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A tax on violent games?[URL]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/technologynews/4968581/Tax-violent-video-games-tobeat-knife-crime-says-Damiola-Taylor…
... make sure the severity of the punishment matches the severity of the crime.
The more severe the burn, the more severe the pain. So ... the ear from a copper on the beat at the time of the trangression works ... -
How to confirm if the problem is the membrane?Hello is there any way for me to check and confirm if a spectrum which displays the main screen but?keys don?t work, of the problem is the membrane …
... above each other.
the top one is plugged ... into one side the bottom one is plugged ... makes a circuit and the spectrum works out which two ... testing to see if the membrane works and by making ... and something happening on the screen then that will ... -
Detecting Spectrum modelsIs there any sure-fire way a program can detect the model of machine it's running on (48K, +, 128, +2, +2A, +3, clones) even when running in the 48K …
I'd rather the clones just supported the original - the emulators manage it! But ... /> Interestingly, the way that the contention works actually serves to regulate the speed of ... writes to the ... -
Pera Putnik's Simple CF interfaceHello world. Has anyone else built one of these and had it working? Mine kind-of works occasionally, but only for a 16mb card with the 'setup' imag…
I use one all the time. works beautifully. maybe one time in ... with coloured squares but hit the reset button and its running ... , thankfully, has never crashed while the macine is in use.
the hdf to the card. The speccy end is a ... -
** New Game In Development **As one or two of you may already know, Jonathan (Joffa) Smith is currently developing a brand new Spectrum game. The program is called 'SAUCER' It'…
... the left side of the screen to the exit on the right.
The ... />
At first all the strips works together, a veritcle scrolly screen ... ! This is a programmer verses the player! And I'm not ... -
** New Game In Development **As one or two of you may already know, Jonathan (Joffa) Smith is currently developing a brand new Spectrum game. The program is called 'SAUCER' It'…
... the left side of the screen to the exit on the right.
The ... />
At first all the strips works together, a veritcle scrolly screen ... This is a programmer verses the player! And I'm not ... these being released blinking into the light of day...? ;) -
128K +2 (Grey) no image output.Got an 128K +2 Grey that works in every aspect except no image (neither from RF or RGB), swaped the RF from my 48K+ witch was working well and tested…
... that the symbol printed on the PCB is in the false direction ... the weird part, the cable wires were unprotected and the CSync + Vsync crossed the ... as stated on the site, and the sound socket output ... />
Any ideas? The computer works 100% as it is, with ... -
128K +2 (Grey) no image output.Got an 128K +2 Grey that works in every aspect except no image (neither from RF or RGB), swaped the RF from my 48K+ witch was working well and tested…
... connecting it behind the motor switch. The amplifier needs a ... parallel to the motor. Cut the white line of the cable between ... here the relays switch. This way the output of the amplifier ... additional effekt is then that the drive works more reliable.
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speccy games at your school?this will probably only apply to those of us who were at school from say 82 to 92ish (guessing thats the majority of people here?). anyway did your…
... instant deaths. Seeing this, the head librarian asked me to ... As War Weapons, and How The Alphabet Works, "hilariously" filed under C ... (vary this figure slightly on the other three machines)
... .
Oh, and the art department had an Archimedes ... -
PAL programminghi, i am looking for a decent PAL programmer or someone who can program PAL's I need this for my Not The +D project I have tried a GAL but could not…
It is a GAL20V8 which the 'Not The +D' page mentions,
I ... used PalToGal to convert the Alice.jed but just could ... not get the board to work with the GAL programmed (I ... +D and the board works fine with that but the GAL did not ... -
PAL programminghi, i am looking for a decent PAL programmer or someone who can program PAL's I need this for my Not The +D project I have tried a GAL but could not…
... is a GAL20V8 which the 'Not The +D' page mentions ... and the board works fine with that but the GAL did ... much later) showed that the fusemap was incorrect. Better ... software does not like the JEDs made by EQN2JED ... (with Notepad) to the format apparently expected by ... -
Blake's 7I've got an idea for a Blake's 7 video game for the 128K Spectrum (Only problem is I can't code in neither machine code or Sinclair BASIC, so I will …
... need some help - and the rights from the legal owner).
[/ ... [/QUOTE]
Can you compose the song in Soundtracker?
[QUOTE ... Graphics first. After the game works, you can improve the graphics.
... 6 and 7 and the ending on the B-side). Each side ... -
Some C64 questionsI've been playing around on a C64 emulator recently, and I have the following questions that I was going to post on Lemon 64, but I thought that sinc…
... it was 10x faster than the original routine, that would ... or less reliably. If the spectrum loaded a game at ... is going to use all the available RAM though, and ... different tape deck than the one you saved on ... Certainly Kwikload 2 for the Spectrum works at up to a ... -
New V Mini seriesJust saw the trailer for the new V Mini series... After all the promise of a follow on set 20 years after the original they've gone and done a Battle…
... =Vampyre;358912]You've described the sound problem perfectly. Bunk is ... fire to his clothes after the one night stand!!! There's ... music to understand some of the words.
what is ... aren't clear about how the internet works or what text messaging ... -
Caption Compo!Time for a caption compo methinks... Rules are: 10 PRINT "Winner is decided by current holder" 20 PRINT "Current holder can decide winner whenever …
Yes it does?
Maybe it's regional thing, cos the pic shows for me, and the link works? -
ANNOUNCE: JSW64 Manic Miner: James Bond [v1.1]I am delighted to announce the second gamma-release of [i]JSW64 Manic Miner: James Bond[/i] (v1.1), which is available as a free download from: [url]…
... you sure it's the overhead guardian that kills ... this using MA_JOLIE.TAP from the Special Edition 2009.
... [I]Ma jolite[/I] (the easy variant), it [I]does ... replicte the fault, and I can't. The game works fine ... was a wrong setting in the emulator, but I can ... -
Suggestions for resurrecting a hard disk?I started up one of my PCs today, which I hadn't used for a couple of weeks, and HD1 won't start up. My impression is that the motor has seized, as i…
... its worth freezing the drive, works more often than you ... enclosure, dump it in the freezer overnight and then ... connect the USB (or whatever) ... in the freezer while you do it it works quite ... well. Also set the freezer as ... -
Suggestions for resurrecting a hard disk?I started up one of my PCs today, which I hadn't used for a couple of weeks, and HD1 won't start up. My impression is that the motor has seized, as i…
[QUOTE=ADJB;361153]As ZXbruno says its worth freezing the drive, works more often than you would expect.[/QUOTE]
yes, I have used this method many, many times to recover data for many commercial companies. -
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…
... , but i like the humour, the way the story works and the use of music ... tit.
revolver on the other hand (richies next film ... or at least the next ganster film) was a ... wierd with all the gay stuff. and the end was a bit ... -
Few +3 & +2A questionsI don't know those models too good, so my questions can be quite stupid. Spectrum +3 has a sound distortion problem. Do all +3 models suffer from it…
... to the transistor?s emitter. The result: the transistor works in switch-mode - the sound ... system.
The second release (the +3B), has the sound circuit fixed ... ?[/QUOTE]
The second release (the +3B), has the sound circuit fixed ... -
Windows problem - please helpA friend of mine's PC (XP service pack 3 *shudder*) has a problem - when he connects a USB stick the PC hardware Blue Screen of Deaths, a known probl…
... use this to cure the problem on the PC, please?
the the log in screen.
... F4 to shut?[/QUOTE]The keyboard works for the F8 boot menu, ... but not on the log ... /> What about one of the stepped boot options? It ... -
Timex TS1510 has been cloned!Not ZX Spectrum hardware, but you can think of it as an Interface 2 for the ZX81. :) I shipped my TS1510 to a friend I met a few months ago here in …
I have a file of approximately 5MB with all the pictures, schematics and a word document describing how the cloning was done and how the cartridge works. If someone's interested please PM me. -
Who reads comics?At the minute I am reading: Transmetropolitan The Boys Dangergirl The League of Extraordinary Gentleman 1900 Volume 1 Hoping to get onto Sandman wh…
I've been catching up on Frank Miller. I tend to buy the trade paperbacks though. I'm contemplating buying the collected Buffy Season 8. -
Mame Roms... :)I have just *aquired* some Mame roms (complete pack 20gb)... Some of them dont work with the lastest Mame Emulator (ver. 0.333)...I use Emu Loader a…
... with the way the game runs, it's just the aiming ... like the crosshair from the mouse is onscreen but the the game ... the screen.
Making the game completely unplayable, now if the aiming works ...
[quote=mel the bell]hmmmm the other day my mame ... -
has anyone been hypnotised to help quit smoking??Evening all, My Girlfriend has just gone on a bit about getting hypnotised to give up smoking......... Apparently someone local to us has a 96% succ…
... under any hypnotic spell, but the fee of 300 and odd ... pints of cold water, as the compulsion to eat after giving ... pressure, as the heart works harder to pump blood around the body, which ... -
Fuse & ubuntuAnybody got Fuse running on UBUNTU ?? If u have, how did you do it ?? from source or do you know of an .deb. Cheers
... before the FUSE program and it works.
Also the joypad works with ...
does wonders to the display!!!
5 % of ... -
need MF128 ROM for use with PlusD interfacedoes anyone have this ROM? Can they read out the ROM as I want to use my Not The Plus D interface with a multiface 128. thanks in advance if anyone c…
... have to wait until FTP works again though :-([/QUOTE]
the MF128 (Disciple version). I know the MF3 works because ... I have not tried making the MF128 clone yet.
the pcb's look ... both sides and the parts overlays. The PCB files are ... -
MF3 and MF128 (Disciple version) PCB filesI've uploaded my reverse engineered pcb files for the Multiface 3 and MF128. I hope they come in handy for people. Also included is the necessary Jed…
... quick question
the un-named chip in the MF3 overlay, is ... will have to dig out the Press and Peel PCB ... some etching fluid and knock the MF128 one up tomorrow
I'm sorry, yes... The Eprom is a 2764.
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problems with zz spectrum java emulatori don't seem to be able to make it work. i start the games from the wos archive, the emulator loads the games, but the little screen remains complet…
checked all the updates and all, but still the emulator works only when bs player is running a movie.
don't ask me why.
anyway, now i can use it, and that's what i was interested in.
