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Camera recommendationsMy 7-year-old managed to break our trusty old Canon camera last week so I'm in the market for a new one. We don't want to spend much more than ?50 (…
... week so I'm in the market for a new one ... than ?50 (some of that's coming out of the boy's piggy bank ... (I don't have one of those either) now that they ... -
World cup statistics (I've started to bore myself now)I never thought I'd start a thread about football, but since this was discussed at work and someone on WOS must have a life outside of computers (any…
... 's a table showing the relative performances of seventy-nine teams who ... have played in the world cup. Amongst the points of interest are;
- [B]England [/B]come ninth out of the seventy-nine teams when you ... -
FS: Low Profile KeyboardGot one of these for sale, open to offers but its going to need a bit of attention as some of the keys dont work and the space bar keeps sticking, iv…
... to need a bit of attention as some of the keys dont work ... and the space bar keeps sticking, ive got the ... for that separate and three out of the four screws and nuts needed ... to bolt down the speccy board. Literally just dont ... -
Interesting 48K failureI thought I'd recount a failure I've not seen mentioned before that I saw tonight while fixing a 48K issue 6 board. The background: The initial fail…
... at some stage had fallen out of the card edge connector leading ... due to the absence of the transistor!) Now that the TR6 hypothesis ... , I measured the resistance between all of the pins of TR6, and ... a logic 1), the output impedance of the Z80's IORQ when ... -
My Spectrum +2, Multiface 128 and Plus D....Here's something that's always bothered me and had me wondering if anyone else experienced the same thing - Back in 1990 or so, when I finally manag…
... wondering if anyone else experienced the same thing -
Back ... worked out of the box for the first night.
The next morning, the problems ... was DOA, the second one had the same behaviour as the original one ... -
Born again Speccy user with problemsHello all, Firstly I'd like to say a big hello - this is my first post! When I was 8 or 9 or so my dad bought a ZX Spectrum 48K and a whole bunch o…
... took it out of the original box, still with the original receipt ... the problems:[/B]
I reconnected the lead to the 'Ear' of the ... Speccy and the output of my ... This came up with the result of 32768. Aha. RAM ... -
Outputting debug trace to RS232 (assembly)Hi Guys, I'm working on a game at the moment (written in assembly) but I am really needing to write out a debug trace of what is going on with the p…
... out a debug trace of what is going on with the ... thoughts were to write out LOG messages out of the emulator via RS232 ... to a flat ascii file. Spectaculator has the ... I can't guarantee the state of the system variables AND as ... -
Bubble Bobble sound effect do my head inI hate the sound in bubble bobble when you jump. It really grinds my gears and i was wondering how could I take that sound out of the game.
I hate the sound in bubble bobble when you jump. It really grinds my gears and i was wondering how could I take that sound out of the game. -
Math Quiz - MultiplicationThe topic is fast multiplication routines, from 8x8 to 32x32 and all points in between. These functions sit underneath floating point libraries, gen…
... So I've ruled out tables of squares methods (for ... them slower or come out even. So I ... - 1)/256 = 25% of the time. Perhaps surprisingly, this doesn ... the 8x8 routine.
The second tests if the LSB of the ... br />
The cost of the first test is 18 ... -
ZX Spectrum Evolution Graphic Compo 2014While this year edition of International Vodka Party we would like to organize a graphic compo especially for ZX Spectrum Evolution (320x200 in 16 co…
... (320x200 in 16 colours out of 64-colours palette, each ... owner of the machine (nor the compatible - ATM Spectrum model), the format ... colours on the screen (out of the 64-colours palette of ZX Spectrum ... colours out of those 64 ones.
Check out the example ... -
Modern games you didn't expect to have so much fun playingThomas was Alone: what a addictive little fellow this one is! going for it for the second time, and each time I play it I say to myself "ok, I'll sto…
... " and I end up finishing the damn game!
Terraria ... : only played the demo, but it seems like ... this one, seems like something out of the NES days, but I enjoy ... the entire building & digging dynamic of it. it ... -
Don't care about Apple products, but...My work (Staples) now carries iPads, iPods, and we'll start selling iPhones in about three weeks... I'm a PC guy and I've been out of the Mac World s…
... guy and I've been out of the Mac World since a ... now part of the job.
It confuses the hell out of me. ... To make matters worse, some of the cases we sell say "for ... involves, many times, the replacement of the entire top portion of the laptop
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A hello and a questionFirst of all I'd like to introduce myself (it would be rude not to :D !). My name is Ben and I am the proud owner of a rubber keyed 48K and a 128k+2…
... Ben and I am the proud owner of a rubber keyed 48K ... have got tired over the years, but out of the 1 in 4 that ... do not work, the majority of those ... fine, but crash during the first seconds of gameplay either going to ... -
What's so good about Street Fighter 2 (& similar 2D fighters)?I played it quite a bit back in the day - mainly on the SNES, but also a couple of times in the arcade and on other systems. I quite liked it and und…
... at the time, I think - that the gameplay was, for want of the perfect ... the moving in and out of the screen seemed to add greatly to the feel of the ... game. And I preferred having the weapons to ... -
Interview with Zilog FoundersIt's almost eight years old now so maybe this has done the rounds once already, but in case you missed it: [url]http://archive.computerhistory.org/r…
... figured one of the main reasons they were left out of the design of the IBM ... for implementation which was state of the art at that time ... and Mostek was one of the earliest adopters so they ... and it's probably the case the undocumentation of ixh,ixl stuff ... -
Gasman live in concert at Revision - videosThis Easter weekend was the Revision demoparty in Saarbr?cken - the largest pure demoscene event of the year, held over 4 days with close to 1000 vis…
... in Saarbr?cken - the largest pure demoscene event of the year, held over ... ), but due to one of the other acts having to cancel, ... /> ...But that wasn't the end of the story. When Sunday night came ... , but miraculously I came out of the whole thing with no hardware ... -
USB Keyboard Interface interest?Hi, I was wondering if anyone else out there is interested in a USB interface for the ZX Spectrum (particularly the rubber key models, though it sho…
... module to essentially breakout out the keyboard membrane connectors without ... m going to run the broken out keyboard lines along ... keep the width down) of FFC cable, through the opening for the ... So it should work out of the box with most operating systems ... -
If you want a good laugh (real life David Brent)After having this recommended to me, I have to share it with anyone who wants to really laugh but also feel slightly bad at how little we've really g…
... of evolution. It's like if David Brent (from The ... 's real (unlike The Office, of course which was a ... like a flu on the wall documentary) about a ... talks candidly to the camera are straight out of The Office, you' ... s long (twenty parts of around seven to ten ... -
ZX81 giveaway[IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/DSCN0278_zps39ba9f39.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhugh…
... while back during a clear out of the old chemistry department at work ... boards, one more complete than the other.
If anyone ... -
Egg sandwich and ?100!Funny thing happened to me today and I promise there is a link to hardware. Last week me and the girlfriend went away for a few days. When we got ba…
... from them and one of the required fields is ... had registered using the name of the company I work ... So he ran through the rest of the questions which I answered ... along to let me out of the building.
I' ... she let me keep the rest of the sandwich! I liked ... -
Childhood games you made up yourselfI'm not sure why, but I was thinking of some childhood games that me and my friends made up when we were about 9 or 10 (so it was during my speccy er…
... ). This game was the cause of many a battered finger ... marbles to knock them out of the way until you can ... the back of the block 'guardians). Send a marble through the 'door' of the ... (or out of bounds, into the lettuce) they were out. Note the results down ... -
24:Live Another Day (May contain spoliers!)Well, just watched [B]24 : Live Another Day[/B] yesterday. All 12 episodes that were Sky+'ed earlier this year, end-to-end. Now I love 24. True it…
... serves in keeping all the dross out of the North! :-D
No, my problem mainly stems from the ... Police force throughout the run of the show. Add to ... out of fuel or something? Bloody cutbacks!). When the PM confronted the ... -
New stereo kitsWill be testing these next week: [IMG]http://www.benophetinternet.nl/hobby/vanmezelf/SAM_0631.JPG[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.benophetinternet.nl/hobby/v…
... a lot of work + not everyone likes the switch sticking out of the back.
And it makes the kit ... -
Interesting demo effectAnyone know how the tunnel effect from the end of this demo is achieved? It starts at 4:45 with a plain tunnel that could just be built up and then …
Anyone know how the tunnel effect from the end of this demo is achieved ... partial rings that scale smoothly out of the screen:
[url]https ... /> I can think of ANDing multiple layers of animation frames together, or ... -
Anybody else on here having this problem?I was logged out of the Digital Spy General Discussion Forums. I gave them my user name and where to send the email that lets me change my password a…
I was logged out of the Digital Spy General Discussion Forums. ... name and where to send the email that lets me change ... numerous attempts and still get the same response-nothing.
It ... have made sure I got the message telling me I'm ... -
28-pin DIL header? (COMMODORE ALERT!)If you are offended by Commodore stuff, look away now... Hi, guys; So today I got a SuperPLA to fix my breadbin C64. It worked! Yay! However, whe…
... when I pulled it out of the board so I could ... one of its pins off...
Now, the SuperPLA ... one of these and I can fix the board.< ... snap pins even with the reinforcing frame and I ... reference, this is the SuperPLA (photos showing the frame): [url]http ... -
New chiptune album (ZX81, Spectrum, Sam Coupe, Atari ST, Amiga)Not entirely Sinclair - granted - but maybe somebody might be interested. ________________________________ YERZMYEY - CHIPTUNES (C) 2014 DOWNLOAD M…
... -Help_The_Beatles_cover.mp3]08. Yerzmyey - Help! - The Beatles cover (ZX Spectrum)[/url ... -Inside_the_screen.mp3]10. Yerzmyey - Inside the screen (ZX Spectrum)[/url]
Out of the mist (ZX Spectrum / Atari 520ST ... -
PS3 game recommendations for a noobHowdy! Disclaimer: If you can't be bothered to read the whole post, just recommend some must-have PS3 games :) I've finally decided to enter the (a…
... ). I've largely been out of the loop in terms of 'modern' gaming although ... great atmosphere too like Shadow of the Colossus etc and those with ... of good things, especially the combat)
[*][B]The Last of Us[/B] (loads of ... -
Meanwhile Decades laterHaving retired recently I decided to unpack my old computer equipment out of the loft. The atari stfm works perfectly,... however.... My main interes…
... my old computer equipment out of the loft.
The atari stfm works perfectly ... and wrote stacks of basic and assembler stuff for the speccy 48 ... used to make hardcopies on the old thermal printer but ... to speed on the equipment any suggestions on the best way ... -
Unnecessarily hardThat second screen of Airwolf? What kind of divot put that there? It was far too difficult a challenge for someone new to the game. I finally got …
... past it only to find out the rest of the game wasn't worth ... the effort.
But no, ... that's not the worst. Getting out of the sodding hangar in Raid ... , which is a shame as the rest of the game was super.
