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Songs that remind you of your first experiences with the SpectrumHi everyone, glad to be here again after so much time :) I was recently listening to Alan Parsons Project's [i]Ammonia Avenue[/i] and couldn't help …
... my first computing and gaming times with the Spectrum. So I ... -
Black screen of deathI recently aquired a zx spectrum (revision 3b) of the rubber key variety. it was all running smoothly(for about an hour after pluggin in), i left the…
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Restarting the device multiple times always left me with a ... -
If you were a crash reviewerWhat percentage would you give these classic games? Include your other favourite games Knight Lore Atic Atac Skool Daze Head Over Heels Manic Miner …
... favourite games
Knight Lore
Atic Atac
Skool ... -
Out the WindowThere are a couple of snippets of times past at Radionics in yesterday's Cambridge Evening News. At the Enderby Mill at St Ives, Chris Curry and Cl…
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Which system for divIDE can SAVE taps?Hello. :) I always had FatWare only on my divIDE however last times I became an owner of many various systems in one device. FatWare sadly cannot…
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Drrriving!Last week I jumped into a lil truck and drove it about for a bit... For the very first time! Today, I took my wife for a spin around the garden! M…
... them special occassions, or those times when taking numerous trains/busses ... -
Which speccy do you use & why ?I`m lucky enough to have the choice of using a 48K original, a 48K+ and a 128+2B Sometimes I prefer the 128 because of it`s nice keyboard, crisp pic…
... great sound, but at other times I just love playing on ... -
Shall We Play A Game?Can't find the old puzzle thread - it's probably fallen off the edge of the maximum thread allowed thing or something. So. Begin again... "What i…
Can't find the old puzzle thread - it's probably fallen off the edge of the maximum thread allowed thing or something.
So.
Begin again...
"What is 8 mutiplied by 4, 16 times?" -
t'Other Emulation...Bretheren and, errrrrr, Sisteren, I've resisted the urge to put this in the Emulation board, or other places, as it's not a specific question about …
... music...), I also had fun times with an Atari STe and ... -
Centropods Rabbit softwareWeird one this, the game loads fine and all functions perfectly except none of the controls are responsive, the game starts fine but none of the keys…
... sides of the tape several times, always loads first time no ... -
Issue One 'Dead Cockroach' chipI recently got hold of an Issue One spectrum, and I started wondering: is the dead cockroach chip required due to a flaw on the PCB, or is it really …
... trailing wires are about 3 times a long as they need ... -
I am currently reading...Haven't noticed one of these threads, so here goes... I'm currently reading (depending on my mood...!): - [B]The Jesus Papers[/B] - Michael Baigent…
... look at the life and times of Jesus Christ, separating the ... -
The skiving off topicI'm trying to juggle several (work related) problems here, but I've been at it for so long now that I'm getting distracted, so I'm skiving off for a …
... good, and approximately ten zillion times better than the American remake ... -
PS3... should I buy one?PS3 is now what? 3 years old? I've never been really convinced about it... but if you guys remember an older post I made, I'm really having trouble…
... 've tried the Wii (2 times, fun but not very well ... -
When did multiloads start?Hullo, again. Long time reader, rare topic starter! In the mid 80s, when Elite grabbed the rights to the likes of Commando, Bomb Jack and Ghosts N' …
... moaned at the increased waiting times but on the upside, more ... -
mercury music prize 2009[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8159078.stm[/url] tbh i cant guess wholl win (been right a few times over the years) i reckon itll be …
[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8159078.stm[/url]
tbh i cant guess wholl win (been right a few times over the years) i reckon itll be either friendly fires or glasvegas
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Opus DiscoveryI've got an opus dicovery 1 with 2 x 3 1/2" drives. I used it many times on my 48k but it doesn't work with my 128k toastrack. It also had some sort …
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Web Server QuestionI did an exercise at a local school where they had to download a executable Java file from a standard web server. 27 pupils were instructed to acces…
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The download times for the pupils were between ... -
AY sometimes doesn't sound correctlyI have a second hand 128+2 (grey) and a small problem. AY music sometimes doesn't sound correctly - one sound channel plays out of tune. The problem …
... ), I can reset Speccy many times, load many games and everything ... -
YouTube Internal Server ErrorI believe some of us has found a message like this when accessing a YouTube vid. :roll: [URL="http://negativoypositivo.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/5…
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ZX-MAS - How about we make this December a huge event this year?[center][img]http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/cgi-bin/xmas_teaser.pl[/img][/center]The following may sound crazy now that we're at the height of Summer, but g…
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Img burnanybody know how to use it?? i'm struggling :( just installed it as i use nero but that doesnt work on vista (or my beloved 666 version doesnt) and …
... dvd making section....but both times i got format unsupported (even ... -
Jokes (not corny or sick)A drunken man staggers in to a Catholic church, sits down in a confessional box and says nothing. The bewildered priest coughs to attract his attent…
... knocks on the wall three times in a final attempt to ... -
Bak 2 SkoolI'm wondering where the alias "Bak 2 Skool" came from, considering the game is called "[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000362…
... see this alias lots of times, even today in the forums ... -
Lancelot 128kHi, everybody! I was interested about Lancelot for the 128k Spectrum, however was unable to get a working copy of the second part. No matter you us…
... ENTER.
b) Answer three times incorrectly to the question about ... , type "kk" and ENTER three times).
c) Then Merlin appears ... -
Thoughts on laptop upgradesI have been given an old laptop, an IBM Thinkpad 600E for free. Some of the specs are as follows: Pentium II @ 364 MHz. 256KB cache. 128 MB PC-66 RAM…
... write a limited number of times, though, so I imagine this ... -
Spectrum dead: 8 vertical bars in alternating colorsI have been soldering on this basterd for a long time now. All IC's now have sockets (except the LM1889). I swapped all 4116's by types that are 100%…
... and off a couple of times, I even het 8 perfect ...
