-
Using a QLI have the opportunity to pick up a QL in distress, having never even set eyes on one before I am not sure how much fun there is to be had with them.…
... /> Does it have tape inputs at all?
Also the ... , or is perhaps the higher voltage only for RS232? -
Be sure to shut your computer off at night...[SIZE=1][SIZE=2]When you go to bed at night and forget to shut down your computer, [/SIZE] [SIZE=2]I think you ought to know what actually goes on. […
... ]When you go to bed at night and forget to shut ... -
Best non-Spectrum demosAfter the discussions about Spectrum demos on these forums, I thought it would be interesting to discuss good demos for machines other than the Spect…
... , I don't know much at all about these, so I ... given PC, that the necessary low level output functions needed by ... -
Name this game, pleaseHi! I play on my spectrum 48k with one very cool game, but i can't remember it's name. First problem is - I was played in that game when i been kid…
... lifts\elevator), you must walk at same speed as sliders going ... that slider you falling to low level and in some cases ... -
15 years of comp.sys.sinclair!On 13th December 1993, thanks to the efforts of Arnt Gulbrandsen, comp.sys.sinclair sparked into life, taking the reins of the primordial soup of the…
... SincNews only numbered in the low hundreds, Arnt first looked ... . Maybe.
Peaking at over 5,000 posts in ... ] and picking a month at random and having a swift ... there to see the group at its greatest.
... first post was made at 18:48:46 GMT ... -
Help needed with quiz at work"A Quiz of many Colours" Basically, each answer has a colour in it, eg: Prime Minister: (6,5) (Gordon Brown) Here are some I'm stuck on, any help…
... one was to be found at the place of Macaulay's ... -
Hmmmm I feel kinda weird, and at a bit of a lossIn the last 10 years or so I've had several people collapse in front of me, out of all those people 2 of them died right there and then, and 1 of the…
... ...
New guy started at work 3 nights ago he ... him through, because the one at the service desk wouldn't ... when there's somebodies life at risk I didn't want ... the guy who runs recieving at work knew all about it ... didn't even believe them at first. -
Analogue BeeperThere's been a discussion on foro.speccy.org about multichannel beeper stuff, and since I had the camera out and the scope set up, I set about demons…
... the scope on the same voltage scale. The waves are of ... volts. Now on the same voltage scale we have the output ... (but most of it is at the very high end of ... -
Did anyone produce anything for a commercial game at home before it came out?I.E: Way back in '85 I saw that 'Ghosts'n'Goblins' was coming out for the Spectrum so I made a loading screen for it. Wasn't used of course, I was at…
... used of course, I was at school still! It was printed ... helped me get my job at 'Ocean':
'Gone Missin' 1 ... -
First attempt at coding a game in assemblyRight.... I've knocked up something with basic graphics using TommyGun/Spin and Pasmo... It's not strictly a game, mainly cos I don't have any baddi…
... like to take a look at the project source etc. The ... -
Computer or console: Which do you prefer for games?Yep, the old argument again. I was talking about this yesterday to a mate (a World of Warcraft addict) who doesn't like consoles, and neither I (who …
... than a joypad when moved at speed. Consoles are far ... work first time and always at full speed (no need ... pain. Or, to look at it another way, learning to ... the difference. The comparitively low resolution of a console game ... in your own time, at home, not to kill ... -
More sales...(I've been off line for a long time... reality stuff, so I'm well off colour tech wise!!) Anyway, I've trawled a box load of stuff out of one of the…
... of the cupboards again, all low starting price as most I ... can't test at the mo...
First ... -
New Spectrum Computer DevelopmentHey does anyone know of any decent new Spectrum clones being developed? I find it amazing how Zilog still produce a Z80 backwards compatible chip (an…
... has thought about designing a low cost super spectrum. This ... as the old Z80 chip at the same core frequency. ... Available at up to 50MHz, the ... to a Z80 clocked at 150 MHz if fast ... fetching an opcode, and at the equivalent of 200 MHz ... -
The Life Of The ZX81I was thinking about this on my way to work this morning? What if the Spectrum had come out in late ?84 or even 1985? Would the ZX81 have had a longe…
... Attack for it. Albeit in low resolution and slower!
at all and I?m SO ... -
Chuckie Egg rules at retro computing mini-event in LondonOne of my pals put on a retro computer game event at a uni bar on Tuesday. We made sure the ZX Spectrum featured! Most of the games wouldn't load pro…
... a retro computer game event at a uni bar on Tuesday ... it is to keep running at the ladder then press up ... it, or better still, jump at it and grab it on ... and splashed around the walls. At times Mario was in the ... the start of the night. At its peak there were about ... -
Toolbar at the bottom of IE screenI always had a little bar at the bottom that would tell you if a page was loading, and when it did, it would say "Done". If it didn't, it would say "…
I always had a little bar at the bottom that would tell you if a page was loading, and when it did, it would say "Done". If it didn't, it would say "Error in page" or whatever. Now after moving the toobars around, I find it's gone. How do I get it back? -
Data bus at interrupt timeIt is "well known" that some peripherals can put values other than 0xff on the data bus at interrupt time, thus meaning that IM2 is slightly more fid…
... 0xff on the data bus at interrupt time, thus meaning that ... -
Your unwanted 'Horace' GamesHello there, I know it's a bit of a running joke on this board that every man and his dog has a copy of Horace goes Skiing and Make-a-Chip, however,…
... for postage (or a very low rate + postage) , knowing they were ... the misprinted Horace goes Skiing at a very reasonable rate, (to ... anyone would pass them on at low rates, purely because someone such ... -
BSDOS 309 for MB02+ by DuskyI heard, there is a new version of BSDOS 309 for the MB02 disc interface coded by DUSKY (Nick: UB880D). I have three pieces of MB02 (including a prot…
... a Movie at 50 fps, just at 25 FPS (with low quality sound ... -
Bad English at its bestI got sent this by an Pakistani colleage, I've no idea where it is from but is bad english at it's best. -----------------------------------------…
... from but is bad english at it's best.
at everyone. I am jolly. I ... -
speccy at the gadget showjust been to the gadget show live thing in brum. they had a 48k which had paperboy on it. everyone who tried to play it before me failed cos it was …
... one person even said 'look at him go'.
they ... -
speccy games at your school?this will probably only apply to those of us who were at school from say 82 to 92ish (guessing thats the majority of people here?). anyway did your…
... those of us who were at school from say 82 to ... -
Retro Gamer complete run! ?offers/interest?Flushed with success at my sale of the complete Your Spectrum, I thought I'd ask around and see if any WoSsers would possibly be interested in acquir…
Flushed with success at my sale of the complete ... , it was the last one at the newsagents, I was lucky ... to find one at all :)
It's ... to Insurance, you're looking at a UK delivery fee of ... which I'd say was low, but not excessively bargainous. ?250 ... -
Shocker at work!Just heard someone was fired at work today for saying to a colleague jokingly 'im going to kill you.' A manager overheard this person saying it, the…
Just heard someone was fired at work today for saying to ... -
Sensible SoccerI'm playing it for the first time... really want to enjoy it but I'm not...yet. I know lots of bright Wosser's love this game so I'm keen to find …
... tackles and hoofs and snapshots at goal. Does anyone here play ... and strategic passes, chips, headers at goal etc or does the ... as Italy or England vs low rated teams such as Faroes ... any game and appreciate it at that level but SS has ... -
Mira FortranHello, I was looking through my old spectrum games and came across Mira Pascal and Mira Fortran I still have the manuals that came with them. :-) I…
... them. :-)
I looked at the MIA section and noticed ... the signal level is too low using my tape player through ... -
Whats the longest time you have ever spent at work?Whats the most hours you have ever done at work, be it overtime or working up time etc? Anyone ever hit the 18hr onwards mark before your skin turned…
Whats the most hours you have ever done at work, be it overtime or working up time etc? Anyone ever hit the 18hr onwards mark before your skin turned green and you felt faint!?;)
