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Hard Drive QuestionI've recently re-installed windows on a new hard drive. I've kept the old hard drive and have been going through it deleting everything, as I check t…
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SpecBAS: Request for comment - SpritesHi all - Having been slaving away at the new SpecBAS release, I've decided to finally bite the bullet and implement a sprite engine. I've got a nice…
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Anyone use to repair vcrs?Anyone use to repair vcrs?,have a JVC industrial pro editing machine vcr*made in 1984 *,it fast forwards and rewinds off screen but when comes to pla…
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A Rare Spectrum BookA rare Spectrum Book has been recently uploaded by JP - The Guide to the Spectrum ROM by Andrew Pennell [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infosee…
... and accurate list of the System Variables and rather spookily he ... anticipates that the NMIADD system variables will be used to ... -
Extremely rare example of a Sinclair QL with DongleWe have now managed to resurrect an early example of the Sinclair QL home computer as it was first unveiled to the expectant media, complete with the…
... of the QL's operating system.
In 26 years ... units and the AH operating system and very early First Edition ... upgrades (to replace the operating system with one needing two ROM ... on the QL, the operating system was at least AH (which ... -
Shoot me now, I've started dreaming about you!I dreamed that I was at a specialised 8bit carboot sale with Ewgf! Yes, he even looked a bit like Penfold. While he was sorting through a box of Sp…
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Good (non-Spectrum) games to explore inSomeone on gamefaqs asked "[I]Reccommend me some great games that involve exploring a large land. Games that strongly feature discovering new areas a…
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65 vintage ZX Spectrum games[url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/65-vintage-ZX-Spectrum-games-/190500291093?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item2c5ab3c215[/url] Batman The Movie - Ocean D…
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Death Star Interceptor - System 3
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SinTech - problems placing orderAnybody dealt with SinTech? They are suppose to sell Sinclair and other retro computer gear. Trying to pay for an order is impossible. They have UK …
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Movie Critique (posh way of saying this is a film recommendation thread!)We haven't had a film recommendation thread for ages (so it seems), so I thought we should get a new one started, and hopefully everyone will post wh…
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Zombie Zombie Loading SchemeA quick check of the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005866"]Zombie Zombie[/URL] loader identifies it's the RAPID LOADING SYS…
A quick check of the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005866"]Zombie Zombie[/URL] loader identifies it's the RAPID LOADING SYSTEM ? ESPRIT 1984
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Software VersioningUp until now all my software developments have been developed by me alone. However, I am now to be working with a new team of developers. I have been…
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Do you believe in alien life?Do you believe in alien life? That is, life anywhere but on Earth? So do you believe that there is life on other planets, or do you instead believ…
... anything in this star system (our Solar System) other than Earth has ... did evolve in this solar system, I don't know. But ... -
Sharing filesIs there currently a convenient way to share files between a (linux) PC and an emulated ZX Spectrum of some kind? Maybe some kind of virtual network…
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Perhaps my motherboard is dead?I had a thread on here some time ago, about how my sound card and just ceased to be recognised by my linux operating system. Well recently I decided …
... recognised by my linux operating system.
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A major revamp of a computerI'm thinking about buying this motherboard here: [url]http://www.asrock.com/MB/overview.asp?Model=A330GC[/url] AFAICT the DIMM slots for RAM are the…
... use those in a slower system?
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What memory pages are being used in a +3DOS disk operation?To make a long story short: what pages are in use by +3DOS while doing read operations from the disk drive? Now, for the details, for those interest…
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Need help with a DOS commandI've searched for hours in a row and I've been searching for a couple days now, but I can't find a way to log on to a local machine using DOS. This i…
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The best Explorer (file manager, not browser) replacement for Windows?There's a stack of utilities that claim to make Windows faster, or more reliable, or easier to use, but one type I've never really bothered with is t…
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True 3D in PC gaming?What ever happened to Nvidia's (I think it was them) claims that they would be making true 3D possible using their drivers and suitable glasses? I'm …
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Windows XP problemI dont normally ask you folkes about problems with my OS as I can usually figure them out myself. However, this one has me stumped. A few days ago m…
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NettoWithin a few months NETTO won't exsist in Britain anymore. The OFT told ASDA that they could only have so many NETTOs and have to sell the rest. The…
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T/S 2068 & SpectrumBorrowing what you see below from the Timex Sinclair 2068 Beginner/Intermediate Guide, by Fred Blechman. It appears the T/s 2068 was intended to be …
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Any home karaoke singers?My wife likes to sing karaoke now and then. We now have one of those cheap DVD-karaoke players but it really stinks using DVD's. I'm thinking of buy…
SpecBAS 0.630 now available.A small fix to the animation system for the sprite engine in SpecBAS results in a new release. [url]https://sites.google.com/site/pauldunn/SpecOS.zi…
A small fix to the animation system for the sprite engine in SpecBAS results in a new release.
[url]https://sites.google.com/site/pauldunn/SpecOS.zip[/url]
D.Push/Pop data copyingWe all know that stack pointer cheese and push/pop is faster to move data than LDIR - which in turn is slower than unrolled LDI's anyway. I rewrote …
... style of the SP1 graphics system.
Is it worth ...Games completed 2011?I have seen this on other forums and though it would be a good idea and have chosen `chit chat area as the question is for any system not just the sp…
... the question is for any system not just the speccy,i ...2nd hard drive puzzlerHello all OK,this is a one for the PC builders.I am thinking about putting a 2nd hard drive into my PC.I know that from when i go into my Motherboa…
... my Motherboard settings(when my system
boots up),my hard ... my Motherboard settings(when my system boots up),and
change ...
