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Draft specs for TZX v1.20Hi all! In the attempt to restart the development of the TZX format, I've put online the first version of the draft document [1]. At the moment ther…
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The basic loader for XLR-8 decrypts and ... eternally grateful!! Anyway the actual loader itself is based on code ... it being nothing like the ROM loader.
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Interesting Custom LoadersHi everyone, I was just thinking about custom loaders on the spectrum and I thought I'd ask you all what you thought was the best one. I'd have to …
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Interesting Custom LoadersHi everyone, I was just thinking about custom loaders on the spectrum and I thought I'd ask you all what you thought was the best one. I'd have to …
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Just brushing up on old skills...Ahead of XLR-8 I thought it best I get a little hacking practice in after all these years ;) Chose Op Wolf 128K to pick on this fine evening! lol […
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XLR-8 Mastering utils: quick heads-upFirstly, only do this using an emulated 48K rubberkey at this stage because that's all it was ever tested on. "LOADER MAKER" - "First decrypter" - p…
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XLR-8 Mastering utils: quick heads-upFirstly, only do this using an emulated 48K rubberkey at this stage because that's all it was ever tested on. "LOADER MAKER" - "First decrypter" - p…
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The Key - version 5I used to use this to copy games (back up my own tapes, naturally!) when I first got my Spectrum in '83. Latterly used v7 which is in the archive, bu…
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The Key - version 5I used to use this to copy games (back up my own tapes, naturally!) when I first got my Spectrum in '83. Latterly used v7 which is in the archive, bu…
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Beyond the Ice Palace by EliteHi Beyond the Ice palace by Elite (Tape) Is this required for STP ? Side 1 - 48k Side 2 - 128k
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Emulator File types...SNA/TAP/TZX/Z80/ZXS All I knew about the Spectrum was how to play games on it, but since being introduced to pc emulations back in '97 I've always w…
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Emulator File types...SNA/TAP/TZX/Z80/ZXS All I knew about the Spectrum was how to play games on it, but since being introduced to pc emulations back in '97 I've always w…
... load only programs using the ROM loader, so a very simple format ... talking about with respect to .rom and .slt.
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Emulator File types...SNA/TAP/TZX/Z80/ZXS All I knew about the Spectrum was how to play games on it, but since being introduced to pc emulations back in '97 I've always w…
... load only programs using the ROM loader, so a very simple format ... and stored. Only the standard ROM routine is used for loading ... -
Converted tzx looks differentI finally decided to have a go at converting some of my old tapes to tzx incase i find any mias later on. I converted the game Speed King 2 by master…
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Parity ErrorsJust checked my entire collection of TZXs (mostly from WoS) for parity errors - found a few things I wanted to share: "Bubble Bobble" Odd one here!…
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XLR-8 mastering utilities - help wanted!!Hello. Ironic I know given I wrote them! I can't for the life of me get the XLR-8 mastering utilities to work under emulation. It goes through the m…
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How to speed up TZX loading (emu development)With many newer emulators there are options to do faster loading schemes, even for turbo-loader or protected loader blocks in TZX files. For example,…
... (for anything other than the ROM loader) sounded overly difficult for my ... -
How to speed up TZX loading (emu development)With many newer emulators there are options to do faster loading schemes, even for turbo-loader or protected loader blocks in TZX files. For example,…
... a bunch of loaders - a ROM loader, Bleepload, Speedlocks of various flavours ... point you have an unrecognised loader which means that you might ... need one routine for each loader so it gets very complex ... depth knowledge of how each loader works from top to bottom ... -
How to speed up TZX loading (emu development)With many newer emulators there are options to do faster loading schemes, even for turbo-loader or protected loader blocks in TZX files. For example,…
... byte-literal copies of the ROM loader. Many are so close as ... is the Gremlin level-sensitive loader. This seems to have some ... -
Loading schemes18 years ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were a b*tch to copy and became unreliable when the tape got older. Now…
... . This later became the Search loader (Deflektor, Costa Capers) etc which ... blag that by copying the ROM loader and patching it. Incidentally, for ... (from a hacking perspective) the loader he demo'd with Glider ... a clone of the entire ROM load/save routines so it ... -
The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
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The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
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ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…
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Trying to experience nostalgia!! Mp3s needed!!!I've been trying to get audio files (mp3 or wav) to work on my real old sinclair 48k. I've tried making them from my old tapes of which I have many, …
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Trying to experience nostalgia!! Mp3s needed!!!I've been trying to get audio files (mp3 or wav) to work on my real old sinclair 48k. I've tried making them from my old tapes of which I have many, …
Yep - Spectaculator was OK for ROM loader stuff here too. Games that ... -
Trying to experience nostalgia!! Mp3s needed!!!I've been trying to get audio files (mp3 or wav) to work on my real old sinclair 48k. I've tried making them from my old tapes of which I have many, …
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Spectaculator QuestionsI've been messing around with this great emulator, and was surprised how easy it was for me to load a game from minidisc into Spectaculator as if it …
... . Then load it with short loader, and restore registers.
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Spectaculator QuestionsI've been messing around with this great emulator, and was surprised how easy it was for me to load a game from minidisc into Spectaculator as if it …
... to make version via standard ROM loader routines.[/QUOTE]
SPIN ... then drops straight into the rom loader (without any pilot) to overwrite ... -
Spectaculator QuestionsI've been messing around with this great emulator, and was surprised how easy it was for me to load a game from minidisc into Spectaculator as if it …
... then drops straight into the rom loader (without any pilot) to overwrite ... -
How to speed up TZX loading (emu development)With many newer emulators there are options to do faster loading schemes, even for turbo-loader or protected loader blocks in TZX files. For example,…
... worked for some things. The ROM loader and BleepLoad work ok. Some ... to work, even though the loader code is straightforward.
< ... that even when the edge loader is working right, the ... disassembling a wide variety of loader edge-detect routines to see ... -
How to speed up TZX loading (emu development)With many newer emulators there are options to do faster loading schemes, even for turbo-loader or protected loader blocks in TZX files. For example,…
... an address as a loader or not, I don' ... decryption loop running after one loader were to then run ... not to be a loader then that solitary address ... check for BREAK in the ROM loader which shares the same ... rogue program was forcing a loader scan once every frame ...