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Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... the start to be an extension of the Spectrum, but ... t have to build a Spectrum compatible to make a Spectrum-like ... br /> [quote]
Economy: yes, Spectrum is very economically designed. Therefore ... /> I have access to three different Spectrum models, and I' ... -
*** New Game *** Farmer Jack Now AvailableFARMER JACK IS NOW AVAILABLE ... ?2.99 + ?1.00 UK Postage (or a nice pack of cigars) I haven't updated the website yet though, as someone volunt…
... up and ships it to the Spectrum. Akin to a West Country farmer ... the very best that the Spectrum has to offer, the backdrops display ... an incredible use of the Spectrum ... and so on. Many Spectrum games had similar speed issues ... -
Total Worldwide Sales?Does anyone have an accurate source showing total Worldwide sales for the ZX Spectrum (all models, incl. Timex)? I notice the Wikipedia entry for th…
... 600,000 units to Poland was not enough -- spectrum clones were also ... enough for Poland and the spectrum was a commercial enterprise in ... , there are other means for spectrum owners to hang out, and the ... spectrum was a viable machine much ... -
2 Hot 2 Handle TZX'sRight, here's a question for you preservation guys. Downloaded and tried to play the 2 Hot To Handle compilation. Shadow Warriors won't load on Spe…
... I will upload the TZX to WoS under the title of ... test.tzx for Andy (etc) to fiddle with.
... quite often load, makeTZX often fails to convert it properly. I ... this as I had to sample my tape three ... -f) I also had to downrate my sample too - makeTZX ... -
2 Hot 2 Handle TZX'sRight, here's a question for you preservation guys. Downloaded and tried to play the 2 Hot To Handle compilation. Shadow Warriors won't load on Spe…
... certainly do too. Athena fails to load on my 128 but ... it does, it has to decode the Speedlock..... Good ... />
Obvisouly not wanting to point fingers, that's not ... I don't want to appear to be ungrateful. [/B]
to make it (and Athena ... -
ZX Shed Issue 3I'm putting the finishing touches to Issue 3 over this weekend, so if anyone had anything they would like to submit now's your last chance....
... 's so very little new spectrum stuff to read so a whole ... when your so looking forward to it.
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ZX Shed Issue 3I'm putting the finishing touches to Issue 3 over this weekend, so if anyone had anything they would like to submit now's your last chance....
... 's so very little new spectrum stuff to read so a whole ... when your so looking forward to it.
plus I ... , SAGE next weekend.... so much spectrum stuff you'll be spoilt ... -
Google rulez!Just checked Google, and WoS is now the first result for "Sinclair Spectrum" (we already were for "ZX Spectrum"), and the second one for either just …
But we're second behind the Guildford Spectrum for 'spectrum'????
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Game with Most Eye Popping colour scheme?Which game had the hardest-to-look-at colour scheme? I'd vote for Howzat... white on pale green.
... . At last a colourful Spectrum game to show them it was not ... , or were upgrading to Amigas... And I had to cross the Channel ... to buy games, or order ... -
The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... Spins options, am I to believe that Byteload/Flash load ... blocks ? It is possible to separate these or am ... a ROM loader. Spin fails to load it with Edge Loader ... the ROM blocks. I wanted to fastload them.
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Which next gen. console will you be getting?I'll be going for the Wii myself. Mainly because of the unique quality games for it, eg the Zelda franchise. The innovative controller, cheap price…
I've not really read this thread, but it's just occurred to me... does no-one consider the Spectrum SE to be a next-gen console? Surely that'd top most people's list. -
Firefox (new thoughts)Maybe more people would use Firefox if there was a version for the Speccy! [code] 10 PRINT AT 2, 2; "Press F for Firefox or I for M$IE" 20 LET K$=IN…
And, your point is what Mr AY?
Please tell me, in layman's terms, what the hell a Spectrum has to do with Firefox - or, not for the first time, I shall find it necessary to laugh at your superior intellect. -
Firefox (new thoughts)Maybe more people would use Firefox if there was a version for the Speccy! [code] 10 PRINT AT 2, 2; "Press F for Firefox or I for M$IE" 20 LET K$=IN…
... PC is comparable to those writing for the Spectrum?
to get your Spectrum connected to the internet ... and you wrote a Spectrum ... many websites would your Spectrum be able to display?
Firefox (new thoughts)Maybe more people would use Firefox if there was a version for the Speccy! [code] 10 PRINT AT 2, 2; "Press F for Firefox or I for M$IE" 20 LET K$=IN…
... some miracle you managed to get your Spectrum connected to the internet and ... you wrote a Spectrum version of ... many websites would your Spectrum be able to display?
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Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... a compatibility list to know which Spectrum games I could ... incompatability occurs (mainly) for spectrum games that make calls into ... is fairly easy to modify existing spectrum games to make use of ... some properly converted spectrum titles modified to run on a ...Those phone in quiz shows again...I was flicking through the telly while I was laying in bed last night and on channel 5 was one of those phone quiz things that are stinking up the l;…
... well sexy. always nice to tune in to see what new outfit she ...Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... cause colour-clash. The spectrum shares the same advantage as ... , scrolling games on the Spectrum tend to be smooth pixel scrollers, ... sprites have to be drawn in software on the spectrum and ... .
On the spectrum / 2068, moving objects around can ...The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... /> I'm going to port the Sinclair Spectrum ROM to 32bit x86 assembler ... a new spectrum. I decided that the way to tackle this ... I can get the SPECTRUM command to do something useful by ... launching a Spectrum emulation for running ...How r@re is Rocky?Just managed to get my hands on a Gremlin Graphics copy of Rocky (medium size clam case), and wanted to know roughly how many of these made it out th…
... that it was withdrawn due to copyright infringements, and re-released ... have checked around the site to find that all magazines ... In addition the magazines seem to indicate that Gremlin knew they ... I gave my original Spectrum collection to a charity shop over ...Spectrum Game NewsSome snippets of Spectrum game news , via the RT forum and micro mart if you guys are interested.... [url]http://www.retro-trader.com/forum/index.p…
... ? How can you claim to respect the IP then ask ... written in Z80 for the spectrum converted to the PC in 80 ... of the game being subject to copyright, would need a ... , that's bad and needs to be stopped.
... don't have the rights to distribute what we do ...Multiface 128 problemHello everyone i have a 48k plus speccy which i firstly thought was working perfectly. It passed all the test of the official Sinclair test tape (cpu…
i would never let a spectrum go to waste unless i was sure it was hopelessSam coup? - some questionsHi everyone. Got myself a sam coupé without any kind of cables. I was a bit suspicious about it's working condition. Hooked it to a pc at psu a…
... do need a Spectrum emulator to load in 48K Spectrum software. The ... Sam is not natively Spectrum ... spectrum - which is unfortunately still a stigma we have to live with to ... you really would need to upgrade to a disk drive and ...Sam coup? - some questionsHi everyone. Got myself a sam coupé without any kind of cables. I was a bit suspicious about it's working condition. Hooked it to a pc at psu a…
... do need a Spectrum emulator to load in 48K Spectrum software. The Sam ... is not natively Spectrum compatible ... spectrum - which is unfortunately still a stigma we have to live with to ...Spectrum Game NewsSome snippets of Spectrum game news , via the RT forum and micro mart if you guys are interested.... [url]http://www.retro-trader.com/forum/index.p…
... /preserved if you consider the Spectrum to be obsolete.
... day. Since emulating a Spectrum isn't illegal, and ... himself - in allowing the Spectrum ROMs to be distributed, then that ... s made emulation of the Spectrum almost unconditionally legal. The ...Election of the new maintainer of the TZX formatHi folks, the topic says all, let the discussion begin :) Luca
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I haven ... digital—, but I'll try to figure it out.Can anyone recommend a practice amp for my new guitar ?[url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290054290030[/url] I just bought this Telecaster copy its got good reviews on Harmony Cen…
... took me 3 agonzing months to teach myself 3 chords. And ... could never figure out how to tune the guitar (despite reading up ... my guitar playing friends over to tune it! And then one day ... and I never got around to fixing it. Luckily it was ...PCI TV TunerAny recommendations on PCI TV tuner cards? I'm after a dual digital/analog tuner with PVR capabilities. Digital for freeview, analog for Speccy. S…
... =swordheart]But when i tried to load a game via the ... haven't found a way to fine tune the analogue channel maybe ... , I haven't ever managed to tune this out :-(
[EDIT ...What are people using TommyGun to do?So I was just wondering what people are using TommyGun to do?
... of the spectrum palettes to create an SE machine.
To make a ... new machine called Spectrum ... )
2. Copy the spectrum/sam palettes you require into ... the spectrum se folder.
Note: ...What are your favorite Spectrum games?[FONT="System"][/FONT] If anybody has asked this question before, please forgive me as I'm new to the WorldofSpectrum forums, but what are your favo…
... ] I'm pleased to see there are others who ... many of the games Spectrum has to offer, like Lords ... summon, opportunity fire, etc. Spectrum also is one of the ... Julian Gollop is my favorite Spectrum author, he made many ... tried many of the Spectrum games out, and I ...Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]
... that never made it to the C64 generally made ... happily talk up a Spectrum game to C64 heads and vice ... my affection for Spectrum games got me to go out and ... get my first Spectrum in '87 to play the classics ... occasion and mucho respect to the people who diligently ...
