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  • How do I convert a spectrum audio tape into a spectrum file?Hi there, I have a couple of old tapes lying around with some v.old spectrum basic programs written many years ago. I'd like to digitise these for po…

    ... 've got to play the tape through the sound card, record ... some tool to convert the audio signal into a byte stream ... spectrum PC formats?
    The tape image is just the image ...
    paynterr paynterr September 2003 Emulators
  • tzx to tapehow do i put a tzx file to a audio tape, i want to back up my old speccy games to play on my speccy

    how do i put a tzx file to a audio tape, i want to back up my old speccy games to play on my speccy
    matabhaine matabhaine September 2003 Games
  • Kansas City Standard tape data --> File?Someone here will know this. Does there exist a utility to read Kansas City Standard audio tape data from an audio file (e.g. WAV or similar) and d…

    Someone here will know this.

    Does there exist a utility to read Kansas City Standard audio tape data from an audio file (e.g. WAV or similar) and dump the raw bytes to a file?

    Thanks!
    trellis trellis February 2011 Chit chat
  • Tech question about microdriveshi ! I dont know if someone out there can help me I recently got my paws into an interface 1 and 2 microdrive units form an ebay auction they wore …

    ... ?

    Try using some tape head cleaner on a cotton ... be surprised how much difference cleaning the head can make). You ... off to get to the tape head but you have to ... felt pad behind the tape (just like an audio tape, but smaller). If ...
    Jimmy Jimmy February 2009 Hardware
  • What % of WOSSERS use "old school" tape loading when playing their Speccy games.My guess is .000000001% ( but I might be slightly out on this! ) Do people still enjoy doing it "the old way"?

    [quote="harriusherbartio;955282"]Cleaning the Tape Heads on a second hand ... . You just need the Chamois cleaning "thingies" on bent plastic sticks ... /uk/item/25653428-vinyl-styl-audio-tape-cassette-head-cleaner-demagnetizer?gclid ...
    dmsmith dmsmith August 2019 Chit chat
  • Having problems with Falcon Patrol 2Ive recently discovered the wonder of TZX.files, giving my old 48k spectrum a new lease of life.. But im having problems getting a copy of Falcon P…

    ... a TZX. file, recorded to Audio Tape) to run on a real ...
    rubber speccy rubber speccy June 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Entire Sinclair Software Collection For Sale - Built Up Since 1988!Sinclair Spectrum Software For Sale Information below includes the title of the software, the type of media it is supplied on and the price. I can a…

    ...
    Azimuth Head Alignment Tape Kit/Wheelin Wallie????????????? (Interceptor Software ...
    Crash Sneak Preview Tape 1998

    48K ...
    +3 Disk (+ 1 Audio Tape)

    ?7.00< ... br /> Sinclair User: Twelve Pack Tape 8

    48K/ ...
    retrogod retrogod March 2004 Sales
  • Frankie Goes to HollywoodAfter a sale on eBay, I have one spectrum game left; Frankie Goes to Hollywood. It's the ocean release in the big box, near mint condition with manua…

    ... manual, poster order form, relax audio tape and of course the 48k ...
    JustForOnce JustForOnce March 2004 Sales
  • Mean machines help needed x-)Just started work on doing the dvd for the original Mean machine mags, Anybody any spare copies or mainly freebies which came with the mags as I hav…

    ... are:

    Issue 2 audio tape
    Issue 3,p81-82 ...
    Mort! Mort! November 2005 Chit chat
  • CassettesIs anyone here in agreement, that it's bloody annoying that shops decide when to make a product obselete (and not the consumers)? I recently bought …

    ... making music with (that uses audio tape) - but could I find a ... decent quality blank tape to buy for it?
    tape in the shops is damn ... of new hi-fis have tape decks, you'd think you ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers January 2006 Games
  • I've just found a couple of my old cassettes...Some people have interesting old cassettes full of machine code experiments they made while they were still at school. Not me. I found one cassette…

    ... /> Anyway, the other tape I found was an audio tape of old Spectrum ... />
    "The Programs on this tape are tunes from other games ... so select tape tester and press play", I ... />
    For the record, the tape contains:

    Side 1 ...
    Jmk Jmk January 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Help with a tune...For years I've had this tune on an audio tape. I've always kinda liked it, but I have never known what it's called, or who it's by. I'd like to get …

    ... had this tune on an audio tape. I've always kinda liked ... is a transfer from the tape - I've cleaned it up ... by the age of the tape.
    The Starglider The Starglider March 2006 Chit chat
  • Speccy stuff for free - you collect from SW18Hi chaps, Righto, all my Speccy stuff has to go but I can't post it (sorry Craig!), it's far too much hassle. If you want all of the below, feel fre…

    ... YS - Vatman
    SU Mega Tape 22 - Operation Thunderbolt
    ... YS Smash Tape 25 - Thing! (2 copies ... Premier League
    SU - Mega Tape 19 - Mailstrom
    Crash - ... Mantronix/Red Door
    SU Audio Tape - 6 Coin-op Soundtracks< ...
    Vertigo Vertigo July 2006 Sales
  • There comes a time in a mans.........There comes a time in a mans life when he gets to a cross road, shall he turn left or right, he waits, unsure...pulls a fockin carrot out from his as…

    ... Light Gun, passport and an audio tape with instructions from M)

    He inserts the tape into his Hinari twin deck ... "duplicate" his mates 90 min tape with shit load of games ...
    Dusti Dusti December 2007 Chit chat
  • Donald's Circus Star - MIA Spec title??I'm not 100% sure this is a Spec title but I've tried googling it and it doesn't seem to be an audio tape or anything like that. If it's already in t…

    ... 't seem to be an audio tape or anything like that. If ... something like a tape from one of those tape and book things ...
    richl richl September 2010 MIA/STP/SDP
  • How do I play 'music tapes;, to sample sounds in Emulators?I have been messing about this afternoon, trying to use various sound utilities in the Archive, they mostly seem to require me to play an audio tape…

    ... require me to play an audio tape, I've tried converting .mp3 ... the sound in from an audio tape. That sort of thing,
    thx1138 thx1138 February 2012 Chit chat
  • Byron Software - Scoreboard/Nat West TrophyEvening everyone Hope no-one minds this post, but I see the above is classed as MIA. Today I picked up a box load of cassettes, and this seems to be …

    ... how do I convert an audio tape to .txz (Im using Linux ...
    4000h 4000h May 2014 MIA/STP/SDP
  • New version emulator ZEsarUX-2.0Hi I have uploaded a new version of my ZX80/81/Spectrum/Z88 emulator on [url]http://sourceforge.net/projects/zesarux/[/url] Changes are: Added Ca…

    ... Z88 emulation
    Added Real audio tape loading on ZX Spectrum, ZX80 ... tapes or any type of tape loading for standard/non standard ...
    chernandezba chernandezba January 2015 Emulators
  • Introducing Your Computer by BBC Software [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0015093&loadpics=3"]Introducing Science Extra - Using Your Computer[/url] (listed as MIA) is…

    ... Radio 4 (later available on audio tape) and was also released for ...
    impomatic impomatic January 2018 Infoseek database
  • The funniest thing we made with the spectrumHello. The funniest thing i made with the spectrum were championships with my buddy francisco on a game called 3d stunt car racer, i think that was t…

    ... videotape while a poor quality audio tape was playing, being recorded onto ... video tape at the same time..
    zeropolis79 zeropolis79 May 2002 Games
  • using pc audio for spectrum use?is it possible to use the audio from the pc on a spectrum pc run game, to load onto a spectrum? ive tried to put the audio onto an audio cassette, bu…

    ... had problems transfering tzxs to audio tape myself, the spectrum seems to ... you're using a stereo tape deck try adusting the balance ... a +2 saw off the tape deck and wire in something ... used a really crappy mono tape deck to record off my ...
    Anonymous Anonymous August 2002 Emulators
  • Mire MareThis could have been posted before, but What is the myth surrounding this game..i've read reviews off different people and some say it was finished a…

    ... was a great deal of audio tape scattered around the pathways.
    tape around the UK in hope ... someone will actually collect the tape and find that long lost ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins July 2003 Games
  • Having problems with Falcon Patrol 2Ive recently discovered the wonder of TZX.files, giving my old 48k spectrum a new lease of life.. But im having problems getting a copy of Falcon P…

    ... a extremely fast loader. The tape version never really loads every ... 57 games recorded on to audio tape.

    Regards

    rubber speccy rubber speccy July 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Corruption (Rainbird)This Magnetic Scrolls adventure is marked MIA by Infoseek but the .dsk always used to be on WOS - I downloaded it years ago from here. Now the .dsk …

    ... the MP3 files of the audio tape to be played in several ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu September 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Music / BonustracksHi all, Is there a reason for some of the low quality MP3s still in the above folder? If not, could someone please upload clearer versions of the f…

    ... fact that the original source tape had degraded and the MP3 ... digital master copies of the audio to make them better. Perhaps ... who's source is an audio tape likes the ones we're ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker September 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • emulation Vs real speccy-which is better?i got thinking about the above topic subject and i came up reasons FOR emulation:- 1.when the monitor displays some spectrum graphics,there is no bl…

    ... record onto video-tape, or record sound onto audio-tape.

    --
    andrewbroad andrewbroad October 2003 Games
  • emulation Vs real speccy-which is better?i got thinking about the above topic subject and i came up reasons FOR emulation:- 1.when the monitor displays some spectrum graphics,there is no bl…

    [quote]
    * I can't load my old Spectrum-cassettes (particularly software I wrote myself, and denied games)
    * I can no longer record onto video-tape, or record sound onto audio-tape.
    [/quote]

    Yes you can.
    cyborg cyborg October 2003 Games
  • Bizarre GamesJust having looked at the encyclopedia-obsucra website and noticed there was a weird series of games in Japan called Cho-aniki (a beat-em-up with hom…

    ... ever played, especially with the audio tape playing in the background)
    stupidget stupidget December 2003 Games
  • AdventuresCan anyone recommend adventure games for the Spectrum? I know I have played a few back in the days (Black Crystal and Greedy Gulch ring a bell), but…

    Ahh, here's my ha'penny worth:

    Book of the Dead
    The Big Sleaze
    The Way of the Exploding Tits
    Valkyrie 17 (complete with audio tape!)
    Gnome Ranger
    Beatle Quest
    The_Sentinel The_Sentinel July 2004 Games
  • Saving games today on a real speccyOne thing I can't do on a real speccy is save games, or programs in general. My MD player doesn't have a mic minijack socket, and it's not really app…

    ... response on different types of audio tape, but my initial guess would ... /> I do recon that the audio on a video machine would ...
    Sharopolis Sharopolis September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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