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PRICE LIST (prices checked 30 March 2003)

New hardware:

PC-PSU with supply for 2 Floppies and MB02

36,00 €

MB02-Printerlead

13,00 €

Spectrum +2A, new and original package, complete

219,00 €

Proface AT Extern (Interface for connecting PC-Keyboards to Spectrum)

69,00 € KS

Proface AT Intern (internal interface)

62,00 € KS

Melodik AY-Soundbox (unboxed)

24,00 € KS

+2 Cassette recorder

36,00 €

Floppy Disc drive (1,86 with MB02, 720k with Opus, 780k with +D) Please specify

24,00 €

PSU for +2A/B and +3 or PSUl for +2 (also 48k and 128k) Please specify

29,00 €

FDD lead for 2 drives

4,00 €

Multiface 128 (works also on 48k Spectrums

26,00 €

Multiface +3

46,00 €

Dust Cover 48k+/128k

8,00 €

Plus 3 Tapelead

9,90 €

Normal Tapelead

3,00 €

Spectrum +2 Lightpen

36,00 €

Spectrum +3 Lightpen

27,00 €

Phaser Gun with Software (Tape or +3)

19,00 €

VGA-BOX (connect Spectrum 128/+2 to VGA monitor)

49,00 €

Used hardware:

Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128k, complete with all cables

129,00 €

Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2, complete with all cables

79,00 €

Sinclair ZX Spectrum +2A, complete with all cables

79,00 €

Sinclair ZX Spectrum +3, built in 3'' drive, complete with all cables

99,00 €

Sinclair Spectrum 48k (Gummy), complete with all cables + Introduction Tape

64,00 €

Sinclair Spectrum 48k +, complete with all cables + Introduction Tape

64,00 €

+3 Drive (tested)

29,00 €

Interface I

69,00 €

Microdrive

25,00 €

Wafadrive

39,00 €

Opus Discovery Diskinterface with 1 x 720k Drive (new ROM)

119,00 €

Plus D clone without case, 3.5'' floppy with PSU and cables

129,00 €

Joystick interface

1-Port 3,00 €

2-Port 11,00 €

Joystick (many different)

2,50 €

Sinclair SJS-Joystick (+2/+3)

6,00 €

Consumables:

Microdrive Cartridges (ex-software)

3,50 €

Wafadrive Cartridges

16K= 7,00 €,

32K= 7,50 €

+3 drive belt

2,00 €

Silver paper for ZX Printer

5,00 €

Keyboard membrane 48k

11,00 €

Keyboard membrane Spectrum +/128k, new quality, not aging

21,00 €

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CHRISTMAS 2003 Issue 6

Contents

Thirteen pages of Spectrum news p5

Your views and opinions p18

New spectrum software reviewed p22

Rough Justice p22

Dizzy X: Journey to Russia p23

Abe's Mission - Escape p24

Minesweeper p25

Retrospective. Matthew Harrodine examines 1983

p27

The Oliver Twins p30

The Shaw Brothers p33

What's wrong with Dizzy? Paul E. Collins discusses. p35

Stuff to do whilst the turkey's settling p37

1,697 minus two - MIA and TZX procedure explored p41

TR-DOS - The beginner's guide p44

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Contributors this issue: Kevin Bennet, Matthew Harrodine, Paul E.

Collins, Tarquin Mills, Robert Hazelby, The Oliver Twins, Graham

Shaw, John King and Thomas Eberle. A big thankyou also to all

letter writers.

All written material, unless otherwise stated (and excepting letters) is

ZXF06: 4

At the annual Micro Mart

Computer Fair a couple of weeks

ago I was struck by two distinct

sorts of reaction of the passers by

to our humble little corner of the

'Retro Zone' area. Squeezed in

between at least four

reincarnations of the Sinclair QL

and a single SAM Coupé banging

out enough decibels that a serious

case of tinnitus could have been

in the offering with enough

exposure (and fair play to Colin

Piggot for that - the Quazar is a

seriously impressive piece of kit),

my single Spectrum+, with it's

burps and beeps amplified just

enough to be audible above

whatever Pet Shop Boys track it

was that was playing, didn't seem

likely to attract much attention.

But it did.

The first sort of reaction was I

suppose what you could call 'the

recognition reflex.' Smiles.

Recollections. A number of

people just couldn't resist reaching

out to press a few keys, to make

tactile contact with a memory long

smoothered by glossy hardware

that doesn't hang around enough

to get properly acquainted

anymore. These were shoppers

passing, in the main, grown-ups out

for a PC bargain suddenly caught

in an unexpected moment of nost-

algia. And it was lovely to watch.

The second sort of reaction was

that of some of the kids that were

wandering around. A great deal of

curiosity in some cases (I had to

intervene at one point to prevent

one lad from investigating the

pulling out of the Kempston

Interface! It wasn't quite the slow-

motion rugby tackle, but I expect

you can imagine the urgency);

more to the point, a great deal of

interest for simply playing on the

thing. These were children who

had no idea of the significance of

the little black box in front of them,

and there were plenty of other

platforms around, with much flash-

ier graphics and sound; yet the

simple Spectrum still appealed.

I've been wondering what to

make of that ever since. In one

sense, I suppose, we could ask

why wouldn't they enjoy such a

well-crafted game as R-Type?

These sorts of comments, after all,

are in plentiful supply in all of the

various retro discussion forums

around the net, as the 'what's

wrong with games today' topic

gets dusted down for it's nth airing

of the month. Are retro platforms

simply a novelty supplement to a

hard-core modern gaming diet, or

do they offer more?

Not so long ago I was a primary

school teacher. I say not so long

ago, but it was still before the time

of the ubiquitous 'PC Suite'. I'm

not a particular fan of PC Suites,

but if I was still a teacher and I

had to make use of them, a

Spectrum programming club

would have been an inevitability.

Imagine that - a room full of

emulated Spectrums and children

learning to program them. I don't

doubt that 'the industry' wouldn't

see much future in that, but

sometimes I wonder if 'the industry'

actually understands children's

entire needs, rather than just the

ones that involve money.

I'm interested in knowing your

experiences with kids and

Spectrums, and what better time

to try them out than Christmas:

let's theme next issue's letters

page.

In the meantime, please enjoy our

packed Christmas issue. ZXF07 will

be appearing somewhen in April.

Colin Woodcock

ZXF06: 5

"Personally, I think it's a tragedy

that a man like Sinclair is now

remembered for his failure and is

derided as a figure of fun by

people who don't posses an

ounce of his creativity or vision."

Put her in a glass case and throw

sugar at her - that's what I say.

And how did the radio presenters

hosting the subsequent phone-in

show follow these rousing words?

" I remember getting the Sinclair

spectrum - the ZX Spectrum - and

it was £200. And if you look at the

graphics - they were rubbish!"

shame, Peter talked about the

well known quality control issues

(ie, lack of) at Sinclair. "Demand

was always exceeding supply,"

he explained, "there was never

enough stuff that was actually at

the required quality to go

around. Production was always

screaming because there were

shortages - left right and centre -

so stuff got used just simply to fill

orders sometimes - that everyone

knew shouldn't be used - but let's

deal with the problem when it

comes back." The problem was,

he added, that Sinclair was "so

enthusiastic about these new

products that he would talk to

the press about them long before

they were actually ready for

launch. And the result was that

the final stages of design,

development and production

engineering were always done in

a panic."

Sinclair C6, anyone?

SINCLAIR DISCUSSED

>TV and Radio retrospective

Well done to Andy Kavanagh for a

sterling piece of ZX PR in

September. BBC East brought

Andy in as a Spectrum spokesper-

son for both a short TV feature on

Sir Clive Sinclair and a follow-up,

phone-in radio discussion.

The mini-documentary, shown on

BBC1 in the eastern counties as

part of the nightly 'Look East' news

programme and presented by ex

Tommorrow's

World presenter

Maggie Philbin ,

featured

information on

the C5 , the

Executive

calculator, the

TV80 and, of

course, the ZX

range of

computers. Mr

Kavanagh,

known by the

way to

comp.sys.sinclair

regulars as

dekay , treated

viewers to a brief

introduction to

Spectrum

emulation, discussed Football

Manager , the missing gameplay in

the current games market and all

but named chuntey in a mention

of the effect mothers had on

games loading in when they

walked into your bedroom (he

later claimed in CSS that he did

actually use the term, but the

harsh BBC censors cut it out - the

blighters).

FURTHER PRESERVATION

>Type-Ins project starts at WOS

It's full steam ahead at

www.worldofspectrum.org for yet

another new project: an archive

of all the magazine and book

type-in listings ever published.

This ambitious project, typical of

the sort of scope that WoS has

envisioned from the start, is to be

overseen by WoS Forums regular

Arjun Nair , and already there are

a good number of titles in place.

Available from a new subsection

of the Archive page, the type-ins

are listed in the usual WoS format,

including online play through

Java emulator, ZZ Spectrum . So

work off that turkey dinner and

get typing!

Lucky, then, that Andy came back

to put the record straight on the

issue of cost, as well as going on

to discuss CSS , the Speccy Tour

and even the Crap Games

Competition .

The radio programme also

featured a call from 'Peter', an

otherwise anonymous Sinclair

Radionics quality assurance

engineer around in the time of

watches and calculators. Telling

the presenters that he supposed

he should be hanging his head in

Ms Philbin concluded the film with

a surprisingly passionate call for

Sinclair to be taken more seriously:

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