why is it called a dope vector?ParadigmShifter wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 3:45 am EDIT2: C programmers always like to #include anyway when they rolling
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- Wed May 08, 2024 5:05 am
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Drug warning
- Replies: 2
- Views: 157
Re: Drug warning
- Wed May 08, 2024 3:42 am
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Drug warning
- Replies: 2
- Views: 157
Drug warning
It's 1984, and we keep hearing about these fashionable "drugs". Do you have kids, or a spouse, or do you live in bloody Wales? Why not read the following important information? https://hwb.gov.wales/keeping-safe-online/in-the-know Also, here are some of the words that drug dealers might us...
- Tue May 07, 2024 8:11 pm
- Forum: Website
- Topic: Did I mention the search is bad?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 680
Re: Did I mention the search is bad?
What if we spelled out words by hitting a single key on the keyboard, combined with Shift or Extend modifiers... sounds crazy but I think it could work! (This was a joke about 16/48K BASIC keyboard entry by the way. Mod PeterJ correctly deleted and PMed me when I later went crazy. But you can still...
- Tue May 07, 2024 7:42 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: More Spectrum references in popular music
- Replies: 2
- Views: 181
Re: More Spectrum references in popular music
So we have this, compiled by @equinox and hosted on WoS: ... An aside: Lee, I ditched the idea of "having a home page" in 2014, but I didn't want to lose all the useful stuff I had accumulated. That included (as far as the Speccy scene cares) 1. my list of Easter eggs in games, 2. my list...
- Tue May 07, 2024 7:21 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: ZXDB Update - May 04, 2024
- Replies: 5
- Views: 172
Re: ZXDB Update - May 04, 2024
Well done on those RZX for Tiny Nightmares @pavero and Whirlwind @equinox. Rollback or no rollback, they are not trivial to complete! Next (game list) update I will post the RZX for "Rockfall 3", a game that nobody else will ever complete (except possibly Andre Leao, and future interested...
- Tue May 07, 2024 7:14 pm
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: Whirlwind
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4263
Re: Whirlwind
Bloody hell I've fallen for an Eq tangent! You were talking about Rise out of the Dungeons on MSX. I actually woke in the night and thought "Hang on - the odds of a Blaby release on the MSX are rather small" ! I dream about you too honey. Regarding the Whirlwind game: as I recall, it only...
- Wed May 01, 2024 8:53 pm
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: Subliminal Extacy #6
- Replies: 11
- Views: 512
Re: Subliminal Extacy #6
The music is extremely high quality, wow! Texts are OK... I loved Dave Fountain's story, although if it's sad at the end, it's because we ain't doing the right thing. We were big swappers in the early 90s and I picked up a lot of his style and attitude (including the swearing). I think he told a cou...
- Wed May 01, 2024 3:49 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: UniDOS on the +D (Plus D) disk system
- Replies: 9
- Views: 204
Re: UniDOS on the +D (Plus D) disk system
Very informative -- thank you!
And Dr Andy Wright was definitely for me the name that I knew when I heard it -- yes -- everyone knew Beta BASIC was excellent but it's tough to introduce a new standard. (I truly think Sam BASIC is the best consumer BASIC ever made. It's stunning.)
And Dr Andy Wright was definitely for me the name that I knew when I heard it -- yes -- everyone knew Beta BASIC was excellent but it's tough to introduce a new standard. (I truly think Sam BASIC is the best consumer BASIC ever made. It's stunning.)
- Wed May 01, 2024 3:43 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: A crap version of...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 624
Re: A crap version of...
All right, here's a more philosophical one: Knight Lore, Alien-8, Pentagram They are all the same producer of course (Ultimate) but I think any Speccy game player would separate them into 1 and 2. For me: Knight Lore is the "good" one: Pentagram is playable, Alien 8 is playable, but they a...
- Wed May 01, 2024 3:39 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: A crap version of...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 624
Re: A crap version of...
Any Dizzy game => any Spellbound game.
(Carried out by PeterJ)
(Carried out by PeterJ)
- Wed May 01, 2024 2:59 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best 'Special Edition' promo on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
- Replies: 14
- Views: 312
Re: The best 'Special Edition' promo on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
1) Dizzy 3.5 - Because it's Dizzy! A whole new (small) adventure. A new character who is never mentioned again. A somersaulting egg. What more could you want? A weird blobby amoeba thing with huge hands. 2) Seymour Take One - Because it's almost Dizzy. The loveable spud(?) in his own mini adventure...
- Wed May 01, 2024 2:54 pm
- Forum: Website
- Topic: Did I mention the search is bad?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 680
Re: Did I mention the search is bad?
General -> Search Settings, Change Common Word Threshold.
Edited by PJ - PM Sent
Edited by PJ - PM Sent
- Wed May 01, 2024 1:51 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: UniDOS on the +D (Plus D) disk system
- Replies: 9
- Views: 204
Re: UniDOS on the +D (Plus D) disk system
It's a perfectly reasonable approach for software produced by enthusiastic amateurs as a hobby. The author would get a little bit of income if it was popular and sold and Nev would be taking on most of the risk and hassle of selling it. It's a perfectly reasonable approach given a minimum figure of...
- Wed May 01, 2024 1:48 pm
- Forum: Website
- Topic: Did I mention the search is bad?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 680
Re: Did I mention the search is bad?
@equinox, If you can find solutions within the phpBB documentation I would welcome your contributions. I just tried another popular phpBB based forum and they have a minimum of four characters so consider yourself lucky :dance :dance :dance :dance What if we spelled out words by hitting a single ke...
- Wed May 01, 2024 12:53 pm
- Forum: Website
- Topic: Did I mention the search is bad?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 680
Re: Did I mention the search is bad?
lol, thanks but are you ready to post helpful links every time I do a search?1024MAK wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 11:34 am https://www.qlforum.co.uk/
Plus various QL web sites.
Mark
- Wed May 01, 2024 12:46 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: UniDOS on the +D (Plus D) disk system
- Replies: 9
- Views: 204
Re: UniDOS on the +D (Plus D) disk system
Nev Young mentions UNIDOS in his entry at World of SAM side comment, not about disks or DOS: Perhaps I am cynical but did Brenchley suggest "you should do a royalty-based independent-coder software house" (= the house takes care of the coder for the gradual development, and pays them repe...
- Wed May 01, 2024 9:00 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: UniDOS on the +D (Plus D) disk system
- Replies: 9
- Views: 204
Re: UniDOS on the +D (Plus D) disk system
Reading through all Format issues could provide more insight. SD Software was advertising in pretty much every issue. Oh I had totally forgotten about Format... I remember it existing as a paid subscription, and I remember Mr Bob Brenchley (didn't they end up being more of a Sam Coupé affair?), but...
- Wed May 01, 2024 5:02 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best 'Special Edition' promo on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
- Replies: 14
- Views: 312
Re: The best 'Special Edition' promo on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
I see, this is the "what do we call non-demo products on a tape" -- I am glad that my "promo" suggestion was used. I voted for Diz 3.5 because that was an entire (mini)game to the extent that it actually introduced a new character to the franchise (Dizzy's brother/cousin/whatever...
- Wed May 01, 2024 12:54 am
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: Subliminal Extacy #6
- Replies: 11
- Views: 512
Re: Subliminal Extacy #6
EXCITING! Did they really interview Fudgepacker?
Downloading it right now.
(I'm on a slow connection so it might take up to 15 seconds.)
Downloading it right now.
(I'm on a slow connection so it might take up to 15 seconds.)
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:57 pm
- Forum: Website
- Topic: Did I mention the search is bad?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 680
Did I mention the search is bad?
No I'm not going to complain that it wouldn't let me do two searches in 30 seconds. I'm going to raise this: "The following words in your search query were ignored because they are too common words: QL. You must specify at least one word to search for. Each word must consist of at least 3 chara...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:47 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: UniDOS on the +D (Plus D) disk system
- Replies: 9
- Views: 204
UniDOS on the +D (Plus D) disk system
I don't know how many people had an MGT +D (Plus D) floppy disk system. This plugged into yer backside and gave you proper high-speed mass storage, on 3.5" floppies, not the dodgy "mass-storage" lie of the microdrive. However of course it came somewhat later, and had no official appro...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:09 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Was Hannah Smith real?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3366
Re: Was Hannah Smith real?
Heheh... I was thinking "is that nerd cred?" but no, trainspotters don't wear duffel coats, possibly anoraks.WhatHoSnorkers wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:00 pm I met a guy at the 40th Spectrum Birthday who met Toni Baker IRL back in the 80s. She wore a duffel coat I think he said.
I think the duffel was military.
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:49 pm
- Forum: Other Retro Stuff
- Topic: Lara Croft voted most iconic character ever
- Replies: 42
- Views: 1132
Re: Lara Croft voted most iconic character ever
Indeed I chose a bad example, but then why was it Undertale and not Manic Miner? Recency bias.
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:01 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Was Hannah Smith real?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3366
Re: Was Hannah Smith real?
But the one female member of the Total! staff I'm more likely to remember was Dane McLellan. Apparently she had a massive black coffee addiction and favoured "violent beat'em-ups with lots of gore". I assume she's Scottish, and probably a Weegie. Wouldn't surprise me if she imagined herse...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 5:47 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Was Hannah Smith real?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3366
Re: Was Hannah Smith real?
Yes? "Extremely rare" doesn't mean zero.PeteProdge wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 5:44 pm Kati Hamza, Linda Barker and Jackie Ryan have entered the chat.