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"The Last Question" by Isaac AsimovBelow is an amazing short SF story I first read a few years ago. I recently rediscovered it and if you've got a spare few minutes, have a read... […
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American ParanoiaI just had to write about this: Yesterday, Jan. 31, a bunch of suspicious light emiting packages were found in Boston, MA: LED magnetic lights with a…
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Battle of Games 7 - Shoot-emups 2Greetings ladies and gentlemen :) Welcome to Part 2 of the shoot-em-up battle. Again, as in battle 6, we'll have a [b]multichoice[/b] battle with som…
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Just got a Spectrum +2BThis is the first Spectrum I've ever used or owned. I got it without a video cable or power supply. I wired up a proper video cable, and I altered an…
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My new Spectrum 128K+2A...Hi guys, As most people here, my first micro computer (1986) was a Spectrum (128+2 grey - I'm in France). I sold it near 1990 to buy my 1st atari ST…
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Am I the only one hereIt comes to somthing sad when your username is the last posed user in the top four threads of the forum!!! Oh well better make it five. Am I the on…
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Keyboards - thanks to rwap!I've just completed repairing a rubber Speccy that I have (bad RAM and bad keyboard membrane). I ordered a new membrane off rwap just before I left H…
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PAW tests - help and discussion :)Hello my friends :) I have started to make some tests with PAW and I must say I'm very pleased and surprised at the great program. I will be posting…
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My to-buy listWhat I want to buy: -ZX80 - [COLOR="Red"]bought[/COLOR] -ZX81 - [COLOR="Red"]bought[/COLOR] -ZX Spectrum 48K - [COLOR="Red"]bought!!![/COLOR] -ZX…
Fun accountancy question of the week!!!Just for the fun of it, I thought I'd share my latest tax problem with all my spec-chums on World of Sinclair. Read this and be thankful you aren't …
DeathsHas anyone ever been on the last screen in a game only to be killed with your last life? (excluding pokes). This happenned when i played 'Tank Comm…
... to be shot by a gun turret on the very last ...Yay ITV have seen the light.ITV has axed that gawd awfull phone in shite Play. Probably partly to exscape prosecution from offtel and the like.
ITV has axed that gawd awfull phone in shite Play.
Probably partly to exscape prosecution from offtel and the like.Hardware Manual.Can anyone do me or DEATH a high quality scan of the photograph of the keyboard circuit in the REVISED edition of the Spectrum Hardware Manual by Adr…
... the photograph of the keyboard circuit in the REVISED edition of ... but the phot of the circuit is p**s poor.
TRON GamesHi Ho - Okay, been looking at games that were inspired or just a good old fashioned rip off of the movie TRON - Here be a few tron trom ( Player…
Mysteries of Electricity QuizA little fun quiz that I know the answers to, but may lead to some head scratching and disbelief, but there's easy experiments than can be performed …
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(google a circuit diagram of a car's ...Cyborg by CRLInfoseek says this was never released? Well I've just bought one, waiting for it to be delivered. Could this be the first copy we've seen or is Infos…
... /> If anybody can shed some light on this one I'd ...Spectrum 48K ROMHi Can anybody help I have an Issue 6a Circuit Board which has a faulty ROM Chip. Is it possible to program a ROM Chip with the 48K ROM and fit it as…
... I have an Issue 6a Circuit Board which has a faulty ...ZX81 - 64mb queryI know this is a spectrum forum but hopefully someone out there may know the answer to my question. I buy and sell old sinclairs and have sold numer…
... have not seen before, the circuit board in a zx81 i ...HD enclosures - might be of some use to someone?Basically, it's an external 'icy box' 3.5" HD enclosure but i've taken out the circuit board that was in there and power supply gubbins for an embedd…
... i've taken out the circuit board that was in there ...GrrrThere's nothing more annoying than finding out that you've managed to bridge /RAS and A3 on the bank of 4116s while putting in sockets. Naturally, th…
... goo with the hot air gun removal method.Monty Python's Life of BrianMy favourite ever film is Monty Python's Life of Brian, and a lot of people seem to agree. So who here agrees with me, and if not, what is your favou…
... are portrayed in a negative light, and the only portrayal of ...Some more off-topic questions...Just some more things I wonder about, especially when I can't sleep (I hate insomnia)... 1) Do jet packs actually exist? You never see them, even…
... of drug (or diamond, or gun, or gold etc) smuggling, as ...Why did 'Gargoyle Games' become 'Faster Than Light'?Anyone know? Think they lost it a bit when they did.
Anyone know? Think they lost it a bit when they did.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…
... that by travelling faster than light that you can travel through ... also belive that faster than light travel is impossible, at least ...I have joined the Dark SideGone and bought a PS3 that is. Even after all of the posts I made about not getting one as they were so expensive I succumbed and sold my 360 (and o…
... lights within the ring of light on the front of the ... me as it is so light due to the lack of ...Composite video VS Grey +2 - The sequelHi, So, im tired of having to either get a good pic or a good sound on the grey +2 through RF. According to Paul Farrow's site, [url]http://www.f…
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Can someone shed some light over this, please?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…
... DM has to change the light-bulb pattern.
Check ...Unconventional way of diagnosing a faultHi everyone Some time ago I got a 48k Spectrum (issue 3B board) in a pretty bad condition. I believe the power supply transistor TR4 failed, causing…
... TR4 failed, causing a short circuit over the coil, which caused ... just remove ULA from the circuit because it also provides CAS ...Armagetron Advanced -- where is the moviepack?I've downloaded Armagetron Advanced (a brilliant open-source Light Cycles game for several platforms -- Windows in my case). Trouble is, the distro …
... Advanced (a brilliant open-source Light Cycles game for several platforms ...Don't Blink!That was one hell of an unnerving episode of Doctor Who. I loved it. The creatures were seriously scary, especially in the scenes when the light kept…
That was one hell of an unnerving episode of Doctor Who. I loved it. The creatures were seriously scary, especially in the scenes when the light kept going out and you could see them slowly getting closer.
Brilliant stuff.
Necros.
