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How do I save?I've made a HUGE text adventure with lots of collectables and lots of locations, but how can I get the user to save their game to tape if they need t…
I've made a HUGE text adventure with lots of collectables and lots of locations, but how can I get the user to save their game to tape if they need to? -
+3 disc imaging (idea + SDP)Following a bit of research, which you can probably see in the "old code" thread, I had an idea for a bit of software that may be useful (for me, and…
... +3DOS, instead issuing commands directly to the controller. The options would ... ) - just the ability to save a track to "some media" (and ... "some media" -- you could save to tape, or it may be possible ... be done in BASIC, saving to anything is possible - even ... -
Spin GFX ripper helpwell, I?m not skilled in these things but IMHO I?m not stupid and can learn by trying or after my mistakes.. but this is something I?m not able to di…
... I?m not able to discover aself, spent some ... can someone lead me how to discover sprites and fonts ... mainly I?d like to know how to find where the ... yeah ;-)
and save it to tape
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Extracting the Multiface ROM?Is there an easy way to save the contents of a real Multiface 128 ROM to tape, on a real spectrum, for the purposes of transferring it to PC for emul…
... a real Multiface 128 ROM to tape, on a real spectrum, ... the purposes of transferring it to PC for emulator use? ... that might be able to copy to PC, but I don ... somehow use the Spectrum to copy it to file - can this ... onto tape, then I can easily transfer it to PC ... -
Amazon SystemsIn the 1980s, my company, Amazon Systems, did quite a few Arcade to Home Computer conversions for Parker Games. The games Panama Joe and Death Star…
... , did quite a few Arcade to Home Computer conversions for Parker ... for cartridge, then later converted to tape by us and sold by ... Parker to Sinclair. So, by rights, the ... 't feel it worth while to negotiate the Trade Mark rights ... -
MasterSpy (Albert Ball's third game) available[url]http://korax1214.port5.com/masterspy/MasterSpy_Registered.zip[/url] -- under 400K. Everything that Albert Ball used to distribute on disk to re…
... Albert Ball used to distribute on disk to registered users of ... with the disk. As Mr. Ball seems to have dropped ... , in order to try to persuade him to upload the Speccy ... still got it) to WoS, or to create a version ... .com are very unreliable, to put it mildly, so ... -
Plus2B modHi all, Been tinkering with a few ideas on a Spectrum+2B The idea being what if I want to load a program direct from the PC to the Spectrum? It cant …
... can use my MF3 to save it out to tape direct.
Result ... , a perfect copy each time. Time to ... .
Example PC direct to the Spectrum or external cassette ... deck to Spectrum.
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+3 sound cureHi all, As most of us know the Spectrum+3A has this sound problem, distortion. The +3B had this problem fixed. I done some looking at the circuitry l…
... /> I had some trying out to do at first.
I ... tried the save to tape, no problems, load from tape no problems.
Ok to be honest when I first ... /4 or 1/5 watt to try only the 1 watt ... -
Multiple ROMsI'm mulling over the idea of a bit of hardware with a ROM in it, which has some commands that can be called by BASIC (like the old wafadrive star com…
... presume how adding commands to BASIC works is that ... if not, returns control to the Speccy's internal ROM ... sets the program counter back to 0x0008.
... is correct - it seems to me that only one ... it just simpler to put programs on disk to call routines ... -
How could you hear if loading BASIC or MC?When loading a Spectrum program from tape you could usually hear from the sound if it is a BASIC or is some machine code program *. My question is, w…
... loading a Spectrum program from tape you could usually hear from ... Basic program in memory (and to tape) look about the same as ... code routine?
* As to the sounds, I think loading ... -
Multiface 3 saved gamesI've got a copy of an uMIA game, the second side has been dumped and tested fine, however there seems to be an alternate version on side 1, possibly …
... fine, however there seems to be an alternate version on ... version that has been saved to tape using a Multiface 3.< ... ve dumped the tape, but cannot get it to load back ... ve got the model set to +3 and the Multiface ... get the thing loaded in to test it?
2 part game in an emulator questionThis question is just theoretical... Lets say you have an adventure that loads in 2 parts (I think Mindshadow would be an example but of course I ca…
... part one you are prompted to save to tape so that you can ... exists just before the prompt to save to tape and also of part ... 2, at the load from tape prompt ... , can you save to a virtual tape (ie on ...Speccy +4Hi, This is my first post here, I have a +2, and had to open it up to resolder one of the pins to the modulator. Got me thinking that I could remove …
... +2, and had to open it up to resolder one of the ... pins to the modulator. Got me thinking ... at present I have to convert TAP files to wav on the ... PC, then write to a CD, then copy to tape.
... mini cd might be easier to fit in.
...Toshiba t6600c - 1993 laptop[url=www.toshiba-europe.com/computers/products/notebooks/t6600c/index.shtm]T6600C literature.[/url] My neighbours has been given one for their son t…
... one for their son to play on. To say I'm jealous ... t have a chance to use scan disk to check for any HDD ... />
I've asked them to look after it because the ... *cries* I've shown what to do in future.
to see this machine wrecked and ...Multiface 3 loaderHi there, on the usual problem of transfering games to tape, I was wondering if it was possible to change to the loader for games saved using the mul…
... games to tape, I was wondering if it was possible to change to the ...Interface III...Cannot load saved file. Any ideas ?I got hold of an Interface III (see [URL="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/hardware-pics/InterfaceIII.jpg"]THIS[/URL] pic). This box makes …
... menu, which then is saved to tape.
The problem is ... : The programs I save to tape from this box won't ... to make it load:
Loading/saving the prog from both tape ... and PC (several programs tried).
The signal to the ...Any BBC aware Specchums out there?After the UK101 and VIC20 emulators I've moved my sights onto emulating a BBC computer. This emulator will be different though in that it will be a Z…
... the keyboard, writing to the screen, saving to tape, scrolling the screen ... /> [*]File system support - writing to Microdrive from m/c. I ... need to be able to implement core file routines ... somebody might be able to point me to a useful magazine article ...BASin r14c - maintenance releaseAfter the recent discussions, BASin has been released as version 14c. It's only a maintenance release, and some of the really big new features are un…
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Added - Send To Tape option in the binary import ... Added - "Pixellise" tool to SCREEN$ Editor. This will eventually ... and corresponding menu item) to the Paintbox for opening the ... to the SCREEN$ Paintbox help file. (Danforth)
Fixed - The tape ...Attn: Dunny Re: Basin[QUOTE=Dunny;282407]Just out of interest, is there any demand on these boards for a standalone version of BASin's graphics tools? It'd be just the U…
... easier to find the desired file (compared to having to open ... .
-Option to save to sound card output. Maybe not ... I may want to send 6144
bytes to tape instead of 6912 ... -What happened to that selection-to-sprite or selection-to-udg feature? I ...Trouble recording avi in ZXSpinTried both 0.622 and 0.666 releases, I get an access violation on each codec's dll file no matter which codec I choose, as soon as I press Start Reco…
... . Have tried a reboot also to flush any usage of them ... and then moved to 0.666 and got the ... a "not enough space on disk to create file" error, which would ... if the file's going to be bigger than 29GB.
Game SavesI used to love playing Elite, and particularly liked the Game Save, which produced a save file in a few seconds. This is standard practise now, bu…
I used to love playing Elite, and particularly ... games had game save function to tape as opposed to codes to different levels?Compilation Contents (has this changed?)Ok, the title of this thread probably makes no sense so here's the long story. When I've looked at compilations (many games published on one or more…
... of. But now something seems to have changed.
to prevail, and hold onto ... order, that is according to which tape and side the game ... and not sorted according to which tape/side they are on ... order? (i.e. according to tape/side)EmuZWin: in game saving/ loading questionHi I hope this is the right part of the forum. I am playing "Tower of Despair" (text only adventure - two parts - Games Workshop), which allows me …
... ), which allows me to save my place (to tape on the Speccy).
to load in my save data ...Am I the only person who enjoyed Chuckie Egg 2...?...more than Chuckie Egg? Now before the cries of "heresy" and/or "arse" ring out, let me defend my possibly controversial stance. I enjoyed Chucki…
... eggs and shuffling them around to their various vats, finding the ... eggs, finding the bloody egg to take to dispatch, avoiding the trains ... you could save the game to tape I managed about 5 before ... plays on a dodgy old tape recorder. Aggghhh!
So ...Loading Screen Help Needed!I'm not sure if the miscellaneous thread is the right place to post this, but hopefully it will do the job! :) I am looking to create a still image,…
... thread is the right place to post this, but hopefully ... br />
I am looking to create a still image, in ... screen, and save it to tape for loading on a real ... the image out onto tape for loading into a ... the various ZX emulators to save a tape sound file for ...What we gotI moved house and I have setup my Spectrum gear, I was looking at all that I have and was thinking what else do others have in there collection? Ok …
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Spectrum Plus2B tape mod so I can do tape to tape,
Spectrum ... the port to old port type)
Dixons Slimline tape recorder.
Dead compyMy computer died. First the DVD ROM drive stopped working, then Control Panel so I couldn't try and add hardware or diagnose the problem. So I trie…
... it would say I had to let it repair things 'cos ... it failed to load last time and now ... recovery program. Someone is coming to fix it soon but what ... cause the DVD and hard disk to both fail together?Creating a runnable GAC file on a Plus 3 disc imageHi all, While working on Harry Potter Adventure and Text Adventure Dizzy, naturally, it would be written to TZX images, which in theory could be wri…
... could be written to tape to run on real Speccy tape machines..
The question is, can it be adapted to ... the menu... I would like to offer a DSK image which ...The Music Box - 128k - Compiled Song LoadingHi, I have used Melbourne Houses' "The Music Box" 128k to create a tune, and need to load it into my game. The "Compiler" compiles to the fixed a…
... "The Music Box" 128k to create a tune, and need ... to load it into my ... />
The "Compiler" compiles to the fixed address of 60000 ... you the option of saving to tape.
Does anyone ... code/process of how to get the compiled song ...technology you'd forgotten aboutas the title suggests.. in my case I've got 2 copies (both originals) of kikstart 2 .. which has a REALLY weird loader like the tape is stretched or …
... REALLY weird loader like the tape is stretched or something.
to do a tape to tape from a tape deck..... so went ... downstairs and got re-introduced to ... obv of my own programs to make backups etc. (incase some ...
