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BlueyonderI have just got an email from Blueyonder saying that my broadband speed is going up to 4 meg from 1 meg soon, I pay ?25.00 a month is that a good pri…
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The lesser of two evils - dieting (help!)Right, I've decided to trim my ever expanding wasteline,as I've just discovered that I weigh slightly over ten stone (and by slightly, I mean six sto…
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HiSoft COLT compilerI've been looking for the HiSoft COLT BASIC compiler for quite a while.. Doesn't have to be boxed, but I need instructions for it. Can anyone help?…
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Looking for an old paintingIn a book I'm reading now, there is a painting mentioned; Veber's "The Doll Maker", painted in 1896, so I've searched on the 'net to see if I can see…
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Why nothing will ever beat a real SpeccyI believe that one of the reasons that Speccy games were so good was because you had to wait so long for them to load! I remember sitting in front o…
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Any other real Spectrum users in the USA?Hi, I bought a Spectrum +2a off e-bay (I collect old computers) and managed to make it run here in the US. I'm curious; is anybody else running an a…
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Help me complete my CCS collection! I'm trying to complete my collection of CCS games, perhaps you can help me out.. I'm looking for complete boxed copies of these titles (e.g. tape +…
At work at moment... will sort out when at home....
You say "boxed", my version is a standard small cassette case with inlay.
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Want a Speccy Repaired?Maybe it's time to put my 'skills' to use.... Now that I've sourced some of the nastier transistors, I've fixed about 6 rubber keyed Speccys in the …
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This ebay seller doesnt have one legit item[url="http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZeashmitt123QQhtZ-1"]http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZeashmitt123QQhtZ-1[/url] I have nothing against peop…
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RANDALL AND HOPKIRK (DECEASED) i'm building up a website featuring the career of Mike Pratt the actor who starred in the orginal version of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) TV progr…
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100 envelopesWell, in the pursuit of a new job I have just finished writing 100 covers letters and posted them off with CVs to various offices around Belfast. Wh…
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DK'Tronics keyboardAnyone else ever owned this keyboard? [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/hardware/feat14.html"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/hardware/feat14.html…
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Cleaning Vinyl recordsWhen i buy albums and singles from my local market they are always really dirty and inside the sleeve is usually some grit or dirt, a good way to cle…
... things (velvet thingy in a plastic handle, from hmv about 700 ... -
MembranesDoes anybody know where I can get a membrane or 2 for my Spectrum 48k+?
... 's only a sheet of plastic with conductive paint (or something ... -
Top TipsA 128K spectrum heatsink makes a useful storage utility for 7" vinyl records, and has the added advantage in that it keeps them warm, and less suscep…
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Curry?Don't know whether to order a curry or not tonight? Any suggestions?
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HELP WANTED - MEMBRANE FITTINGHi I buy and repair spectrums ad then sell on ebay and have been for a while. I cannot for the life of me find a way of replacing the membrane on a…
BTW ... if you try my method just be careful that the plastic doesn't crack.
Skarpo
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HELP WANTED - MEMBRANE FITTINGHi I buy and repair spectrums ad then sell on ebay and have been for a while. I cannot for the life of me find a way of replacing the membrane on a…
HELP WANTED - MEMBRANE FITTINGHi I buy and repair spectrums ad then sell on ebay and have been for a while. I cannot for the life of me find a way of replacing the membrane on a…
... 'll strip the paint - the plastic would melt first.Amstrad's new Portable and Integrated PhoneComing to a pillow near you [url="http://www.cgeuk.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t134.html"]http://www.cgeuk.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t134.…
Of course, the sexiest bit of black plastic out there is the new Nokia 770..."Unknown disk format"-error on Spectrum +3Hi, I have just gotten around to changing the drivebelt in my newly acquired +3. I tried to format one of the 3" disks I bought on eBay the other we…
... normally used to extend cables (plastic with small brass bits with ...British Rail food memories?Bit of a sad topic this, but as we're on a sort of 1980s nostalgia forum: Anyone here have memories of eating on British Rail trains and/or stations…
Ben Elton mentions individual slices of fruit cake in some of his old stand-up routines, they looked like they'd been laminated in tough plastic.
I haven't seen those slices of cakes in the shops for many years.How does a Speccy keyboard work?Hi again. I saw a post a while ago about the Speccy keyboard. I think it referenced an old magazine article. I have no idea how a keyboard membran…
... by a centre sheet of plastic. The top and bottom layers ... of plastic have conductive tracks printed on ... applied, the top layer of plastic flexes down and makes contact ... with the bottom layer of plastic. Of course, the centre seperator ...Spectrum Emulator for Windows XPHi all. I'm struggling to get any emulators to work with Windows XP. I'm just after an emulator with Joystick support. Any suggestions? Thanks
... DVDs come in a transparent plastic wallet, and the guide is ...Fools!!!Click on this link and spot the odd one out! [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4563814.stm"]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/45…
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Now if they'd only bring one out a Going For Gold board game with a Henry Kelly Voodoo doll that you do nasty things to, then I'd be the happiest Snowman of them all!
If only?Coco Pops freebie!I've just opened a large (800g) box of Coco Pops which has a rather fab little "character torch" in it. There are 4 to collect - each of them projec…
... item is already wrapped in plastic. If not wrapped then the ...Unknown gems...While idly browsing through my TZX Vault CD yesterday I came across a few interesting games. Eugen - Lord of the bathrooms: right from the main scr…
... in a videotape-style hard plastic box and was a "Bard ...Celebrity Big BrotherAnyone been watching? I can't make my mind up who's plastic surgery is worse, Jodie Marsh's or Pete Burns. Jodie looks like someone's punched her in…
Jodie Marsh has a nose like a little deformed ski-slope.
It reminds me of wacko-Jacko's. Thinned down too much with repeated unnecessary plastic surgery, with the end pointing up into the air in a totally unnatural fashion.No, this is THE conspiracy"At no time, when the astronauts were in space were they alone: there was a constant surveillance by UFOs." - [I]Astronaut Scott Carpenter. Carpenter…
... -go-do-not-collect-200 Doll'ahs.
[ This Message ...Games to TradeHi I have a few games to trade, I am looking for text adventures (on any format), here's the games if anyone is interested (duplication indicates mo…
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All single plastic cassette boxes unless stated otherwise ...
