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HD enclosures - might be of some use to someone?Basically, it's an external 'icy box' 3.5" HD enclosure but i've taken out the circuit board that was in there and power supply gubbins for an embedd…
... blue LED bars in three of the sides which there are ... [/url]
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The long view of TV out qualityAs time went on, Sinclair improved the analogue side to give better picture quality. It's therefore ironic that out of the four Spectrums I currentl…
... 's therefore ironic that out of the four Spectrums I currently ... 128 ) exhibit quite a bit of horizontal smearing, especially when you ... is the worst (but much of that is down to the ... -
Need advice choosing one of these optionsA few spanish friends are willing to help me build and program the ethernet interface for the Speccy. Here are the possibilities. Any advice would be…
The average age of a WOSserWhat is the average age (in years not mental age) of the people that use this form. Please select the age band in which you fall into.
What is the average age (in years not mental age) of the people that use this form.
Please select the age band in which you fall into.Monty Python's Life of BrianMy favourite ever film is Monty Python's Life of Brian, and a lot of people seem to agree. So who here agrees with me, and if not, what is your favou…
... And what do you think of Life of Brian?
of all, of course, it is ... has scene after scene of well written, memorably witty ... br /> The film was, of course, notorious for the accusations ... the only portrayal of Jesus is of him giving a ...First instance of the Internet in a song.OK ... it's freaking late ... it's something like 3:30am and my eyes are bloodshot. So I will say good night with this one pondering of mine. Are t…
... night with this one pondering of mine.
Are the ...List of POKEs and PEEKs/cool memory addressesI was wondering if there was a list of cool memory addresses to POKE and/or PEEK. For example, I know that PEEK 23674 tells you how long a Speccy has…
... if there was a list of cool memory addresses to POKE ... has been on in 50ths of a second (at least it ... ', but for memory addresses instead of assembly routines?Possibl sale of some Speccy stuffI've got a 16k Spectrum on it's tod, serial number 001-152938. The computer works but there's some problems with the membrane as some keys aren't wo…
... do go for that sort of thing...
I've ... I acquired it as part of a job lot a few ...couple of issues help please!First of all sorry if i sound like a complete N00bulator. I'm not acquainted with the etiquette of this forum yet and don't want to occur the wrath o…
First of all sorry if i sound ... not acquainted with the etiquette of this forum yet and don ... want to occur the wrath of the cynical one that seems ... . I'm having a myriad of issues playing speccy games on ...Vague memory of a gameHi all, something's been bugging me on and off for ages. I once had a speccy game that I can't remember the name of. Sadly I can't recall many of the…
... can't remember the name of. Sadly I can't recall ... many of the details either!
What ...Vague memory of another gameHi, I'm also trying to identify a game I've liked back then. If I remember correctly it was an isometric perspective of a road and a ball and (geom…
... it was an isometric perspective of a road and a ball ... to find the correct sequence of moves.
Does this ...Vote for the change of TZX formatThere is an ongoing discussion on the proposal of Patrik Rat to change the current TZX format specification to one that is simpler to implement for e…
... ongoing discussion on the proposal of Patrik Rat to change the ... introduced in 1.20 version of the TZX format and introduce ...works of artfrom the back 2 skool thread: [QUOTE=Wiggypop;186399]Fantastic games, both of them. They were games that you could properly get immersed in, and ev…
... =Wiggypop;186399]Fantastic games, both of them. They were games that ... playing up.
Works of art.[/QUOTE]
what ...Death of CRT=Death of Spectrum?I was testing an old PC Engine console on the LCD TV in my house, and couldn't believe how awful the picture was. With giant ugly unblended pixels th…
... pixels that ruined the look of all the sprites and backgrounds ... like about 1980s graphics. Because of this, I haven't even ...Birthdays of the happy! Zeropolis 79!Bloody hell you're younger than me? I thought I was one of the young un's on here :p Anyway Happy Burfday ....Drink Beer :( have a Gudden!
Bloody hell you're younger than me? I thought I was one of the young un's on here :p
Anyway
Happy Burfday
....Drink Beer :(
have a Gudden!action ball sports gamesThe revival of the footy game thread got me thinking about other ball games where you compete one on one with the CPU. I had a look at the sports lis…
The revival of the footy game thread ... start by recommending some of the obvious ones I ... know and a couple of others...
... but strangely compelling future sport for the first few ... br /> Xeno - another future sport just a slightly annoying control ...Evaluation of IF?I am wondering how the "run-time compiler" (i.e. running the basic program) does evaluate IF statements, that is: does the statement get checked firs…
... and if true the rest of the line, or does the ... first?
How much of these two lines has to ...How many items of a good Spectrum game got sold?Is it known how large quantities of typical Spectrum games sold back in the 80's? A popular game, did it sell like 10.000 or 100.000 items?
Is it known how large quantities of typical Spectrum games sold back in the 80's? A popular game, did it sell like 10.000 or 100.000 items?Pricing of homoeopathic "medicines" -- weirdYesterday I was at my local pharmacist to collect a prescription, and noticed that tucked away in one corner is a display of homoeopathic "medicines"…
... one corner is a display of homoeopathic "medicines" -- I presume because ... ones (a dilution of 100^6, that is, of 10^12, to ... there even are any molecules of the original ingredient left, which ... get what amounts to 20ml of distilled water, anyway.;))Russian clone of ZX-Spectrum 48kThe classic russian clone of ZX-Spectrum 48k [URL="http://sblive.narod.ru/ZX-Spectrum/Leningrad48k/Leningrad48k.htm"]http://sblive.narod.ru/ZX-Spect…
The classic russian clone of ZX-Spectrum 48k
[ ...Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget - Random World of Spectrum gameWell, now you all have a reason to upgrade to Windows Vista... I knocked up a sidebar gadget to load random games from World of Spectrum. Every 15 m…
... load random games from World of Spectrum. Every 15 minutes, you ... get the details of a new game loaded, with ...A bit of German to translateI had a go with a German-English dictionary, but I couldn't find any of the words. A German company called XyZ advertised various Spectrum programs i…
... I couldn't find any of the words. A German company ...Remakes of spectrum gamesTheres probably few people who have not heard of the remake made of AticAtac by retrospec on the pc. Does anyone know if they have run into any issu…
... who have not heard of the remake made of AticAtac by retrospec ...Another couple of Ebay AuctionsHi Some more; [url=http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=002&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=120119322005&rd=1&rd=1]40+…
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Hope these are of interest!
Edit: Sorry ...Fate of the Spectrum drawing board?Dear All, I thought you might be interested, or even relieved to hear that the Science Museum has agreed today to take the drawing board as a permane…
... and metal covers - The manufacturer of the rubber mats was a ... called 'Haffendon mouldings', once part of the 'London Rubber Co' The ...Anybody watch Panorama tonight? About the "Church" (aka Cult!) of Scientology?If you watched Panorama tonight, you'll really enjoy this: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD9bCdHqU3s[/url] BBC documentary filmed quite a fe…
Last of the Eighties Vintage on EbayI'm now selling my 48K Speccy, including joystick, RAM Turbo interface, spare membrane, cassette player, manuals, leads etc. Also a selection of aro…
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Also a selection of around 50 cover tapes, mostly ...The birth of JasminHi, all. I'd like to announce, that a new ZX Spectrum emulator has just been born. I called it JasminEmu. It's written entirely in Java, and makes u…
... in Java, and makes use of JOGL and JOAL libraries for ... with other emulators in terms of speed, accuracy and... well... any ...What's Your Opinion of the American Version of "The Office"?I think it's the ONLY American interpretation of any British TV show to get it right (because the American version of Coupling was awful). It's also …
I think it's the ONLY American interpretation of any British TV show to get it right (because the American version of Coupling was awful). It's also the only one to carry on it's own and not be a complete ripoff of the British one. Any thoughts?
