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wav2pzx 1.0 - Convert ZX Spectrum tape recordings to the .PZX formatThe Sinclair ZX Spectrum and related computers primarily stored their software on audio cassette tapes. While most emulators for these machines suppo…
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Zombie Filmsright, during my show today, me, Boozy and Chris along with another couple of regs were discussing zombie films, the good, the bad and the erm middle…
... /> the living dead at the manchester morgue
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Redesigning the ZX Spectrum 128k - A lifelong dreamHello, I am myPinballs (Jim) and i run a small business here in the uk making replacement 8-bit hardware pcbs for arcade pinball games as well as…
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Teletext artist turning news into art in Germany8-bit blocky graphics skills still in demand! : http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-37300094
8-bit blocky graphics skills still in demand! :
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The great maybe-not-as-north-as-before meet episode IV: A new north meetAfter the roaring success of the last meet we've been talking and we didn't want to wait a whole year for another one. We've been thinking of another…
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CSW2CDT, new tool suite for tape encodingGood evening. I'm much more active on the CPC than on the Spectrum, but today I released the first version of CSW2CDT, a set of three tools whose pur…
Good evening. I'm much more active on the CPC than on the Spectrum, but today I released the first version of CSW2CDT, a set of three tools whose purpose is to filter and encode cassette samples into tape images. I developed these tools from scratch, after ... -
Play Expo 2017Hi Is anyone going to Plap Expo in Manchester this year? The Spectrum showing has been rally poor the last few years but I'll still be there.…
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WIP 3d libretro front-end -- virtual Spectrum collectionI've created a sort of 3d virtual ZX Spectrum programs collection. It is part of testing my 3d libretro front-end with lua scripting. At this point…
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ANN: Tipshop updated Friday, 03 August 2018Friday 03 August 2018 Blimey - this March update took a while to come round, eh? Feels like about 6 months! (Ahem. Ed)... Suffice it to say that Rea…
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Play Manchester Expo 2019https://www.playexpomanchester.com Looking forward to this next year. Matthew Smith will be there ! (Hope he does turn up !)
https://www.playexpomanchester.com
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Vote for your favourite Jet Set Willy mod!As part of the 35th anniversary of Jet Set Willy event at this year’s Play Expo in Manchester on Saturday May 4th, there will be an audience vote to …
... year’s Play Expo in Manchester on Saturday May 4th, there ... -joins-us-at-play-expo-manchester-for-jet-set-willys-35th ... -joins-us-at-play-expo-manchester-for-jet-set-willys-35th ... -
JSW Central - a website dedicated to Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy games for the ZX SpectrumAs the 35th birthday of "Jet Set Willy" [url="https://www.playexpomanchester.com/news/matthew-smith-joins-us-at-play-expo-manchester-for-jet-set-will…
... -joins-us-at-play-expo-manchester-for-jet-set-willys-35th ... celebrated at PLAY Expo in Manchester[/url] this weekend, with the ... , I will be at the Manchester PLAY Expo wearing a black ... -
Blue PlaquesHi, "A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link between that location a…
... : Ocean Software, 6 Central Street, Manchester
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LibDsk 1.5.11 and GCR encodingI've just uploaded [url=http://www.seasip.info/Unix/LibDsk/]LibDsk 1.5.11[/url], which dips a first tentative toe into the world of GCR-encoded Macin…
I've just uploaded [url=http://www.seasip.info/Unix/LibDsk/]LibDsk 1.5.11[/url], which dips a first tentative toe into the world of GCR-encoded Macintosh disk images.
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Loading Schemes > 1-bit per 2 edgesHi Guys, I'm just having another look at loading schemes again (a subject that interests me). Does anyone know if there any loading schemes t…
... a sound wave (3 bit encoding with 8 different frequencies don ... ]real-time[/u] run-length encoding (RLE) unpacking (as opposed to ... -
Keyboard Encoding. Would like to gather thoughts on it.Hi all, I've almost finished the first part of my open-spectrum design, and wanted to bounce one of the ideas I'd incorporated off people prior to…
Hi all,
I've almost finished the first part of my open-spectrum design, and wanted to bounce one of the ideas I'd incorporated off people prior to fixing it, in case anyone can point out where it won't work.
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Retro Asylum Podcast: Riding The Ocean Wave[img]https://i.imgur.com/UGdOTw0.png[/img] In our latest episode Dean, Steve, Mads, Chris & Matt (yes, the entire team) look back at some of their…
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Whos Your Favourite Game Programmer ? Mine's Keith Burkhill, Mike Lamb. Its the people behind Commando, Arkanoid. There are others cant remember their names, I'll continue later [img]/_…
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What in the hell does...(UL), (AL), (S3) (DI), (DL), (PW), etc. mean? I found these in the games list, and have no idea about the meaning. Thanks in advance
Just click on the 'Legend' links that are displayed on ALL pages [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
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alien 8Does anyone know where I can get a copy of Alien 8?
Mike i'll buy it if it's still available. even pay for postage cos i live in manchester and the fuckers nick every bit of post that dorsnt need to be signed (and even some that do, the fags) -
games that only you seemed to playi was....and still am , a big fan of the automata games...groucho, pimania , new wheels john etc. also the game called 'the biz' i remember playing …
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Connect a Discman o soundcard into a ZX to play games without TapesDavid Madrid / Spain Hi: I like to use more my ZX machines but the load times drives my crazy and I dont like to damage the zx cassete player and t…
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Connect a Discman o soundcard into a ZX to play games without TapesDavid Madrid / Spain Hi: I like to use more my ZX machines but the load times drives my crazy and I dont like to damage the zx cassete player and t…
... mp3 encoders are awful when encoding 128kbps and below, and others ... are rubbish at high bitrate encoding. Which one do you choose ... -
Original 128 Part 2: The KeysMy 128 appears to work fine. The keys all have perfect responsiveness. All except keys 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. These five number keys don't work at all. E…
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Solution for overwritten stack in 48k SNA filesIt has been known for quite some time now that the 48k SNA file format has one serious fault, which is described in the file formats section on the W…
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Wouldn't it be great if...?I was just wondering... wouldn't it be great if the Speccy was relaunched? I mean, a souped up Speccy of course. Fully compatible with the old Specc…
Phew. Sorry about the blank post. Due to ineptitude.
Arjun: how is Bangalore?? Could do with some of that sun here in Manchester...!
I would definitely by a Speccy if one was released. Imagine it now... :]
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what should i do with ZX81 tapes?Hi people, So I have a few rare ZX81 tapes (DK Tronics mainly) and none of them are available on the web as .p files. There must be other people who…
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How about a WOS meet?If you ever check CSS, you'll have noticed that lot are always meeting up in person to discuss their evil schemes and generally get up to no good. We…
Well there are two CSS meets planned.
Manchester 15th Feb - 2pm Henry J Beans Bar & Grill
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London 1st March - venue to be decided soon but will be somewhere central
