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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 04/10/2026

Seeing out the weekend with a pint and the #ZXSpectrum

Pint of Greene King IPA with the ZX Spectrum 128k + loading The Muncher Eats Chewits

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 04/10/2026

I have this rather fetching Boddingtons one (a beer I havent had for years and years thinking about it)

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 03/10/2026

I still need to find something worthy of this bad boy

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 03/10/2026

All being well we'll be back to the #ZXSpectrum tonight to see what it had to offer in 1988. 8pm BST over on twitch!

ZX Spectrum screenshot with a magenta border, black paper and large cyan text saying "1988"

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 02/10/2026

You know what time it is!

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 30/09/2026

Payday falling on a midweek recharge? Yes please!

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 27/09/2026

Currently working on combat in the 128K game, got bored of tweaking numbers and ended up making a funky little explosion animation.

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 27/09/2026

1988 is going to be a bit trickier on the Spectrum than it was the Master System, I guess I'll bring out the random pickler again

Photo of a ZX Spectrum with a list of games on screen - there are 600 results.

A pint of Greene King IPA sits beside the Spectrum

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 25/09/2026

Another one of those weird fast but still knackering weeks done, and Friday is here woohoo!

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 21/09/2026

Still love a good radstorm

Screenshot from Fallout 4 with a radstorm in progress

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 20/09/2026

Getting in a little time to tinker with the 128K space game, ship fabricator is now up and running (mostly).

Screenshot of my desktop with geany loaded showing some C code and a bunch of C files open. The fuse emulator shows off the results of the compiled code: a menu listing items to be built and a prompt asking how many

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 19/09/2026

Am thinking Master System tonight, if I recall correctly we're up to 1988

Everybody's favourite joystick the Sega Control Stick

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 11/09/2026

Its Friday, its time for this!

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 09/09/2026

Midweek recharge and now its cool enough for the Toastie to return to my desk I can the latest bits and bobs to the new 128K space game

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 06/09/2026

Continuing with dipping my toe into 128K, this was a crashy mess that's taken me 2 days to sort out... Gonna be a long process this I reckon 😆

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 05/09/2026

Live in 5 for a #ZXSpectrum lucky dip! www.twitch.tv/jimblimey

ZX Spectrum screenshot showing my random game picker

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 04/09/2026

Post a 90's photo of yourself

Me aged 16 with a proper 90s hairdo and very 90s looking decor

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 04/09/2026

Might have been a short one but I'm still bloody knackered.. Lets Friday!

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 02/09/2026

Midweek recharge! Pint of Landlord and some good old fashioned tape loading

Pint of Landlord and a ZX Spectrum +2B mid load of a game

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 31/08/2026

Back to work tomorrow, its been a lovely week off.. Seeing it out in style though

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 29/08/2026

Live in 5 for Silk Road Trader and more! www.twitch.tv/jimblimey

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 28/08/2026

Friday once more! Some Old Peculier in the glass and @saucerbrain.bsky.social 's new game on the rubber.

ZX Spectrum 48K with a pint of Old Peculier and Silk Road on the screen

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 28/08/2026

You can't have a BBS game without a BBS. I'm starting off with private messages, but will expand to full boards.

ANSI screenshot showing a space view with planets and asteroids and the message "You have 1 unread messages"

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 27/08/2026

I rate that 7/10, a most enjoyable light show.

Screenshot from lightning maps showing many yellow dots over the Wirral Peninsular

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 24/08/2026

Corner shop selling some slightly out of date Hobgoblin for a quid a bottle.. Dont mind if I do!

Bottle of Hobgoblin with BBE 30 Jun 2026

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 24/08/2026

Dug out the source code of the program I'd written to generate my TNFS main menu (loaded as an scr), totally forgotten I'd written a sort of gradient generator for it

FOR x = 0 TO 199
FOR y = 0 TO 56
LET r=RND
IF r < (CAST(FLOAT, x) / 180) THEN
PLOT x, 192-y
END IF
NEXT y
NEXT x

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 23/08/2026

Sunday night is continuing with my ZXDB browser and a lovely pint of beer

Photo of a ZX Spectrum + and a pint with the homepage of my ZXDB browser showing options such as search by title and year, show a random game and an alphabetical browse menu

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 22/08/2026

So yeah, promised 1987 on the #ZXSpectrum tonight - just a few more than last week to get through!

Screenshot from a ZX Spectrum showing search results for the year 1987 and 725 results

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 21/08/2026

As predicted, it was one helluva slog this week but we're now and I'm off next week. Happy Friday!

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 19/08/2026

I'll believe it when I see it

Screenshot showing a yellow weather warning for thunder storms

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 18/08/2026

Still got some bits and bobs to sort out on the file manager, but I wanted to take a break and work on my ZXDB browser/downloader whatsit. Gone 42 columns for this one, next up is to improve navigation and some bits server side.

Screenshot from a ZX Spectrum showing a gopher-like screen with game info and a selected item highlighting the target URL in a status area at the bottom.

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 17/08/2026

New toy arrived today. The next iteration of the Spectranet - the SpectraNext! Wifi instead of wired, its own memory storage and more! A big thanks to Oleksandr for sending me one for a play. I'll be testing my file manager and ZXDB browser! spectranext.net

A white box with SpectraNext written on it tied in a white bow

The SpectraNext connected to the expansion port of a ZX Spectrum +

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 16/08/2026

Polishing off the weekend with a pint of Puddles

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 16/08/2026

I only have one CRT and its a bit on the small side

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 16/08/2026

Wanted to keep my 48K Speccy + au natural but yeah that signal sucks. Time for it to get the snip!

Photo of a TV showing a very rough RF signal from a ZX Spectrum

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 15/08/2026

Back streaming tonight! Lets take the Master System back to 1987 for a change. 8pm BST over on twitch!

Modern Master System cartridge with a Tesco branded SD card

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 14/08/2026

Its been a painfully long one, but we're here at last. Lets Friday!

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 13/08/2026

Time to cool off properly

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 12/08/2026

This week's midweek recharge requires cold ones!

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 10/08/2026

Purple is the best flavour

Packet of saucy bbq Transform-a-snack, pickled onion Monster Munch and rub 'n saucy Nik Naks

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 09/08/2026

Earlier this week I resurrected my TNFS file browser, and today have almost finished it. Might drop it down to 42 columns instead of 64 - not always the most readable on composite.

Screenshot from a ZX Spectrum showing a single pane file manager listing games. The limited options are quit, rename and delete.

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 07/08/2026

Its been a long road, getting from there to here. Friday once more!

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 07/08/2026

Exellent use of the word whence in spdos.h

long lseek(int fd, long posn, int whence);

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