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  • I think I'm in love with Alexa....Hope the wife doesn't get jealousAnother gadget thread, no it's nothing as exciting as me having an affair with an Eastern European girl :)) It's basically Amazons equivalent of S…

    ... me instantly love it was....The wife has been using it ... pleased, I'm easily pleased in the short term though, and I ... 'm sure the novelty will wear off quick ... let me go and read the instructions :))

    Oh I ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek March 2016 Chit chat
  • Land of Ultimatum poster in The Collected WorksHi I have a cassette copy of The Collected Works by Ultimate and the Ultimatum Poster in it has the Ultimate logo printed at the bottom centre. I hav…

    ... by Ultimate and the Ultimatum Poster in it has the Ultimate logo printed ... at the bottom centre. I ... not original. I have searched the forum and can't find ... I have seen in eBay listings and on the WOS database doesn ...
    MartinJGUK MartinJGUK April 2016 Games
  • Iconography in the 21st century.Today I am designing icons for a small program I am revamping and I got to thinking of saving and loading. Traditionally an icon for saving or loadin…

    ... just link such association with the 'oooold school computing' at best ... . A folder with an arrow in or out (for saving and ... at a stage now where the icons that are familiar to ... will rapidly become unfamiliar to the next.
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk May 2016 Chit chat
  • Was Beach Volley from Ocean ever released in the UK (Spectrum release)?I have never seen it but the entry in WoS shows a cover from a UK versión, although It may be from the CPC or C64 versión... Anybody owns this game …

    I have never seen it but the entry in WoS shows a cover from a UK versión, although It may be from the CPC or C64 versión...
    Anybody owns this game from the UK release?
    Ivanzx Ivanzx June 2016 Games
  • Everyone's a Wally, dancing in the street.I was messing around with the people commands in Wally and managed to get three of them.. Well take a look https://youtu.be/nxuMScKWZZY

    I was messing around with the people commands in Wally and managed to get three of them.. Well take a look

    https://youtu.be/nxuMScKWZZY
    Luny Luny July 2016 Software
  • New Game (2016 revival): A Yankee in Iraq (1992)Hello everyone, Way back in 1992, I wrote a shoot-em-up called [i]A Yankee in Iraq[/i]. The entire game was written in Sinclair BASIC. Recently, I…

    ... ="http://sky.relative-path.com/zx/"]Twenty-Four Years in the Making[/ ... way, you encounter The Baddie’s forces in the form of planes ... and “Down” keys in the menu to choose the options and “Fire” ... it is launched in the 128K mode and replace the nice looking ...
    Ast_A_Moore Ast_A_Moore August 2016 Brand new software
  • New Game! WIP demo based on HP Lovecraft's "In the Walls of Eryx"Started making this a fortnight ago after listening to an audiobook of "...Eryx" on Youtube and thought "This would make a brilliant wee game, actual…

    ... come on leaps and bounds in that time (I've even ... invisible maze/puzzle game (per the story), with lizard men, carnivorous ... . Here's a video of the progress I've made...
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie August 2016 Announcements
  • THE LIGHTBULB EFFECT You know what that is? Like how cartoonists depict a bright idea by drawing a lightbulb over the head? When I was trying to work out the lengt…

    ... that this looked suspiciously like Pi.

    Oh! Wait a ... the angle obtained by sighting along the ruler stopped at the highest point the ... and seeing whats going on in the little windows.

    Actually ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch November 2016 Chit chat
  • Screen Scraper needs spectrum support (scraper for raspberry pi emulators and pc (emulation station Hi guys, here is a good way of helping get speccy goodness out to the masses, upload instructions and manuals to screenscraper fr as this then adds…

    ... get speccy goodness out to the masses, upload instructions and ... this then adds the spectrum metadata to the emulation station frontend ... to add that it is in place.

    link ... /> This means that the spectrum emulation on the pi and the pc will look ...
    mort mort January 2017 Updates
  • So, is the loading noise in Start Trek IV Speccy noise, or something else?I grew up thinking that a few scenes in Star Trek IV had, without a doubt, ZX Spectrum loading noise in the background. I watched it again a couple d…

    ... doubt, ZX Spectrum loading noise in the background. I watched it again ... is true? Maybe the mystery was solved in a old topic, ... about Spectrum loading noise in one of the CSI shows.

    the first article above seems to ...
    zxbruno zxbruno February 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Send in the ClonesPlease name all the Spectrum clones out there ( I would say I need it back on my desk in 5 minutes , but I will be a bit more generous in this case!…

    Please name all the Spectrum clones out there ( I ... it back on my desk in 5 minutes , but I will ... bit more generous in this case!)

    When the list is ... then they can be assessed in rank order!
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio March 2017 Hardware
  • Galactic Abductors mispelling in the archiveThe title of the game should be Galactic Abductor, in singular: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001924

    The title of the game should be Galactic Abductor, in singular:

    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001924
    Ivanzx Ivanzx March 2017 Infoseek database
  • wanted zx-style graphics / remake in the workswell, I`m not so sure where to put this, it is to summon people here at wos to join me at the graphics side of my project, a remake of one of the mos…

    ... to join me at the graphics side of my ... remake of one of the most loving classics (to ... keep at maximum the fidelity to the original, in an effort ... to honor the original.
    ... is important to have the Spectrum-related abilities and ...
    manicAlien manicAlien March 2017 Announcements
  • The Order of Mazes & Flynn's Adventure in Bombland Physical CopyHi I've always meant to create a physical copy of the games I created and have finally got round to it. I've only made 2 so far, one for me and on…

    ... for the Lone Magpie who created the great inlay (it is in the post ... just in case
    Side B of the tape has the newer ... version of Flynn's Adventure in ... Bombland (as mentioned in another post), plus all of the ...
    TomD TomD April 2017 Sales
  • z88dk : FIle Handling in C on the +3e environment under Win 764bitHello my fellow WoSers! I am wondering if someone can help me solve this little pickle of z88dk / Windows using +3e Filesystem. So a little inf…

    ... space in BASIC, by saving programs and variables within the environment ... Running this program loads the code from the virtual tap/tape created ... know could just lump the bin in the memory of the system but I ... I want to dump the code to the virtual hard disk.< ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 June 2017 Development
  • using Slingbox with Sky routerI've got a Slingbox Solo which works fine connecting remotely to my TV via my BT router. However, if I connect it to my Mam's TV via her Sky router I…

    ... Sky router I can't get it to work. The ... red 'ON' which shows the box has connected to a ... it doesn't show in the router's list of ... the problem is the router's firewall blocking communication to the Slingbox, as the ... working with a UK Sky router and can tell ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny November 2017 Chit chat
  • A recollection of a Bug in a "good" game:the mystery of the bug and the game will be revealed later!Well what is the "big deal":- a bug in an old Spectrum game. So what! Well , I should explain: it was a good very popular game and I have to watc…

    Well what is the "big deal":- a bug in an old Spectrum game ... sons who clearly remembered the said bug in the said game and also ... said something along the lines of ... actually play them .But back in the the 1980s when I bought a ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio April 2018 Games
  • 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

    http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/man-still-knows-where-all-the-rooms-are-in-jet-set-willy-20180418147489
    Bad Horsey Bad Horsey April 2018 Games
  • 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 ... needed, then the sky fill can be painted in frame by ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch April 2018 Chit chat
  • 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 ... .
    Those never got to the UK?
    Renegade Renegade May 2018 Chit chat
  • 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 ...
    Your Spec-chum Your Spec-chum June 2018 Chit chat
  • 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.

    [url]https://www.ebay.com/itm/232892891415[/url]
    zxbruno zxbruno August 2018 Sales
  • 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?

    in the 80's and having to ... send the thing back once and get ...
    digital digital October 2018 Hardware
  • 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 ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk November 2018 Chit chat
  • 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?
    georgedb georgedb April 2019 Hardware
  • 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 ...
    dmsmith dmsmith July 2019 Chit chat
  • Why buy a Raspberry PI to learn programming when you can learn on a Spectrum?I had a raspberry PI for just over a year, never did anything on it except it was fun to get it hooked up to the Internet and be surfing it on a syst…

    ... as reading INPUT and trying the Type-ins, understanding how FRAMEPRINT ... back in the day, Computers were not new to me. Raspberry Pi is ... a good thing all the same - a ... generation needs to learn about the forms of programming of its ...
    dmsmith dmsmith August 2019 Chit chat
  • Sorting out a Case for a new Raspberry PiI have not got a new Pi yet so this is a bit academic. If I do get one I would want to cut out the USB input . This was done "as standard" on the Fuz…

    ... . This was how the Fuze Workstation for the Pi bypassed the USB initially so ... for any new Pi 4 I may buy in the future . For ... to connect up to the USB connector on the PI inside .
    < ... "any old"Pi in it) . At present the existing power in barrel plug PCB ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio September 2019 Chit chat
  • 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 ...
    Nick Nick November 2019 Games
  • 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.
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG November 2019 Chit chat
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