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I am on the search for a number of people involved in the world of Sinclair one being Ron Bissell, who developed the flicker-free technique on the ZX80 and also the pseudo hi-res technique on the ZX81.

Does anybody know his whereabouts and if he'd be available up for a few words?

Counting down to New Year I look back to August when I managed to interview Rick Dickinson and we chatted about his involvement in such iconic Sinclair machines; from the ZX81 to the upcoming ZX Spectrum Next - http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2016/08/interview-rick-dickinson-talks-about-designing-icon...

Fwapp wrote:Great stuff! I've shared the link in my FB ZX81 group, hope that's OK.

It certainly is OK

I've recently had the oppurtunity to interview Bob Smith from Bob's Stuff and I'm sharing the link here incase anyone would like to have a look at it.

http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2016/12/i ... rum-games/

Can anyone possibly point me in the direction of a fix to a issue I'm having with Sea Mines on the ZX81?

When I load it up I'm getting the below message after I type RUN



And upon typing RUN again it just returns to that message.

A few games I've looked at over the past week include Uwol (The Mojon Twins) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkeNVKpJu2Y City Escape (Dr. Beep) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwnWMfes4pM Bouncing Bert (Software Farms) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sT2JeFPKfM Avalanche (Revival Studios) - h...

I'll give that a look

To be downloaded and played

For recordings it's always emulator as I can easily transfer files and video via this method. If something goes wrong or I forget something I can reload the game in an instant to take a screenshot or quick screen grab of a highscore table etc.. However if you're hearing keys on the video that's my y...

Against the Elements - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T6m1IUqCa8

With thanks to Sinclair ZX World in both the video and the description too