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My beautiful spectrumHello! I've just managed to get my speccy working! My membrane was playing up a bit, but I took one out of another speccy (that my mate was throwing…
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Most annoying songsBBC 3 has the 100 Most hated and annoying songs on. That appallingly bad, drippy, vomit inducing Streets record, 'Dry your eyes out mate' (you know …
... record, 'Dry your eyes out mate' (you know the one, the ... -
Computer ShopsHi, I just wondered if anyone had anyone had any stories to share of their favourite computer shop. I mean, during the speccy era. Did everyone have…
... bought). In fact me and mate would stand in there for ... -
It's Guesser's Birthday!Quick, hide all the beers in case he comes round expecting a party :D Happy birthday mate, many more we hope, don't get too sozzled!
Quick, hide all the beers in case he comes round expecting a party :D
Happy birthday mate, many more we hope, don't get too sozzled! -
Any running spec-chums?Just wondering... I did 5 miles today and fell all fit and healthy and stuff. :) Thinking of training for the Belfast Marathon next year. Might do …
Just wondering...
I did 5 miles today and fell all fit and healthy and stuff. :)
Thinking of training for the Belfast Marathon next year. Might do a few 10k runs in the run-up this year. -
Titanic - the sequelThis happened about two weeks ago on 04th April in Belfast where they built the Titanic. The guy with camera keeps saying the smaller crane will hit …
... one. "It's tight" his mate says. Just as he turns ... -
That is one ugly carBMW reckons this is their Merc killer [url]http://cars.uk.msn.com/News/car_news_article.aspx?cp-documentid=4718673[/url] Jesus Christ but that is o…
BMW reckons this is their Merc killer
[url]http://cars.uk.msn.com/News/car_news_article.aspx?cp-documentid=4718673[/url]
Jesus Christ but that is one majorly fucking ugly car.
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One Man and His Mic #5 - "Spec-Tacular"The fifth installment of the retro game music podcast "One Man and His Mic" has been uploaded, and as you may suspect it's a 25th birthday special fo…
The fifth installment of the retro game music podcast "One Man and His Mic" has been uploaded, and as you may suspect it's a 25th birthday special for the Spectrum...
[url]http://www.binaryzone.org/podcast/[/url]
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Any ideas on this one?OK, here is a challenge for you. I don't even know if this was a speccy game, but I remember playing it on my mate's C64 (how could he??). You were…
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Yo Mr Mig!! U know who you R!Mr Mig, hippo birdy mate, hope ya have many more!!
Mr Mig, hippo birdy mate, hope ya have many more!! -
LERM information sheetsNot really sure which section to post this in but: I've come across a load of sheets that were obviously published by LERM to accompany their copyin…
... of them on World of Spec using the search engine. (Just ... -
If the rubber key speccy was on Rick Dickinsons drawing board this year ?I was just wondering what spec of machine could be fitted into the rubber key speccy case now ? Was the Spectrum the smallest colour computer in the…
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Speccy-loving celebritiesWhile trawling through some old issues of Crash I chanced across some playing tips for Spy Vs Spy in the September 1985 issue, submitted by "Charlie …
... any other examples of famous Spec-chums? Published letters or playing ... -
Added a couple of Wikipedia pagesDoing so [i]does[/i] work -- sometimes. ;) Added [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knot_in_3D]Knot_in_3D[/url] and "[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wik…
... .wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Spec-Chums]Category:Spec-Chums[/url]". Any Speccy ... -
YS Spec Trumps mentioned on boingboingNot sure if this has been mentioned, but the YSRNRY's Speccy version of Top Trumps got a mention on boingboing: [url]http://www.boingboing.net/2007/…
Not sure if this has been mentioned, but the YSRNRY's Speccy version of Top Trumps got a mention on boingboing:
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Another two Wikipedia articles (that helped destroy...)[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Price_%28games_programmer%29[/url] -- that one needs some more info, quick, or it might get deleted as "l…
... need more people for "Category:Spec-Chums", and [url=http://en ... .org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_categories_for_discussion#Category:Spec-Chums]votes for it to ... -
one laptop per child projectI was looking at this mainly as a result of a word war between intel and others. I had heard about the project of course but this time decided to ha…
... a look at a revised spec.
For $100 you ... get a low spec laptop.
Now for ... is the definition of low spec, (cpu 400, 256mb of ram ... -
Not worth fighting overI spoke to a mate earlier online. Haven't seen him for a week or so. He went away this weekend to West Wales with his girlfriend. Just a little break…
I spoke to a mate earlier online. Haven't seen ... -
Computer Repair HelpI am repairing a Windows Dell PC for a mate of mine. I need to reinstall Windows XP as it sinstallation has gone completely tits up. Even safe mode …
... Windows Dell PC for a mate of mine.
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Too many sweets on the Candy ShopFirst the good news, All being well I should be shopping for a speccy next week. But in the meantime, with so many games to choose from on WOS, wha…
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PacMan by MacronicsHi Does anyone know if there was a version of Pacman for the Spec or ZX81 released by Macronics, I picked up a tape in a lot that is just a tape cas…
... version of Pacman for the Spec or ZX81 released by Macronics ... -
russian speccy cloneshi ive been asked by a non net using mate if i can track down some Russian speccy clones called pentagon scorpion and one called a Leningrad. ive fo…
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Paging Philip Kendall (Wikipedia:User:pak21)Hi, On Wikipedia, how does one rename (move) a page, as you recently did with the second Spellbound page? Can any logged-in user do this, or does o…
... sadly renamed from the original "Spec-Chums")... -
Happy Birthday zx128kWell, since it's been your birthday ALL day and nobody has bothered to wish you happy birthday, I suppose I'd better before you get the feeling that …
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Ubuntu, Ubuntu they drink it in the JungleIts my usual getting bored with having the same os for 6 months syndrome. At the moment my pc works rather spiffing. Its just a bog standard lappy w…
... be the preferred distro. (my spec for the distro would be ... -
wii and chipshas anyone chipped a wii? is it easy to do? is it worth it? are the games easy to download? what are the drawbacks? im not asking for links or a…
... for links or anything, my mate was asking me some pressing ... -
What's this old childrens programme ...Little boy has white t-shirt with a tigers face on the front, which gave him strength. He rode a bmx usually with 2 other friends (boy and girl?). Th…
Little boy has white t-shirt with a tigers face on the front, which gave him strength. He rode a bmx usually with 2 other friends (boy and girl?). This wasn't a cartoon. 1987 ish.
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my mate got a JSW t-shirthe got it off ebay. its just the 3 main walking-movement sprites of Willy, in a row, on the front of a black t-shirt. looks pretty cool although whe…
he got it off ebay. its just the 3 main walking-movement sprites of Willy, in a row, on the front of a black t-shirt.
looks pretty cool although when the sprites are enlarged to that size on a t-shirt, it almost looks like they're knitted on, ... -
New Spectrum HardwareHi all. Well its Friday so it seems as good a time as any (business is a bit slack at the moment) to start up a thread about creating new Spectrum ha…
... YES then what kind of spec do we need? I would ...