Talk:Sinclair ZX Spectrum/Archive 2

message: There is a guy at the site http://dspec.eighttwelve.co.uk/index.php who's going to emulate this computer.
:ZX Spectrum emulation is nothing new.  What's supposedly interesting about this particular emulator is that it's for the Nintendo DS. Looks like programmers still haven't learnt what 'portability' is — sigh. --StuartBrady (Talk) 21:54, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Emulation 

message: Just to 'clarify' my edit summary: in "Remove sentence entirely: it's original research, and the amount of type actually typing is irrelevant for how long it takes to program", "type" should be "time". Probably makes more sense that way :-) Cheers --Pak21 08:12, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit summary 

message: I have passed this article. A no-brainer, really ... it's well-sourced, very well-illustrated, very readable (good for a computer article), well-structured. This is the closest to the good article criteria than any other article I've seen since I started trying to clear out the backlog.
Honestly, this is more than a Good Article. This is a featured article ... just do some more proofreading, maybe source some more things, take it to peer review, and you should be ready for FAC.
If anything, make the intro longer. There is enough in the article to support another graf. Daniel Case 02:23, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Good Article

message: Per Daniel Case's comments above, would anyone object if I submitted this article for peer review, with a view to submitting this as a featured article candidate in the future? Cheers --Pak21 10:13, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't object, but to forestall:  I agree with Case's comment that the intro is a bit short.  I have tried to twist my head for an extra paragraph, but everything I end up with seems to be non-NPOV.  Also the chapter "Educational application" is a bit out of place.  Either we need to focus the role of the Spectrum or remove the chapter entirely.  --Frodet 18:37, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer review 

message: Two points:
# The infobox already deals with the whole family (the 1993 end date)
# Many of the original machines shipped with clone Z80s
Cheers --Pak21 11:04, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox 

message: I think we need to think about the screenshots section again. When it was clearly based on the Top 100 games listings, the reason for the choice of shots was pretty obvious. Now... it's just some random games. Anyone have any views on how we should do? Cheers --Pak21 11:47, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Screenshots (2) 

message: List of ZX Spectrum game programmers has been prod'd as listcruft and I thought about the possibility of either moving that list here under ZX Spectrum#Notable Spectrum developers or possibly a Development/Programming on the ZX Spectrum article with information drawn from both. Thoughts? Marasmusine 08:15, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of ZX Spectrum game programmers 

message: I've made this comment in the SAM Coupé article, but the same change has also been made here.  I was under the impression that "Spectrum Advanced Machine" was an unofficial name, so surely we shouldn't use it without acknowledging that? --StuartBrady (Talk) 19:48, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  SAM Coupé 

message: Nothing about games distributed on cartridges? (in section 'Distribution') —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.112.161.81 (talk) 16:32, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I assume you're talking about the ZX Interface 2. Although the article already mentions the interface's support for cartridges, perhaps there be something about this in the distribution section, at least to make it clear that it wasn't a successful medium. BTW, I notice that the Interface 2 article doesn't say whether there were ever any cartridges that were not games. --StuartBrady (Talk) 00:51, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm sure Stuart's aware of it, but there weren't any non-game If2 cartridges released Cheers --Pak21 09:08, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cartridges 

message: I've just reverted an edit which changed optimised to optimized.  Wikipedia Manual of Style states that:
* Articles that focus on a topic specific to a particular English-speaking country should generally conform to the usage and spelling of that country.
* If an article is predominantly written in one type of English, aim to conform to that type rather than provoke conflict by changing to another
The article currently has 4 ised endings and 2 ized endings, so I propose maintaining the style as ised throughout...  Hope that's ok -Tomhannen 23:33, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: OK by me. UK product, UK manufacturer, UK designer, main market was UK. The perfect candidate for British English. - X201 07:55, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: National varieties of English