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siegwell, bugger me, i?m sat in an internet cafe in karlsrhue in germany, having seen a poor old speccy smashed to bits in the street i have NO idea wh…
... to bits in the street
i have NO idea whats ... over town, just dumped in the street.....mazbe some german thing ... ?t thez get the bits in the right place...........it?s QWERTY zou ... -
my dodgy speccys.hi people, i was wondering if i could engage some opinions / thoughts / ideas of anyone, regarding my current "fixing up" of my speccys, since you s…
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I have 3 speccys a the mo, each in different ... and have some worries about the ease of fixing it myself. (the casing etc ... speccys, i'd rather have scart output. the one on [url=http ... more annoyingly, it wont load from the tape input. The sound coming ... -
Having Problems Creating .TZX filesI have a ZX spectrum +2 and i am using the headphone jack at the back of it to connect it ot the Mic in jack on my sound card, I recorded the tape us…
I have a ZX spectrum +2 and i am using the headphone ... jack at the back of it to connect it ot the Mic ... cause i loaded it on the spectrum [B]AT THE SAME TIME[/ ... and downloded MakeTZX with the GUI. following the tutorial it did, nothing, ... -
Linux WAV to TZX convertorsI looked through the posts and seen a few threads about converting WAVs to tzx but none of them are working for me. I have a few old tapes that don't…
... br /> I have written a Linux program to extract the raw pulses ... from the WAV and it has shown ... data. For example, the TZX spec says it starts with 'ZXTAPE!' ... but looking at the byte sequence ... -
Bought a speccy from ebay but need helpJust bought a speccy now so i don`t have it here yet but i bought one that might be broke have a read on what it says and tell me if you think it`s f…
... so i don`t have it here yet but i ... get the unit to tune to the TV correctly, It did ... find
a picture but the ... was just black. I dont have the time to investigate
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German JokesJust been sent this in the office by a mate. I found them funny anyway... Apologies if it offends anyone... GERMAN JOKES: Knock, knock. Who's there…
... funny anyway...
Apologies if it offends anyone...
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How many electricians does it take to change a light ... want to give men the impression that they have climaxed.
the jungle?
Because it would not be ... -
The CupOk lads, I'm off to the Millennium stadium to watch the footy - it's only 5 mins from my house. Anyone got any predictions ? I don't support either …
... 'm off to the Millennium stadium to watch the footy - it's only ... to see West Ham win it.
I'll say ... mates that work in the ticket office - It's been a chaotic ... -
Chips Challenge Crash Under EmulationHey Yo! I recently tried the Chips Challenge game (.tap version) on the Amiga ASp ZX Spectrum emulator. I seem to get to level 11 and it hangs after…
... br /> I recently tried the Chips Challenge game (.tap ... i complete it (after the score board). It seems to ... try and proceed to level 12 (as the ... get the exact same result as above. I have ... emulators have trouble playing this game, or is it the . ... -
Manic Miner in an old showHey all... Since a lot of you are British I thought I would ask here... I remember a kind-of children show a long time ago (I would say somewhere in…
... say somewhere in the middle of the eighties) where they ... of the episodes. It wasn't on the Speccy though, it looked ... version I have seen so far).
The show was ... kid again (or something). It was kind of a ... are a child you find it kinda funny.
Batman the Movie cheatNot sure if this has ever been mentioned before, sorry if it has. I used to be able to hold down the keys MICK on my Spectrum and skip a level in Ba…
... been mentioned before, sorry if it has.
I ... be able to hold down the keys MICK on my ... a level in Batman the Movie. But it doesn't seem to ... work when I play the game ... Any idea why?
The cheat is documented here:
Where did your alter-ego go? or Martin Hide : The Truth Behind The Name (possibly)The title says it all. :) Oh, and I think it was de Vandemar Croup all along. :) Necros.
The title says it all. :)
Oh, and I think it was de Vandemar Croup all along. :)
Necros.Book Project - reminderJust to remind anyone who said that they were going to send books for the books scan project. Please do.. Books currently being scanned by me are: …
... 5]
The Spectrum Games Companion.
[ ... and how to get the most from it.
[ISBN ... it as these are being scanned and will be uploaded over the ... next few weeks. If you have any ... books you would like to donate to the ...Found in microsoft.public.excel.misc - free softwareJust a heads-up to all spec-chums that Google Spreadsheet launches today but you have to sign up on a first-come first-served basis. [url]http://w…
... launches
today but you have to sign up on a ... in time for the World Cup.
It should appear in ...Name the game - non SpeccyHowdy! I remember playing an old racing game in the arcades when i was younger (talking early 80's). I can't remember the name of it but from what …
... an old racing game in the arcades when i was younger ... /> I can't remember the name of it but from what i ...I played DSpec on my DSlite!That's right, TheHiVE sent out a few copys of a pre-release version of DSpec and I was one of the luckiest fellers in the world to get one ! I't ver…
... have to select a game and hit the play icon to get it ... to somehow display the part of the screen that it had to be ... ahead of what I thought it might have been.
Now all ... a sudden I can't have it any other way.
I ...SPIN RZX playbackNot sure if anyone has mentioned this, but has anyone else noticed that when you play an RZX file back in SPIN at a hiked up Z80 CPU speed level, tha…
... level, that unless you have the sound unmuted it runs at normal speed ... the sound it automatically runs at proper speed, yet when you have it unmuted it ... runs at the faster speed you set in the options ...Which Hobbit Is Which?I've been wondering about this for a while. Melbourne House's The Hobbit was rereleased on the Sinclair label (No. G19/S). What does the cover of the…
... the cover of the Sinclair version look like? I have two versions of the ... the game. The games itself is also slightly different. On the loading screen it ... says 1.2 (the version number) and ...Rumours about me on Doctor Who Restoration Team BoardIt has been brought to my attention that someone made a post on the board reminding the world that in 1998, I claimed that Amy's dad held missing epi…
... when it did, it destroyed all creditability I had in the Doctor ... .
The person also claimed to have found a copy ... proved useful for the site and the people behind it know that while ... because my step-brother MIGHT have it in his old Speccy collection ...Deutschland, alles ist verbei....What an amazingly entertaining game! The mafia wins again, though this time, with great friendliness and manners. I was expecting foul play from the…
... expecting foul play from the Italianos but the only thing worth ... hoped too that the German fans would have shown better hospitality ... .
The Italians kept the pressure and it paid off, their ... country stuck off on the bottom of the map of Europe, ...Game IDHello, I was wondering if someone could ID a game for me, I played it years ago and have forgotten what it's called.. Ok, a description: I recall it…
... , I played it years ago and have forgotten what it's called..
it being a Tudor style game, you know where they have the ... made in paint(excuse the excellence of it lol) of how I ... and down the ladders trying to shoot the other guy in it. Im ...SpecAY (formerly Speccy-Player) Version 0.3 ReleasedJust in case you haven't heard of it (quite likely!) this is a program that plays back .AY music files on genuine, physical Spectrum hardware. Good t…
... can never quite match the sound of a genuine ... />
I have been tinkering with it on-and-off for ... a new version, and give it a proper name - SpecAY. ... program in the world, but it does what it's supposed ... to do (well, most of the ...Another World (Win XP version)You can now play this classic game on Windows XP with a screen res of up to 1280x960! The graphics have been slightly improved too. It cost 7 euros f…
... to 1280x960! The graphics have been slightly improved too. It cost 7 euros ... for the full version ... is well worth it. I've just completed it for the first time ...BETA - Mail alerts from Google VideoIf you're like me and do not want to use a standalone RSS Reader to monitor new Spectrum-related videos on Google Video, then you might be interested…
... if you want the plain text version, or the absolutely gorgeous HTML ... , I strongly recommend the HTML version :)
It's first-come ... I have in place.
Once I've finalised the code ... I want to put it on a ...What turboloader?I found some old tapes with some games and some gamehacks with new levels (gyroscope, arkanoid, commando) i made back then. The trouble is i can?t ge…
... problems with the basicprogram loader but of the turboloaded code it will make ... just zeros. Now, the turboloader ... in the mag Your Sinclair how to do it. Does anybody have any ... to tzx or could it be that the sample is bad ...Painful for Italian Football[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/5164194.stm[/url] Three teams relegated but two with severe points dockings for next season.(Ch…
... , Milan -15) Milan have been allowed to stay in ... the reason. Hit 'em hard where it hurts the most, financially, but with the ... benefactors Juve and Milan have it ... years Champions League and the relegated clubs (Lecce, ...Why are there no Speccy tune remixe(r)s?In the past, I made a couple of posts on this boards which hinted at the whole SLAY Radio/remix.kwed/C64 audio thingy which is mostly breadbox relate…
... that radio station and the people surrounding it (even though I think ... the one we have now with the breadbox.
Is it due to the ... excellent remakes of the games, but on the music front it's all ... identical tunes in the games? Why don't we have a Makke ...help with spectaculator...Hi guys, I posted this question in the games forum, but it's actually got more to do with me not knowing how to use the emulator (I've got the specta…
... question in the games forum, but it's actually ... to use the emulator (I've got the spectaculator) properly ... could go back to the designer level after completing ... go back to the designer level, it deletes my wizard, ... my problem! Btw, I have XP- could this be ...Timex-Sinclair 2068 mod?Just curious, is there any way that a Timex-Sinclair 2068 can be modded to function as a ZX Spectrum128? I'm considering getting one (since it's rat…
... 'm considering getting one (since it's rather expensive (in terms ... one from eBay and have it shipped to the US). I know there ... ZX rom in it that allowed 97% of the games/programs available ... in the UK to run ...need a routine to fill the screen with 'stars'I need a routine that will randomly set pixels to give the illusion of a star filled back ground. Once drawn, the stars don't need to move. Not wanti…
... randomly set pixels to give the illusion of a star filled ... back ground. Once drawn, the stars don't need to ... . Not wanting to reinvent the wheel I thought I'd ... . I don't need the generated star field to be ... different every time I call the function but it can be.Free animated film Elephants DreamI haven't seen it yet i am downloading an iso of it now, but its a computer animated film and the makers have released it free to download, this is a…
... computer animated film and the makers have released it free to download, this ... is a quote from the website ... ,
" (Blender Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) - The 3D animated ...
