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R: Tape Loading Error on an EMULATOR??I was just trying to load 'Stop The Express' (a TAP file on a WOS Cdrom) on to a Mac OS X 10.4.6. TAPs (in OS X, I don't have Classic installed) AF…
... just trying to load 'Stop The Express' (a TAP file on ... ).
About 30 seconds into the 2nd block loading i get ... -a-bit-too-far-recreate-the-old-days' experience!) -
linking speccy (+3) to PCI want to load games in to the speccy, I can do the soundcard playing into the speccy thing, but, is there a more advanced way? i've had a look for …
... in to the speccy, I can do the soundcard playing into the speccy thing ... on RS232 connections, etc, but the only 'easy' software i can ... nice interim till i build the HDD interface -
What game is this?When I first got my Speccy, in the year dot, I had a simple shoot em up game, that I cannot find. Can anyone recognise this please? The game starte…
... the bottom of the screen. Any missed butterfies reappeared at the top of the ... screen. When you had blasted all the ... got back to the butterflies. I stayed awake into the late hours for ... anyone could tell me the name of the game please, and is ... -
HELP! Motherboard installation woes!Can any of you guys help me? I recently bought an ATX power supply, plus a new ATX motherboard w/ 2.8GHz Celeron D processor to replace a machine th…
... , plus connected the buttons on the front of the case to the motherboard.
Turned on the ... coming out of the hole where the power supply leads into the PC come ... -
Why are there no Speccy tune remixe(r)s?In the past, I made a couple of posts on this boards which hinted at the whole SLAY Radio/remix.kwed/C64 audio thingy which is mostly breadbox relate…
... Speccy users who avoided the C64 like the plague, while remixes ... know the melody itself is the same for the Speccy and the breadbin ... .
Now to the ... it pretty early and got into the remixing thing later on, ... -
Help WW2 text adventure team game - what was it!Hi all - just getting into the whole retrogaming thing - after parting with my speccy 15 years ago at least! Slowly trawling the mind to bring bac…
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just getting into the whole retrogaming thing - after parting ... those I enjoyed like Jack the Nipper, Green Beret, Renegade ... , scout, mapreader, sniper etc, the team leader could use any ... )
Now the question - anyone remember it and ... -
Broadband Question (Serious for once..)Hello lads. I am possibly moving house in the next few weeks. I'm currently using NTL as my broadband supplier which is £24.99 per month. Unlimi…
... am possibly moving house in the next few weeks. I'm ... a price war at the moment (even the hoff is involved), I ... />
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Don't ever buy a futon from ikeaBought a futon from Ikea. Started putting it together. Surprise, holes in wood are slightly out in varying ways throughout the whole thing. This woul…
... together, the screw would have bitten into the wood and the 2- ... fasteners (64). Surprisingly, the inaccuracies made it nececcary to ... making the mistake. Except, when I examined the instructions, the sodding ... cant they drill the holes in the right effing places?< ... -
Looking for an arcade adventureThis game is hunting me for years, because I cannot remember what the name was. I hope any of you might have any idea which game it is from the memor…
... that right at the start a bird flew into view and a ... fell on the ground and you came into the screen from the left. You ... could pick up the bird ... and continue to the right into ... -
Gah! Skunked!Well it's 2:30am here, and I'd like to say I'm up late because I'm such a party animal, but my idiot dog decided to pick a fight with a skunk about 3…
... just tell you that the smell of a freshly ... Not to mention that the whole house now reeks of ... .
And the worst thing about it is ... that the little bastard actually chased ... and the (85 pound) dog across the garden and back into the house ... -
Help with a pc speaker problemI recently was given a 19" Hansol Mazellan 900p CRT Monitor which replaced my old Packard Bell smaller monitor. The speakers i have are fairly ancien…
... old Packard Bell smaller monitor. The speakers i have are fairly ... output socket on the back of the monitor to get the power. My ... speakers dont require being plugged into the monitor as i dont want ... -
Looking for...Hello, all.. Does anyone know if something along these lines exists? I've been given the oh-so-pleasant task of putting together a gibbon's guide t…
... not..
Something along the lines of..
Is ... /> (link2)
Is the plug marked "whiteboard" plugged into the wall? If so ... patronising, but this is the level I've been forced ... at... For people charged with the education of kids, common ... -
Sixth SenseOMG! Bruce Willis was dead all along! lol. Anyway, there is a scene near the beginning where the vile child is in the kitchen & his mom comes back…
... is a scene near the beginning where the vile child is in ... mom comes back & all the drwaers & cupboards are open ... . Until I went into her kitchen & opened all the cupboards & ... freaked out when she went into the kitchen! Try it with your ... -
Currah U SlotI picked up one of those Currah-U-Slot things up at a car boot sale today. I know the theroy behind the unit, plugging more than one thing into the …
... know the theroy behind the unit, plugging more than one thing into the spectrum ... . Is it possible then to plug Any two devices into ... be some conflict somewhere acrross the line???
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RS232 connector??What kind of plug do I need to buy to fit into the +2 and +3's RS232 connector? It looks like a BT telephone plug. I bought some plugs and they didn…
... need to buy to fit into the +2 and +3's RS232 ... didnt fit right, the latch was on the wrong way around?
into said RS232 compatible plug?
Abidia del crimenNever knew this game existed until i read about it in the best isometric game poll. Googled a bit and read some fantastic things about it. I also fou…
... read about it in the best isometric game poll. ... an english version for the MSX that i downloaded, ... run it on the xbox using the BlueMSXbox emulator it ... out of memory. Anyone into the MSX that could give ... memory addons for the machine that the emulator don?t ...Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum.
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By this time (1982) the GoTo ... parameters began to replace the Basic style sub-routine ... it have better suited the computer literacy movement due to ...Stupid SuperstitionFive minutes ago in the office, one of my female work colleagues was working away at the desk opposite. I was just in the middle of typing a reply on…
... was working away at the desk opposite. I was ... />
Turns out the calendar she had fell off ... enough. She then spoiled the whole moment by saying..
into the wall hard enough.. And ... any slightly out of the normal incident is linked ...Spin - SpecdrumHi, Can somebody please tell me how to use the specdrum in peripherals using the Spin emulator. Also could someone please tell me how to record a…
Hi,
Can somebody please tell me how to use the specdrum in peripherals using the Spin emulator. Also could someone please tell me how to record audio because when I go into the recording tab, Audio is greyed out.
Thanks,Total Worldwide Sales?Does anyone have an accurate source showing total Worldwide sales for the ZX Spectrum (all models, incl. Timex)? I notice the Wikipedia entry for th…
... )? I notice the Wikipedia entry for the Commodore 64 states ... Spectrum clones through the whole of the former USSR. According ... not feasible that the Spectrum outsold the C64 Worldwide? From ... the 80s in the former USSR, with sales continuing well into the ...Help me find Fluffy Banana MusicEveryone has heard of the David Whittaker Mega Tape that was a mail-order offer in the August 1987 issue of Sinclair User (issue 65) haven't you? If…
... are credited in the article as producers of the tape) to see ... if they still possess the master tape(s). I emailed ... />
Entering Fluffy Banana Music into Google returns only my site ... though it has been transfered into the digital domain, it would be ...Goodbye monitorI want to get rid of an old monitor. My idea is to stuff it into the nearest dustbin, but there must be some more responsible or ecological way of di…
I want to get rid of an old monitor. My idea is to stuff it into the nearest dustbin, but there must be some more responsible or ecological way of disposing of that piece of electronical shit. Any ideas?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…
... back, and getting stuck into the calculator routines. But before ... , floating point numbers on the Spectrum are represented in a ... with 4 bytes (the mantissa) containing the most significant 32 bits ... of the number, and one byte (the exponent) indicating ...My Dell TFT Monitor deadMy Dell E171FPB monitor is dead... it wont turn on... even the LED wont come on.... I've checked the usual...cable and fuse.... I am trying to dism…
... br /> I've checked the usual...cable and fuse....
I cant get into the casing... I have removed all ... the screws.... taken the stand off....but ... only open up the corners of the unit a bit ... slap to stop it going into hour-glass mode.
My printer scares me !!!!!!!I have bought a new printer and I did a print and set the printer to do duplex printing, as i was waiting for the printer to stop and then ask me to …
... did a print and set the printer to do duplex ... as i was waiting for the printer to stop and then ... print on the other side, the printer took the sheet back into the printer and ... printed on the other ...Woohooo!Thanks to DEATH, I can relive the glory days of yesteryears on a true, original, rubber-keyed spectrum 48k! Yes sir! How proud it looks next to my ps…
... completely stumped until I checked the tv leads and a bit ... had plugged it into the Video-In instead of the antenna connection! I ... had completely forgotten where the speccy plugged in! I blame ... Auto-search with the remote later, I had the familiar and friendly ...Serendipity!I was just thinking of how many great games I'd come across completely by accident. Being in India with no speccy mags around to guide me, buying gam…
... , Thundercats, Way of the Tiger, Fairlight, Jack the Nipper 1 & ... . I can still remember the feverish excitement with which I ... trawled the tapes for hidden gems ... make me budge from the speccy until well into the night! Those were ...Fuse for Mac OS X 20061114It's been a long time between drinks, but I've put up a public beta of the next version of Fuse for Mac OS X up at the new dedicated sourceforge proj…
... up a public beta of the next version of Fuse for ... Mac OS X up at the new dedicated sourceforge project:
into the main source or whatever.
the last official version, but the headline feature for ...Opus Discovery (.OPD) support ?Hi folks, The only emulator I know that supports the Opus OPD disk image format is Real Spectrum. Does anyone know of a Windows Speccy emulator tha…
... emulator I know that supports the Opus OPD disk image
the disk
part ?
into the SDP project, here's what ...Those plastic tabs stuck on end of keyboard membranesI am going to be buying some membranes for some speccies of mine, the thing is, u know the small oblong opaque pieces of plastic that are stuck on th…
... of mine, the thing is, u know the small oblong opaque ... some membranes where they slot into the motherboard, its to make ... it easier to slot the membrane in, i want ... that could do the same job ? at the moment i am ... thinking of using the plastic from old butter ...
