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How much power can I pull from a +3?Hi guys (and gals), Does anyone know how much of a load I can draw from the 5 volt line (lower pin 3of the expansion port)? I'm needing between 500…
Hi guys (and gals),
Does anyone know how much of a load I can draw from the 5 volt line (lower pin 3of the expansion port)?
I'm needing between 500mA to 700mA.
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What have I missed?Okay been a bit tied up for the last couple of weeks with various things and so now I can finally log on and start doing Speccy things again! Has an…
Okay been a bit tied up for the last couple of weeks with various things and so now I can finally log on and start doing Speccy things again!
Has anything happened I should possibly be aware of? Anything at all? Nope?
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Anyone know where I can get retro clacky keyboards for PCs?I have tried the ubitquitous Google, and about the best I can find are old IBM microswitched keyboards. Which were great, but not what I'm after. Wh…
... Google, and about the best I can find are old IBM ... were great, but not what I'm after.
What ... I want is a PC-compatible ... in this vein but I'm buggered if I can find anything ... -
WANTED: East London robotics 80K expansionWANTED: an 80k memory expansion board for an issue 1 spectrum! These had 64K on them with a bank switching register and were sold by East London Robo…
... them with a bank switching register and were sold by East ... through the expansion connector.
I don't think any software ... used to have one and I want one! Contact me if ... -
Can you believe this? I'm really p!ssed now!This is great! I was playing a game, suddenly screeching was coming out of my speakers. I closed the game, my computer crashed and rebooted. I left …
... Fix option 100times...
I finally logged in, finding that ... /> After 14mins at least I found the backup installation files ... directory so I can format this crap ... again :roll:
Man, I *HATE* Microsoft!
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I went to CGEUK 2005! And...The only speccy fans I met were Choasmongers and Johnathon Cauldwell. Was there supposed to be a WOS stnad there? I did see one of the Shaw bothers, …
... anyone else there?
I was there all day, my ... that was her.
I did see the Twin Galaxies ... a bit weird. Afterwards I approached Billy Mitchel and he ... like a complete wanker. I wandered up to him with ... you fancy buying anyhting. I also met Alex Herbert and ... -
how do i read the keyboard in assembly? here is the code i tried writting to find out the value of a key call 28f (hex) loop: ld a,255 cp e jr z loop ld (50000),e ret notes from what i …
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notes from what i understand 255 is the value ... key is not pressed when i call 28f. so the ... to make it wait until i press a key.
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anyway when i try this bit of code ... but immedilty returns. what am i doing wrong with the code ... -
New side scrolling shoot-em-up updateHi, I guess I'll need to come up with a name for this game fairly soon! But in the meantime heres another Demo to let you see how its progressing. …
Hi,
I guess I'll need to come up ... the last couple of weeks I have made the following additions ... -
Name the GameI bought this game on holiday in cornwall back in the early eighties. It was a vertical scrolling shooter, but each level was a slightly different ga…
I bought this game on holiday ... eighties. It was a vertical scrolling shooter, but each level was ... past some kind of creature(I think). Hope this rings a ... -
Any good "I of the Mask" players here?Hi there, I'm just putting together footage for the 1985 chapter of the YSRnRY documentary and would like to cover "I of the Mask" as it fits in wit…
... there,
I'm just putting together footage ... and would like to cover "I of the Mask" as ... with a vector graphics feature I'm doing.
...
Are there any good "I of the Mask" players out ... RZX of it, please? I'm not after game completion ... -
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…
I'm angry about this.
Register reports. Their departure was ... have a better one. I understand he hasn't toured ... artists.
"Might I say, the rest of the ... /> "This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang ... -
.AY - how to create themI wonder - how would I go about creating an .AY file (music) from a game? I understand that once I have all the necessary pieces (the player, the mus…
... from a game? I understand that once I have all the ... data, initialization routines etc.), I would just combine them ... days or weeks (while I do know Z80 assembly ... there a simpler way? I would imagine that especially ... code around the PC register and present it in ... -
I was playing "Minder" the other day, and this appeared....I was playing that fantastic DK Tronics game 'Minder' the other day, when this mysterious screen appeared... [url="http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cha…
I was playing that fantastic DK ... =ph[/url]
I wonder if Don Priestley had ... -
Today I did something I had not done for 25 years...............I ate a Texan Bar !!! I went into my Local paper shop this morning and there they were. A full box of Texan Bars. I was so excited I bought two, a…
... Bar !!!
I went into my Local paper ... of Texan Bars. I was so excited I bought two, and ... in Charlie Bucket fasion I ate it there and then ... . Unfortunately I don't have a grandpa ... the second one with so I ate that myself.
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Shaw Brothers games - Chat Night, Thu 8th 10pm okay i am organising a chat night for this Thursday, 8th September from 10pm onwards. i am not quite sure who (if anyone) will turn up, but the Sha…
okay i am organising a chat night ... from 10pm onwards.
i am not quite sure who ... enter in Guest mode or register a user name (our chat ... -
Help finding a game(a good game)I can't describe this one too well but here goes: An above view 8 way scrolling spaceship game where you could pick from several weapons/tools to dis…
I can't describe this one ... /> An above view 8 way scrolling spaceship game where you could ... -
Come on I can`t be the only oneAs a spotty 13 year old computer game addict back in `87 my idea of a sexy laydee was the chick on the cover of Imagines "Game Over", even the loadin…
... ...Phwoar!! Which girl was sexier? I prefer "Game Over II" chick ... -
How do I use ZXCF interfaceI read about the excellent ZXCF in ZXF a while back, and have been trying to use the emulated system or Realspec. My question is, how (I assume it is…
I read about the excellent ... /> My question is, how (I assume it is possible) do ... to your formatted partition, I assume it is microdrive commands ... , but I don't know how to ... use them.
I have already formatted partitioned etc ... -
heh, erm, i'm kinda famousjust logged onto my old domain bleugh.com to see what dumbass redneck is cybersquatting it this year, and apparently i'm the most popular search item…
... it this year, and apparently i'm the most popular search ... item
figured i'd prolly left that domain ... somewhere, sure enough I had, here!
i've registered bleugh ... -
I've tried dumping spectradraw3, need help, block 6 = X[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8220340869"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8220340869[/url…
... ;item=8220340983[/url]
i've a couple of items ... 14:21 ]
note, i've dumped USING YOUR COMPUTER ... wav for this bad one, i can send it for tidying ... -
unreleased spectrum protection system - any use any more? also pokerama sourceDon't know if anyone's interested in this. During my days hacking games for Your Sinclair and Crash (and Sinclair User for a while) I had a pet proje…
... game decrypter which used every register to run about fifteen different ... of edges etc.
Anyway I dug out the mastering software ... for something in the loft, I was thinking of giving it ... 's box??
Oh, I found my old Pokerama mastering ... -
I am 34 years old today.I feel like I am about 17 years old, unless I run upstairs or play football or something, then I feel about 40. :D I can legitimately get smashed…
... 17 years old, unless I run upstairs or play ... football or something, then I feel about 40.
:D
I can legitimately get smashed today ... on Saturday, and then I am free until about ... on plastic if I wished.
I think the ... -
I've got Matt Smith and Andrew Olivers autograph!It's not what you know it's who you know. I think I mentioned this before but my mate covered the CGEUK show for BBC7 this year. She put in a word fo…
... who you know.
I think I mentioned this before but my ... and today in the post I got a CGE 2004 poster ... -
I'm a Postman. I took this pic at work today.[url="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v616/THXII38/work011.jpg"]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v616/THXII38/work011.jpg[/url] I've seen some sh…
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I've seen some shoddy packaging in my time, when I've bought things on eBay, but this takes the biscuit. :D -
Well I just watched the final episode of Lost and ...It was very good. I'm not going to post spoilers here, unless anyone actually wants to know how it ends. :) I knew how it was going to end about 15 …
It was very good. I'm not going to post spoilers here, unless anyone actually wants to know how it ends. :)
I knew how it was going to end about 15 minutes into the episode.
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A few titles I'm afterI have asked this before but I've been having really bad luck with these on ebay. Does anyone have complete (with box and manuals etc) copies of Sinc…
... this before but I've been having really bad ... Machina for sale?
I've bid on them several ... -
Should I buy VectrexShould I buy Vectrex? I remember playing with one in local shop back in 80's. Ofcourse there was no chance to get my father to buy me one (but i got …
Should I buy Vectrex? I remember playing with one in ... to buy me one (but i got Spectrum year later).
I just wonder if it really ... is that good what I remember and have read. My ...
