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International mail delivery...Was chatting in the pub last night with some mates, and none of us knew for sure how international post is delivered where the charaters making up th…
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Could be a game ideaSnippets, bits o' this n' that as might be recollections or mayhap misplaced bits o' stories as is lookin' for somewhere to fit d'you see?.. Then,…
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Oh well, no point in prevaricating any further, he ... and then disappeared into a central point that turning the page I ... down to stand up and point his sword at the back ... -
Which is better? Knightlore or Alien 8ok mates, by the years i tend to say the best games in zx history was knightlore but i've been playin' alien 8 a lot and i'm divided Is knightlore be…
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Very large platform game on SpectrumFor everyone that helped me find it, I can now advise that the game was TANTALUS !!!!!!!!!!!! I have just had a quick go on the Spectrum Emulator an…
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Days out (Family)Going to Chester Zoo tomorrow. Taking my sons to check out the Lamas, then may be on to Blackpool Illuminations. If I see one of those Little Chef th…
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Days out (Family)Going to Chester Zoo tomorrow. Taking my sons to check out the Lamas, then may be on to Blackpool Illuminations. If I see one of those Little Chef th…
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Policy Exchange think tank calls for BBC overhaulWhat utter bollocks. [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8458271.stm[/url] Is the BBC out of thouch?. Should they stop funding shows for 16 to 35 y…
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SpecBAS: Request for comment - SpritesHi all - Having been slaving away at the new SpecBAS release, I've decided to finally bite the bullet and implement a sprite engine. I've got a nice…
... it rotates from the centre point, rather than the topleft corner ... /> All sprites rotate about the central point - how would anywhere else make ... -
I'm rich! (not really)In the post today, as well as the odd Christmas card, was a letter purporting to be from a Mr Zhang at China CITIC Bank (a real person working at a r…
... it to the UK police Central E-Crime Unit. (I thought ... reporting centre. We provide a central point of contact for information about ... -
Elliptical ChallengeSubsequent to the recent "Graph Plot" thread, I wrote this general purpose ellipse drawing routine which will plot (although it doesn't actually use …
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1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…
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Drawing LinesHas anyone got any experience of coding a Bresenham line drawing algorithm on the Speccy? I've had a go and I find the algorithm has quite a few s…
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For that central point problem, (1) if you use ... a problem with that final point.
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Drawing LinesHas anyone got any experience of coding a Bresenham line drawing algorithm on the Speccy? I've had a go and I find the algorithm has quite a few s…
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For that central point problem, (1) if you use ... a problem with that final point.[/quote]
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Computer repair questionAn ewgf-style post: I'm usually able to find my way around things, search online for solutions and a few other things, but this time I'm unsure of w…
... standing right next to a central heating radiator, close to a ... at least same capacity & voltage rating). It's cheap & ... like that.
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Match PointHi ! Does anybody have the original inlay card of MATCH POINT ? I played very much and I could win the final cup, but I used simply the five keys to…
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Quiz - my first attempt!And so it is! My first attempt at a quiz... 1. All answers give 1 point unless otherwise stated, for a total of 33 points. 2. Give your answers excl…
... /> 1. All answers give 1 point unless otherwise stated, for a ... entries is 11:00 PM (Central Europe Time Zone, +1 GMT ... the background at a certain point.
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The Quiz to end all quizzesHere it is - The Quiz To End All Quizzes. You will have a whole [B]month[/b) to answer the questions presented here. 1. All answers give 1 point un…
... . All answers give 1 point unless otherwise stated, for ... is 11:59 PM (Central Europe Time Zone, +1 ... different titles? (1 point each; maximum 2 points ... Theodore Roosevelt) appears (1 point each; maximum 2 points ... starring Johnny Jones (1 point each; maximum 3 ... -
Quickest Assembly to find if point in rectangleWhat is the fastest way to see if a point is in a rectangle. e.g rectangle is 10,10 100,10 100,40 10,40 how do i know if a point (e.g 20,20) is in…
What is the fastest way to see if a point is in a rectangle.
e.g rectangle is 10,10 100,10 100,40 10,40
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Voltage regulator replacement?I have an 48K issue 3B that has (for unknown reasons) had one of the legs on the voltage regulator broken off. It looks like a simple replacement job…
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Floating point representationI'm planning on picking up the [url=http://matt.west.co.tt/category/spectrum/openzxrom/]OpenZXRom[/url] project from where I left off a few months ba…
... Speccy ROM's floating point routines is welcome to ... br />
Normally, floating point numbers on the Spectrum are ... in the standard floating-point notation with complete accuracy.< ... is converting integers to floating-point notation immediately on sight - ... -
Point-and-Click AdventuresI was just rooting around some of my old ZX tapes and I stumbled upon (more like "picked up") a couple of "point-and-click" style adventures. That's …
... "picked up") a couple of "point-and-click" style adventures. That ... -
Missing Voltage RegulatorHello all and a very merry 2-days-after-the-speccys-25th-birthday to you all! Okay, I've just received my brand spanking new 48K keyboard membranes …
... odd reason ripped off the Voltage Regulator and heatsink. Is there ... -
A return to point-and-click adventures...Okay, they've nicked my username, but I sincerely hope this is the start of a welcome return to the traditional point-and-click adventures. Made by …
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Voltage SchmoltageOk then. Don't flame for wanting to use a C64 tape deck for this - it was the only one I have to hand which may be cannibalised for the purpose. So …
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how to set voltage regulator to the correct setting ?On the power supply that is broken it says AC adapter INPUT : 230v 50Hz OUTPUT ; 9v 200mA Regulated On the variable voltage adapter i have the…
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On the variable voltage adapter i have there is ... do to set the correct voltage ? -
Vantage PointJust got back from seeing the movie [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443274/"]Vantage Point[/URL]. If you like movies with a plot, action and some…
... .imdb.com/title/tt0443274/"]Vantage Point[/URL].
If you ... , and is told from the point of view of several different ... -
Did you publish any hoax back in the day?I did tons of those. I need to explain the "setting" though: Around 1990, we had this computer classifieds magazine printed on thin crappy recycled p…
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At one point people started to talk weird ... had a powerpack with variable voltage to change it from 6 ...