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Top 100 things to do while your Speccy is loading100. Stick on the kettle and nip down the shops for a nice bar of chocolate to go with your tea. _________________ BigBadMick (bigbadmick2000@hotmai…
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Have sex with someone (or yourself, if there's no-one about).
Bonus points for (a) being "in sync" with the loading noise (b) timing your finish to coincide with the game loading (c) lasting as long as a 128k Bleepload game. -
Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... -BYTES, but like Speedlock and Bleepload, 47loader always switches the border ... -
Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... have an idea for a Bleepload-style loader which loaded a ... -
Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... have an idea for a Bleepload-style loader which loaded a ... -
Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... structure is thus similar to Bleepload, only with much shorter pilots ... -
Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
You know, with an extra couple of bytes for a sequence id, and some code to check each block, you'd have a superlative version of Bleepload :)
Excellent work by the way!
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Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... have a superlative version of Bleepload :)[/quote]Each of the individual ... -
Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... it's structurally more like Bleepload. But even though the implementation ... -
Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
Ooh, a fake Bleepload too... might have to use ... -
Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... a ridiculous one-byte faux-Bleepload, you could divvy the payload ... finally finish. (Just like real Bleepload!)
The Alkatraz-style ... -
The 'Interface 1bis' as tape player<span class="wysiwyg-font-size-medium"> </span><p><span>The latest function added to the ‘Interface 1bis’ is that of a tape player. Files stored …
... ;roller - turbo speed
Rickdangerous - Bleepload
Twister - complicated .. :)
Dan ... -
Games with border effectsI'm putting this up off the back of another discussion about hi-res colour effects in games. Which ones do you remember? I believe that Aquaplane …
... was 'Cobra'.
And bleepload was another good idea, but ... -
Are turbo loaders worth it?I found turbo loaders fascinating and I've spent quite some time disassembling and trying different types, and they work great when I load the games …
... lead tones less than Firebird Bleepload, IIRC that loads the data ... -
Are turbo loaders worth it?I found turbo loaders fascinating and I've spent quite some time disassembling and trying different types, and they work great when I load the games …
... /10000spoons_photos/PP2.gif
Bleepload looks fast, after these... -
Ultimate games with short machine code files loaded lastThis is a bit geeky, you've been warned! I remember early Ultimate games loaded from tape had the ascending beeping noise, a "Please wait" message, …
... . I think they partially invented Bleepload to confuse that. It's ... -
comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2016 is now openHi. Having won, or is it lost (well, whatever it is - I'm just as confused as the rest of you), I am proud to announce that along with Gab Amore (…
... for the full annoying Firebird Bleepload experience. Or even better, 256 ... -
MakeTZXHaving problems with the Windows version of MakeTZX, both in Win7 and XP. Is it me?
... loader type (in this case, bleepload), sometimes fails to find the ... last bleepload part when told it's ... bleepload, The sample I've made ... -
Tape Loaders and Tape MasteringHi guys, A couple of questions. As I'm getting towards the later stages of developing a game that's eventually going to get a physical release, I …
... /KennyDalglishSoccerManager(MasterTape)(ZeppelinGamesLtd).tzx.zip"]Bleepload master tape[/url] for [url ... -
Tape Loaders and Tape MasteringHi guys, A couple of questions. As I'm getting towards the later stages of developing a game that's eventually going to get a physical release, I …
... /KennyDalglishSoccerManager(MasterTape)(ZeppelinGamesLtd).tzx.zip"]Bleepload master tape[/url] for [url ... -
Name that loading noiseA friend has found some computer data on the B-side of a 7" record released in 1982, but can't work out what machine it's for. Have a listen: http…
[quote="fog;894495"]or even something like "basicode" which is multi format.[/quote]
Ta for that, I'm wondering if it's Basicode for the BBC now (as opposed to the original BBC format which I remember being like Bleepload, but slower) -
Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
Fix for Starfox (load in 48k mode):
http://metalbrain.speccy.org/Starfox_fix.tzx
Interrupt vector changed from $39 to $3B. This was easy to diagnose, but hard to patch due to Bleepload, but I did manage in the end. -
Bug in Empire! by Firebird?Hi I got this game on a YS covertape years ago and really enjoyed it. It's a space shooting/trading type of thing like Elite but in a top down view.…
I couldn't find a tap so removed the bleepload from the tzx and made one. This will load from 128 mode too.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lgp479c58cpdmib/Empire.tap?dl=1
Fire 'X' works. -
1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…
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Oh... sodding Bleepload, I hate you so much ... -
1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…
... ;908021"]
Oh... sodding Bleepload, I hate you so much ... -
Headerless tape loading blocksIs there any way to convert headerless machine code blocks to regular headed blocks? I imagine it involves Taper. I ask because now that I know I'…
... bizarre custom loader outside of Bleepload, and the TAP version (despite ... -
Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
... note, I just figure out Bleepload (well, a particularly flavor), and ... -
Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
... ’t profess to know how Bleepload works on the CPC, but ... -
Flying Shark - Maximum firepower PokeI'm playing Flying Shark again and it's difficult! The tip shop has pokes for immunity, extra lives etc. but these make it too easy. So does anyon…
... two addresses are being modified. Bleepload loads small data blocks at ... -
Spectaculator 8.0 and 47loaderHi all I'm messing with [url="https://github.com/stephenw32768/47loader"]47loader[/url] (which is GREAT and very fun btw) and I find that Spectacu…
WIth the samples it's ok, but they are only a few ones. I think Bleepload was one that made Spectaculator fails, but I can't recall all tested combinations. -
Someone knows the size limit of TAP files , TZX on emulators and real spectrum for saving blocks ?Hi Someone knows the size limit of TAP files , TZX on emulators and real spectrum for saving blocks ? The limit is the number of blocks or si…
... if they use something like Bleepload.
In practical terms ...
