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Spectrum+ refurbished by a noob!Sorry if I'm slightly spamming the forum with threads about my Spectrum+, but this is the last one (for now!) as it is all fixed up and I just wanted…
... washed everything.
2. Fitted a new membrane. [Thanks RWAP / [url ... the composite mod (just soldering a wire, no capacitors etc). ...
4. Attached a heatsink to the ULA. [Thanks ... [/url]).
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New game: BozxleHere is a new game called BOZXLE which has been written within a week. The screenshots are of the game running on a 48K. This runs also on the 128 …
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PLEASE - Need help finding a game by its coverHello, all I need help in finding another game from my early childhood days. I can only remember its cover, though. I think the game was multi-plat…
... . Both men are separated by a glass wall. They both ... wall has being flooded by water which is falling ... other player has launched a ball which broke tiles ... enemy.
Judging by the game cover it seems ... drown the other player by making water fall from ... -
Average age of a Spectrum fanHi! I'm wondering what's the average age of us, readers of this forum. I'm 29 and started playing and programming on the Spectrum when I was 13 (infl…
... when I was 13 (influenced by a friend called Nuno). Since then ... I have becomed a professional in Information Technologies. What ... Spectrums? Have you continued to a career in Computer Science? -
The Great Mystification: A reflection upon the feebleness of the "distribution denied" policyThis argument has been debated several other times in this place, yet I have not expressed my thoughts about it, and I would like to hear comments by…
... Code Masters could be damaged by such a possibility.
... is not a surprise that it is often quoted by those who ... software, like Sony or Microsoft, by a small group of nostalgic users ... have been damaged by the allowance of such a practice.
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seeking a gameHi all, im searching for a certain game can anybody remember this one?? please forgive me ,my memory isnt great! Basic outline:- Title is "Ralph on …
Hi all, im searching for a certain game
can anybody ... 2"
It was a great little multi stage platform ... aware the game was written by a joe bloggs and the mag ... />
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Trying to make my first TZX, but it won't run..Hey :) I've finally got around to start imaging some tapes here, but unfortunately I ran into problems right away, bah. I'm trying to dump "Ace Low…
... trying to dump "Ace Low" by CCS. I've sampled the ... /> The resulting TZX file gives a load error when I fire ... how to proceed? I'm a noob at this so I need ... />
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Im a noob unfortunatelycan anybody help me? excuse my ignorance but i've only just bought a PC so i'm new to everything really. I'd like to play Highway encounter, command…
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Big Bro Makosi's a puppetWell, Kemal's worst fears seem to have been confirmed. Makosi's an actress who seems to have been fast tracked into the big brother house with a sli…
... big brother house with a slick video produced by a talent agency.
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Iron Maiden Attacked At Ozzfest by Sharon Osbourne, or The Anger Of The BeastI'm angry about this. And if you are an Iron Maiden, or metal fan for that matter, you should too. Iron Maiden's final Ozzfest 2005 performance was…
... set was preceded by a voice, persumably a member of the ... the offense was a premeditated assault organized by insiders. Dickinson ... departure was followed by an onstage appearance by Ozzfest founder ... br /> [ This Message was edited by: usspeccyfan on 2005-08-27 ... -
An idea for a keyboardHi guys, I was just thinking there just now (first time for everything). I was thinking about an AT keyboard on the Speccy. I remember a few peopl…
... looking at a site a while ago where a guy built ... used a PIC and looked like a bit of a pain in ... the serial protocol used by a keyboard to the an ... protocol, simply made of a PIC microcontroller to decode ... speccy would understand and a MAX232 line driver to ... -
Can't find a certain game!Now I haven't played it in over 15 years, so can't remember it that well, but I do remember for sure is that it was a text adventure in which you pla…
... is that it was a text adventure in which ... you played a family going on holiday. ... evidently I was wrong - a search on these words shows ... the sleeve; it showed a fat female bather on the ... with her foot being bitten by a crab!
Can ... -
Super TrolleyI'm RZXing this game by mistake and I've come across a slight problem. The final task on each day requires you to collect all the trollies from the t…
... this game by mistake and I've come across a slight problem ... cram them in. Is this a bug or am I doing ... doesn't seem to be a fatal prob at this stage ... minutes or so looking like a noob, waiting for the time to ... -
You know you're a Spec-Chum when......you are tempted to reply to a "name that game" thread with "[url="http://www.sinclairfaq.com/cssfolklore/#notstonkers"]It's definitely not Stonker…
... are tempted to reply to a "name that game" thread with ... posts sometimes get interrupted by (usually sarcastic) remarks by a mystery character called ... "60.31.76.9" into a DNS-lookup engine. ;)
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I started this thread to recommend a CD I bought today...The CD is called [B]The Dark Third[/B] by a band called [url=http://www.purereasonrevolution.com/]Pure Reason Revolution[/url]. I was told that they …
... [B]The Dark Third[/B] by a band called [url=http://www ... when I found it in a music shop today, I listened ... to a few tracks, decided I really ... -
I've just found a load of fully packged gamesI was given a load of speccy games by a work friend. I might sell them. Could one of you lot tell me if they would be worth much? (1) Underwurlde - …
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Will we see a return of the microcomputer?The glory days of the 80's are definitely in the distant, revered past, but I notice that computer makers are marketing more and more ultraportable l…
... one that would be fulfilled by a low-cost, low-power microcomputer ... companies from mass-producing such a device? Would it completely ... energy costs increasing, it's a big future problem.
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4 pin TV out on a laptop questionI've got an old P3 866Mhz laptop that has a 4 pin TV out socket. I'd like to use this with my 14" TV running a Speccy emulator, but I remember being …
... P3 866Mhz laptop that has a 4 pin TV out socket ... remember being told some guff by a guy in maplin that there ... the connections would not give a colour picture if you had ... . I realise that there is a 7 pin socket as well ... -
A Game to IdentifyA graphic adventure - pretty early on, published no later than 1983. Involving several different screens which I believe you had to load in when acc…
A graphic adventure - pretty early on, ... load in when accessing, linked by a outdoors area viewd from above ... around, one of which had a demons head as the middle ... remember this being a fire dungeon.
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Design a Google logo!Like these, which I present for inspiration: [url]http://www.google.com/intl/en/holidaylogos.html[/url] (Some of them are bloody clever, such as the…
... is of course Spectrum Day a.k.a. St. George's Day ... ] instead, but if we get a good one done, it might ... to use it a couple of days (or a week) late! [i ... URL is sent to them by a squadron of flying pigs? -- Ed ... -
Silencing a creaky swivel chair?Anyone have any tips on how to stop an old swivel chair from creaking and clunking everytime you move a muscle? My chair makes a terrible racket eve…
... and clunking everytime you move a muscle?
My chair ... backwards or forwards, even just by a tiny bit.
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Making a White Spectrum +I know faking a White Spectrum Plus sounds a lame thing to,but they are so beutifull and I want one. Now i was wondering, rather than paint one whit…
... know faking a White Spectrum Plus sounds a lame thing ... white cases and keys molded by a plastics company.
a smallish order could be ... put in with a company that does ... Does anyone think this is a good idea?
Wipe Out by KB RamWhilst doing a long-overdue update for Speccy Spoilers, I noticed that one of the latest additions is a game which doesn't appear to be in the archiv…
Whilst doing a long-overdue update for Speccy ... of the latest additions is a game which doesn't appear ... Wipe Out and was written by a KB. Ram in 1987. It ... info.?
Here's a snapshot of the game:
a zombie at chelsea?So what's your views on the new Chelsea Coach? I was never a Chelsea fan, but I've been a mourinho and Ricardo Carvalho fan (although I dislike Porto…
... fan, but I've been a mourinho and Ricardo Carvalho fan ... (although I dislike Porto) for a long time so I followed ... best, they deserve more of a winning streak than chelsea, they ... players for each position) followed by a close Arsenal(I dislike Wenger ...UFC 77 - Hostile Territory - Franklin and Gurgel get a Gods-Almighty ass whippin'Well, I see Rich "Ace" Franklin sucked the sausage against Anderson Silva for the second time the other night. [url]http://secure.sherdog.com/news/a…
... like he'd been hit by a truck.
I'm ... weights now to get into a weight division where he can ... .
It was a bit of a pitiful showing really. Every ...Half-Life - a film?I've just been playing Half-Life Episode Two (I'll post my thoughts when I finish it), and it reminded me of the rumour of a film version of Half-Lif…
... me of the rumour of a film version of Half-Life ... likely cheapened almost to oblivion) by a film (well, series of films ... if there were to be a film made of the Half ... would you suggest?
A couple of interesting suggestions that ...A bit of info from a +3 manualHi eveyone I wonder if someone can save my sanity, I am after a bit of info out of the manual, The part I am after is under sounds, There is a paragr…
... under sounds, There is a paragraph that says "So, ... to send a little tune (in four ... -part harmony) to a four-voice
synthesiser ... each starting with 'Y' followed by a
number. This example ... afer that there is a small program that starts ...Identifying "inspired by" gamesIs there any way of getting the WOS database to chuck out a list of games which were "inspired" by a specific arcade game? E.g. I'd like to see a li…
... of games which were "inspired" by a specific arcade game?
a list of games based on ...Giving up the internet for a whileInspired by a friend doing the same recently, I've decided to take a break from recreational internet usage for a while. I'm allowing myself to use e…
... by a friend doing the same recently, I've decided to take a ... from recreational internet usage for a while. I'm allowing myself ... 'm estimating two weeks to a month.
You'll ... tedious ramblings on here for a while, I'm afraid.
Arkanoid music by Polish folk groupA few years ago I was contacted via email by a group who were asking for my permission to cover the music from 'Arkanoid'. I don't have the right any…
... I was contacted via email by a group who were asking for ...
