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Spectrum Computing Update ThreadThis thread has been created for us to provide updates for the Spectrum Computing Website. As well as providing updates, this thread is ideal if you …
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Spectrum Computing uses [url="https://worldofspectrum.org ... archive.
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Question about WikipediaHello all, new member here. Signed up because I was curious about this: Does anyone know why all links to World of Spectrum in Wikipedia articles …
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An appeal to preserve InfoseekID compatibility!Instead of worrying about competition from other Spectrum sites, Martijn always supported them. He actively worked together with other sites to help …
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Are social media and cloud computing technologies making computer users stupid?I've noticed of late that young folks seem less and less technically competent with computers when they leave school. With the advent of social medi…
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Who's having a Computing Saturday.Back in the day and sometimes the present I always looked forward to Saturday as one of my computing at home days. Saturday has always been special f…
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PLATOTerm for IRATA.ONLINE for ZX SpectrumHello everyone, I've been holding off on any formal announcement until the terminal actually functioned, but, now that there is a version of PLAT…
... specifically aimed at the retro-computing community, much in the vein ... PLATO here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLATO_(computer_system)
Selling my collection of 146 Popular Computing Magazines (PCW)146 issues including issue 1, posted to the UK https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bundle-of-146-issues-of-Popular-Computing-Weekly-magazine-1982-Volume-1-…
... -of-146-issues-of-Popular-Computing-Weekly-magazine-1982-Volume-1 ...Selling my collection of 146 Popular Computing Magazines (PCW)146 issues including issue 1, posted to the UK https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bundle-of-146-issues-of-Popular-Computing-Weekly-magazine-1982-Volume-1-…
... -of-146-issues-of-Popular-Computing-Weekly-magazine-1982-Volume-1 ...New feature in Infoseek - help neededWe often see questions about what happened to the various companies. While the magazines are a great source of information, this is limited in time. …
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[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incentive_Software"]Incentive Software ...New feature in Infoseek - help neededWe often see questions about what happened to the various companies. While the magazines are a great source of information, this is limited in time. …
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Crystal Computing - [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Computing[/url ... Fantasy Software - [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_software[/url]
wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Research[/url] (Frankly ...Old PC Games - What were your classics?I've been fiddling around with DOSBox V 0.70 the past couple of days, and have been playing some old games I used to love, including: Stonekeep Term…
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[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_Master_(computer_game)"]http ... ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_Master_(computer_game)[/URL ...Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... game's [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.U.L ... .E."]wikipedia entry[/URL].
The ... the game logic. Things like computing score, creating the map, generating ... required by the game when computing goods production. The non-uniform ...Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... ). This function is called (after computing all players' scores) to sort ... is a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection_sort"]selection sort ...Blimey! Buy a used console games and you might have to pay the s/w house to play it!From: [URL]http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/11/10/capps-we-really-need-to-make-strides-against-the-secondhand-market/[/URL] [COLOR=blue]"Epic…
... ). I did overall have more computing fun in the 1980s than ... I had more time for computing and far less distractions like ... =Lockett;314774][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_%28game_system%29 ...Reading the Spectrum KeyboardI've been playing around with reading the Spectrum keyboard (in the guise of Spin 0.666) using Z80, and I believe I've discovered that the number of …
... [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_(computing)"]Wikipedia's 'Keyboard (computing)' entry[/URL ...FairlightJust had a quick browse at the top 100... [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/bestgames.html[/url] (No i'm not moaning about whats on the list for …
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[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_Games[/url][/QUOTE ... bloke (assuming that the Wikipedia article is correct) claims ... copied and pasted from the Wikipedia article] [I][COLOR="Blue ... lawsuits with New World Computing over their title Planet' ...In a charity shop the other day...got these beuts for 25p each. Ever since I started checking out their hordes of cassettes it's brought up a few gems. Never even heard of Armageddo…
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[URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_IIIxe[/URL]
computing power for a fiver! And ...Haresoft amulet[url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2121867/Its-Masquerades-hare-runs-goes-public-display-time.html[/url] According to this article, the am…
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Edit: Wikipedia knows all. The ...Great Spectrum mythsWas pondering the other night what the best/most enduring myths about the Spectrum might be? On the gaming front, the three I came up with were: (1…
... more general computing myth:
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki ... :
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_poke[/url]How far are we from a single-chip 100% ZX Spectrum compatible solution?I really like to read about the projects of some geniusses here on WoS who are working on their ZX Spectrum clones. IMHO some main steps that have b…
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Emulator
From Wikipedia,
This article is ... science.
In computing, an emulator is hardware or ... .
From Wikipedia, emulator is HW/SW that ... Wiki.
Clone (computing), a hardware computer made by ...How far are we from a single-chip 100% ZX Spectrum compatible solution?I really like to read about the projects of some geniusses here on WoS who are working on their ZX Spectrum clones. IMHO some main steps that have b…
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Emulator
From Wikipedia,
This article is ... science.
In computing, an emulator is hardware or ... .
From Wikipedia, emulator is HW/SW that ... Wiki.
Clone (computing), a hardware computer made by ...Spectrum Sound Effects in Star Trek IV: The Voyage HomeRecently, I was watching Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and there was a scene where it sounded as if a Speccy sound effect was being used very subtly …
... standard for computing communication. According to [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki ... City standard[/url] article in Wikipedia, those efforts were used also ...Is there any reason whya ZX Spectrum, could not be the platform for a new mathematical or scientific discovery?
... hand, the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_color_theorem]four colour ... to find out how the computing power available to them back ... today's standards) amount of computing power.Coder creates smallest chess game for computers[URL="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31028787"]Interesting article[/URL] from the BBC about "A French coder has developed what is thought to be t…
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Anyway, according to Wikipedia, 1K Chess was written by ... coder who left the gaming/computing industry altogether.Denied GamesA friend of mine said that the copyright laws for games only last for 30 years. If this is the case all spectrum games made before 1985 become freew…
... about copyright law regarding retro computing, mostly from people trying to ... to trust [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries%27_copyright_lengths]the ... information on Wikipedia[/url] more.
...Minor updateWhilst there is nothing major to announce, be assured that a lot of work is being carried out 'behind the scenes'. We now have 3 developers workin…
... (The opensource software that powers Wikipedia) to go alongside their Joomla ... have your own little Retro Computing wiki at home, it would ...Publisher files opinion neededIf you look at dev.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek/publishers/view/sinclairresearchltd You'll see at the bottom the additional publisher files. These a…
... is a cover of popular Computing weekly with the Plus3, but ... ?
I like the Wikipedia link.
It's ...Publisher files opinion neededIf you look at dev.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek/publishers/view/sinclairresearchltd You'll see at the bottom the additional publisher files. These a…
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Quoting Wikipedia: WOS was...In the Brazilian discussion board, one member figured out that [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Spectrum"]English Wikipedia article[/url]…
... noticed that on Wikipedia, quite a few retro-computing related articles are ...
