Spectrum Computing

I've found a pair on Ebay, but even if I had a spare £200 I'd need to cut my toes off as they're four sizes too small for me. There's a site punting them out for $44 in any size but I suspect they're knock-off Nigels. You mean "made by the same people but without the ridiculous mark-up" :...

Lovely

Magic Knight wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2024 2:32 am some good pictures here:
https://aucfree.com/items/430446273

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Escapism? I have loads of hobbies and my Sinclair stuff is only a tiny part. Damn, I've got nearly 3000 hours clocked up in Fortnite alone, then there's the 5 bikes, 3 cars, 3D printing, shooting, my little renewables plot... This isn't "escapism" it's my real life - you know, the only one...

I do find it interesting that some people utterly renounce their hobby, especially when it's been a huge part of their life, as if it was a dirty secret like dealing drugs or something. Happens loads when people sell off their entire collections only to realise their folly later. It's fully possibl...

Grongy wrote: ↑Tue Jun 11, 2024 2:14 pm Made it out of boredom...

If the ZX had displayed that when it turned on...

flopping wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2024 6:39 pm Sounds frustrating. Have you tried clearing your browser cache or restarting your device?

Reboot seems to have sorted it, cheers

It doesn't matter if I'm using wifi or data, it takes at least 5 seconds for pages to load. No other websites are doing this.

Grongy wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2024 6:53 pm

That looks fantastic!

Both versions look great

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/5230/ZX-Spectrum/They_Stole_a_Million Is probably more appropriate for UK politics although the sum involved is far too low :roll: UK Track and Trace system, which barely did its job, maybe they needed to hire more consultants at £1000 a day: £22Bn https://comm...

I prefer accuracy in politics
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/5 ... e_Minister

Thanks, Andre, I didn't know about the translator feature! I knew that I could copy and paste every paragraph into Google Translate, but that is too much work. Now I know about the translation function I will definitely start reading your articles, thanks! And please don't apologise for making a Po...

Driller was one of the few demos I actually bothered ever loading - I was stunned that my Speccy could do that!

Jeff Dieschburg, an artist in Luxembourg who took work by others, made trivial edits, and won awards with paintings of the results. Sued there by U.S. photographer Jingna Zhang, he won an early verdict in his favour, but has now lost on appeal. The court found that Dieschburg's painting "Turand...

Facebook has nearly destroyed forums and their communities

Seven.FFF wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 7:18 pm The Next Team has always been very much centered around the facebook group from the beginning

One of the reasons mine has been unloved is that I couldn't see much happening. There's no way anyone could convince me to use social media and definitely never facebook

That one's sweet

grelf wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2024 6:19 pm Last chance! It's all headed to Currys recycling box tomorrow.

Lots of fantastic looking games and I remember none of them

The story just popped up on Hackaday
https://hackaday.com/2024/05/09/the-zx- ... ves-again/

This almost replicates what the ZX was doing

I'll still swear blind that I had a game that played Metallica's "Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth)" but could never find it

AndyC wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 7:59 pm CRL's Formula One

This was the only multi-player we were happy with

Due to stuff, I'm looking at moving to a much smaller home in Brazil. Would it be worth putting my collection in my boxes to sell there or just ebay the lot before I go?
What's got me questioning this is that I bought an old Nintendo GBA on ebay for £60 and they sell in Brazil for over £200