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Windows 11 - It's commingJust when you thought that there was going to be no more new versions of Windows, a recent leak reveals Microsoft are due to announce Windows 11 soon…
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I honestly hope that they do not go fully that ... stuff is stored elsewhere, honestly. When it's 100% reliable, then ... own worries that way but they are, in a sense, introducing ... -
Things that people >= 40 (ish) would recognize (and others would likely not)#1: Used to see these all over the place, usually right above the bath tub. [img]http://www.constructionphotography.com/ImageThumbs/A052-01718/3/A0…
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Are they still making PEZ candy dispensers? It ... very chalky candy that I did not like much. My ... a few years ago when he was about 7 he ... I presume they are still about.
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Badly written arcade games?A thought came to me earlier when reading the thread discussing retro consoles.... Back in the 80s arcade conversions were all the rage, but they …
... and they’ve usually got a pretty clean track record when it ... came to making decent coin munchers ... history :))[/quote]
They eventually refitted some of the ... also). I always wondered how they did that? So Firefox had ... -
Ukraine CrisisThe other thread got a bit muddled and I wanted to start one on more recent, hopeful (even if only slightly) developments. https://www.reuters.com…
[quote="dmsmith;990857"]Did they have a referendum when the far-right ousted the ... something back, ie Crimea. Ukraine making plans to take back Crimea ... it, in a coup, where they had a major naval base ... ? Would they wait for UN approval for ... -
Ukraine CrisisThe other thread got a bit muddled and I wanted to start one on more recent, hopeful (even if only slightly) developments. https://www.reuters.com…
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I am currently watching.....This stems from a rant Mel did months ago on the currently listening to thread, and he suggested starting a thread like this to somebody (sorry can't…
I did finish off watching ... black characters even though they’ve literally just been ... (Amazon pretty much admitted they were ticking the diversity ... are original characters technically they’re not actually race ... Amazon may have to stop making original content. -
So let's talk about Roger WatersNow, i think everybody should be allowed to have their own opinions. Even speaking them out loud without the fear of losing their job or source of in…
... . Ukraine on the ground is making military progress and showing up ... . So, as has happened previously, when demand for oil and gas ... inaccurate propaganda from Putin. Why did they want to join NATO? Because ... house. And don’t forget, when I leave, I will be ... -
Been to the Cinema recently?Honestly the last thing I think I seen was True Lies, unless Lord of the Rings Part One came out later? Yeah, it was LOTR I think. Anyway decades ag…
... they thought of making footage (did they actually make fake footage?) that they ... hae mentioned like how did they get the moon buggy ... what I said earlier - did they have something prepared (that wasn ... looking up the article there when I replied before), there ... -
How did people program GamesI have been wondering how people wrote games. Did they use basic and just type in to the spectrum interface and save it. Or did they use assembler, a…
... wondering how people wrote games. Did they use basic and just type ... interface and save it. Or did they use assembler, and if so ... how do they do it. Do they use a dissasembler ... -
Machine CodeOk i had a spectrum when i was younger and only used it for playin games and typing simple BASIC programs - i mean really simple! Things like 10 Pri…
Ok i had a spectrum when i was younger and only ... old speedlock loader? I remember when i was younger breaking into ... a line 0 (zero) - how did they do that in basic?! lol ... -
Yet Another Speccy Quiz (not too hard)OK! I thought I'd chance my arm at one of these things. I must say I've found the recent quizzes WAY too difficult, so I've pitched this one at simpl…
... 1. What message appeared when you completed "Stop The Express"? (3 ... and what two-word phrase did the makers of said ... br /> 7. What adventure game did Derek Brewster release simultaneously with ... rival machine's loading scheme did both programs emulate?
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Why are Heatsink Spectrums soo Rare ?is it a case of quanity ? if so how many did they make. In fact, i would love to know how many rubber 16k, rubber 48k, +`s, +2`s etc... where made, d…
is it a case of quanity ? if so how many did they make. In fact, i would love to know how many rubber 16k, rubber 48k, +`s, +2`s etc... where made, does anybody know this ?
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Enigma Force PrequelWhat was the name of the game that came before Enigma force - Shadow something perhaps - Not as good as Enigma Force, but not too shoddy... and whats…
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Did they ever make a Speccy version of Iron Horse?I don't know anything about MAME or anything, so I can't play the "original". *sighs* I loved that game in the arcade when I was wee...that and Green…
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1943 Title MusicHow many of you are familiar with the music on the title screen for the game 1943? It appears to be 3-channel music; when I first got the game all th…
... to be 3-channel music; when I first got the game ... music! :o
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Royal MailWhat is it with the Royal Mail these days? In the past month we've had... - Parcel Force items taking 3 weeks to arrive - postman leaving parcel…
... leaving parcels on doorstep (even when we're in)
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RETRO GAMER ISSUE 7 now available to pre-order!Retro Gamer issue 7 will be available to buy from August 31st, and copies can now be pre-ordered from [url="http://www.retrogamer.net"]http://www.ret…
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The Specchum DatabaseThis evening I was going through the bygone topics that were discussed on the WoS forums, some extending to the very beginning of time (2001 to be so…
... (2001 to be somewhat precise!) when the forum in its present ... call themselves "Specchums". Who are they? Where do the come from ... ? What do they do? etc. There was an ... /> 7) When did you get your first Speccy?
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The old magicFirst post since registering - although did post occasionally, long ago... At the risk of getting philosophical... what has happened to the days whe…
First post since registering - although did post occasionally, long ago...
< ... has happened to the days when I couldn't get to ... , just not have the effect they once did? Is there a modern ... makes you wonder "Wow, how did they do that?" or "One more ... -
Non-spectrum Ultimate games?I was just browsing round Rare's site and their chronology: [url="http://www.rareware.com/games/timeline/timeline_content.html"]http://www.rareware.…
... 't know they did C64-exclusive games, were they any good? How did they compare ... to their Spectrum stuff and how come they didn ... that great as they seem to be from when Ultimate had been ... -
They Sold a Million (?)I remember seeing a few adverts in SU (iirc) for Ocean, Ultimate and US Gold with the headline "They Sold a Million" ... I think it had Bruce Lee, Kn…
... US Gold with the headline "They Sold a Million" ... I think ... million copies (or more) or did they collectively sell 1 mill?
Press any keyI need to write a z80 function that waits for a user to press any key. As it is possible that the user may be pressing a key when the function is cal…
... may be pressing a key when the function is called, I ... pressed wait until they stop pressing then wait until they press a key ...Protection Scheme ComplaintWhen SU and YS released some games which were encoded with Protection Schemes upon their original release (HATE, Bedlam, etc.), why the hell did they…
When SU and YS released some ... , Bedlam, etc.), why the hell did they piss about with the loading ...Would you buy speccy games if they were made/sold today?Say for some crazy instant that ZX Spectrum came back on the scene bigtime and they started making selling ZX Spectrum versions of the latest games, …
... on the scene bigtime and they started making selling ZX Spectrum versions ... of the latest games, but they were ...early games questionhello when i was watching BBC news this morning,it said that that the PC was 25 years old.that begs the question,when did PC games start getting bet…
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when i was watching BBC news ... question,when did PC games start getting better than ZX spectrum games(they ...John Gibson InterviewThought some of you might be interested in this, just found it on some old zip disks: Please find below an incomplete John Gibson interview I conduc…
... it in Basic but when I eventually bought a ... Dave Lawson and how did they persuade you a career ... for my own amusement. When I started work at Imagine ... 't even get suspicious when the last salary payment ... . He was pretty shattered when it all came tumbling down ...Two questions for those of you who are from UKI just saw that documentary about death of imagine, and I heard that games prices ranged from 2 pounds to 7 pounds or so. If that is accurate then do…
... , when did you begin to see Nintendos appear in UK and were they ...Nt HellHow many people here have been a previous subscriber to NTL broadband and once they closed their account had NTL trying to rip them off with charges …
... for 6 mins "Why did they put you through to connections ... when I do get to speak to someone who knows what they ... are doing they assure me the ... phone cycle to NTL. When I eventually get through ... the money asside for when they do.... I think if ...Re-released game in Non UK countrieshello when i was looking through the WOS archive a thought came to me what did non UK countries(spain,italy,etc)what did they do about games that we…
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when i was looking through the ... countries(spain,italy,etc)what did they do about games that were ... ,italy,etc)discovering games that they did not now about?thank you ...Off day on my day off.Today I had to visit a small village. After the visit I wanted to go home, but instead of going directly I thought I would travel through Germany and…
... ANWB (dutch carhelp when car breaks down). They would contact the ... had original parts, but when there they tried to repair with ... and I was furious. They said I could order ... time in a full stop since I was travelling ... .
So when my car broke down 5 ...
