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Latest exam resultWell Spec-chums, I just got the result of my fifth accountancy exam. (I'm studying part-time with the ACCA for an accountancy degree and professional…
... 'm studying part-time with the ACCA for an accountancy degree ... and professional qualifications.) The pass mark was 45% or ... much chance of passing as the proverbial snowball in hell.
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name of this game?I think you were meant to be in a plane. It was similar to operation wolf, in that you had cross hairs on the screen. you shot planes that flew acros…
... you had cross hairs on the screen. you shot planes that ... little men runing around on the ground. it you doppped down ... a large crack on the screen. in the next level you would shoot ... -
ANN - ZXSoftware update 03/03/06 V1.3.cUpdate 03/03/06 Version 1.3.c This is a big update but its only partially completed, hence the minor revision mark of "c". The intergration of the Z…
... mark of "c". The intergration of the ZXSoftware and WOS databases ... />
Internally the database now has all the equivelent WOS id ... WOS.
Over the next few days (weeks) I will ... Martijn for his help intergrating the databases.
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RZX's desiredHi there! A while back a few people who contribute to the RZX Archive said it was OK to suggest any requests. Putting the dirty mac to one side, I'm…
... few people who contribute to the RZX Archive said it was ... to suggest any requests. Putting the dirty mac to one side ... now back to working on the 1986 chapter and here are ... if it's done within the next month or two, that would ... -
various Spectrum MIAs not listed on WoS* PAUL (Personal Accounting Utilities Ledger) by Jaysoft was reviewed in Home Computing Weekly #9 (3-9 May 1983, page 39) for the 48K Spectrum, price…
... September 1983, page 51).
* The Complete Machine Code Programmer by ... might have (if any) to the similarly titled products from Roybot ... book, by Amazing Games for the 48K Spectrum, was reviewed ... />
These will be in the next SPOT update, but that won ... -
More rare / scarce tapes for sale....[url="http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZgilby6QQhtZ-1QQfrppZ50QQfsopZ1QQfsooZ1QQrdZ0?"]http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZgilby6QQhtZ-1QQfrppZ50QQfs…
Crash's poor attempt at an April FoolOn page 8 of Issue 63 of Crash (April 1989), there was an April Fool joke (see if you can spot it [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/ma…
... good joke, especially considering that the magazine would have been published ... either, so many people thought the article was genuine.
There ... /Crash6400008.jpg"]apology[/url] in the next issue. :DRetroeuskal: Looking for a Spectrum introHi. I don't know if anyone knows Euskal encounter, a party celebrated in Bilbao (Spain). Last year we were 3.000 attendants, and this year, the orga…
... attendants, and this year, the organization expects to reach ... museum, where you can try the exposed machines, conferences, exhibition ... . :)
In the next edition (July 2006), we would ... project and an incentive for next editions.
...Hooray! I finished it!I've just finished writing the LAST PAGE IN THE BOOK!!! WOOHOO! (and only three and a half months later than I wanted)... Editing will be done over…
I've just finished writing the LAST PAGE IN THE BOOK!!! WOOHOO!
Editing will be done over the next two to three weeks, and ... then it's off to the printers..
Thanks for ...Spy-Bot Search and DestroyI'm having problems with Spy-bot. It searches for about 5-6 miniutes, then stops. It says there is an error during the scan, and it gives me a file (…
... there is an error during the scan, and it gives ... WINDOWS.win.ini then the rest of the message is in ... It also goes off the edge of the display and won't ... it got as far as the next file slong and stopped again ... to solve this problem? The FAQ provided doesn't help ...ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... must still create the final column (the struct sp1_cs must ... splib2 by iterating over the sprite characters with sp1_IterateSprChar ... () or the fast way with sp1_PutSprClr(). The latter is ... />
The next post will describe how to ...C64 version of LED Storm... Impossible?I have just spent 3 hours playing LED Storm on the C64, and I don't believe that it can be completed without using hacks or cheats, i've managed to g…
... playing LED Storm on the C64, and I don ... is completely impossible IMO, the road and holes are totally ... drive straight ahead and the next you are falling through ... petrol to finish the stage, and all the time there ... this game back in the day, I will personally ...Uncle? Me?Yup, my eldest sister gave birth to her first kid at 5ish this morning. The first of the next generation (if you don't include cousins who have got …
... at 5ish this morning. The first of the next generation (if you don ...Games Club - voting for WC 06/05/2006Here's the choices for the next week.
Here's the choices for the next week.Clearout of Loft, Crash issue plus other mags goingWill be moving hopefully in a few months so clearing out all my old mags to make life a bit easier (well apart from my hallowed zzap collection ;-) )…
... /> These are going under the hammer in the next week:
... issues including issue 1
The Games Machine most issues also ... Magazine system
In the next week Amtix will be going ... />
Hope some of the mags may be of interest ...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…
... Linux program to extract the raw pulses from the WAV and it ... for timing) and can extract the byte sequences.
I would ... some pulse errors (based on the previous pulse) and output to ... bytes should be the size: 00. Er, no. The next ten give '--simmer ...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 version ... ) on the Amiga ASp ZX Spectrum emulator ... level 12 (as the next music starts up), but the screen seems to ... remember exactly) and i get the exact same result as above ...Name GameThe idea of this is to name a game using the third last letter of the previous one. So if I start off with Pyjamarama, the next person will have to…
The idea of this is to name a game using the third last letter of the previous one.
So if I start off with Pyjamarama, the next person will have to name a game starting with A, and so on. Right then...
PyjamaramaVery Early sinclair and Cambridge computer items on e-bayHi all just thought i would let you know that i have listed some very early computer items on e-bay There are early interfaces from science of cambri…
... listing some rom cartridges in the next few days , so keep you ...ANN - ZXSoftware.co.uk Update V1.5 21/05/06ZXSoftware has now been updated to V1.5. Changes :- 299 new titles have been added - Listed below. A few thousend new ingame screenshots and loadin…
... but will be listed in the next update.
Due ... NOS Hobbyscoop
Batman The Caped Crusader The Hit Squad
... br /> Fantastic Mister Fruity, The Cronosoft
Fernando Martin Basket ... Century
Way of the Tiger, The Kixx
Wender Bender ...Biotoxins redumping projectI've been spending quite a bit of time between dumping STP / MIA titles at looking at the titles flagged by Biotoxin as possibly needing a redump... …
... / MIA titles at looking at the titles flagged by Biotoxin as ... updates and in the WIP material for the next one... The site is hosted ... them out...
Anyway, the point of this message is ... it comes out as the correct size, but the block consists of ...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: …
... Computer Puzzles & Games for the Speccy.
[ ISBN 0 283 ... 586 06104 5]
The Spectrum Games Companion.
[ISBN ... ]
Sixty Programs for the ZX Spectrum.
[ISBN 0 ... and will be uploaded over the next few weeks. If you have ...Any interest in Standed 2?Now that Farmer-Jack... is nearing completion I'm looking for the next challange (although hopefully not quite as much of a challange as FJ has been!…
... completion I'm looking for the next challange (although hopefully not quite ...SpectaculatorDoes anyone know when the next release of Spectaculator will be?
Does anyone know when the next release of Spectaculator will be?A very worrying game...There's a similar game currently in progress on the 24 message board on IMDB. I will type the name of a Speccy game using my elbows and the first per…
... currently in progress on the 24 message board on ... IMDB. I will type the name of a Speccy game ... using my elbows and the first person to correctly ... to be gets to ask the next question, and so on.< ... post, which is probably the most sane and sensible course ...Best speccy xmas gifts?What was your fave xmas and what games did you get, my fave xmas was back in '89 when i first got my speccy and the operation wolf and lightgun pack,…
... first got my speccy and the operation wolf and lightgun pack ... it after that!
The next best xmas i had was ...AgentX2 RemixingI`ve started to remix AgentX2 and need some help with the drums. Anyone care to add the drum track to [url=http://www.franksmusic.homecall.co.uk/spe…
... need some help with the drums. Anyone care to ... wip midi? I want the drum track as close ... as possible to the original. Original track eq ... its a little faster than the original, because it was ... the rest of the bass, lead and rythmn tracks over the next ...Goonies helpplease help hooow should I play this game??? there´s CAPS SHIFT used as FIRE-button, which only switches the two characters for controlling...…
... FIRE-button, which only switches the two characters for controlling... ... but in the very first room (cottage ... ´t know how, and the next continuous attempts failed to do ... fire-button to switch the characters on every pixel related ...Now you have all had your say.Your mostly all right this art is shite, the artist was a FULL ON WANKER. And before you go there i have met him. And i know quite a few very well kn…
... right this art is shite, the artist was a FULL ON ... your expense.
Until the next time love you all.... xxxOne Life Left - Games RadioWhile not specifically speccy related..I'd like to advertise a radio show I'm involved in. It's called One Life Left and can be found at: [url]http:…
... a bit speccy-ish (The theme tune in particular).< ...
My bit of the show is where I talk ... in various different styles. The next one was a tune done ... on the Spectrum.
The show is light ... octave! Thankfully I found the old issue of YS with ...
