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Power connector Pinout of +2A/B +3Can anyone please tell me the right pinout for power connector of +2A/B +3? I need a picture to exclude all possibility of doubt because I do not hav…
... right pinout for power connector of +2A/B +3?
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Think of a suitable punishment for that Austrian nutterThat Austrian psycho that imprisoned his daughter for 20+ years and fathered 7 children with her is looking at a maximum jail sentence of 15 years, I…
... at a maximum jail sentence of 15 years, I think.
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2 kibiposts of bravo sierraIt seems of little consequence that I have now posted 2048 items of drivel to this forum. Roll on 4096!
It seems of little consequence that I have now posted 2048 items of drivel to this forum. Roll on 4096! -
What resistance should primary of a mains toroidal transformer measure?Not speccy related but still hardware. I am fixing a dual audio mixer at work. When you plug it in it blows the mains fuse straight away. Opening u…
... with on board toroidal. One of the transformers was smelling and ... seems very high. :-? What sort of figures should I be expecting ... -
Games of Space ConquestAre there any good space conquest strategy games on the Spectrum? I'm interested in games where you have to conquer planets and use their resources …
... . I've been playing Master of Orion (old DOS version) on ... -
First lightning storm of the year.In south wales near Cardiff, and we are having the first lightning storm of the year. Yay. Gunna take my camera out, drive to a big hill and see wha…
In south wales near Cardiff, and we are having the first lightning storm of the year. Yay.
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OT: Removing the metal shield of an Amiga A501 ram expansionBefore I bugger off to an Amiga forum, I just wondered if anyone here has removed the metal shield off an A501 (to swap out a leaky battery) without …
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The Secret of the NautilusThis is a PC game (aka. The Mystery of the Nautilus) which I got for a fiver recently, on the understanding that it was the WinXP compatible version,…
... PC game (aka. The Mystery of the Nautilus) which I got ... to. There are fragmentary rumours of a very few people who ... -
Graph - rise and fall of the Speccy* X-axis is the year of the first review of this piece of software * Y-axis is the count of those pieces of software - NOT sales * Each piece of so…
... year of the first review of this piece of software ... is the count of those pieces of software - NOT ...
* Each piece of software gets counted once and ... included.
* Year of release based on earliest ... to be the number of full price releases
Massive Collection of Spectrum Magazines (Crash, Your Sinclair, Sinclair User) SaleThe time has finally come for me to part with my beloved collection of old Speccy magazines. I'm selling my entire collection of Your Sinclair, Cras…
... part with my beloved collection of old Speccy magazines.
of Your Sinclair, Crash and Sinclair ... as the "Big Final Issue" of YS! In total there are ...OLPC - a refreshing gust of reality[url]http://radian.org/notebook/sic-transit-gloria-laptopi[/url] Although I still think of the OLPC as the new QL.
[url]http://radian.org/notebook/sic-transit-gloria-laptopi[/url]
Although I still think of the OLPC as the new QL.On the subject of reverse engineeringIn this world of emulated hardware, there are Specchums out there who would like to put their hands on that peripheral they never had, that add-on th…
In this world of emulated hardware, there are ... been explored: the reverse engineering of Spectrum interfaces.
The ... Trastero' gave us some examples of what could be accomplished, and ... /> So, on this subject of reverse engineering, and without deviating ...ZX-Modules with support of many compressed file formatsHi Spectrum lovers, don't think I'm deceased in the meantime. I'm still working! :-) I'm very happy to find a very good component package (I have b…
... (I have bought) for development of the ZX-Modules programs ZX ... programs so the next release of ZX-Modules in (hopefully) some ... , but also full reading support of the above mentioned compressed files ...Disposal of pristine condition equipmentHi everyone. I've joined this forum as I'm hoping you will be able to offer me some (sensible!) advice. I am decluttering my apartment (20 years ov…
... Therefore I want to dispose of the items listed at the ... with almost a full roll of paper.
* 2 ... br />
* May 1983 edition of "Software Catalogue"
* ... June 1983 edition of "Software and Peripherals Catalogue"
Final issues of weekly mags?I'm trying to determine the number of issues of the three main weekly computer mags of the Spectrum era. I've many gaps in my collection of these thr…
... to determine the number of issues of the three main weekly ... below. In particular, confirmation of the final issue number/date ... not necessarily reflect the number of issues actually printed, as ... , printers strikes, etc., any of which might have disrupted the ...A modern Version of Manic Miner?Since Minner Willy is pretty much the "mario" of spectrum, do you guys think it would have been possible to update the miner? I mean trough out the t…
... is pretty much the "mario" of spectrum, do you guys think ... these days a 3D version of the willy (I thinki a ... 3d platformer of the manic mansion might be ...Oh the humanity, my beautiful den of thieves, and local pub, closed it's doors.My local pub. MY PUB. My wonderful, awful, piss soaked, blood stained den of eniquity..... the only place in town, where when I walk through the doo…
... , piss soaked, blood stained den of eniquity.....
the only ... pubs all that much, plenty of them, but, town pubs have ...Wanted: Job lots of 48k + 128k gamesHi guys! I'm constantly whoring myself on Ebay, picking up what I can, but I'd quite like to know if anyone here has any job lots of above mentioned…
... here has any job lots of above mentioned for sale at ... thought I'd grown out of it. They'll be played ...ZX-Sketch 2.0 and preview of VU3D AnimatorDear Spectrum fans, I have placed ZX-Sketch 2.0 (including assembler dump) ready for download on [URL="http://www.zxmodules.de"]my homepage[/URL] in…
... /> I also added a preview of the project "VU3D Animator" which ...Sequels of games converted from arcadesMany Speccy games were converted from arcades. Some of them became popular and had sequels but only on computers (those sequels didn't exist on arcad…
... were converted from arcades. Some of them became popular and had ...King of Kong (video game film/documentary)Has anyone seen [I]The King of Kong[/I]? It's a film/documentary about the battle to be the best player at the arcade game Donkey Kong. It's intere…
... the childish image of computer gaming, since one of the blokes ... controversy. It's sort of like the abortion issue"
of all things videogames, who are ... to judge the authenticity of the scores of people who compete against ...Picture uploads of interest (read: not of)Ok, then, thank you, thank you, please settle down. Yes, you in the back? -Why are we here? We are going to be posting odd pictures in this thre…
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-You got me out of bed for [I]this[/I ... , and what with the cost of fuel being high ...
< ... a bicycle and a couple of ferrets to ... err ... pull ... you arrived in a vehicle of some sort, propelled by ... . They make up the board of WoSF"P"AS.
...Xbox 360 ring of deathWell having never owned a 360 I've managed to fix 2 that suffered from the Red ring of Death problem in the last 2 days. Worked out good as the guy …
... suffered from the Red ring of Death problem in the ... it is fried....ring of death is fixed though.< ... get the red ring of death problem and its ... what mainly causes the ring of death...the new hardware ... is what causes most of the ring of death problems.
...Trying to remember the name of a gameI vaguely remember this game where you had to travel between planets, use hyperspace, talk to aliens, etc. I'm pretty sure it had a graphical gui, so…
I vaguely remember this game where you had to travel between planets, use hyperspace, talk to aliens, etc. I'm pretty sure it had a graphical gui, some nice graphics (not 3d) and a star map, but that's all I can remember. Any idea of what it could be?Star Wars Knights of the Old RepublicHas anyone played Knights of the Old Republic? What do you think of the game? I've never really played an RPG before (apart from Deus Ex and No One L…
Has anyone played Knights of the Old Republic? What do ... you think of the game? I've never ... to see what everyone thinks of the game. Please don't ... the phrase for the opposite of "real time"? Is it "artifical ...Strangness of StrangeloopHas really nobody here completed this game? I went through considerable childhood trauma trying to figure it out. It is also the reason behind my ren…
... some time looking for it (of course I had no idea ...Not sure what to make of thisA song that is made by old hardware....needless to say, the speccy is the star of the song: [url]http://www.flabber.nl/archief/024351.php[/url]
A song that is made by old hardware....needless to say, the speccy is the star of the song:
[url]http://www.flabber.nl/archief/024351.php[/url]Chap finds some possessions of latvian womanAllright, so I'm walkjing around in Derby in the middle of the night and I come across something that belongs an old woman from Latvia, including pas…
Allright, so I'm walkjing around in Derby in the middle of the night and I come across something that belongs an old woman from Latvia, including passport, glasses, NI# etc. etc.
What should I do about it? Hand it in? And then to whom?
