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- Fri May 18, 2018 2:33 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Spectrum memes
- Replies: 451
- Views: 48318
- Fri May 18, 2018 3:48 am
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: Reverse engineering "Stack Light Rifle"
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1671
Re: Reverse engineering "Stack Light Rifle"
Note: keep in mind that these devices only work with a CRT TV, due to how they work, since they are triggered by the CRT beam. I figure a lot of these devices are going to fall into obscurity for this very reason. People are not going to be able to actually use them when the final crt tubes go to t...
- Fri May 18, 2018 3:13 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: problem with type in magazine
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1353
Re: problem with type in magazine
With the early magazines, sure - A lot of times its just a guy with a camera taking photos of a screen. :lol: I think it took a few years for these magazines to hook up with printers that could handle the job. The goldmine is the letters section. The amount of salt/bitterness is fabulous. Programmer...
- Thu May 17, 2018 6:16 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Using Just Basic or Liberty Basic to test a zx spectrum program
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2673
Re: Using Just Basic or Liberty Basic to test a zx spectrum program

How do you mean? Like a unit test? Or prototype?
- Thu May 17, 2018 6:07 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: problem with type in magazine
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1353
Re: problem with type in magazine
this is the magazine in question: https://archive.org/stream/crash-magazine-48/Crash_48_Jan_1988#page/n51/mode/2up Page 52 i (painstakingly) typed in everything on the page (the one that says be a bastard) and got an error in 15. is this some sort of joke? :evil: I would be pretty astonished if a t...
- Mon May 14, 2018 4:16 pm
- Forum: Emulators
- Topic: EightyOne control issues
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1649
Re: EightyOne control issues
Learn something new every day, I didn't know about that spin feature. :lol: It's nice to hear others opinions on issues the wider issues around open source software are fun to go over but probably better on another topic thread :ugeek: Sorry for derailing the current topic. One of the reason I like ...
- Mon May 14, 2018 4:07 pm
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: Dizzy II. Treasure Island Dizzy (+2A/+3 fix)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 774
Re: Dizzy II. Treasure Island Dizzy (+2A/+3 fix)
I am Eggstatic about this. Nice work.
- Mon May 14, 2018 1:33 pm
- Forum: Emulators
- Topic: EightyOne control issues
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1649
Re: EightyOne control issues
Going to paraphrase Jamie Zawinski... Free software is only free if your time has no value. This sentence implies using free software is more effort, since it typically takes more time to make free software work properly in comparison to commercial alternatives. That's bullsh*t. In certain areas, a...
- Mon May 14, 2018 11:54 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best classic Speccy game beginning with K: vote
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2863
Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with K: vote

Ok I was a big fan of the TV show so the game was an easy sell back in the day. Lol I even had the game book that came out.

- Mon May 14, 2018 8:05 am
- Forum: Emulators
- Topic: EightyOne control issues
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1649
Re: EightyOne control issues
Going to paraphrase Jamie Zawinski... Free software is only free if your time has no value. This is a good example - you got a commercial solution that solves the problem... $15.99. Think of how much time you are going to have to spend to find another solution? What would the cost of a technical bou...