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Bypassing bits of faulty ULAs: the LOAD!Hi everybody, Recently I had a sick Spectrum sent to me. The symptoms were that the machine would run fine, except that it wouldn't load. The border…
... /> The /IOREQ and /WR lines are now used as the inputs ... not saving, and LOW when we are.
The output needs to ... blank tape, then loading it back in again.
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F'kin neighboursIn a slight dilemma with my annoying neighbours. Yes we have had very heated words before today and currently do not speak. Trouble is their annoyi…
... go out back because the back gardens on my estate are surrounded by ... and then a back gate - both of which are locked and hard ... I'd chuck it back over. But they are not polite, they ... taking it back.
We are in an environment were we can't ... -
Good Neighbours, anyone have them?So many horror stories on here about people's neighbours. But does anyone actually get on with their neighbours? I consider myself very lucky. We liv…
My neighbours are OK, but that's ... is making a difference, finances are back on track, so first ... to be married. We exchange hellos if we see one another ... is a retired couple who are very nice, but they ... the gutters, things generally are on good terms with us ... -
Good Neighbours, anyone have them?So many horror stories on here about people's neighbours. But does anyone actually get on with their neighbours? I consider myself very lucky. We liv…
... about the Hungarian girl, we do get on well ... socialise with them, but we are all friendly enough to ... say hi whenever we see each other.
Nigerian family one side are always working (wife works shifts ... the police out loads back in the day, but ... -
The end of the SpectrumWhat year is generally considered to be the last year commercial software was sold nationally in shops and stores? I think I abandoned my Speccy in …
... have a Saturday job, parents are better off, etc. They ... market, the console wars are in full swing and ... 3 years, and people are buying them as soon ... br />
I think we are very lucky that the 8 ... limits of technology holding things back for so long.
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New video about S-video modification on Issue two 48K Spectrum.I just finished an s-video modification on an Issue two 48K Spectrum so I made a video about it. Most of the technical details are in the video; if y…
... receiver (TV or monitor). Now we are not pumping lots of power ... me back to the starting point which is how do we determine ... (?) 75 ohms was there something we could do to change or ... -
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... this Thursday. We are instead going to push it back 7 days to ... that though this is frustrating we are only talking 7 days and ... that screening but the license we are being issued by the ... your PayPal receipt. We appreciate people are asking this question because ... -
Creating a linked list in Z80[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]I am using a circular buffer to store tiles to be displayed on the screen. Tiles only appear for a set period of time, so when …
... also has O(1) push back. Inherits most code from p_forward_list ... past array
Items are copied into the fixed-size ... managed by the container. "void*" are any 2-byte quantity (int ... list we are adding to
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'classic' songs you don't like...Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Loving Feeling. just heard it earlier,forgot how much that song gets on my nerves. The chorus could be the mo…
... just how small and insignificant we are as human beings.
back of my mind and loaded ... -
Alkatraz Protection System - "How to" and compo?I'm thinking about writing a "how to" regarding the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0020807"]Alkatraz Protection System[/URL].…
... , scrolling message and error messages back to the project cartridge.
Now we move onto the parameters... back in this [URL ... loader object code and again we are prompted for a filename.
back to cartridge, do a quick ... -
Alkatraz Protection System - "How to" and compo?I'm thinking about writing a "how to" regarding the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0020807"]Alkatraz Protection System[/URL].…
... filenames that we'd copied onto the project cartridge way back [URL ... [/URL].
Because we've been using default filenames ... /> Once the variables are updated and saved, then we'll write the ... save out the components.
We are prompted to leave a gap ... -
Retro GamerDoes anybody know when the next issue of Retro Gamer will be out? They told me to include an article about the Spectrum30 show in the News section an…
... Asylum podcast show a try. We are the only retro gaming podcast ... drawn to read it whatsoever (Back to the 90's, October ... -
Divorce, separation, etc...How many of you wossers have gone through it? With Kids, with no kids?
... and the wife are getting on better than we have done, well ... hard!), but we persevered with the counseling and got back to a ... effing childish though.)
We're getting on pretty well ... him, and all my family are back in the UK, so I ... -
Divorce, separation, etc...How many of you wossers have gone through it? With Kids, with no kids?
... have a single child. We are both married to someone in ... to our personalities being laid back. -
Divorce, separation, etc...How many of you wossers have gone through it? With Kids, with no kids?
... have a single child. We are both married to someone in ... to our personalities being laid back.[/QUOTE]
Wow, you ... slowly improving as I went back to college last year and ... high as you can, and are hoping for someone to move ... -
The Stampers vs Ritman/DrummondThis time, 4 great isometric games, choose only one. [IMG]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/k/KnightLore.gif[/IM…
... directions, it was a step back - which is why I don ... ]
Whilst I appreciate we are talking about Knight Lore, Gunfright ... added those "Ant Attack" features back... (multi view etc) -
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... of you. In the end we are really pleased with the level ... things that will give us back our spare room.
are over they are over and at least ... the presenters responded in kind. We are just documenting their hard work ... -
Monkey Island On Speccy...I would love to see Monkey Island on the speccy...think it can be done...not as much detail or graphics...but along the same story lines.... What ot…
... know how many screens there are in Monkey Island? Is ... how many screens there are and how big all ... project so if there are going to be other ... more managable project especially if we are porting over the screens ... should have been available back in the day for ... -
Crimble HolsI've been told today i'm working xmas and boxing day too, if that wasn't bad enough i have to make my own way in, i don't drive so it will have to be…
... if we weren't coming in, so we were back to ... flight dates to come back on the 21st for ... for the statutory holidays as we're returning after Xmas, ... his plans switched his flight back, but he was saying ... a lot of companies we support are major chains which will ... -
No Christmas gift from WoSWas I the only one waiting and praying for a Christmas gift from WoS? Martijn left five weeks ago and I was really hoping for a WoS update to be rev…
... 2 years almost and until we get accurate clarification on WoS ... all of us and so we as all of us have ... is dead, and we're right back to where we are before. Let's ... -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... was a major crowing point back in the day especially when ... and abilities.
We are old now, we couldnt care less about ... -
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
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We are old now, we couldnt care less about ... of facts or figures that are screamed at my face of ... was never closed minded enough back then in that I was ... />
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Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... bad games.
Since we are on a spectrum site, it ... 99.9% of them (literally) are crap.[/QUOTE]
My ... 45 quid vs ?2.99. Back then I'd take my ... -
Is there any reason whya ZX Spectrum, could not be the platform for a new mathematical or scientific discovery?
... power, memory and pixels are what have always yielded ... present day (and even back in the day), not ... of it, or because we are unaware of its limitations, ... not be wasted, for are not most super-computers ... daft notion, we wouldn't be were we are today without ... -
Question to all of you ex-patsBefore the question, I must mention a few things... I left Portugal in 1995 when I was 17. Was young and foolish and left before finishing High Scho…
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We moved to Boise, Idaho in 2012 but came back at ... off meant we were better off to come back to Montpelier ... one and right now we are living in a house ... the winter. The summers are warmer than the UK though ... way for me to move back though really. I could ... -
Finders Keepers+I know a few of you are interested in this project so I thought it was about time I started a proper thread for it rather than just slipping bits int…
... routine to grab 1000 tstates back so it runs faster/smoother ... . For those of you who are interested in game development it ... is written and how things are progressing. A game is not ... and improved upon.
We are not going to live forever ... -
Ghostbusters 3 - all female castAccording to [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31016868[/url] "[COLOR="Blue"]Bridesmaids co-stars Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy …
... of cynicism.
Chances are this film won't be ... top drawer. Few are. Quite possibly the director will ... .
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back in t'good olde days ... films.. so much comedy etc.. we are a far harder audience to ... -
Funny Incident's With Your Old School's/College Computers.Reading a few threads on the WoS forum's got me thinking of the old computer's that we used at my primary/secondary school, and the sometimes very fu…
At college, we used to clear off to ... .
One afternoon we are all back from a session.
In ... and then.
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1985-2015.A topic where we can review games released on the Speccy 30 years ago, or, anyway, talk about that year.
Now that we all are back home, we can go on posting in this great thread!
