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OT: Laser or Inkjet printer?I have to change my printer. So I am fed up with the rip off printer cartridges, and refills that do not work very well. So I am thinking of going t…
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Best letterIn my opinion, the best letter is 'b'. 1) All the best words start with it. 2) It looks like it sounds. 3) It has an insect named after it. 4) p, q …
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BBC - Making the Most of The Micro Live - Speccy Type-inI've just been sorting out stuff in the garage and stumbled on a "Send For" Information sheet from the BBC's Making the Most of the Micro From Octobe…
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New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
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CelebsHi I realise this has probably already been asked (sorry if I'm bringing up an old subject) but do we have any "celebrities" in our midst? In other…
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Anyone remeber Pegasus Software?I've got a bit of a strange question for you all. A couple of months ago, I started work at a company called Pegasus Software, who make accounting so…
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Activision has joined the DENIENCES sessionHello everyone! Activision has stated that their games are not allowed for free distribution, as well as Electric Dreams games! Go to [url="http://…
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Q on cleaning Atari 2600 game cartridges.So ... I have a couple of Atari 2600 games ... what would you knowledgeable lot suggest I do to clean the cartridges? My wife says she used rubbing …
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Microdrive MIA ??I have a copy of "SUPADRIVE" by Transform Ltd on microdrive cart, which is a microdrive utility that can supposedly repair corrupt microdrive cartrid…
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TERRY ON THE MOVE - BiblechipI have a game called Terry on the move made by Biblechip. It appears to be religeously orientated and follows Terry Tearaway a young adventurer whos…
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looking for a game.I've looked everywhere for it. Down the back of the setee, in my spare jacket, even in my sock draw. I just can't find it. Anyone seen it?
I *borrowed* it to tape-to-tape it.
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Desert Island Disk- If there was only one game?You know the story, youre on a desert Island, youve got your Spectrum and TV and have invented the coconut-generator, Which one game would you play, …
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New Spectrum game available to download Those who visited the minigame competition site last year may remember a little platform game I wrote in 4K, called Area 51. I've now reworked this…
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Sharopolis' Election Predictions.Some of you may remember that last year I incorrectly called the US election for Kerry, but im undeterred and Im going to have another go. I love a g…
... Thatcher, removed students? entitlement to cover for travel expenses, a ... Support, Housing Benefit and access to a Vacation Hardship Allowance. < ... ?1 billion was owed to the Student Loans Company in ... />
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Pirate game trading at school?How many people traded pirate games at school? At one school, there was a group in which members would trade pirate games for all systems most break…
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Movies that should be made/remadeEveryone hates it when a classic movie/tv series/radio series/book/breakfast cereal/duvet cover is turned into a movie. Think of the outcry when they…
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Pirate game trading at school?How many people traded pirate games at school? At one school, there was a group in which members would trade pirate games for all systems most break…
What did you guys use to copy turbo and speedlock games that couldn't be copied tape to tape? At school, my group of friends used to copy games using; The Key, Replica and for turbo games we used 007 Tape copier.
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Pirate game trading at school?How many people traded pirate games at school? At one school, there was a group in which members would trade pirate games for all systems most break…
... Key. My dads friend used to copy me a lot of ... that software and i managed to get a copy of Elite ... argos so you could do tape to tape on it it was a ... -
Pirate game trading at school?How many people traded pirate games at school? At one school, there was a group in which members would trade pirate games for all systems most break…
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Weird loaders; 1) Why? 2) How? (Curiosity question)Hello again. Sorry to be asking/posting so much today, but I've just arrived here and am plumbing the depths of nearly 22 years of making cups of te…
... than the standard loader, to achieve faster loading times at ... work to hack the loader. To some extent it did foil tape-to-tape ... copying attempts too, due to the point ... certainly no practical benefit to having a dozen Technician Teds ... -
Weird loaders; 1) Why? 2) How? (Curiosity question)Hello again. Sorry to be asking/posting so much today, but I've just arrived here and am plumbing the depths of nearly 22 years of making cups of te…
... , then you merely have to rewind the tape to the beginning of that ... try again - rather than having to load the entire game from ... usually took a bit long to load, but the laoding was ... generally more reliable (opposite to the turbo load variants discussed ... -
MORE! Doctor WhoI just invested in around 70 Doctor Who audio adventures. Suprised how good they are, should have got some years ago :) My boyfriend is now worried …
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Why Spectrum has a lots of software?I'm thinking a lot of it and can't find "magic" which produced a lots of software (games, educational, utility) for Spectrum. My suggestions: 1. Ea…
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BASIC programs for ZX Spectrum Simulator in C64One program, for now. [url="http://mstancevic.tripod.com/C64/C64_page_3.htm"]http://mstancevic.tripod.com/C64/C64_page_3.htm[/url]
I couldnt get the TVTest tape to work i guess i dont know what im doing. i did type in a fornext loop printing something on the screen and changing teh ink colour and that worked well and was pretty fast, it's simple though. -
Problems gettingI have been experimenting with the audio-out options most Spectrum emulators feature, in the hopes to get some of my games running again from the ROM…
... Spectaculator) that sometimes a tape image has a whole ... of the image. The tape player keeps playing and ... long enough for the tape to run out or just ... stop the tape manually - then the game springs to life. ... br /> Anyway, something to ponder over.
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AZIMUTH HEAD ALIGNMENT KITSHow do they work ????
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Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryProbably seen that film more than Jaws and StarWrs put together, its great. I have hope that the new one will be at least ok, if not good(ahem; for t…
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Any decent jokes ?Heard a good one last night on Baddiel and Skinner.... Linford Christie wants to join a golf club so he goes to one and asks to join, the bloke goes…
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Any decent jokes ?Heard a good one last night on Baddiel and Skinner.... Linford Christie wants to join a golf club so he goes to one and asks to join, the bloke goes…
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bas2tapwill be there version of bas2tap for xp? i have a problem with running dos/95 stuff on my xp pro and I couldn?t check the program...the idea sounds …
... ?t save/export its stuff to TAP/TZX files..
is there ... another pgm to do this or to convert bas/sna/z80 to tap/tzx ... ?
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