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What computing platforms do you have in the house?Just took delivery of my first Mac so now in our house we have: Study: HP Compaq desktop running XP Living room: Dell laptop running Vista (spit)…
[QUOTE=Matt_B;313724]I'm sure this thread will make interesting reading for prospective burglars.
I've absolutely nothing at all myself. Not even an Oric. ;)[/QUOTE]
I have a chainsaw!
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Just wrote my first useful working Speccy BASIC program in years...A nice UK National Lottery number generator. And not just any lotto number generator either. This one generates 8 lines of 6 numbers without replace…
[quote=Matt_B;314197]Here's my version:
[code]10 PRINT "Why don't you just pick a lucky dip? It's got a far better random number generator than the Spectrum has.": STOP[/code][/quote]
Now that's what I call a one-liner... -
Just wrote my first useful working Speccy BASIC program in years...A nice UK National Lottery number generator. And not just any lotto number generator either. This one generates 8 lines of 6 numbers without replace…
[QUOTE=Matt_B;314207]I wasn't expecting people to actually run it.[/QUOTE]
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Which computer is most similar to Zx Spectrum?I have wondered recently wihch other 8-bit computer is most of all similar to Zx Spectrum. I mean similar graphics, similar gameplay, similar program…
[QUOTE=Matt_B;314239]It's time for an end to this ST/Amiga rubbish. The true 16/32-bit successor to the Spectrum was the QL. :smile:
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what were the things the Speccy architecture was good for?I don't know a hell of a lot about all the different computers hardware and I wanted to know if the way the Spectrum was built lent itself to certain…
... most circumstances.
[QUOTE=Matt_B;314506]That's mostly just ... -
About Chess games & BASICIs it possible to write a chess program in BASIC? Does it exist in the archive?
[quote=Matt_B;314998]Yes, it's possible. ... -
The 8-Bit Book...Tentative cover design to replace the Elite-based one... It's been made to look as close to the old Electro-Fluorescent display as possible... Some …
[QUOTE=Matt_B;314955]To further muddy the ... -
People holding back the emulation sceneAs mentioned once again in [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=22690"]this thread[/URL], some people think Ramsoft willfully…
[quote=Matt_B;315247]I think we should report it to the moderators so that they can lock it. :smile:[/quote]
Agreed. This thread will only degenerate further.
Please lock the thread Martijn. -
Why the economy bombedYou can more or less say that any IT office or engineering office will have at least one Dilbert cartoon on the wall. I just found this strip [url]…
[QUOTE=Matt_B;316680]I think I'd go for the pic'n'mix myself.
What's the betting that they'll be relaunched as a chain of pound shops in the new year?[/QUOTE]
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Ever regret posting a thread?My most recent one is the "End of the line?" one in c.s.s., in which I probably misconstrued how things stood. But that's not the main reason I now …
[quote=Matt_B;316746]I'd guess the golden rule is not to feed the trolls.
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Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]
[quote=Matt_B;316841]I've got a palm tree in my back garden. No parakeets though. :smile:[/quote]
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Which computer is most similar to Zx Spectrum?I have wondered recently wihch other 8-bit computer is most of all similar to Zx Spectrum. I mean similar graphics, similar gameplay, similar program…
[quote=Matt_B;317634]I believe it's 240x224, not that that makes much difference. Either is still better than the 160x200 multicolour mode that most C64 games use.[/quote]
A quick Google says 240 x 200 with 3 text lines whatever that means. -
"The Earth is flat, and horizontally infinite..."Erm, loony tunes time: [URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7540427.stm[/URL] and people like that are allowed to vote and drive cars...
[quote=Matt_B;317804]Yep. You should wait until Vista works properly first. :smile:[/quote]
No rush then.
TBH, I didn't want to move from Win98, but sitting on (patched up) XP Pro I wouldn't want to go back.