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JSW in the headlines todayhttp://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/man-still-knows-where-all-the-rooms-are-in-jet-set-willy-20180418147489
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1st steps in animation Having finally resurrected my familiar old graphics programs, chief amongst which is DPaint Animation, I was a little taken aback to reali…
... A better example is the difference in photographic quality achievable with ... BEFORE filling in the background and then redoing the background from ... any) had better be in the right top corner or whatever ... decide upon a certain number of frames for your ... -
Tutorial: Using UDGs in SpecBASSpecBAS is capable of using graphics mode, in a similar manner to the original Spectrum. Like most things though, the extended nature of SPecBAS's ab…
... . The block graphics from the number keys are mapped to the "a" key through the ... "p" key. Note the ... ! That is the address of the first pixel in the UDG inside the font bank ... -
Isuzu Piazza in the UK?Having recently discovered this model and fell in love with it (the first generation) I was wondering if anyone remembers it too or knows any stories…
... this model and fell in love with it (the first generation) I ... ..
Although the later cars must be the best ('handling by ... earlier ones more desirable for the pure design, "waffle" wheels, digital ... .
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Lots of French stations booming in on the FM broadcast band.Don't know if any of you fellow wosser's are interested in receiving/listening to long distance radio but currently here in the Lincolnshire area of …
... radio but currently here in the Lincolnshire area of UK, ... stations literally wiping out the UK stations. This is ... on the FM broadcast band. One ... co-channel interference of the a French station. Tropics ... this evening. If your in the UK and have an ... -
New Alphacom32 printer for sale in the U.S.I never thought I'd need to sell some of the hardware in my Sinclair collection, but life is full of ups and downs, right? Price may be considered hi…
I never thought I'd need to sell some of the hardware in my Sinclair collection, but life is full of ups and downs, right? Price may be considered high, but that's what I'm hoping for.
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what components normally get taken out if you plug+unplug a joystick interface in with the power onwhat components normally get taken out if you plug+unplug a joystick interface in with the power on? i remember doing this a few times when i had …
... plug+unplug a joystick interface in with the power on?
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I've bought a Sony Minidisc deck in 2018 - For the Love of MinidiscsI've got a little HIFI obsession going at the moment, not only tape decks, but mini disk and vinyl. I recently brought a second Technics SL1200 becau…
... players y were never popular in the USA but have a cult ... end models that were sold in the USA go for between$ 500 ... a new belt was in order. I used the buy it now ... double thickness too. So the upgrade in build quality and thus longevity ... -
Whatever Happened to The Type Fantastic?"Tomorrow's almost over, Today went by so fast, That's the only thing to look forward to - the past." Over the best part of this year the contri…
... me and TTFn got lost in the morass. It's still there ... to get in another one, by starting renovation of the former village police ... station which is an extension to the "west ... folly. You don't live in the real world. "
"Your ... -
Difference microdrives as used in the QL and stand-alone microdrivesI have several working QL motherboards, am in need of enclosures to make them real QL's, and have quite a few normal, stand-alone, microdrives - can …
I have several working QL motherboards, am in need of enclosures to make them real QL's, and have quite a few normal, stand-alone, microdrives - can these be used somehow for the QL, or are they completely different? -
The trials and tribulations of the external tape recorderAnd you may find this a strange topic, because having been a +2 owner for the last 31-and-a bit years, it's not something I've had to deal with in th…
... soon as the data started on the initial BASIC block. The only ... remember having with my ZX81 in the very early days, where ... brand machine from some time in the 1970s, which was considerably chunkier ... using a number of different volume settings from the PC, but ... -
The unspoken question in 2001: A Space OddesseyFrom childhood I have watched this film probably more times than I can remember. As I got older it kind of appealed to me on a different level from…
... Odysseus.
In the film more immediate events take ... also has regulatory functions in terms of the Discovery's operation. ... in HAL entering a "H moebius loop" (this was revealed in the ... sequel: 2010 The year we make contact ... -
How many New Style "Speccy" PCBs are Made to Fit in an "old style" 48K Case? And what are their names? Most of them are produced in small batches so there could be quite a few small variations. Many of these are not produced…
... ? Most of them are produced in small batches so there could ... produced in the UK but can be ordered online.I think the number of ... are not all exactly similar in function (ie what they do ... or similar). The common factor that puts them in this category is ... -
Flagrant Disregard For The Law In GamesPoor [b]Trashman[/b] has to dodge pavement cyclists, possible speeding cars and hit and run incidents as well as dogs that clearly are not being kept…
... . All of these would result in the police getting involved.
in real life, would result in a visit from the police/council ... -
The cheating AI in old Street Fighter gamesHaving acquired a couple of decent controllers for my PC recently, I played a bunch of old fighting games on MAME today. Didn't get too far on any of…
... hardly played any of the games against the CPU in the last decade or ... so. Amongst them was the infamous ... . Not having played this in the arcades back in the 90s, I had no ... some of those games back in the 90s. -
Someone repairing ZX Spectrum in The Netherlands?Last december I bought a Spectrum 48k of an online marketplace. This week a new powersupply arrived (did not dare to try the old one) and a divMMC de…
... from SD cards.
The Spectrum seems to work fine ... 't. When I push the red LED the Spectrum resets. Online I ... and desoldering/soldering. The first I can do (: The second is not ... me. Are there reliable adresses in Europe I can contact? Experience ... -
How do you get the GRAPHICS cursor in 128 Basic?I know its something plus the 9 key but I cannot discover what! I just typed in a simple UDG maker which allocates the data to USR "P" but I even …
I know its something plus the 9 key but I cannot discover what! I just typed in a simple UDG maker which allocates the data to USR "P" but I even tried print usr "p" after loading in the binary to make a character and that wouldn't work either. -
Missed opportunities in the 80'sAll the talk of the Loki got me thinking... What if someone had built an expansion box for the speccy that had the 3812 Yamaha music chip ( Adlib Sou…
... provide better games, all in a plug-in upgrade... A ready- ... have suddenly started outperforming the C64 of the era, but at ... Basically just reusing the RAM that came with the speccy and treating ...
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Jack the Nipper 2 EditorJack The Nipper 2 - Mapeditor v0.8 (c) Sokurah, May 2012 I made [url="https://tardis.dk/files/Jack_The_Nipper_2_Editor.zip"]this[/url] about 10 y…
... you to edit the map and positions of the enemies in the game, but ... will set the current screen as possible start screen number 1.< ... will set the current screen as possible start screen number 2.< ... as possible start screen number 3.
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The sound quality (or not) of AM radioInspired by [url=https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/comment/995799/#Comment_995799]this comment about the BBC's methods of beating pirate …
... Luxembourg as it was in the 1970s ("Make a date ... listen to cricket commentary in the car because the background noise - wind, ... got Alex Hartley in the commentary box - the one female commentator ... (unlike a suspiciously large number of her contemporaries who ... -
Facebook groups and the people in them make me sometimes feel uneasy.I'm in a Facebook group (NOT the WOS one) on some random subject,and recently I noticed that a member of that group a pretty Chinese girl apparently…
I'm in a Facebook group (NOT the WOS one) on some ... a pretty Chinese girl apparently in the USA that does not seem ... to show has started liking the posts of of my ... some way to get to the photos liked.
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May I be the first then? ... Well Happy ( almost ) Birthday to WOS!So, you're 7 and a half years old. Hot Da*n!!! Has it really been??? WOW! I can't believe it. I just saw it, I just came on for the first time today.…
... would encapsulate WOS visitors in general and be a ... has helped from visitors in general to show appreciation, ... that could be place in the demo, but if not ... guess that's the way it goes. six more months - ... 8 birthday. 8 is the number of new beginning btw - ... -
Erm, wheres Badbeard?Well, where are you?
... five places to number ten, is JEFF 'YAK THE HAIRY' MINTER ... the TV program THUMB CANDY. Another new entry at number six ... writing football games in BASIC. SHAROPOLIS takes the number 3 spot, with ... this weeks number one spot to the MIGHTY DOPETHRONE, the fourth ... -
I would like to write emulatorHi guys, I'm new to this forum but I realise that you must get loads of posts from people asking "how do I write an emulator" so I'll try and be spe…
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Announce: Crap Game Competition 2004The comp.sys.sinclair Crap Game Competition 2004 is now officially open! :roll: [url="http://www.speccyspoilers.co.uk/cgc2004"]www.speccyspoilers.co…
... make a game involving the first level music from ... was written in E flat minor (six flats, fo the uninitiated) ... and was an absolute bitch to convert. The number ... of $ signs in the code is utterly ... -
Programming Sound EffectsHi guys, Have decided, probably due in some way to my midlife crisis, to tart up and re-release (or even just re-lease) the old 48K Speccy games I w…
... BIT more about the 4 5 and 6.5 (six and ahalf ... . Therefore the sample rate is the "sample rate" in the usual sense -- the rate at ... rate and number of distinct levels -- the higher the sample rate, the fewer the distinct ... -
Lunar Jetman is rubbish i think Lunar Jetman id rubbish, a great shame as jetpac is one of my favourite games. on load-up Lunar Jetman looks fantastic but it is too diffi…
... it was too strict, counting the number of ALIEN(S): 8. No ... guards, really.
In the end, we left none the wiser. What a ... saw us.
In the meantime, the guys back at Ashby-de ... speed which would have put the six million dollar man to shame ... -
Awfully quietI suppose everyone's living it up at the CGE
... be randomly picked in terms of numbers from the original 200) ... any number from the ones left ok , if you were interested in ... the six pinball machines , plus all our own kit.(in fact we were the ... there at 8am in the morning and driving down the day before ... -
Awfully quietI suppose everyone's living it up at the CGE
... be randomly picked in terms of numbers from the original 200) ... any number from the ones left ok , if you were interested in ... the six pinball machines , plus all our own kit.(in fact we were the ... there at 8am in the morning and driving down the day before ... -
What are you reading and what's on your reading pile?I'm currently reading: "Velocity" by Dean Koontz "Jonathan Strange and Mister Norrell" "The Penguin History of the World" by J.M Roberts On my read…
... done far better in literature, and without the stupid pretence of ... through book six when seven was released. Well worth the time IMHO ... reading pile there are a number of things including:
< ... Atlas - David Mitchell (been sat in the pile for ages now, I ...
