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Jumping the sharkBored again, so "inspired" by a post on a forum I read last week (can't find the link, I'm at work now), here's a list of programs that I think have …
... the link, I'm at work now), here's a ... had to be broadcast on at least three channels simultaneously, ... some short term material to work with, it robbed them ... that was just running a Spectrum emulator, and is now ... RD jumped the shark at the beginning of series ... -
Screwed at work...A friend (an old teacher who became one of my closest friends) of mine invieted me to work on a documentary for TV. Suposedly it would be 5 episodes…
... of mine invieted me to work on a documentary for TV ... messing up with my other work (had to skip some ... for the remain of the work (that meaning that by ... and I will drop the work... and even if the money ... , one should never sell his work short...
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speccy gamesI'm thinking of going to the vintage computer fare next week if I can / get tickets (wasn't sure , but I know I'm not at work for a change) anyway,…
... at work for a change)
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I'm at work and i'm BOREDI'm currently sitting at my desk, totally bored out of my brain. I don't finish for another hour and i've had 4 calls since 9am. I'm not even sure …
I'm currently sitting at my desk, totally bored out of my brain. I don't finish for another hour and i've had 4 calls since 9am. I'm not even sure why i've been scheduled on today. That's why i've been posting frequently today. -
Dead external HD....help?Hi Folks Gutted. You may have noticed I've been uploading some nice inlay scans over the past months. Have over 10,000 scans on my external HD, wh…
... , which I was starting to work my way through and upload ... ...
The IT guys at work have tried to rescue it ... that having spent years recovering spectrum games from 25 year old ... -
have you stayed angry / annoyed at friends for long?just curious.. thought it might be an interesting topic today, I was at work.. so couldn't be ebaying and someone finished their auction way too ear…
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today, I was at work.. so couldn't be ebaying ... 's tricky to stay mad at friends I guess, but I ... -
Spectrum +3 and DivIDE+I have won a +3 on ebay. When it arrives, I know that I can use my DivIDE+ with it, but I have read about the +3E ROMs. I mostly use Spectrums to pla…
... switch to 48K, ie does SPECTRUM still work in USR0? Is it ... ?
Do 48K games work in USR0?
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Picked up a hardware haul todayToday i picked up locally 6 rubber key speccys 1 Interface one 2 Vic 20's The speccys are all in a bit of a tired state and need some tlc, most with …
... today before coming here to "work" i would have composite modded ... interface 1 also "seems" to work, bunged the multiface 1 in ... the back but that wont work with it, probably doesnt anyway ... ok, strange to have the spectrum at an angle! Quite like it ... -
Screen Viewer: Speccy View 4SpeccyView (v4.0) Here is my new zx spectrum screen viewer, result of this weekend's work. Features: Loads: -Standard Screen Files (6912 byte raw …
... new zx spectrum screen viewer, result of this weekend's work.
Drag many files at once to create a Slide ... it but as I look at it at work computer (which is crap ... -
The PC megathreadConsole games get discussed quite a lot on this forum, and rightly so, but PC games seem to be mentioned far less, which isn't fair as the PC has a l…
... back to the early ZX Spectrum days, amazingly :-o), so let ... (just mainly on my laptop at work, so I'm limited to ... -
Fired up my Speccy today...It's true, after more than 20 years, I dug my 48k Spectrum out of the cupboard, popped out to Maplin to buy a suitable PSU, set it all up and tuned i…
... years, I dug my 48k Spectrum out of the cupboard, popped ... . But my cassette player was at work. I needed to hear the ... to show a lenslok screen at the right size so I ... -
Difficult to find upper RAM fault.I've recently repaired an issue 3B 48K Spectrum that had a tricky to diagnose upper RAM fault, so I thought I'd post a report of what I found here. …
... /> On occasions when the Spectrum did not initialise at all, the logic ... , but I did see it at work over large areas of both ... pin socket and 4164, this Spectrum now works perfectly. It proved ... -
Lost Retro ComradesDoes anyone, like me, have friends who used to play avidly on Spectrums or other machines back in the day but have absolutely no interest in them wha…
... is a bloke I met at work a few years ago. I ... shame that those I experienced Spectrum / ST / Amiga / SNES gaming with ... -
The Spectrum Show (video)Just something I have been messing about with. Had a video project coming up at work and needed to get my video editing refreshed - so I made this li…
... a video project coming up at work and needed to get my ... -
The last 8 bit standingCan someone tell me which of the 8 bits was the last to fall? (ie. the last to have commercially released games). Someone at work told me that the …
... have commercially released games). Someone at work told me that the C64 ... . I thought it was the Spectrum (which lasted till 1993) but ... -
Repair / technical knowledge baseI wish to start a dedicated repair and technical knowledge base, something that can be upgraded in time with more info. Maybe this question has been…
... a common CMS (I work with SharePoint at work, but that is a ... 1000
- ZX Spectrum 48K models
- ZX Spectrum 128K models
at home, but I want to ... is not the way I work with them.
What ... -
Space Rescue, an early British game in Spanish?I cant try it now, since Im at work, but it looks like this game could have not been released by Wizard Software? or at least by the same Wizard Soft…
... try it now, since Im at work, but it looks like this ... released by Wizard Software? or at least by the same Wizard ... the early years of the Spectrum, it sounds a bit strange ... -
I gave up...at workSome of you heard at Cambridge that me and my chef don't get well together. 2 weeks ago I wrote a mail to the manager that I simply can't trust my c…
Some of you heard at Cambridge that me and my ... />
Today I told someone at IT about the situation. She ... we had a short talk. At first I told him the ... about my capabilities.
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Massive dungeon for ZX Spectrum at last?Even in the Czech Republic we can make new ZX Spectrum games :-P. [url]http://www.oldcomp.cz/download/file.php?id=143[/url] (Small demo only, I am …
Even in the Czech Republic we can make new ZX Spectrum games :-P.
[url]http://www.oldcomp.cz/download/file.php?id=143[/url]
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Which games gave you feeling "this can't be spectrum" ?Hello. Long time no post here :) Was looking back into past, thinking about ZX games... So in your opinion, which game (graphically) gave you feel…
... that it is not running at spectrum at all? I mean, nice graphics ... -
Finders Keepers+I know a few of you are interested in this project so I thought it was about time I started a proper thread for it rather than just slipping bits int…
... posted his detailed disassembly. Kevin at work pointed that out to me ... a decent assembler that would work on a modern 64 bit ... get a 100% binary match at the end of it :)
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Losing ones temper at work.Im usualy quite a chilled out kind of person but if something pushes my buttons too much i lose me rag. Im feeling a bit bad as i lost my temper wit…
... created by the company i work for but when someone wont ... -
IF1bis vs SpectranetSince I will shortly have access to both an IF1bis (which I've bought) and a Spectranet (thanks to a loan from cmonkey), I will be in a position to g…
... issues :-
Spectrum +2. Keyboard not working. ... /> Original rubber keyboard 48K Spectrum. Made unsoldering smells and then ... />
Spectrum+. Eventually managed to work my way though the ... /> Some of the guys at work are into retro computers so ... -
Playing at a Football League ground later...At Wolves' Molineux Stadium! Can't wait, although I'm really nervous. It's an inter-agency match at work and I've not played footie on a proper pitc…
At Wolves' Molineux Stadium! Can't wait, although I'm really nervous. It's an inter-agency match at work and I've not played footie on a proper pitch since the late 90's! I'm sure I'll have the mickey taken constantly being as I'm a WBA supporter! -
Great to be back....and with fun to comeHi all, 1982: I bought a new 16k issue 2 in 1982, eventually got microdrives and a dktronics keyboard (version 1). Built a home made eprom programme…
... rom, and used the Spectrum running a home made stock ... processor we used extensively at work hence the Spectrum was cool.
... looking at new projects, and so getting back into Spectrum's ... the possibilities with the Spectrum these days.......clearly things ... -
Take 'em away, please...Hello everyone, I have some games and things to get rid of, [I]any[/I] offer will be considered. Not yet pictured is a Spectrum+, which is currentl…
... is a Spectrum+, which is currently sat in a drawer at work (where ... -
The day you unboxed your brand new SpectrumI was at junior school for much of the Spectrum's heyday, yet never owned a computer in that time. I was fascinated by computers back then, they were…
I was at junior school for much of the Spectrum's heyday, yet ... . My best friend at school was a Spectrum owner and I did ... by my experience of the Spectrum at my friend's house, up ... frequently borrowed these, fascinated at the Spectrum's history and quite a ... -
Spectrum special effects in Polish filmBack in the 80s, Channel 4 was showing one of their edgy, cultural, foreign language films late at night. I loved watching these on my portable black…
... , cultural, foreign language films late at night. I loved watching these ... was the use of a Spectrum for the futuristic computer displays ... 'm fairly certain its a Spectrum at 44.50 and 1:08 ... -
greedy bastards or time for a dose of reality?zx1's disappearing pictures hosted from photobucket brought this topic to mind, that and my previous remark about refusing Chrome because of the like…
... best out of it but at its zenith it was an ... though, pretty much like the Spectrum conundrum meaning yes, technically its ... time I was hard at work on BBS software trying to ... -
What's going on inside this ZX Spectrum? [Newbie]Hello folks Last year I got hold of a ZX Spectrum. At the time it appeared to boot up fine, but more recently when I've tried to boot up I've had…
... got hold of a ZX Spectrum. At the time it appeared to ... can see in the pictures at the end of this link ... "]Something going on inside my Spectrum?[/url]
Is this ... this is something that all Spectrum owners should know about already ...
