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Turbo LoadersI absolutely love the different loading schemes that were used on the Spectrum over the years. There are a couple of questions that I have been meani…
... first game to use a turbo loader? Was it something like ... is the fastest type of turbo loader? I know ?Moon Cresta ... -
Some help needed, pretty please! :-)Hi there WOSsers! Long time no see! :-) I'm going through a process to get all my tape games (some real, some downloaded from here) onto +3 disk. I'…
... I'm having some difficulties with them. They are Escape From ... enough, I get 128k sound with Tetris 2???
Thanatos ... doesn't use any fancy turbo loaders or anything like that, but ... -
games with turbo sound injust been listen to some turbo sound music for the first time and my god its awesome so i wanted to know is there any games that uses turbo sound ???
just been listen to some turbo sound music for the first time and my god its awesome so i wanted to know is there any games that uses turbo sound ??? -
What speccy games have cool loading tricks?I just came across '[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003268]Moon Strike[/url]' and it's doing lots of cool stuff whilst loading…
... anyone know other cool (turbo) loaders that do tricks with the screen? (except ... -
Problem with Page 7I've been experimenting with running code in page 7 (+3) from BASIC and I seemed to have got it sorted out but then it all went wrong. Firstly, I tr…
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Need help with custom loaders againGorski, Lfaria are you still here? :) I have more MIA software saved with Szybka Pamiec Tasmowa loader. This is [B]"Czytaj i pisz po angielsku"[/B] …
... have more MIA software saved with Szybka Pamiec Tasmowa loader.
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6 or 8 buttons (Arcade Stick)?Slightly off-topic, but still pertinent in a strange way. I'm currently designing an arcade stick (PC/Mac usage) and I can't decide whether or not t…
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I have been experimenting with the arcade controller I got ... as it will only work with games developed to make use ... of a 6-button stick (with buttons 7 and 8 demoted ... buttons) and 8-way joystick with turbo fire
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Problems with AY sound. Experts needed. :-)<div><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: normal;">I need to play some AY sound effects, so I've bee…
... effects, so I've been experimenting with Shiru's AYFX Editor package ... is what I'm working with btw: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com ... to the two other addresses with EQU statements and that doesn ... -
TZX/Taper headachesI've been doing a stocktake of all my Spectrum stuff, most of which I bought in a job lot a few years back, and there's a whole load of covertapes in…
... just because of the custom turbo loaders.
I've ... made my modern games compilation with, but it has trouble playing ... so it's not interfering with anything.
Are ... that magazine covertapes were produced with as much care and attention ... -
Spectaculator 8.0 and 47loaderHi all I'm messing with [url="https://github.com/stephenw32768/47loader"]47loader[/url] (which is GREAT and very fun btw) and I find that Spectacu…
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I'm messing with [url="https://github.com/stephenw32768 ... ] trying to load .TZX modified with 47loader. Giving that I'm ... just doesn't support all turbo loaders and I have to use ... -
Spectrum and Z80 emulators with Python APIHello everybody, It may be the right time to create a topic for these two emulators. They are not at the initial release point yet, but might be w…
... speed and another one with the support for breakpoints ... br /> I spent some time experimenting with various approaches (that can be ... history), and ended up with breaking the processor emulator ... instructions executor, that communicate with each other by calling ... -
Converting files to WAV?Hi, A while back I was trying to find a way of converting emu files (z80, tzx etc) so that I could play them on a real speccy. Well, I discovered t…
... files, except those that use turbo loaders (Speedlock...) Other formats such as ... the DiskWriter output plugin (included with WinAmp).
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Loading schemes18 years ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were a b*tch to copy and became unreliable when the tape got older. Now…
Now that I think of it, did Codemasters ever use any custom or turbo loaders? I've got a (relatively) huge stash of CM games, all with the standard loader... -
Loading schemes18 years ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were a b*tch to copy and became unreliable when the tape got older. Now…
... ever use any custom or turbo loaders? I've got a (relatively ... stash of CM games, all with the standard loader...
with a special pogram that came ... that would load in seconds with the special loader. i almost ... -
Loading schemes18 years ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were a b*tch to copy and became unreliable when the tape got older. Now…
... loading sound kind of musical? With eight lines to a character ... . Not so much on turbo loaders though with the higher pitch and speed ... -
Loading schemes18 years ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were a b*tch to copy and became unreliable when the tape got older. Now…
... loading sound kind of musical? With eight lines to a character ... . Not so much on turbo loaders though with the higher pitch and speed ... -
Loading schemes18 years ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were a b*tch to copy and became unreliable when the tape got older. Now…
... just loads a screen saved with the SAVE command but uses ... />
If the code for turbo loaders (eg Powerload) was that simple ... that time to try it with... -
Loading schemes18 years ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were a b*tch to copy and became unreliable when the tape got older. Now…
... loading sound kind of musical? With eight lines to a character ... . Not so much on turbo loaders though with the higher pitch and speed ... -
Turbo loadersDid turbo loaders actually make a 48k game load significantly faster? Taking into account the time taken to load the code for the turbo loader progra…
I think most turbo loaders shaved a couple of minutes off loading times.
With the exception of those horrible Ocean Speed-lock loader thingies, which waited till it had loaded the entire program before crashing.
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TAP or TZXI have several emulators, but none seem to work with TAP files. The games I really want don't have TZX files anywhere onkline. How can I play the TAP…
... would store turbo loaders. It is possible to store some turbo loaders, but we ... non-TZX formats for use with lower powered machines and hand ... -
Adding to the WOS archiveI've just had my first foray into the world of MakeTZX. And apart from it recognising the initial "Program:" block as a Turbo Loading block (how, why…
... comp - that's the one with Jet Set Gertie on it ... Pack in 1987 which came with the six Sinclair games and ... /> At the moment I'm experimenting with MakeTZX, encoding each game as ... and Defcom, which have custom loaders - am I going to have ... -
Adding to the WOS archiveI've just had my first foray into the world of MakeTZX. And apart from it recognising the initial "Program:" block as a Turbo Loading block (how, why…
... games on side B, with no turbo loaders. If this doesn't work ... -
Datel Snapshot II - Tape?Just noticed someone selling a Datel Snapshot II thingy, but there seems to be a tape with it, which the seller indicates must be loaded before using…
... replace Spectaculator's 48K ROM with the one Woody gave you ... the BASIC blocks of the turbo loaders are protected as well...
grrrrrrrrrrr I hate all this!okay here's another one... When my father bought my spectrum +2 back in 1986, might have been 87... anyway, with it came 100 Spectrum Games (90 of …
... the same +2 starter pack with the compilation Andrew Barker mentions ... of it myself, but with all the customised turbo loaders, I can't ... point
Load the van with ONE Spectrum, which you should ... *just* below the static platform with the green X pattern. Now ...Spectrum Tape 2 PC (TZX)Can anybody give me a guide on how to convert my old Spectrum game tapes into a TZX file on my PC. I have alot of games to convert for keep sake and …
... problem I've found is with custom loaders - *not* Speedlock in its ... -brew loaders that don't conform to any of these turbo loader ... standards. To TZX a tape with a custom ... want to TZX a game with the standard loader, it should ...Use MakeTZX to make perfect TZX filesI own the "Heise Sammelkassette 2" with many Spectrum programs, among them the utility "Super Loader" to record files with a higher speed. On this ta…
... doesn't autodetect non-standard turbo-loaders so you will either have ... works with VOC files - mono, 8 bit !) which auto-detects any turbo ... this on several non-standard turbo-loaders (up to 4000 baud) ... using the timings you got with VOC2TZX in the MakeTZX gui ...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…
... happens, in different forms, with several loaders that perform scrambling, byte shifting ... supported loaders for which it is able
to, but with Alkatraz ... it has to surrender from the second turbo block ...Opus Discovery Floppy Disk DriveHiya all I've just bought an opus discovery. I have been informed that even though it has a picture of a 48 rubber on the cover, it is in fact the u…
... won't transfer custom or turbo loaders. I had to individually crack ... seeing a Multiface 128 working with an Opus, but I could ...New tzx vault update releasedThe latest .tzx vault update has just been issued. There are many hundreds of new and updated dumps for the Spectrum, C64, Vic 20 and also now the C1…
... simply slipped through the net with all the hundreds of other ... dealing with at anyone time. Most of the problems are the turbo loaders ...AZIMUTH HEAD ALIGNMENT KITSHow do they work ????
... tape will not align perfectly with the read-write head. The ... signal. You can hear this with a normal audio tape - the ... writing data to tape (particulalry turbo loaders) use the higher frequency parts ...
