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Most useless tape ever...

bversteebverstee
edited July 2013 in Games
I got my hands on this tape, and thought: there must be SOMETHING usefull on it; "I can't believe it is only to test if the taperecorder works"...

I was wrong...

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Worthless piece of ****! :D

Now Scrabble and Make a Chip suddenly seem complex pieces of software ;)
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  • MouseyMousey
    edited July 2013
    There is a hidden game - hold down T, H, R and O on the "Tape Load O.K." screen and it takes you into an updated +2 version of "Thro' the Wall".
  • bversteebverstee
    edited July 2013
    Mousey wrote: »
    There is a hidden game - hold down T, H, R and O on the "Tape Load O.K." screen and it takes you into an updated +2 version of "Thro' the Wall".

    I can do that without the easter egg ;)
  • BloodBazBloodBaz
    edited July 2013
    That is funny! :-)
    I particularly like the "IMPORTANT" heading at the top!
  • MattLambMattLamb
    edited July 2013
    I had this. I don't think I ever loaded it up at the time, even out of curiosity.
  • fogfog
    edited July 2013
    I think it's just a simple test to test the azimuth ? as they were probably gettin loads of machines back with out of alignment tape decks.

    remember the amstrads have onboard test right ? so that wasn't needed on the tape
  • gasmangasman
    edited July 2013
    Well, of course it didn't do anything useful, because your tape deck was working fine already. If you load it on a broken tape deck, though, it gives you a full page of diagnostics about what's wrong, complete with a full-motion video of how to adjust the azimuth screw. It's quite impressive, really...
  • bversteebverstee
    edited July 2013
    gasman wrote: »
    Well, of course it didn't do anything useful, because your tape deck was working fine already. If you load it on a broken tape deck, though, it gives you a full page of diagnostics about what's wrong, complete with a full-motion video of how to adjust the azimuth screw. It's quite impressive, really...

    Ok, I'll test it tonight.
  • DunnyDunny
    edited July 2013
    Is this tape preserved at all? I can't find it on the archive.

    D.
  • MattLambMattLamb
    edited July 2013
    Dunny wrote: »
    Is this tape preserved at all? I can't find it on the archive.

    D.

    It's in Archive/Utilities under Test Tape.
  • zx1zx1
    edited July 2013
    I had a +2 and just used a music tape to get the azimuth right (i still do to this day).
    The trouble with tribbles is.......
  • bversteebverstee
    edited July 2013
    zx1 wrote: »
    I had a +2 and just used a music tape to get the azimuth right (i still do to this day).

    Does that tape say 'Important' too?
  • zx1zx1
    edited July 2013
    bverstee wrote: »
    Does that tape say 'Important' too?

    No it usually says something like 'The Beatles' or 'Level 42'.
    The trouble with tribbles is.......
  • bversteebverstee
    edited July 2013
    zx1 wrote: »
    No it usually says something like 'The Beatles' or 'Level 42'.

    My taperecorders don't have a level 42, the Spectrums ULA can't handle that volume!
  • JuanF. RamirezJuanF. Ramirez
    edited July 2013
    Have you seen the wos score for this program?

    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekscore.cgi?id=0011138

    Amazing!
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