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Our Ginger Fuhrer says that he could still code up a simple game idea in Amstrad Basic, while I'm your man if you ever need to rebuild the suspension on an Austin Allegro (1750 Equipe version). This stuff doesn't leave your mind - tell us about obsolete talents you still have.

(, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 17:04)
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Ah, the old azimuth screw
I was a Speccy 48k boy myself. You're right, it's a skill.

The worst thing was when you thought you finally had it. The game would load for 20 minutes before displaying the dreaded 'R Tape Loading Error'
(, Fri 1 Jul 2011, 12:15, 1 reply)

"Read Error B" on the Amstrad.

I used to have all sorts of superstitions that actually worked - if you looked at the screen during the loading process... "Read Error B". If you load the game and lie on the floor until you can hear the game music - win.
(, Fri 1 Jul 2011, 16:21, closed)
I had something similarly crazy
That involved staring at the counter on the tape deck and not looking at the screen. Again, it worked!
(, Sun 3 Jul 2011, 22:27, closed)

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