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Anyone know of an easy to use website creator for a complete techno-phobe?I am planning on starting up a simple fan web page(s) site for a band that I'm keen on, and as I know sweet FA about web design or anything remotely …
... point me in the direction of a "web sites for morons ... /> (1) import thumbnail photos (of album art and photos);
of the album and to ... larger images of the same photo
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Can't remember the title of a great spectrum gameHi there Need help! I am desperately trying to identify a Spectrum game (circa 1990) that I absolutely loved, but can't remember the name of... It…
... can't remember the name of...
It was ... away as a gift in the UK to subscribers of 'Your ... Sinclair' for a bit. It had ... can't get 'Pan' out of my head - I think ... . I really want to download a ROM of it.
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The long view of TV out qualityAs time went on, Sinclair improved the analogue side to give better picture quality. It's therefore ironic that out of the four Spectrums I currentl…
... s therefore ironic that out of the four Spectrums I ... 4S and a toast rack 128 ) exhibit quite a bit of horizontal smearing ... , especially when you display a bright ... when I get around to making up a composite cable for it ... -
Vague memory of a gameHi all, something's been bugging me on and off for ages. I once had a speccy game that I can't remember the name of. Sadly I can't recall many of the…
... for ages. I once had a speccy game that I can ... 't remember the name of. Sadly I can't ... recall many of the details either!
... played an international diplomat on a space station. The world was ... apologise if this is all a bit hazy, but my memory ... -
How many items of a good Spectrum game got sold?Is it known how large quantities of typical Spectrum games sold back in the 80's? A popular game, did it sell like 10.000 or 100.000 items?
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What is the price of a game that never worked...I have the spanish edition of Crete 1941 (Creta 1941), in a box, instructions... all complete. But the tape never worked, it is defective. Do I hav…
... the spanish edition of Crete 1941 (Creta 1941), in a box, instructions ... /> Do I have a very valuable game, like a defective stamp?
Or do I have a piece of shit? :D :D :D ... -
How do I clear only a specific area of a screen (quickly) in machine code ?I'm looking for a machine code routine which will clear the first 20 rows of the Spectrum's display (or any number of rows or columns) . I have found…
... clear the first 20 rows of the Spectrum's display< ... br /> (or any number of rows or columns) . I ... br /> PRINT AT coordinates of where to start (30 ... suggest a
routine which clears a specific number of lines< ... don't have a very strong grasp of
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I want to build a new, super spectrum ;-)only kidding Andrew :-) my brain's going at a mile a minute at the moment, so I thought I should put some of the ideas down in case one of them is w…
... /> I know the idea of a custom chip equivalent or something ... presume..). what causes the removal of a device to kill it, ... on the power supply, making the voltages fluctuate and therefore ... s the 'transform unstructured stram of conciousness into post' button ... -
Latest issue of Retro Gamer[IMG][url]http://www.retrogamer.net/issues/RG_044.jpg[/url][/IMG] Complete History DOOM Prepare to get scared senseless as Retro Gamer looks back a…
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Rescue on Fractalus
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It's ... go down without a fight.
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Help me think of a Scientology-themed quiz team nameGoing to a pub quiz tonight and, in tribute to Tom Cruise's latest Scientology-related video rant, I was considering using a Scientology-themed team …
Going to a pub quiz tonight ... I was considering using a Scientology-themed team name.< ...
I was thinking of call the team either:
a policy letter written by ...
Anybody think of anything better?
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What resistance should primary of a mains toroidal transformer measure?Not speccy related but still hardware. I am fixing a dual audio mixer at work. When you plug it in it blows the mains fuse straight away. Opening u…
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I am fixing a dual audio mixer at work ... on board toroidal. One of the transformers was smelling and ... very high. :-? What sort of figures should I be expecting ... ]
Have ordered a couple in so not got ... a good spare to check. ... -
Trying to remember the name of a gameI vaguely remember this game where you had to travel between planets, use hyperspace, talk to aliens, etc. I'm pretty sure it had a graphical gui, so…
I vaguely remember this game where you had to travel between planets, use hyperspace, talk to aliens, etc. I'm pretty sure it had a graphical gui, some nice graphics (not 3d) and a star map, but that's all I can remember. Any idea of what it could be? -
my stupid moment of the day...My sister usually sends me all sort of crap e-mails, the ones with pps with bunnies and babies and telling how life is wonderfull, and all the jokes …
... , and we usually have a close group of friends to whom she ... sends it, I start a chain mail making fun of her...
today she sent the same sort of ... and now just created sort of a inter-family crisis...
Is our existence based in a solid environment?I'm having a bit of a Deep-Thought/Milesy-Moment ... That is ... from the point of view of the photon, everything else must be slower, right? So m…
I'm having a bit of a Deep-Thought/Milesy-Moment ...
... is ... from the point of view of the photon, everything else must ... this one very serious point of view, our universe is ... making a seemingly straight line yet multiplying it's length by a factor of ...Location of a website animationA couple of years ago, I found a video on t'interweb but have been trying to find it again recently to no success. The video is presented as a magic…
A couple of years ago, I found a video on t'interweb but ... /> The video is presented as a magic show, but the people ... it around the screen, regardless of what you do to the ...Extending shaft of a potentiometer?Was working on a large television studio sound mixing console last night and noted that one of pots was broken. Opened up channel and found it was a…
Was working on a large television studio sound mixing ... night and noted that one of pots was broken.
a potentiometer with an extended shaft ... there was a collar that went on the end of pot and ...RetroMa??a '08RetroMa??a is the event organized by Retroacci?n association in Zaragoza, Spain. This year, it takes place at "I jornadas de ingenieria" in Zaragoza …
... of "Centro Polit?cnico Superior", and a temporary exposition about the history of ... (including Spectrum), and a retrospective about the making of Navy moves and its ... .
There are a lot of activities more, like the concert ...Blimey! Buy a used console games and you might have to pay the s/w house to play it!From: [URL]http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/11/10/capps-we-really-need-to-make-strides-against-the-secondhand-market/[/URL] [COLOR=blue]"Epic…
... American development industry will start making moves to combat it.[/COLOR ... makes the majority of its money off of secondary sales, and ...
The thin end of the wedge?
See ... I mean, imagine if, instead of a game costing ?40, it sells ...Bleepload - different either side of the tapeHiya. I'm not sure if this is the right section or whether this should have gone under the tape preservation section. Anyway, I don't go on the foru…
... different checksums on either side of the tape.
of a game when I'm ... for nearly every block of code when you compared ... be an accurate representation of all the variants then ... think I'm not a total noob at making TZXs.
...Crash Magazine, the ZX, and the power of nostalgiaI'm currently selling some Crash mags (see Sales section of WOS *PLUG!*) and I started thinking about the power of nostalgia and what keeps us intere…
... really neat effects and ideas making it a great free game. Afterward ... em or hate em aspect of a magazine, but I was definitely ... as a waste of space. I too was a fan of Crash, and of course ... making them look even more stodgy, lacking a sense of humour and out of ...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…
... to go on a rant about being the angel of death or ... ". Well I'd found a bottle of organic honey which didn't ... I don't know have a habit of hanging up on me ... and saying "Crank Call" a lot, ... totally out of it, they take him away on a guerney.
funeral of a biker fried in Bedford todayA member of my bike club died last month. His funeral is today. I'm off in just over an hour to meet up with club members. Pete was also active in t…
A member of my bike club died last ... , British Legion, Serv etc, a large turnout of bikes is expected. The ... open to all celebration of life has been postponed by ...The Best Use Of In-Game Extras.Inspired by the "[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=24552"]In-Game Physics[/URL]" thread I was wondering which games you li…
... touches added(am I even making sense).
Nothing ... to climb up on a ledge. Usually a character just jumps but ... br />
There were plenty of extra "behaviours" in Terramex (had ... getting shot out of a cannon (three different ways of doing it too ...Colour of Magic (missing publ. ?)The loading screen for [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006100"]The Colour of Magic[/URL] says [COLOR="Blue"]Copyright (C) 198…
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Can't the name of a folded company be kept visible ... I mean it's a bit of a hop and a skip for people ... was supposed to just be a notification of a missing publisher. So, yet ... this sort of information visible so people aren't making useless posts ...playing games online with an Xbox 360, well just the one game, call of duty - wawi play this all the time cos its ace. my internet speed isn't the fastest, and i can see where it falls down, like it will start to jerk the charac…
... around or throw me out of the game.
but ... than making out everything is running smoothly. it's a bit of a pain ...The ---- Games of the decadeIn a few months time, we leave the first decade of the twenty-first century, so to rip off a thread idea from another forum, what are your games of t…
... so successfully combines the action of a first person shooter with ... by other companies, across a wide variety of scenarios, with the ... the one's I know of) making a guitar probably the best ... no realistic chance of a console version of UT. A real shame.
Vague Memory of a GameI am trying to remember the name of this game. I think it is a Spectrum game as I think I actually remember the color clash! I think it played on a…
... the name of this game. I think it is a Spectrum game ... it played on a single screen. There were lots of WWII type ... the various planes were all a different single colour (hence the ... colour clash). It's not a lot to go on I ...Hello from a new forum user!Hi folks. This is just a post of introduction -- to say a little about me and my interest in the (World of) Spectrum. I've recently acknowledged to…
... This is just a post of introduction -- to say a little about me ... years my senior were making a fortune out of, but that I simply ... wall unclimbed, with just a few of my greasy fingermarks on ... ), and the first beginnings of a couple of Z80 libraries underway.
"Spectrum Scene" from "The Life and Loves of a She-Devil" (1986)Here is a link to the clip: [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9IT95k1UoM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9IT95k1UoM[/URL] I remember when wathi…
Here is a link to the clip: [URL=" ... to know
the name of the car game the Andy ... 'm fairly sure that a copy of The Never Ending Story can ... /> be seen to the right of the computer. But there seems ...A game time forgot?[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/interviews/PriestleyDon.htm"]Phil Bee interviewed Don Priestley back in 1998.[/URL] Mr. Priestley was asked to …
... not "exist" at the time of the interview (if I understand ... be mentioned in WoS as a Game Time Forgot?[/B] ( could ... that he was involved in making "[I]a few demos and educational ...
