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Requesting a little help to identify the purpose of this 'add-on' to my Issue 2Hi everyone First of all it's my first post here so please go easy on me! I'm grateful to be accepted into your fine little club :smile: I probabl…
... the bottom of the CPU and, following the trace on underside, goes to IORQGE on the ... above and to the left of IC21. Following the trace on the underside it ... determine the machines build date? Is that the 8215 on the top of the modulator ... -
Views on Back to the Future 2I was watching this earlier with my eldest daughter and got thinking about the game. I felt this was the weakest of the films but the second best wh…
... this was the weakest of the films but the second best ... while reflecting the theme of the time zone was the weakest level. ... />
The animated introduction based on the end of the first film was ... well executed but the ... -
AA car insureance the B*******I have been with the AA for my car insureance and road side recovery for a year now and they sent me a rather attractive renewal quote and said I nee…
... with the AA for my car insureance and road side ... up immediately after reading the letter and they say ... tried to call me on the 4th and didn't ... spoke to them regarding the renewals quote (before and ... the couldn't as they are the the insurance part of the ... -
A MIA found on the netI found this game which appears not to be in WoS (There is another Stock brocker, but I think it is not the same) Bad thing is the price!! [url]http…
... I think it is not the same)
Bad thing is ... the price!!
[url]http://www.retrogames.co.uk/more/on ... : It is a uMIA, hence the importance :) -
Pip The Pipistrelle[color=red]*COMING SOON*[/color] Pip The Pipistrelle I am going to put all the game details,instructions and story here now and simply update this t…
... wait until i have followed the long road to game programming,so ... Its a cold wet morning on the hill and steam rises gently ... /> Pip has fallen from the bat roost on the 60th floor,he is ... img]
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Zodiac on the OricI played my first game on an Oric at the weekend. I was struck by the slow speed of the parser. It took about 6 to 8 seconds between typing somethin…
I played my first game on an Oric at the weekend.
I was struck by the slow speed of the parser. It took ... also struck by the cool sound chip in the Oric (on an emulator ... chip.
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The ZX Spectrum on your PC - Second editionHello folks. Long time no see and all that :) Having recently observed that the 30th anniversary of the Speccy is approaching, I decided I couldn't …
... of my book, The ZX Spectrum on your PC.
... sorely out of date on the scene. Some thread links ... about Elite 'relaunching' the Speccy for the anniversary? I came ... can't find anything on the Elite website other than ... did do a search on the forums but it turned ... -
This week is 'Retro Week' on The Register[QUOTE][B]Retro Week[/B] Thirty years ago today, a pre-knighthood Sir Clive Sinclair launched his first colour computer, the ZX Spectrum, and the ea…
... first colour computer, the ZX Spectrum, and the early 1980s home ... or Amiga; or one of the many, many other - usually ... -bit micros of the time, we call on you to celebrate ... coverage of computing in the 80s: the machines, the games, the listings - all by ... -
Splitting & Joining Files on the SpectrumHello there my fellow WoSers oh its a late question tonight since I am touched by the insomnia fairy - are there any programs / methods for splitti…
... since I am touched by the insomnia fairy -
on a spectrum
on a 8bit IDE HDD and at the moment ... I am using the FDD (708K) ... plugging at it as the end justifies the means.
Pure Monty Python: living in the middle of the road.Would you like to live in the middle of a motorway? [url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2236746/Road-built-building-couple-refuse-China.htm…
... you like to live in the middle of a motorway?
Road-built-building-couple-refuse-China ... . I wish the Chinese goverment would just pay the man the money he ...Setting up an IDE HDD on the +3e helpHello, Just installed a HDD in my +3e (ROM ver. 1.11). When turning on it takes a few seconds longer but then shows 2 IDE (available) as well as 1 fl…
... . 1.11).
When turning on it takes a few seconds ... and then ABM drives at the bottom.
Just starting ... out with the +3 so don't know ...Quick question on the IN #FF port fix for Spec+3 issue2Was wondering if the [b]IN #FF port[/b] fix shown here: [url]http://www.secarica.ro/html/plus3_hardware.html#inFFport[/url] applies to the Spectrum +…
Was wondering if the [b]IN #FF port[/b] ... inFFport[/url]
applies to the Spectrum +3 issue 2?
on my +3's pcb is ... considered a +3B since the component names and values match ... a +3B in the schematics)
tGetting aquainted with the IF1bisToday, fifteen days after dispatch, the IF1bis arrived at my door. In perfect order. No customs, no TVA and no handling fee involved. The arrival of …
... interest is focussed on what is going on under the hood. This ... place. So the easiest road to travel for installing the system files, ... push (< 0.5 sec.) on the button is needed. I noticed ... anew until ON again, shows that the program keeps on going even ...What's going on with the 128 music in Madballs?I always remembered my copy of the (terrible) Madballs having a neat 128k tune, but for a long time now all the TZXs I've been able to find have only…
... surmised that the 128 version was on the flip side of the tape ... weirder is the Erbe re-release. On that version the 48k and ... 128k get the beeper tune, the + ...
What's going on? Bugs in the game? Emulation glitches? I ...Funny goings on next door!Had to share this with someone, and you guys topped the list! My neighbour built an extension on his house some years ago and has rented it out ever…
... the list!
My neighbour built an extension on ... Access to the flat is round the back of the house, so ... outside my property and blocking the road/drive with badly parked ... suggestions (not involving testing out the services offered!)?
ZX81 Composite mod on the cheap?Hi i'm looking for a good and cheap way to do a composite mod on a broken ZX81 that I have. I know there is a ZXvid on sellmyretro, but the price is …
Hi i'm looking for a good and cheap way to do a composite mod on a broken ZX81 that I have. I know there is a ZXvid on sellmyretro, but the price is a bit to high to me.
So I look for a cheaper way to do the job ;-)Back from the dead?I quit using Facebook a good 4 years or so ago. I never told anyone on my friends list either that i was quitting FB. I also don't drink/smoke so nev…
... . I never told anyone on my friends list either that ... i was on FB as i moved away from the area ... lived in the village went off to work on an oil ... and properly scared the bloke at the post office shop ... one mate actually moved down the road from where i live ...Monty on the Run JET PACK editionI just stumbled over this thing on Youtube. It's a fun idea but unfortunately for the C64 version. Makes me wish someone did the same to the Speccy …
... on Youtube.
It's a fun idea but unfortunately for the ... C64 version.
Makes me wish someone did the ... same to the Speccy version so we ...What is the game with 4 levels where you land on a planet?I am usually very good when it comes to remembering names of old games but I can not recall the name of this (somewhat obscure?) game. If I remember…
... I can not recall the name of this (somewhat ... , then going forward on the surface, then fighting some ... final dash to reach the survivors (so 4 distinct ... . Not: Koronis Rift, Rescue on Fractaculus, Explorer
7. ... had big title texts on the title screen.
8 ...Did anyone sign on in the early 80's?I was listening to the Half Man Half Biscuit album Back in the DHSS and I'm a bit confused about the line ?He hands me my Giro every two weeks? in th…
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When i was on the dole in the late 90's my ... sure if when the song was written in the 80s whether ... you when you signed on at the jobcentre or not.
the bloke whose uncle owned ... a Postman or works in the Jobcentre.
[youtube ...Gotek floppy on the +3I just managed to get a Gotek floppy emulator flashed with the latest HxC firmware, but I cannot get it to work as drive "B:" on one of my +3 Spectru…
I just managed to get a Gotek floppy emulator flashed with the latest HxC firmware, but I cannot get it to work as drive "B:" on one of my +3 Spectrums. Did anyone try the same and can give some more feedback on jumper and other configuration settings?New 48K Spectum emulator on the Windows StoreHi, I've just uploaded a new "Free" Spectrum 48K emulator to the Windows Store, see: http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-gb/app/specwin48/4d54…
... "Free" Spectrum 48K emulator to the Windows Store, see:
... Kempston etc. Currently works on Windows 8.1 and ... Add a rating via the store would be ideal.< ... />
Tested with the top 100 games and only ... I'll fix these in the next version.
Peeking the contents on screen? How?You will have to forgive me for growing up on the C64, but I know I can peek the location of a character (1024 is top left from memory) and the peek …
... forgive me for growing up on the C64, but I know I ... can peek the location of a character (1024 ... will return the chr$ code of the character in the square, the same can ... be done to retrieve the ...Games you envied on other systems (but were never converted to the Spectrum)I will admit it: there were times when I considered getting a Commodore 64. Not because I didn't love the Spectrum, but because Llamasoft games almos…
... almost never appeared on the Speccy.
The worst part was ... yes, yes, it came out on the TI99, but that one could ... [/b] - simple but compelling game on the Amstrad
[b ... ]Backtrack[/b] - weird maze game on the Dragon 32
...Stupid thing that happened on my way homeFirst, a bit of backstory.. I live in Winnipeg, and it's running out of money. Some of the things that the city has done to try and get themsel…
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Mis-engineering road speeds (i.e. the city's engineering department ... evening.. Going home along a road where it's usually 90 ... s a construction zone on the bridge over the perimeter highway (think M25 ... start going down this slip road at 50 kph, and ...Wired.co.uk hatchet job on the Speccy..."The ZX Spectrum exists in an uneasy position in the annals of retro video games. Commercially it was tremendously successful in the UK, and was avai…
... relied to some extent on enthusiasts and small teams ... and slightly later machines like the Nintendo Entertainment System.
... and difficult to love. The original hardware was always, ... even the greatest games of the thousands programmed for the system are ...How did bank switching work on the 128K Spectrums?I'm new to Z80 and ZX Spectrum. So I was wondering how the 128+ models managed to work with more than 64K of memory? I'm somewhat familiar with h…
... . So I was wondering how the 128+ models managed to work ... bank switching works (I believe the Apple IIe had a weird ... banks...IIRC). Anyway, any insight on how it was done would ...May the "How to do it" bullet pointing commence!"You Tube" does not cover everything ZX Spectrum realted There are now so many ways to use ZX Spectrum related stuff. And therefore therefore ther…
... you have not got the knowledge or the hardware it can be ... " to make a kind of road map or "quick kit" to ... />
3) Link the tape recorder to the PC sound input (usually ... create a WAV file (on the PC) using the 8 bit sound sampler ...A software house on your doorstep.In late 1987, I noticed a few kids from a housing estate in my town (Wellingborough) were wearing HACKER badges. I didn't know at the time that this …
... didn't know at the time that this was ... promo gift for the computer game of the same name.< ... could be obtained. Over on the Finedon Road Industrial Estate, Activision had ... friend showed me the skips by the side of it, ... Hacker. I did get the sequel for a couple ...Any FIFA 16 players on here who can answer this.Might be a long shot but thought i'd ask. EA recently came under fire to remove Adam Johnson from the game but said they couldn't completely remov…
... remove Adam Johnson from the game but said they ... the last one i did play was Fifa 98 Road ... to World Cup on N64 so i ... />
My initial thought on the "some peoples games" was that ... the original Fifa16 disc still has him on it and ...
