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#sinclair

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Scott Rochester

#MastoPrompt 12 Apr #Yonder

A computer or a motorbike, it’s a question to ponder,
Whatever I choose, it will require me to wander,
I could hitch hike down, to the big smoke yonder,
Although in the end, I bought a local Honda.

“16 year old Scott hitch hiked from Swindon to London with £100 in his pocket”

The full story is on the website!

scottrochester.com/scott_roche

a photograph of a blue 1975 Honda SS50 - Wikipedia
#CopperWolf#Honda#Biking
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ScotsBear 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I've been coping with a lot recently so decided to treat myself to a little something, The Spectrum ​:rainblobderpy:​, a 2024 console based on the original 48K Sinclair ZX Spectrum from 23rd April 1982, rubber keys and all. Like 2018's Spectrum Next this machine updated the firmware to a modern standard of presentation, and include modern ports for power and connectivity (1xUSB-C, 5xUSB-A).

Reader, I'm delighted with it. I've already had a bash at Horace Goes Skiing and it all came flooding back...how bad I was at Horace Goes Skiing.

Not only that but seller included a 16Gb USB that held hundreds of Mb of other speccy games - possibly all of them easily sourced from fan sites and less reputable channels - which you can access and play through the console's main menu. That's a catalogue of over 9000 titles NOT including the eye-openingly fantastic Homebrew games made by fans in the decades since. See you in 2201? 😁

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#RetroGaming #RetroComputing #ZXSpectrum #TheSpectrum #Retro #EverythingOldIsNewAgain #Sinclair #Speccy #YourSpectrum #Crash #YourSinclair #48k #128k

And here is a photo of my monitor with the console's "Carousel" screen, a menu depicting a horixontal gallery of the 48 games (I see what you did there) that are stored in the machine, titles including Skool Daze, Horace Goes Skiing, The Hobbit and Target Renegade. This is nostalgic joy right here. Oh, I've been emulating the speccy on PC since the 90s but it's still lovely to have a replica machine I can play on a TV!
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Six Grandfathers Mountain

@notwhatwethink
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who watch #FoxNews #Sinclair other right-wing "news" aren't aware... shielded...kept in an imaginary disinfo bubble

⭕Crazy #Trump
“no other president would be willing to do what I’m doing... I see a beautiful picture at the end"

⭕Crazy Advisor made overly simplistic formula for #reciprocaltariffs #PeterNavarro dismissed conciliatory gestures by Vietnam as insufficient to reach a deal

⭕Gift wapo.st/3FZThUs

The Washington Post · Trump suggests openness to deals, threatens new tariffs on ChinaBy Jeff Stein
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Rob Carlson :ally: :BLM:

AdWeek, Kevin Eck: "The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has accepted #Sinclair [Broadcasting]’s Declaration of Compliance for Operations Over People, making Sinclair the first broadcast company authorized to fly #drones over individuals and moving vehicles for newsgathering without needing an FAA waiver under #FAA rules." adweek.com/tvspy/faa-allows-si

Adweek · FAA Allows Sinclair to Fly Drones Over People and Moving Vehicles Without a WaiverBy Kevin Eck
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ITs History!
The ZX Spectrum was launched 1983 as #Timex Sinclair 2068 computer on the US market. With a #Z80A CPU running on 3.5 MHz this beautiful #homecomputer was capable to draw electric images on a regular telly. With a resolution of 256×192 #pixels even limited to 15 colours it was great for the budget.
https://youtu.be/iemMlbIY1SI

Print'n'Plotter sold their #graphics software under the same product name #Paintbox like #Quantel, but for #Sinclair #homecomputers. While #colourClash was a serious limitation in the 80s, it's a #8bit #cgi #glitch effect today available in smartphone camera apps.

Our #vector #graphic #illustration of this legendary #retrocomputer is a form of #digital #lithography. #IT's made in #svg tech and created with #Inkscape, not #Adobe #Illustrator #Ai
Vector illustration of Sinclair ZX Spectrum retro computer
#ai
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Ignacio PG (N.Parsons-PB48K)

"Cosmic Payback", ZX81 Edition.

Tras haber lanzado hace casi 5 años el videojuego original para ZX Spectrum, PROSM o John Connolly (su mismo autor) publica su 'port' para los ordenadores ZX-81 con al menos 16K de RAM. ¡En este computador de Sinclair se convierte en una pequeña maravilla técnica, muy bien desarrollada!

Info, con enlace para descargarse este juego, en este hilo del foro de Spectrum Computing: spectrumcomputing.co.uk/forums

#Sinclair#ZX81#Novedades
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