …
... 'd ask here for everyone's thoughts, as we're mostly ... (the biggest problem of all, it's said) affect the world, especially ... face the problem or ignore it. Any thoughts?
