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HD Video Converter for ZX Spectrum +3I recently bought [URL="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0092IAA3I?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00"]this[/URL] SCART to HDMI co…
... a Benq monitor. It worked out of the box first time. Thought this ... -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... can I defend the Speccy in this all out fight?
... and decide which comes out top out of the Spectrum, C64 and Amstrad ... Dino Dini- legendary game producer of the Kick Off and Goal series ... com and click the donate button at the bottom of our homepage. ... -
Joe Cocker R.I.P[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30582761[/url] This one came out of the blue(s) R.I.P.
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30582761[/url]
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Creating TZX files on a modern OS...Hello all, I hope you all had a good chrimbo! May I ask what is the usual software that you chaps and chapesses use to make TZX files from cassette …
... /> May I ask what is the usual software that you chaps ... that runs on Win 8 out of the box?
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Newbie with a faultHi all just joined after digging my spectrum out of the loft after 30 years, it was put up there because it had a common fault I remember from back i…
... joined after digging my spectrum out of the loft after 30 years, it ... the day which was the multicolored blocks all over the screen , some sort of ... had a quick look on the site but cant see anything ... -
SpecBAS 0.830 Released!Hi guys - A new official release of SpecBAS has been released. The full changelog is below, but for now here's the download: [url]https://sites.goo…
... Pacman recreation of the arcade which is worth checking out from the WOS forums ... routines
The new, faster render loop caused out of bounds errors for ... sets lines that jump out of the program (past the last line) to a ... -
ArcadiaHi folks, new to the forum, but as old as the rest of you when talking about the spectrum :-) I downloaded Arcadia (using Fuse until my speccy is so…
... the 'special' effect of the booster. When you pressed boost, the ship moved up the ... screen to help get out of the way. To ... add to this, the programmers made ... -
ZX Printer TroublesI've had a ZX printer sat about on the side for a while now and I eventually found the time and decided to try it out. I've hooked it up to a 48k Spe…
... eventually found the time and decided to try it out. I ... instructed on the sticker on the box. Unfortunately, as of yet, I ... good clean out and blasted the black powder out of the inside that ... have noticed concerns the LED in the base of the printer. Should this ... -
Funny Incident's With Your Old School's/College Computers.Reading a few threads on the WoS forum's got me thinking of the old computer's that we used at my primary/secondary school, and the sometimes very fu…
... 's got me thinking of the old computer's that ... he connected up to one of the BBC's, which was ... large piece of paper on the floor with the robot on ... I can never forget the look of our headmaster's face ... tried to clean it out of the carpet but it was permanent ... -
Spectranet and DivIDE 2k14This is a bit of an odd one - a customer purchased a Spectranet from me, and found that after an hours usage on his Spectrum +2A, he could no longer …
... no longer exit the NMI menu. The Spectranet intially then ... issues. Unfortunately, Dylan was out of the country, so could not ... became apparent that some of the traps were no longer ... power issue, the Spectrum +2A itself, or the combination of Spectranet + ... -
Spectrum 128K Toastrack vs. +3 RGBGuys, I just got myself a DivMMC, and decided the 'pure' way to use it would be with my toastrack 128K running to a Sony CRT TV via RGB Scart. Wh…
... to get some decent colours out of the Speccy - I am not saying ... and vibrant. Of course, the +3 is much longer than the toastrack, and ... has the borked sound (even ... still not as clean as the toastrack!)
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Offer to helpI'm relatively new to WoS, but I've noticed that I have come during a time of recovery from a change of ownership and there are various site issues b…
... during a time of recovery from a change of ownership and ... specializing in web development, working out of Silicon Valley, and I'm ... because it looks like something out of the 90s (which it is) and ... whole bunch of things that would make it better for the users ... -
Returning zx spectrum +3 owner - a few questionsHi everyone I'm a returning +3 owner, my spectrum has been dug out of the loft, not used since 1998. My setup was a +3 with a multiface 3 and a e…
... my spectrum has been dug out of the loft, not used since ... drive.
The computer works fine, but I ... could set the drive to "ready" and the spectrum would ... to short two of the pins on the cable to set ... pin? Will this damage the spectrum?
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I can't get on with Fallout3Dear all, With Fallout4 round the corner, I thought I'd try Fallout3 again as it never really held my interest when it first came out - even thoug…
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With Fallout4 round the corner, I thought I'd ... interest when it first came out - even though it ... from one side of the map to the other, but then ... when you pop your head out of the tunnel, you find you ... area with rubble blocking all the exits! [i]...it ... -
Contact Sam Cruise - BugWhile playing through 'Contact Sam Cruise' yesterday I happened upon a bug when I was arrested, when I moved inside the jail cell the screen scrolled…
... and the screen kept scrolling until the end of the map was reached. The snipers ... 't do anything to get out of the situation.
Haven't ... . After a bit of experimentation I found out what causes the bug; If ... -
Fixed point math lib?Is there a liberally licensed fixed point math lib for z80 somewhere? When searching, I expected to find a bunch of GPL'd ones and perhaps one or two…
... expected to find a bunch of GPL'd ones and perhaps ... #toc4 which lists a bunch of routines, which have been taken ... /> To be clear: GPL is out of the question. -
Opus Discovery - a Christmas taleBack in the day, when the ZX ruled the home computer market here in the UK, it suffered from 1 obvious problem: it lacked a fast mass media save/load…
... .
So out came the Microdrive to meet this demand ... it was different. All cornerstones of the Sinclair brand. I love ... and was always keenly envious of the 'extra features' 128k owners ... Opus Discovery 1 works right out of the packaging. I am as ... -
Spectrum +2 No Loading SoundHey all! Just got a +2, immaculate condition, inside AND out, comes up fine when tuned in, keys work, etc. BUT, there is zero sound coming from th…
... cassettes.
I swapped out the belt with a faulty +2 ... the cables that connect the tape deck to the board, and nothing seems out of the ... ordinary.
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What is your gaming guilty pleasure?For some very odd reason I really like Fahrenheit 3000!!! It's a blatant JSW ripp-off, the graphics are pretty w4nk, the colour schemes are worse tha…
... JSW ripp-off, the graphics are pretty w4nk, the colour schemes are ... a recent Retro Gaming Event the first game I played on ... had was Fahrenheit 3000!!! Out of the all the games I could have picked ... !!!!! I also loved playing Sodov The Sorcerer and Rambo at my ... -
very strange free giftRecieved some vinyl id bought online today, some hardcore / post hardcore / emo / screamo type stuff from an online distros sale. anyway when you buy…
... the plastic outer sleeve of one 10" was the first page from the lord of the ... rings ripped straight out of the ... ://dogknightsproductions.bandcamp.com/album/dk020-the-mire-chronos-split-10-lp ... -
Were there any Currah Microspeech games that sounded decentJust an idle thought. Lunar Jetman amused me where Jetman may or may not swear when shot down. But out of the impressive list of games that were micr…
... when shot down. But out of the impressive list of games that were microspeech ... compatible, did any of them actually work? I've ... all sound like one of those electronic recordings of 'dead voices'. Am ... -
Recreated ZX Spectrum - something positive for a changeI've spend the last couple of hours mashing rubber keys and playing various Spectrum classics on a 42" TV, wirelessly. Despite the bad press that …
I've spend the last couple of hours mashing rubber keys and ... a 'locked' state, making them out of the box no use to man ... works. But despite all of the negativity, the RZXS is a lovely bit ... I can finally get Bugaboo out of that damned cavern... -
Rituals to get your tape to loadI found this comment on the internet regarding the 'human sacrifice' video from cern : I get where they are coming from [quote]Back in the days o…
... this comment on the internet regarding the 'human sacrifice' video ... in the days of my Spectrum and cassettes, if the the cassette ... minutes without wriggling then the tape would definitely work ... Personally I would just walk out of the room completely. What other ... -
Spectrum chiptunes cassette AGAIN :)Hey. Not that new songs but at least for the tape-recorders' fans. :) Strudel Tapes Label from Russian Federation has published those, this m…
... /> 8. Yerzmyey - Help! - The Beatles Cover (ZX Spectrum) [1 ... Of Lord Xyrx (ZX Spectrum) [5:09]
10. Yerzmyey - Inside The ... :28]
14. Yerzmyey - Out Of The Mist (ZX Spectrum / Atari 520ST ... Yerzmyey & RIO (64) - The Rubber Breadbox (ZX / C64) [3 ... -
UnderwurldeI'm playing this to completion (for the first time) using a) maps b) unlimited lives and c) the snapshot feature of divmmc, but JESUS it's a bitch of…
... unlimited lives and c) the snapshot feature of divmmc, but JESUS it ... /> o A MILLION bubbles come out of the vent you're NOT standing ... next to.
o The lower half of the map seems to be ... pointless according to the item ... -
MSX joystick to kempston interface?Although I have tried and got one MSX joystick working with a kempston interface, after looking at the pin-out of the MSX Joystick connector and the …
... kempston interface, after looking at the pin-out of the MSX Joystick connector and ... the kempston connector I started to ... 't some sort of adaptor be used in the first place, regarding ... -
Micro Mart R.I.P.I was in Morrisons Supermarket today that I saw the last Issue of Micro Mart for sale @ £2.99 . It was sad to see it go . There was an exhortation in…
... just so much of this "tech stuff out there . The "group owner" feeling ... loyalty of owning a particular type of micro had long gone "out of the window ... " and newer tech like the PC was more ... -
Z88DK v1.99B ReleasedAt Sourceforge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/z88dk/ It's been a year since the last release so it was time for another. This is another tran…
... to be compiled for them out-of-the-box.
... This is the second transition release in anticipation of v2.0 ... /> Introduction to Compiling Using the Classic C Library:
https ... /> Introduction to Compiling Using the New C Library:
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I've Killed my BBC Micro :(So, today I pluged in my BBC Micro via my step up converter. It did the customary double beep. I was buzy tuning in the LCD tv to it, as I'd lost the…
... up converter. It did the customary double beep. I ... as I'd lost the little BNC to RCA ... was litterally pooring out of the vent underneath the PSU even after I ... quickly unplugged it. The place stinks now.
... C1 (0.1uf) in the PSU. It's burst open ... -
Making your own tapesTowards the end of last year [url=https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/53607/recommend-modern-1994-2017-games]I dropped in here to ask a…
... 30th birthday at the end of this year. The compilation is shaping ... going to make the tapes, though. First of all, the actual cassettes - ... Marantz SD363 that I bought out of the free-ads some years back ... listening to any or all of the other three and not record ...
