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Message no. 1
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: ZX Spectrum totem (was: Re: Matrix Shamans "Totems")
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 19:28:54 +0200
Phil Ward said:

>The ZX spectrum totem :-)

YEAH! Ain't it wonderful?! Loads better than a C5 :)

>Wow, a fellow believer, at last I have found someone
>else who usd to possess one...

It used to possess me, especially when it broke down :)

>Don't forget that the followers of spectrum like to use
>minor illusion spells to coplour in the background behind
>them...

Yeah, but only in blocky patterns -- and no more than two colours per 8x8
pixel square :)

>and you didnlt even mention their liking for rubber yet :-)

Oops. I forgot :( I used to use a Spectrum+ and later a 128 :)

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someone else said:
>I think that spectrum shamans should get a penalty to learn spells
>(remember loading from tape? up to 5 minutes to load a complete program,
>if you were lucky and didn't get the dreaded `tape loading error'!)

Not with a Disciple or +D :) Well, maybe Spectrum shamans should get such a
penalty, except if they spend a few Karma points to remove it :)

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Phil again:

>Actually, I still take mine out from time to time to play
>all the classic games of my childhood :-)

What you need is the ZX Spectrum emulator, available for PC. Just hook a
tape recorder to your PC and you'll be able to play all those games you
enjoyed back in the 1980s at twice (or more) the speed they used to be :)


Gurth@******.nl - Gurth@***.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
You want to but you can't, and if you do, you wish you hadn't
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Guru :)
Message no. 2
From: "Stephen M. Bugge" <bugge@********.EDU>
Subject: Re: ZX Spectrum totem (was: Re: Matrix Shamans "Totems")
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 14:55:44 -0700
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|Stephen M. Bugge|<bugge@********.edu> |
|President, |<buug@***.com> |
|College GOP @ SU|<75764.240@**********.com>|
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>
> What you need is the ZX Spectrum emulator, available for PC. Just hook a
> tape recorder to your PC and you'll be able to play all those games you
> enjoyed back in the 1980s at twice (or more) the speed they used to be :)
>
Does anyone know if such an emulator exists for the C-64? <let me clarify
I'm looking for something that emulates a C-64 i don't use mine any more>

> Gurth@******.nl - Gurth@***.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
> You want to but you can't, and if you do, you wish you hadn't
> GC3.0: GAT/! dpu s:- !a>? C+(++) U P L E? W(++) N K- w+ O V? PS+ PE Y PGP-
> t(+) 5 X R+++>$ tv+(++) b+@ DI? D+ G++ e h! !r(--) y? Unofficial Shadowrun
> Guru :)
Message no. 3
From: Damion Milliken <adm82@***.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: ZX Spectrum totem (was: Re: Matrix Shamans "Totems")
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 00:29:47 +1000
Stephen M. Bugge writes:

> Does anyone know if such an emulator exists for the C-64? <let me clarify
> I'm looking for something that emulates a C-64 i don't use mine any more>

Yeah, my friend had one. I assume you mean for IBMs and compatibles. But I
don't think it was too trustworthy. And he didn't have River Raid for me to
play either :-(

--
Damion Milliken University of Wollongong E-mail: adm82@***.edu.au

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Message no. 4
From: Marc A Renouf <jormung@*****.UMICH.EDU>
Subject: Re: ZX Spectrum totem (was: Re: Matrix Shamans "Totems")
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 15:34:02 -0400
On Wed, 9 Aug 1995, Damion Milliken wrote:

> Yeah, my friend had one. I assume you mean for IBMs and compatibles. But I
> don't think it was too trustworthy. And he didn't have River Raid for me to
> play either :-(

River raid was Okay. Now Mail-Order Monsters, on the other hand,
was a but-awesome game.

Marc
Message no. 5
From: Stefan Struck <struck@******.INFORMATIK.UNI-BONN.DE>
Subject: Re: ZX Spectrum totem (was: Re: Matrix Shamans "Totems")
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 1995 12:17:45 +0200
Damion wrote:
>
> Stephen M. Bugge writes:
>
> > Does anyone know if such an emulator exists for the C-64? <let me clarify
> > I'm looking for something that emulates a C-64 i don't use mine any more>
>
> Yeah, my friend had one. I assume you mean for IBMs and compatibles. But I
> don't think it was too trustworthy. And he didn't have River Raid for me to
> play either :-(

I had one, but it wasn't able to read/write my old floppies, so no Seven Cities
of Gold, too. To bad, that was a good game.
bye,
Stefan
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