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  • TZX to TAPIs there an application for the mac which will convert TZX files to TAP? I've searched around but can't find any.

    ... a dump of the original tape, it's not. Not ... spectrum *heard* - not the tape data as it was.
    tape is quite involved. It ... and the background noise and tape hiss can play havoc with ... are quite a few CSW (compressed square waves, a type ...
    Dunny Dunny July 2002 MIA/STP/SDP
  • TZX to TAPIs there an application for the mac which will convert TZX files to TAP? I've searched around but can't find any.

    ... br /> [/quote]

    Tape timings vary, even within certain ... tolerance in most loaders for "tape wobble". Basically, to convert ... accelerates the program, not the tape.

    [quote]
    compressed, and even better compression ...
    Dunny Dunny July 2002 MIA/STP/SDP
  • C64 sites similar to WOS...?WOS is the BEST emulation site fullstop. What a fab idea to collect everything and put it all in one place. my question is though is the same being d…

    ... image ), [B]T64[/B] ( tape ), [B]Tap[/B] ( tape :) ), [B]Crt[/B ... ), [B]Csm[/B] ( Tape Image ), [B]Cas[/B] ( Tape Image ). There's ... that are very weird, some compressed with gzip ( kinda like Amiga ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • AssemblersProbably asked a question that's been asked a million times before... but... I've decided to do a bit of old Speccy machine coding again, after 20 y…

    ... not having it say "Start tape then press any key" at ... and how to load the compressed compiled screens, usiing the package ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Development
  • Basic Compilers and My Compressor CodeAs I mentioned in another thread I'm currently writing a set of compression routines for saving +3 disk space. I've done the first stage (write the …

    ... original source data with the compressed data, and similarly on decompression ... be faster to load compressed code from tape and then decompress than ... to just load it from tape.

    My main purpose ...
    BuzzinRich BuzzinRich September 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • Need_Help...*.SCR TO *.TAPPLEASE...NEED HELP... HOW MADE STANDART 6912 BYTES ZX-SPECTRUM SCREENBLOCK (.TAP OR .TZX),FROM .Z80 OR .SCR(.GIF) FILE??? In 'Taper' convert .z80…

    ... be too fast for your tape deck to reliably record.
    file to a physical tape.
    Ludicrous Speed (6000 ... Fastest All blocks will be compressed.
    Cleanest This is the ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu October 2003 Games
  • .P filesAs this appears to be the standard for ZX81 files for the near future can anybody point me to the required tools and if possible a tutorial on how to…

    ... 's 2 programs on the tape, that's 2 .p files ... - CSW is in essence a compressed 1-bit wav file.
    MikeW MikeW January 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • New Turbo-Load version of Tales From A Parallel UniverseNot very interesting to most, but I know some of you still use 'real' Spectrums. While fiddling around with a program I created ages ago to build c…

    ... since I originally did the tape I can't remember what ... turbo-loading code isn't compressed, it's just a copy ...
    Lee Tonks Lee Tonks October 2004 Games
  • Compressed Loading ScreensHi everybody From my speccy memories I could swear I could remember games with loading screens that took less than normal time to load. But up until…

    ... games (the ones with tape counter) uses compressed screen.
    Long time ...
    secarica secarica November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Q on Gauntlet 3.Hey ... I have a working copy of Gauntlet 3 for Atari ST (STEEM emu) and have been working on a map for the ST version. I DLed all 3 of the Gauntlet…

    ... the border stripes compressed (tight together as the tape loads at high ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker April 2005 Games
  • Q on Gauntlet 3.Hey ... I have a working copy of Gauntlet 3 for Atari ST (STEEM emu) and have been working on a map for the ST version. I DLed all 3 of the Gauntlet…

    ... the border stripes compressed (tight together as the tape loads at high ...
    Skarpo Skarpo April 2005 Games
  • how do you view 'delta compressed' videos from BMP2SCRusing BMP2SCR, you can compress AVI to a chain of binary files, and the help file says something about streaming .TAPs. However the BMP2SCR manual ha…

    ... when it's Delta compressed, the tape contains mostly code files that ...
    guesser guesser May 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Fallen-on-hard-times GuySo, I dig out my copy of The Fall Guy (Elite) and load it up....well, I try to load it up, but it just doesn't plain work. I know, I'll go on to WoS …

    ... /> Screen and Code has been compressed and a headerless loader in ... it will fit on your tape as I don`t know ...
    FrankT FrankT September 2005 Games
  • z88dk+splib2 sprites question.I'm creating a game and I have several "states" for my main sprite, such as jump, facing left, facing right, etcetera. All those states require a dif…

    ... , there is +3 disk access, tape and microdrive access in z88dk ... would simply specify where the compressed data begins and then call ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2005 Development
  • You all love your MP3But is it any good really. the only MP3 I hear is via my crappy sound card and ok headphones on the PC.It sound ok-ish. I've never heard MP3 at its …

    ... .

    Its lossy right? Compressed right?

    elp
    compressed, so will never sound as good as the vinyl / cd / tape ...
    mel the bell mel the bell October 2005 Chit chat
  • Loading via minidiscHiya I know this might sound a bit strange but has anybody experimented with loading spectrum games via a minidisc player? I`m trying to work out how…

    ... stored in CD and the compressed data stored on MiniDisc.
    tape noise. Different manufacturers use different ...
    Dunny Dunny October 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • JON NORTHHi Jon, i just followed the last thread with some interest. I used to send you hacks years ago and got a few published in YS!! I can only say dont g…

    ... going to build this new "compressed square wave" format file type ... you were actually loading the tape yourself.

    Of course ... 'd lose things like tape hiss in between tape blocks, but did ... /> Do we *really* need another tape format?

    D.
    Dunny Dunny October 2005 Development
  • Ideas for new tape storage formatSome called them decoders or encoders, but I think that it is just something like form of presentation. Goal is of course smaller size, support of e…

    ... floppies, of course not as tape images, just pure content. Even ... in TAP files is compressed. It was all compressed in 1992-93 ... them left), and ordered 5 tape, full with programs. Hi made ... than load it from real tape, not to mention other things ...
    piters piters October 2005 Development
  • test my loader?Hello. I was playing around trying to customise the ROM loading routine, but I quickly realised that although I'd found out how to change the border…

    ... code, then I compressed the code and saved to tape.
    I ...
    FrankT FrankT January 2006 Development
  • Adding graphics to a text adventure??Hi everyone. I've always wanted to create a Spectrum adventure game and have spent several evenings browsing the forums here, WOS and the internet on…

    ... up the required screens from tape. Obviously this wouldn't be ... were [I]actually[/I] from tape, but there are many storage ... emulate tape (mb02, divide, ...).
    Obviously you'd save the images compressed ...
    icabod icabod March 2006 Development
  • New TR-DOS GamesI'm really impressed with the quality of "Fire n Ice" - a clear example of what can be achieved on the [modified] hardware. Can anyone recommend any …

    ... and ofcourse all files are compressed. So to do a proper ... ) - find some memory to have tape loader in (and somehow get ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat April 2006 Games
  • Google VideoHaving upgraded my linux boxes, I can now use Google Video. Any Spectrum-related stuff I shouldn't miss? (I've already searched for "sinclair" and "…

    ... sound output to your speccy tape input socket, and played this ... ?docid=4449376795908664883[/url] (the Horizons tape loading sequence)

    ...would ... , as the audio's probably compressed, and may present the same ...
    Daren Daren June 2006 Chit chat
  • MP3 loading testsIn a previous thread, Spector says: "The loss of an mp3 file is nothing compared to the loss from an old audio cassette tape. " Dunny says: "Which i…

    ... ]
    Spector.... old beaten up tape recorders ... or a clean line ... to your Spectrum should be compressed a little, or even a ...
    Spector Spector September 2006 Emulators
  • Scrolling Loader CounterPlease can someone help me with writing a scrolling counter for a loading system. I like the Hewson counter so i`ve taken the font from zynaps loade…

    ... screen(6912), or 'c' for compressed screen
    Position 2nd counter ... screen will be saved to tape after the loader. You`ll ... 'm' is pressed, and the compressed screen load address if you ... loaded a compressed screen.

    Write a ...
    FrankT FrankT November 2006 Development
  • Election of the new maintainer of the TZX formatHi folks, the topic says all, let the discussion begin :) Luca

    ... and outs of the various tape formats, so I'm not ... /> As a tape file is nothing more than a compressed audio stream ...
    Dunny Dunny December 2006 Emulators
  • Fuse for Mac OS X 0.8.0-pre1A new public preview of the next version of Fuse for Mac OS X has been released at the dedicated sourceforge project: [url]http://sourceforge.net/pr…

    ... are referring to snapshots and tape files (there are few ROM ... X doesn't support files compressed with zip, basically as I ... Mac OS X supports files compressed with bzip2 (.bz2) or gzip ...
    Fred Fred February 2007 Emulators
  • Death of cassetteSome days ago I heard on the radio that only 8000 cassette tapes were sold in Spain during the whole year 2006. It looks like the cassette format is …

    ... DAT is not a compressed format (MD is compressed) . DAT is quite ... sad fact that it was tape-based, caused it to never ...
    Pilsener Pilsener February 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Death of cassetteSome days ago I heard on the radio that only 8000 cassette tapes were sold in Spain during the whole year 2006. It looks like the cassette format is …

    ... />
    Someone said that MD compressed data. I don't think ... car - mine only has a tape player, but mostly I have ...
    dekh dekh February 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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