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Pricey
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in a charity shop near my house there was this huge box of specturm stuff including a 48k rubber keyed spectrum, tape player, interface 2, microdrive, kempston joystick, printer (very rare) and a load of games. all for £25! £25 pounds!

i was going to get it on my way home from school and was all excited, imagine my dismay as i saw the sticker... SOLD!

agggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! i am feeling sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo depressed...




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UnderLord
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why didnt you just buy it when you saw it stuff like that goes quickly

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they were closed.


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UnderLord
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ohh i guess thats a good reason heh

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Quote: "i was going to get it on my way home from school "

Really? Why do you want one? I mean, don't get me wrong, I love them, and I had one in my parent's attic upto a little while ago (my parents chucked the lot out, along with 100's of games!!!!!!!!!!!!), but unless you are a teacher, then wouldn't it be a load of rubbish compared to newer stuff? I mean it could take about 15 minutes to load a game on a 128 tape. Not nice.... Just seem a little young is all...

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Why bother. Just go to http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ and play virtually every spectrum game ever made online and for free.

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are you guys kidding?

10 years from now, a real system would be hard to find...thus any real spectrum would be worth a lot as a collectible item.

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they are already collectables. the first editions

it's only a matter of time before ytou see them on ebay for like £100 starting price

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Pincho Paxton
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I guess they will be worth a lot of money some day, but I'll bet that the Z80 will be worth more. I have a speccy! I also have a 3DO. £25 sounds like a normal price though for today.

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Posted: 20th Mar 2004 08:49 Edited at: 20th Mar 2004 08:50
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it turns out that my dad went in in the morning and reserved it for me! it was sold to ME!

loading tapes is a hellish nightmare
i haven't got one of the 100 or so games going yet!

i am having trouble finding whether it is 16k or 48k too.

i actually have two now, one of them is a very early and rare 16k too!


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O_O IRONY... IRONY.... o_O ugh... IRONY... and DISASTER ... (read the newest news article on my website)...

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thanks spooky

so going to look at there!

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Pincho Paxton
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@Puffy...What subject are you talking about? I can't see anything related to this topic on there?

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Pincho Paxton
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Speccy games usually load OK. But there are different types of Speccy, and you might have games for one of the newer versions. I think that there was even an amstrad version, and the games for that don't work on a normal speccy.

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i have a 48k with LOTS of 48k games, even to 16k ones don't load


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Pincho Paxton
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Try a different tape recorder. They are very fussy about the sound being clear.

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the tape recorder i have is ainchent. it is made by whsmith and is deigned for computers . it plays music fine


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