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More "What could have been"... The Z280.So in chasing up the Loki specs, I happened upon some parallel developments... And had Sinclair gotten to make the Loki, there could have been some i…
... buttons (multiface, divmmc, most disk interfaces) or traps for specific ... in thinking you are trying to save to tape and would save something ... to sd card, causing a ... whatever that just happened to be able to run 48K software ... -
What Good Serious Successful Software Was Written Exclusively in 128K BASIC?I realize now that 128K BASIC has its serious enthusiasts . But I know very little about this type of BASIC . What good titles were written exclusi…
" its IMpossible to directly load FROM tape TO ramdrive ??"
Is that ... there allows you to do a direct copy from disk to the m ... -
plus3Does anyone know if there is a windows prugram not dos That can copy files from disk to disk to disk like star commander for c64 can
Does anyone know if there is a windows prugram not dos That can copy files from disk to disk to disk like star commander for c64 can -
Saving game progressI was just wondering if there is any way to save my game progress on they stole a million (just been searching through the loft and found it, remembe…
... if there is any way to save my game progress on ... comes to the end of the level it requires to save to tape but ... there seems to be no way ... to do this. Is it ... -
Wanted - Fish! (Rainbird)Anyone got this? It'd be great to get this major game off the MIA list. I could convert the disk to a .dsk file if anybody's got the original...
Anyone got this? It'd be great to get this major game off the
MIA list.
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Spectrum stuff for saleSpectrum 128with colour monitorPRSM ql14 in black case cruiser joy stick Opus Discovery double disc drive with box Organ master in box with inst Saga…
... 50 to 60 tapesin original boxes games and utilities
Tape ... utilities for copying tape to disc disc to cartridge disc todisc tape to tape
plus another 50 to 60 spectrom mags in spectrum ... with all leads with seperate tape deck
Any ... -
tzx gamesHow can i run a tzx on my real spectrum?Is there a way i can copy a tzx to tape so i can load it in the normal way or can i load it from my hard driv…
How can i run a tzx on my real spectrum?Is there a way i can copy a tzx to tape so i can load it in the normal way or can i load it from my hard drive into my 48k speccy or my +2? -
tzx filesCould someone please tell me if I'm doing this correctly. using the command program playtzx so I can output from pc to tape recorder mic in. Is the …
... I can output from pc to tape recorder mic in. Is the ... headphones or lineout from pc to tape recorder, is there an easier ... -
+d dsdd disks in hd drive Hi, Does anyone know how to format a 3,5inch DSDD disk in a -HD- diskdrive connected to a Plus D?? I'm trying to convert some old 5,1/4 inch disk …
Hi,
Does anyone know how to format a 3,5inch DSDD disk in a -HD- diskdrive connected to a Plus D?? I'm trying to convert some old 5,1/4 inch disk to 3,5 disk, but i keep getting sector errors when formatting a disk.
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Most engrosing Adventure GameThis is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I am one. I remember reading those Fighting Fantasy books when I was a kid. The ones where y…
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I used to spend hours playing text adventures ... it and saved it to tape. But pressed save before ... the tape had started properly. We ... until we came to reload it to finish a few ... /> Aaahh the joys a saving to tape.
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Mac2Spec v2I announced the release a week or so ago on c.s.s. but I thought I'd give it a plug here too. Mac2Spec is a graphics converter written in Objective-…
... , PNG, PICT, PDF, EPS, BMP, ...) to .scr or .tap. It can ... convert to either normal Spectrum mode or ... that can (slowly) convert movies to tape files for use on emulators ... screenshots and a sample movie to download. -
+2 Loading from CD PlayerOn my +2 I have now got one of those CD > Tape Adapters. What I do is put the adapter into the +2 tape player and plug my CD-Walkman thing into that.…
... of those CD > Tape Adapters. What I do is ... adapter into the +2 tape player and plug my CD ... and record it onto a tape, which had all the ... locating the games on the tape rewinding fast forwarding etc etc ... a CD but when recorded to tape they load fine. Why is ... -
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…
Not very interesting to most, but I know ... program I created ages ago to build custom turbo-loaders, ... I decided to build a new TZX of ... It's ideal for transferring to tape, and has the added bonus ... 128's Tape Loader, you have to reset to 48k mode).< ... -
Retro Gamer: Retro Maniac Award 2004Just received this from Craig Vaughan, who wrote the article in RG on Speccy Spoilers, RZX Archive and Spectaculator earlier this year. He says to pa…
... game, only for his sister to tape her and some mates singing ... /> The incident does not have to have happened this year, as ... this thread, but email them to:-
[email="craig.vaughan ... informed on this thread as to progress?..
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Can anyone help?Got a bit of a recurrent problem here when it comes to duplicating the Cronosoft tapes, i was wondering if anyone can help. I'm getting loads of ret…
... problem is getting the games to tape from my PC in a ... , through WINAMP, and record directly to tape. I've discovered that this ... file, which I subsequently recorded to tape - still no joy.
to TAPE copy - though there seems to be a bug ... -
Is it possible... (in Spin or Spectaculator)For the emulator to save a tape image when a Spectrum program saves a data block to tape? and if it is possible how would you do it in SPin or Specta…
For the emulator to save a tape image when a Spectrum program saves a data block to tape? and if it is possible how would you do it in SPin or Spectaculator? -
Games Club Week 3Hi Everyone, another week another game This weeks game is Derek Brewster's 'Jasper' You will find the game here [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org…
... /> when you grab a rope to swing across water the rope ... windows use that windows number to let go
if ... like when you used to get a game tape to tape with no instructions ... -
BBC - Making the Most of The Micro Live - Speccy Type-inI've just been sorting out stuff in the garage and stumbled on a "Send For" Information sheet from the BBC's Making the Most of the Micro From Octobe…
... not wheres the best place to copy and send it??
I did not Tape-to-Tape Games as a Kid - your ... -
Alphacom 32 printer with Spectrum +2Can the printer be made to work other than in 48 BASIC mode? When the +2 is in 128 BASIC, the printer won't seem to respond to LPRINT or LLIST. The…
Can the printer be made to work other than in ... the printer won't seem to respond to LPRINT or LLIST.
to get round this, is to write a ... in 128, then SAVE it to tape, push the reset button, go ... But is there a way to make the Alphacom work in ... -
Interest in a new adventure game?After recently reading the feature on Gilsoft in Retro Gamer I got the urge to go back to my adventure tools and create something which was actually …
... got the urge to go back to my adventure tools ... actually GOOD as opposed to some of the decidedly ... it would be interesting to see how many people ... I'm most likely going to finish the game for myself ... faster response, no hideous saving to tape, etc. But I fear ... -
Problems gettingI have been experimenting with the audio-out options most Spectrum emulators feature, in the hopes to get some of my games running again from the ROM…
... via a standard audio-jack-to-tape adapter, and the games always ... appear to load correctly without a single ... the tape has finished playing. They just seem to fail to acknowledge ... I had planned to use the jack-to-tape method to run my games ... -
Lerm MicroMate - SDPHi All, I'm having a go at preserving a microdrive version of Lerm MicroMate. I?ve got a few problems, though, as the software has been unbelievably…
... backing up files to tape.
3. MicroMate Tape
The ... MicroMate tape appearing in the WOS ... the cartridge are on the tape. The main menu program ... recovery tape.
4. ?r? program
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Help with loadingI made a simple input game, and saved to tape/verified it (I bought the spectrum for ?1 at my church fete on saturday) and when I go to 'loader' on t…
... simple input game, and saved to tape/verified it (I bought the ... go to 'loader' on the main menu, I load the tape ... play my game without having to type in 'run' every ... (it took me a while to write this post because i ... am used to the layout of the ... -
Cloning Microdrive Sectors?Hi everybody, I made a posting in the MIA/STP/SDP forum a while back about attempting to preserve the very well protected Microdrive cartridge "LERM…
... while back about attempting to preserve the very well ... a utility would need to be compatible with all ... it would need to dump each sector to tape (or TZX), ... then read back the sectors from tape ... /TZX and write them out to a ... -
128 ramdisk loaderanyone got a program which will save the contents of ramdisk to tape in one go, rather than saving each file seperately then loading them and save!in…
anyone got a program which will save the contents of ramdisk to tape in one go, rather than saving each file seperately then loading them and save!ing them back in later? -
Thumb Candy ? Can You Help?Hi folks, Is there anyone out there who has downloaded the Thumb Candy mpg file (the one that is on fogartylee?s site)? If so, would you be willing…
... Bit Torrents do not seem to like me (see previous thread ... weeks I have only managed to download 20.1 MB ... but I am not able to leave my PC connected ... . When I did manage to download some of the file ... video to tape it, but the tape ran out with 15 minutes to go ... -
Disks don't work on a Speccy 128k +3Hi I haven't tried tapes so maybe the whole machine is wonky, but it powers on fine and the screen is clear. When I put disks in the drive ans try t…
... the drive ans try to get it to load all I get ... then it tells me to insert a disk to load. Any help on ... -
I've tried dumping spectradraw3, need help, block 6 = X[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8220340869"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8220340869[/url…
... 3 dumps, but has a tape loading error, and the TZX ... so should be able to be re-recorded to tape to make a perfect ... the looks of it the tape is slightly crinkled the last ...
any ideas how to get around it?
R.I.P. - Ho Ho Ho !!Sad news Elmer Dresslar, Voice of the "Jolly Green Giant" whose catch fraze was "Ho Ho Ho" died today aged 80. [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wor…
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I did not Tape-to-Tape Games as a Kid - your ...Compiling BASIC programs using Hi-Soft CompilerThis might get me nowhere, but it's worth a try... I'm writing a game in Spectrum BASIC - hopefully, for Simon's CD compilation, if he'll have it - …
... BASin, saving as a tape file and then loading into ... I save the compiled code to tape, as instructed, reset the ...
and I get to see about a second of ... is probably not enough information to go on, but does ... ideas as to what I could investigate to get around ...
