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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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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?Sources of ZX81 tapes?eBay seems to be drying up at the moment as far as the rarer ZX81 tapes are concerned... so is anyone aware of any potential sources for ZX81 tapes? …
... concerned... so is anyone aware of any potential sources for ZX81 ...Pics of todays club charity bike run, and fun day.It rained, rained, rained some more, with an extra helping of wet stuff. We raised about ?5k for the local kids hospice. The ride out was good fun, …
... more, with an extra helping of wet stuff.
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Unconventional way of diagnosing a faultHi everyone Some time ago I got a 48k Spectrum (issue 3B board) in a pretty bad condition. I believe the power supply transistor TR4 failed, causing…
... line on the screen. Most of the time however I only ... . I suspect that some of the chips in the lower ... , how test which part of Spectrum's hardware isn't ... and connect the CPU buses of both computers together, I ... signals for the lower 16KB of RAM? What happens if ...Index of ZX81 soft/hardware references in mags?I'm just about at the point with my ZX81 collection that I want to systematically identify things I'm missing by going through magazines like ZX Comp…
... existing index? I'm aware of SPOT*On but I believe ... each tape or piece of hardware, the list of locations (Mag, issue ...New proccessors of the future and the Speccy[url]http://www.embedded.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=15201862[/url] I was very interested in the part where it said "old embedded processors nev…
... 8051s, Z80s, and more descendants of the x86 line soldier on ... you wonder where the hardware of the future is going and ...What a w*nker I hope this is not one of you.This is so awfully naff and lame it made me laugh out loud. Here is a ZX Spectrum game review from YouTube user PaulIsTheBest3UK: [url]http://www.…
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I hope none of you self respecting WOSers were ...Can I help with any of thisThe following is the games I just won on Ebay, as far as I can tell the cassettes look complete. Anyone know if any of the following can help with t…
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SIX OF THE BEST (SU cover tape ...What is the price of a game that never worked...I have the spanish edition of Crete 1941 (Creta 1941), in a box, instructions... all complete. But the tape never worked, it is defective. Do I hav…
I have the spanish edition of Crete 1941 (Creta 1941), in ... do I have a piece of shit? :D :D :D :D ...L@@K ! Issue 1 of Crash !Selling Issue 1 of Crash Magazine.... [URL]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290128485526[/URL] Front covers getting a bit tat…
Selling Issue 1 of Crash Magazine....
[URL] ...FA: Loads of UNUSED Vintage Joypads/Joysticks/ControllersHi folks Just a quick plug for the glut of Joypads and Joysticks I listed on eBay yesterday ... I'm selling controllers for all manner of vintage p…
... quick plug for the glut of Joypads and Joysticks I listed ... selling controllers for all manner of vintage platforms (including the Speccy ... I believe that nearly all of these devices are unused.< ... /> So, if you spotted anything of interest amongst that lot, please ...The Non Randomness of Sam BasicHows about this for weird. Hardly ever bothered with such simple stuff before but this is what I just did on the Sam ( as in a real one now I've got …
... now I've got lots of fixed stuff from Quazar ):
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Is this a factor of how BASIC generates random numbers ...Church amits to the existance of AliensJust read Sony news story where they say sorry to the Church of England for basing a shoot-em-up in Manchester Cathedral. [URL="http://news.bbc.co.u…
... say sorry to the Church of England for basing a shoot ... 1950's against a backdrop of an alien invasion.
FA: Masses of mags, inc complete set of YS!I've now sorted out the rest of my magazines, and posted them up on eBay, as follows: Crash (94 issues): [URL="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dl…
... now sorted out the rest of my magazines, and posted them ... /> ZX Files fanzine (complete set of 7 issues):
[URL="http ...Is there a list of all the special editions of certain games?Not demos that are just truncated versions of the original, but whole new (some albeit short) games. Here is what I know so far: Dizzy: Crash Specia…
... that are just truncated versions of the original, but whole new ...NTSC/USA Versions Of Spectrum....?Hello all. First time poster here, so please be gentle! :) My name is Kris. I'm 26 years old, and I live in New Jersey, USA. I'm a big fan of anythi…
... I'm a big fan of anything 80s, especially when ... I came across the World Of Spectrum, and very quickly ... if any USA versions of any of the Spectrum series computers ... produced, would anyone know of a way that I could ... to hearing back from some of you guys. Thanks in ...A return to point-and-click adventures...Okay, they've nicked my username, but I sincerely hope this is the start of a welcome return to the traditional point-and-click adventures. Made by …
... hope this is the start of a welcome return to the ... proper adventures again! The Broken Swords, Monkey Islands just weren't ... first, Grim Fandango was one of the very few to get ...3 Days and no sign of Mile[COLOR="Black"][SIZE="4"]THEE DAYS & NO SIGN OF MILE??[/SIZE][/COLOR] Has he been fired for spending too much time on WOS? I know last thursday he …
Silly little question written at the stroke of midnight.The run-of-the-mill Sinclair Spectrum is controlled by a 16K ROM program which can be divided into three major parts: 1. I/O routines 2. BASIC interp…
... know the min/max size of Windows?** (the different versions, ... Wikipediaish to see the definition of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org ... br />
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Skarpozzz ... not talking about the size of the whole freaking package with ...Yours for cost of S/H or eBay.I found some old programming (MAC(bleugh!) mags of mine. All in very good condition. They are yours if you paypal S/H from USA ... otherwise I'll tr…
... old programming (MAC(bleugh!) mags of mine. All in very good ... bin-time for the lot of them.
PM me ...Preferred way of determining Y co-ord in assembly?I know of 2 ways of calculating the y-cord of a pixel row for the speccy in assembly. One is to calculate the address by ways of shifting and masking…
I know of 2 ways of calculating the y-cord of a pixel ... calculate the address by ways of shifting and masking the ... that holds the Y address of each pixel row.
... But are there other ways of determining the y co-ord ... of a pixel row efficiently? ...How do I clear only a specific area of a screen (quickly) in machine code ?I'm looking for a machine code routine which will clear the first 20 rows of the Spectrum's display (or any number of rows or columns) . I have found…
... clear the first 20 rows of the Spectrum's display< ... br /> (or any number of rows or columns) . I ... have found
lots of routines which do the job ... br /> PRINT AT coordinates of where to start (30 ... which clears a specific number of lines
(which may ...6 months of hell...Ever have one of those months that you think could never ever get any worse? - Then the next month things just seem to decend even further? and the m…
Ever have one of those months that you think ... hospital trying to take care of her, while everything else has ... and help themselved to most of our posessions.
Things ... to return to some sort of normality...
Take care ...New version of X128I think X128 is one of the best emulators in DOS. The last version is from 2002, I think. Will we see a new version in windows?
I think X128 is one of the best emulators in DOS. The last version is from 2002, I think.
Will we see a new version in windows?Harry Potter And The Order Of The PhoenixSaw this earlier tonight and I must say I really enjoyed it. I haven't read any of the books (apart from the first one a good while ago) but I think …
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