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Glad to see the ZX Spectrum is in the Science Museum in London.About time too! Last tiem I looked there was just the ZX-80 but the Spectrum is in there now too, alongside a pong-clone and a Vic-20.
About time too! Last tiem I looked there was just the ZX-80 but the Spectrum is in there now too, alongside a pong-clone and a Vic-20. -
The Great Mystification: A reflection upon the feebleness of the "distribution denied" policyThis argument has been debated several other times in this place, yet I have not expressed my thoughts about it, and I would like to hear comments by…
... the case of the Spectrum scene, because: How many people seriously interested in the Spectrum ... with the emulators. The absurdity of this statement is just enough to show ... be clear how deprieving the Spectrum emulation community of the delight of playing ... -
Better late than never: the answers and results of the Quiz to end all Quizzes!First of all I would ask to excuse myself with those who have been waiting for the answers. But, besides work, study, etc., I had problems in verifyi…
... (or to bend) the bands. Name the game.
Kayleth< ... ] series was ever released on the Spectrum...
10. This ... in CRL's [I]The Rocky Horror Show[/I] causes you ... Spectrum game are to be seen the following monuments: The Forum, The Pyramid and The ... -
A game that took the Spectrum to its maximumWhat Spectrum games took it to the maximum of its capacity? I think R-Type is a good example. What are yours?
What Spectrum games took it to the maximum of its capacity?
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Spectrum vs Vic 20 - cast your vote (please!)As I mentioned earlier this week, the Spectrum goes head to head with the Commodore Vic 20 in this week's round of the Micro Mart 'computer world cup…
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the Spectrum until the 3 channel AY chip of the Spectrum 128. The Vic 20 ...
displayed 23 characters per line; the Spectrum ... - let's show the world there are plenty of Spectrum users left
The Greatest Spectrum Game Programmer!In my opinion the greatest Spectrum programmer of all time was Pete Cooke, this lone programmer was responsible for some of the best Spectrum games e…
In my opinion the greatest Spectrum programmer of all time ... responsible for some of the best Spectrum games ever released, for ... Most of his games pushed the Spectrum to its limits and were ... one of the most underrated games released for the Spectrum, presented in ...OT maybe: Surfing the web with C64 maybe someone can port this to spectrum?Hello! I just saw this on the net [url="http://dunkels.com/adam/contiki/"]http://dunkels.com/adam/contiki/[/url] 'The Contiki desktop environment i…
... /> I just saw this on the net [url="http://dunkels.com ... /adam/contiki/[/url]
'The Contiki desktop environment is a ... to have this aswell for the spectrum, or is it impossible?
Spectrum loses The Best Home Computer Ever competition!The Spectrum lost the Grand Final against the Amiga for 'The best home computer ever', a competition that was run by Micro Mart. The final result was…
The Spectrum lost the Grand Final against the Amiga for 'The best home computer ever', a ... %
The Spectrum rallied slightly on the final day closing the gap by ... see the Spectrum come in second, but at the same time glad the Amiga ...Relative price of the spectrum As Im sure you all know one of the biggest selling points of the speccy was its price.I was reading the other day that the 48K Spectrum cost ?175 - …
... .I was reading the other day that the 48K Spectrum cost ?175 - ?180 ... value compared to the other stuff on the market. The C64 that came ... out in the same year ... /> Did anyone here buy a Spectrum when it appeared orignally? It ...Spectrum on the phone!I've been using ZXBoy Spectrum emulator on my Nokia 3660 cellphone for a while now and I must admit that I'm somewhat surprised how well it works. Bi…
... ve been using ZXBoy Spectrum emulator on my Nokia ... problems are controls. As the Nokia's controller recognizes ... sound most of the time. The emulator is easy ... can bind the keys of the spectrum to the keys of the phone. ... great to have a Spectrum in my pocket where ...SpeXtrum the xbox speccy emu is out! Alpha release, just tried it out works well with the keyboard and emulates the 48k and 128k well. Speccy fun on the Xbox at last Yippee Spec Chums…
... use
the normal Spectrum loading procedure to make ... /> - Click Right Thumbstick [F12] - show list of files to load ... br /> - Hold Right Trigger - show virtual keyboard
* ... on the keyboard map directly to the spectrum keyboard.
The other ...The problem with early arcade adventuresWhether it was a programming reason or not, you find that a lot of the early arcade adventures on the Spectrum (1984-85) had 256 screens. I think "P…
... a lot of the early arcade adventures on the Spectrum (1984-85) had ... /> Airwolf wasn't the greatest Spectrum game, but the lack of screens kept ... what was round the corner. "Rocky Horror Show" was the same. A smaller ...SMAX - My Spectrum Killer App that never quite materialisedThis is basically a copy of my post to CSS, for anyone that doesn't read the group:- One or two of you may, if you have particularly good memories, …
... cross-development system for the Spectrum. A bit like Visual ... CODE" programs for the Speccy in the form of TAP ... glossy, machine code games with the minimum effort.
show for my trouble ... *hard*! And the scope of the project is monumentally ...Sinclair & Clones Show in NorwichDear All Last year a Spectrum and SAM show was held in Norwich called ORSAM 2003. It was the biggest show, of its type, in the UK last year. As it …
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Last year a Spectrum and SAM show was held in Norwich ... It was the biggest show, of its type, in the UK last year ... and air port. The show will be opened by the
Lord Mayor ... be an official dinner after the
show, attendance is optional, venue ...Amstrad and the SpectrumWhy has Amstrad made so little of their rights to the ZX Spectrum? In the last few years we have seen various retro products celebrating the Coleco, …
... of their rights to the ZX Spectrum? In the last few years we ... seen various retro products celebrating the Coleco, Sega Mega drive and ... Amstrad other than the really poor ZX Spectrum games on the E-Mailer ... to TV game along the lines of the Tulip-Ironstone C64 DTV ...The Black And Grey Spectrum......I think I got this right - Black Speccy - +2 Grey Speccy - +2A Is this right......... I had a +2 along time ago and Frank Bruno's boxing would not…
... a +2A shortly after..and the game bloody worked...
the difference!.I think it has ... something to do with the board?
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"I Don't Think The Spectrum Is The Best Computer Evermade, But I ...Home Action Replay Page - SpectrumHi everyone. I want to invite you all to join us at the Home Action Replay Page (HARP), which is a site like MARP for consoles and home computers in…
... use it to show your scores. At the moment the leaderboard is ... it will also show the leaderboard for each system. The other systems ...
But back to the Spectrum. At the moment you can compete in ... by saying that the guys behind the Spectrum area of HARP ...Home Action Replay Page - SpectrumHi everyone. I want to invite you all to join us at the Home Action Replay Page (HARP), which is a site like MARP for consoles and home computers in…
... use it to show your scores. At the moment the leaderboard is ... it will also show the leaderboard for each system. The other systems ...
But back to the Spectrum. At the moment you can compete in ... by saying that the guys behind the Spectrum area of HARP ...Chris Moyles talking about the Spectrum on Radio 1 Did anyone hear Moyles and co. talking about the Speccy on his breakfast show yesterday morning. Was after the 830am news. He was on about PS2 and X…
... co. talking about the Speccy on his breakfast show yesterday morning. Was ... after the 830am news. ... critical it was to get the volume level right whilst ...
Was nice to hear the beloved Spec mentioned on national ...Spectrum programmingI have a Spectrum+ at home. I tried to write some programs in BASIC (IIRC i wrote a breakout clone in which you had to hit those spider-like characte…
... ago (i got that spectrum at the end o '90s).
the spectrum (it doesn't have ... or just something to show to a friend who codes ... how things are arranged in spectrum. F.e. where ... I searched google for spectrum programming and i found ...I would love it if they remanufactured the spectrum I am quite happy to correspond with anyone who has a serious interest in remarketing the ZX Spectrum (Rubber Key) 48 and 16K! In authentic fashion a…
I am quite happy to correspond with anyone who has a serious interest in remarketing the ZX Spectrum (Rubber Key) 48 and 16K!
In authentic fashion as is,as was.
I open it to youSinclair Spectrum +3 and the Amstrad CPC, using the CPCs monitor and discdrivesCPCs monitor on a Spectrum +3 I have a Spectrum +3 that I havent started using yet. The RGB-connector doesn't fit my Amstrad CPC-monitors (RGB). Is …
... a Spectrum +3 that I havent started using yet. The RGB ... to 3"
Spectrum +3 discs using this setup ... get sound out of the Spectrum +3? The TV-system in UK ... different
from the rest of Europe so when ... sound.
Can the tape/sound out be connected ...How did you discover the spectrum emulation scene?I was thinking back to the days pre-WoS* last night when NVG and Damien Burke's (Jetman's) sites were the places to visit, and I started remembering …
I was thinking back to the days pre-WoS* last ... (Jetman's) sites were the places to visit, and I ... started remembering how I discovered the scene.
It ... , I can't remember the exact date, and I ... band (which are called Spectrum in case anyone hasn't ...Best Sprite on the SpectrumWhich sprite or character from any Spectrum game do you think is the best? I personally like both the Miner and Jet Set Willys, because of thier sim…
Which sprite or character from any Spectrum game do you think is the best? I personally like both the Miner and Jet Set Willys, because of thier simplicity.BBC Basic on the SpectrumFirstly if this in the wrong forum I apologise, not really sure where this should go. [url="http://www.mdfs.net/Software/BBCBasic/Spectrum/"]http://…
Firstly if this in the wrong forum I apologise, not ... ://www.mdfs.net/Software/BBCBasic/Spectrum/"]http://www.mdfs.net/Software ... /BBCBasic/Spectrum/[/url]
looks interesting ...What Spectrum games have yet to be bettered on any machine?What Spectrum games do you think are still better than any other of their types, on any machine? I mean, Turbo Esprit is an absolute classic, but I t…
... most (maybe all) of the Spectrum chess programs.
show them a screenshot of the game in ... .
The Sentinel: The Spectrum version is briliant, far better ... the Spectrum one too. I did try the two PC remakes, the commercial one (The ...Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) mentions the Spectrum in his book!I just finished reading Nick Mason's "Inside out: a personal history of Pink Floyd". Entertaining reading. The book ends with a chronology of events …
... of Pink Floyd". Entertaining reading. The book ends with a chronology ... it begins in 1943 with the birth of Wright and Waters ... the events listed for 1982:
- April 1982, Sinclair ZX Spectrum ...
- 23 May 1982 "The Wall" film premieres at Cannes ...Spectrum Gaming on the moveHello, new on here so hope this question is in the right place. I've just got a new job that involvesd lots of travelling on the trains. So instead …
... hope this question is in the right place.
the trains. So instead of ... I owndered about emulating the spectrum on a portable or ...
What would be the platform of choice? Most advanced ... be to play old Spectrum games so I'm ...25 years of the SpectrumWhat would people like to do or have made for the 25th anniversary of the launch ZX Spectrum in April 2007?
What would people like to do or have made for the 25th anniversary of the launch ZX Spectrum in April 2007?First the Spectrum then the WorldRecently I bought a mouse from PCWorld and noticed a familiar security tag inside. I had first seen it back in Christmas 2001 invented by ZX Spectru…
... Christmas 2001 invented by ZX Spectrum inventor Richard Altwasser.
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Now a report by the BBC today says that RFID ... will evolve into the mark of the beast featured in ... Revelations and presage the end of the world.
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