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  • +2A external tape loadingGot a +2A on the way and will want to load externally. Now I know that the +2A is basically a stripped down +3 with a tape deck instead of a floppy …

    ... basically a stripped down +3 with a tape deck instead of a ... I also understand it the +3 tape loading lead works on a +2A ... anyone have pinouts on the tape loading/saving lead. I have scoured ...
    Keith Coles Keith Coles March 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrum +3 tape Loading !Hi all ! Wonder if anyone else has come across this. Ive recently bought a +3 from ebay. On the whole its fab. The disks work fine, the 128k tape g…

    ... Ive recently bought a +3 from ebay. On the ... work fine, the 128k tape games work fine, but ... hassle - and ive tried two external tape recorders.

    I ... just wont load on the +3.

    Whats ... to work whatever volume the tape recorders are set to ...
    Cheesecake0304 Cheesecake0304 March 2015 Hardware
  • ZX +2 - Can I connect external tape player?Is it possible to connect external tape player to ZX Spectrum +2/A and use it instead of the internal player? The connector is marked tape/sound, but…

    Is it possible to connect external tape player to ZX Spectrum +2/ ... player? The connector is marked tape/sound, but am not sure ... input. The documentation for ZX +3 shows that the connector can ...
    pkupcik pkupcik June 2010 Hardware
  • Possible tape loading modI've got an idea for improving the reliability of loading from mp3 players or computer soundcards on the +3 or Black +2... It seems to work but I ju…

    ... for improving the reliability of loading from mp3 players or ... computer soundcards on the +3 or Black +2...
    ... /> A quick simulation of the +3 tape loading circuit seems to confirm that ... needing an amplifier or boosted loading tones etc.

    ...
    guesser guesser October 2010 Hardware
  • The trials and tribulations of the external tape recorderAnd you may find this a strange topic, because having been a +2 owner for the last 31-and-a bit years, it's not something I've had to deal with in th…

    ... one of those new tape recorders from Argos, the ... would have the same tape transport mechanism as every ... tested it with a +3 (I don't have a ... MUMMY" and then R Tape Loading Error as soon as the ... 's considerably lower tolerance for loading errors.

    ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone May 2019 Hardware
  • Tape Loading SoundHi, Could anyone tell me where I can get a copy of the tape loading sound of a spectrum? Im sorry if this seems a stupid question, but I have looked…

    Hi,

    Could anyone tell me where I can get a copy of the tape loading sound of a spectrum? Im sorry if this seems a stupid question, but I have looked for quite a while and not found it anywhere.

    Thanks

    E
    Echilda Echilda May 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • External tape deck for the plus 2aCan anyone tell me if you can use an external tape deck on the plus 2a using the 'tape/sound' socket? Ta :)

    Can anyone tell me if you can use an external tape deck on the plus 2a using the 'tape/sound' socket?
    Ta :)
    itsallgood itsallgood November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spin v0.504 - "R Tape loading error"?Has anybody else had the problem that when you turn off all the tape-loader optimisations (Standard blocks, Edge loader & Byte loader), loading any T…

    ... the tape-loader optimisations (Standard blocks, Edge loader & Byte loader), loading ... will result in an "R Tape loading error" at the end of ...
    bobs bobs November 2005 Emulators
  • R: Tape Loading Error on an EMULATOR??I was just trying to load 'Stop The Express' (a TAP file on a WOS Cdrom) on to a Mac OS X 10.4.6. TAPs (in OS X, I don't have Classic installed) AF…

    ... into the 2nd block loading i get 'R: Tape Loading Error'!

    Mark R. Jones Mark R. Jones June 2006 Emulators
  • R: Tape Loading ErrorCan anyone explain how the Speccy knew that the loaded code was corrupt? I thought that in machine code every byte could be a instruction, so how wou…

    ... that most of the my Tape Loading Error errors occured right at ...
    Womble Womble October 2006 Hardware
  • Those RANDOMIZE USR lines that look like tape loading...I often see on here people mentioning those RANDOMIZE USR lines which when entered, seem to simulate a tape loading, with the colours and lines in th…

    ... entered, seem to simulate a tape loading, with the colours and lines ... record is pressed on the tape recorder of an emulator, it ... will output to the tape. Nothing can be loaded though ...
    alexsut alexsut April 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • External tape player into +2AMy tape player keeps acting up on my beloved :roll: +2A, tried cleaners and adjusting the head. No luck. Is there any way of connecting an external …

    My tape player keeps acting up on ... any way of connecting an external tape player to it. If it ...
    carlinski carlinski July 2007 Hardware
  • Tape loading issues - can anyone help?Hi, I have just bought a +2 which has a problem. Whenever I try to load a tape the spectrum refuses to acknowledge what I am doing. I have tried in …

    ... try to load a tape the spectrum refuses to ... cyan border. Instead the tape just runs with no effect ...
    I have tried a tape I know loads (tested it ... the screw between the tape desk and the tape controls.
    ... ? Can I rig an external tape player to the +2 ...
    Outraged Donkey Outraged Donkey July 2008 Hardware
  • Persistant tape loading error*big cheery wave* Got myself an ebay 48k rubber key speccy recently. Seems to be working ok, excpept for tape loading errors. Tried from a few sour…

    ... be working ok, excpept for tape loading errors.

    Tried ... br />
    Signals seem good, loading screens load, it all just ...
    Skool daze loads the loading screen, gets to the end ... screen.

    Tried loading 16k programs to see if ...
    MickyM MickyM February 2011 Hardware
  • Playing tunes with tape loading noiseAnd now for something completely different. Not a man with a tape recorder up his nose, but a short video - [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScKK…

    ... /> Not a man with a tape recorder up his nose,
    tape loading noise[/URL].
    It's ...
    TheShich TheShich March 2011 Announcements
  • Tape loading from PCSo, I found that I had been using the wrong audio jack socket on my 48k for tape loading (my spectrum is in a third party case, so there are not labe…

    ... socket on my 48k for tape loading (my spectrum is in a ...
    vext01 vext01 October 2012 Hardware
  • +2 external tape input. Best method?I've seen various ways of connecting an external tape input to a +2, like soldering the wires directly to where the tape head connects to the tape bo…

    ... various ways of connecting an external tape input to a +2, like ... to where the tape head connects to the tape board or tapping ... into the connector from the tape drive to the main board ... various other points on the tape board, but what is the ...
    whoremoan whoremoan December 2014 Hardware
  • Is there a way to suppress error R Tape Loading Error in Basic when trying to load only part of fileHi, is there a way to suppress error R Tape Loading Error in Basic when trying to load only part of file. E.g.: I have a Tape-Code-File Start f…

    ... way to suppress error R Tape Loading Error in Basic when trying ... /> E.g.: I have a Tape-Code-File Start from e ... Bytes which come in the Tape-File from Byte 6913 to ... try this, I get "R Tape Loading error, 0:1"

    Luzie Luzie September 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • The R-Tape loading Era. An Easter story?R-Tape loading era Nostalgia's a funny thing you know. You might remember what at the time seemed a damn nuisance, only to recall it much later…

    R-Tape loading era

    ... an era when cassette tape loading and saving of programs ... cure for the dreaded R-Tape loading error.

    ... my computer and its tape recorder back and forth ... played havoc on the tape heads, hence the need ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch March 2018 Chit chat
  • Emulation vs SpecApologies if this is an old thread, what does anyone think is the best - playing spectrum games through emulation or on a real speccy? I feel it's b…

    ... game would load , seeing the loading screen , wondering what the game ... game to load, especially after 3 R Tape Loading errors, when it finally ...
    Collie Collie August 2007 Games
  • Emulation vs SpecApologies if this is an old thread, what does anyone think is the best - playing spectrum games through emulation or on a real speccy? I feel it's b…

    ... game to load, especially after 3 R Tape Loading errors, when it finally ... to load it up on tape I would play it for ...
    psj3809 psj3809 August 2007 Games
  • Spectrum 128k +2 (Grey) EAR modI have mounted a mono stereo jack in my +2 and am trying to connect it to get an external EAR port to load programs from my PC/MP3 player etc. I ha…

    One possible solution for external tape loading on the Grey +2 that ... you EAR and MIC for tape operations on the same socket ...
    guesser guesser July 2012 Hardware
  • ZX meets Atmos[URL="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SINCLAIR-ZX-SPECTRUM-2-GREY-128K-CUSTOM/171109564816?_trksid=p2047675.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D333005%26algo%3DRIC.FIT%2…

    ... ]Are the coloured stripes "just" tape? Looks like it from some ... . A bit wary of using tape, I'd be. Usually comes ... he's retained the tape pcb for the external tape loading, the addition of ...
    BiNMaN BiNMaN August 2013 Hardware
  • How do you get an external tape recorder to work on a +2a?Just for the hell of it, just say the internal cassette player stopped working. What command would you use when hooking up an external player, so the…

    ... use when hooking up an external player, so the specci would ... I've just got a +3 tape lead, but want to see ... very impatient waiting for my +3...
    mutantcamel mutantcamel December 2005 Hardware
  • +2 Tape RecorderI was given a +2 for Christmas in 1991, it packed up in 1995 but in the 3 or so but it got some quite intensive use in that time. One issue I rememb…

    ... in 1995 but in the 3 or so but it got ... datacorder was quite unreliable, R Tape Loading Error was quite common and ... and rewired it so an external tape recorder could be used, this ... modified it to use an external tape recorder.
    Zoe Zoe February 2010 Hardware
  • External Tape / Audio Input on Spectrum +2AEvening all, I've just picked up a Spectrum +2A and have been trying to load TZX files from my Mac into the Spectrum. I know the leads and methods …

    ... 've been doing on my +3. However, I can't get ... I'm using the sound / tape in port, but the +2A ... to move away from the +3 due to the AY sound ... ).

    So, can an external audio source be used on ... to get one of those tape adaptors for iPods, and put ...
    roberthazelby roberthazelby August 2010 Hardware
  • Tape loading for realHi, Having failed to load anything from my laptop or phone into my 48k, I have sourced a data recorder. An acorn ALF03. When I received the item I …

    ... the two extra pins for tape control (which I don't ... so above pins 1 and 3 in the the diagram in ... din socket pins 2 and 3 I had no luck. ... ground. This again gives weak loading bars.

    What ... kid, I remember the loading noise coming from the speccy ...
    vext01 vext01 October 2012 Hardware
  • +2 Force Loading from external tapeHi all My tape player is shot and now thanks to my frustration not functioning what so ever i see there is a Tape/Audio port on the back of the spec…

    Hi all

    My tape player is shot and now ... i see there is a Tape/Audio port on the back ... to load will it start loading automatically when it hears the ...
    dreamscape dreamscape July 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • [NEW]: Spectaculator 4.0Hi everyone, Finally managed to finish it... enjoy! --- [NEW]: Spectaculator 4.0 Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs runnin…

    ... programs and data from external audio sources such as ... blocks now correctly reports R Tape
    loading error.

    3.0 beta 1
    ... --------------------------------

    As 3.0 beta 1 never became ...
    Jon Needle Jon Needle January 2003 Emulators
  • Trouble loading old tape - any restoration software available?Hi there, I am trying to load in an 18 year old basic game that a friend of mine wrote. However, I am getting R Tape loading error, 0:1 after about a…

    ... . However, I am getting R Tape loading error, 0:1 after about ...
    paynterr paynterr September 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
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