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Is Glider Rider impossible without cheating?I've been playing Glider Rider and it's one of the most frustrating and difficult games ever IMHO. Even after consulting the hints pages it's still …
... Rider and it's one of the most frustrating and difficult ... . I tried running into a tower to confuse the laser, and ... as I'd hit the tower, but about 0.0000001 seconds ... -
Pics of todays club charity bike run, and fun day.It rained, rained, rained some more, with an extra helping of wet stuff. We raised about ?5k for the local kids hospice. The ride out was good fun, …
... more, with an extra helping of wet stuff.
We ... my camera inside the hood of my waterproof smock.
Unconventional way of diagnosing a faultHi everyone Some time ago I got a 48k Spectrum (issue 3B board) in a pretty bad condition. I believe the power supply transistor TR4 failed, causing…
... line on the screen. Most of the time however I only ... . I suspect that some of the chips in the lower ... , how test which part of Spectrum's hardware isn't ... and connect the CPU buses of both computers together, I ... signals for the lower 16KB of RAM? What happens if ...Index of ZX81 soft/hardware references in mags?I'm just about at the point with my ZX81 collection that I want to systematically identify things I'm missing by going through magazines like ZX Comp…
... existing index? I'm aware of SPOT*On but I believe ... each tape or piece of hardware, the list of locations (Mag, issue ...New proccessors of the future and the Speccy[url]http://www.embedded.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=15201862[/url] I was very interested in the part where it said "old embedded processors nev…
... 8051s, Z80s, and more descendants of the x86 line soldier on ... you wonder where the hardware of the future is going and ...What a w*nker I hope this is not one of you.This is so awfully naff and lame it made me laugh out loud. Here is a ZX Spectrum game review from YouTube user PaulIsTheBest3UK: [url]http://www.…
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I hope none of you self respecting WOSers were ...Can I help with any of thisThe following is the games I just won on Ebay, as far as I can tell the cassettes look complete. Anyone know if any of the following can help with t…
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SIX OF THE BEST (SU cover tape ...What is the price of a game that never worked...I have the spanish edition of Crete 1941 (Creta 1941), in a box, instructions... all complete. But the tape never worked, it is defective. Do I hav…
I have the spanish edition of Crete 1941 (Creta 1941), in ... do I have a piece of shit? :D :D :D :D ...L@@K ! Issue 1 of Crash !Selling Issue 1 of Crash Magazine.... [URL]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290128485526[/URL] Front covers getting a bit tat…
Selling Issue 1 of Crash Magazine....
[URL] ...FA: Loads of UNUSED Vintage Joypads/Joysticks/ControllersHi folks Just a quick plug for the glut of Joypads and Joysticks I listed on eBay yesterday ... I'm selling controllers for all manner of vintage p…
... quick plug for the glut of Joypads and Joysticks I listed ... selling controllers for all manner of vintage platforms (including the Speccy ... I believe that nearly all of these devices are unused.< ... /> So, if you spotted anything of interest amongst that lot, please ...The Non Randomness of Sam BasicHows about this for weird. Hardly ever bothered with such simple stuff before but this is what I just did on the Sam ( as in a real one now I've got …
... now I've got lots of fixed stuff from Quazar ):
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Is this a factor of how BASIC generates random numbers ...Church amits to the existance of AliensJust read Sony news story where they say sorry to the Church of England for basing a shoot-em-up in Manchester Cathedral. [URL="http://news.bbc.co.u…
... say sorry to the Church of England for basing a shoot ... 1950's against a backdrop of an alien invasion.
FA: Masses of mags, inc complete set of YS!I've now sorted out the rest of my magazines, and posted them up on eBay, as follows: Crash (94 issues): [URL="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dl…
... now sorted out the rest of my magazines, and posted them ... /> ZX Files fanzine (complete set of 7 issues):
[URL="http ...Is there a list of all the special editions of certain games?Not demos that are just truncated versions of the original, but whole new (some albeit short) games. Here is what I know so far: Dizzy: Crash Specia…
... that are just truncated versions of the original, but whole new ...NTSC/USA Versions Of Spectrum....?Hello all. First time poster here, so please be gentle! :) My name is Kris. I'm 26 years old, and I live in New Jersey, USA. I'm a big fan of anythi…
... I'm a big fan of anything 80s, especially when ... I came across the World Of Spectrum, and very quickly ... if any USA versions of any of the Spectrum series computers ... produced, would anyone know of a way that I could ... to hearing back from some of you guys. Thanks in ...3 Days and no sign of Mile[COLOR="Black"][SIZE="4"]THEE DAYS & NO SIGN OF MILE??[/SIZE][/COLOR] Has he been fired for spending too much time on WOS? I know last thursday he …
Silly little question written at the stroke of midnight.The run-of-the-mill Sinclair Spectrum is controlled by a 16K ROM program which can be divided into three major parts: 1. I/O routines 2. BASIC interp…
... know the min/max size of Windows?** (the different versions, ... Wikipediaish to see the definition of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org ... br />
Time for hitting of the hay.
Skarpozzz ... not talking about the size of the whole freaking package with ...Yours for cost of S/H or eBay.I found some old programming (MAC(bleugh!) mags of mine. All in very good condition. They are yours if you paypal S/H from USA ... otherwise I'll tr…
... old programming (MAC(bleugh!) mags of mine. All in very good ... bin-time for the lot of them.
PM me ...Preferred way of determining Y co-ord in assembly?I know of 2 ways of calculating the y-cord of a pixel row for the speccy in assembly. One is to calculate the address by ways of shifting and masking…
I know of 2 ways of calculating the y-cord of a pixel ... calculate the address by ways of shifting and masking the ... that holds the Y address of each pixel row.
... But are there other ways of determining the y co-ord ... of a pixel row efficiently? ...How do I clear only a specific area of a screen (quickly) in machine code ?I'm looking for a machine code routine which will clear the first 20 rows of the Spectrum's display (or any number of rows or columns) . I have found…
... clear the first 20 rows of the Spectrum's display< ... br /> (or any number of rows or columns) . I ... have found
lots of routines which do the job ... br /> PRINT AT coordinates of where to start (30 ... which clears a specific number of lines
(which may ...6 months of hell...Ever have one of those months that you think could never ever get any worse? - Then the next month things just seem to decend even further? and the m…
Ever have one of those months that you think ... hospital trying to take care of her, while everything else has ... and help themselved to most of our posessions.
Things ... to return to some sort of normality...
Take care ...New version of X128I think X128 is one of the best emulators in DOS. The last version is from 2002, I think. Will we see a new version in windows?
I think X128 is one of the best emulators in DOS. The last version is from 2002, I think.
Will we see a new version in windows?Harry Potter And The Order Of The PhoenixSaw this earlier tonight and I must say I really enjoyed it. I haven't read any of the books (apart from the first one a good while ago) but I think …
... . I haven't read any of the books (apart from the ...Is this auction real? Or some fake making a quick but out of RickIs this auction real or is someone allready trying to make a quick buck out of Ricks wonderfull photo collection. Take a look what do you think? [u…
... make a quick buck out of Ricks wonderfull photo collection.
speed of my Broadband connectionI have done a speed test on my Broadband connection and got a result of 2.5 and 4.2 megabits, the thing is i have just upgraded my connection to 20me…
... connection and got a result of 2.5 and 4.2 ...Speculations of speculatorsGeoff's recent post in the Wanted forum about SU's speculations that the "colour ZX82" will not happen got me thinking: Did laughable speculations o…
... hazey, beyond SU's mockups of the next-generation Sinclair machines.How do i alter speed of dvd writingI use Nero for writing my DVD's but i have started burning a lot of coasters, i want to write the discs at a slower speed but can't work out how to …
I use Nero for writing my DVD's but i have started burning a lot of coasters, i want to write the discs at a slower speed but can't work out how to do it ?DDi-1 instead of FD-1?Is it possible to connect DDi-1 drives to the Plus3 without any special software or cable? I've been looking for Amstrad's FD-1 drive for my +3 for a…
... don't see the meaning of buying older drives, using IF2 ...What sort of speccy releases are these?I recently uploaded some snaps of the tapes that were available legally in India to this site: [url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/arjunnair/[/url] I'…
I recently uploaded some snaps of the tapes that were available ... these tapes were some sort of special budget Sinclair re-releases ... there are two versions of the cover. Most of the covers have ...A Tale Of Two TV ShowsTwo allegedly big US TV shows started on British TV this week, both trailed to be unmissable. BBC2 had "Heroes", More4 had "Studio 60 on the Sunset S…
... most programme makers running out of fresh ideas. I hardly ... goggle box the last couple of evenings.
The ... first two episodes of "Heroes" were shown first, and ... expectations. It was a regurgitation of storylines previously seen in sci ...
