Spectrum Computing

Sorry everyone, I forgot to add c***.s**.s****** the censored list.

(Hi Shaun )

Oh my, two competing crap competitions, that's really crap

Anyway, welcome to the forums, Shaun!

Hi [mention]Shaun_B[/mention] Its nice to see you here. I still have great memories of your weekly pages in MicroMart.

R-Tape wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:52 am Sorry everyone, I forgot to add c***.s**.s****** the censored list.

(Hi Shaun )

Don't be sending me any type-ins to get your revenge...

Shaun_B wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:38 amMy name is Shaun

Welcome!

Shaun_B wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:38 amI'm hosting a Crap Games Competition for this year. [...] Also, I've been informed that there is another Crap Games Competition that was announced on W*S. So you have a choice of which one to enter (or both, I don't mind). The W*S competition claims to be a Comp.Sys.Sinclair competition and yet it has not been mentioned on the comp.sys.sinclair newsgroup, so I consider it to be the W*S competition.

Have you considered contacting the other organizer to propose a joint effort? A single competition with 2 organizers and duplicated reviews sounds better than 2 separate competitions with the same name.

From my experience, people from the Spectrum community are very receptive to cooperation, with extremely rare exceptions.

Hi Einar,

Thanks for the hints. Unfortunately, the competition was announced on the W*S forums and I was only informed about this (as far as I know, it might not be happening). I am not going to join the W*S forums, nor do I want to recoup my old account there so I won't know who it is to contact. But they may of course contact me. I'm easy enough to find - they could even visit the Comp.Sys.Sinclair newsgroup to contact me through that forum - especially as they're supposed to be hosting a competition under the Comp.Sys.Sinclair name.

Regards,

Shaun.

Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2018 9:58 pm Have you considered contacting the other organizer to propose a joint effort? A single competition with 2 organizers and duplicated reviews sounds better than 2 separate competitions with the same name.

That would get my vote, and Bohumil's too I reckon. Could be a replica of 2016 when Simon Ferre and Gabam co-hosted. I'm a bit nervous of this turning into a SC/WoS thing.

R-Tape wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2018 10:16 pm

Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2018 9:58 pm Have you considered contacting the other organizer to propose a joint effort? A single competition with 2 organizers and duplicated reviews sounds better than 2 separate competitions with the same name.

That would get my vote, and Bohumil's too I reckon. Could be a replica of 2016 when Simon Ferre and Gabam co-hosted. I'm a bit nervous of this turning into a SC/WoS thing.

Hi R-Tape,

That won't happen because I make all of the announcements through the Comp.Sys.Sinclair newsgroup first, and then via my Twitter account, and elsewhere on social media. This is one of the last places that I post. And I include places where ZX81 fans congregate as well.

Regards,

Shaun.

Sorry we posted at the same time, I sent you a PM.

Shaun_B wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2018 10:16 pmHi Einar,

Thanks for the hints. Unfortunately, the competition was announced on the W*S forums and I was only informed about this (as far as I know, it might not be happening). I am not going to join the W*S forums, nor do I want to recoup my old account there so I won't know who it is to contact. But they may of course contact me. I'm easy enough to find - they could even visit the Comp.Sys.Sinclair newsgroup to contact me through that forum - especially as they're supposed to be hosting a competition under the Comp.Sys.Sinclair name.

Regards,

Shaun.

Thanks for considering it! I just posted at WoS, now let's hope everything works out for the best!

My name is GreenCard. I haven't really contributed anything useful to the "scene", unlike so many here, I just like to talk about Spectrumy stuff.

Only just discovered this site today. Looks very nice indeed! Really nice to see so many familiar faces/usernames/avatars here.

Hi Greencard, good to see you here!

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Tue Mar 06, 2018 3:20 pm Hi Greencard, good to see you here!

Igualmente Juan!

Hi Greencard, nice to see another familiar nickname Feel yourself at home.

Ralf wrote: ↑Tue Mar 06, 2018 8:25 pm Hi Greencard, nice to see another familiar nickname Feel yourself at home.

Thanks Ralf. Nice to see you here too.

Thought I joint the forum for jiggery pokery!

Hi!

Welcome [mention]ANDREWRYALS[/mention]

Thanks, should be fun hanging around. You guys seem to find more and more new software.

Hi Andrew Ryals, good to see you here.

Ah, I didn't notice this thread.

"Hello, I am WhenIWasCruel".

Hello from Lodi California.

i just parted ways amicably with Atari forum, apparently it's for ST and Falcon, not 400/800.
anyway, i started programming on the zx spectrum through emulation and am planning on getting a +2 from Ebay
i love the colors, ease of use for Basic and feel oddly drawn to the fact that there are no hardware sprites, everything needs to be done yourself.

i love Jetpac (i have Rare Replay), Attic Attac (did i spell that right?) and the Hobbit (of which i hope to someday port to the Atari 800)

i am 24 years old and am an avid gamer. i also love old tech, adore VHS and view Old tv's as futuristic

i was born in good ol 93 but feel more comfortable in the company of fellow Spectrum users, which is why i joined: i simply LOVE the spectrum!

on that topic, are there any scans of ZX computing that i can Copy/paste for the 48k? saves time and work. (i do have school like everyone else, on top of my youtube duties)

on an unrelated note, i love comics, especially villains like Carnage and Venom. I have a hate/love relationship with Superman, Viewing 64 as a turd but as an oddity as well, too many rings, and the multiplayer looks fun. the key is "looks fun" not "is fun" and yes, like so many, i had the misfortune of playing it.

Welcome [mention]MrPixel[/mention]

You will find the vast majority of type-ins from ZX Computing here:

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27p ... pehome.htm

Also, if on our home page you just type 'ZX Computing' into the search box at the top of the page you will get a big list of titles their too.

You can also download PDF versions of ZX Computing from the [mention]KenD[/mention] RetroPDF site. You just need a Torrent tool like https://www.qbittorrent.org/

Welcome, [mention]WIWC[/mention] and [mention]MrPixel[/mention]!

bless you, thanks for that. i heard about the poisonings in the UK. you guys alright?