Possibility of being prosecuted for false advertising ?
Is this Retro Computers or Boris Johnson ?
ZX Spectrum reboot scandal firm's original directors rejoin
The times, they are a-changin’ at flailing ZX Spectrum reboot biz Retro Computers Ltd as two of the firm’s original directors have rejoined it – with a furious chairman insisting this is “illegal”. Paul Andrews and founder Chris Smith rejoined the company earlier this week, according to filings made at Companies House that …
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Friday 9th November 2018 14:55 GMT Oh Matron!
Re: Massive-
Which is exactly what happened to my copy of Chequered Flag. Some idiot flicked the polarity switch the wrong way on my cassette power adapter, means the tap unspooled itself into the cassette deck. Took me ages to fish it out.
Chequered flag would only then load if:
It was a tuesday
The wind from from the south east
The ice cream van had already been
the FTSE had lost more than 0.2% for the day
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Friday 9th November 2018 15:25 GMT pig
Re: Massive-
True Story.
The only way Chequered Flag ever loaded for me was if I stopped the tape half way through the loading, rewound it a bit, then hit play again.
I don't know how I discovered this, but I do find it amusing to this day that I didn't find it odd at all.
That's just how it was having a Speccy. You learned to be creative to get things working.
(Like my level skip cheat for Operation Wolf. It involved rubbing my socked feet across the keyboard until it gave the message it was skipping to the next level).
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Friday 9th November 2018 16:15 GMT Only me!
This is taking longer to play out than......
Loading the original games....remember have loads of games on a C90 tape, because you could not afford to buy a few C30's.....loading them was very hit and miss! Unlike this saga....at least some of it work in the end!!!
Ok it is Friday so it must be beer o'clock for all those that member the good old days of 80's!
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Saturday 10th November 2018 03:46 GMT DrBed
optimistic prediction
Money is probably lost, but justice is yet to come.
Levy lost this chess play.
Mr. Andrews and Mr. Smith could fix it, because TheC64 Mini is selling well (relatively big success at USA and Canada market); Retro Games LTD retains IPs and good relations with many IP holders.
They did it once already - although Levy spent hundred thousands RCL quids to stop them.
What is the problem? That is exactly the sum missing to fulfill backers of Vega+ - to remade and produce new Vega+ edition of much better quality.
RGL still needs to close their own missing "big" model of TheC64, promised to their own backers. But as they announce it recently, it seems that it is already in production, so it could came for Black Friday (and plenty of cash with).
So it could be light at the end of tunnel for ZXspecimens.
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Saturday 10th November 2018 22:59 GMT Anonymous Coward
So let me get this straight...
So is Paul Andrews now in a position to give a refund to the guy he helped sue RCL (ElReg 31 Jan)? And is he still available to show up in court to help any of the other backers sue his own company, or is he going to be too busy defending himself in court against himself?
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Wednesday 14th November 2018 16:09 GMT Anonymous Coward
Errrmmm....
Those 'filings at Companies House' to which you refer...
...Have just been reversed.
Shenanigans? From this crowd? Surely not?
(It appears one party is asserting - at least publicly - that they were not appointed by the board; the other that they were appropriately installed by a majority vote of shareholders).
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Wednesday 5th December 2018 14:23 GMT VulcanV5
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You're correct. It's a pity El Reg didn't update this. The two new directors who were formerly the two old directors are now the ex-new-old-former-current directors. Companies House reports the termination of both directorships on November 2nd, the same day as Companies House reports the appointment of the instantly-terminated directors. Perhaps this could be released in the form of a game for the Spectrum? Either way, the lawyers are feeding well off this: does 75% shareholder voting count? (Answer: most likely it does. But it's when it counts: has there been an EGM?)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
