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An icon of England?Hi - I nominated the ZX Spectrum as an "Icon of England" on the ICONS website a while ago, but since then 39% of people have voted against it! I'm …
[QUOTE=aowen]Is the Speccy especially English? ... -
An icon of England?Hi - I nominated the ZX Spectrum as an "Icon of England" on the ICONS website a while ago, but since then 39% of people have voted against it! I'm …
[QUOTE=aowen]Is the Speccy especially English? For a start it was made in Scotland.[/QUOTE]
Good point. I'd certainly count it as a British icon, but there isn't a website for that :) -
Old Radio 1 recordingsI have this nostalgic urge to listen to old recordings of Radio 1 from the 80's - anyone know if any are downloadable? Would especially be interested…
[quote=aowen]One reason why I can't stand listening to Radio 2 is that it is clearly pitching to people who are nostalgic for Radio 1 from the 1980s.[/quote]
Strangely enough thats exactly the reason I do listen to Radio 2... -
An icon of England?Hi - I nominated the ZX Spectrum as an "Icon of England" on the ICONS website a while ago, but since then 39% of people have voted against it! I'm …
[quote=NickH]You want a British icon?
Stephen Fry.[/quote]
Is he not english? -
Old Radio 1 recordingsI have this nostalgic urge to listen to old recordings of Radio 1 from the 80's - anyone know if any are downloadable? Would especially be interested…
[QUOTE=aowen]I don't write for the Speccy because it takes me back to my youth - I write for it because it's about the most complicated thing I can manage.[/QUOTE]
Now there's a signature... ;) -
RAM Test ROM?Found a link to this: [url]http://www.retroreview.com/iang/TestSpec4.zip[/url] in another thread, and fired it up in SPIN, but I have no clue how to…
[QUOTE=aowen]There's a commented assembly ... -
Steve Irwin"I want these mother****ing stingrays off the mother****ing boat!"
[quote=aowen]Only the 3rd person ever to be killed by a sting-ray in Australian waters. If that's not rotten luck I don't know what is.[/quote]
Being the only one? -
Steve Irwin"I want these mother****ing stingrays off the mother****ing boat!"
[QUOTE=NickH]You could tell something like ... -
HELP! I'm looking for FMOD API library v3.63Does anyone have a copy? All I can find is the player.
[quote=NickH]Does anyone have a copy? All I can find is the player.[/quote]
Nope... I suppose you already know this, but version 3.75 is available at fmod.org...
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Avast, me hearties! only 12 days to go!Talk Like A [url=http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html] Pirate Day[/url], 19 September.
[QUOTE=aowen]But I talk like a (nautical) pirate every day![/QUOTE]
Do you work on an 18th Century privateer vessel that operates in the Caribbean?
If so, this is perfectly normal. -
Avast, me hearties! only 12 days to go!Talk Like A [url=http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html] Pirate Day[/url], 19 September.
[QUOTE=aowen]No. However I have worked ... -
Here's my wallet george take itso now the never to be released original theatrical trilogy is to be released [url=http://www.starwars.com/episode-iv/release/video/news20060503.htm…
[QUOTE=NickH]He does it because he knows he'll get away with it. Who's the bigger fool?[/QUOTE]
surely you mean...
[quote=ObiWan Kenobi]
Who's the more foolish: The fool, or the fool who follows him?[/quote] -
The new KITTIt doesn't look bad: [url]http://i75.imagethrust.com/images/2A9Z/view-image/eyes-only.html[/url] But you just KNOW that the KnightRider movie will …
Hey ... erm ... NickH ... did you make that KITT ... -
The new KITTIt doesn't look bad: [url]http://i75.imagethrust.com/images/2A9Z/view-image/eyes-only.html[/url] But you just KNOW that the KnightRider movie will …
[QUOTE=aowen]I remember someone telling me ... -
Cd'sdo you guys think compact discs will become obsolete in the future? will these blue ray discs, drive down the cost of dvd discs. all the laptops i …
[quote=aowen]If you thought DVD regions ... -
Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice..."Downstream Connection Speed: 7584 kbps" "Upstream Connection Speed: 448 kbps" Plusnet may be exceedingly crap these days, but I can't fault them fo…
[QUOTE=NickH][b]Get your velcro gloves on[/b] - it's party time!
Or something.[/QUOTE]
OUCH!
(???)
Skarpo
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Your SinclairHi all, i've just bought a load of Your Sinclairs from ebay (trying to get the ones i don't already have) and flicking through it made me forget how …
[QUOTE=aowen]Yes, YS3 was a spin-off.[/QUOTE]
...although not an official one.
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Cd'sdo you guys think compact discs will become obsolete in the future? will these blue ray discs, drive down the cost of dvd discs. all the laptops i …
[QUOTE=NickH]For portable media, what about ... -
Chase HQ - How did they do it?How did the programmers of Chase HQ do what they did with that game on the Spectrum? Let's face it, the speccy was pretty tired by the time that gam…
[QUOTE=NickH]There are no author attributions ... -
Your SinclairHi all, i've just bought a load of Your Sinclairs from ebay (trying to get the ones i don't already have) and flicking through it made me forget how …
[quote=NickH]You can buy laminators for a tenner from Somerfields.[/quote]
Yeah but you couldn't use them to do a whole floor. -
Your SinclairHi all, i've just bought a load of Your Sinclairs from ebay (trying to get the ones i don't already have) and flicking through it made me forget how …
[quote=NickH]You can buy laminators for a tenner from Somerfields.[/quote]
Apparently mel finds them very useful... -
Microdrive gamesI saw a few Spectrum games on Ebay recently which were advertised as being in the microdrive format, they even had a photo of the cartridge with a la…
[quote=NickH]Technically you are reproducing someone' ... -
Things to look forward too..[COLOR=Black]Sylvester Stallone - 60+ in Rocky VI (xmas) and Rambo IV (next year) Bruce Willis - 50+ in Die Hard IV Harrison Ford (60+) in Indiana Jo…
[QUOTE=NickH]And I thought it would be a close thing between ZXS3 and the 1986 chapter appearing...[/QUOTE]
HAH! :D I'm now prepared to take a wager on which will come out first between ZX Shed Issue 3 and the 1987 chapter :p -
Things to look forward too..[COLOR=Black]Sylvester Stallone - 60+ in Rocky VI (xmas) and Rambo IV (next year) Bruce Willis - 50+ in Die Hard IV Harrison Ford (60+) in Indiana Jo…
[QUOTE=NickH][url]http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/tvprog/1987i.png[/url][/QUOTE]
There's now a better version online.
There. That's your teaser :)
