@fuzzweed.co.uk Hahah yeah
@fuzzweed.co.uk Ayy-karoooga! 🌀😮🚀🗡️
@n3u.bsky.social Ah, nice one. Yeah it’s a great shop, whenever I need something I usually can’t help chucking a couple of Spectrum games in the order too. 😁
@n3u.bsky.social That’s looking spotless! In the past I’ve used Dataserve Retro for replacement belts, etc. They might have what you’re looking for?
www.dataserve-retro.co.uk/contents/en-…
@flatduckrecords.co.uk Yeah, very clever and simple! I never saw that (or Manic Miner, somehow) until years later though.
@flatduckrecords.co.uk And check out the loading screen art! 😍
It was also the first dynamic loading screen I’d even seen, I thought that was fascinating. (The blocks near the bottom are a sort of counter that change colour as the game loads). There are fancier examples elsewhere but I’d never seen such a thing before.
@leesmithsworkshop.bsky.social Smashing! Glad that helped. Have fun!! ✌️💾
@leesmithsworkshop.bsky.social Good luck! Any of the tape images on that page should work. (I remember comparing them in the past but I don’t think there were significant differences). Datel took over selling the PlusD (when MGT moved onto the SAM Coupé), so that tape is a little later.
@leesmithsworkshop.bsky.social Which tape did you use? The MGT PlusD System Tape is the best place to start. (Once you get it working, I’d reccommend you upgrade to BetaDOS as it fixes a bunch of bugs, but starting off with ordinary G+DOS is fine).
spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/0011111
@flatduckrecords.co.uk Ach it will be worth it just for the Batman Forever demo. And playing Dizzy in an off-putting shade of green.
@mattround.com 👨🍳💋👌
Related: I was today-years-old when I (a professional website developer) learned that JS has default parameters now. #TIL!
@srusher.bsky.social Very useful! Thank you for sharing. I bought an RPi Pico and a couple of 74LVC245 to try something similar for Spectrum +3, but I didn’t get very far!
@flatduckrecords.co.uk Yep! Counterintuitively, under the games menu you can find “128K BASIC” and “48K BASIC”.
@flatduckrecords.co.uk ¡Muchas gracias!
@flatduckrecords.co.uk I was inspired by your post earlier! I’m away from my Speccy but I thought I’d knock something together in mobile Spectaculator “over lunch” …but now I see it’s gone 5pm! 😅
@ambientcoder.com Cool! 😎
@breakintoprogram.co.uk Nice to see a “not interested” these days that’s not just a “maybe later”!
@rhayadercomputer.bsky.social Hah, I had those! (In black plastic but otherwise identical). A gift from my gran. The combined weight of those D (?) cells was more than the bike. 😅 🚴
@jimblimey.com Creator of the GIF: oh no jim just juffed
@samsterdave.bsky.social Just one question; was this you last week? #legit #banger
@samsterdave.bsky.social This was my first CD. Comix Zone soundtrack that came with the MegaDrive game. I still have it!
@breakintoprogram.co.uk Parallel bus problems are a universal issue. Be vigilant!
@mcphail.uk Wire-bound copies were a pre-order option, but I don’t think Amazon print-on-demand offers that so they were organised as a separate print-run. (Worth the extra cost IMO so it can lie flat open on the desk next to your Next!)
@mcphail.uk I agree! As it happens I missed out on those 80s/90s books and articles at the time (but I’ve enjoyed catching up with them in recent years thanks to ZXDB etc). This new book maintains Simon’s characteristic vibe, very enjoyable and highly informative. And encouraging to explore further.