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  • Fastest way of reading from EAR portI'm trying to work out the fastest way of reading data from the EAR port and assembling the bits into a byte. I came up with this code: IN A, (C) ; …

    ... of reading data from the EAR port and assembling the bits into ... this code:
    IN A, (C) ; read port FFFE, 12 cycles
    EAR is set, 4 cycles
    port are always 1, so that ...
    i love the z80s i love the z80s April 2017 Development
  • Music from games in .AY formatI have already noticed that on this site there's music from games in .AY format. But how can I listen to it ? Do I need a special player for this ?

    I have already noticed that on this site there's music from games in .AY format. But how can I listen to it ? Do I need a special player for this ?
    tanium tanium September 2004 Games
  • Connecting a CD/MP3 player to a +2/+2A/+3How do I connect a CD or MP3 player to a Spectrum +2, +2A or +3? I know it can be done, but how? Is it via the TAPE/SOUND socket at the back?

    ... spending too much time in forums if every time ... have a +2A with an ear port in the back (courtesy from ... to my parents house in Portugal I usually connect ... fast. eg Manic Miner in 22 seconds! If this ... things you mention have been in development for a couple ...
    zxbruno zxbruno September 2010 Hardware
  • Spectrum 128k 2a or not 2b....Just picked up a +2 black case version and I'm in as little bit of a quagmire, The case is definitely black, has '+2A' stamped on the bottom, but in…

    ... receive a signal through the ear port in square-wave fashion.
    Renegade Renegade April 2017 Hardware
  • Modification of +2: TAPE IN port?Hi. My friend got a +2. He is a hardware guy, so he would like to add a regular EAR port to it. However he prefers to have some schematix first. …

    Hi.

    My friend got a +2. He is a hardware guy, so he would like to add a regular EAR port to it.
    However he prefers to have some schematix first.

    Can You help?

    Thanx in advance,
    Y
    Yerzmyey Yerzmyey March 2011 Hardware
  • Trying to find one programA few years ago I had a program that showed moving bars while listening to the ear port. It used attributes to display the 16 bars, each bar was diff…

    ... bars while listening to the ear port. It used attributes to display ... bars, each bar was different in color and size, and all ... guessing it was a type-in from a magazine, or maybe ... show something similar while playing ay tunes, but with pixels. I ...
    zxbruno zxbruno September 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Which Speccy sounds 'best'? ie, differences in AY outputDoes anyone know if there's any noticeable difference in the quality of the sound output on the Speccy models with an AY chip?i'm wondering if there'…

    ... there's any noticeable difference in the quality of the sound ... the Speccy models with an AY chip?i'm wondering if ... slightly nicer/less noisy/cleaner AY output, as i want to ... a Speccy to record some AY music off it.
    Lee_dC Lee_dC November 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Suggestions for Mr. Rich MellorRich, is there a chance any of these things could be available from you in a near future? -AY interface for 16K/48K Spectrums -PS/2 keyboard interfa…

    ... available from you in a near future?

    -AY interface for ... /> -Kempston Mouse + PS/2 interface in just one interface and boxed ... those you sell), stereo AY output, add ear port to Amstrad Spectrums, upgrade ...
    zxbruno zxbruno November 2008 Hardware
  • Spectrum 128k +2 (Grey) EAR modI have mounted a mono stereo jack in my +2 and am trying to connect it to get an external EAR port to load programs from my PC/MP3 player etc. I ha…

    ... mounted a mono stereo jack in my +2 and am trying ... it to get an external EAR port to load programs from my ...
    Johan1973 Johan1973 July 2012 Hardware
  • A new ZX spectrum cloneOver the past 12 months i have been developing a new spectrum clone as a hobby project to waste my spare time on. It is still not fully complete yet …

    ... video RAM
    Stereo AY sound output mixed with beeper ... )
    ULAPlus mode available in all video modes
    ... the SD card to the EAR port with play, rew, stop ... EAR and MIC ports for cassette tapes.
    RS232 serial port ... i work on this in my spare time so ...
    mspec mspec August 2012 Hardware
  • Graphic equalizer m.c. program neededBack in the 90's I had a full-screen attribute equalizer that was simple, yet very impressive. We used to listen to Vangelis or Jean M Jarre by conne…

    ... AY music.

    Reading from bit5 of the EAR port ... the array to the screen in some fashion.

    in FFT or logic analysing ... will be very useful in this application). If anyone ... map onto the columns in a logarithmic way. This ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz December 2007 Development
  • Suggestions for Mr. Rich MellorRich, is there a chance any of these things could be available from you in a near future? -AY interface for 16K/48K Spectrums -PS/2 keyboard interfa…

    ... available from you in a near future?

    -AY interface for ... /> -Kempston Mouse + PS/2 interface in just one interface and boxed ... those you sell), stereo AY output, add ear port to Amstrad Spectrums, upgrade ...
    velesoft velesoft November 2008 Hardware
  • I say!Don't think this has been done before , but do we have a list of games that had speech in them? Which are the best and which the worst? I'll kick of…

    ... only ones that used the AY chip to play sampled ... they didn't use the AY a lot more for ... with it, and even AY music plus voice at the ... quality speech and digitised sound in the games that will be ... than using the Spectrum's ear port to waste all the available ...
    zxbruno zxbruno January 2012 Games
  • does anybody remember...That program that would make colorful (psichedelic) screens by playing music through the speecy?...I can't remember...

    ... to sound fed through the ear port such as this one made ... in different colours while playing an AY tune. Haven't seen those in ...
    zxbruno zxbruno June 2013 Games
  • Interface for PC ZXSee last entry of former TOPIC. I'm working on the interface. Info about it on MISCELLANEOUS Author: Arjun (---.bng.vsnl.net.in) Date: 08-13-01 …

    ... Author: Arjun (---.bng.vsnl.net.in)
    Date: 08-13 ... Speccy, via the parralel port. The program should be ... - handy if the ear socket in the Speccy goes kaput ... has a bi-directional parallel port.

    I ... be the next step in emulation in a way.
    ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP November 2001 Games
  • Spectrum audio signallingI've had a poke around in some of the docs (and my Z80 assembler-fu is so rusty it'll be a while before I grok the Complete Spectrum ROM disassembly)…

    ... had a poke around in some of the docs ... detect on the EAR port? Lots of comments in the ROM disassembly ... it was all done with IN 254 (which looks like ... it's confirmed in the ROM disassembly, although ... find some docs specifically on IN 254 - any pointers ...
    Winston Winston July 2006 Hardware
  • Help with creating .ayI am trying to create an .AY file for Sidewalk. Now this is the first time I am trying to do anything like this, so please bear with me. Using Spin's…

    ... trying to create an .AY file for Sidewalk. Now this ...
    The player routine works in this way: The main application ... runs in a loop waiting for a ... is called by the CPU in IM 2 mode. The ... the file won't play in AY Emul. It loads and the ...
    pepak pepak March 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Free slightly duff 48k SpectrumHi, I have a Spectrum 48k for anyone who wishes to take it off my hands but it has the following issues: - The EAR port doesn't seem to work proper…

    ... following issues:

    - The EAR port doesn't seem to work ... 's been thrashed too heavily in the past and something has ...
    rc55 rc55 May 2008 Hardware
  • 48K Not Loading GamesHello. I'm new to the whole Spectrum scene, having just recently aquired a free 48K ZX Spectrum. It was working fine with games loading off my MP3 pl…

    ... .

    When I type in LOAD "" to load a game ... was initially using the MIC port to load games which worked ... . Then I switched to the EAR port and the tape sounds were ... full and plugged into the EAR socket the screen is displaying ...
    spoonatron spoonatron May 2008 Hardware
  • Any good sound program for Spectrum?I need a recommendation. I don't mean an utility for creating music, but for creating digital sound samples. Is there any PC cross-development util…

    ... which reads sound input to EAR port, which isn't Spectrum program ... /> - start some Spectrum sampling program in emulator

    - play .wav ...

    - save the sample in emulator to a virtual tape ... also had the player code in .bin format (I would ...
    Ralf Ralf December 2010 Development
  • ZX resurrectionHi, I'm currently trying to resurrect my old zx spectrum 48k. I managed to fetch proper power supply and tv cables and was pleased to discover that i…

    ... despite the twenty years spent in a cellar.
    Now I ... be a problem with the ear port or it could depend on ... or whatever?

    Thanks in advance!
    v@speccy v@speccy November 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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 …

    ... /> played,  in standard  ZX Spectrum tape format, to the EAR port of
    the host machine through a special cable, which, in ... by the interface is ‘perfect’ in terms of level and timing ...
    Dan Antohi Dan Antohi May 2015 Hardware
  • The history of ESXDOS, the DivMMC and the DivMMC EnJOY![img]http://benophetinternet.nl/hobby/divmmc_history/1%20esxdos.jpg[/img] These are the stories behind esxDOS, the most popular operating system e…

    ... External)
    General use Kempston port (IN #1F)
    Kempston Mouse Via ... The Case
    Special System Port (#F7)

    ----------------------
    Project ... have 'TSRs'
    - ex. TSRs: AY background player, key shortcuts for ...
    bverstee bverstee October 2015 Hardware
  • Understanding tape edgesI've never done any tape reading code. But I've read about these "edges" on multiple occasions. Trouble is I don't understand what they heck they are…

    ... EAR input is a bit input (bit 6 reading the fffe port ... sound to EAR input? Would it still scream in agony?
    EAR and try to read ... br />
    4) Is EAR port always reading? I.e. does ... the port?

    5) How sensitive to change is EAR? ...
    tstih tstih April 2017 Development
  • shorted MIC output? ToastrackI have this toastrack with no sound output on the MIC. EAR is fine and I can load games perfectly fine. Also I can output sound with no problem on t…

    ... output on the MIC.
    EAR is fine and I can ... with no problem on the EAR port.

    I soldered new ... EAR and MIC ports but the ... shorted?

    I show in the picture attached where the ...
    gleegum gleegum October 2020 Hardware
  • Loading software from a smartphoneHowdy, is it possible to load software in the form of an audio file (eg. a wav or mp3 file generated from a tap or tzx image with tape2wav) directly…

    ... it possible to load software in the form of an audio ... of the phone to the EAR port on a Spectrum 48k? If ...
    MaxFrames MaxFrames October 2022 Hardware
  • spectrum on pcI was just wondering,the pc is brilliant for speccy emus but wen playing speccy games on a pc keyboard it just doesnt feel rite for sum1 who used to …

    ... humble Speccy, via the parralel port. The program should be able ... related program that it find in the I/O devices (that ... the PC monitor for display. In addition, the Speccy should be ... help - handy if the ear socket in the Speccy goes kaput)
    Arjun Arjun August 2001 Games
  • 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.

    ... that's where TZX comes in. As for the fact that ... a tone, so we store in the TZX the number of ... These can't be stored in a Pure Tone Block - they ... back, we examine each bit in turn, and output flips of ... a knowledge of how the ear port worked, and how the various ...
    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.

    ... of the state of the Ear port.

    [quote]
    ... there is about 10% tolerance in most loaders for "tape wobble ... facilitate flash loading as featured in Ramsoft's Real Spectrum. ... .

    Speedloading (FastLoading in RS) does not require any ...
    Dunny Dunny July 2002 MIA/STP/SDP
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