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  • I've just found a couple of my old cassettes...Some people have interesting old cassettes full of machine code experiments they made while they were still at school. Not me. I found one cassette…

    ... /> ---

    Anyway, the other tape I found was an audio ... tape of old Spectrum tunes that ... from other games so select tape tester and press play", I wrote ... />
    For the record, the tape contains:

    Side 1 ...
    Jmk Jmk January 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Sinclair 128K+ Rom dead?While repairing one of these boards my mind was elsewhere and I put the rom back in the wrong way round and now it doesnt work (scrambled screen) alt…

    ... (c) 1986 Amstrad and no tape tester on a 1985 machine to ...
    ZX-MAD ZX-MAD April 2008 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... Basic", "Calculator", "48 BASIC" and "Tape Tester", so do I go into ... the ZX Spectrum Plus, all tape based, so this is sort ...
    Clement Saggers Clement Saggers July 2009 Emulators
  • rebuilding a speccy - original hardware, emulation or cloneI have some spare speccy parts and cases etc and I've been thinking of bastardising a spectrum. I'm undecided as to using original hardware, clone or…

    ... keyboard and a built in tape deck and because it's ... a Sinclair logo, also the tape tester would be usefull as I ...
    BiNMaN BiNMaN October 2009 Hardware
  • Snapshot issue between BASin and ZX SpinHi Folks, I have created a 128K snapshot file from BASin (both .sna and .z80) to load in to ZX Spin. Spin is running in ZX Spectrum 128K mode and I…

    ... /> [*]Calculator
    [*]48 BASIC
    [*]Tape Tester
    [/LIST]
    I then ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman December 2010 Emulators
  • TESTROM3 - utility/rom for test your ZXHere is TESTROM3 utility as 16kB ROM file + flasher for install this rom to divide eeprom (or mapram mode). Work also on ZX Spectrum without ROM and …

    ... key "5" or JOY FIRE = tape tester

    EXIT TO ... to main menu.

    TAPE TESTER
    ===========
    Only easy test ... for visual controll of tape loading.
    First videoram ... graphic signing of TAPE IN status + same TAPE IN status are ...
    velesoft velesoft August 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Help!!! Loading problems.Hey guys. Just got my first spectrum sonce I was a kid. It's a 128k + toastrack. Was hoping to load tzx files from my phone. I've tried 3 different c…

    ... laptop. When I use the tape tester function, it shows that the ... will just give me a tape loading error immediately after.
    tape that loads fine on his ... and put the tape in his spectrum, and ran ...
    sir_bacharach sir_bacharach August 2015 Hardware
  • Bit of fun - ToastRack , one change onlyAlthough there's an old "one change only" topic about, I was thinking about the toastyrack 128's earlier. Its actually the only Spectrum model I've n…

    ... nonsense ?
    Throwing out the Tape Tester ?
    Stereo sound output ?
    spider spider November 2020 Hardware
  • Music / BonustracksHi all, Is there a reason for some of the low quality MP3s still in the above folder? If not, could someone please upload clearer versions of the f…

    ... does seem to be less tape hiss than on my copy ... a few years ago. My tape did get a lot of ... the moment since my stereo tape deck is broken (has Head ... could clear the recordings up, remove tape hiss etc.

    I ...
    John H John H September 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Black And Grey Spectrum......I think I got this right - Black Speccy - +2 Grey Speccy - +2A Is this right......... I had a +2 along time ago and Frank Bruno's boxing would not…

    ... on the side, and thusly Tape Tester removed.

    +2a - black ... fucked up ROM, and a tape deck wodged on the side ... disk drive, and with a tape deck wodged on the side ...
    b00mzi11a b00mzi11a October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Noisy 2A displaymy 2A gives a fairly good display until it has to generate sound or other cpu work, which interferes with the signal, giving some "cloudy" effects …

    ... read spectrum 128 with the "tape tester" menu

    reads all ...
    cdjgroup cdjgroup August 2006 Hardware
  • Noisy 2A displaymy 2A gives a fairly good display until it has to generate sound or other cpu work, which interferes with the signal, giving some "cloudy" effects …

    ... that, if you've got 'tape tester' in the menu option then ...
    dasteph dasteph August 2006 Hardware
  • Crazy Spectrum Experiments. Now there?s a thought!!As a Kid I wanted to be a budding inventor and tried all sorts of things with my speckie. I remember buying a second hand reel to reel tape recorde…

    ... .

    I placed a tape recorder on one computer,


    Used the tape tester of my 128k spekie to ... balancing the volume of the tape recorder, and the two PC ... this always resulted in R-Tape loading error. Although the titles ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk August 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Sony Ericsson ZX skinreading Icabods post about the Motorola phone inspired me to do something that I've been meaning to get around to! this should work on Sony Ericsson…

    ... sure whether to include a tape tester ;p
    Currently my Moto ...
    icabod icabod March 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Problem with spectaculator 6.30 "load from audio soruce"Hi all :). I'm new here and with spectrum emulation :). I love old computers i have in home amiga 500, atari 65xe and commodore 64, and i dont have s…

    Perhaps too loud ?

    Select ZX Spectrum 128 model and select tape tester from the menu.
    The cyan block should be in the middle while loading.
    If not, fumble with the volume control...;-)
    zx128k zx128k December 2007 Emulators
  • Sinclair 128K+ Rom dead?While repairing one of these boards my mind was elsewhere and I put the rom back in the wrong way round and now it doesnt work (scrambled screen) alt…

    ... the bugs, menu system and tape tester introduced in the UK (MK ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman April 2008 Hardware
  • 48K games that don't work on a +2Not sure if there is already a thread about this but recently I've noticed some old 48K games will not run on my +2 - even in 48K mode. Examples are…

    ... the 128 Spectrum has the tape tester routines.

    11) The ...
    Jimmy Jimmy June 2008 Games
  • Detecting Spectrum modelsIs there any sure-fire way a program can detect the model of machine it's running on (48K, +, 128, +2, +2A, +3, clones) even when running in the 48K …

    ... reads TR-DOS (Pentagon) or Tape Tester (128 ).

    If the ...
    chev chev March 2009 Development
  • Speccy +2 (Grey) peripheralsHello all, I have just bought a grey +2 to use as a workhouse whilst I keep my 128 toastrack for Sunday best. It hasn't arrived yet, however I was wo…

    ... from source after removing the Tape Tester so none of the entry ...
    chev chev June 2009 Hardware
  • +2A/+3 compatibility fixes thread!It might be a good idea to keep these fairly common +2A/+3 compatibility fixes (and requests) in a single thread for quick reference ;) Let's start …

    ... added. ZX128 rom is modified (tape tester in 128menu absent) but 48rom ...
    velesoft velesoft September 2009 Games
  • Usr 0I have noted there are some games / applications / demos which have to be loaded in USR 0 mode on a 128K Machine ("Randomize USR 0" in 128K BASIC the…

    I modified the english 128 rom long ago and replaced the tape tester option with USR 0 option.
    FrankT FrankT January 2010 Hardware
  • +2a doesn't load anymorea machine i got on ebay a couple months back, always had the odd game that wouldn't load, but now it seems to have stopped working alltogether. soun…

    ... +2 isn't there a tape adjustment section in the diagnostic ... . The 128+ toaster has a tape tester facilty on the main menu.
    Glenn Glenn October 2010 Hardware
  • +2a doesn't load anymorea machine i got on ebay a couple months back, always had the odd game that wouldn't load, but now it seems to have stopped working alltogether. soun…

    [QUOTE=Glenn;483026]Not that I can remember. The 128+ toaster has a tape tester facilty on the main menu.[/QUOTE]

    Mayber that's what I was thinking of then.
    Alien 8 Alien 8 October 2010 Hardware
  • +2a doesn't load anymorea machine i got on ebay a couple months back, always had the odd game that wouldn't load, but now it seems to have stopped working alltogether. soun…

    ... disc drive will disable the tape function as the +2A ... ? what do you mean by "tape function" exactly?

    tape tester on the menu like ... that the +2A has a tape/sound socket.[/QUOTE]
    ... a +2A case) have tape loading on the sound socket ...
    guesser guesser October 2010 Hardware
  • New utility: LoadVerify, tape azimuth adjustmentIt's a tool derived from [URL="http://speccy.org/cargandoleches"]CargandoLeches[/URL], but I think that it's a good idea publish it separately. [URL…

    ... 's very similar to the Tape Tester tool in the 128K main ... , because many people still use tape recorders. But also works with ...
    antoniovillena antoniovillena February 2012 Brand new software
  • 128K+ Keypad Swapsies.I've been offered a swap, a Spanish 128k keypad, for one of my UK microdrives. Is this a good swap?

    ... mode by navigating menus
    * tape tester (broken)
    * no string editor ...
    chev chev July 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • White Spectrum+Hi Folks, There is a photo of a white Spectrum+ on Rick Dickinson's website - did this actually exist i.e. working machine? Paddy

    ... included with the machine. The tape tester was buggy. The running calculator ...
    chev chev August 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • White Spectrum+Hi Folks, There is a photo of a white Spectrum+ on Rick Dickinson's website - did this actually exist i.e. working machine? Paddy

    ... included with the machine. The tape tester was buggy. The running calculator ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman August 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • TESTROM3 - utility/rom for test your ZXHere is TESTROM3 utility as 16kB ROM file + flasher for install this rom to divide eeprom (or mapram mode). Work also on ZX Spectrum without ROM and …

    ... as described apart from the tape tester, i just get yellow border ...
    Macc Macc August 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ZX Eprom replacing Rom problemsI got a programmer today so I could finally flash the Xicor X28C256 eproms I have with ZX128 rom, to be used in my upgraded 48K machine. But for some…

    ... now it works. Except the tape tester crash the machine, but all ... on EEPROM.

    UPDATE: Tape tester works, it was user error ...
    Johan1973 Johan1973 December 2012 Hardware
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