Spectrum Computing

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Sun Sep 02, 2018 12:16 pm Happy Fred International Appreciation Day!

Bloody hell we missed it! September 2nd.

It's true! How did we miss it?

I'm afraid will forget him because of that stupid kangaroo *sniff*

Spectrum game compos be like

The one on the left looks like Horace's cousin. Same hairstyle

It's odd, but there is a sort of Chuntey Field Disruptor these days that the people of 30-something years ago could never have imagined would become so common.

A Spectrum user wrote:I know, I think I'll just load this very long 128K game to amuse me this afternoon. Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge, that should do it.

128K Spectrum wrote:*Nine minutes of loading noises*

Scumbag mobile phone wrote:I know, I think I'll just update something completely irrelevant and check that there still hasn't been a message sent to this number for three weeks. Dit-de-dit dit-de-dit dit-de-dit...

128K Spectrum wrote:R Tape loading error, 0:1

Scumbag mobile phone wrote:*cackle*

And it gets worse. Scumbag Mobile Phone can even choose to dit-de-dit all over the data when it's being recorded, such as when it's coming out of a WAV and onto a tape. That's why I keep it switched off!

TMD2003 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 20, 2020 5:50 pm And it gets worse. Scumbag Mobile Phone can even choose to dit-de-dit all over the data when it's being recorded, such as when it's coming out of a WAV and onto a tape. That's why I keep it switched off!

You can get the same chuntey disruption if you attempt to load a game at midnight GMT - and happen to have an old Kindle too near your Speccy :O

Found in a FB group:

Also, Mario has two right hands...