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Play ExpoIs anyone going to this - [url]http://www.playexpo.net/[/url] it's not far off! The Cheese family will be in attendance. :-)
[QUOTE=MartynC;656062]I'll be there on the Saturday. I'm hoping there'll be a few WoS nutters in attendance :smile:[/QUOTE]
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LOTR extended blu-ray trilogy pack...Does anyone have this in the UK edition? I have a friend in France who is considering buying the UK version as it's apparently cheaper than the Fr…
... ;662951]I figured the res of the TV would determine the pic quality ... get detail that wasn't there on the actual DVD :) -
windows 8 !!!!!!!!I've just tried windows 8 on a new laptop, and I hate it already ! You're not supposed to close windows anymore, just keep opening new ones and windo…
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Push scrolling does work on the Start Screen, but annoyingly not ... use the scrollbar at the bottom of the screen (which is also there on the Start ... Screen too).
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Spectrum +2A/+2B: How to tell?Hi all, Sorry if this has been asked before, but I've not found anything that can really help me tell. I've got a black +2, but would love to be ab…
... chips. Unfortunately one of the chips in question is ... as you clean the solder out of the unpopulated chip ... which never reached the market. The signals are there on the expansion port to ... do it.
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I am currently watching.....This stems from a rant Mel did months ago on the currently listening to thread, and he suggested starting a thread like this to somebody (sorry can't…
... episode. These early teams are on the dumb side though :lol:[/QUOTE ... you should have picked up the lamp. There's no way you ... can possibly get to the door just there on the other side without it ... I can bring in the next team. There’re a couple of ... -
I am currently watching.....This stems from a rant Mel did months ago on the currently listening to thread, and he suggested starting a thread like this to somebody (sorry can't…
... should have picked up the lamp. There's no way ... possibly get to the door just there on the other side without ... can bring in the next team. There?re a couple ... on DVD.[/QUOTE]
I've just started the ... wanted treguard to dismiss the team by saying [I ... -
Revival Retro Gaming Event - 18th and 19th MayWorking in collaboration with Craig Turner (Turnarcades Custom Arcade Machines), we have begun the organisation of an all-new event focusing not just…
I'll be there on the Saturday. Looking forward to hopefully meeting up with the usual WoSsers and Retro Gamers.
Paul Drury talking to Sandy White should be interesting/funny. And obviously it's always good to see the Ocean boys in attendance. -
events of our time ?with regard to the mary rose really, I'm sure I'm not the only one who remembers when it was lifted out of the sea..the 9 or 10 ?!? year old version …
... being sprayed when I went there on the way to school journey in ... , several "Ministry of..." and the Houses of Parliment within a ... yards - recall watching it on the interwebz and seeing everyone else ... dept and watched kept watching there and kinda waiting for ... -
Lame claims to fameWhat's your most tenuous brush with the glittering world of celebrity? Here's a few of mine (all 100% genuine): - I was coming out of an Ed's Easy …
... knows, while we were sat there on the fountain getting pissed - he was ... off down the moor to buy a lightbulb ... babysit her kids back in the early / mid 80s
the mud shouting his head off ... -
What models are repairable these days?I've followed a few threads which are trying to repair the mainboard components of the older 48K models, but it got me wondering - is it possible to …
... line on the main PCB. (where the tape deck connector goes on the +2a mobo. The ... pads are still there on the +3 board ... , just not populated with a header. The tape ... -
What models are repairable these days?I've followed a few threads which are trying to repair the mainboard components of the older 48K models, but it got me wondering - is it possible to …
... , directly into the tape I/O line on the main PCB. ... (where the tape deck connector goes on the +2a mobo. The ... pads are still there on the +3 ... board, just not populated with a header. The ... -
XBox 360 ControllerI might be buying a cheap used Xbox 360 soon, but it does not have any pads with it. I already have a Wirless XBox 360 Controller for Windows. I fo…
... 3 etc are great on the 360, but on the PC you can mod ... 't on the 360 anyway, so the PC version is a no-brainer there. On the ... subject of FPSs that need extra thought, have you played the ... as most of the games I like on the 360 are also on the PC. -
XBox 360 ControllerI might be buying a cheap used Xbox 360 soon, but it does not have any pads with it. I already have a Wirless XBox 360 Controller for Windows. I fo…
... 3 etc are great on the 360, but on the PC you can ... t on the 360 anyway, so the PC version is a no-brainer there. On the ... subject of FPSs that need extra thought, have you played the ... most of the games I like on the 360 are also on the PC.[/QUOTE ... -
The Spectrum Resuscitation ThreadKicking off this thread as a place where people who are fixing/restoring Spectrums (or indeed any other piece of related hardware) can show off their…
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Completely free games?Hi, I would like to know if there are any open source or completely free games for ZX Spectrum. Or at least some other free programs without any lin…
... of Finders Keepers+ as there was nothing there on the 48K version. Since I ... won't be charging money for the ... Spectrum version (except on a possible limited ... that I should clarify the copyright situation. -
Completely free games?Hi, I would like to know if there are any open source or completely free games for ZX Spectrum. Or at least some other free programs without any lin…
... Finders Keepers+ as there was nothing there on the 48K version. Since ... I won't be charging money for the ... Spectrum version (except on a possible ... if even people here on the forum have problems understanding ... -
Who will you vote for in the UK General Election?The miscellaneous section used to be mainly about miscellaneous Spectrum things, but since its now changed, I'll break with tradition: Just out of i…
... .. and her boyfriend is living there on the sly rent free, yet drives ... there, no prob.. let him pay rent..
that is the ... , free housing. you'd be on the next plane.. so yep I ... immigrants, but the thing is there isn't the money there as much and ... -
Finders Keepers+I know a few of you are interested in this project so I thought it was about time I started a proper thread for it rather than just slipping bits int…
... you that SpecEmu is the most accurate emulator there is, so any ... oddness you're experiencing is in the ... , sorry, that was only in there on the list because I was trying ... the observed differences. I didn't mean to imply any failure on ... -
Finders Keepers+I know a few of you are interested in this project so I thought it was about time I started a proper thread for it rather than just slipping bits int…
... , sorry, that was only in there on the list because I was trying ... thing of all the things that could explain the observed differences. I ... didn't mean to imply any failure on ... -
Clearing 22 lines of the screenHow do I go about clearing the top 22 lines of the screen and leave the bottom #0 area untouched? I have a routine to reset the attributes, but cant…
... on MatGubbin's approach is as follows:
1) Clear the ... ][/QUOTE]
More of the same, 22bytes
[ ... ld (hl),a ;keep clearing the screen space normally until we ... br /> ld a,l ;from there on, the clearing method becomes a little ... -
Can't download SpectaculatorI've having problems downloading Spectaculator, I keep getting this message when I try: Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to [url]www.thundersta…
The link to thunderstats is still there on the WoS homepage so I guess Martijn will be sorting it out.
If it doesn't come back online today, I'll change the download link.
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Morecambe is on its way to being a DetroitI was looking up places I used to know on You Tube the other day... Morecambe was usually the spot I headed to in order to place copious amounts of 1…
... honest and say that the the town I live in ... downhill fast :( Over the last 14 years or so ... so that's just sitting there on the sea front empty. Their ... "enjoy your release by the sea, move to Scarborough" ... and so the town is rapidly filling up ... -
Play Expo - Blackpool 3rd/4th MayHi folks, I'll be at the Play Expo in Blackpool on 3rd/4th of May this year. Apparently they'll have me signing some stuff and maybe doing a Q&A ses…
... me.
Thanks for the link :)
EDIT: Being ... 'd mentioned I'd be there on the web site I thought I ... was easy to find. Note, the Braces & yellow Docs are ... , but I only bring out the topper for special occasions :) -
what music mags did you used to buy?from somewhere in the back of my mind I've just remembered a music magazine I used to buy in the early 90s called (I think) 'Lime Lizard'. It was glo…
... of on topic...
Just been down to the Robin 2 ... a couple of upcoming gigs (The Brothers Groove & Chantel Mcgregor ... of some of the people who played there in the last quarter. Its ... br />
But.... Playing there on the 21st and 22nd of July ... -
invent a speccy compilationbit of fun... try and come up with a compilation of at least 3 games from the archive, and give it an appropriate name. can be as off-the-wall as yo…
[B]Some play on the word [URL="http://www ... originally done for the Atari, or was it the Commodore - something ... s just as boring as the real thing[/I]
the Commodore[/I]
6. There is no ... a quid less on it's own. Right there, on the shelf, next ... -
Good, free, useful programs for Windows usersI was asked to recommend a couple of programs (which happens enough to make me wish I had a fiver for every time!), and I didn't know offhand either …
... party anti-malware tools. Between the Firewall, Windows Defender, SmartScreen ... all that the Windows tools have missed, the chances are ... third party one is worth the performance penalty - I' ... for the millions of existing forum flamewars already out there on the ... -
Good, free, useful programs for Windows usersI was asked to recommend a couple of programs (which happens enough to make me wish I had a fiver for every time!), and I didn't know offhand either …
... XP SP2 in the case of firewalls) when the OS's own ... third party one is worth the performance penalty - I'll leave ... existing forum flamewars already out there on the interwebs. :D[/QUOTE]
Indeed ...
