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Worst gaming decisions ever?In a different thread, I mention what, to me, is probably the single greatest mistake in the history of computer/console games design ever. Here are …
... great things like parachutes and push bikes, but it just wasn ... uneven sine curve, and puts off almost everyone who's ever ... -
who to claim off , courier or their agent?I sent something via courier (home) and it was sent using parcel2go... anyone had experience claiming off either ? and which one should I go to... …
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Opus Discovery hardware & softwareI've got an Opus Discovery disc drive to get rid of - unfortunately it's faulty. It originally developed a I/O error whenever it was used, but when I…
... originally developed a I/O error whenever it was used, but ... it. You'll be better off collecting it in person though ... -
Possible Treasure Trove off FreecycleI managed to snag a bag of speccy games off freecycle today which buried away in a "Various List" with other tat. I'm picking them up tomorrow night…
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Spectrum +3 drive not ready errorHi, Just picked up a +3 on ebay. Machine appears to be in overall good condition and works. I have finally got some 3" discs (formatted for Amstrad …
... get a drive not ready error.
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A fast DRAW routineI was investigating how to speed up the line drawing for the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20225"]BASIC compiler[/URL]…
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push hl
ex ... /> ; --------------------------
; HL = error = dY / 2
ld h ... /> ; --------------------------
; HL = error = dX / 2
ld ... br />
push hl
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Spanner seeks helpHello, and HNY, all. I am presently writing a game in BASIC. It's a bit - a lot - crap, but I'm enjoying it! Anyway, a couple of questions, if you …
... , but don't want to push my luck.
Thank ... were broken down and sold off, as I remember...)
Error in the Schematics.Hi, i have been looking at a Speccy 48 PCB, and have figured out that all the Speccy schematics in the archive up to and including Rev 4a, contain an…
... including Rev 4a, contain an error,
The A15 line ...Singularity (a great first person shooter)I thought I'd post this as I've just played a very good modern game that for some reason most people seem not to have heard of, so maybe some of you …
... . But Singularity commits the grave error of treating the player like ... the way you get shut off from past areas, such as ...Amiga 1200 death (1996-2011)I'm off work this week so i thought i'd dig out my old Amiga 1200 and play some old games. My Amiga is in a cupboard next to the front door, to my …
I'm off work this week so i ... says something about a read error on block x (i plugged ... have to get another one off ebay.
I spent the ...Persistant tape loading error*big cheery wave* Got myself an ebay 48k rubber key speccy recently. Seems to be working ok, excpept for tape loading errors. Tried from a few sour…
... of the loading sequence, then error.
Skool daze loads ... loading sequence, then pops the error up.
As far ...Spectrum 48k on/off switchWanted: Spectrum 48k on/off switch... These originally fitted to the back of the Spectrum, in which the PSU lead plugged into. They incorporated a r…
... :
Spectrum 48k on/off switch... These originally fitted to ... turn the Speccy on or off. I'm after a couple ...+2A / +2B / +3 Power Supply QuestionIf I'm going to put a switch in the power lines of a +2B, do I need to switch the +5V, +12V and -12V all off to make it safe to remove peripherals, o…
... +5V, +12V and -12V all off to make it safe to ... /> I just got a +2B off fleabay. What I didn't ... rotary switch (or a longer push-button type) that can switch ...New To Group....Hi All, A quick introduction as this is my first post. I am a Scarborough, UK based chap who is quite heavily into retro computing, more specificall…
... ", which can be on or off, and a separate area that ... /> Can anyone give me a push in the right direction, or ...Help - I cannot access some web pagesI'm on broadband with Talk Talk in the UK, and everything was fine with Windows XP. A few days back I reformated and put Windows 7 on, and now I can'…
... sites, I get the following error messages:
Chrome:
Error 101 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_RESET): Unknown error.
I've turned off both Windows Defender and Windows ...Windows XP problemI dont normally ask you folkes about problems with my OS as I can usually figure them out myself. However, this one has me stumped. A few days ago m…
... untill I swithed my printer off and disconnected my scanner.
off the restart on error feature.
error. The code it gives is ... establish the cause of the error.
I'm sure ...Spectaculator - recommended recording levels when loading from cassette tape?Hi, I have connected a physical cassette recorder to Spectaculator in order to load my saved programs/games from yesteryear-mainly to see if it would…
... will either give standard sinclair error messages/reset, or just not ... up? I have tried switching off video filters etc but it ...Push/Pop data copyingWe all know that stack pointer cheese and push/pop is faster to move data than LDIR - which in turn is slower than unrolled LDI's anyway. I rewrote …
... that stack pointer cheese and push/pop is faster to move ... mojon's fourspriter to use push/pop, but copying a four ... screen takes three cycles of push/pop.
What's ...Brief report about RetroEncounterAnother April... another retro event! (Firstly sorry for the quality of the photos, owing to not being able to find my camera battery before leaving …
... had invited me to show off the Spectranet at their stand ... cabinets, too...spot the subtle error of scale :-)
[img ...Fuse : tape loading errorJust installed fuse on Puppy Linux. What joy. Trying to load a .tzx file - Manic Miner - what else :) Getting: Fuse Error: libspectrum: libspect…
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Getting:
Fuse Error:
libspectrum: libspectrum_tape_read: couldn't ...PC Monitor Problem..Switching off during Browser games..Think I might have posted something about this before, but thought I'd pick people's brains again.... Whenever I start a browser-based game like Bat…
... Minecraft..my monitor switches itself off, and won't come back ...ZX Microdrive errorToday I started some ZX Microdrive having in the closet, and only one has given me problems with the typical [B]Microdrive Not present[/B] error. As …
... [B]Microdrive Not present[/B] error.
As there is no ... unit that serves me this error is this.
... thought ...Three Weeks in Paradise V3.0 releasedTeam SpecNG has released V3.0 of our remake. It can be downloaded from the official site: [url]www.specng.org[/url] New in version 3.0 ============…
... had the in-game music off, then executing the game again ... it on, it would continue off.
g) Added a function ...
exist avoiding the possible error "sprite not found".
Laptop problemI've got an Acer laptop that i've had for a few years now but there appears to be something wrong. Everytime i boot it up i get his error message: E…
... up i get his error message:
Error loading C:/users ... . It won't even switch off. Does anyone know what's ...Shadow ROM partial decoding not implemented in emulatorsOr at least, not implemented in Spectaculator, and it seems that not in Fuse too. [URL="http://www.speccy.org/foro/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=408&start=53"…
... ROMCS line doesn't page off just a portion of the ... program causes a "B Integer..." error, but the copy has already ...makeTZX ErrorI'm trying to preserve some of my old programs by converting them to tzx. I've started by recording the spectrum output in wav format using Audacious…
... Spectrum demogroup.
FATAL ERROR: Wrong file type
[/CODE ... wrong? I get the same error with any wav that I ...show off your games collection......Found my old boxes of spectrum games in the loft , decided to get a few out and show them off - forgot just how many i had . made a youtube vid of a…
... few out and show them off - forgot just how many i ...Now my Laptop's gone wrong! I hate computers!Laptop has gone weird. When I switch it on, I get a password prompt, never happened before. In the BIOS it says password is switched off. Anyway I l…
... it says password is switched off.
Anyway I leave ... enter, and i get an error:
Oleaut32.dll missing ... DEL, I get another OLeAUT error, and the usual box, but ...
