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Just found the perfect emulation controllerWell, I was looking for a PC game controller that I could use for playing lots of emulated games on my PC and the main problem was finding one that c…
Well, I was looking for a PC ... emulated games on my PC and the main problem was finding ... trigger type controls like those found on the Nintendo 64 controller.< ... I think I've just found the tool for the job ... Just ordered one on amazon uk. I think this is going to ... -
Some pages from Richard Branson' autobiographyNot sure if this is the right part of the forum, but I read this and decided to type it up for others.. Points made in this are probably already know…
Not sure if this is the ... who had stumbled into this rather amazing business. Trevor ... market developed rapidly, we found that the younger and ... business on which they had placed no value. This was over ... haunted houses on their computer screens, I found myself ... -
*Still* no sign of the Pandora?Has the Pandora handheld been released yet? I can't find confirmation via Google, so is it [B]still [/B]delayed? For nearly two years now I've been …
... the Pandora turned out. Admittedly not with baited breath, I'm ... not desperate for a handheld system ( ... known that the Pandora was going to take this long then I ... use on train journeys (commuting). Actually, if I could have found a ... -
The story of 'Blame it On The Boogie' - you couldn't make it up!not sure if this is true or an apocryphal (urban myth) ... it was mentioned in the guardian in feb.. so it's not an april fools I guess. what are t…
not sure if this is true or an apocryphal (urban myth) ... it was mentioned ... in the guardian in feb.. so it's not an ... about the song 'Blame it On The Boogie' - in short, 2 ... -
Shameless website plug!I've recently put my Speccy dedicated site live after finally getting around to making a half decent attempt at a web site design for it, so I though…
... it, so I thought this was as good a time as ... and boy, did I not realise at the time what ... literally been hundreds, if not thousands of man hours...
Server for the purposes of ... use the Contact or post on this thread which I'll ... -
What does this screen mean?Hi, I wonder if someone might be able to shed some light on what this screen means when powering up the machine: [url]http://i720.photobucket.com/a…
... able to shed some light on what this screen means when powering ... all seemed fine; screenshots attached on the listing:
[ ... the courier, I was told that the damage was not physical "but looks ... screen when you switch it on, and the sinclair research ... -
RGB SCART Not Working on ZX 128K (heatsink)I've just received a SCART RGB to HDMI converter and it is not working with my ZX 128K (heatsink). I do have the correct 128K SCART cable (which is d…
... converter and it is not working with my ZX ... and it worked beautifully on my Plasma TV via ... 've seen Spectrums looking this good before. I have ...
Unfortunately I do not have another 128K machine or ... signal on the 128K machine is working correctly, just not ... -
Zx spectrum + problemHi, I'm fairly new to the ZX spectrum + so I'm not 100% sure this is a hardware issue. I have followed the instructions for setting up the Spectrum p…
... + so I'm not 100% sure this is a hardware issue ... k"
the k on the end is always moved ... it would if I was typing, is this a common problem? ... the answer myself I have found the the keyboard membranes ... -
Your views on...Mutant Monty[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003339]Mutant Monty[/url] I didn't realise when I did the last "Your views on..." topic, that…
... all I can remember was that Monty was bloody hard to control ... . I'm sure it was like he was on roller or ice skates ... , cos he would slide everywhere.
Not ... enough goes on this to really have an ... -
Loss of innocenceI suppose my ZX Spectrum era lasted longer than most (although not sure longer than most of you on here). I received my first Speccy back in '83, and…
... 16-bit consoles were not even on my radar.
... Crash convinced me that this was the upgrade path I ... the end, my mother found one in Gateshead so we ... their message against what was actually selling in the ... . It was simply a product that could not sell enough ... -
Who was that bloke?Don't know why this came to mind (the old synapses sparking at random due to boredom when I should be working, perhaps :-o), but I remember reading i…
Don't know why this came to mind (the ... ) about some bloke who was aiming to collect an original ... this forum!) and I remember him saying how Jetset Willy could not ... be finished without the fix POKEs.
Who was ... , and does he post on this forum? -
48K Speccy Repair Log.Some people may know my love for writing up my repairs of arcade PCBs on various forums so thought I would do the same for this little fella. Had th…
... machine until he found out it was only the issue ... this would have been a glaring issue had I found ... />
At this point I was expecting the board to ... a donor. Thankfully this chip was socketted and I had ... was set up on the kitchen counter so I could not ... -
ula bookula book is here: [url]http://www.zxdesign.info/book/[/url] can i post sam coupe stuff here - she kind of is a speccy if you stuff the speccy rom i…
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the menu on this if you ahve time to ... on 48 should work
this is it i found ... /> was readinfg the ula book and this is not described ... as ula snow - the description of that is on ... witha tv encoder on it - not htat having a ... -
FA: ZX Spectrum 128k - Boxed with accessories and gameJust found this awesome little treasure trove of a website! I'm selling my ZX Spectrum 128k (heatsink version) and thought I'd put a notice up in he…
Just found this awesome little treasure trove of ... it was free to auction yesterday so I shoved it on EBay ... .50, as the original one was starting to play up. I ... it but it was not ideal working one day then not on others. The ... -
48k games developed on the 128kSeeing as I don't know enough about this subject(or the history of assemblers/C/C++/BASIC/FORTH/COBOL/whatever programming kits), I thought I'd ask h…
... which popped into my head this morning.
When ... that would not be lost to using programming kits on the 48k ... and completely betrays my ignorance on this matter)
Are ... developed strictly on the 128k (and then why/how/what was gained ... -
Car key fobs...Not sure if we have any mechanics on here that can help but, I recently bought a 53 plate Toyota Avensis T4 - I needed something new, my Ford Cougar …
... new, my Ford Cougar was falling to bits and the ... lock/unlock etc does not respond and even trying to ... some research on t'web and found that this is a ... shite reason for it not working and how flashing ... will not re-flash!
Anyone else tried this and ... -
Loading arrays in BASin...Hi Folks, I have been playing with loading and saving arrays from BASIC in BASin. By trapping the SAVE command the DATA can be saved to a .TAP file…
... from the .TAP file but not the .bsd, I simply get ... ]
A file was found on disk, but could not be loaded
for ... not verify.
Situtation: VERIFY, LOAD, MERGE[/INDENT]
Is this ... -
For anyone who is interestedAs Jumping Stack mentions in the thread: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=32113[/url] I've been banned recently (the ban…
... but when I logged on next, I found out that the post ... about my banning on WOS, there was nothing except Lee ... Martijn, and others on this forum. I do this frequently on this forum, largely since ... karingal complain about me, or not?
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Question about ZX81 componentAfter I cleaned and replaced some components (7805, two electrolytic caps) with fresh ones, and replaced the RF board with a composite one, on an iss…
... I figured that when I was touching the 3 pin ceramic ... been a crack or something on this ceramic component because without much ... component list but I also found it elsewhere to be mentioned ... 3 pin so I'm not sure if its the right ... -
Fuzzy Screen On 48k Spectrum.Hi there. I bought a Spectrum off eBay last week (another for my collection lol), and it suffers with a fuzzy screen e.g. it looks like interference …
... like interference and/or telly not tuned in properly (it ... legs and the reading was almost cock on with the working unit ... legs of c46... again, this was bang on with the working unit :???: ... it performed a reset... This didn't happen on the faulty machine. ... -
I repaired a Sam Coup? floppydrive!I'm so happy! The Sam Coup? I bought last year had a problem with it's floppydrive. Sometimes floppies would read, but mostly not. The drive in my …
... floppies would read, but mostly not.
The drive in ... search on eBay and found a seller which had one - he was selling ... cupper part that is over this mechanism.
The 'eye ... of metal on it.
I was so sure about this because ... -
Anyone know about ZX81 MIAs? I've found one.I found this site here: [url]http://zx81stuff.org.uk/[/url] which says this tape 'Games Tape 1 - Fawkes Computing' is MIA to him. He only has the i…
I found this site here:
... br />
which says this tape 'Games Tape 1 - ... bloke who's company it was, Simon Fawkes. And if ... reply. Anyone know if this is like the equivalent ...
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Hi everybody! Need help trying to rescue a ZX 48K...Hi, since this is my first post, a bit of info about me: I'm an Italian guy, now living in Poland (Warsaw), informatics and electronic geek since…
... be fine, just RF-out was not my favorite, so I modded ... a line of keys not working and found a crack in the ... /> Reading on this forum and some troubleshooting docs I found that -5V was missing ... with a digital multimeter, and not afraid to solder/change some ... -
Valve are gits (hopefully the headcrabs will get them!)I've just read that Valve have banned a bloke from using his account (and therefore his games) just because he talked about selling the account! Alri…
... talks went, maybe he was on the verge of selling ... legal right, maybe, but not a moral right. Morally, ...
But not only have Valve not allowed the sale, ... doubt that over time this sort of despotic control ... one Steam user recently found out the hard way.< ... -
The Hobbit:A guide and how i play it.Yes i know there are walkthroughs and guides on the net but what i want to do here is give chance for those people to complete the hobbit who have no…
... him be on your guard! as we can meet this goblin in ... [/b],if your attacks on anything in this game are repelled it ... butt because he can be found on the forest path with the ... to where you was captured,this is the disadvantage of not having the ... -
problem neighboursHassle on my own doorstep, makes me stressed. Rather than type it all up again, here is the main body of an e-mail I sent to my local councillor aski…
... wife the other day, this has made me somewhat ... br /> been charged and found guitly of various crimes ... a yale
lock on this gate which may be ... friends. Over the years this gate, which I built ... not.
Bare in mind that only last year xxxxx was ... -
Upgrading the Humble Spectrum 128 +2 (Grey)Hello there my fellow WoS'ers I am at a subtle in-pass in my wants for one of my +2 motherboards. I received this mobo, DOA in a job lot from fleab…
... it) and 7805 regulator was as dead as a door ... this into something a little unique
I have found ... to put a twist on this and make it switchable.< ... and would like to continue this on a target machine =D< ... lovely to this I have read up on the "Not the D ... -
Fascinating video of ancient artifacts.This is the most fascinating display of the most ancient artifacts from all over the world. Presented by Klaus Dona. It can be downloaded or watche…
... can be downloaded or watched on this page. Its 47 minutes. ... like the face on mars. Its not mentioned. On the reverse side ... (lodite). The material is not carvable even today with our ... America where it was found. It has 33 inlaid lines on its back ... -
[Free] Server caseFree but strictly collection only. Offering to spec chums in case they are interested. :) A large Supermicro ATX tower server case. I brought this a…
... large Supermicro ATX tower server case. I brought this ages ago but ... moment but its similar to this, if not this model > [url]http ... Small Business Standard 2003 sticker on it too, so if you ... tower case and have not picked a server up before.
Help finding some obscure software?I was bought one of these a few years back: [url]http://www.pangadgets.com/digital-photoframe-fridge-magnet.html[/url] A small digital photo frame w…
I was bought one of these a ... supplied software which I installed on the computer I had at ... , which is dead. This same link appears on a lot of sites ... advertising the product, but I've not found ...
