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by 5MinuteRetro
Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:07 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: An AI ZX Spectrum...
Replies: 2
Views: 166

Re: An AI ZX Spectrum...

Morkin wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:47 pm I've yet to find it successfully generate an accurate image of a Speccy. :cry: Probably just not using the right words.
Ikr. It’s a mystery to me why they’re able to generate some convincing images of almost anything imaginable, but not something that actually exists.
by 5MinuteRetro
Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:41 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: An AI ZX Spectrum...
Replies: 2
Views: 166

An AI ZX Spectrum...

I was just a bit bored, so I asked Copilot to "generate a mosaic-style photo of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer made of photos of other retro computers from the era". The result, to my eye at least, is rather attractive -- but it looks nothing like a real ZX Spectrum. But man, how great ...
by 5MinuteRetro
Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:52 pm
Forum: Sales/Commercial
Topic: Bricks and Mortar shops...
Replies: 3
Views: 220

Re: Bricks and Mortar shops...

I stumbled on this a while back. No idea who runs it or how up to date it is but you can use the Filters tab on the right to locate physical shops. It has a couple of shops in my local area that I know to be relatively recent and still trading, so I'd hope it's pretty accurate: https://retro.directo...
by 5MinuteRetro
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:36 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Impossible games...
Replies: 24
Views: 872

Impossible games...

So I stumbled upon this video tonight, of some chap managing to complete Dynamite Dan (DD) without cheating (well, other than using an initial save state, so he knew the layout of the otherwise-randomised items). I'm not sure who he is... he might even be a member here. Anyway, it's an incredible ef...
by 5MinuteRetro
Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:53 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Sinclair-related Cambridge sights?
Replies: 8
Views: 222

Re: Sinclair-related Cambridge sights?

I went for a cheap, low-strength mass-market IPA, because that somehow felt appropriate. :)

Drink’s nice enough but the pub’s a bit soulless. :(

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by 5MinuteRetro
Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:34 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Sinclair-related Cambridge sights?
Replies: 8
Views: 222

Re: Sinclair-related Cambridge sights?

Off to the Baron. What do we think Clive would’ve drunk? A best British bitter?
by 5MinuteRetro
Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:28 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Sinclair-related Cambridge sights?
Replies: 8
Views: 222

Re: Sinclair-related Cambridge sights?

Internet tells me it was 6 King’s Parade. I was unknowingly sat right opposite!
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by 5MinuteRetro
Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:23 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Sinclair-related Cambridge sights?
Replies: 8
Views: 222

Re: Sinclair-related Cambridge sights?

TMD2003 wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:44 pm At least gawp at what used to be Sinclair Research's front door opposite King's College.
Heh. As it happens I’m sat right outside King’s at this very moment, just resting with a coffee! I’ll see if I can find where you mean…
by 5MinuteRetro
Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:35 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Sinclair-related Cambridge sights?
Replies: 8
Views: 222

Sinclair-related Cambridge sights?

So I have a few hours to kill in Cambridge tomorrow, before going to see a show. I'm probably going to stop by the Centre for Computing History for perhaps the third or fourth time, because why not? And I'm going to have a pint and a polite brawl in the Baron of Beef, because I've not done that befo...
by 5MinuteRetro
Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:59 am
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Amstrad.co.uk...
Replies: 26
Views: 633

Re: Amstrad.co.uk...

The only thing I can think of is that as part of the Vanilla Circus SEO link juice strategy and there are pages hidden away with SEO text linking back to their clients sites and Google just thinks that Amstrad.co.uk is an official Government website and therefore boosts the ranking of the site and ...
by 5MinuteRetro
Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:08 am
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Amstrad.co.uk...
Replies: 26
Views: 633

Re: Amstrad.co.uk...

Renewing your old domain out of pure sadness is not squatting. Well, that's my take -- there's no malicious intent behind me sitting on these old domains, and I'm definitely a bit sad. ;) Also, in the very unlikely event someone really wanted one of my dormant domains, I'd probably consider selling...
by 5MinuteRetro
Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:45 am
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Amstrad.co.uk...
Replies: 26
Views: 633

Re: Amstrad.co.uk...

The more layers of bureaucratic bullsh*t, the easier to ACCIDENTALLY NOT DO IT. Do you remember when Microsoft lost microsoft.com? Someone bought it and transferred it to them for a laugh. (because we know the alternative would be painful legal struggles) Yeah, I guess. I'm just surprised that amst...
by 5MinuteRetro
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:48 am
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Amstrad.co.uk...
Replies: 26
Views: 633

Re: Amstrad.co.uk...

Oh, and FWIW, www.amstrad.com *does* resolve to the Sky homepage. So, yeah, someone's been paying the renewal fees for *that* variant!
by 5MinuteRetro
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:46 am
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Amstrad.co.uk...
Replies: 26
Views: 633

Re: Amstrad.co.uk...

it's known as not-giving-a-fuck-ism The expensive part is buying the TLS certificate. Well, yeah. As hinted earlier, I'm not sure this domain was every directly controlled by 'Amtrad', the company, so much as Cliff Lawson, an erstwhile Amtrad employee who seemingly ran it as a hobby/passion project...
by 5MinuteRetro
Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:55 am
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Amstrad.co.uk...
Replies: 26
Views: 633

Re: Amstrad.co.uk...

It's also interesting to me *how* a domain like amstrad.co.uk becomes the victim of cybersquatting in the first place. Sure, the brand has been dormant for a very long while but it's always been *owned* by someone -- and I believe most recently by Sky/Murdoch. You'd think an organisation like that w...
by 5MinuteRetro
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:06 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Amstrad.co.uk...
Replies: 26
Views: 633

Re: Amstrad.co.uk...

Very scummy "SEO" spam tactics. Sure, but what’s the point with this example? There’s no advertising that I can see, and no obvious scam vector (other than it being neither Gov.uk or Amstrad… all the links seem to lead to legit Gov.uk pages). It just seems of no benefit to whoever’s done ...
by 5MinuteRetro
Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:41 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Amstrad.co.uk...
Replies: 26
Views: 633

Re: Amstrad.co.uk...

I read today that Sir Alan has purchased the name from Sky. Yeah, I was aware of that. My visiting amstrad.co.uk was just a random, unrelated thought. But it seems to be a potted version of Gov.uk. All the links (well, the ones I clicked) seem to end up at the legit Gov.uk website, so I'm really no...
by 5MinuteRetro
Wed Mar 13, 2024 3:55 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Amstrad.co.uk...
Replies: 26
Views: 633

Amstrad.co.uk...

...so this is a weird bit of cybersquatting: https://www.amstrad.co.uk/ I'm kinda surprised Lord Sugar (or his sons) aren't all over it. (Last time I visited this URL, perhaps a decade ago, I think it was some kind of semi-official tribute site, run by an ex-Amstrad chap, possibly by the name of Cli...
by 5MinuteRetro
Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:25 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Guess the screen$
Replies: 7695
Views: 232529

Re: Guess the screen$

stupidget wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:55 amHeartland?
I'll be annoyed if it is Heartland because I thought that immediately this was posted. Then I took a quick look at the map and thought: "Nah.". But yeah, I still kinda think Heartland.
by 5MinuteRetro
Tue Mar 05, 2024 4:42 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Guess the screen$
Replies: 7695
Views: 232529

Re: Guess the screen$

Never seen or played it but I’m gonna guess Shakin’ Stevens.
by 5MinuteRetro
Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:49 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Guess the screen$
Replies: 7695
Views: 232529

Re: Guess the screen$

Morkin wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:25 pmOoh - Batty?
Sure is!

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by 5MinuteRetro
Mon Mar 04, 2024 12:54 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: £12 gets you "Free software for LIFE!", apparently.
Replies: 11
Views: 288

Re: £12 gets you "Free software for LIFE!", apparently.

Yes he does. Lol, yes, I went for a quick Google and found numerous links that are very likely to be Mr Fry. Likes a bit of gardening these days, too. :) But anyway... I sure didn't intend or wish to embarrass anyone for something they did approaching 40 years ago, or even if they still do it now: ...
by 5MinuteRetro
Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:08 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: £12 gets you "Free software for LIFE!", apparently.
Replies: 11
Views: 288

Re: £12 gets you "Free software for LIFE!", apparently.

Loving the self-important letters after names in the cassette, too. Do people still do this?! I did it for a few months after graduating, mid-1990s. Now, the memory of having done so makes me cringe!

5MinuteRetro, BSc.

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by 5MinuteRetro
Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:53 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Guess the screen$
Replies: 7695
Views: 232529

Re: Guess the screen$

Hurray. Next!


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by 5MinuteRetro
Sat Mar 02, 2024 5:14 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Guess the screen$
Replies: 7695
Views: 232529

Re: Guess the screen$

Stefan wrote: Sat Mar 02, 2024 4:52 pm Have another tree:
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Hyper Sports?