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I am in touch with Bandit up to these days. He still helps me to find special pokes for games which I want to map. Without his help I wouldn't ever create so many maps in such a short time!
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I wonder where Nomad went to. He made an incredible number of knowledgeable and interesting posts in a short period of time, and then he just stopped posting all of a sudden. The assembly chess program he was working on had a thread that grew to be quite legendary in size.

And yeah, I do miss MrPixel. Despite his posts, I couldn't see him as any sort of troll - he seemed like a guy who was genuinely curious about the Spectrum and writing programs. As I remember, he was quite young compared to most people on the forum, which probably didn't help the way his posts were perceived.
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I do worry [mention]djnzx48[/mention] when people suddenly disappear, in case something bad has happened to them. I believe he was working in the Philippines.

MRPixel I understand had some medical issues and it just became a daily occurrence having to handle the emails and private messages. I'm sure he is a nice guy and it was hard because we want younger people involved so they can carry on the love when we are gone. [mention]PROSM[/mention] is a perfect example of this.
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Haven't seen Pete Prodge around here for a few weeks, does anyone know if he's okay?
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DouglasReynholm wrote: Sat Apr 11, 2020 11:07 am Haven't seen Pete Prodge around here for a few weeks, does anyone know if he's okay?
He's still posting on Twitter, so he seems alright. He tends to post on here in weekly spurts, if you look at his recent account history.
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PROSM wrote: Sat Apr 11, 2020 11:14 am He's still posting on Twitter, so he seems alright. He tends to post on here in weekly spurts, if you look at his recent account history.
Ah, okay, thanks. I only noticed as he is quite a prolific poster usually.
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He's hidden somewhere hatching another evil poll!
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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Fri Apr 10, 2020 1:50 pm Curiously I contacted warmtofee (Geoff Wearmouth) last week via twitter, to remind him about this forum (the SC marketing department strikes again! :mrgreen: )

He told me that he had joined the forum and would make a point of visiting more often.
Hi guys and gals,
Hugo Warmtoffee here (Geoff Wearmouth)
Sorry i am so slow. Moving and things. I have Re-activated my account and will visit more often.
I am really impressed with the database and pleased that you preserve my programs and some of my favourites by other people.
I hope everyone is safe and finding things to do in these dire times.
I will be back later. Have to exercise.
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Eh up chums. Nice to see you all :) Still got a bit of life left in me yet.

A little story.

Once went to great lengths in bribing a mate with 75p and a packet of rolos to jaunt down to Peter under cover of darkness and hand deliver a couple of Your Computer mags in order to save a few quid in postage.

Then he has the audacity to delete me! Very unbecoming of a specchum but there you go ;)
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Bandit wrote: Fri May 15, 2020 5:38 am Eh up chums. Nice to see you all :) Still got a bit of life left in me yet.

A little story.

Once went to great lengths in bribing a mate with 75p and a packet of rolos to jaunt down to Peter under cover of darkness and hand deliver a couple of Your Computer mags in order to save a few quid in postage.

Then he has the audacity to delete me! Very unbecoming of a specchum but there you go ;)
Wow, I remember that, and I've still got them! Very sorry to have accidentally deleted you.

Lovely to see you here [mention]Bandit[/mention]
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Indeed, great to see you back Bandit.

Peter, you have an appointment with the sweet shop and the post office...
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I don't remember which issues I purchased from you [mention]Bandit[/mention], but this is my collection. Your Computer probably has the best memories of any magazine for me. Its the one my sister got me a subscription for so I read it from cover to cover each month.

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Hi El Bandito! :)

Do you still dig into Speccy code sometimes? :
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Bandit wrote: Fri May 15, 2020 5:38 am Eh up chums. Nice to see you all :) Still got a bit of life left in me yet.
Welcome Bandit! Nice to see you again!!!!!
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PeterJ wrote: Fri May 15, 2020 10:30 am Your Computer probably has the best memories of any magazine for me. Its the one my sister got me a subscription for so I read it from cover to cover each month.
Me too. I had several dozen issues, all very dog-eared and coverless. I eventually junked them as the damp and mould had got to them, which was a big shame. Mind you they would be in storage even if I hadn't, as I'm getting less and less likely to ship my pre-emigrating stuff over as the years pass.
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PeterJ wrote: Fri May 15, 2020 10:30 am I don't remember which issues I purchased from you @Bandit, but this is my collection. Your Computer probably has the best memories of any magazine for me. Its the one my sister got me a subscription for so I read it from cover to cover each month.

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Rather embarrassingly I can tell you precisely which ones [mention]PeterJ[/mention]. It was YOUR COMPUTER MAY 1983 VOL.3 No.5 and YOUR COMPUTER SEPTEMBER 1983 VOL.3 No.9 which you purchased on the 17th April 2011 for the princely sum of 99p each and they were subsequently delivered on Thursday the 21st. Here are the actual mags. If you look closely the creases and tears will match :lol:

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I spoke to [mention]pavero[/mention] on the 17th and a month later [mention]Einar Saukas[/mention] and [mention]djnzx48[/mention]. Months earlier I had been congratulating Gazzosa ([mention]Alessandro[/mention]) on claiming a famous hat-trick of Speccy Tour wins that took him level pegging with gaming maestro Alex Lux. A tad before that I had spoken to [mention]Ralf[/mention] and all while I was enjoying playing the amusing first z80 creation of a certain fellow in this thread that featured an orange stamp. Hello [mention]R-Tape[/mention] :)

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Ralf wrote: Fri May 15, 2020 12:27 pm Hi El Bandito! :)

Do you still dig into Speccy code sometimes? :
Einar Saukas wrote: Fri May 15, 2020 2:24 pm Welcome Bandit! Nice to see you again!!!!!
Thank you kind Sirs, thanks for the memories and yes [mention]Ralf[/mention], just been doing a bit with [mention]TMD2003[/mention].
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PeterJ wrote: Fri May 15, 2020 10:30 am I don't remember which issues I purchased from you @Bandit, but this is my collection. Your Computer probably has the best memories of any magazine for me. Its the one my sister got me a subscription for so I read it from cover to cover each month.

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Your Computer's the current round of ZXSR reviews being added - into the last 12 issues. Never read it BITD but it is a really interesting mag and the reviews are nice and simple :-)

It didn't click for ages either that the adventure reviewer, Hugo North, is actually a pseudonym! My dimwittery is astonishing sometimes...
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Hi Bandit! I think you must have got me mixed up with someone else.
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djnzx48 wrote: Sat May 16, 2020 8:19 am Hi Bandit! I think you must have got me mixed up with someone else.
I did yes :)
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Glad to see you here [mention]Bandit[/mention], my old mate "C*lo Rotto"! :lol:
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