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  • Longest Game Loading Time................Hi peeps.... What game do you all reckon was the longest loading time?...I know alot of 128k games took ages cause of levels being loaded all at onc…

    ... you all reckon was the longest loading time?...I know alot of 128k ... screw a bit, on the tape deck!...lol...THOSE WERE THE ...
    Dusti Dusti August 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Longest Loading TimeWhat game do you blokes think had the longest loading time My vote is for "Driller"

    What game do you blokes think had the longest loading time
    My vote is for "Driller"
    usspeccyfan usspeccyfan April 2005 Games
  • Longest Loading Time?hi Following a retro discussion with my cousin we have a question. I am quite sure this may have been asked somewhere on the forum,but i did a searc…

    ... /> Which speccy game had the longest loading time? , i know some games could ...
    jammajup jammajup March 2007 Games
  • Shortest Game Loading TimeFollowing from the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=9905&forum=4&34"]longest loading time thread[/url]... There are s…

    ... &forum=4&34"]longest loading time thread[/url]...

    There ...
    Daren Daren November 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The R-Tape loading Era. An Easter story?R-Tape loading era Nostalgia's a funny thing you know. You might remember what at the time seemed a damn nuisance, only to recall it much later…

    R-Tape loading era

    ... remember what at the time seemed a damn nuisance, ... an era when cassette tape loading and saving of programs ... dreaded R-Tape loading error.

    At the time of ... my computer and its tape recorder back and forth ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch March 2018 Chit chat
  • +2A external tape loadingGot a +2A on the way and will want to load externally. Now I know that the +2A is basically a stripped down +3 with a tape deck instead of a floppy …

    ... stripped down +3 with a tape deck instead of a floppy ... also understand it the +3 tape loading lead works on a +2A ... anyone have pinouts on the tape loading/saving lead. I have scoured ...
    Keith Coles Keith Coles March 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Tape Loading SoundHi, Could anyone tell me where I can get a copy of the tape loading sound of a spectrum? Im sorry if this seems a stupid question, but I have looked…

    Hi,

    Could anyone tell me where I can get a copy of the tape loading sound of a spectrum? Im sorry if this seems a stupid question, but I have looked for quite a while and not found it anywhere.

    Thanks

    E
    Echilda Echilda May 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spin v0.504 - "R Tape loading error"?Has anybody else had the problem that when you turn off all the tape-loader optimisations (Standard blocks, Edge loader & Byte loader), loading any T…

    ... the tape-loader optimisations (Standard blocks, Edge loader & Byte loader), loading ... will result in an "R Tape loading error" at the end of ...
    bobs bobs November 2005 Emulators
  • R: Tape Loading Error on an EMULATOR??I was just trying to load 'Stop The Express' (a TAP file on a WOS Cdrom) on to a Mac OS X 10.4.6. TAPs (in OS X, I don't have Classic installed) AF…

    ... into the 2nd block loading i get 'R: Tape Loading Error'!

    Mark R. Jones Mark R. Jones June 2006 Emulators
  • R: Tape Loading ErrorCan anyone explain how the Speccy knew that the loaded code was corrupt? I thought that in machine code every byte could be a instruction, so how wou…

    ... that most of the my Tape Loading Error errors occured right at ...
    Womble Womble October 2006 Hardware
  • Those RANDOMIZE USR lines that look like tape loading...I often see on here people mentioning those RANDOMIZE USR lines which when entered, seem to simulate a tape loading, with the colours and lines in th…

    ... entered, seem to simulate a tape loading, with the colours and lines ... record is pressed on the tape recorder of an emulator, it ... will output to the tape. Nothing can be loaded though ...
    alexsut alexsut April 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... for improving the reliability of loading from mp3 players or computer ... quick simulation of the +3 tape loading circuit seems to confirm that ... needing an amplifier or boosted loading tones etc.

    I ...
    guesser guesser October 2010 Hardware
  • Persistant tape loading error*big cheery wave* Got myself an ebay 48k rubber key speccy recently. Seems to be working ok, excpept for tape loading errors. Tried from a few sour…

    ... be working ok, excpept for tape loading errors.

    Tried ... br />
    Signals seem good, loading screens load, it all just ...
    Skool daze loads the loading screen, gets to the end ... screen.

    Tried loading 16k programs to see if ...
    MickyM MickyM February 2011 Hardware
  • Playing tunes with tape loading noiseAnd now for something completely different. Not a man with a tape recorder up his nose, but a short video - [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScKK…

    ... /> Not a man with a tape recorder up his nose,
    tape loading noise[/URL].
    It's ...
    TheShich TheShich March 2011 Announcements
  • 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…

    ... socket on my 48k for tape loading (my spectrum is in a ...
    vext01 vext01 October 2012 Hardware
  • Is there a way to suppress error R Tape Loading Error in Basic when trying to load only part of fileHi, is there a way to suppress error R Tape Loading Error in Basic when trying to load only part of file. E.g.: I have a Tape-Code-File Start f…

    ... way to suppress error R Tape Loading Error in Basic when trying ... /> E.g.: I have a Tape-Code-File Start from e ... Bytes which come in the Tape-File from Byte 6913 to ... try this, I get "R Tape Loading error, 0:1"

    Luzie Luzie September 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • Machine code/Assembly language back in the dayHello. Back in the 80s when I was a kid, I didn't learn Z-80 machine code, but I was always curious about it. Just recently I decided to explore Z-…

    ... again. Another 4 minutes of tape loading time, and you re-type your ... code, this time save your source code on tape before you proceed ... needed to be loaded from tape every time? Were there ROM cartridge ... life of coders easier? (No tape wait) Was life really that ...
    memrah memrah September 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The longest loading game on any machine?Posting in another thread got me wondering, which game, on which home computer, took the longest time to load in? I seem to remember that on my mate'…

    ... game but with 10 minute loading/decompaction between each level.
    longest, annoying loading time I've witnessed in ... crappy old PC at the time (2004) used to take over ...
    Vampyre Vampyre August 2009 Chit chat
  • Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]

    ... simple routines to work first time without crashing :smile:

    tape loading time. I'm waiting on delivery ...
    Oktup Oktup January 2011 Chit chat
  • Just wondering (Data compressors back in the 80s)While utilizing some sort of data compression is admittedly the norm for Speccy productions nowadays, it doesn't seem to have been the case back in t…

    ... (e.g. Stormlord), and the time it takes is nowhere near ... apart from a slightly reduced tape loading time, or squeezing more pirated games ... K or 2 at a time, the savings are much worse ...
    joefish joefish January 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How did we put up with awful loading times.Going back through old games,some members where lucky to have disk drives on their comps whilst most of us had to stick with the tape format,looking …

    ... 't bad on tape .. due to "turbo tape" for some older games ... /> we had no choice regarding loading.. could you imagine if the ... ... [B]20-30 minutes[/B] tape loading time !!! I used to get in ... /> there was a tape deck that did *4 loading speed. not sure ...
    fog fog May 2011 Chit chat
  • 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 …

    ... a single block, therefore saving tape loading time and - even more important - space ... piece of code at a time instead.
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu February 2013 Brand new software
  • 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 …

    ... a single block, therefore saving tape loading time and - even more important - space ... piece of code at a time instead.[/QUOTE]

    Actually ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas February 2013 Brand new software
  • Machine code/Assembly language back in the dayHello. Back in the 80s when I was a kid, I didn't learn Z-80 machine code, but I was always curious about it. Just recently I decided to explore Z-…

    ... again. Another 4 minutes of tape loading time, and you re-type your ... code, this time save your source code on tape before you proceed ... needed to be loaded from tape every time? Were there ROM cartridge ... life of coders easier? (No tape wait) Was life really that ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler September 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Emulator which shows time when loading?Is there any emulator which shows time which passed from start of loading the game from the tape? Of course I mean slow, normal loading (e.g. from r…

    ... shows time which passed from start of loading the game from the tape ... mean slow, normal loading (e.g. from real tape palyer or .wav ... file from real tape but it gives me Tape Loading Error in the ... middle of the loading. If I ...
    Ralf Ralf August 2008 Emulators
  • Help, Space-Time Productions's CNCS32.dll isn't working in w2000Hi, I know this is not a support forum, but as you were talking about remakes I decided to give it a try. However... (gosh! this looks like R Tape L…

    ... like R Tape Loading Error)

    Just downloaded Space-Time Productions's ...
    toninho-malvadeza toninho-malvadeza September 2002 Games
  • Trouble loading old tape - any restoration software available?Hi there, I am trying to load in an 18 year old basic game that a friend of mine wrote. However, I am getting R Tape loading error, 0:1 after about a…

    ... . However, I am getting R Tape loading error, 0:1 after about ...
    paynterr paynterr September 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Longest Speccy Game?Most games were a memory test, 3 lives and back to the start if you failed. Longevity came from repeating the whole thing until you got bored complet…

    ... /> I was playing Ocarina of Time the other day and I ... had a big enough tape:

    Loading Bowerstone South...
    Please ...
    Unique Unique February 2005 Games
  • R Tape Loading ErrorWhat, for your money, was the best and worst loading routine on a Spectrum game? For me: Best: Bugaboo - totally cinematic, built up a real sense …

    ... , was the best and worst loading routine on a Spectrum game ... the game.
    Pyjamarama - first time I'd seen a Hyperload ... to the end of the loading routine
    Zombie Zombie - fast ... ! then the loading screen came up flashing and ...
    Bad Horsey Bad Horsey January 2007 Games
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