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Wanted: Working +2 (Grey) scart leadAs youu may have read elsewhere I bought a scart lead for my grey +2 (round 9v PSU connetor) off ebay from "some guy in Poland". The cable sucked and…
Sintech ([url]http://www.sintech-shop.com[/url]) have them for sale. Just look in page 2 of Sinclair -> Spectrum -> Hardware category.
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Put a face to the name[url]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/zxspectrum/63e0b3d5.gif[/url] There. Fire-up Photoshop if you would like! And since I'm posting my pic,…
[QUOTE=DEATH;218766]Dunno about that - I may be tempted to post one of me.... [url]http://www.roygarland.co.uk/spectrum/Me.jpg[/url][/QUOTE]
Look, a scythe shaped like a guitar. You look good for 57. -
I've just bought a cheap PS2Well there we have it I've finally bought a PS2, after all I've only wanted one for about 5 years. Anyway couldn't get any Silent Hill games, so I bo…
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Good for you, I don't understand ... for a pittance), then find that there're too few good ... XBox (original, not 360) for ?40, which included a ... but I'm waiting for more first person shooters ... ) games, plus the hardware problems the 360 is ... -
Oxford Speccy meetup, October 20th[b]Update:[/b] Date and venue decided - The Gloucester Arms, from 2pm, 20 October 2007. Full details: [url]http://matt.west.co.tt/spectrum/oxford-spe…
... a pub fiddling around with spectrum hardware, and talking about ram chips ... it's live action, lasts for a whole day, and has ... -
Look what I got!Look what I just got in the post: [url]http://www.alioth.net/tmp/W5100.jpg[/url] But, please... don't hold your breath :-) Coming to an edge connec…
... input you'll get for creating the ideal model ... online (with screen shots for those who don't ... (their prices are very good for one or two off quantities ... close to their prices for a board that big ... all. Although having a hardware jumper to disable them should ... -
Look what I got!Look what I just got in the post: [url]http://www.alioth.net/tmp/W5100.jpg[/url] But, please... don't hold your breath :-) Coming to an edge connec…
... boards (their prices are very good for one or two off quantities ... 've used Olimex for small quantities, but for larger quantities I use ... who I've seen some good write ups of. But I ... at all. Although having a hardware jumper to disable them should ... -
Eurogamer site does some Spectrum reviewsPopular gaming site Eurogamer has launched some kind of retro channel on it's site apparently and they've gone and reviewed some of their favourite S…
... the Spectrum so much coverage.
This is especially good for a ... Eurogamer Retro it might be good to have the Atari ST ... new games for example) so this is also a good section to ... -
Starting on machine code - BASIC first?Howdy. If I wanted to start learning machine code for the speccy, from scratch, would you recommend I learn BASIC first or is it entirely possible to…
Find a good book on the subject ... ZX Spectrum by Toni Baker or Spectrum Machine Language For The ... 't help you write good code though, that part ... is definitely a case for waiting for the penny to ... disillusioned.
Good luck, it's definitely worth ... -
Battle of the Isometric gamesYes, it is another poll. But I think this one will produce quite an interesting debate. I never really got into these games back in the day but sinc…
Inside Outing is over-rated on the Spectrum. I went for HoH on the basis of known quality (by me), although if I [i]were[/i] trapped on a desert island I'd prefer Last Ninja II as I've never got around to playing that and it's always looked rather good. -
Dell Dimesion 8300 - Blue Screen of DeathOver the last couple of weeks I have been attempting to fix a Pentium 4 Dell Dimension 8300 belonging to a blind frienrd of mine. I kept getting the…
... PC. It was cheap and good for the price, but if anything ... much simpler in the ZX Spectrum days. If it didn't ... -
Benchmark timeWell, the BASIC benchmark posted in Creative Computing back in the 80s came up as a topic on the AtariAge forums. The article is available online an…
... is certainly doable but really good for a high level language.
for (i=0; i!=10; ++i ... library by default (not the spectrum ROM) and its default library ... I believe) compared to the spectrum's 5 bytes (32 mantissa ... -
Benchmark timeWell, the BASIC benchmark posted in Creative Computing back in the 80s came up as a topic on the AtariAge forums. The article is available online an…
... is certainly doable but really good for a high level language.[/quote ... a = (float)(n);
for (i=0; i!=10; ++i ... library by default (not the spectrum ROM) and its default library ... I believe) compared to the spectrum's 5 bytes (32 ... -
another c64 vs. Speccy site...[url]http://c64vsspectrum.com/[/url] 25 years and we are still brawling.. ;)
... my book. No graphics hardware at all except a shift ... . Didn't the Spectrum get redesigned for the American market too ... going to sell for arcade machines. The Spectrum was an education ... next generation computer after the spectrum in the American market. ... -
Finally...Yes :smile: I've finally reached one thousand posts. And yes, I know that many other people have reached that august figure too, but for most of t…
... world, never invented anything good, never changed the ... to implementing my plans for zero energy transportation".[/ ... />
[I]"No good",[/I] I reminded him, "[ ... the shop keeper for a Spectrum all those years ... has got to be good for the home computer scene ... -
What are good games for a Nintendo DS.thought i'd make the title clear on this one. (cheers -ed) ive bought a DS, i have advanced wars, and super mario bros (which i found too easy to co…
... imagery, but anyway...
Good DS games, as I have ... find everything.
Meteos is good for colour matching and Puzzle Quest ... Luigi Partners in Time is good fun for 30 hours.
ZXDS ... -ported to use the DS hardware features.
Games ... -
What are good games for a Nintendo DS.thought i'd make the title clear on this one. (cheers -ed) ive bought a DS, i have advanced wars, and super mario bros (which i found too easy to co…
... imagery, but anyway...
Good DS games, as I have ... find everything.
Meteos is good for colour matching and Puzzle Quest ... Luigi Partners in Time is good fun for 30 hours.
ZXDS ... -ported to use the DS hardware features.
Games ... -
CSSCGC 2008 has now officially begunFor coming last in the 2007 crap game compo, I have the honour and privilege of hosting CSSCGC 2008! I have now put up the CSSCGC 2008 website at …
Well the good news is that that ... that supports the ZX Spectrum 128K with full AY ... preferable to use ZZ Spectrum if possible for CSSCGC 2008, as ... /+3 emulation which only ZZ Spectrum seems to support. ("Turtogas" ... />
Also, it is good to see the CSSCGC 2008 ... -
CSSCGC 2008 has now officially begunFor coming last in the 2007 crap game compo, I have the honour and privilege of hosting CSSCGC 2008! I have now put up the CSSCGC 2008 website at …
... PARAM tags to change the hardware type or romfile.
However, it is no good for the CSSCGC 2008 website, as ... , and unfortunately not yet suitable for our needs.
There ... -
ZX Computing magazineThis is a new one on me, but seems to have had a fair run during ~1986/7. What are people's memories of it?
There was a brief period when I enjoyed typing in programs on the Spectrum, and ZX Computing was good for that.
However the game reviews were rather short,, and once I discovered Crash I stopped buying ZX Computing., -
Why don't you like homebrew games?Alright folks, I'm sure that there are a lot of people here who like the releases from Bob Smith, Jonathan Cauldwell, CEZ Games Studio and the likes…
... think any new software is good for any old machine as it ... out homebrew software. Homebrew software for the Spectrum is a bonus, so ... -
Why don't you like homebrew games?Alright folks, I'm sure that there are a lot of people here who like the releases from Bob Smith, Jonathan Cauldwell, CEZ Games Studio and the likes…
... interested in classic games, looking for games, inlays, instructions, ...
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Emulator accuracy test?When I first created my emulator it worked fine. But then I found one or two games that had odd quirks. Eventually I found the flag or command that w…
... the error?
For example, it would first go ... test - sort of Acid3 but for speccy emulators :)[/QUOTE]
... good for flags:
[url]http://mdfs.net/Software/Z80/Exerciser/Spectrum ... error warnings on a real spectrum (because the tests have ... -
interesting russian gamesi start a new thread, as i don't know where to post it. here are some interesting ones i came across, perhaps i'll add more later, in every case i en…
... not interesting for them at all. As for the ZX Spectrum demoscene - well ... for using mostly in emulators rather than on the real ZX Spectrum hardware ... . And as for the Spectrum hardware: I found a ... -
3" disk preservation - optionsFor now we're still able to find old PCs with Floppy drives, floppy drive cables, new PCs that may not have a Floppy drive but still have the FDC and…
... many 3" disks, not just for the Sinclair community, but also ... there are any viable alternatives for the near future, when all ... br />
-Use a real spectrum +3 with low level tools ... dust as your low level hardware machine for doing electronics interface dev ... -
Emulators on the ZX SpectrumHaving released a Spectrum 16K emulator for Spectrum 48/128 machines as part of CCG2008, I was wondering if anybody knows of any emulators which actu…
... ]Having released a Spectrum 16K emulator for Spectrum 48/128 machines ... emulators which actually run on Spectrum hardware.
Emulator in ... my Jupiter ACE emulator for the Spectrum soon. It is 85 ... , my Ace emulator for the ZX Spectrum, but it wasn' ... -
Emulators on the ZX SpectrumHaving released a Spectrum 16K emulator for Spectrum 48/128 machines as part of CCG2008, I was wondering if anybody knows of any emulators which actu…
... ;257089]Having released a Spectrum 16K emulator for Spectrum 48/128 machines as ... emulators which actually run on Spectrum hardware.
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I ... MULTITASKING which make your ZX Spectrum 48K run like a 16K ... -
Bandersnatch ... what if.I just watched [strike][U][COLOR="Blue"]Commercial Breaks[/COLOR][/U][/strike] (again :rolleyes: ) and am wondering how it might have changed or revo…
... and says, "This here Spectrum game retails for 40 quid, how many ... can I put you down for?" and Mr Shopkeeper would laugh ... . The added complication of the hardware would have made very few ... -
2 Spectrums (synched) playing AY tunes?After listening to a few Turbo Sound FM MP3s, I wondered... For those of us who can't build this card, couldn't we synch 2 128Ks and play these tunes…
... that I've seen for real Spectrums seem ... use software, either for PC or Spectrum, that would let ... them, is there any Spectrum software that can?
... code, but any hardware solutions for doing the syncing will ... as I'm not a hardware person.[/QUOTE]
Retro fusion 2008[URL]http://www.retrofusiononline.com/event08/[/URL] I had such a good laugh at the 2006 one! Definately worth a visit!
... item, but that's no good for people like me with the ... /> [*] Beer! And curry!
[*] Actual Spectrum Screenshots!
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Good text only management games?Since I've downloaded Spectatulator last night, I've been playing management games, with the speed turned up. Football Manager Dictator good fun, S…
... , I don't know any good ones, but have been slowly ... haven't seen a Spectrum casette case for 22 years but I ... and the orangey cartoon cover for Dictator.
