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Steve Davis Snooker 128k?I'm in the middle of an, erm, interesting discussion with a bloke on AtariAge. The long and the short of it is he's claiming to have written a 128k …
... and then other moderators of the same forum getting all touchy ... to do with PUBLISHED ZX SPECTRUM titles exactly ? Sweet FA. ... to make derogatory comments about the people who expose them !
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Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... are very influential figures in the world of introductory programming . They have published ... well be that most students who are taught it later are ... garbage collected), and what the compiler is doing when it performs a virtual ... -
Games club WC 01/02/07some one once said, 'war what is it good for? absolutly nothing!' true, maybe, but it certainly shifts games. so get voting you worthless showers o…
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My entry level into the world of games was Monopoly lol, then ... I progressed thought the wonderful start of arcade life, where I ... />
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Hints for a better life...PLEASE DON'T START ONE THREAD AFTER ANOTHER BASED ON THIS....POST HERE!!! Right, lets lighten things up a bit... looking for tips for a better lif…
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World of Spectrum has been a worthwhile place ... that anyone who posts about having one is making the whole thing ... be saying is that my niece Emiliana who did the graphics ... for my adventure is also ... -
Posted in error.Posted in error sorry. Just ignore this post. You can remove it if you like Mods
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Finally...Yes :smile: I've finally reached one thousand posts. And yes, I know that many other people have reached that august figure too, but for most of t…
... the Vatican is the largest landowner in the world, is one of the (if not the) richest organisations in the world ... who make up the vast majority suffer for the sins of the tiny minority who make the ... are to used to the british way of doing<… -
Photoshop fun...So I got fed up with Paint Shop Pro crashing and losing data and started playing with Photoshop instead... I came up with an alternative book cover …
... little feedback? Tchh! What's the world coming to.
Seriously though ... is probably the most recognizable Spectrum game inlay, and that anyone who had a Spectrum who ... />
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Claissic older PC gamesI'm looking for some decent PC games from 1995-2002 to play. Nothing too huge like any recent games, i've got Duke Nukem, Quake II and Red Alert but…
... than Another World, but AW was groundbreaking - who here can ... I]Another World[/I] was so hard, just the underground bit ... hated that part), but the rest of the game was fairly straightforward ... just because everyone else is doing that sort of thing" 3D sequel ... -
Get a life[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7322347.stm[/url] This John blokes a bleedin nutter. Theres bands i really like and some other celebs but …
... of what he did. Based on the evidence so far, the only person who ... obsolete computer think that someone who is harmlessly eccentric should be ... refuse to lay into someone who is doing something that may be weird ... so glad I left that world behind when I was 18 ... -
Get a life[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7322347.stm[/url] This John blokes a bleedin nutter. Theres bands i really like and some other celebs but …
... trend of suggesting anyone who doesn't follow the regimented definitions of " ... the regimented definition of normal' but say 4000 members of WOS all over the world ... the same. By the way fair play to you for doing ... on his face is in the eyes of some of us an ... -
Spectrum more loved than C64It just occurred to me that the Spectrum must be more loved than the C64 these days. After all, it has been more than a year since an update was made…
... he does exist, given the suffering in the world), and you can't ... in a coma) and of course the real world is carrying on as normal ... prove that what you are doing now is real. Perhaps it's ... that an atheist describes someone who is ANTI-religion[/quote]
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FUSE on the PSP!Great news for us Speccy fans who chose the PSP over the Nintendo DS, only to find the PSP was sadly rather neglected in the Spectrum emulator area …
... the greatest of respect both for your work on the Spectrum, and for the ... that Winston (who, as far as I can see, is always polite ... if they're just entering the world of software agreements.
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In ye olde days of computingI found this page about some of the the history of home-computing. Maybe not complete, but still: [URL]http://www.jaapan.de/jp/homecomputer.php?page=…
... the crashing, the need for resets, the pointless repetition etc) including one bloke who ... intelligence (unless you count the idiots who consider Damien Hurst to be ... is out sometime, maybe now. When you've finshed, log onto World of Spectrum ... -
Programming Books for Kids - Whats happened to programming?What has happened to Programming in the 00's :( I remember at the tender age of 9 exitedly going to my library to get one of them colourfull program…
... the world of scripting languages. It wouldn't surprise me if Python (which is ... to Teach Programming Via ZX Spectrum Basic"
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Warning may harm your computer.Has Google got a bug today? Every site returned says "Warning may harm your computer". When I click on the link to go to a site, google then pops up…
... . Today it seems to be doing it to evey one.
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World of Spectrum, the official world archive for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and the largest on ... -
How many of you are game programmers?So, how many of you programmed a ZX Spectrum game? Was it released commercially? :)
... (1983-86) are up on World of Spectrum [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org ... /> Most of it is pretty basic stuff nowadays, though Girl Who Was Death ... lengthy report about the experience of writing it in The Spectrum Bible 1985-86 ... -
Hiive Books and the economy...Hehe... Scared you (or maybe not)... It's just as well I'm not in it for the money! I've been upgrading the database over the weekend to allow me t…
... the results of most of his researches to me with teh intention me doing ... depends on WHO is doing a project. There was a lack of intrest in ... 've seen:
ZX Spectrum: In their Own Words - an ... interview wiht Sir Clive regarding the Spectrum.. -
Record 419 letterI've just got a 419 email (first to get past my shitfilter for ages) and I must admit I am impressed. Yes the crap tale of woe is there (money alrea…
... /> The world of Offshore banking especially is fraught with huge rewards for those who occupy ... if you are interested in doing this with me just reply ... -
Brand new Horace GameWe could think on how should the next Horace Game be, taking in account that the past three are mixtures of old, well established classic arcade game…
Hi Greatflash, welcome to World of Spectrum!
I't great ... games. I'm sure that the remake's authors will appreciate ... Tang, the author of first Horace games? Nobody knows what he is doing today ... -
Whats the longest time you have ever spent at work?Whats the most hours you have ever done at work, be it overtime or working up time etc? Anyone ever hit the 18hr onwards mark before your skin turned…
... about World Of Spectrum are amusing.
EDIT: [quote="kruntyfarty"]World of Spectrum is full of 45 ... yr old men who live in the 1980s and ... have zero sense of humour ... -
MS Office 2007.Gaaahh. My employer is trying to force office 2007 onto my work PC. I dont't want it, I'm happy with office 2003. I have told them several times tha…
... University computing department) the people who think they know more ... to do with real world computing, it just gives ... fix" things themselves is usually the cause of much bigger problems.
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Interface One - New FunctionalityAs you may (or may not) be aware the Interface One is a pretty powerful piece of kit. One of it's greatest features is being able to easily extended …
... for doing a job on demand, a situation that many of ... then also consider the Spectrum (as such) incomplete because the peripheral(s) ... nt you then brand the bringing into the world of the problematic Issues 1 ... creative 'flow' was ended, is IMHO not so much a ... -
C64 users dying to get another flamewar goingThe C64 folks really are a bit of a laugh. In fact, some are so insecure they need a new war. ;-) Read this and try not to snort: [URL]http://www.lem…
... him? It seems several World Of Spectrum members have registered at ... that the definition of trolling?
Even the title of this thread is ... be a couple of people there who are trolling, but ... included in that thread) who have actually contributed decently, ... -
You know what really grinds my gears?[img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JP3e36ESX1c/Snucg0nS4aI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/xU79M473tZc/S1600-R/what-really-grinds-my-gears.png[/img] People who aren't ready…
People who pull out in front of you from a side ... despite the fact that all the world can see there is nothing ... doing 25mph (40kmh) on a 40mph stretch of road.
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On the 2nd day of Christmas... Stranded no moreAs part of the great and historical WOS Christmas (WOSmas?) 2009 celebrations, my first machine-code game - 'Stranded' - written back in the 80's, is…
... 99% arent over the top and the type who get annoyed if someone ... puts Xmas (Or WOSmas) instead of ... really.
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Everiss - A "highly respected person" ?It gets better..... [url]http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/12/13/high-drama-in-evony-llc-vs-bruce-everiss/[/url] Roughly - Ebony's lawyer (Dean Grou…
... with the Speccy? This is World of Spectrum, not World of Slagging-people-off (even if the ... have nothing to do with the Spectrum, as far as I ... [/I]", and some idiot who can't judge what he ... , have no discernable Spectrum connection, this is the off topic forum, ... -
New Years HonoursJust looking through the full list and notice OBE Rodney Cousens, CEO Codemasters, for services to the computer game industry Paul Stafford Jackso…
... who means no harm, bless him[/I]". And the hypocrite is both the president of the World ... at will around the world in a private jet ... their Queen, instead of doing the decent thing and abdicating ... he wanted, regardless of the wishes of the British people. After ... -
Building a WoS FAQ - contributions and thoughts please!Hi there, as you may have read in [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=28168]a nearby thread recently[/url], Martijn has boug…
... /> - What's World of Spectrum?
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- So ... Spectrum games? [I](links to various other sections covering the various ways of doing ... /> My main concern is over whether Section 4 is a kludge and ... -
I'd always been kinda curious / embarrased to try it...... but I've finally done it, and I think I like it! I've installed Linux! Well, I did it on one of the Kids' machines after Windows ate itself an…
... people on this forum who use Linux, I had ... altogether... That is, Linux/Unix is like the underlying kernal that ... to throw yourself into the world of Open source software (mainly ... of Windows, ironically because of my love for the Spectrum... Ironically, its the ...
