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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.

    ... real signal from the noise in the CSW so why can ... is simply supplying the correct ear port states as the program requests ... , SPIN does, it detects it in order to keep the tape ...
    Dunny Dunny July 2002 MIA/STP/SDP
  • using pc audio for spectrum use?is it possible to use the audio from the pc on a spectrum pc run game, to load onto a spectrum? ive tried to put the audio onto an audio cassette, bu…

    ... succeeded feeding the spectrum's ear port with the soundcard's output ... with tapes as well, but in the recording/playing transition, bad ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi August 2002 Emulators
  • TAP files for the TS 2068Hi, just recently bought a TS 2068 and found "Taper" on the web. Downloaded it and began to use it only to discover that it would not open TS 2068 fi…

    ... on it due to incompatabilities in the ROM.

    You ... sound card to the Timexs EAR port (assuming it's similar to ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker December 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • TAP files for the TS 2068Hi, just recently bought a TS 2068 and found "Taper" on the web. Downloaded it and began to use it only to discover that it would not open TS 2068 fi…

    ... on it due to incompatabilities in the ROM.

    You ... sound card to the Timexs EAR port (assuming it's similar to ... one. Bought my original one in 1982. Unfortunately, Timex folded it ... 's Sinclair section in 84, leaving much undone. Here ...
    jegs2 jegs2 December 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • write TZX back to tapeHow can i write TZX tape images back to a tape to play the game using the real thing and not an emulator?Emulators are fine..That way you can enjoy a…

    ... your line-out into the EAR port of your spectrum (assuming you ... tape deck or hi-fi. In turn you can then load ... WinAMP and the WAVOUT plugin in conjunction with the TZX plugin ... tested all of these methods in my time and know they ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker July 2003 Emulators
  • ZX81 and ZX80 emulator on Spectrum 128KA couple of weeks ago we were talking about a new ZX81 emulator for the 128K. Someone beat me. More details at [url="http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/S…

    ... on the Spectrum's MIC port is just 3.5kHz as ... the input bandwidth on the EAR port is much higher -- 11kHz or ... frequencies used reduces, the difference in their measured periods also reduces ... internal filter on the MIC port would cause unreliability.
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2003 Emulators
  • Loading programs directly via SoundblasterLet's just hope this does not sound too silly (I'm a newcomer)... Is is possible to connect a real Spectrum's MIC port to the audio out port of a Sou…

    ... I think it's the EAR port of the spectrum you should ... deck mic entry, and the EAR socket to the tape deck ... naming of the serial pins in their manuals.
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi October 2003 Emulators
  • Loading programs directly via SoundblasterLet's just hope this does not sound too silly (I'm a newcomer)... Is is possible to connect a real Spectrum's MIC port to the audio out port of a Sou…

    ... the SoundBlaster "Speaker out" port to the Spectrum MIC connector ... is the audio in port, and EAR is the audio out port.
    When ... sound is output via the EAR port. I tested this plugging a ... headphone set to the EAR port and then typing SAVE"...".
    MaxFrames MaxFrames October 2003 Emulators
  • Loading programs directly via SoundblasterLet's just hope this does not sound too silly (I'm a newcomer)... Is is possible to connect a real Spectrum's MIC port to the audio out port of a Sou…

    ... is the audio in port, and EAR is the audio out port.
    ... ROM reads bit 6 of port #FE when loading, ... to find wired to the EAR port. All documentation I've ... read refers to the EAR port, the 48k Manual also ... black to load from (in the EAR port) and got a right ...
    Dunny Dunny October 2003 Emulators
  • Loading programs directly via SoundblasterLet's just hope this does not sound too silly (I'm a newcomer)... Is is possible to connect a real Spectrum's MIC port to the audio out port of a Sou…

    But then again I succeeded in loading stuff through the MIC port, and when I plugged a headphone in the EAR port and typed SAVE"whatever" I heard the modulation sounds.
    I assume that Alessandro was right and you can use both plugs.
    MaxFrames MaxFrames October 2003 Emulators
  • TZX format updateHi folks. Following the private communication with Andy I would like to start a discussion on changing the TZX format to reflect new needs and improv…

    ... detect - and through the ear port that's simple square waves ... 'd compress the DRB in order to get it a ... bit smaller in size, probably using CSW2. ... stay as individual MP3 files in the archive, simply because ... a song in MP3 and a song in DRB format.< ...
    Dunny Dunny February 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • .wav files of spectrum tapesPleeeeeeese help. Even to say it can't be done. I have to go home in 10 mins I want to play downloaded games on my +3, but I can't work out what all…

    ... can play into your +3s EAR port. Dunno about the volume changing ... ; Trebble set too high which in turn is distorting the signal ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker July 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • EmuZWin 2.5.0.1Version 2.5 Release 1.0 (10-Jun-2004): a lot of changes and fixes in ??? Map Builder ??? GFX Editor ??? Loading & Saving ??? Sound & Video ?? Speed…

    ...
    [-] A bug in TR-DOS fixed: selecting absent ... br /> [*] Small change in ports address decoding (mouse ... AY port FFFD). Sound in KAZ demo became better.
    [*] Small change in AY ... emulation (demo DigiSID). Better AY+MIC mixing ( ...
    Vladimir Kladov Vladimir Kladov August 2004 Emulators
  • Now it's workingHello again and again, Today I received the membrane. And i turned the speccy on and worked a bit. I wrote some commands, used CLEAR 65535 command to…

    ... /> The stats:
    -Plugged in speccy ear port
    -Hearing the silly sounds ...
    tayanc_molla tayanc_molla February 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Setting the borderCan someone tell me best way to set the border to a given colour using machine code. Its there an operating system call or can I load up a memory loc…

    ... colour is to write to port 254. However, the effect will ... to the beeper sound routine in the ROM.

    To ... />
    Port 254 also drives the speaker and EAR socket in bits 3 ...
    jonathan jonathan February 2005 Development
  • Some thoughts about emulationWhile discussing about 'real tape loaders' I just thinked about wat is total emulation (most complete, perfect). Some authors prefer for example loa…

    ... speccy can "hear" through the EAR port - it can be a simple ... crawl and the small variations in intensity as interference passes ... ZX printer was not produced in large quantity.
    [/quote ... And there was sufficient demand in the spectrum community at the ...
    Dunny Dunny October 2005 Emulators
  • Transferring Spectrum Games onto tape or diskI've been told you can download Spectrum games in .TZX format and transfer them to a specci through the headphone jack. Can you only then save the ga…

    ... back to a real spectrum in many ways.

    * Use ... out, which in turn can connect to your EAR port on your spectrum ... eBay from time to time. In fact I have 4 lots ... to on the e-mail in the last few days :)....
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker December 2005 Emulators
  • Slightly OT, but gotta ask: Which 128 would you buy?Guys, I'm interested in getting a 128 Speccy. Problem is, I never had one close to try, and I ignore which advantages has one model compared with the…

    ... % don't work)
    - Distorted AY sound
    - Disk games are ... on the rear B: drive port, you CAN use an IDE ... port thingy called a divIDE (I ... " floppy drive on the B: port. In that order.....

    _________________ ...
    DEATH DEATH January 2006 Hardware
  • What is your favourite game tune/music on a Spectrum game?In the 128k version of Renegade 3: The Final Chapter, remember the music that played on level 2 (the Egyptian Zone)? That was such a class tune that …

    ... has been addressed earlier in this topic (did not ... agree that the tune in the speccy version of ... restrictions they could not port the AY version to the speccy ... br /> Ages ago, that tune in the ST version was ripped ... demo group and used in an Amstrad demo, and ...
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG April 2006 Games
  • What is your favourite game tune/music on a Spectrum game?In the 128k version of Renegade 3: The Final Chapter, remember the music that played on level 2 (the Egyptian Zone)? That was such a class tune that …

    ... this has been addressed earlier in this topic (did not ... you agree that the tune in the speccy version of ... />
    as i said in my own post, cybernoid 2 ... restrictions they could not port the AY version to the speccy ... "SID version" there, not "AY version" ;-)
    Lee_dC Lee_dC April 2006 Games
  • How to speed up TZX loading (emu development)With many newer emulators there are options to do faster loading schemes, even for turbo-loader or protected loader blocks in TZX files. For example,…

    ... />
    When an IN A,(N) is executed, you ... common method of reading the EAR port - though there are ... memory bytes around the IN instruction. They'll all ... ) and then when the IN executes, quickly run through ... and you'll need in-depth knowledge of how ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2006 Emulators
  • 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)…

    ... ]
    LD A,#7F
    IN A,(#FE)
    [/code]
    EAR port being "hot" - i.e. the ... "silence" is present on the EAR port - so detecting the pulse, rather ...
    Winston Winston July 2006 Hardware
  • Election of the new maintainer of the TZX formatHi folks, the topic says all, let the discussion begin :) Luca

    ... , some russian TRDOS games work in Pentagon, but don't work ... . If we ever try to port them from TRDOS to TZX ... explanation of EAR bit in $FE port, or even another weird port in order to ...
    Black Hole Black Hole December 2006 Emulators
  • Audio input on a +2would it be possible to connect an external tape recorder to the socket at the back,or would something bad happen?

    ...
    @DEATH: The capacitor in the R-C network of ... a pile of schematics in the World of Spectrum ...
    The circuit for the EAR port comes off the same ULA ... has a smaller value resistor in-line with the capacitor ... outside of what the in-built tape deck will ...
    Winston Winston March 2007 Hardware
  • MIC - socketQuestion : is the mic-socket buffered? Or: When I make an OUT to port 254 is the signal still there after the command or only during the OUT? w…

    But also note that there is a DC blocking capacitor on the EAR port as well - so don't expect it to actually work like a latch's output in practise, well, certainly not for more than a few milliseconds at least.
    Winston Winston March 2007 Hardware
  • Codemasters CD compilationIs it downloadable? Where? How? I remember seeing it in a magazine with some envy (I had not a CD player, and ultra-short loads are always welcome), …

    ... ear port, or was the cable digitising the sound and passing it in ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz April 2007 Games
  • Spectrum 48K ROMHi Can anybody help I have an Issue 6a Circuit Board which has a faulty ROM Chip. Is it possible to program a ROM Chip with the 48K ROM and fit it as…

    ... - there are only differences in EAR port and position of bitmap.
    in ROW/Column addressing, so ... there are some minor differences in addressing and pin layouts.

    How to build in EPROM instead ROM?

    piters piters April 2007 Hardware
  • i want to buy my first speccy(UK)[B][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Hi all been told this is the best website forum to ask so i want to get in the next few months rather a specturm 48k or 128k…

    ... use, the built in tape recorder gets in your way these days ... connected to the Spectrum's EAR port. I don't think the ...
    Winston Winston April 2007 Hardware
  • Transfer to tape from PCHi all, A few years ago I had a program on the Amiga that would take a Spectrum game and save it out via the serial port to a cassette tape player. T…

    ... add the 'ear' port to any of the Amstrad Spectrums. In theory, this ... . Dunno if this project appeared in any of the british magazines ...
    zxbruno zxbruno June 2007 Hardware
  • ** Vu-meter competition **Apologies if this is in the wrong section. At the moment, the official number of entries is [COLOR="Red"]0[/COLOR]. :p [B][U]Why?[/U][/B] I was tr…

    ... the way I sample the EAR port. Rather than timing one transition ... count the number of transitions in a fixed time period.
    EAR port. It is a bit like ... watch continuous sampling of the EAR port. Any other key to stop ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz December 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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