Spectrum Computing

FUSE without a doubt when it comes down to simply wanting an idiot proof way to access the games you are most likely to want to play. I cannot say that its the best for the various esoteric things that people here wax eloquent about - like T states, for example, what the hell is a T state? However f...

I agree with Ast.A.Moore, each new iteration of the basic PC seems to become further and further removed from actual usefulness. I don't want or like the 'cloud' notion, we're gradually going to lose the ability to have complete control over our own machines, or so it would seem to me. I don't want ...

Infuriating! Just like Tir Na Nog in that respect.

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Sat Dec 26, 2020 7:34 pm Seems a cool (and novel) game.

I agree Juan. A clever idea, well executed, simple yet enjoyable.

Thanks a million chaps, what a wonderful, funny, creative piece of work. Well worth spending my time on again and again. The desert island tapes was a great idea and provides an insight into the tastes of people whose posts I always look out for, the lockdown report was bloody funny as was the Xmas ...

Cuchulain retrained. The Sidhe furloughed. (Tir Na Nog)

social distancing expert - LMAO That one's brilliant!

Well, "Pangolin" is really a small expert system. Look this book: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=2000056 Thanks again +3code, I'd never heard of that phrase before, 'Expert Systems' so I've learned something new. BTW the PDF file here won't load or dload it just g...

+3code? I've drawn a blank trying to phrase my searches to get leads to programs like Lisa or Smalltalk. Would you happen to know of any other similar sort of Basic programs that appear to let the user talk to the computer and get semi coherent replies? I freely admit that my intention is to hijack ...

Here it is:- https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/15157/ZX-Spectrum/Pangolins In my opinion, either there's something wrong in the file (something missing that doesn't register as an error?) or its buggy as hell. One thing's for sure, that constantly repeated line "What is the answer for...&qu...

That's a nifty bit of coding Joe. I just unpacked Charade and ran the demo 'Striker' looks good. I'll have to wait for a good day when its not bloody raining (plays hell with my arthritic bod) and I'm not blocked in with analgesics. I'll read the manual again and try the examples first chance I get....

Oh that's great, thanks Peter. It was so frustrating to get a few titles and then have to keep looking a few items at a time as I laboriously worked through the pages. I'm not famed for my patience and when I want something NOW my fuse is even shorter than usual!

I've got it, thanks! No need to worry about it Mr Clump.

I'm looking for a downloadable version of the original 48k Spectrum BASIC manual but not knowing its proper title I cannot locate it. I have to say that I much preferred the old WoS system of having the books listed like a regular page of text. its much faster to scan down a listing like that especi...

Amazing! I didn't have time to read the explanations but the tiny icons look convincing.

Joefish as it turns out I did dload the Charade manual v.23 to see what I needed to know first. Today I got the v23 bundle.

Is there a Basic command that will lock the input to caps only?

Thanks Joe. I did download Charade but I don't remember what I did after that, whether I tried to run it or perhaps found it a bit confusing? I dunno but I'll give it a go in a little while, thanks for the info on how to get the graphics into Basin, hopefully it'll all work out. First I need to rele...

Don't you remember when I tried to make a simple moon lander game? Called Mike's Lander. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mjwLD6juB8&ab_channel=PaulDunn I wanted to use a picture from your demos that looked like a moonscape and then add a steerable character that descended into the picture. You ...

His SpecBAS is brilliant but it's not as easy to use as I need because its so powerful that you can get in a jam fairly easily by, for example, not realizing you have to specify the window size if using graphics. It would be great if it had a default setting for beginners that took care of the initi...

BRILLIANT BY ACCIDENT OR DESIGN? Sir Clive Sinclair built his brand by a mixture of innovation and affordable pricing. He was quick to see the possibilities of first transistors and then integrated circuits (I.C's or 'chips') used in the production of miniaturized products whose appeal was their nov...

You are absolutely right RLEAO and I can say that with confidence because it worked for me. I was in my 30's when I attended uni as a mature student and up to that point my math skills were dreadful so you can imagine my despair when I found myself faced with statistics, a course that even those who...

Tir Na Nog is my choice. It was the only game I bought when it came out because of the reviews about how amazing it was. Amazingly unplayable, I'd have given good money for a Sidhe Killer POKE! I still wander aimlessly around it from time to time and still have no clue about how to play to win.

Thanks for this Peter, I've only just noticed it. A heavily biased great read! In fact, in my opinion, the author is obviously missing the point which is that almost by virtue of the Spectrum's minimalist engineering programmers had to exercise considerable ingenuity to discover ways around the mach...

Thanks Joe, I'm glad you gave me this link because I Googled my question and got a completely different answer