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A day in with the Speccy (real hardware)right, inspired by nicks post heres my speccy games playing so far today. All on real hardware now ive got a speccy set up and all the games out of t…
... hardware now ive got a speccy set up and ... i saw it, on a tiny black and white telly ... lol, played a few go's on ... did, think i need a new copy of the software projects ... off and the tape does have a nibble out of ... they did, i had a small go on each but ... -
Help with mystery game programmer...Hi, I wanted to try to revive an old C.S.S post from 2004, where I was trying to track down the name of a very exploited Spectrum games programmer. …
... . I used to copy them
by hand, tape to tape, and photocopy ... /> Suddenly I was making a few quid, quite a few actually. I used ...
They bullshitted me along, making me work nights, weekends, letting ... 'm going to stop the tape.
JOE -What for? I ... -
Recommend a tape player ??Hi guys, can you recommend a good tape player for loading ZX Speccy games ? Cheers !!
Hi guys,
can you recommend a good tape player for loading ZX Speccy games ?
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Prospect 3 (Mayday Software) and a couple of othersHi, I looked through my collection of Spectrum tapes and found a few titles that might be of interest. Prospect 3 (Football Pools Prediction Progra…
... MIA list. I have a copy. On the tape are (according to the ... )
I have a tape from Lerm Software. The cassette ... inlay says Spectrum Tape Utility. On one side: Tape Utility B ... other: +3load1, +3load2, Plustape. Tape Utility B and Conversion Utility ... -
IDE Hard Drive on your Spectrum!Hello there my fellow WoS'ers Today, I am going to share with you something that has truly captivated me over the last couple of months, some of you…
... LOL! so after refurbishing them, making sure that they do proud ... are... so I went about making them up
[URL ... />
The above is a direct copy of the CF card that ... code programs... I can convert tape and FDD games / applications to ... -
making a low end 8 bit machineI am getting an old style pc desktop case which i am going to put my own pc in but the machine already in it is a Pentium 3 cpu (dunno what the speed…
... machine already in it is a Pentium 3 cpu (dunno what ... />
I was thinking about making it auto boot into some ... then you cna pick from a load of 8bit machines along ... spectrum emulator would run on a low end PC as they ... -
A Thread with not much Speccyness about it..Sorry this not only non-speccy related but is also somewhat C64 related:o But hey this is the chit forum is it not? Anyway, I already posted this q…
... posted this question on a PC hardware forum and ... 't know. I am making a second attempt at putting an ... ITX motherboard inside a C64 and using the ... , which was successful although a bit rough, didn't ... time. Anyway, here is a copy and paste from my post ... -
Write Tape to MicroDrive... How to do?1st of all hi to everybody here on the forum. I am new here and I have some questions about the spectrum and a microdrive. I want to copy some games…
... and a microdrive.
I want to copy some games from tape ... a program "MD Copier" (here from Wos) that I load from tape ... , I can read a tape (game) and let it copy to the microdrive ... . After that the spectrum gives me a ... -
Making a video with in-vision video advice neededI'm after making some Spectrum gameplay videos of people playing the games, so that when played back, a small box in the corner shows the game, or ma…
I'm after making some Spectrum gameplay videos of ... , so that when played back, a small box in the corner ... -
Anyone got a "Sweevo's Whirled" inlay?I just found a tape for it in my copy of 'Shockway Rider'. I'd like to make a facsimile inlay for it and the one in the archive is a bit ropey and wo…
I just found a tape for it in my copy of 'Shockway Rider'. I ... 'd like to make a facsimile ... one in the archive is a bit ropey and wouldn't ... make a good printout.
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Need a speccy emulatorI need one that is for windows or linux, supports inserting tapes instead of making the speccy reset when a new tape file is opened. rainbow proces…
... tapes instead of making the speccy reset when a new tape file is ... think you can just insert a tape without resetting the speccy -
Repair a tape?Hello all! Two tapes I was trying to load into a spectrum seem "tight", in that when I press play on the cassette player it struggles to turn the sp…
... was trying to load into a spectrum seem "tight", in that ... " too. Oddly doing this the tape seems fine and not tight ... how I can get the tape to play correctly please? -
Varios +3(e)DOS questions?I'm converting tape games to disk, for being used in my +3e. I'm trying to convert them to standard BASIC loaders, so files could be copied using BAS…
I'm converting tape games to disk, for being ... like that +3 BASIC could COPY them from floppy to floppy ... those files.
- Before making a +3DOS call, the memory map ... routines at 23296 or the copy at ROM.
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Is there an emulator that can "autosnapshot" after loading a tape?The reason i'm asking is that my everyday speccy is a grey +2 with a DivIDE 2k11. Some TAP files simply won't work because of rom checks and other in…
... my everyday speccy is a grey +2 with a DivIDE 2k11. Some ... had to manually press a key after the tape had loaded.
a "Wait x miliseconds and then ... list, which would allow for a "perfect" snapshot.
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Where can I get a copy of Elite?Does anyone know where I can get ahold of a working copy of Elite for the 48K? Preferably with as many of the original boxed items as possible. Thank…
Does anyone know where I can get ahold of a working copy of Elite for the 48K? Preferably with as many of the original boxed items as possible.
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The 'Interface 1bis' as tape player<span class="wysiwyg-font-size-medium"> </span><p><span>The latest function added to the ‘Interface 1bis’ is that of a tape player. Files stored …
... is
that of a tape player. Files stored on the ... , in standard ZX Spectrum tape format, to the EAR port ... of level and timing, making
tape loading errors absolutely impossible. ... that this ‘tape player’
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Hacking a +2 into a shorter caseIf anyone's got a copy of the notes or text they posted about re-wiring the +2 joystick ports or hooking up a tape recorder to the motherboard casset…
If anyone's got a copy of the notes or text they posted about re-wiring the +2 joystick ports or hooking up a tape recorder to the motherboard cassette header, please can you re-post it here? -
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. …
... my recent great experience of making reliably loadable cassette copies of ...
I used a normal position tape and recorded the compilation ... '3' on my technics tape machine (how this would measure ... matter as my shoebox has a tape counter and I've been ... -
Macmillan Learn to read - BODYSWOP - labelled BODY PARTS - review copyI've had a cool find... a tape - no cover - printed 'LEARN TO READ - Body Parts' Review copy .... It is Macmillan's 'Bodyswop' but I presume a pr…
I've had a cool find... a tape - no cover - printed 'LEARN TO ... READ - Body Parts' Review copy ....
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JSW2 does not ask for a code.I recently purchased a tape of JSW2 for myself, having lost my original ages ago. I have noticed that when loaded, the game skips the code request an…
I recently purchased a tape of JSW2 for myself, having ... original tape (it is original, not obviously a pirate copy) and that a previous ... owner may have re recorded a ... poked version on the tape.
What ... -
O.T.L.A. - any tips?I've just started using the fascinating OTLA program and can get as far as a program appearing to load (borders, sound) but when it's finished... not…
... played from my phone through a headphone amplifier. Totally clear, ( ... serviced and tested thoroughly by a kind gentleman on this ... resets, or R tape loading error - info corrupted (a bad copy?) and 2 ... pull out the tape leads or stop the tape part way through ... -
Yay (In a sarcastic, and sort of foreboding way), they're making a sequel to Bladerunner[quote="ewgf;52032"]In a parallel universe, one where directors understand what makes a classic film great, and the accounts and marketing department…
... quote="ewgf;52032"]In a parallel universe, one where ... directors understand what makes a classic film great, and ... then the news that a sequel to the fantastic ... than either the film-making budget or the marketing ... I know you could produce a list of good, even ... -
Newby - How do I go from tape to .tap fileHi all Don't laugh we all start somewhere - just getting into the process of making my Specky a bit more modern so want to know how to go from an …
... into the process of making my Specky a bit more modern so ... from an original tape to a tap file. I have a tape player able ... or MP3 format from the tape. I am running windows 7 ... -
Saving all of a SCREEN$I have some .scr files that I have created in img2spec and I can open them in spectaculator and save them by using the EDIT button and selecting scre…
... can then save these to tape and wintzx turns them ... 3.
Is there a way to get these SCREEN ... I could do it by making a little program to load ... I cannot involve them in a program until i first ... the full .scr files onto a disk in spectaculator, that ... -
Can you make a .TAP file in an Emulator?Hi I been able to save my crappy BASIC programs in emulators as a .z80 snapshot. What about making a .tap file ? Is there anyway I can use the g…
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I been able to save my crappy BASIC programs in emulators as a .z80 snapshot. What about making a
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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…
... should be perfect for making multi-game compilation tapes ... playing before anything like tape quality is taken into ... since I made a brief experimental tape for a band that ... on one side of a tape, if I only engage ... I shouldn't shove a ferric tape in there and ... -
Getting a +3 working again (keyboard & tape socket issues)So, as part of my Spectrum restoration project I will also try to tackle the problem child among my fleet, the +3. PROBLEM ONE: Ever since I firs…
... try to load from tape in 48K mode (because ... D key). I found a working monaural tape deck - my grandad ... 's Philips Magic Cube (tape, FM/MW/LW radio ... a standard stereo 3.5mm jack on one end for the TAPE ... more than a +3 with a tape deck, the TAPE/SOUND socket ... -
The Order of Mazes & Flynn's Adventure in Bombland Physical CopyHi I've always meant to create a physical copy of the games I created and have finally got round to it. I've only made 2 so far, one for me and on…
... 've always meant to create a physical copy of the games I ... spare.
Side A of the tape has 2 copies of ...
Side B of the tape has the newer version of ... flyer paper for the inlay, a thicker brochure paper for the ... -
Disassembly starting from a tape fileFollowing on from the Atic Atak redefining keys thread, I was wondering how you'd go about disassembling the code from scratch. The approach used in …
... is in a TAP file, I guess a starting point ... would be a tool which loads ... a CODE segment from ... would go into a disassembler which would produce a text (ASM) ... code image as on the tape. From there, work in ...
