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Spectrum in kit form?Was the Spectrum ever available in kit form (as was the case with the ZX80 and ZX81)? Or have any modern day kits ever been produced?
Was the Spectrum ever available in kit form (as was the case with the ZX80 and ZX81)?
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IN command in BASIC to read keyboardThis weekend on a Sinclair meeting we had some BASIC-games using IN to control the character. The maker of the game assumed that the result of an IN …
... had some BASIC-games using IN to control the character. ... that the result of an IN without a key press ... initialise the defaultvalue of an IN in a variable, something like ... 1000
20 LET A=IN 32766 : REM or other ...
1010 LET A=IN 254 : REM ALL KEYS< ... -
Rollback in EmuZWin?I've heard that EmuZwin emulator has a feature that enables to go 2 seconds back in time( e.g. if something went wrong,when playing game) I am intere…
... to go 2 seconds back in time( e.g. if something ... TR-DOS and Pentagon (absent in Spin) -
3" floppy in pcI'm in need of some assistance. I have attached a 3" floppy to my pc using a cable as described at [url="http://newton.sunderland.ac.uk/~specfreak/F…
I'm in need of some assistance. I ... also changed the drive setting in my BIOS, but I am ... of wisdom to help me in my pointless quest to get ... my pc?
Thanks in advance to any helpers. -
Update check in EmuZWin and other thoughts?Hello! I would like to have a update check(new version) in EmuZWin, with many new versions all the time it would be nice to have this function. ;) …
... a update check(new version) in EmuZWin, with many new versions ... -
SAVE the complete screen in BASICHow can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC? If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and th…
How can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC?
If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and the last two lines are destroyed! -
Any other real Spectrum users in the USA?Hi, I bought a Spectrum +2a off e-bay (I collect old computers) and managed to make it run here in the US. I'm curious; is anybody else running an a…
Hi,
I bought a Spectrum +2a off e-bay (I collect old computers) and managed to make it run here in the US. I'm curious; is anybody else running an actual Spectrum (not an emulator) over here? -
[b]Testing Bold font in Thread title[/b]Oh uh...just testing something... ...if the thread title could be also in bold or italic...
Oh uh...just testing something...
...if the thread title could be also in bold or italic... -
problem with Mega-Sphere (Your Sinclair type-in)Does anyone recall the program [url="http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/yoursinc/megsphre.zip"]Mega-Sphere[/url] from Your Sinclair …
... ] from Your Sinclair Jan'87? In particular, do you recall: a ... over 200 type-in programs & routines published in Your Sinclair which ... is not available in a working version in the YS type ... work; the sphere gets stuck in the scenery as soon as ... -
3 missing Your Sinclair "write-in" programsIn this context a Your Sinclair "write-in" is a type-in program listing where YS made such a mess of printing it that it was unusable and, as they di…
... Your Sinclair "write-in" is a type-in program listing where YS ... correctly, readers had to write in to get the correct listing ... of over 200 listings published in Your Sinclair, only three come ... )
Does anyone recall writing in for any of these corrected ... -
British telecom game I think or what ever they were called in 80sI am looking for a game way back in mid 80s that was a walkthrough adventure collecting items and going through phone portals by dialling in numbers …
I am looking for a game way back in mid 80s that was a walkthrough adventure collecting items and going through phone portals by dialling in numbers any help??? -
Rest in PeaceRonnie Barker. May he find peace with you in Heaven. Fork 'andles!
Ronnie Barker.
May he find peace with you in Heaven.
Fork 'andles! -
Worst Collision Detection & Colour Clash in gamesSorry if this as been mentioned before but i did do a search ;) In a recent discussion with a friend we talked about probs with the older games such…
... do a search ;)
In a recent discussion with a ... -
Name that game number 23,843,342 in a seriesHello! Name this game please, so I can play it later. OK, I'm not sure if you could select your screen colours but as far as I remember it by default…
... because it was in 3D.
You were in a craft of ... learnt to read the game in Cetan, but can't remember ... -
A spectrum, in a museum!Massive apologies if this has been touched on before but I was at a Museum in Newcastle last week and they had a Sinclair C5, a ZX81 and a Rubber-key…
... I was at a Museum in Newcastle last week and they ... a Rubber-key 48k Spectrum in glass cases.
They ... weird amstrad thing with built in monitor which looked the way ... makers thought computers would look in the year 2000.
Spin / Emuzwin and reading keys with IN in BasicIt's just a bit of a quirk I've found really, but here goes... Some of the Basic programes and games I've encountered lately , use IN to read the ke…
... 've encountered lately , use IN to read the keys. I ... got the Gauntlet editor type-in from Program Pitstop at [ ... as the program uses IN. I tried it in Realspec and Emuzwin ... (there were some bugs in it, so I had ... use the editor in Spin, but can in the other emus ...Sonar Salvage incorrect link in archiveOn the page for Sonar Salvage by Hitech, there are links to a solution printed in Sinclair User. However, as far as I can tell that is for a game cal…
... links to a solution printed in Sinclair User. However, as far ... of pointing out this error in the archive so I decided ... be best.
Also in the archive Sonar Salvage is ... isn't.
Further, in the archive for Cronosoft's ...New Doctor Who Mini Episode for Children in NeedIt had to happen. Russel T. Davies is penning a mini episode of Doctor Who featuring just The Doctor and Rose that will be set between the end of th…
... part of this years children in need.
Just as ... not as bad as dimensions in time!Look what I picked up in town...Was looking for one of these for ages. Saw them on amazon.co.uk, but never got round to buying one, then I was in Debenhams today and found one in t…
... buying one, then I was in Debenhams today and found one ... in the kids section for ?10 :)< ...ZX computing scans in the archiveHi, I was looking for a couple of issues of Zx computing in the archive that I used to own, but they don't appear to have been added yet. One had a …
... of issues of Zx computing in the archive that I used ...Pyjamarama musicNow I was trying to recover my old tapes with damaged recording after those years replacing it with new wav created - one of the games I?m trying to …
... I surely remember ?Popcorn? theme in it but if I try ... t the other theme used in another game? because I ... pub/sinclair/music/ay/games/p/Pyjamarama.ay.zip"]ftp://ftp ... pub/sinclair/music/ay/games/p/Pyjamarama.ay.zip[/url]< ... V2 was used also in another game... I don ...ROM change without reset in RealSpecCan it be done somehow? Don't see in manual... Just don't ask why I need it :)
Can it be done somehow? Don't see in manual...
Just don't ask why I need it :)Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) mentions the Spectrum in his book!I just finished reading Nick Mason's "Inside out: a personal history of Pink Floyd". Entertaining reading. The book ends with a chronology of events …
... Mason's wit: it begins in 1943 with the birth of ... Wright and Waters, and ends in 2005 with the Live 8 ...Hidden piccy in Cylu loading screen.I was looking at the eggs at [url="http://www.cl4.org/comp/spectrum/eggs/#"]http://www.cl4.org/comp/spectrum/eggs/#[/url] and I was wondering about …
... Jabba person who pops up in some of the screens ... is ...Hidden text in Bounder.Long story short: I had forgotten the name of a game I played close to 2 decades ago. I remembered that there was a ball in the game but more import…
... that there was a ball in the game but more importantly ... remembered there were characters "hidden" in the "landscape" of the game ... of the game are "hidden" in level 2.
The ...LENSLOK CRACKED IN EVERY INSTANCEKnocked the whole lot out in about fifteen minutes. Good to know I've still got it!! Incidentally I also downloaded Jewels of Darkness and Price of …
Knocked the whole lot out in about fifteen minutes. Good to ...DarkStar.tzx in Spectaculator 6.25Hi all I think I have found a bug in Spectaculator. Darkstar.tzx(OriginalRelease) wiil not not load. DarkStar.tap loads The DarkStar Re-release t…
... I have found a bug in Spectaculator.
Darkstar.tzx ... loads
DarkStar loads in other emulators
When ...Mag scans in the archiveI know that if you change the page number of the scan you'll get the next page, but a lot of the time with multi-page reviews only the first page is …
... first page is linked to in the archive.
See Firefly ... chance of this being fixed in future? I think it's ...Game with 12939 in it.Hey ... I just had a flashback ... what game had the word PEPSI in it? I remember that it was in 3D and might have been either Mercenary or Virus. …
Hey ... I just had a flashback ... what game had the word PEPSI in it? I remember that it was in 3D and might have been either Mercenary or Virus.
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