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Porting 8k Adventure to SpectrumSomeone has tried to help me port 8k Adventure over to the spectrum. Here is the code thus far. It doesn't seem to work with the verbs, however. I tr…
Someone has tried to help me port 8k Adventure over to the spectrum. Here is the code thus far. It doesn't seem to work with the verbs, however. I tried getting an object, but it said "Verb not recognized. Type help for clues".
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Soldering Iron Fun - 48k Composite Video ModYay, I bought a temperature controlled soldering iron and associated gubbins yesterday and have had a practise go at Womble's documented [URL="http:/…
... copyright message, but black / white bars. So, the mod was easy ... -
From toast rack Spectrum to toast rack PC...Only tangentially related to the Speccy, but we now have four toast rack PCs at work... some of these: Passively cooled Hush PC [url]http://www.hus…
... /> Note the big black aluminium toastrack heatsink on *both* sides. Very ... -
2x Rubber Key Spec, 48K Plus and Toastrack 128K for saleI've got a few Speccies on EBAY at the moment - 2x rubber key 48K (working but need membranes) 1x Speccy+ (working, needs membrane) 1x 1…
I've got a few Speccies on EBAY at the moment -
2x rubber key 48K (working but need membranes)
1x Speccy+ (working, needs membrane)
1x 128K+ (power going to it, but can't tune in to TV)
Comcon problemsCan anybody please help? I've recently upgraded my rubber keyed 48k to a 128k toastrack. (?19.00 off Ebay with manuals,leads,tape recorder,3 games,a …
... keyed 48k to a 128k toastrack.
(?19.00 off Ebay ...Questions about ZXDSFinally got my M3 DS Real Rumble Pack, installed ZX DS and started playing with it. It looks superb, but I'm still trying to find my way around it. S…
... soon have 3 diagonal colour bars on it. :)Handling RST8 on a +3Well, I've come to that bit of my project that I wasn't really looking forward to (because I don't understand enough about the ZX BASIC ROM) - extend…
... out of a peripheral, my toastrack 128K is awaiting repair at ... a 48K or on a toastrack 128, but crashed on a ...Barry George found not guilty of Jill Dando's murder at retrialThat bloke Barry George, who was convicted of murdering Jill Dando and has spent the past 8 years behind bars, has just been found not guilty at his …
... the past 8 years behind bars, has just been found not ...Things that just aren't the same anymore...Just drank a can of Tizer... It used to be such a gorgeous drink, and now it's crap!! Had a Slush Puppy a few days ago, raspberry, and that didn't ta…
... taste right either. Curly Wurly bars are a fraction of the ..."The Incredibles" they ain't.[url]http://www.cracked.com/article_16547_7-crappiest-super-heroes-in-comic-book-history.html[/url] :D You just have to love the "super" whose "powe…
... clothing (and hang around in bars?). ;) They should have relaunched him ...WTF! Moz Ff sucks now!!! :-(I "accidentally" upgraded my Firefox. I say accidentally because it was one of those things where I'm typing away and looked the other way for a spl…
... basically also HATE frivolous unnecessary bars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! G'arrgh!
Point ...Basin feature requestsI know dunny does not ask for those requests, and he is mainly coding basin for himself, I still want to list my requests here, in case if he's bored…
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every window can be ...Question about something I don't know what is called.I am interested in reading about something which I don't know what is called (duh). I am looking for (online/offline) reading material which explain…
... explains how the loading/scrolling bars on the side of the ...+3 BASIC and RST 8I've been working on adding commands to the BASIC interpreter, in a similar style to how Interface 1 does it (catch the RST 8 error trap). This works…
... or in the 128 editor) toastrack, and on my +3 under ...Uncomfortable (or just bizarre) moments in gamesJust about to have an hour on San Andreas and for some reason I got thinking about that loopy mexican chick you get stuck with when you're out in the…
... says "Sailors hang around in bars!" then below it "Must find ...+2A problemI decided to turn on my real Spectrum hardware to play some games on a real computer. Went to the basement, took Spectrum +2A from a box and turned i…
... test. There are vertical, colorful bars. There number 1987 is writeen ...speccy 128 toastrack joysticksDoes the RS232 port (or the keypad port) work as a joystick port on the toast rack, and if so what 'system' is it...interface 2 or kempston? Secondl…
Does the RS232 port (or the keypad port) work as a joystick port on the toast rack, and if so what 'system' is it...interface 2 or kempston?
Secondly if so, are the connectors readily available and it is simply a case of taking an atari type ...Egghead 4Just started playing Egghead 4 that I bought from Chronosoft ages ago, runs fine in 48K mode but goes nuts in 128 mode on my toastrack. Instructions …
... in 128 mode on my toastrack. Instructions say it's OK ...Currah speech on 128k toastrackWill these two work happily together? If not will it work on my composite video modded 48+(comp out of RF socket) as it seems to need to be plugged…
Will these two work happily together?
If not will it work on my composite video modded 48+(comp out of RF socket) as it seems to need to be plugged into the RF port?
cheers :)
ChrisSpeccy +2 (Grey) peripheralsHello all, I have just bought a grey +2 to use as a workhouse whilst I keep my 128 toastrack for Sunday best. It hasn't arrived yet, however I was wo…
... whilst I keep my 128 toastrack for Sunday best. It hasn ... same peripherals as the 128+toastrack. I was under the impression ...Ocean's Cobra - +3 incompatability. Is their a fix?Hello all, Anyone know of a fix for Ocean software 'Cobra' (the one with stallone in it) ? This was the first game I bought for my 128k toastrack, a…
... I bought for my 128k toastrack, and tonight I transfered the ...Faulty 128 toastrackHello, I hope someone of the hardware gurus can point me in the right direction for fault finding. My speccy crashes often (sometimes after a short,…
Hello,
I hope someone of the hardware gurus can point me in the right direction for fault finding.
My speccy crashes often (sometimes after a short, sometimes after a longer time of use) with a weird screen like this:
[URL=" ...Spinal Tappings 2"Back From The Dead: The Return Of Spinal Tap" BBC Radio 2 Saturday 20th June 2009 10.00pm 1 hour of Derek Smalls, Nigel Tufnel and David St Hubbi…
... "Pop Tarts" and "Crispy Candy Bars" and Coffee with posh names ...Opus DiscoveryI've got an opus dicovery 1 with 2 x 3 1/2" drives. I used it many times on my 48k but it doesn't work with my 128k toastrack. It also had some sort …
... 't work with my 128k toastrack. It also had some sort ...dead issue 6a boardI've just been back to the uk and found my old 48K + there - and bought it back with me to singapore - it's giving white border and red bars. From wh…
... giving white border and red bars. From what I've read ...Windows 7 trailor[url]http://www.istartedsomething.com/20091022/microsoft-video-omits-me-from-windows-history/[/url] Check out windows 2, dont those yellow/blue bars…
[url]http://www.istartedsomething.com/20091022/microsoft-video-omits-me-from-windows-history/[/url]
Check out windows 2, dont those yellow/blue bars look familiar?
[there is also a version of windows missing from that video]Sinclair ZX 48K rubber keyed faultyI bought a faulty Sinclair ZX 48 K. Power on and the screen shows only 4 vertical white bars. Nothing other happend. I swapped the ULA and it is ok. …
I bought a faulty Sinclair ZX 48 K. Power on and the screen shows only 4 vertical white bars. Nothing other happend. I swapped the ULA and it is ok. PSU is already ok.
Any idea what's wrong?
MickyThoughts about 1990Just dipping my toe into 1990 research (I know I said I'd be taking a sabbatical, but it seems to be slowly, surely, drawing me in), and wondering ho…
... collapse and Crash sticking candy bars on its cover, ending with ...Is it true that our sweets are shrinking...?...but can it be proved, or is it just our memories from childhood deceiving us? We've had the usual Friday morning discussion in the office about h…
... Creme Eggs, Curly-Wurleys, Mars bars and Wagon Wheels) but is ...Blank Jet Set Willy II .gif map?The link for the map file "JetSetWillyII.gif " works, but the image that I am presented with is blank with a little red x in the corner, although it …
... right dimensions (it has scroll bars as it is bigger than ...
