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self service checkoutsin supermarkets. I'm not sure which is more depressing, self service way or queueing up. always said I'd never use these but now I have a few times. …
... different places, all nearby. One of them has the best, cheapest meat and fish ... of all tree but has no queues. All they have is ... a bunch of self service checkouts. I too get the occasional ... 's our fault that checkout is taking so long". -
I crashed my bike and I need some geek help.I went out on my new Honda tonight, 3 hours green lane riding. We ended up going through Santa Pod. :D erm, I crashed, early on. Nothing major, ri…
... of the FAT on a device, and it may be that only one of them is ... corrupt. If so, recovery can be performed using the "good ... . success is most likely if the only thing on the card is your .mov ... -
The need of having a 257-byte table for IM2 routinesThis came from a discussion at the speccy.org forum. I have understood that the reason behind the 257-table for IM 2 routines is due to certain joys…
... the IM2 cycle regardless of what is attached. An example is my own machine, the ... IM2 peripherals available for the spectrum, one of them being the AMX mouse. This device ... the X or Y directions. IM2 provides a level of sophistication that is ... -
The need of having a 257-byte table for IM2 routinesThis came from a discussion at the speccy.org forum. I have understood that the reason behind the 257-table for IM 2 routines is due to certain joys…
... IM2 peripherals available for the spectrum, one of them being the AMX mouse. This device ... the X or Y directions. IM2 provides a level of sophistication that is ... , I'm aware of that but... the point is: how many people play ... -
Jetpac T-Shirt[url]http://www.nerdoh.co.uk/site/shop/products/display-product.aspx?Product_ID=188[/url] [I]"Inspired by a classic ZX Spectrum game, Jetpac. Killin…
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The closest thing to moichandize I wear is a few ... I have, and only one of them is legal, and it's ... that I'm sure the rest have questionable legality ... on the designs.
I ... a sell out if the band split over 20 ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... find more quests in those (one of which is the cinema - I went in ... there briefly to escape the rain, but ... proper search).[/QUOTE]
The cinema is probably my favourite puzzle. On ... be able to get both of them done pretty quick. -
Harlequin clone...PCB manufactured!Using Chris Smith's detailed schematics and project notes from the Harlequin... a Speccy fan in the United States by the name of Don (Superfo) has de…
... ;646569]One thing I did was put the border latch in the wrong place ... realized that too when examining the Harlequin clone schematic to describe ... it. One of them was the BTIME test. You can see the effect of your "feature ... -
Microsoft has a Brand New Logo!!!After twenty-five years, Microsoft has changed it's logo. Now let's be honest here, we have in the past accused Microsoft of being unimaginative, dul…
If that's the case someone should go talk to them. One of them is doing something ... 's criticism but never had the problems people talk about. I ... used many operating systems throughout the years and Windows continues to ... -
Backup Solutions.Well recently after loosing many files (important ones now recovered). I have realised I need a more robust backup system than copying whole director…
... HDD and a copy of game data and documents ... url] shows the different versions of Syncback. One of them is free, the other two are ... formats are not available in the free solution.
one free synchronization program[/url], ... -
Name the PSX game, and tell me how to play it? please?!It?s a Japanese game and therefore the title is just a load of squiggles, but I like to refer to it as, ?[B]Paedophilic Cat[/B].? The cover shows a …
... have the game your mate has, but they do have one of the other ... PS1 titles, the cat's on the road next ... your mate to keep hold of the game he's got as ... that much used, but one of them is $88, and the other is $115 new. Give ... -
Jimmy SavilleJimmy Saville a paedo? wtf?? Does this newspaper ever give up? He's not around to defend himself, why did these people wait till now to 'claim' he a…
... is everywhere. The local rag is even trying to link some of ... on it all too. One of them is quite likely as I'd ... I moved here, but the other guy's family ... are livid at the aligations. His old lawer ... forward about him, but the local rag still runs his ... -
[Update] Lone Wolf - The Mirror of Death - AudiogenicHi folks, I know we already have a TZX of this, but I can't help feeling that it needs it's blocks deconstructed into Pilot/Sync/Date blocks/pulses …
... t (5 samples) for the syncs. One of them is sometimes one sample shorter.
For the data bits, I get ... harder to separate the blocks.
Wavscan is being revived from ... -
DivIDE or PlusDHi, Apologies for what's perhaps a stupid question, but I'm new to this - and until browsing these forums I had never heard of DivIDE or PlusD. I'v…
... is a different thing: it's a floppy disk controller for the ... /> The DivIDE can use several firmwares. One of them allows the DivIDE to emulate the operating ... system of the PlusD by ... -
Online Storage - How much do you have.Yesterday I purchased an additional harddrive for my machine as I plan to install Liniux and Windows 8 partitions in addition to the W7 and XP. I on…
... . Two of them are 1.0 TB, one is 640 GB, and the last one is 500 ... /> One of them is completely dedicated to Time Machine, another one is for all kinds of media ... files (many videos), and the rest is meant ... -
Red DwarfA Red Dwarf video game - good or bad idea? (given its recent resurgence in popularity in the UK) My ideas: [b]Plots[/b] - An interquel which bridg…
... limitation. One of them is called paging.
Memory in the 128K models is divided ... change them.
Page 2 is contended as it contains the video ... of a librarian taking books from the shelf and placing them in the desk ... -
Abbaye des morts[url]http://www.locomalito.com/juegos_abbaye_des_morts.php[/url] Looks like Spectrum, sounds like Spectrum, but it's not a Spectrum ('cause no colou…
... 't have to redraw all the objects/sprites/ from scratch.
Now all the sprites are converted in three ... formats and
certainly one of them is accurate for the z88dk code.
If ... I have to try which is the best among all. -
Unpaid item strikes on eBayHas anyone any experience of being at the sharp end of an unpaid item strike on eBay (e.g. seller reports you via Resolution Centre for non-payment)?…
... abroad I always understate the cost and declare that ... commercial transaction. Hence lumbering the recipient with a big ... books, and the idiot put merchindise on the customs form. ... Luckly, I wasn't charged, especially since one of them is ... -
Acer Revo (or equivalent) + XBMC + emulationHi, Does anyone here use an Acer Revo for XBMC / emulation? I purchased one (a 3700, I think) a year or so ago but wanted to use Linux on it so I t…
... I bought both of them with cases. The first one was approx 38 quid ... of them with 2A phone/tablet chargers, and one of them is left on almost all the ... time. Although both the Pi and the charger ... -
Why do most games only load on one side?In my experience, most cassette games only load on one side and fail on the other. Not just on the Speccy, but on any tape based system I've owned. …
Professional tape copiers copy two sides of the tape at the same time, so one of them is recorded in reverse order while playback is normal. The waveform is a bit different.
I have the same problem when making copies with a Telex tape duplicator. -
Oldest thing of yours you ownthe oldest game thread gave me the idea for a thread about things you own which are the oldest, the thing youve owned the longest. my dad died recen…
Not sure if I actually "own" them as such but somewhere I have some (non-working) very old radios, which were in the loft of this house when I moved in. I think one of them is either a transmitter or a transceiver. -
What Machine Were You Using 20 Years Ago?What was your main gaming machine 20 years ago today? Mine was an Amiga 1200, which I bought in January 1993. (I didn't have it very long as I sold …
... the date 20th March 1993. My short term memory is ... the time).
Anything by the Bitmap Brothers (actually spoke to one of them ... on the phone around that time...) ... still have the game and it's one of my all ... -
Probability Question: Are ?5 Scratch Cards Daylight Robbery?Supposition: If the odds of winning on a ?5 UK National Lottery scratch card are 3.8:1 (which they supposedly are) and the winning cards are evenly s…
... two coins, the chance of getting heads on at least one of them is 75:25 ... .
But if you toss one coin ... one left to try' then the odds of winning on that one last one are the ... -
Possible italian uMIAs in ebaySince there is already a game, original italian game, Poyan, taken from this covertape, I wonder if there is any chance that in these other issues av…
... that the pirate hiding behind the g.b.max alias is the programmer of pippo ... Infoseek yet! :O
Which one of them is g.b.max? Paolo Malnati ... G.b.max in the authors list of WoS)
And ... that, what do you think of this magazine? Pirated?
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Microhobby's Pixel A Pixel restoration: 156,157,158,159,160,161,205We've made another release of about 30 restored Pixel a Pixel entries. [url]http://zx.maros.pri.ee/microhobby/MH_156_p15_MH_157_p35.zip[/url] [url]ht…
... the "Fido Dido" one.
I know 2 people from those of the ... authors, one of them is still active in the scene, and the other one, I ... -
I gave up...at workSome of you heard at Cambridge that me and my chef don't get well together. 2 weeks ago I wrote a mail to the manager that I simply can't trust my c…
... OK I have a plan the majority of my crew say they ... demoted as well
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Questions ThreadThought I'd start a thread whereby people can ask a question that only needs a brief answer...instead of opening a new thread for trivial cack. I'll…
... pay it forward to the poor. Any of them don't really have ... balloons in the song of the same name?[/QUOTE]
One of them is on these ... 'ere forums. I imagine the other 98 ... -
Questions ThreadThought I'd start a thread whereby people can ask a question that only needs a brief answer...instead of opening a new thread for trivial cack. I'll…
[QUOTE=STeaM;706652]One of them is on these 'ere forums. I imagine the other 98 got shot down by the military over-reacting.[/QUOTE]
"Here Be Dragons, Here Be Balloons!"
Goodness, I'm not so sure the two play well together. -
SEGA BASS FISHINGI tried it once at the arcade and found it fun (well it was good for a couple os plays) it costs 1,75? at PS Store, has anyone tried it?
I've got 2 or 3 similar games (I'm sure that is one of them) on the dreamcast along with the fishing pole controller for it.
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80 column BASIC in FUSEThis requires FUSE 1.1.0 or later: 1. Select machine [b]Spectrum SE[/b]. 2. Enter the command [b]MODE 1[/b]. Currently tape traps are not supported…
... of them in Russia, at least 700 made in the last 10 years. One of them is ... -
80 column BASIC in FUSEThis requires FUSE 1.1.0 or later: 1. Select machine [b]Spectrum SE[/b]. 2. Enter the command [b]MODE 1[/b]. Currently tape traps are not supported…
... of them in Russia, at least 700 made in the last 10 years. One of them is ... /> SE Basic IV is basically the firmware for the Chloe 280SE. It's ... on any additional work at the moment.
