Spectrum Computing

Just give him the BASIC manual and dock his pocket money until he's able to program a Game of Life sim. That's what my Dad did and it n-n-n-nnnever dddid m-heh ennny h-h-h-hhharm. :lol: :lol: I'd like to get him to 10 PRINT "I AM COOL" 20 GOTO 10 but am unsure of keypresses on a laptop :?

My 8yo lad wanted to try some retro gaming so Fuse was started and I tried Sabotuer 2. We both got nowhere.
We tried ZX Robots and he didn't like the diagonal controls.
I loaded Jetpac and managed a few screens but he couldn't grasp qazx
*sighs*
Anything more simple to give him an easy time?

berarma wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2024 12:39 pm LIke this?

https://dougie9mcg.itch.io/zx-spectrum- ... aged-10-11

I would have hoped to see something on the school's website

Thanks a lot. I have not even expected Wayback Machine to keep .zip files! Seems like the past archived internet is getting more useful internet than the "current internet"! You're not far wrong: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-internet-is-not-forever-38-of-web-pages-from-20...

The school really should have a page showing off this stuff

toot_toot wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2024 3:19 pm
I wonder whatever happened to the 100 winners of the game that never got it?

Too many to make a choice

firelord wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2024 5:15 pm I use https://perchance.org/ai-story-generator . It is unrestricted (it can generate bad language eg NSFW, racist stories etc ).

That's an impressive tool

In addition to the higher price, there is no shortage, but if you don't want to mod the case, you have to wait. The eLeMeNt board for the ZX128(+) case is in preparation and depends on the progress of works here: https://retroradionics.com/Toastrack-case-ZX-48K-case-with-profesional-kailh-linear-an...

I've found a pair on Ebay, but even if I had a spare £200 I'd need to cut my toes off as they're four sizes too small for me. There's a site punting them out for $44 in any size but I suspect they're knock-off Nigels. You mean "made by the same people but without the ridiculous mark-up" :...

Lovely

Magic Knight wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2024 2:32 am some good pictures here:
https://aucfree.com/items/430446273

403 forbidden

Escapism? I have loads of hobbies and my Sinclair stuff is only a tiny part. Damn, I've got nearly 3000 hours clocked up in Fortnite alone, then there's the 5 bikes, 3 cars, 3D printing, shooting, my little renewables plot... This isn't "escapism" it's my real life - you know, the only one...

I do find it interesting that some people utterly renounce their hobby, especially when it's been a huge part of their life, as if it was a dirty secret like dealing drugs or something. Happens loads when people sell off their entire collections only to realise their folly later. It's fully possibl...

Grongy wrote: ↑Tue Jun 11, 2024 2:14 pm Made it out of boredom...

If the ZX had displayed that when it turned on...

flopping wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2024 6:39 pm Sounds frustrating. Have you tried clearing your browser cache or restarting your device?

Reboot seems to have sorted it, cheers

It doesn't matter if I'm using wifi or data, it takes at least 5 seconds for pages to load. No other websites are doing this.

Grongy wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2024 6:53 pm

That looks fantastic!

Both versions look great

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/5230/ZX-Spectrum/They_Stole_a_Million Is probably more appropriate for UK politics although the sum involved is far too low :roll: UK Track and Trace system, which barely did its job, maybe they needed to hire more consultants at £1000 a day: £22Bn https://comm...

I prefer accuracy in politics
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/5 ... e_Minister

Thanks, Andre, I didn't know about the translator feature! I knew that I could copy and paste every paragraph into Google Translate, but that is too much work. Now I know about the translation function I will definitely start reading your articles, thanks! And please don't apologise for making a Po...

Driller was one of the few demos I actually bothered ever loading - I was stunned that my Speccy could do that!

Jeff Dieschburg, an artist in Luxembourg who took work by others, made trivial edits, and won awards with paintings of the results. Sued there by U.S. photographer Jingna Zhang, he won an early verdict in his favour, but has now lost on appeal. The court found that Dieschburg's painting "Turand...

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