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Ersh
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Hullo. I got my Spectrum in late 2013, 'tis never too late to join the party, right?. :)
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Ersh wrote: Mon Nov 13, 2017 8:26 pm Hullo. I got my Spectrum in late 2013, 'tis never too late to join the party, right?. :)
It depends if you went through the running naked through the street with a rubber keyboard Spectrum strapped to your back ritual all latecomers from 2010 had to go through. We can't talk unless you did.
Another wonderfully irrelevant and inept post no doubt.
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Of course, it was mandatory. I believe there might be some pictures of the event as well. :P
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Hello, I'm another guy who likes ZX Spectrum & related.. also known as Thomas in Einar's ZXDB update posts ;)

My first computer was a ZX81 with 32K Memotech Ram, blah bla bla.. ZX Spectrum 48K rubber.. more blah blah upgraded to ZX Spectrum+ yet more blah blah.. ZX Spectrum +3... contributed to a Unix/X emulator named xzx back in 90' - then long period of silence.

I'm also the author of one of the other ZXDB frontends - and at the same time collaborating with PeterJ and Einar.

Current collection of H/W:
ZX81 recapped, ULA heatsink & Traco replacement with ZX-CBB and ZXPand+
ZX81 unmodified, 16K + 32K Memotech Ram
ZX Spectrum 48K Rubber - recapped, composite mod & Traco replacement
ZX Spectrum 48K Rubber - unmodified
ZX Spectrum 128K toastrack - unmodified.

-cheers
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https://zxinfo.dk - another ZXDB frontend
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Pegaz wrote: Mon Nov 13, 2017 1:48 pm ...and ofc, nice to see you Woody. ;)
Hello! It's good to be here as one of the berks!
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jmk wrote: Mon Nov 13, 2017 2:39 pm Hello!

I'm the former author of the X128 emulator and a few (failed) attempts at writing some Spectrum games.

I'm looking forward to the site going from strength to strength.
Hello James...

Think we had some chit-chat back about 10 years ago, when I did the native OS/2 version of x128 (NOT the recompiled X/Window version for OS/2)
You probably don't know - but the OS/2 version actually ended up on a danish magazine cover cd ;)

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Great to see so many familiar faces on here already :)
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From Kent, UK.
Been using the Spectrum since 1984, played lots of games, wrote lots of basic and graphic stuff.
Moved to the Amiga and PC but always came back to the Spectrum and emulation for real games.
Made a few map editors for Laser Squad, Rebelstar, Martianoids, Nightshade and Gunfright.
Managed to learn machine code, it was a huge step, wrote lots of screen moving routines, started a few simple games that never saw the light of day. Finally got Bomb Munchies on the go, and it is still going, learning new ways of coding things and improving old code. I always kid myself that the latest version will be the last... but I will always find some extra bytes and add something new.
Responsible for a handful of crap games too.

One day I will get back to restarting project Amy..... just maybe next year or the year after.
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kolbeck wrote: Mon Nov 13, 2017 9:57 pm Hello James...

Think we had some chit-chat back about 10 years ago, when I did the native OS/2 version of x128 (NOT the recompiled X/Window version for OS/2)
You probably don't know - but the OS/2 version actually ended up on a danish magazine cover cd ;)
Hi, Thomas.

Ah, you trigger vague memories in my brain. ;)

Yes, that was some time ago. It's nice that it ended up somewhere! Magazines would ask me permission to put the DOS version on their coverdisk and I would say "yes" and provide a list of conditions (correct version, correct email addresses, etc.) Then I would buy the magazine and find that they'd put something like V0.3 on the CD, featuring my old email address from the university I'd left years ago!
Just like before, it's yesterday once more.
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Hi all,

Ex preservation team member from a different era on a different site. Used to run the preservation team shop.

I can be found on farcebook under the moniker of "Ruskin Roader" which I use for my music and photography interests.

Present retro hobby is OCRing all my magazines into searchable database.

Other hobbies include breeding and growing chillies, home brewing and being a live in slave to my cat.

ADJB
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Hi!

I'm Juan, from Málaga, Spain. I'm a proud Spectrum owner since 1985.

I've been posting on WoS forums from more than 10 years and now also here. Seems another cool place to talk about our beloved little computer.

I love posting about Spectrum games and I think we'll have a great time here!

Sabre Wulf & Knight Lore are my fave Speccy games (Fred my fave spanish one, hence my avatar!)
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ADJB wrote: Tue Nov 14, 2017 7:13 am Hi all,

Ex preservation team member from a different era on a different site. Used to run the preservation team shop.

I can be found on farcebook under the moniker of "Ruskin Roader" which I use for my music and photography interests.

Present retro hobby is OCRing all my magazines into searchable database.

Other hobbies include breeding and growing chillies, home brewing and being a live in slave to my cat.

ADJB
Breeding is your hobby?
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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Tue Nov 14, 2017 7:17 am Hi!

I'm Juan, from Málaga, Spain. I'm a proud Spectrum owner since 1985.

I've been posting on WoS forums from more than 10 years and now also here. Seems another cool place to talk about our beloved little computer.

I love posting about Spectrum games and I think we'll have a great time here!

Sabre Wulf & Knight Lore are my fave Speccy games (Fred my fave spanish one, hence my avatar!)
Nice to see you Juan! Don't forget - September the 2nd is International Fred appreciation day. I think there's a calendar I can put this event in here somewhere.
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Hi all.

I'm Paul Davies, often confused with the host of the Retro Asylum podcast! (Sorry, Paul!) But I'm the @florinthedwarf one you may find on Twitter and other sites 😊

Been a Spectrum fan since I first played on one, so since about three years old 😉 Owned other machines, Atari 65XE, Amiga, and a few consoles but Speccy is the one I hold dearest ❤️

Started writing reviews of my favourite Speccy games a few years ago for Retroyak.com and then more recently indieretronews.com. Have also had a few features published on Retrovideogramer.co.uk. I try to do at least one review each month for Indieretronews and would like to do a lot more, but work and kids make this very tricky and spare time is at a premium most of the time! Would love to write full time....we can all dream, right? 😜😉

Working on putting a book together of my reviews, though taking longer than expected (see above, RE: kids etc.) Will get there one day though!

Glad to be here. Looks like the place to be for everyone's Speccy needs 🤘
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I don't think I need much introduction as I see mostly familiar names all around :)

But here goes anyway: I'm Søren and I'm from Denmark. I'm 50 and got my first Spectrum in spring '83. I drink way too many beers (brew them too) & watch too much TV but somehow still manage to make games. The latest Spectrum one was Vallation & I have a remake of Sqij coming up soon.

Forum-wise I've been pro-Wos for a long time, but these days I'm "tired pro-WoS". I honestly wish there was only one forum (and no Facebook groups) and everyone would get along in the same place, instead of having such a fragmented community ... but sadly things "over there" aren't as friendly anymore (for various reasons - and Facebook is just useless in general), so that's why I've signed up here. I won't be posting much (I don't at Wos either) but there's a chance I'll cross-post when I do. One thing is for sure - I'm coming in with a positive attitude and I wish this forum the best. I also promise to not call anyone a ... Wally. Unless it's their username :D
Website: Tardis Remakes / Mostly remakes of Arcade and ZX Spectrum games.
My games for the Spectrum: Dingo, The Speccies, The Speccies 2, Vallation & Sqij.
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Hi! I'm ZXDunny, and I'm fairly certain you all know who I am.
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ZXDunny wrote: Tue Nov 14, 2017 4:36 pm Hi! I'm ZXDunny, and I'm fairly certain you all know who I am.
You're definitely not Stonkers.
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Hi!

I'm Igor, from Skopje, Macedonia.
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Kia Ora!

Hiya, I'm Jim - born and bred from Dorset, now living in the "City Of The Future" - Hamilt[r]on, NZ

Good to see some of the former regulars posting again

Cheers
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Hello everybody,

I'm utz. I'm addicted to the ZX Spectrum beeper and I like to experiment with new ways of getting sound out of it.
Glad to see so many known names around here. I certainly wouldn't mind this place becoming a new, friendly hub for the ZX scene.
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Hi all,

I'm Carlos, aka Uto, from Madrid. Got a british 48K Spectrum back in 1984 and got in love with it at first sight :-)

Lately I've been quite involved (as fan) in some FPGA solutions, and I'm also learning Z80 assembler, or actually removing rust from the not very good Z80 assembler I knew back in the day.
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Hi everyone, I just found this forum and decided to join in!

I have been a proud Spectrum user since January 1984, wrote a 702-pages book about it, and every now and then produce some games to boot.

Cheers! :D
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Hello all!
Alessandro wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:25 am Hi everyone, I just found this forum and decided to join in!

I have been a proud Spectrum user since January 1984, wrote a 702-pages book about it, and every now and then produce some games to boot.

Cheers! :D
But you're slacking a bit these days aren't you? ;)
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R-Tape wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:29 am But you're slacking a bit these days aren't you? ;)
Slacking? :lol:
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Hey guys. Most of you probably know who I am already :D

If you don't, I run the zxspectrumreviews.co.uk website (god, I wish I'd thought of a better name for that although the ZXSR acronym is useful) and have been around the scene for about 20 years. I wasn't actually aware of a forum on Spectrum Computing until, well, what's currently going on with WoSF and thought I'd join up as Peter's a good guy and him and the other developers deserve some credit for an excellent site.
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