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  • New version (v0.31) of ZX DiagnosticsHi all,<br><br>Just wanted to let people know that I've released a new version of the Spectrum Diagnostics into the wild.<br><br>These were originall…

    Hi balford :)
    Thanks :)
    Working :)


    What You ... diagnostic board on +3,2a ?:) not working for me at this machines ... 2a tests need to load from tape only?
    Greets,
    Gorski ...
    gorski gorski June 2015 Hardware
  • Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation.Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation. 4 USB joystick/gamepad input for real multiplayer games - Yes, Bomb Munchies.... - Sinclair 12…

    ... or any) PC, do not have physical tape recorder, but that did ... not prevent the authors ... ...), to have this feature - loading from real tapes or any other ... sources.
    As to tape images, allmost all emulators support ...
    Pegaz Pegaz July 2015 Emulators
  • Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation.Features that are still wanted in Spectrum emulation. 4 USB joystick/gamepad input for real multiplayer games - Yes, Bomb Munchies.... - Sinclair 12…

    ... any) PC, do not have physical tape recorder, but that did ... not prevent the authors ... ...), to have this feature - loading from real tapes or any other ... ZX Spectrum did not have a builtin tape recorder either - ...
    fms fms July 2015 Emulators
  • Grey +2 - DOA and no power lightTook a punt on a grey +2 at the weekend to be a spare. It was "untested" although so were all my other +2's which are all fine. Tried to power th…

    ... , then!

    When translating from eBayese to English, the following ... shows (c) 1982...etc, but not tested it further" - Keyboard membrane ... test the tape deck" (+2) - Tape drive not working
    * "R@RE!!!" - Not in the ...
    Winston Winston August 2015 Hardware
  • Missing in ActionThe more I go in my loft the more I find "Missing in Action" files . Trouble is I am new to this. I have done the tzx's for them but cannot upload th…

    ... did not want SZX) I decided to give Spectaculator's Tape ... it is possible to load from Tape here at this point. You ... whether the Load from Audio source (under Tools not View) is ticked ... on not . With this ticked and using the normal Spectrum loading functions ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio August 2015 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Gryzor box coversWould anyone happen to have or know where to see box scans of the Ocean-Imagine Helias version of Gryzor, as well as the disk release of it? Imagine …

    ... being annoyed that I was not credited in game which is ... on the loading screen. My 2 copies came straight from upstairs at ... one with the sticker about not working on a +3. Here it ...
    Mark R. Jones Mark R. Jones September 2015 Games
  • Cannot load .wavs from an external player into a +2A for the life of meDetails: I have a +2A speccy with a black case When I try to load the .wavs, the audio comes out of the speccy but it doesn't try to load anything,…

    The tape/sound socket next to the ... has no input for say loading from another device. Dan's modification ... add an input. If your not into soldering/modding, a cheap ...
    Your Spec-chum Your Spec-chum September 2015 Hardware
  • Success at recording WAVs to tape and them loading!Hi I thought i'd share my recent great experience of making reliably loadable cassette copies of games from TAP / TZX -> WAV -> audio cassette. …

    ... the +2A loading from an actual tape).

    Judging from my experience ... e. directly record the output from, say, [url="www. ... Sometimes this will not be necessary when loading off an audio ... .org/forums/discussion/34633/loading-games-with-cassette-adapter ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu October 2015 Hardware
  • MESS command-lineHi all, Does anyone here know how to run a ZX Spectrum .SNA file in MESS from the command-line? I can of course do it from the UI, but since I'…

    ... out why it wasn't working for me. It appears that ... config was preventing snapshots from loading. I'm not entirely sure what but ... brand new folder and started from scratch then snapshots worked fine ...
    richl richl October 2015 Emulators
  • Utility to create long REM Line for storing M/C program - Maximum BASIC Line LengthHi, I think there was a Utlity or Toolkit to create a long REM-Line under 48k BASIC to store some MCode in it. So I don´t have to type e.g. 5…

    ... to store the loader or loading everything from BASIC (that would need ... :
    - Alter the BASIC to NOT load machine code.
    - Save ... meant less data to load from tape, and keeping everything on a ... between blocks and the time from the guide tone. At least ...
    Zup Zup October 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • TalkTalkIn the light of the TalkTalk data leak I was thinking was life easier, simpler, less stressful and better in the early 80s? Don't get me wrong I lov…

    ... on real Spectrums (instant loading of tape files, speed up ... (these still exist, but not where I live), police ... they still exist, but not in most poor areas), ... watch the good stuff from the 1980s, as well ... do miss something from then, but not nearly enough to ...
    ewgf ewgf October 2015 Chit chat
  • Any floppy disk system with well known multi-load games for 48k Spectrum?I know the +3 has got loads of disk versions of famous games. I know that 48k can use modern SD readers that emulate TAP and TZX files. But how about…

    ... disk and then played from disk as before from tape, just faster. < ... is not disturbed by loading session.

    I remember from the ... main game from disk and had an extra tape for each ... . So loading was a mix between disc and tape. Not very comfortably ...
    Speccyman Speccyman December 2015 Hardware
  • Compression comparisonsI did some comparisons of different compression methods. To make this relevant to zx spectrum, I first gathered a corpus of relevant data: 6660 .TAP …

    ... works but not reliably".

    Some people reported loading from cassette up ... /> If you want higher speed from tape, you better use one of ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas January 2016 Development
  • 128K programmingDoes anyone know any good resources on assembly programming for the 128? All I'm after is an "idiot's-getting-started-guide" on how to utilise the…

    ... order to load data from tape in banks 1, 3 ... this simple code executed before loading everything else:


    From inside the housekeeping program ( ... to address 49152. From there, they can ... 7 you must care not to exceed 11264 ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu February 2016 Development
  • Are turbo loaders worth it?I found turbo loaders fascinating and I've spent quite some time disassembling and trying different types, and they work great when I load the games …

    ... should really use the ROM loading routine so that Flash/SD ... Speccy and unpacking them after loading. You can still use headerless ... call into the ROM, but not entirely custom loaders in RAM ... sitting there watching it load from tape.

    I suppose if ...
    joefish joefish March 2016 Development
  • So I did a thing...And it's nearly ready for release: [img]http://s18.postimg.org/4453ayo5j/Screen_Shot_2016_03_30_at_16_18_17.png[/img] Apologies for the enormou…

    ... and allocation too)
    Loading a program automatically changes ... clear instantly
    File loading via drag and drop ... expressions
    END IF not working after ELSE in some ... now
    Graphics created from text strings now respect ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …

    I got a job lot of 30 games for £8 off eBay and just had a play on Superkid. Not a bad game at all. There still something about loading games from tape. Great thing is that I can save snapshots via my DivMMC :-)
    stupidget stupidget April 2016 Games
  • Wheels of Fire: Chase HQ = duff masteringAndy Barker mentioned Chase HQ in the Wheels of Fire compilation as being WIP way back in April 2005... http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discus…

    ... to work fine (apart from the fact it doesn ... the bad block). Fast loading usually seems to screw ...
    I tried loading the tape on one of my + ...
    I converted the tape with WAV2TZX and other than ... tape was basically just mastered badly as it's clearly not ...
    richl richl July 2016 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Facts people find hard to believeOr, to put it another way: popular and persistent misconceptions. What's your favourite? I'll start with a classic: the [url="https://en.wikipedia…

    Watching a game load from tape = the game will load.
    Leaving the room when the same tape is loading and going downstairs / call of nature / bury a body under the patio* = game will not load.


    *See Grey Key
    MatGubbins MatGubbins July 2016 Chit chat
  • Facts people find hard to believeOr, to put it another way: popular and persistent misconceptions. What's your favourite? I'll start with a classic: the [url="https://en.wikipedia…

    ... ;869608"]Watching a game load from tape = the game will load.
    tape is loading and going downstairs / call ... under the patio* = game will not load.


    *See ...
    grey key grey key July 2016 Chit chat
  • Spectrum +2 (grey): Mod- and operation- related advices needed.Dear Sirs and Ladies, Please welcome a newbie to the “World of Spectrum” (both to the forum and, well, metaphorically). I’ve recently purchased a…

    I do not think that cleaning heads shall ... the issue - I get troubles loading from my PC. No turbo-loaded ... significant amplification and often returns tape errors. I can't even ...
    Volo Volo September 2016 Hardware
  • Where does the BASIC program sit 48K Spectrum memory?Hi there First post so be gentle, I've had a spectrum since the 80's and have recently started programming it for fun again. I wrote the followin…

    I'm not very good at assembly/machine ... very, very slow...slower than loading a loading screen (SCREEN$) from tape
    textvoyage textvoyage September 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • Help a new user pleaseI love old school games and never had a Sinclair as a kid so thought I would rectify that via eBay! I have a 48k+ Model that was sold as working, …

    ... ONLY GONE AND GOT IT WORKING!!!!!

    [img]http://img ... a cassette player so im loading this from tape as we speak!
    tape recorder that suits it better.
    Unicorn Unicorn September 2016 Hardware
  • Searching for the perfect Spectrum emulator (Android)I'm searching for the best Spectrum emulator to run on my GPD XD, which runs Android. I've got several thousand TZXs on a flash card (I own all the o…

    ... during tape loading. It will not be very visible during tape loading process (since not much ... , using standard BASIC loader. Custom tape loaders will load slowly, but ... have a game that is NOT working, send it to me and ...
    fms fms October 2016 Emulators
  • Fuse 1.3.0 releasedA new release of Fuse, the Free Unix Spectrum Emulator, is now available at the SourceForge project: [url="https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-e…

    ... the emulated machine when auto-loading TRD/SCL disks
    ...
    When auto-loading a tape with --tape option, a machine without ... to disable the auto-loading of *tapes*. It' ... loading *disks*. Previously the AY registers where not cleared and noise from ...
    serbalgi serbalgi October 2016 Emulators
  • Making your own tapesTowards the end of last year [url=https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/53607/recommend-modern-1994-2017-games]I dropped in here to ask a…

    ... main circuit board, not meaning the tape deck control keys. ... and a Commodore 128 from "200-a-day smoker ... with half the components not working to looking like new. ... from somewhere around the late 80s - it's not ... got three unopened SA90s from when I was using ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone February 2017 Games
  • Café turco com os ex-jugoslavos: o jogoWhile looking for videos of Fuse on Sony PSP, I've run into this recent game. http://arquivosdeelenaceausescu.net76.net/cturco/jogozxspectrum.html …

    ... Spectrum's playable screen stretch from the top to the bottom ... ), and it has a good tape browser too, so you can ... start or continue loading from.

    It's not perfect, of course ... when I'm commuting to/from work, and it really helps ...
    ewgf ewgf March 2017 Brand new software
  • ZX-Paintbrush 2.6.3 and ZX-Blockeditor 2.4.2 publishedDear readers, as you see in the subject, two of my ZX-Modules applications have been updated today. The very special change, kindfully and very nice…

    ... ", this should not create an ula+ datablock on a tape file that ... the full colour palette when loading another tape was intended so far ... (e.g. copying an image from one ZX-P to another ... closing an ula+ file or loading another tape, the full colour palette ...
    clausjahn clausjahn March 2017 Software
  • 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) ; …

    I'm not sure what you are trying ... to make a super fast tape loader then you should consider ... prone to errors while loading from a real tape player. At some speed ...
    Ralf Ralf April 2017 Development
  • Crystal Kingdom Dizzy Remake[img]https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hu3KFlY4PPQ/WPKTFRnh2mI/AAAAAAAAhRo/Fb92COWf6oMPL4oyEQ_z_Ep6BrRHUCOPgCLcB/s640/Crystal0.jpg[/img] [quote]Dizzy fan…

    ... quote]It seems emulation is working wrong. I think you should ... have divIDE 2k14 version. Tape loading is fast and working fine.
    ... quote post by Black Cat from another thread:

    ... entry point into the subroutine tape loader at 1366, whereas ...
    Ralf Ralf April 2017 Brand new software
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