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15 years of comp.sys.sinclair!On 13th December 1993, thanks to the efforts of Arnt Gulbrandsen, comp.sys.sinclair sparked into life, taking the reins of the primordial soup of the…
... the Speccy retroscene.
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PC helpI'm having problems with my PC.To cut a long story short, I had to have the hard drive formatted a while ago. Before then, my games were working fine…
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Help needed with quiz at work"A Quiz of many Colours" Basically, each answer has a colour in it, eg: Prime Minister: (6,5) (Gordon Brown) Here are some I'm stuck on, any help…
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Graphic enhancements in games!(this message was also posted at [url]http://www.retroremakes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12431[/url]) Hello to everyone! A couple of years ago I …
... the process two or more times faster.
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CronosoftIt's a bit of bad news, but I'm sorry to say that I'm probably closing up the Cronosoft label. I'm struggling financially at the moment, and Cronoso…
Crash Magazine, the ZX, and the power of nostalgiaI'm currently selling some Crash mags (see Sales section of WOS *PLUG!*) and I started thinking about the power of nostalgia and what keeps us intere…
... , and therefore got read many times and have more nostalgic power ... out of step with the times. The focus on the ZX ...Demons on ITVWas it really as naff as it looked in the Radio Times?
Was it really as naff as it looked in the Radio Times?ZX archive high-resolution dreamI was thinking today how great it would be to have a high resolution archive resource of ZX advertisements and photographs from magazines, as opposed…
... can only be download 10 times (!) so download it now if ...Voting problems again ?How come La Abadia Del Crimen has got almost 3 times the amount of votes that other games have ? 1. 8.78 (704) Abadia del Crimen, La I hardly beli…
... Crimen has got almost 3 times the amount of votes that ...A question to the english native speakersI am German and I like to know the following: I have an amout of A. And if I say: A is increased sevenfold do I have A=A+7*A or do I have A=7*A. I…
... sevenfold means it is 7 times the original data. And I ...grrr The Capacitor PlagueI'm getting fed up of The Capacitor Plague. If you don't know what this is, I'll tell you the result. Your computer stops working. Sometimes, it won'…
... 't power on, but most times, it locks up randomly (especially ...Recommend a PDF-reader plugin for IE/Ff (WinXP).I've been having misc. problems with PDFs on a work computer. I can read the PDFs just fine but once in a while (couple of times a month since 200…
... in a while (couple of times a month since 2006) I ... via browsers.
Several times over the years I've ...I'm staring to think my job isn't safeMaybe I'm just getting paranoid in my old age but I'm starting to wonder if I'm about to get the push at work. My bosses have just hired this new bl…
... truth at the best of times but I really begrudge having ...Sound problemsI'm having yet more PC problems. This time, it's mainly sound that's playing up (it's more noticable when I'm playing music/games etc). Basically, ev…
... 've had this problem several times, but it normally clears itself ...What do you make of the Manchester City/Kaka would-be transfer?Personally as a fan of the team at the foot of the Premiership and who have virtually no money to spend I say good luck to them. Yes, it's an obscen…
... ensuring they win it ten times (albeit with a fantastic youth ...Another idea: 3D models from your favourite Speccy games[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Take a look at this.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][URL]http://www.shapeways.com/[/URL][/SIZE][/FONT] …
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[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Anyone ...25% Discount AND Combined Postage!Hi! Just thought I'd give you all a gentle reminder that I am offering a 25% discount on ALL orders over ?10.00 (excluding P+P, which I WILL com…
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I sell 10 times MORE Amstrad games and 6 ... times more C64 games on my ...A little priceyI've seen some Ebay ads before but this one takes the biscuit..and cake. [url]http://cgi.ebay.com/Timex-Sinclair-1000-Computer-printer-50-tapes-20-b…
I've seen some Ebay ads before but this one takes the biscuit..and cake.
[url]http://cgi.ebay.com/Timex-Sinclair-1000-Computer-printer-50-tapes-20-books_W0QQitemZ330301096562QQihZ014QQcategoryZ4193QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]ANN: Artist 3Artist 3 is now available from the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0022693"]WoS archive[/url]. The differences between Artist…
err, I like wrote this years ago, and just found it archived.[b]read it, and say it's crap if you want, but do not go on about the technical side, cos it was bullshit, we all know it, and the end makes no sense…
... sighed, he had died six times already and it was only ... dial up at pre-arranged times, warehouse loads of old computers ...Spectrum +2 sound problemsI recently bought an RGB Scart cable for my grey Spectrum +2 - it has a mono 3.5 jack that goes into the sound output and a DIN plug for the RGB pict…
... checked all the connections several times. Can anybody help me out ...AVG 8 Free Update problemsDoes anyone on this forum use the Anti-Virus application AVG 8 Free. I have used it for the last year or so with no problems. It checks files with …
... . But no matter how many times I reboot it, it will ...plus3e simple ide interface problemhi, I prepared a 8bit simple ide interface 3 days ago, but I got problems (with or without ide cable connected). 1.First of all, I have to press re…
... press reset switch 4-5 times to boot +3. Or it ... format the HDD couple of times, using "Format to 0,32 ...The Speccy is worth alot, it seems.....I found an ad on the Norwegian marketplace qxl.no. Check the pics. The dude has set a buy-it-now price of ?160, which then includes a ZX printer, but…
... , which then includes a ZX printer, but still............stiff price.
New Spectrum Computer DevelopmentHey does anyone know of any decent new Spectrum clones being developed? I find it amazing how Zilog still produce a Z80 backwards compatible chip (an…
... and Z180, but almost four times as fast as the old ...Your views on...Saboteur![url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004293]Saboteur![/url] Now this was a good game. Mind you, only played it a few times, but en…
... , only played it a few times, but enjoyed it none the ...BUG on PES 2009 for PS2I've finally got PES 2009 this month, and have been playing it non stop...however (and I've been playing PES since it was the first ISS for PS1) I re…
... a month has happen 4 times...
around the 2nd ...Hidden Features In GamesI'm sure there was a thread like this somewhere - sorry, but I can't find it. Hidden stuff in games. In "Mikie" there is a hidden bonus in each of …
... the 'blackboard' and 'shout' 3 times - you get a gobblin and ...Researchers! Sign up with your local library!I've just signed up with Liverpool Central Library, and their online services are astounding. Full access to the Times archive for free, plus there'…
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Full access to the Times archive for free, plus there ...The most atmospheric Speccy and non-Speccy games?I was playing Alien vs. Predator (the XBox port of the 1999 PC first person shooter) yesterday, as the Marine, and I was going through the dark, lit …
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At times I actually felt unclean whilst ...
