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VHS tape degradation - fatal to VCRsI wrecked two VCRs with VHS tapes which appeared to have undergone some sort of chemical degradation before I realised what was going on. I eventuall…
... on the top of the tape (as seen through the little ... dust. Try to play a tape in that condition and it ... ? What's happened to the tape, and why is it so ... -
Loading Screen Help Needed!I'm not sure if the miscellaneous thread is the right place to post this, but hopefully it will do the job! :) I am looking to create a still image,…
... save it to tape for loading on a real 48k Spectrum.
tape for loading into a spectrum ... ZX emulators to save a tape sound file for recording, but ... -
editing the wave of a broken tapeI am trying to restore an audio copy (audio-to-audio from original) where the audio has a few glitches. The tape is intact, only the audio informatio…
... has a few glitches. The tape is intact, only the audio ... information has trouble. The tape is "normal" Spectrum speed.
tape years ago using Sound Forge ... program that also report the tape timing equivalence ?)
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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…
... , at the begining of the tape there is some audio on ... the tape thats says something about "White ... -
Pc to real +2 loading issues Please Help!?!?This is causing me great headaches, please shine some light onto it. I had a black +2 128k as a kid, always argued that it was better than C64 with …
... skool daze (got an original tape, got it to load once ... loads of emu's and tape loading progs all don't ... errors on loading screens, or tape loading error, or even program ... boost, all the progs and tape images on the web can ... -
Sheer Panicbuilding a little database app to hash tape bytes of tzx to clarify versions and dupes or cassettes againts other real cassettes only tested 3 tapes …
... little database app to hash tape bytes of tzx to clarify ... dupes or cassettes againts other real cassettes only tested 3 tapes ... as compared to the genuine tape, also seen the same file ... up ours tzx from the tape -
Vectron borders on emulators, on a real spectrum ?Hi all, favor if anyone has time can someone load vectron on a real spectrum and when it finally loads on that screen the bottom right corner .. wher…
... someone load vectron on a real spectrum and when it finally ... my dads ill get the real spectrums and try it, but ... -
Hard drive gamesWill they ever happen? The hardware exists in the real world. Not many have it though. Those that want to play games in the real world therefore o…
... ? The hardware exists in the real world. Not many have it ... to play games in the real world therefore often prefer games ... .tzx format or already on tape. I just think it's ... -
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.
... front cracked, no label on tape)
Knot in 3D
Splat!
Spy Hunter (tape only, no box or inlay ... Starstrike (box and inlay only - tape was damaged so I threw ... -
The Real Retromaniacs - new website now up and running!Hi everyone. As some of you may have been aware by the link in my sig, The Real Retromaniacs is now officially up and running! You can get to it her…
... link in my sig, The Real Retromaniacs is now officially up ... -
Transferring +3 Disk Image from PC to real +3Is there a way to do this without physically connecting the +3 disk drive to the PC? Something like a Speccy version of the "Xfer in C" utility for…
... loading this snapshot on the real +3 via DivIDE), but for ... -
Spectrum +2 tape playerHi all, the tape player on my +2 has gone silent on me. There's power getting to it but there doesn't seem to be any sound getting to the computer, e…
Hi all, the tape player on my +2 has ... I was getting a strange tape delay effect on the loading ... -
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…
... directly into ZXSpectrum4 using the tape facility - for some reason it ... -
SP5 Tape to +3 Disc UtilitySP5 Tape to +3 Disc Utility (Released by Kobrahsoft in 1989) Listed as having no protection scheme. This is incorrect. This utility is protected ! …
SP5 Tape to +3 Disc Utility
< ... utility when converting a game tape that has a Speedlock 5 ... loader so that the SP5 Tape to +3 Disc Utility Disk ... -
RetroGamer virtual YS cover tape?Is it worth having an Infoseek entry for the virtual YS cover tape that was given away with the 2004 YS Special? Contents: Batty/Elite Moley Christ…
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Games which don't have tape version but should (Cronosoft??)It would be interesting to post here the games you think you would buy or you would like to have in tape format. I am going to post here the games wh…
... would like to have in tape format. I am going to ... game could be saved into tape, it should be a must ... -
How do I use MGT files?While browsing here, I came across a disk file that's an "mgt". I'm trying to run it in ZX Spin, I have managed to load the file into it, but how to…
... the menu, there's only "Tape Loader", "128 Basic", "Calculator", "48 ... BASIC" and "Tape Tester", so do I go ... do I type? the only real spectrum's I had were ... the ZX Spectrum Plus, all tape based, so this is sort ... -
SP7 Tape to +3 Disk Gone off E-Bay (Did you buy it coz it's MIA !)Somebody just bought off of e-bay this evening... SP7 Tape To +3 Disk Utility (Released by Kobrasoft) ... Ending bid was ?19 ! + ?2.20 P&P This is…
... this evening...
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What good Atari 800/XL/etc games are there?I thought I'd give an Atari 8-bit emulator a try, to see what the games were like, so what games would anyone recommend for the 800, the XL, etc, not…
... one person who owned a real Atari 8-bit (the XL ... ) to load a game from tape, and if you moved the ... -
ZxCam for iPhone[URL=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=326164647&mt=8]ZxCam[/URL] is a free iPhone app that converts images taken wit…
... as audio for an authentic tape loading experience. It'll work ... /> I've only tested the tape loading on an emulator. If ... it a go on a real Spectrum and report back it ... -
Mia - kobrahsoft tape to +3 disc utility sp4this is listed in the archive as MIA so [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/KOBRAHSOFT-TAPE-TO-3-DISC-UTILITY_W0QQitemZ260467676608[/url] ?4.99 buy it now p…
this is listed in the archive as MIA so
[url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/KOBRAHSOFT-TAPE-TO-3-DISC-UTILITY_W0QQitemZ260467676608[/url]
?4.99 buy it now price +?1.25 p+p -
Tape loadersi understand how ROM tape loader works but i dont understand why it so 'complicated'. it measure time until two edges in signal appears. why it does…
i understand how ROM tape loader works but i dont understand why it so 'complicated'.
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Creating a runnable GAC file on a Plus 3 disc imageHi all, While working on Harry Potter Adventure and Text Adventure Dizzy, naturally, it would be written to TZX images, which in theory could be wri…
... be written to tape to run on real Speccy tape machines..
real Plus 3..
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Cartridges vs. Discs vs. Digital downloadFollowing a discussion in another thread, I thought a poll about cratridge vs. disc vs. digital download might be interesting (well, compared to the …
... works very well. It had real flaws (to put it mildly ... ]Worst:[/B] Discs, althoguh by tape standard, of course, discs are ... -
WANTED ! -- 10 Euros ( ONE TAPE )HELLO ! I'm missing these games.. Payment is 10 euros per tape ! ---------------------------------------- Crystal King Dizzy ( Tape normal - C…
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Crystal King Dizzy ( Tape normal - Code Masters )
Cue ... br /> ----------------------------------------
Space Gun ( Tape normal - Hit Squad )
The ... br />
Postworth & Co ( Tape normal , Hi-Tec )
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Dungeon Builder second versionAccording to [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=BigK/Issue07/Pages/BigK0700041.jpg]Big K issue 7 pag 41[/url] there was a second ver…
... Kbs. Side 2 of the tape has been easily turned into ... /> The tape will load with no trouble in my real speccy, and ... -
Space Crusade missing extra tape?I just tried [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004660&loadpics=3"]Space Crusade[/URL] (128k) and am slightly baffled ([I]What's…
... a "[B]Insert The Data Tape[/B]" ... but there's nothing ... more on/in the TZX(tape) ... is this fiddly bit missing ... -
DidntXSpectrumoh yes i just found this emulator for the Xbox 1 and boy is it good. It has loads of options loads almost any format going and fairplay is very close…
... very close to having a real Spectrum.
Once you ... />
Image Type - Auto Detect, Tape, Snapshot, Plus 3 Disk, TRDOS ... /> TRAPs - Enabled, Disabled
Tape Sounds - Enabled, Disabled
