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Issue 3B woesHello there, I currently have a Issue 3B for repairs around, it used to have broken upper and lower RAM, which I replaced with 41256-120 DRAMs (hac…
... & 12V with no ripple (didn't measure the -5V line anymore ... because I don't need it with the hacked ... in another computer, issue persists when swapping ULA & CPU.
Three versions of ZubWhile watching this week's Chinnyvision video on Zub I found myself frowning when he came to look at the Speccy version because despite having owned …
... Zub I found myself frowning when he came to look at ... was released in 1986 I didn't recognise any of the enemy ... as I remembered them and didn't match the ones in the ... on Twitter and he can't remember anything about it (indeed ...Opus Discovery - a Christmas taleBack in the day, when the ZX ruled the home computer market here in the UK, it suffered from 1 obvious problem: it lacked a fast mass media save/load…
... in the day, when the ZX ruled the ... My precious...
When Xmas 1986 came around, I ... Starglider 2, Carrier Command (when even the Amiga version ... disk access. When the +3 came out, I didn't get it, ... and the parents couldn't afford the ...It's been a weird (and scary) Christmas...Hello folks and Merry (belated) Christmas. It's been a bit of a weird (and scary) one for me... My mum suffered a heart attack on 19th December…
... and dad's that evening when it happened. My dad noticed ... (Sunday) but decided she wasn't quite ready and needed to ... Luckily the flooding round York didn't really get in the way ...Looking for a missile command type game?Happy new year to all! Back when I were a lad, I (I think) '83 or '84, I had a missile command type game for the speccy, but I cannot for the life…
... to all!
Back when I were a lad, I ... a 16K game because it didn't take long to load. The ... guys mentions it. It wasn't from a big software house ...Games you used to hate, but, now find pretty good.I was just playing Kokotoni Wilf and realised that I hated it when I was bought it by my grandparents back in 1985 (usual ungrateful 12 year old kid)…
... realised that I hated it when I was bought it ... - Thought it was boring when I played it back in ... Serpents - I just didn't see the point when I was a kids ... , and couldn't get ... /> 5 - Sherlock - Just couldn't get anywhere back in '85 ...Speccy Tape iPhone AppHello, I didn´t use this app a while and now when I tried it, I cannot search any games on WOS database. Does it have something to do with the new …
... /> I didn´t use this app a while and now when I tried ... the new servers? I couldn´t find an update to this ...Top 100 WOS Adventure +3/+3e InstallersSo pretty much 1 month after posting the top 100 WOS game installers I move onto the top 100 Adventure Installers. These are tapes (tzx) that can be …
... and includes manuals / password lists when they are needed for disk ... .
For those who didn't get the top 100 WOS ...Selling my Spectrum collection - advice pleaseHi there, I hope someone can give me a bit of advice please. I have stored my old spectrum and games in a cupboard for the past few decades. The…
... rare and concluded that I didn't have any of the ones ... job lot type thing. Don't really want to waste a ... as I just loved it when I was a kid. Would ...Matthew Smith's Andre's Night Off in C&VG - did he really write it?Despite it being written in BASIC, Andre's Night Off is not very good - so what happened exactly? Was the hyperbole surrounding the type-in so much h…
... parts the tale that don't ring true.
didn't he just knock out a ... in the accompanying article when most bedroom programmers could ... but this still doesn't feel like the whole story ... it somewhere? I can't find out much about it ...I'm new to the site, and I see that 3 of your MIA titles are mine !!!Hi, I’ve just recently joined your website, and I see that 3 programs I wrote back in the mid 80’s are on your MIA list !!! These are Turbo-Baud, Tu…
... Logic Services, but alas I didn’t make enough money to retire ... /> It was a proud moment when I saw my three babies ...Bizarre ZX Spectrum faults (also possibly relevant to Spectranet compatibility problems).I'm attempting to repair an issue 4A 48K ZX Spectrum and am encountering some very strange problems. For my own records I've given this computer the …
... this before when using a modern Z80 and so I didn't worry ... However, Manic Miner worked perfectly when nothing was connected to the ... issue 6 Spectrum functioned perfectly when fitted with the ULA ... circuit: no faults apparent (I didn't expect there to be since ...A software house on your doorstep.In late 1987, I noticed a few kids from a housing estate in my town (Wellingborough) were wearing HACKER badges. I didn't know at the time that this …
... ) were wearing HACKER badges. I didn't know at the time that ... . This was during their phase when they abandoned their familiar logo ... quid years later, and I didn't really enjoy it, tbh.
Interview with the ninja from Bruce LeeGood evening and welcome to my interview with another villain from the ZX Spectrum gaming history. Many of you will be familiar with the little bad g…
... was hardly difficult and you didn't put up much of a ... be hot on his heels when both of us showed up ... />
Ninja: [i]Oh, don't remind me of those fire ... ?
Ninja: [i]Oi! When you come down off that ...Are turbo loaders worth it?I found turbo loaders fascinating and I've spent quite some time disassembling and trying different types, and they work great when I load the games …
... and they work great when I load the games from ... and I realised things aren't that simple.
t work in the +2A ... is speed (assuming we don't care about "copy protection"), ... using any turbo; and I didn't use turbo in "Castaway", ...New snake game (Znake)I've been working on a Snake clone as a little side project: https://github.com/chriswyatt/znake It currently has some timing issues (e.g. it j…
... issues (e.g. it jerks when the snake eats food) and ... for graphics either.
I didn't make the game for any ...Something is missing from my life.I've been bandying around with the idea of why it's just not quite the same, even when playing Spectrum games as it was back in the eighties. . A…
... quite the same, even when playing Spectrum games as ... hardly anything about computers when I first used a ... we can do. We didn't have a lot for compare ... games and graphics. Remember when you though the 3D ... the magazines to workout when games were available to ...ZX shed dates?Disclaimer - I might be able to find this info on the wos forums, but my initial searches didn't quite work it..... Can anyone tell me when each i…
... searches didn't quite work it.....
Can anyone tell me when ... the obvious candidate, Lee doesn't remember. ARF!
Also ... , as it says "issue 1 - didn't we do this 2 years ...Smartphone QueryI have a Vodafone Smart 6 phone, yesterday I was messing around when I got a message from Google saying that the phone had a virus that had damaged 2…
... , yesterday I was messing around when I got a message from ... address was suspect and I didn't know why Google/Android was ... me of a virus because when I scanned with AVG it ...TommyGun with Debugginghttp://goo.gl/HfSXev?gdriveurl Ok, so this is a pretty big release for me and I have added a lot of stuff into the code editor. Mainly of course …
... you don't know assembler and haven't the faintest ... about debuggers, please don't rubbish my work because ... Please just don't bother. I didn't spend 3 weeks ... quite interesting to watch when sprites are drawing on ... most people probably won't even read this far ...So were the 80's really that great?I should imagine that most of us on WoS were kids during the 80's. I was 6 at the start of the 80's and obviously 16 at the and. Now that is one he…
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But when I think about it I ... you feel like **** if you didn't have the latest trainers, Pringle ... all but died a death!!! When I see my three nieces ...Retro ClassiX magazine scansThese are the only three issues I have of Retro ClassiX magazine produced by Graham Howard. Issue 14 https://www.sendspace.com/file/js7gft Iss…
... of the shop didn't have much stock and they didn't really know ... tapes on the train wasn't easy, but the money was ... circa 2001-2002. I couldn't travel to London as much ... a bit of a downer when the shop had closed and ...The RZX Request ThreadI have no idea if anything like this has ever been tried - but given that I am only a very occasional visitor these days I'd hope you all don't mind …
... but most people either don't know about it, never played ... low regard that they wouldn't waste their time doing ... to play when I was much younger and didn't understand are ... handling anything that isn't in a QAOP or ... combination), and I don't have a joystick or a ...Speed (nano seconds) of memory chips ZX SpectrumThe ZX Spectrum uses 4116 memory for the lower memory, which can be replaced by other sorts or a whole, modern, module, but when searching for 4116 m…
... a whole, modern, module, but when searching for 4116 memory, what ... that, but I actually wouldn't know. I did a quick ... components in this forum, but didn't actually find what I was ...Redesigning the ZX Spectrum 128k - A lifelong dreamHello, I am myPinballs (Jim) and i run a small business here in the uk making replacement 8-bit hardware pcbs for arcade pinball games as well as…
... thing in the whole world when i was 8. It's ... in my mind and now didn't feel to far away :)
Rolling display from RGB port on a +2Hi gang, after many years I finally decided today to attempt connecting my +2 to my Japanese RGB monitor. Using just the composite video pin only …
... a knob but it won't stay still completely.
when I connect my JAMMA arcade ... 24kHz, and the monitor couldn't detect the frequency automatically with ... with the Spectrum but it didn't improve the situation at all ...Play it again, Fred!Important! This is NOT my work, not my product! This is an old story from 2004 ... dedicated to uncle Andrew grandpa who died in 2015 (r.i.p.) …
... to make Fred more exiciting. When I saw this new version ... about publishing. Uncle Andrew didn't became exciting when I noted it but ... /viewtopic.php?f=19&t=679
He ... grows automatically to 150000 points when taking a treasure).
* No ...The day you unboxed your brand new SpectrumI was at junior school for much of the Spectrum's heyday, yet never owned a computer in that time. I was fascinated by computers back then, they were…
... on various TV shows and, when you're growing up with ... to 'big school', October 1987, when I was promised a computer ... the official instructions, and they didn't quite make matters plain. They ... Sinclair so amusing. When YS disappeared, that was when I declared the ...Glitches, tricks, and sequence breaking in Spectrum games?Me banging on about[b] Deus Ex[/b], skip it if you don't like the game. I've just found out that it's possible to complete the original Deus Ex (b…
... the three (I won't say who, because of ... br />
* But you didn't kill him/her, not directly ... , so don't blame yourself!
when carrying a certain object) ... phases, then they can't touch you, and (I ...Flight sims on the Speccy ?I'm a bit of a flight sim nut and it all started with Psion's Flight Simulation. My dad played it when we bought our 48K back, then I did too and lov…
... Simulation. My dad played it when we bought our 48K back ... like Dambusters, Spitfire '40 I didn't think any of them were ...
