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Games That Weren't bookHi all, I've been running the Games That Weren't archive ([url="https://www.gamesthatwerent/com"]https://www.gamesthatwerent/com[/url]) for just …
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So video games don't actually cause aggresive behaviour...Just for fun, I've finally come across an article where scientists are verifying all those researches and it turned out that all those researches wer…
... -games-with-violent-content-don-t-lead-to-aggressive-behaviour-says ...
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General PSU repair guidesNot Speccy related. I'm just looking for a guide as such as to where to begin with a power supply repair. Realise this is a bit of an odd thing to as…
... I've only got a multimeter to do some basic tests ... testing components 'fitted' but don't want to be desoldering stuff ... 's sometimes had, I don't know if these type of ... -
DivIDe doesn't bootHi! I have a DivIDE 57c motherboard with a 256MB Sandisk CF card. I haven't used it in about 2 years. I put on a ZX Spectrum +2 the gray version I've…
... Sandisk CF card. I haven't used it in about 2 ... the past, but it doesn't want to boot and gives ... button on DivIDe, it doesn't do anything or reset, the ... well but it still doesn't boot. I want to mention ... -
Your Sinclair Chill Out (fan) T-shirtHello spec-chums! I used to have the YS Chill Out t-shirt, (with the trendy fan) but it appears to have been er, "audited", some time ago. I'm lo…
... have the YS Chill Out t-shirt, (with the trendy fan ... fan. Sadly my memory isn't what it was. I'm ... wants one too... All other T-shirts are crap!! This is ... remember the wording/has the t-shirt and could post a ... -
The "Fun" of old equipment...Warning to others with the Alphacom 32.So I manage to slowly rebuild my spectrum, and a part of that is getting a new printer. The Brother printer I once had is no more, and I don't want t…
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Anyway, it didn't work, so I take it ... around it. Check with a multimeter, yep, it's the ... a 4001. Hmmm. Isn't that a small diode? Check ... .
I can't believe they built this so ... cheap transformer model that can't drive the current. Once ... -
My NEXT isn't responding to my new PS2 mouseI don't have any idea what to do or where to look for advice.
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Extended Art Studio (probably) isn't an alias for Advanced Art StudioCurrently infoseek shows [i]Extended Art Studio[/i] as an alias for [i]Advanced Art Studio[/i]. However, I suspect this isn't the case. Crash [ur…
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Keyboard shorting out on RF modulator.OK, this is the mos unusual fault I've diagnosed this year. A keyboard with a new membrane was failing sometimes, and preventing the computer from go…
... keyboard 5w ribbon. Ran a multimeter from the termination to the ... />
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Dizzy hasn't aged well, updateHas anyone else notice how rough Dizzy is looking these days? Massive bags under his eyes. The BBC don't appear to be covering it, but I gather he …
... eyes.
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what made the spectrum.........what in your opinion made the zx spectrum's so popular in the 80's and why? [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] octave
... many people I knew at Uni were rather scathing about the ... a bloody big advantage, isn't it?"
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Digital Joystick on my PCI am sure this subject has been raised before but here I go anyway. I still have my old Kempston style (digital) jotstick that I used on my speccy ag…
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[url="http://www.math.uni-goettingen.de/woelz/ccg/c64 ... /pcjoy.html"]http://www.math.uni-goettingen.de/woelz/ccg/c64 ... /> I noticed that you can't access the schematics. I have ... -
Doctor Who gamesI only know of one Doctor Who game for the spectrum and that is dalek attack, was there any other Doctor Who games? I know the bbc had a couple,was t…
... text adventures) so I don't know if they're any ... />
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Athena (Imagine) has bug or...I have just compared versions of "Athena" on MAME, C64 and Speccy... Our (Speccy) version has sluggish keyboard response :( I mean it looks like Ath…
... Speccy Tour 2002? Why can't we know the final standings ... some projects and exams at uni... also I think (as he ... didn't 'officially reported to me that ... -
Spectrum +3 fault - flashing screen on power onHi ive just bought a +3 When I power it on the power led and disk drive led come on. The screen just flashes black and white around the border, almos…
... /[/url] - although the +3 isn't specifically listed, some of the ... carry over - and with a multimeter and the willingness to make ... only to find it wasn't them..
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Help identifying a gameHello, I've come here looking for help identifying an old game which I have memories of, but I don't know the name. I wonder if anyone here can iden…
... in style, but it wasn't as complex, I think that ... to 4 directions and wasn't inertia based.
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Whats wrong with my 128k?The little power converter (the thing with three legs) that sits on the cooling fin was broken, so I bought a new power converter and replaced it. Bu…
... . Especialy if you switch the multimeter to Amp, as it causes ... computer.
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Bizarre GamesJust having looked at the encyclopedia-obsucra website and noticed there was a weird series of games in Japan called Cho-aniki (a beat-em-up with hom…
... work at the Uni and still I can't say I won ... 't make another pretty long ... pause... I haven't even checked my scores at ... of weird games, how can't you mention Mel Croucher's ... -
Bloody hell, it's busy in hereWOS seems to have these surges, there are so many people posting at the moment. In fact today we had more people posting on topics on this forum than…
... me. Those Retro mags don't interest me much.
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TZX format updateHi folks. Following the private communication with Andy I would like to start a discussion on changing the TZX format to reflect new needs and improv…
... some ground but we won't need to redump tapes, we ... 've seen some of the Uni-Load systems using 8063 for ... just ignore blocks that aren't relevant to them.
TZX format updateHi folks. Following the private communication with Andy I would like to start a discussion on changing the TZX format to reflect new needs and improv…
... downloaded EightyOne now and didn't realise sample loading was already ... to the end of his Uni course soon, the Ramsoft team ...Amiga MOD on ZX SpectrumWell, there were several question about music matters on WOS lats times, so I decided to describe some of my 'adventures', heheh, with MOD playing on…
... generator, which we definitely don't want.
However, bits 0 ... from my +2 with a multimeter, and Russell Marks adjusted them ...How do I know if I have Sasser virus?Ask a silly question, but how do I know if I have the Sasser virus? I use Windows XP Home. Thanks! (I have Norton Antivirus, updated 3rd May - a…
... years I was at Uni.. apparently I didn't need it. It ...ZX Spectrum +3 won't turn onHello We've got a ZX Sinclair Spectrum +3, which has recently been dragged out of the loft and we are trying to get it back into active service. Th…
Since you aren't seeing-or hearing anything you ... on WOS) and use a multimeter set on DC (to test ...Elite...David Braben has been telling various sites to pull any Elite files that may infringe his copywrite... Something to do with him releasing a "elite l…
... Braben when they were at uni together and was boths first ... that...
I don't think anybody was asking what ...+D disks wantedI've recently added support for +D disk images to the tzx vault database, the images dumped will be included in the up and coming vault update by Sat…
... as ZX files, but can`t load anything (least not Basic ... , which didn`t surprise me)..
... love Outlet, and didn`t realise it had gone on ... -
What? You don`t have it yet? well its ... now. It will also use Uni-Dos.
Or ...Problems playback a Spin generated RZX file in Spectaculator Version 6.20.0540When playing back an RZX file generated by the rollback version of Spin, I get the following error about 2/3 of the way through: Spectaculator canno…
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I really don't know - that's why the ... I have a lot of Uni stuff to be getting on ...Emulator for Sale on eBay ?Hi folks, [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=50223&item=8124480344&rd=1"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem…
... at the Uni :)... he got itrate nontheless and didn't actually have ... could he if we don't yet :).
It was like ... and see
Q: Can't you send me an example ...Storing your retro stuffLast Christmas I brought all my speccy stuff in from the garage as it was starting to get damaged. I kinda need to move it back out of my house into…
... about the loft again. Didn't originally want them up there ... into A: (G+DOS or Uni-DOS) and bob's yer ...TAPER again...I'm now using a laptop with Windows 98SE, and TAPER doesn't work with that, which is really disappointing. I think the saying is 2You don't miss your…
... advice here, and I haven't had the chance to try ... touched before, and I don't know anything about them.
t it? Under the audio devices ... explained to me. I don't know about this stuff. I ... cut those classes while at Uni - if you snooze you ...
