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The death of Rock n Roll and why rock died?I know most of you guys are more Punk & Techo oriented, I've always been more a Hard Rock / Grunge / Metal fan. While I work, I spend most of my …
... after 2000 you had sort of the comeback of "that" rock , with ... Ferdinand, Artic Monkeys & the creation of "super bands" like Velvet ... Revolver / Audioslave and the comeback of Alice n Chains, Stone ... only Rap & the Beyonce type of singer existed. (and ... -
Newly Acquired +3 in the USAI just acquired (rather accidentally, was looking for an empty Spectrum + case!) a pretty nice Spectrum +3, and a US-spec PSU. As far as I can tell …
... as I can tell the Speccy works (I heard the expected floppy seeking ... , and the power light comes ... LCD monitor? I have all the standard ports available, across ... have to dig that out of my storage.
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The Worst of WOS.Ok so we have quite a few threads discussing some of WOSes best bits. But.... what about our worst bits. I'm sure there are plenty to paw over. I…
... a few threads discussing some of WOSes best bits. But.... what ... Word Story as one of the WoW (Worst of WOS) moments . How had ... certainly should win the prize for the biggest pile of eh.. what's ... -
New Game: In the Walls of Eryx.[b]"In the Walls of Eryx"[/b] is a brand new game for the 128k ZX-Spectrum by Monster's Legs Productions, using Jonathan Cauldwell's Arcade Game Desi…
... with the kind permission of Arkham House), the game follows the adventures of Private Stansfield ... after he crash-lands in the Erycinian Highlands of ... -
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k in MINT condition + box of 7 original TAPES: just use for test it.http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=172483906363 Probably the best condition of a Speccy (rubber keys) I've ever seen in my lif…
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Condition of the external box: PERFECT (some normal ...
Condition of the cassette tapes: IMMACULATE
Condition of the Speccy and ... cables: PERFECT (just test if works), brilliant colors ... -
Are there any unreleased Spectrum games or prototypes in the hands of collectors?You know how some games for various machines were written but never released, and then a collector buys the developers' discs or whatever hardware, a…
... or gameplay differences to the finished products) of commercially released, or aborted ... the hands of private collectors?
And personally, I wish the prototypes of ... Black and White on the original XBox were released, since the ... -
wanted zx-style graphics / remake in the workswell, I`m not so sure where to put this, it is to summon people here at wos to join me at the graphics side of my project, a remake of one of the mos…
... me at the graphics side of my project, a remake of one of the most ... wanna keep at maximum the fidelity to the original, in an effort ... to honor the original.
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Fastest way of reading from EAR portI'm trying to work out the fastest way of reading data from the EAR port and assembling the bits into a byte. I came up with this code: IN A, (C) ; …
... to work out the fastest way of reading data from the EAR port ... and assembling the bits ... 7 of the ULA port are always 1, so that the compare works; is ... even further? (I'm ignoring the setup, counter update and branching ... -
The Order of Mazes & Flynn's Adventure in Bombland Physical CopyHi I've always meant to create a physical copy of the games I created and have finally got round to it. I've only made 2 so far, one for me and on…
... Side A of the tape has 2 copies of The Order of Mazes, just ... in case
Side B of the tape has the ... newer version of Flynn's Adventure ... post), plus all of the minigames I wrote for the compos.
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The trouble with good code isLots of times I've come here to ask for help and always got it pretty promptly. Which is wonderful and one of the reasons why I don't think there's a…
... me a solution, often it works really well, uses less ... could figure out how it works.
Sometimes I ... level explanation of the more arcane commands. I suppose most of the experts ... source of in depth explanations of how to get the most out of the ... -
How to automatically find the character set in a gameThis is all completely new to me, so please be patient. I've done some reading up on how character sets are handled by the Spectrum. I understand tha…
... points to an area of the rom by default and ... Of Midnight and Rebelstar, that works fine and I can copy out the ... routine (putchar?) instead of using the Spectrum default one. Is ... of finding the character sets other than the old method of scanning through the ... -
Robin of the WoodThis is a game I was completely unaware of and only discovered recently while browsing the games database. I love it! But am rubbish at it, as is so …
... be back in the light! The video is full of the usual silliness, so ... feel free to ignore (the ... shoutout is in the first couple of minutes!) :-)
Just a grump about the lack of informative documentariesI watch a lot of these always hoping to learn a bit about how things work even when I'm already fairly up on the topic. What gets me is how anyone ca…
... bother to show the details of its construction, discuss the glues used or ... even talk to any of the people who worked in various ... achievement especially given the glues available at the time. Delamination of plywood was ...Recreated Spectrum .What do we get for the "now" (Aug 2017) best retail price of around £35?Well best/ cheapest retail prices can vary a bit so I thought it best to be specific. At this £35 price ,is it a good deal and what do we get ? A…
... protection in the UK is getting worse as the shrinkage of the "responsible state ... retained control over ALL ASPECTS of the manufacturing process and product quality ... may have lost some of the control over how the product is distributed ...Custom Menus on the ZX Spectrum +3Today, my Friends, i have the pleasure of presenting a program i have written which gives a set of custom menus on the +3. The main features of my p…
... works.
Assuming that you have by now downloaded the ... instead of using a lot of words to describe how it works, ... - this one does the following: stores the current state of the Calculator mode (I ... may also have noticed the absence of the item [b]Exit[/b ...One of the reasons I still hang onto the Spectrum...Why is it these days you just can't play a game? Take Don't Starve for instance, its Saturday morning and I just fancy a quick game. So I hit the ico…
... . So I hit the icon. But of course I bought it ... wait for the Steam app to load first. And of course ... rant).
Finally the login bit loads. Oh yeah ... password... But I own the bloody game, I paid ... some money, get given the game of my choice and it ...The Amazon Key, what a great idea!Nowadays, lots of people order things online, and get the items sent to their homes. And inevitably of course, sometimes the delivery driver will att…
... , lots of people order things online, and get the items sent ... homes. And inevitably of course, sometimes the delivery driver will attempt ... be hacked (and so the concept of security is non-existent), ... very briefly and (if the camera works and doesn't get ...What's your personal GOTY (Game of the Year) for 2017?Since the year is almost over, what is your personal game of the year? What with real life and everything, this is maybe the fourth or fifth year of …
... The New Colossus,
Prey (the 2017 game, of course, not the 2006 game of the ... Hollow Knight,
Dishonoured Death of the Outsider,
< ... (an amazing modernisation of the 1993 classic, why has ... almost every facet of the game), but it ...Spectaculator TZX and TAP file association breakdown (the PC version of Spectaculator).Untill a few days ago I had not noticed this much since I first joined WOS .But it has recently "reared its head again" . What is this all about?Well…
... I think a lot of people at the time thought I was ... ,this was when the "accidental capture" and the breakdown of my TZX files ... it up or restore the file association. The damage appeared to be ... irreversible. (so no wonder the WOSSERS of 2 years ago could not ...Music album made on the RASPBERRY PI :)Hi guys. The Raspberry Pi sounds good too. ;) [url]https://yerzmyey.bandcamp.com/album/rpi-zwei[/url] [img]http://yerzmyey.i-demo.pl/male/…
... & directly from the machine.
The RPi's sound is ... generated by the Broadcom BCM2835 chip (for the 1st model of RPi) and ... by Broadcom BCM2836 chip (in the ... .
They say it works with 11 bit quality. It ...Any reason to prefer the 48k version of a game over 128k?Title says all... are there any games for which it makes sense to play the 48k version if there is also a 128k version? To my understanding, the 128k…
... it makes sense to play the 48k version if there is ... have improvements, usually in the form of additional screens or music, but ...The odd parts of the Internet.This thread is devoted to the odd places on the internet. Not the grotesque, or dark web nastiness but weird stuff that pops up in the odd search res…
... devoted to the odd places on the internet. Not the grotesque, or ... that pops up in the odd search result or ... rather than a geeky image of a battery, I was ... br />
I saw the well drawn lading page but ... deared not click the link to play the game. I dare ...USB Floppy Emulator Drive for the Spectrum +3I've just finished the first draft of my guide to building a Gotek drive for the ZX Spectrum +3 (http://tomdalby.com/other/gotek.html). Found it work…
I've just finished the first draft of my guide to building a ... Gotek drive for the ZX ... works really well with most disks working fine, hopefully the continued development of the ...USB Floppy Emulator Drive for the Spectrum +3I've just finished the first draft of my guide to building a Gotek drive for the ZX Spectrum +3 (http://tomdalby.com/other/gotek.html). Found it work…
I've just finished the first draft of my guide to building a ... Gotek drive for the ZX ... works really well with most disks working fine, hopefully the continued development of the ...Lots of French stations booming in on the FM broadcast band.Don't know if any of you fellow wosser's are interested in receiving/listening to long distance radio but currently here in the Lincolnshire area of …
... but currently here in the Lincolnshire area of UK, I have be ... of French stations literally wiping out the UK stations. This is on the ... due to co-channel interference of the a French station. Tropics are ... very good on the FM band this evening. If ...For the Love of ElectronicsBesides the ZX Spectrum, what other pieces of electronic tech, new or old, do you have that has garnered similar levels of affection? For me it wo…
Besides the ZX Spectrum, what other pieces of electronic tech, new or ... I got it for the princely sum of $20 at a Cardiff ... seconds, and because of its electronic breaking stops the instant I press ... the button. In a ...The Vectornauts (first attempt at an AGD game)Hey folks, I’m new to the forum, also new to AGD. I wanted to share my progress with my first attempted AGD game with you nice people! It’s prett…
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I’m new to the forum, also new to AGD ... give it a little bit of a polish and add ... , it has an end, of sorts, albeit an anti-climactic ...
I couldn't get the image links from Dropbox to ... .
But the download link for the game works okay I think ...Footballer of the year - translated versionHello, In my ZX spectrum + times I had bought Footballer Of The Year translated to Greek . I never managed though to transfer the game to an SNA/TAP…
... + times I had bought Footballer Of The Year translated to Greek . I ... never managed though to transfer the game to an SNA/TAP ... /Z80 form. I had the original tape and it had ... />
Does anyone have the Greek version of F.O.T.Y ...Spectrum 48K / composite mod / LCD TV: voltages out of the ULAHello Spectrum World I have juste bought again my first computer on ebay... a Speccy 48k issue 2 with a 5C112E-2 ULA. Just had to replace TR4 and …
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c) the level of the signals is not correct (the voltage between sync ... be interested in knowing the typical voltage of the composite video signal which ... goes to the RF modulator (after ...The Ballpoint"The Ballpoint" http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0007945 This is a summary of the investigation Philip Richmond, Tim Gilberts (Gil…
... references to 'The Ballpoint' or identify the origin of the file. The only reference Philip ... system as the Quill! It works in the identical way to the Quill... using ... still works... it even does a CLS and a reprint of the text ...
