Sinclair ZX80 Robot 1981 warmtoffee 2011-07-22 | From 1981, a maze-solving robot fashioned from a ZX80. The ZX80 was a cheap computer manufactured by Sir Clive Sinclair. It evolved into the ZX81 the forerunner of the ZX Spectrum.Chris Serle talks to enthusiast Alan Dibley who went on to win a follow up maze-solving competition as reported in the magazine Your Computer June 1982.Full magazine is available on the Internet Archive.
ZX Spectrum Next Core with Info Screens NEXTZXOS V1.99F warmtoffee 2018-08-06 | This is the startup for Garry Lancaster's NEXTZXOS V1.99FBy coincidence, the final version of the Looking Glass 48K BASIC ROM has Help Screens too.Both uploaded by Phoebus Dokos in TBBLUE SD Distribution v.0.8esee specnext.com/latestdistro
The Looking Glass ZX Spectrum ROM. The use of BASIC INPUT command. warmtoffee 2018-05-29 | Like the ZX80 and ZX81, functions can be included in responses to INPUT command.
Selecting the ZX Spectrum Looking Glass ROM warmtoffee 2018-05-29 | Loading the Looking Glass ROM from bootup on the ZX Spectrum Next. With a slight detour through the menus.
Witton-le-Wear Steam Train 2011 warmtoffee 2015-10-06 | A lovely sight on Saturday, 27th August 2011. A steam train reversing down to the newly built station platform.This year 2016 the platform has been rebuilt of stronger stuff.The sound is fake but the real sound is me being told off for stopping in the middle of a busy road.Train on loan to Weardale Railways. They are currently using a diesel bubblecar.I saw a plume of smoke and steam as I headed south on the A68 and just had to investigate.
One of the Wolsingham Protected Eucalyptus Trees cashes in its chips. warmtoffee 2013-08-22 | A tree-huggers nightmare.
Wolsingham Station hosts the A4 Union of South Africa 15-MAY-2013 warmtoffee 2013-05-15 | The locomotive and its 12 carriages are in the Weardale area as part of an eight day tour of the UK being run by Steam Dreams
Microdrives in the Sun warmtoffee 2011-10-01 | Here is my ZX Spectrum Microdrive Farm filmed in daylight - once again using a low range Sony Cybershot 4.1 DSC-P73 I only mention the camera to encourage others. The shoot begins with my Caithness Glass ZX Spectrum paperweight. I believe this is a sample commissioned from Caithness Glass Crystal in Dundee to commemorate the millionth unit built at the Timex factory. I obtained it from an antique shop in the city. Published 2006 - Stabilised in YouTube. 2011
Wolsingham Station 2 warmtoffee 2011-09-23 | A steam train departs Wolsingham station (opened 1847) for Stanhope on 1st. June 2007. The locomotive GWR 5600 Class 0-6-2T No 6619. is on loan to Weardale Railways from the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, while their own RSH 0-6-0ST No 40. undergoes firebox repairs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weardale_Railway Digicam: Sony Cybershot 4.1 MP
Sir Clive Talks the Talk in 1985 warmtoffee 2011-07-22 | Back in 1985 Sir Clive discusses the re-launch of the Sinclair QL and the portable based on the ZX Spectrum.
That Interview in Full warmtoffee 2011-07-22 | Jonathan Ross interviews David Cameron 23-JUN-2006 as Leader of the Opposition.Prime Minister in 2010Auntie
Sinclair Research Wheelchair Drive Unit warmtoffee 2011-07-22 | Initiated by Sir Clive Sinclair – Britain’s most famous inventor - and his team at Sinclair Research, the Sinclair WDU has been developed especially to fulfill the demand for power assistance for attendants. The Sinclair WDU is designed to provide electrically powered ‘pushing assistance’ for most common domestic types of folding and rigid attendant propelled wheelchairs. With the principal purpose to provide ‘climbing’ support on ramps and inclines, the unit is able to supply, 100% of the power needed to climb a 1 in 8 hill or 50% of the requirement for a 1 in 4 ramp. The Promo includes pictures of Calculators, the ZX81, the ZX Spectrum and Sinclair QL as well as the electrically powered Zike.
BASIC Benchmarks warmtoffee 2011-07-22 | From 20 years ago. The Sinclair ZX Spectrum is put through it's paces.
Sinclair Microdrives 1985 warmtoffee 2011-07-22 | 18-MAR-1985. A look at the Sinclair ZX Microdrives which were originally an add-on for the ZX Spectrum and were built into the Sinclair QL as standard. Software could be downloaded from a black and white spot on the TV screen using an interface. D.K. was at the time of original upload a director of one of the UK's top FTSE-100 companies Sage in Gateshead. C4
HMS Barham 1914 - 1941 warmtoffee 2011-07-22 | Monday, June 4, 1945 Film can't be shown "Daily Mirror" Reporter Locked away in a safe at the Admiralty is a film that may never be shown in a public cinema in this country. It is an historic piece of celluloid recording the loss of the battleship Barham in the Mediterranean on November 25, 1941. Although it runs for only a few minutes, it shows the tragedy from the moment the great ship was torpedoed until she turned on her side, blew up and disappeared in a huge cloud of black smoke. That was how fast the Barham sank. This film "scoop" was obtained by a cameraman for a British newsreel company who was on board another ship. He had his camera trained on the battleship taking a "stock shot" at the moment the Barham was torpedoed, and continued taking pictures. The film shows the great ship continuing to steam ahead, but heeling over fast as she goes. As men are seen scrambling over the anti-torpedo bulges into the water, there comes the terrific explosion which shatters the ship and hides the last act of the tragedy. The smoke clears ... and there is a little wreckage floating on the calm sea. About a quarter of the battleship's crew of 1,172 escaped with their lives, but the film would be too poignant for the hundreds of people who lost relatives on the Barham. That is why it will never be shown in public. Phil John Turner, cameraman, born March 31 1915; died March 7 2007Navy
Tasword Two The Movie warmtoffee 2011-07-22 | Here, from 1984, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum shows off its wordprocessing capabilities. Back then a wordprocessor cost two thousand pounds. The 32-column ZX Spectrum and ZX Printer would both seem ill-suited with only 40 rubber keys on the computer but by using a smaller bit-mapped font some professional results were possible. The program could also output to a serial or parallel printer and was bundled free with the Microdrive Expansion Pack from Sinclair Research.Thames
Seascooter Advert warmtoffee 2011-07-22 | Swimming, snorkelling and diving in total comfort Ideal for water lovers the revolutionary new SEA-DOO® SEASCOOTER™ is the lightest and most efficient personal propeller in the world with price that makes it hard to resist. SEA-DOO® SEASCOOTER™ can run at a speed of 2mph/3kph at a depth of up to 20m/65ft and has built in buoyancy regulation for maximum comfort. Engineered by Sir Clive Sinclair, the inventor of the ZX Spectrum, the environmentally friendly SEA-DOO® SEASCOOTER™ is powered by a battery that lasts 1 hour and that can be recharged overnight with the supplied charger. SEA-DOO® SEASCOOTER™ 's sleek, compact design combined with its own bag makes it easy to carry and features an automatic cut off, when it is released or encounters an obstruction, plus a protective grille for maximum safety.
Sir Clive takes on MSX in 1984 warmtoffee 2011-07-22 | At the Computer Fair, Earl's Court 1984, Sir Clive Sinclair exposes the weaknesses of Microsoft's MSX. He takes the opportunity to point out that the QL is twenty times faster than the ZX Spectrum which in turn is two or three times better than the MSX machines.C4
Survival warmtoffee 2011-07-22 | HMS Barham gunner David Holmes describes his survival, as a teenager, from HMS Barham and the poignant death of Charles Crosby.
Roz does Logo warmtoffee 2011-07-22 | Like most 8-bit computers, the ZX Spectrum had a good selection of languages - Forth, LISP, Pascal, C etc. Here Roz demonstrates the procedural language Logo. In 1985, techno programs would transmit software via the screen using a light pen. This one is for the Commodore but don't try it on Google as the transmission is incomplete. They tended to be simple programs and from what I remember it went. 10 PRINT "Smell the coffee". 20 PRINT "Buy a Spectrum". 30 GOTO 10C4
The Difference File warmtoffee 2011-07-22 | J Ross, OBE, asks Cameron, the leader of the UK Conservatives, a couple of questions.Auntie
ZX Spectrum Vivaldi warmtoffee 2011-07-22 | Chapter 19 of the 1982 Sinclair ZX Spectrum manual had a few bars of Mahler's funeral march and the exercise at the end was to program the rest of Mahler's first symphony. I thought it was a joke but, back in 1984, 10 year-old Paul took up a similar challenge and programmed the 2nd movement of Vivaldi's Cello concerto. I am impressed. Paul is thirty-something now. Is this your dad? Tell him to hunt out that computer cassette or ZX Printer listing.
Oric Atmos 48K Computer Advert warmtoffee 2011-07-22 | From 1984, a promo for the new Oric Atmos 8-bit computer. Alas poor ... (that's quite enough of that! Ed.)Edenspring
c5 warmtoffee 2011-07-22 | British inventor Clive Sinclair put up £60,000 to get Spitting Image off the ground.
Michael Chapman - Among The Trees - 1975 warmtoffee 2009-08-02 | Among the trees I have lain and passed my golden days Among the trees I have spent my summers in a haze Of lazy afternoons, watching all the rain, as it patterns the verandah, then disappears again.....Come the sun How I wish I could return to those summers once again How I wish I could just sit in the presence of a friend, Making music or just listening to the birds so far from sight Watching as the dark shades of evening turn to night, Gone the sun... Michael Chapman. First Broadcast: 21-MAR-1975 Was followed by "Deal Gone Down" One of a number of appearances on the OGWT Unfortunately his 1970 TV appearance with Pete and Dud has been wiped although he featured on Dutch and German TV as well as the UK's Sight and Sound In Concert. Hugely popular today with most of his records available. Song from the albums "Window" and "Pleasures of the Street" both, as here, with Rick Kemp on bass.
Michael Chapman 1975 Sea of Wine warmtoffee 2009-07-11 | Floating home on a sea of wine Floating home and I'm feeling fine Floating home to that lady of mine I know she's there I know she cares... Driving home in the dead of night Driving home and I'm feeling right Driving home to my favourite sight I know she's there I know she cares... Flying home in the clouds so high Flying home in the morning sky Flying home never knowing why But I know she's there I know she cares... Michael Chapman. From German TV.
Wolsingham Station warmtoffee 2007-06-01 | A steam train departs Wolsingham station (opened 1847) for Stanhope on 1st. June 2007. The locomotive GWR 5600 Class 0-6-2T No 6619. is on loan to Weardale Railways from the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, while their own RSH 0-6-0ST No 40. undergoes firebox repairs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weardale_Railway Digicam: Sony Cybershot 4.1 MP
HEARTBEAT with Yorkshires Michael Chapman warmtoffee 2007-04-04 | A scene from Heartbeat the TV drama set in Yorkshire 1960 The music extract is from the Michael Chapman 1969 debut LP Rainmaker. Song title "You Say". Beautiful. And so I'm saying Goodbye Although God knows I don't want to. And so I'm saying Goodbye I just don't know When it will be That I see you. Oh! It might be when the springtime does come. Then we can walk on the seashore. And It might be when the winds they blow cold And I can lay In your warmth Once more. And It might be when the rain starts to fall We ride on trains through the mountains. And It might be when there's no rain at all. And we can lay All the day In the sunshine. You say you know when your baby will be born You say that that's why I'm leaving You say that nothing ever touches me at all And I don't know What it is To be broken. --- Season 16, Episode 1: C'est la Vie. Original Air Date—29 October 2006.
