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Credit ratings?Well, I'm vexed. I was ambushed at Manchester Airport by a credit card company (specifically, BMI, doing their own cards), and I thought it had a us…
... a letter saying they refused the application, giving no real ... identity theft' either.
The only reason I can possibly ... limit across all cards. The trouble is they don't ... even give the vaguest idea why they turned the application down, if they ... -
48K Speccy Repair Log.Some people may know my love for writing up my repairs of arcade PCBs on various forums so thought I would do the same for this little fella. Had th…
... in every byte and bring the machine down. I had to use ... short across the PSU which would effectively power the device down, it also ... stops the PSU from dumping max current down the ... -
Sinclair related RSS feedsI'm looking for Sinclair related RSS feeds :) Do we have one here (for new submissions) ? :-? , I see we have the forum one but that's not quite wha…
... submissions) ? :-? , I see we have the forum one but that's ... .
At the moment I have The Tipshop , maps.speccy.cz and ... -
.POK collection?Greetings, everyone! I enjoy pokes for Spectrum games, but sometimes before playing a game I need to couple through the-tipshop.co.uk to find the pok…
... to couple through the-tipshop.co.uk to find the poke needed.
But on the other hand, it would be ... , but I prefer to enjoy the games and be able to ... -
Run for GoldTried this for the first time in years and was impressed with how well it still looked. [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=000427…
Tried this for the first time in years and ... the game I tried the pokes from the tipshop
[url]http://www.the-tipshop ... to work at all. Are the pokes wrong? If so any ... -
'V' anyone play this?I was a big fan of the tv series, but never managed to track the game down on the CPC464. Does anyone play this at all, and is it any good? Tempte…
I was a big fan of the tv series, but never managed to track the game down on the CPC464.
Does anyone play this at all, and is it any good?
Tempted to get it for old times sake.
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Help with mystery game programmer...Hi, I wanted to try to revive an old C.S.S post from 2004, where I was trying to track down the name of a very exploited Spectrum games programmer. …
... was trying to track down the name of a very ... . Well, the second interview
within the article featured ... to tape, and photocopy the instructions down the library.
Suddenly ... /> **************
Here?s the original link:
[url]http ... -
? ! WtfHello all I have just got a lot of un-subcription e-mails,from the tipshop,YSRnRY,RZX archive.And then i got one from Skarpo?,telling me i had a vir…
Hello all
I have just got a lot of un-subcription e-mails,from the tipshop,YSRnRY,RZX archive.And then i got one from Skarpo?,telling me i had a virus!.Has anybody else had any troublesome e-mails like mine?.
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Loco BingoDoes anybody have any tips for [B][COLOR="Blue"][I]Loco Bingo[/I][/COLOR][/B]?! I've bought pretty much everything Cronosoft sells for the Spectrum …
... much everything Cronosoft sells for the Spectrum and it is one ... I ALWAYS get stuck on "The Signal Box" level. I ... with one carriage half blocking the vertical shaft, or having to ... combination of numbers. Sadly, the POKE from The Tipshop for infinite time doesn ... -
3.5" drive on +3I've been trying to use a 3.5" DD drive on my +3 with no success. I have connected it to Drive B connector with a 34 way cable with 5.25" connector a…
... 33&34 for the ready signal. The drive spins up, ... I power the spectrum down I get activity from the drive. When ... load or use CAT the machine hangs and I ... to reset. If I remove the ready signal I get " ... I missing anything or is the disk drive maybe faulty? ... -
PS3 trouble...I was trying to play RE5 online right now, when all of a sudden, while the session was loading, my net conection went down... I heard the dvd inside …
... the session was loading, my net conection went down... I heard the dvd ... inside the machine sort of ... "frozzing" and so did the image, it totally blocked, it ... ...
I shut the PS3 down, and now it won't ... -
sim city 4i downloaded this last night from steam. My PC more than meets the specs but it runs dog slow. put all the settings down to bare minimum and still n…
... slow.
put all the settings down to bare minimum and still ... with my machine or with the game itself.
any ... one else had isuues with the game? -
Sleepin? AgainInformation collected on the Classic Adventures Solution Archive and transcribed on the Tipshop website state that [I]Sleepin’ Again[/I] is the…
... Solution Archive and transcribed on the Tipshop website state that [I]Sleepin ... ’ Again[/I] is the follow-up to [I]A ... ], also by Peter Clark. Therefore the two games make together a ... -
Help! ZXSpin is going wrongI've been using this on my new emulator only PC upstairs for a few weeks and it's been ok. Now it's proper gone tits up and I don't know why. When I …
... still there if you turn the volume down though!
Any ... -
AnnoyedBin collection this morning (blue + brown) Brown bin (paper) is always first, done no problem. Blue (plastic bottles / cans) bin about an hour later…
... no damage to the wing or headlight (the scratch down the wing has been ... there ages thanks to cyclists on the ... think one of the following:
1. The bin fell ... off (again, what are the chances of that just catching ... -
Something else to hate about modern gamingDespite my skirmishes with DRM, the dumbing down of first person shooters, the awful server support for many console games (which don't allow you to …
... with DRM, the dumbing down of first person shooters, the awful server ... stuck with the awful, limited official offering), the declining amount ... more of the game than the 'ordinary' copy of the game that ... will already be on the DVD, but the vanilla owners won' ... -
Spectaculator - recommended recording levels when loading from cassette tape?Hi, I have connected a physical cassette recorder to Spectaculator in order to load my saved programs/games from yesteryear-mainly to see if it would…
... connected to the line-in on the vista laptop. The built in ... microphone on the laptop ... maximum, but on the computer, set the line-in recording level ... to slow the emulator down slightly overall, as I thought the emulator in ... -
how can we hack a .sna for infinite lives?recently, i were trying to edit .sna from Chuckie Egg on a hex editor, with the information from [url]http://www.the-tipshop.co.uk/cgi-bin/info.pl?na…
... editor, with the information from [url]http://www.the-tipshop.co.uk/cgi ... hex editor (like khexedit), in the address (less 16368, and converted ... to hex address), but the results are not working
the merge from the tip of the link above, since ... -
Computer gaming industry "heroes"From the web page ( [url]http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2011/05/poll-molyneux-miyamoto-top-world-game-development-heroes/1?…
... ). The man behind the seminal Grand Theft Auto game -- when the top-down view ... made the traffic look like Matchbox ... cars -- as well as the ... -
Last Ninja RemixI suggest the following "known errors" description for game [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002829"]Last Ninja Remix[/URL]: …
... br />
[QUOTE]The "cracked" version by Zurasoft is ... br /> I also suggest renaming the TAP file to LastNinjaRemix(CrackedByZurasoft ... .the-tipshop.co.uk/cgi-bin/info.pl?wosid=0002829"]The Tipshop ... alternative would be to skip the "known errors" description ... -
Question about wiring up ethernet at homeWell, since WoS is the best forum I know for technical folk, I wondered if I could get a sanity check on my wiring plan for laying some ethernet cabl…
... going to run the cable down from the attic inside the walls to wall ... move it from the upstairs hallway down to the basement, once I ... 've tamed things down there ... to run the two cables from the rooms up into the attic, ... -
Kentilla "known errors" addendumGame [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006527"]Kentilla[/URL] currently has this [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/knownerro…
... prevent you from completing the game. The first problem is that ... can't see the silver dagger. The other problem is ... www.the-tipshop.co.uk/cgi-bin/info.pl?wosid=0006527"]The Tipshop[/ ... URL][/B].
The original release ... -
Black Window 2 VirusI just got this on my PC... (blank window2, not black) it's always poppins a Blank window with that on the screen, it slows the pc down and it doesn…
... with that on the screen, it slows the pc down and it doesn ... it to shut down or restart (I ran the anti-virus, and ... any info about it on the web... can anyone help me ... -
Is this true?Is this a genuine story? If it's not, then I can see why the Daily Mail gets such bad press from so many people, but if they are making it up then su…
... rules enforced.?
The bright yellow messages daubed on ... communities around the UK and ?put the seeds down for an ... Islamic Emirate in the long term ... ?.
In the ... -
New game: Dex[b]DEX - A painty-maze game for the 48K/128K Spectrum.[/b] [IMG]http://i52.tinypic.com/ip5zeu.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i56.tinypic.com/euqyv6.png[/IMG]…
... - there are paint bugs patrolling the corridors and they'll eat ... started this project back in the early 2000s as an experiment ... bunch of other features. Getting the game up and running using ... actually ended up slowing the game down artificially because it was ... -
Spectrum + and +3 Bath! Including SEXY photos!Continuing my "bath" projects: Today I repaired a 48K Spectrum + to working condition, an Issue 4 that is nice and stable. Took 4x Spectrums+ apart …
... , so everything got the scrub down to be reassembled again ...
Spectrum+ and the +3
The usual bath treatment then ... through the grating on the case.
This shows the PCB ... />
The 128K toastrack machine, awaiting assembly ... -
Empire! Help neededCan anyone convert the listing in the Tipshop to Multiface pokes? Im having a hard time with this game, over 15 years playing it, now I could do wit…
Can anyone convert the listing in the Tipshop to Multiface pokes? Im having ... by firebird and im using the tzx file stored here to ... adapter thing in the tape deck etc), using the listing on that ... causes the game to reset ... -
Tile based graphics and scrolling thingy...Here's my best attempt so far at a tile based rendering and scrolling routine. It draws in 22 8*8 graphics tiles along the top of the screen (junk i…
... 8 graphics tiles along the top of the screen (junk in this ... scrolls the screen down 8 lines then repeats the process with the next line ... />
It's the fastest, if not perhaps the most compact code ... h ; Point to next line down (4)
inc de ; ... -
Basin paste probjust thought someone might know , got a cheat that I can't paste into my new / funky menu system that I'm working on (well I like it anyway) . the …
... like it anyway) .
the second lot of pokes, line ...
[url]http://www.the-tipshop.co.uk/cgi-bin/info ... -
D'oh!, bye retrogamerWell, after a rather spiffing relationship, i've finally had to end things with Retrogamer A subscriber from issue number 1, now on my 5th year in …
... on my 5th year in the great 'down under', it just doesn ... 't seem worthwhile having the funds deducted ... on my last trip back, the remaining 40 odd will be ... 's 10 bucks here in the shops IF you can find ...
