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Best car boot findsAs a follow up the the 'Speccy in a bin' thread..... What is your best Speccy(ish) related car boot/jumble sale/charity shop find? My highlight was …
I NEVER FIND ANYTHING! :mad:
... oh, wait. i [B][I]do[/I][/B] live in the USA. ookay. I'll rephrase that.
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Distribution of the Spectrum in Europe.Ok, so we've noticed the lack of French posters (there might be readers we don't know about) here at WoS. We have people from UK of course, from Irel…
It seems the ZX81 was sold in the USA also and not just under the name ... 't know if that was the case everywhere else.
Atari is back! So....Yep, I just read that infogrames who own the Atari label have decided to re-name themselves Atari Inc. Which means, Atari (the label not the company)…
... the recent anti-French sentiment in the USA and UK (over the war in ... Iraq) might have been a factor in the ... name change (in addition to ... capitalising on the whole burgeoning ' ...TradeHi, I have three Romanian Z80 spectrum clones called HC ([url]http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=629[/url]). I'd like to trade …
Hi,
I would like to trade with ZX Spectrum 48K or ZX Spectrum +. (good and working condition include power supply)
Let me know at [email="w.chantang@attbi.com"]w.chantang@attbi.com[/email]
I am in the USA.COLLEGE DROPOUTS OF THE WORLD!HIP-HIP! HORRAY! Another reason to love computers. All the successful people in the computers scene are a bunch of slackers and college dropouts. L…
... and coincidentally the same thing was happening in the USA at the same ... time unbeknownst by one side of the pond or the ... through nnepotism due to the high standing or success ... . ( in my opinion, at least in my experience, the offspring of ...COLLEGE DROPOUTS OF THE WORLD!HIP-HIP! HORRAY! Another reason to love computers. All the successful people in the computers scene are a bunch of slackers and college dropouts. L…
... and coincidentally the same thing was happening in the USA at the same ... time unbeknownst by one side of the pond or the ... ( in my opinion, at least in my experience, the offspring of ... his golf - "the more I tried, the luckier I became"...Remakes for sale on Ebay, Legit ?Chuckie Egg... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3041405931&category=11994&rd=1"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?View…
... Egg version for the PC, worked in CGA, EGA and ... for MC Lothlorien - the company that was what ... Pick and Choose", and the Lothlorien name was removed from ... , since I currently live in the USA, but it was an ... itll run in windows 98, 2000, and XP. the Chuckie ...Was spectrum the most advanced thing when you got it?When you got your first spectrum games, were they the most advanced games at the moment? When my dad bought it for me I was crazy excited, it was ama…
... his sister and nephew here in the usa, as they came here sometimes ... i nevr saw those games in the shops, Mikie, Manic Miner, Chuckie ... that i came back to the USA and when i went back ... it was nightmarish, especially in the household i lived in, but when i ...Best strategy war game on the Spectrum?Great to find a site like this...Ive owned so many consoles etc since buying my 48K Spectrum as a kid...but I have more affection for the Spectrum th…
... amp;S is set in the USA during the Civil War, the HMM games have ... based on the strategical map and real-time in combat; the HMM ... games are always turn-based;
- in ... etc. - all distinct features of the HMM series.
...Christmas gamesHi all! Do you have any favourite game with Christmas topic? I want to play some Christmas game! It needn't necessarily be a Speccy one. I downloade…
... white' is a blurry term in the USA. unlike the rest of the world ( i assume ... , lighter than many 'whites' in the USA, not to mention Asians who ... i'd say only extremists in the usa make a fuss, but most ... as far as Christmas goes in the USA so far at least it ...NEW SPECTRUM RELEASE from CronosoftJonathan Cauldwell's new game FUN PARK - the special exclusive and expanded version of the excellent Amusement Park 4000 is now available. With many…
... :p ( i also appreciate all the goodies they sent me through ... the mail. if you can get ... happens. nothing like this happens in the USA. I couldn't even goto ... alot cheaper were i still in Europe.
AGH!!!!! Again ...ex-YU Homepage Updated !Hey All... This will probably be interesting only for the people here that are from ex-Yugoslav countries, but it might be interesting for everyone …
... got games cracked by "Vatroslav" in the USA ? :) His full name is Vatroslav ... no trace of him on the net :( He used to do ... -signed it on their own. The Blue/Cyan loading/screen scheme ... all of his games on the site I could find. I ...Sound DreamJust daydreaming, don't beat me for this, if any of you assembler guru's (especially emulator developers) ever are in need of new ideas, it would be…
... a problem with the quality of the 256 colour games ... the petunias enough.
In the end, we all enjoy the Speccy just the ... (or perceive) the Speccy for the simple reasons that ... the people in USA ;).
Because you live in India and not in the USA, ...Best Speccy BargainsWhat was your best Speccy related bargain you've ever got? Mine was my first Speccy in 94/95. I was looking over my local car boot sale when I saw a…
just out of curiosity, is a "boot sale" in the UK more or less equal to what's called a "flea market" or "swap meet" in the USA? ( maybe Canada too, dunno )
thanks.Retro Gamer issue two found in a charity shop!Just bought, for ?1 the cover disc to Retro Gamer Issue 2 - in a charity shop in Bedford. Did not even realise that it was THE retro gamer at first,…
... amount ( mind you I'm in the USA right now. I hear they ... attention that I was mentioned in the magazine and is trying to ... get me scans of the pages for now and ... I think it's the one with the Gremlin games cover CD ... I'll keep you in mind in case my friend can ...List of best selling games?Does anyone know of such a list for spectrum games?
... /> Elite is widely recognised as the biggest selling game of all ... across all formats too. But the spectrum sales must have been ... ? Elite wasn't very popular in the USA or Japan as far as ... am aware, and they are the biggest territories for game sales.List of best selling games?Does anyone know of such a list for spectrum games?
... ? Elite wasn't very popular in the USA or Japan as far as ... am aware, and they are the biggest territories for game sales ... />
True but as per the original question
I don ... 't think the speccy was excatly the top machine in the USA or Japan ...Latinamerican Speccy Games?Hello all speccy fans! First of all, excuse my english. I'am a spanish native speaker, so I can write (speak) only a little bit of the language. But…
... was never commercially released in the USA but was released in Portugal as TC2048 ... the TS2048 prototype was created but never released in the USA but the TC2048 was in ... fact made in Portugal, it ...8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…
... I travelled, and in the small city i lived in, no one ever ... ordered none of the shops had it. Maybe in the bigger cities but ... seeing small ads in the Spectrum magazines and on the back of inlays ... and Amigas. Sad ending. Living in the USA by then I had no ...For everyone who sends stuff to the U.S.AFor all the eBayers, sellers, and swappers.... [url="http://forums.ebay.ca/thread.jsp?forum=7&thread=300013102&modified=1095873373697"]http://forums…
... of measurement don't you?) in the USA and not have to exchange ... the USA." I can tell you right now, there is no store in the ... entire USA that sells PAL compatible equipment ... place to find such things in the USA. You just can't go ...OT: World Exclusive - US Election. I call Kerry.Yes folks, here it is another WOS world exclusive, John Kerry has won the US election! it's been a close race, but renouned one man news angency Sha…
... Reagan. :)
Re: the Bush vs. Kerry thing, it ... I could hardly see the world in a worse shape than ... grew, obviously he has convinced the people, possibly by 'tickling' ... foreign politics reaches the media in a very dampened way in the USA.
What is difference between "128" and "128+"?What is the difference between a "Spectrum 128" and a "Spectrum 128+" ?? And I am not talking about the different looking +2's, etc. Tnx! blakes…
... probably you'll miss the unique rubber keyboard that ... 48K Spectrums.
Plus the original 48K unit is ... smaller and sleeker and the sound comes from a ... would defenetly go for the original Sinclair 128K model.< ... br /> If you live in the USA like me how are you ...What is difference between "128" and "128+"?What is the difference between a "Spectrum 128" and a "Spectrum 128+" ?? And I am not talking about the different looking +2's, etc. Tnx! blakes…
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If you live in the USA like me how are you ... getting a Spectrum working in the states, I should be ... RGB cable to connect the unit to my Amiga ... power converter to convert the power, or a Jaguar ... that, I am told, supplies the proper current.
What is difference between "128" and "128+"?What is the difference between a "Spectrum 128" and a "Spectrum 128+" ?? And I am not talking about the different looking +2's, etc. Tnx! blakes…
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If you live in the USA like me how are you ... getting a Spectrum working in the states, I should be ... RGB cable to connect the unit to my Amiga ... power converter to convert the power, or a Jaguar ... that, I am told, supplies the proper current.
Will Spectrum run @ 60Hz?Sorry to overlap w/ my other recent post, but want to know, if I grab a Spectrum and use it in America with a voltage converter or a different power …
... thought televisions were timed off the mains and that they were ... incompatibilies. It is the ULA that has the master 14Mhz clock split ... again for 3.5Mhz. The ULA provides the INT signal at 50 ... beats a second in the USA Timex machines). It is the ULA that produces ...Will Spectrum run @ 60Hz?Sorry to overlap w/ my other recent post, but want to know, if I grab a Spectrum and use it in America with a voltage converter or a different power …
... beats a second in the USA Timex machines). It is the ULA that produces ... since they were never released in the US or on a US ... 50 frames per second in Europe and 60 in USA).[/quote]
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[quote]In countries ...Will Spectrum run @ 60Hz?Sorry to overlap w/ my other recent post, but want to know, if I grab a Spectrum and use it in America with a voltage converter or a different power …
... a second in the USA Timex machines). It is the ULA that ... fields induce currents in the metal cores, resulting in heat generation and ... to reduce such eddy currents in the cores. Typically these measures ... as to heat generated in the core are also frequency ...Best Emulator??Hiya Searching for a good emulator that will happily run all the games Ive got at the mo. The ones Ive downloaded so far do not either work at all o…
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In the USA many years ago there was ...Changes to Retro Gamer magazine.For those of you who have heard of the UK-based magazine Retro Gamer, we are currently planning some changes. Here are the rough ideas that we have …
... get Retro Gamer mag here in the USA? I haven't seen it ... one can subscribe to via the infamous Internet? I.E. I ... it sent to me to the States ... I am a lazy ... :
Does anyone know the official site for RG where ...Changes to Retro Gamer magazine.For those of you who have heard of the UK-based magazine Retro Gamer, we are currently planning some changes. Here are the rough ideas that we have …
... get Retro Gamer mag here in the USA? I haven't seen it ... one can subscribe to via the infamous Internet? I.E. I ... it sent to me to the States ... I am a lazy ... :
Does anyone know the official site for RG where ...
