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Are there any Speccy mysteries left?In the past we've had the "Where is Matthew Smith?" mystery which has now obviously been solved as Matthew is back on the scene. More recently the B…
... a YTS course nearly twenty years ago with a guy who ... was the programmer and for years I've wanted to know ... -
sinclairfaq.com has expired!I just got that error message when trying to follow a link to the Folklore FAQ. :( I hope someone is seeing to this -- it needs to be done sharpish,…
I just got that error message when trying to follow a link to the Folklore FAQ. :(
I hope someone is seeing to this -- it needs to be done sharpish, before the domain hijackers nab it (as happened to Retrospec a few years back)... -
Nostalgia or just pure quality?I was just thinking - if it wasn't for emulators and I played my last speccy game back in 1990 (on a real speccy) - would I look back with a fondness…
... that I owned for 8 years before it's disk drive ... -
"Noah takes a photo of himself every day for 6 years"Eerie, a little strange, but compelling viewing: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B26asyGKDo[/url]
Eerie, a little strange, but compelling viewing:
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Doctor Who - Animated finally gets the green light!!Well, they have been talking about it for years and it's finally happened! A Doctor Who cartoon has been made! it's a single story called 'The Infin…
... been talking about it for years and it's finally happened ... -
2007, and still no NIC and browser for the Speccy?I've started to read all the w.o.s. threads, starting by the ones that came up with the search function, using the keywords of the topics that intere…
... 're already available a few years ago,
but things change ... -
New: Freeware/PD title informationAnother important change has been made to the Infoseek engine: listing all games that were published as Freeware or Public Domain (PD). Update: a thi…
... once the copyright expires (95 years after the death of the ... -
"The Last Question" by Isaac AsimovBelow is an amazing short SF story I first read a few years ago. I recently rediscovered it and if you've got a spare few minutes, have a read... […
... first read a few years ago. I recently ... . Billions and billions of years. Ten billion, maybe. Are ... own drink. "Ten billion years isn't forever."
... safe for ten billion years, but then what?" ... not for billions of years. Many billions. Even the ... -
Regarding the RGCedit: Wrong title. Title should be 'Regarding the RGB2VGA interface'. Many moons ago, Icabod, at raww.org, wrote: [QUOTE]VGA for Spectrum Wednesday…
... if this project was finished? Years ago someone told me that ... -
Why has no one remade 3D Deathchase?Why is 3D Deathchase, which is about 8k of code running on a 16K Spectrum, still unmatched (as far as I know) for a game of it's type? Since 3DD I'…
... could handle it twenty-four years ago, surely even a compiled ... -
Spectrum programming books for saleI'm selling a couple of my old spectrum programming books. They were a great use to me when I started programming all those years ago. I have some ot…
... I started programming all those years ago. I have some other ... -
don't go Vista matesaGreetings. As you well know, there has been a massive campaign to push Vista into the users. I'm against it and always will be. Most of the ancient s…
... should have added to Windows years and years ago.
Here ... with Media Center over the years--a problem that Apple has ... your Windows XP CD for years. You do have a Windows ... -
'Man's Most Beautiful Creation'[url]http://www.salesbytes.co.uk/markjones/ZXSpectrumThumbs.html[/url] I dunno if this is of interest but I did this for Uni a few years back. Click…
[url]http://www.salesbytes.co.uk/markjones/ZXSpectrumThumbs.html[/url]
I dunno if this is of interest but I did this for Uni a few years back. Click on the thumbs to see the full size version. Just thought some of you might like to see it. -
If a C64 can do it...Forgive me if this isn't the right section. We've seen coders surprising us over and over again with excellent demos and things that a few years ago…
... and things that a few years ago would've been said ... -
Footballer Of the YearJust played this for the first time in years and managed to score 166 Goals in one season!!:smile: League 77, League Cup 19, FA Cup 15, Europe 41 &…
... for the first time in years and managed to score 166 ... -
YSRARY - I, Of the MaskI've never ever seen this game before and I was watching the excellent YSRARY videos and saw this amazing 3d game from 1985 with what looked like sol…
... looked like solid 3d graphics years before Driller came out and ... -
Ghost RiderAnyone else seen it ? It's possibly the worst film I've seen in years. It makes Fantastic Four look oscar worthy. At least it did make me and the mis…
... film I've seen in years. It makes Fantastic Four look ... -
Nostalgia or Spectrumness?I packed up my 48K with souped up keyboard in about 1986 and came to misty-eyed nostalgia via emulation a few weeks ago, triggered accidentally by a …
... Russian game made nearly 20 years after I packed my machine ... -
Okay spechums, I need your input on my next tattooOn Monday, I am going to get a tattoo on the back of my neck/head. THXII38 with a barcode underneath it. I need some speccy suggestions for the b…
... meaning to have done for years, but keep putting off, getting ... -
Jetpac Refuelled on xBox LiveJetpac is one of my top 5 favourite speccy games. I would even say its a strong contender for my no1 favourite (but thats something I doubt I'll eve…
... 's first title nearly 25 years on! (and from the screenshots ... -
What are the rules regarding...... me recommending a (computer and console) shop in this forum? My XBox DVD drive recently decided that it was sick of it's job, and I couldn't fi…
... my XBox from them four years ago, pre-chipped, plus they ... -
25 YearsWhen exactly is the 25 year anniversary, that is to say on what date was the Spectrum launched
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A thank-you!Five years ago this month I started writing for a magazine called Micro Mart; it was a retro computer column I had undertaken, but unlike others, I w…
Five years ago this month I started ... fill the pages over the years. You know who you are ... -
Unlisted publisher & games: Svenska Soft ServiceThis was a Swedish distributor in the mid 80s, unknown to me until now. I've found two Ultimate tapes released by them, which use the original artwor…
... + Ultimate tapes here throughout the years and this is the first ... , I've been looking for years for Swedish Ultimates) but no ... -
Wanted: British Lowland (CCS) - will pay ?100See subject.. This game has been avoiding me for many years now, and I'm getting pretty d**n annoyed with that fact.. So, I'll cough up a hundred qui…
... been avoiding me for many years now, and I'm getting ... -
Spectrum +2 (grey) cassette adaptor pinsHi, When I was a wee laddo I had a spectrum +2. I read somewhere about adding an earphone socket to it so I could use an external tape recorder with …
... tape deck. Well now 20 years later and I am getting ... -
Dunny is a taffer...... or Dunny bees a taffer. Whatever the grammar is. Just thought I'd mention it. For anyone who doesn't understand, the word "taffer" is an insu…
... busiest I've been for years. Work + lots of bloody jobs ... -
That scene in "Big".....Anyone remember that scene in [URL="http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0094737/"]Big[/URL] when Tom Hanks finally completes the adventure game, towards the e…
... finally been completed, over 20 years after starting the game and ... this 34 going on 15 years old felt!!!
Anybody ...
