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Why should I keep my SpeccyOk, so some of you might have noticed my add in sales to swap all my Speccy stuff for an Atari 800. Well, maybe I am a bit hasty, I have not really g…
... speccy fan an the last time I played on a real ... much satisfaction from loading up a game from a tape for 8 ... than the complete lack of time, although waiting 6 or 7 ... a game isn't much time either.
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Tape and Disk breakpointsIs it possible to set a breakpoint on a .TAP, .TZX or .DSK file so that the debugger pops up when loading finishes? I'm talking about a breakpoint wi…
... I guess it also reduces loading time if using a cassette. But ... how to use Fuse's tape breakpoints in the Windows port ... -
Which is the most technically accurate Spectrum Emulator?Ok, which is the most technically accurate Spectrum Emulator? Please don't just vote but give reasons why.
... a real Speccy, half the time the games failed to load ... random chance of an R Tape Loading Error - especially for the last ... -
Some C64 questionsI've been playing around on a C64 emulator recently, and I have the following questions that I was going to post on Lemon 64, but I thought that sinc…
... ! There is no fast tape loading option in VICE PSP, ... ;356787]The situation for tape on C64 is pretty ... you said that the loading speed was a little ... minutes is a horrendously long time to load, without turbos. ... curious to know what loading times you got on ... -
I Ball - is .tap version available?Hi all, I'm after a .tap version of I, Ball (released by Firebird). The original game used the dreaded bleeploader. I checked WOS and other web site…
... edit. It also reduces the loading time if someone's planning to ... transfer the game back to tape.
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About divIDE firmwaresI was testing a original divIDE, and I've found that it seems that firmware development is non existant. - FATware doesn't support TZX, and doesn't …
... happy if in six months time people see a lack of ... be possible (i.e.: standard loading techniques, some basic turbos, support ... DivIDE to bypass the standard tape loading mechanism is to trap the ... -
Where's the border line between a Spectrum and something else?I mean: there are purists out there that consider that anything that is not a true Sinclair Spectrum, with a true Z80 and a true ULA, and at most, 48…
... Spectrum and cut out the loading time, I'd be happy to ... be able to go onto tape and load onto a normal ... -
Teaser trailer for BBC's Sinclair v Acorn drama[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/08_august/20/viewpoints.shtml[/url] Have to say that Alexander Armstrong's get-up a…
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Or even better: [B]Tape Loading Era[/B]
I ... more.[/QUOTE]
[B]"Tape Loading Era[/B]" is a very ... , being both descriptive of the time, and also being a pun ... -
GIGASCREEN with MULTICOLOUR 8*2Riskej made the pic. Pulsar coded the engine. I'm watching it on the 128+ at the moment and it is very stable. The file: [url]http://speccy-live.u…
... this should be... R Tape Loading errors all the time,) but after Typing ... -
GIGASCREEN with MULTICOLOUR 8*2Riskej made the pic. Pulsar coded the engine. I'm watching it on the 128+ at the moment and it is very stable. The file: [url]http://speccy-live.u…
... this should be... R Tape Loading errors all the time,) but after Typing ... -
A rundown of SundownI figured it was worth highlighting a few compo entries at this weekend's [url=http://www.sundowndemoparty.org/]Sundown[/url] demo party, as it seeme…
... the compo with "Ahh... the tape loading era!", which is shortly to ... some time this week) - it's an entire demo in a tape ... -
Ahh.. the tape loading era! by ate bit[url]http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=53846[/url] It is UNBELIEVABLE!!! Effects while loading, MUSIC while loading (and loading normal speed !!!…
... can't divide time between the music routine and tape loading. (Well, that ... music uses a sort of time-slicing technique, with juddery-but ... -
Speccy vs C64: Enduro RacerJust seen a video of the commode version of Enduro Racer, what a pile of cack: [youtube]kZVNLX6OxwU[/youtube] Speccy version: [youtube]ouKg6LeXkD…
[QUOTE=FrankT;390609]The tape loading was very slow on c64 ... tape loading was concerned THAT WAS a whole world of hurt.. elektraglide.. loading time ...
so speccy / c64 loading times weren't too bad ... -
Advanced Soccer SimulatorAdapted game Advanced Soccer Simulator for disk system +3DOS. Adaptation full, it is made even load/save the postponed condition of game. [URL="http…
... Naturally basic – preservation and loading of a file of a ... game condition on a tape, loading old game it was ... if someone for old time's sake alone decides ... was a possibility after loading of the postponed ... and to choose file loading. Earlier in not adapted ... -
Zon xDid anyone ever use a ZON X sound generator? I've been rummaging around in the loft and found it (along with Machine Language for the absolute beginn…
... (which also kept everything in time), until you hit the end ... ), you'd get more processor time out of the system. It ... whole screen loses it whilst tape loading, not just the border like ... -
transfer microdrive cartidges from emulatorWhat would be easiest way to transfer the microdrive images from emulator to real cartridges? BTW, is there some tutorial on transfering games .tap…
ok, thanks for the info.
I know this is asking too much, but what do you think about using compression?
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Pussy: Love Story from TitanicDoes anyone else have the full version of this game which has a demo in the archive? I have the TR-DOS disk image but I can't get it to run. I can g…
... Tape 1 and Tape 2, but the problem with it was: copying time ... =over 6 hours (2xC60 for readig into tape copier, ... only a small problem causing Tape loading error, this process must be ... , which would reduce the duplicating time to two hours, but at ... -
Pussy: Love Story from TitanicDoes anyone else have the full version of this game which has a demo in the archive? I have the TR-DOS disk image but I can't get it to run. I can g…
... Tape 1 and Tape 2, but the problem with it was: copying time ... =over 6 hours (2xC60 for readig into tape copier, ... only a small problem causing Tape loading error, this process must be ... , which would reduce the duplicating time to two hours, but at ... -
Skooldaze TooDear WoSsers, Thanks to Skoolkid's disassembly I'm attempting to write a new "improved" version called [B]Skooldaze Too[/B]. As part of the improvem…
... the game at the same time?
Wouldn't it ... uploaded. I have modified the tape loading routines to allow patches to ... -
Microdrive Games CartridgeI've just noticed that Ant Attack on the microdrive [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0014815"]Games Cartridge[/URL] (also bundl…
... have tried to reduce the loading time as much as possible.
At the end of the tape there are several K of ... and -1 in DATA statements - tape left, microdrive right.
Z80 compressorIs there one available? Is it any good? Peeps have been suggesting we should look into this, so here's a new thread! I'd do the compressor on the …
... you decompress all data after loading, I fail to see the ... compressing. OK it saves some time, but on an emulator you ... a machine which only has tape loading. Because it's compressed, you ... and forwards between levels. With tape loading, you can only ever go ...Sinclairean A3[B]Sinclairean[/B], a new ZX Spectrum emulator written in machine code for x86-compatible, OpenGL-capable computers. Features: [LIST] [*]Fast machin…
... to slowdown tape loading so it will be close to real time? Example ...Sinclairean A3[B]Sinclairean[/B], a new ZX Spectrum emulator written in machine code for x86-compatible, OpenGL-capable computers. Features: [LIST] [*]Fast machin…
... to slowdown tape loading so it will be close to real time? Example ... , that support will be real time only. After that stage is ... accomplished, the real time TAP and ultra-speed TZX ...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…
... guess 128K stuff took the longest to load.
On the ... any faster than usual spectrum loading. It just seemed like a ... fairly pointless extension to the loading time to me.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…
... - isn't the C64 normal tape data speed about 300 baud ... the tape loading speed so slow, so the average C64 owner had time ... instructions while the game was loading, hence reducing the number of ...The official Doctor Who threadOH MY GOD! I did [b]NOT[/b] see that coming at the end of the episode!
... the fifth Doctor's time onwards there were two ... that I have too much time and no social life ... like the ZX Spectrum without tape loading errors, or Lily Allen ... be magical. By the time of the Seventh Doctor, ... whatever shape it at that time it appears to be) ...Alice in Wonderland (FULL VERSION!) on ZX SpectrumNot really a game but a film and I'm uncertain which forum to put this in so (Moved it to Misc - Mod).... I've uploaded two tap video copies of [B]A…
... , all I got was: R: Tape loading error.
Did I ... sort of length of time a tape takes to load in fact ...Alice in Wonderland (FULL VERSION!) on ZX SpectrumNot really a game but a film and I'm uncertain which forum to put this in so (Moved it to Misc - Mod).... I've uploaded two tap video copies of [B]A…
... ages. The first time it eventually returned a tape loading error, the second ... time it was still going ...Alice in Wonderland (FULL VERSION!) on ZX SpectrumNot really a game but a film and I'm uncertain which forum to put this in so (Moved it to Misc - Mod).... I've uploaded two tap video copies of [B]A…
... , all I got was: R: Tape loading error.
Did ... sort of length of time a tape takes to load in ... switching to work properly every time. Sometimes I can get ... . Code that works one time will not work the next ... time. I'm still messing ...
