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  • Help reqd to fix some damaged .tzx filesDue to an oversight setting up Taper a few years ago, numerous .tzx files had some of their pauses reset to 0. I've gradually been fixing these as an…

    ... true representation of a full tape not just the game files ... look too all the commodore 64, amiga game tape/disk files only ...
    mel the bell mel the bell March 2005 MIA/STP/SDP
  • "Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]

    ... in other models then the Commodore 128 would have to be ... you wanted it. The CN2 tape was 'smart' and was much ... relied on your dads old tape recorder for data storage until ...
    beanz beanz July 2005 Games
  • "Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]

    ... other models then the Commodore 128 would have to ... Which just goes to show Commodore realised the mistake of ... wanted it. The CN2 tape was 'smart' and was ... on your dads old tape recorder for data storage ... Commodore who no doubt charged a small fortune. If a tape ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler July 2005 Games
  • "Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]

    ... other models then the Commodore 128 would have to ... Which just goes to show Commodore realised the mistake of ... wanted it. The CN2 tape was 'smart' and was ... on your dads old tape recorder for data storage ... Commodore who no doubt charged a small fortune. If a tape ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler July 2005 Games
  • "Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]

    ... it.[/quote]

    Commodore produced tape decks, 5.25" drives, 3 ... /> Third party companies knocked out tape decks, tape doublers, wafer drives, 5 ...
    TMR TMR July 2005 Games
  • BASIC programs for ZX Spectrum Simulator in C64One program, for now. [url="http://mstancevic.tripod.com/C64/C64_page_3.htm"]http://mstancevic.tripod.com/C64/C64_page_3.htm[/url]

    ... the Spectrum simulator on the Commodore a UDG-designer which didn ... UDG-designer on the Horizons tape did. It wasn't even ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP July 2005 Announcements
  • Commodore 16 (yuk!) help neededJust got hold of a whole bunch of retro computers. Slowly working through them, fixing, canibalising, dumping etc. does anyone know what power suppl…

    ... know what power supply the commodore 16 uses - it is not ... be up for a universal adaptor if i knew the voltage ... a kid i still think commodore suck
    [/quote]
    This ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler July 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Commodore 16 (yuk!) help neededJust got hold of a whole bunch of retro computers. Slowly working through them, fixing, canibalising, dumping etc. does anyone know what power suppl…

    ... know what power supply the commodore 16 uses - it is not ... be up for a universal adaptor if i knew the voltage ... a kid i still think commodore suck
    [/quote]
    This ...
    mel the bell mel the bell July 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • commodore 64 site???when I was a kid, I had the old +3 spectrum, most of my friends had the 48k and the +2 (my dad baught the +2 on christmas...got to impatient and swap…

    ... on the Spectrum that the Commodore 64 couldn`t do better ... , colour, standard joystick connectors, a tape deck with a counter supplied ...
    BuzzySounds BuzzySounds September 2005 Emulators
  • commodore 64 site???when I was a kid, I had the old +3 spectrum, most of my friends had the 48k and the +2 (my dad baught the +2 on christmas...got to impatient and swap…

    ... on the Spectrum that the Commodore 64 couldn`t do better ... , colour, standard joystick connectors, a tape deck with a counter supplied ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler September 2005 Emulators
  • Custom Speccys and the like.hiya all I've been tinkering with building a Super spectrum for some time now. The whole process had changed and grown and ended up nothing like wha…

    ... speccy inside, switchable hard drive, tape deck, +3 floppy drive... it ... the flat screen and keyboard adaptor.... also one of my wonderful ...
    ZX Beccy ZX Beccy October 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Why did the Commodore 64 lose to the Spectrum in the UK?The Commodore 64 was released in the UK in 1983. As we all know, it was a great machine from a US company with a much larger financial backing than t…

    ... .

    By the time Commodore started it's price war ... because of the crap C2N tape deck.

    BruceNorton BruceNorton December 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • A Few QuestionsHi, can you help with a few questions. 1. On ebay you see a lot of rubber key spectrums. How can you tell the difference between a 16k and 48k machi…

    ... and then switched to a Commodore C64 and left their 16K ... transfer of the the 128k tape version of the game where ... out on both disc and tape that had an exclusive +3 ... -releases always came out on tape).
    But as a rule ...
    Ashley Pomeroy Ashley Pomeroy January 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Chess Game with a slant to 2 player versionsHi y'all. I'm actually going through the spectrum collection for chess games with a slant towards 2 player games. The older the better. Before I ch…

    Grandmaster Chess for the C16. Very strong program for it's age and memory useage/ One side of the tape was a "novaload" turbo jobbie, the other side was the standard long load, Commodore standard that took over 15 minutes
    DEATH DEATH January 2006 Games
  • PCGDoes anyone remember a magazine called PCG ? (I think it was Personal Computer Gamer or something). It was a multi-format magazine. I remember readin…

    ... can remember having a cover tape, which probably wasn't too ... long before its demise. The tape consisted of primarily demos including ... side Spectrum and one side Commodore. The day I bought that ...
    Walrus Walrus January 2006 Games
  • Radio SoftwareDoes anybody remember back in the 80's, local FM radio stations used to close down at night, and every hour or so, transmit Speccy, Commie and BBC pr…

    ... that you recorded onto video tape and played back at slow ... data was mainly for Apple, Commodore and Beebs.

    BBC ...
    alchresearch alchresearch February 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Who's that girl?Can somebody tell me, who played, 'Shareth the HeartStealer' in the Doomdarks Revenge audio drama? What a great voice! Was she part of the Beyond S…

    ... . The audio tape was an extra on the Commodore 64 version of ...
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton April 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Gamex - New J.Cauldwell gameHas anyone bought this yet from Cronosoft ? Received my copy the other day. Absolutely love this ! 16 or so mini games packed into one game ! I l…

    ... FULLY WORKING CONDITION', complete with Commodore 16 power supply, a 8 ... />
    Anyway, can't you tape-users get with the program ...
    Matt_B Matt_B June 2006 Games
  • tapper on xpdoes tapper work on xp? planning to convert tzx to voc to wav

    how does the car adaptor work ?
    play on tape and then i can load the wav/tzx

    does it have enough volume ?



    do i have to drill the case to take out the cable?
    cdjgroup cdjgroup June 2006 Emulators
  • tapper on xpdoes tapper work on xp? planning to convert tzx to voc to wav

    ... does the car adaptor work ?
    play on tape and then i ... against the head in the tape deck. It works brilliantly - I ...
    trellis trellis June 2006 Emulators
  • tapper on xpdoes tapper work on xp? planning to convert tzx to voc to wav

    I use a similar casette adaptor with PC+XP+SBLive! and + ... a tape. First I load a copying software to speccy using adaptor ... , eg. MasterCopy128. Second, still by adaptor, I load ... off an adaptor and insert a brand new TDK tape, and save ...
    xor xor July 2006 Emulators
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... would be on display, Sinclair, commodore, Acorn, Dragon etc.

    tape deck and even worse power ... was lamost as slow as tape.

    As I said ...
    BruceNorton BruceNorton August 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... within 2 years. Built in tape drives, odd sized computer disks ... buy all our games on tape.

    In any case ... bonus.

    I doubt Commodore thought they'd still be ...
    Matt_B Matt_B September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... at 3D games than the Commodore. Anyone who has played Elite ... whupping.

    Whilst the Commodore 64 was a good machine ... and almost as slow as tape and it also had a ...
    BruceNorton BruceNorton September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... at 3D games than the Commodore. Anyone who has played Elite ... .

    [quote]Whilst the Commodore 64 was a good machine ... and almost as slow as tape and it also had a ...
    JamesD JamesD September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…

    ... it doesn't have a tape counter and the datarecorder wasn ... much much better than the commodore 64 :lol:
    BruceNorton BruceNorton October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…

    Given the number of tape drives they purchased or manufactured ... also have to remember that Commodore was aiming the C116 at ...
    JamesD JamesD October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…

    ... ]Given the number of tape drives they purchased or manufactured ... have to remember that Commodore was aiming the C116 ... was nothing without software. Commodore was instead pitching the C64 ... t think either Amstrad or Commodore were particularly interested in ...
    Matt_B Matt_B October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…

    ... a leg up on the Commodore. Fast mass storage included. It ... that's also why the tape had some loading issues and ...
    JamesD JamesD October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Byter and U.F.O. by Protek?Who says these are available for the Speccy? I've often wondered where this info comes from - any info I've seen shows these as available for the ZX-…

    ... returned to me the +3 adaptor which I gave you along ... /> Some collectors opt to make tape/disk images themselves, this is ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker October 2006 MIA/STP/SDP
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