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Corona Virus,Is is me or is the BBC sensationalizing this corona virus too much and creating hysteria?
... it may be overestimated in some reports. The numbers of case of coronaviruses generally are ... sound moral and ethical judgement had been exercised. Science can ... defend the draconian measures.
In terms of economic impact which will in the ... -
Corona Virus,Is is me or is the BBC sensationalizing this corona virus too much and creating hysteria?
... a serious car accident, in which they had suffered a broken neck ... time to become a disease which causes complications - maybe ... while he had the coronavirus present in his system at time of death, ... resulting from COVID-19 which is the disease not the virus. -
Additional Information , Notes , and Details , re.the Main Windows Edition of Spectaculator There is no lenghy instruction to go with Spectaculator . Mark did a great job adding extra info. with this thread:- [url="https://worldofspectr…
... the problem of mounting the joystick D socket has been solved .Cutting the "d" hole in the ... soft "cheesy" fascia was easy enough . The surface of the white ... how to deal with the cabling which which exit from the RHS . I could ... -
Additional Information , Notes , and Details , re.the Main Windows Edition of Spectaculator There is no lenghy instruction to go with Spectaculator . Mark did a great job adding extra info. with this thread:- [url="https://worldofspectr…
... in the above pic, there is a big hole , in the base of the case at RHS , enabling the ... of the USB connectors broke off . Clearly , at that time ,I had not ... time ,this case has had extra araldite "reinforcement" under the socket to help ... -
Why is it so hard to produce ZX Spectrum add-on Hardware in the UK.Arguably the UK Spectrum add-on market is stagnating? Why ? Well obviously the ZX Spectrum is a very old retro micro so it's fan base would normall…
... such as " which group of micro users have the most spare hobby ... at all related to the original cost of the Micros? This last ... it presumes that the customers that had the most cash in the first place ... are deemed to be a the "bottom of the pile" cash wise then ... -
Games With Separate 48K and 128K Versions There are some ZX Spectrum facets that throw up a strong sense of "deja vu" in me when I come across them again (and this particular subject …
... the Encyclopedia of War . This game was mainly 48K but had the "Chalons" scenario in ... can find a proper TZX in 128k of the Chalons scenario? After a ... from 1992 "Match of the Day" (Zeppelin Games) which fitted the criteria for this. -
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…
We had the same thing in Germany and I certainly ... =lESMfh72RJg"]a YouTube video[/url] of the apparatus they used.
... were listed in the telephone book. There was one number which when ... being shown that day/evening in the various cinemas around town - ... -
Favorite Christmas SongsI'll start: Stop the Cavalry : Jona Lewie https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=stop+the+cavalry
... more than the original which I literally despise! Wonder if the people here ... 's literal only source of income has had a bit longer to ... . I said to the young bloke in front of me in the queue "they must ... pretty". He laughed and we had a little chat about what ... -
Key Materials ,Concepts , and Ideas for DIY Cases For ZX Spectrum Interfaces.In the 1980's ZX Spectrum Interfaces were largely supplied "cased up" or encased . Nowadays often they are not as they are usually sold as bare PCBs.…
... of the Mass Market . A large variey of "Cased up" Spectrum interfaces were made in the ... plastic cases for the PCB was a part of the package The Spectrum had the mass market ... offer a case as a separate purchase for one of their interfaces ... -
i am currently listening to........as i couldnt seem to find the old one, i didnt look that hard :P ive started a new one right after somebody asked me for some slayer ive rediscovere…
... Jazz which is great all the way through and News of the World ... it.
The rest of the albums have tracks that are ... In Heaven again (listened to it once). Just too painful the memory of ... Freddie, knowing he had gone when it ... -
i am currently listening to........as i couldnt seem to find the old one, i didnt look that hard :P ive started a new one right after somebody asked me for some slayer ive rediscovere…
... Jazz which is great all the way through and News of the World ... it.
The rest of the albums have tracks that are ... In Heaven again (listened to it once). Just too painful the memory of ... Freddie, knowing he had gone when it ... -
i am currently listening to........as i couldnt seem to find the old one, i didnt look that hard :P ive started a new one right after somebody asked me for some slayer ive rediscovere…
... from Jazz which is great all the way through and News of the World ... In Heaven again (listened to it once). Just too painful the memory of ... Freddie, knowing he had gone when it ... -
i am currently listening to........as i couldnt seem to find the old one, i didnt look that hard :P ive started a new one right after somebody asked me for some slayer ive rediscovere…
... from Jazz which is great all the way through and News of the World ... In Heaven again (listened to it once). Just too painful the memory of ... Freddie, knowing he had gone when it ... -
Games With Separate 48K and 128K Versions There are some ZX Spectrum facets that throw up a strong sense of "deja vu" in me when I come across them again (and this particular subject …
... and include some of them here . The 128K version of BALLBLAZER , which I have ... is "distribution denied". The 128K Hobbit is on "Spectrum Computing" but I ... a bit of the "title name" in front of the main Hobbit name which makes it ... -
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…
... series of Peugeot estates which were fantastic, and rare in the UK in the 80s. The unique ... thing they had ... a positive earth vehicle which meant it had the associated rot problems such ... -
ShortagesWhile there are some more serious shortages in the UK (eg. of fuel due to panic buying), some of the following seem very inconsequential to mention: …
... we need the car to lug all her stuff. Which if it ... wasn't for all the divs who ... more, than the government and the petrol companies. If BP had kept their ... be so many preppers in the UK as in parts of America? Admittedly as ... -
Spectrum +3 not working [HELP]Hi, When i turn on my zx spectrum +3, im presented with a black screen with a solid green border all around it. Anyone here knows whats the meani…
... Spec-chum;982380"]Ram failure of IC21[/quote]
There ... , I had a quick look at the service manual which shows the error colour ... ICs, but they seem for the +2 grey. I still think ... , although I haven't the computer here in front of me. On some ... -
How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... routine, it had an issue drawing if the sprite started in row 15 ... ; convert row -> offset of row in screentable (= tbl_scraddr + row*16)< ... ; look up screen address from the table
ld a, ( ... a map (of static objects, say walls) of 16x16 tiles that ... -
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…
we had The Gaumont theatre, in the 80s they changed it all ... above to the right is Cole Brothers (John lewis) which has just ... closed, opposite that is the City hall ... , down to the left is Fargate ... -
Platoon TZX / Decryption toneDownloaded Platoon from the TZX vault earlier today. Kept crashing when loading into my real speccy via PlayTZX, and I i realised the Speedlock 6 dec…
... on, and the others it stayed on the decryptions tone repeated ... into TAPER it seemed the group for the decryption tone has a ... altered it in taper and gave 200 for the decryption loop ... feature of TZX which is confusing all the TZX support in emus or the Platoon ... -
FAST adsHiya Does anyone remember the FAST (Federation against software theft) ads that came out in the late 80's and early 90's. They were hilarious as the…
... . They were hilarious as the main protagonist in various of the ?episodes? managed to ... turn in his friend and teacher for the ... (they were in all the mags of the time). Does someone know the issue number and ... -
Cross hair in Aces of AcesIn instruction is said: "...Cross hair turns red when in range of enemy target..." but this never happen, not even on TZXs from WoS :( is this a ga…
... /> "...Cross hair turns red when in range of enemy target..."
but ... is a way to DODGE the bullets from enemy fighters ???
in game just luck... every time ... -
Need help with transferring games to real tapeHello. Sorry for asking this as I suspect everyone has solved this problem by now -- or am I the only one with a real problem? My problem is this: …
... Spectrum +2 (the grey one) and would of course like to play some of the ... tried and play the tapes through the built-in Datacorder on the +2. But ... play the voc-files in GoldWave (the utility I am using on the PC ... -
Very new indeedHi, At [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=5835&forum=4&1"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=583…
... for a manual but the page (and the whole site, I ... the Psion 3c, the Psion 5mx, Mac OS 8.6 (and the original Spectrum ... ).
My problem is mostly in games, of course ... the key definitions/equivalences. I've never owned a Spectrum ... -
Interesting game plotsAny thoughts on which speccy games had the most interesting or original plot ideas? My own favourites would be Deus Ex Machina ID Gyron (tho i didn'…
Any thoughts on which speccy games had the most interesting or original plot ... like the game much)
And maybe Yes Prime Minister which has ... -
Games Club updateRight first i've setup this new username so people can see posts for the club more easily I've also created a dedicated email address and web site, …
... and web site, see the icon links at bottom of this message ( this ... email nomination only per week in the following example format
the subject 'join' which tells me your wos forum username and where in the ... -
Sharopolis' Election Predictions.Some of you may remember that last year I incorrectly called the US election for Kerry, but im undeterred and Im going to have another go. I love a g…
Some of you may remember that last year I incorrectly called the US ... of a hung parliament, but Ill eat my Spectrum if the Tories get in ... gonna put them Some where in the mid 300's, certainly less ... are correct with their % of the vote being in the low 20's Im ... -
Cruelty on Celebrity Love IslandThe last two things the celebs have had to do to win a day-trip on this show have seemed particularly psychologically hurtful. Two days ago they had…
The last two things the celebs have had to do to win a ... they had to weigh themselves in public and last night they had to ... arrange themselves in order of beauty.
LogosWhich software house had the best logo? It was such a spectacular image back when I first started buying games so I have to go for the bright red ph…
Which software house had the best logo?
It ... to go for the bright red phoenix on the cover of many a ...
