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Tape loading issues - can anyone help?Hi, I have just bought a +2 which has a problem. Whenever I try to load a tape the spectrum refuses to acknowledge what I am doing. I have tried in …
... Whenever I try to load a tape the spectrum refuses to ... cyan border. Instead the tape just runs with no ... br /> I have tried a tape I know loads (tested it ... the screw between the tape desk and the tape controls.
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How to load the SE42DEMO.tap fileThe SE42DEMO.tap file on WOS for sebasic is headerless. How can I load it into SPIN or eightyone? Theres no info on it! Dicky
The SE42DEMO.tap file on WOS for sebasic is headerless. How can I load it into SPIN or eightyone? Theres no info on it!
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Tape to CDI've recently found a load of tapes of stuff i taped off the radio, from the 80's and 90's, top 40 stuff mainly, plus some rare 'in session' stuff. …
I've recently found a load of tapes of stuff i ... way to copy them from tape to CD for posterity. I ... -
Random access, file sizes and more.A few days ago Aowen mentioned that random access to saved data is not a problem. Here are my thoughts, doubts and suggestions regarding this subject…
... The way the loading routine would load the data would be ... 220MB
the load command from basic for video ... :)
The loading routine would always load the data at address ... )
-No need for tape or disk files with thousands ... -
Questions about registers, stack, etc.I was told that if I wanted to export code and create unprotected versions of games I should do the following: 1-Find the starting address by using …
... -Create a small machine code routine that will set everything according ... load blocks of code, not headerless unless necessary and execute the mc routine ... -
Real Tape Mode From Line-OutHi folks, Are there any emulators that allow you to choose which input signal they 'listen' to ? Say for instance many emulators support real tape m…
... instance many emulators support real tape mode which listens to the ... Emulator could then read the tape waveform from the Line-Out ... />
In Spectaculator you have Load From Audio Source, but it ... -
Using a tape drive for Spectrum +3Could I just use any tape drive? I only have a sony walkman, really. Could this work? Also, how would I load up it up on the +3? Do I just set the ta…
Could I just use any tape drive? I only have a sony walkman, really. Could this work? Also, how would I load up it up on the +3? Do I just set the tape going, not put a floppy in the drive and then press enter on the +3 loader?
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FUSE fails to save "Bytes:" files that can be converted to .tapI have been running FUSE with the OCP Assembler loaded. When I save the Assembly listing from OCP, I see border colour and noise of a proper save. So…
... loaded. When I save the Assembly listing from OCP, I ... I can use FUSE to load the saved file back in ... : 0 ms
Total tape duration: 25.20 sec
Total tape duration: 14.53 sec
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Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …
... has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B ... />
each week a new routine is discussed and all you ... -
Tape problem on Plus 2I brought a second hand Plus 2 today for ?3 and it came wiht a copy of Lotus Turbo Challenge. The machine in itself works fine but when I tried to l…
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Evening Star - Audio on tape?Just bought a copy of "Evening Star" by Hewson, the follow up to "Brighton Belle", train driver sim. Anyhow, on Side 1, when you load the game, at t…
... you load the game, at the begining of the tape there is ... some audio on the tape thats says something about "White ... -
A Few Games (tape)I have a few original tape games surplus to requirements. These have obviously been stored in a shed or similar environment, so the cases and inlays…
I have a few original tape games surplus to requirements. ... cracked, no label on tape)
Knot in 3D ... The following ones failed to load on the first attempt, ... /> Splat!
Spy Hunter (tape only, no box or inlay ... and inlay only - tape was damaged so I threw ... -
conversion of tape game to other formatHi All I've read many of the posts on this subject but I'm a bit stumped. I've recorded a WAV file from a taped spectrum program using Audacity - so…
... if it would load directly into ZXSpectrum4 using the tape facility - for ... some reason it wouldn't load. I ... file would play but not load... not sure why, I think ... -
Tips on optimizing some newbie assembly routinesI'm starting to learn some assembly language. The best way to learn is to actually code something you are going to use, so I'm creating a very simple…
... 'm starting to learn some assembly language. The best way to ... table of characters, and a routine which reads the grid and ... as I can. Sadly, my assembly skills are very, very basic ... 8x8 tiles.
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Full .TAP file loading over the networkDevelopment of the Spectranet ROM modules continues... Courtesy of the new filesystem layer, the experimental TNFS (Tiny Network Filesystem), and th…
... files containing an entire "virtual tape", the contents are loaded into ... of tape traps, i.e trapping excution inside the LD-BYTES routine ... BASIC extensions what the tape file is, then LOAD "" as you would ... off a real tape. I've ... -
Hidden routine in loading screenAs discussed in another thread, the loading screen for [B]Back To Skool[/B] seems to have a hidden routine (in blue INK and PAPER). It would be inter…
... ] seems to have a hidden routine (in blue INK and PAPER ... if someone skilled in Z80 assembly could take a look at ... -
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…
... a tune, and need to load it into my game.
tape.
Does anyone have ... Music Box" and play from assembly?
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Tutorial - learn machine code in 30mins[B][I]Message from the moderators[/I] - bigjon has requested that readers' attention be drawn to a better version of this tutorial, one which is easi…
... last one.
The assembly language instruction for 'return to ... ld is the instruction for load a value into a register ... djnz fillscreen'
Because our routine will continue from the loop ... instruction lddr, which stand for LoaD ((hl) to (de)),Decrement ... -
Imagine loading by tape nowadays!!!!I was bored so i did some working out how long it would take to load a more modern game at the rate old speccy tapes do which is 1500 bps (bits). 8 …
... long it would take to load a more modern game at ... .5 = time it takes to load by tape speccy style
load a gta 4 by tape.
Imagine ... day 801 and getting R tape load error lol.
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Name that game: loading routineName that game but with a twist. I remember loading a game and it had a strange loading (protection?) scheme. It played normal when loading up initia…
... "wibble-wobble" sound (not my tape wobbling(!), since it was a ... that if I stopped the tape through this 3-5 second ... "catch on" and wouldn't load the main data. -
Tape loading question...I'm getting back into BASIC after some 20 odd years away from it and i've started saving stuff to tape. How do I go about making a loaded program aut…
I'm getting back into BASIC after some 20 odd years away from it and i've started saving stuff to tape. How do I go about making a loaded program auto run other than just typing LOAD "" : RUN . -
Spectrum 128k +2 (grey version) Issue 1 Load games problemFirst off all I'm very happy to be a member of World Of Spectrum. Second of all: I have a BIG problem with my spectrum. The cassette tape recorder is…
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The cassette tape recorder is not working ... So I want to load some games from PC/Laptop ... - I've disconnected the cassette tape recorder completely.
- I ... be low volume then load an spectrum game with ... The problem is when I load the rom I hear ... -
Games that took the longest to loadJust wondered which games took the longest to load from tape :) From memory: Athena 128 version (could be wrong but I seem to remember this took ag…
... games took the longest to load from tape :)
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Summer express game competetionHello to all. I would like announce SUMMER EXPRESS GAME COMPETETION: [B]Theme:[/B] a game [B]Deadline:[/B] 1st September 2010 [B]Target:[/B] ZX Spe…
... loaded into 48K model with LOAD"" command will be accepted.
tape in divide and other disk ... ). That means you can call tape routine in rom from machine code ... can't call your own routine somewhere in ram.
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Do a load "file" with ASMFollowing the idea to build a menu with asm, now i need to know how to do a load "file". I can use the Rom routine but i am not sure if the rom rout…
... do a load "file". I can use the Rom routine but i ... not sure if the rom routine accept the filename. I mean ... rom routine that is exposed in the documents is the classic load ... without to use the Rom routine. But with or without is ... -
External Tape / Audio Input on Spectrum +2AEvening all, I've just picked up a Spectrum +2A and have been trying to load TZX files from my Mac into the Spectrum. I know the leads and methods …
... and have been trying to load TZX files from my Mac ... can't get anything to load using this method on the ... / tape in port, but the +2A refuses to do anything. Games load ... to get one of those tape adaptors for iPods, and put ... -
Curiosities about .TAP and other formatsI was reading everything I could find about these formats but a couple things are way above my head. Also searched the forums and didn't find any sim…
... files that I want to load and play continuously, and once ... is loaded I want the routine to go back to the ... of a way for the tape to auto-rewind and auto ... t be the need to load so many screens in a ... example, file "00001104" using just LOAD, or go back and forth ... -
Multiface 1 cant load tapesIve just acquired a Multiface 1 for my 48k, seems to work alright, brings up the menu etc but when i go to load a tape,(and this is in the off or on …
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Possible tape loading modI've got an idea for improving the reliability of loading from mp3 players or computer soundcards on the +3 or Black +2... It seems to work but I ju…
... quick simulation of the +3 tape loading circuit seems to confirm ... D38 it allows me to load reliably at half volume on ... -
Sprinter 2000 tape in and tape outWith my Sprinter 2000 it is not possible to load a game with tape in. I use my pc with soundcard and a cable from this to the tape in jack from the S…
... is not possible to load a game with tape in. I use ... the tape in jack from the Sprinter 2000. I type: load "" but ...
