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The most unique game loaderFor me it has to be Technician Ted, when the stripes give way to walking men and a timer.
... games usually load without stripes, with unusual screen loading and a ... =0001757]Fighting Warrior[/url] loaded with wide multicolour stripes.
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Help with custom loader neededAs people here became active recently about MakeTzx and tzx format in general, I have thought that I would post it here. I have some .wav recordings…
... turbo data block was inserted and left as Pure Data with ... measured the pauses between blocks with Adobe Audition which were ... each turbo block.[/QUOTE]
I didn't bother with those ... more targeted to people dealing with new loaders. While some of it ... -
ZX Spin loading problemsHello everyone. I'm having some problems loading tape files (particularly TZX files) into Spin. Most of the time they load fine and the game works a…
... tzx files that have custom turbo loaders. Its best to turn all ... /Stop Tape Automatically. Lots of loaders are written to rely on ... the blocks, which gets altered with the start/stop tape auto ... -
128K blues, part +2: picture and tape driveI recently purchased an original (grey) +2 which sadly seems not to be fully working. The computer powers up but there is no way to obtain a stable p…
... on, make it slightly larger with a small drill bit.
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ZX systems on PC FDD! (TRD,Opus,D40/D80...)Hi. A friend suggested me a program that can force PC's FDD (even on the newest systems) to format and save programs of ZX Spectrum. Seems like it …
... . Exists also software with custom loaders in ZX ram, ... but all this loaders must jump to rom, ... russian ZX clones "ATM TURBO 2+" or "PENTEVO/ZX ... modified TR-DOS rom with software emulation of FDD ... it's possible - emulation with Z80 assembler at very low ... -
Price For A TR-Dos Drive And Interface?hi all im seriously considering getting a tr-dos unit to to use with my various spectrums and was wondering wot sorta price they go for and would be…
... TRD image. Work all software with correct loaders (use tr-dos services ... DivIDE - any software with non-standard or turbo loaders not work.
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game with a fullscreen loader?any game with a loader that has loading stripes all over the screen, not just in the border? guess there were some, even with atypically coloured st…
... I don't know if turbo loaders would help mask it.[/QUOTE ... honest, I'd put up with it, cos it's still ... -
Tape loading from PCSo, I found that I had been using the wrong audio jack socket on my 48k for tape loading (my spectrum is in a third party case, so there are not labe…
... TZX and TAP files directly with [URL="http://newton.sunderland.ac ... me all of the time, turbo loaders included. As suggested by Zom ... through an amplified desktop speaker with a headphones output in order ... -
ZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …
... creating a multi-level game with AGD where each level ... time (especially when combined with a custom turbo loader) when using ... />
Please do keep experimenting with this new packer; I am ... following its progress with much interest, although I possess ... -
ZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …
... on featuring turbo loaders. They are perfectly safe to use even with tape ... fixed versions, as compressed+turbo TZX files, with real hardware, so far ... got a penchant for eccentric loaders since the good old ... of my titles. Folks with DivIDEs can always load the ... -
ZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …
... FrankT;677305]Just made a turbo loader with zx7 and rcs. 6000 ... it based on Tomaz's turbo loader employed in Z802TZX? If ... my experience. When I was experimenting with virtual tape loading off PCs ... multimedia readers, files made with the 6000 baud options always ... -
ZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …
... planning to gradually increase ZX7 with additional features (such as configurable ... putting together a compressed game, with some material already released in ... related) subjects such as available turbo loaders, some early work on range ... -
Changing the colour of the loading 'stripes'I was wondering if it were possible to alter the default colours of the standard ROM loading 'stripes' via BASIC, mabye a POKE command of some descri…
... one of the best Spectrum turbo loaders in terms of both speed ... hack collections it was used with were recorded on abysmal quality ... -
Best way of converting TZX to TAP?Can anyone recommend a utility to convert TZX files to TAP format? I had a go with "Win_TZX2TAP", but the conversion success rate was maybe 75% - se…
... I've seen some taps with turbo blocks, but I may be ... only supports standard loaders (loaders that use ROM routines with or without headers ... games that use non standard loaders (speedlock, Alkatraz, etc), unless you ... -
Red DwarfA Red Dwarf video game - good or bad idea? (given its recent resurgence in popularity in the UK) My ideas: [b]Plots[/b] - An interquel which bridg…
... further tinkering and testing with custom loaders and protection schemes ( ... /> [b]List of compatible loaders on an emulator and real ... /> Sinclair User and Your Sinclair Loaders
Soft Lock
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Faulty Tapes/ Problems with loading from newWhile going through some of my old Speccy tapes in the cellar, I came across a copy of "Dynamite Dan" which made me remember the story of its purchas…
... used 2 tape recorders: one with its head adjusted [B]once ... head setting, which would load with near 100% success rate. Before ... park. Around the time that turbo loaders became popular, our dad had ... 1"]wonderful[/URL] :D MSX2 with floppy drive included).
WAV'sOk so i have used tap2wav to get my audio file on my pc , I get 10 of my favourite games in a folder , I then use the mp3 cassette adapter which i pl…
In my experience, even a simple desktop PC amplified loudspeaker with a headphones exit is enough to boost the signal level up to what is required to load MP3 files made with WinTZX, custom turbo loaders included (e.g. the one I used for Funky Fungus).Mini TZX/TAP PlayerQuestion. Is there anything out there that will play TZX/TAP files and is portable. At the moment I am using an MP3/WAV player for my spectrum so a…
... want to play TZX files with Tapir or WinTZX, or take ... . A simple desktop PC loudspeaker with an earphone connector will do ... +2A you should help yourself with a cassette adaptor, the kind ... kind of TZX file, even turbo loaders, without pressing the PLAY key ...Mini TZX/TAP PlayerQuestion. Is there anything out there that will play TZX/TAP files and is portable. At the moment I am using an MP3/WAV player for my spectrum so a…
... +2A you should help yourself with a cassette adaptor, the kind ... kind of TZX file, even turbo loaders.[/QUOTE]
This is ...Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... people who like fiddling with turbo/non-standard loaders on here, we had ... in custom loaders, I decided to have a tinker with one.
with the border colours; loading data ... and forwards; loading data XORed with a fixed value and decoding ...Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... maximum speed available (6). The turbo block now loads in 14 ... infoseekid.cgi?id=0024245"]Vari-Turbo[/URL]. Not sure how you ... csw file[/URL] from Vari-Turbo (via Spin). You can specify ... get a "flashing" effect). Just experimenting with the settings at the moment ...Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... /> [*]Can home users realistically prototype turbo loaders on home equipment? [I](I ... performance - eg. low pass filtering with zero phase filters, or compensation ...Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... [*]Can home users realistically prototype turbo loaders on home equipment? [I](I ... - eg. low pass filtering with zero phase filters, or compensation ... user cannot play it back with sufficient quality, you've ... can't go wrong with known branded Japanese stuff like ...What Spectrum projects (Software/Games/Utility)(Hardware)(Others) are you working on?So, basically that :) You dont have to give names or more clues if you dont want to ;) Also, if you are working on more than one, you can tell all of…
Do the custom loaders being discussed/developed by a couple of us in the "Experimenting with turboloaders" thread count?
-StephenExperimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... 731133]We could come up with a deliberately-poor implementation ... at different speeds, blocks with thirty-second long pilot tones ... normal loading speed? I was experimenting with the settings in [URL=" ... infoseekid.cgi?id=0024245"]Vari-Turbo[/URL] a while back ...Something you seen the spectrum do that impressed you?It can be coding related, graphics etc.... From me... Turbo loaders, graphic masking, the last of the lerm tape copier coding that could do speedloc…
... already mentioned;
Games with multi-channel sounds. Sounded great ... man lol).
.... and turbo loaders. Hell, I didn't even ... of tea like I did with games like The Hobbit taking ...Turbo save?I'm doing some experiments with turbo loaders, and I don't know how to save turbo blocks on virtual tapes. Spectaculator and fuse don't seem to save…
... saving/loading BASIC using custom loaders. The tzx I've made ... /> - Compressed with zx7.
- Compressed with zx7, with countdown.
- Compressed with zx7, with turbo loading ...Alkatraz Protection System - "How to" and compo?I'm thinking about writing a "how to" regarding the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0020807"]Alkatraz Protection System[/URL].…
... TZX format which will support turbo loaders.
You can get a ... /> We'll now run MakeTZX with the [B]-a[/B] switch ... /utilities.html#tzxtools"]here[/URL] with some archived instructions [URL="https ...ZXMAK2Hi everyone, I'm glad to present you the latest version of my emulator - ZXMAK2 :) There are a lot of changes were made since the last topic about t…
... can have a go at experimenting with such systems.
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[*] Toolbar with most useful control buttons;
with some limitations;
[*] Improved ATM Turbo clone emulation;
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