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tzx gamesHow can i run a tzx on my real spectrum?Is there a way i can copy a tzx to tape so i can load it in the normal way or can i load it from my hard driv…
How can i run a tzx on my real spectrum?Is there a way i can copy a tzx to tape so i can load it in the normal way or can i load it from my hard drive into my 48k speccy or my +2? -
New compo!I have decided to attempt to reinstate a classic Speccy tradition, in the vain of an old Sinclair User compo: the begging for games. Sure, all you h…
I have decided to attempt to reinstate a classic ... !
*Comes back to keyboard two seconds later.* ... . I send you a tape from my measly collection. I ... the postage (South Africa to Europe, probably) so we ... might have to arrange something. But for ... -
Help me to remember the name of a gameHello! I remember playing a game for hours when I was young but unfortunately I can't remember the name of it. I think it was set on an abandoned su…
... an abandoned submarine. You had to collect three of a certain ... went through white doors to get from one room to another. Some of ... the name! I'd love to play it again, can anyone ... -
Better late than never: the answers and results of the Quiz to end all Quizzes!First of all I would ask to excuse myself with those who have been waiting for the answers. But, besides work, study, etc., I had problems in verifyi…
... the two games licensed from 2000AD that should have ... in Sinclair User from May 1987 to January 1988.
from 39 Steps, the second from Code Masters. ... which city from a Spectrum game are to be seen ... game you have to escape from an enourmous alien' ... -
SPIN-Lite (Working Title) test availableHi all, I've been having a break from SPIN, pursuing my original goal of a BASIC interpreter. Well, I took SPIN's main core and hacked it around…
... 've been having a break from SPIN, pursuing my original goal ... . The
code is (C) to Myself and Woody, but feel ... , SAVE, VERIFY and MERGE. These will
eventually allow you to load from ... Hard Disk.
Any comments, ideas as to ... -
tzx filesCould someone please tell me if I'm doing this correctly. using the command program playtzx so I can output from pc to tape recorder mic in. Is the …
... playtzx so I can output from pc to tape recorder mic in. Is ... use the headphones or lineout from pc to tape recorder, is there an ... -
Sticky Tape!I've just tried out an old ZX81 tape (from 1981, naturally) and it immediately chewed up. I've noticed that turning the wheels (by hand) is a bit st…
... tried out an old ZX81 tape (from 1981, naturally) and it immediately ... bit stiff, so all the tape decks I've tried can ... 't play the tape, or even fast forward or ... 've tried manually winding the tape all the way forward and ... -
Follow up from "name the game" by bjohnnybravoBjohnnybravo posted the following:- OK... this one can be hard as I don't remember very much... i think u were some adventurer, wandering around som…
... and you had to travel from city to city buying and ... selling goods to make a ... various modes of transport to make your journey go ... choose where you wanted to travel next. You could ... or ?2.99 release from one of the Mastertronic ... -
Anyone for a little experiment ?This only applies if you [still] have a real, working Spectrum 48K/128K and you have the ability to transfer data to it from the PC (Soundcard -> EAR…
... you have the ability to transfer data to it from the PC (Soundcard ... .TZX" (not the TAP) from WOS, and find some way ... of sending the data to the Speccy's ear ... loaded it (or crashed with tape errors), post a reply on ... are still inaccurate with tape emulation. -
Mac2Spec v2I announced the release a week or so ago on c.s.s. but I thought I'd give it a plug here too. Mac2Spec is a graphics converter written in Objective-…
... PNG, PICT, PDF, EPS, BMP, ...) to .scr or .tap. It can ... convert to either normal Spectrum mode or ... that can (slowly) convert movies to tape files for use on emulators ... /> Download the executable or source from [url="http://weatherley.net"]http ... -
TAP audio to MiniDisc (successes?)I know this has been discussed a long while ago (along with archiving to MP3 format(s)), but I`m curious to hear from anyone who's had any expiriment…
... I`m curious to hear from anyone who's had ... with recording TAP files audio to MiniDisc.
... portable, setting the output to LINE mode (not headphone).< ... So I`m starting to archive games to MD (what's ... any joy/pain archiving to anything other than normal ... -
spectrum48 with Betadisk and CP/MHi out there, I'm just poking in my old Spectrum hardware again ;) Most of it is homebuilt, in the late 80s in the former GDR(east germany). I made …
... to run CP/M. The CP/M itself is from ... CP/M is crashing from timte to time.
The ... GUI (graph. user interface) from "individual software" with TR-DOS ... and copy it via RAM to tape or disk?)
3. ... for documents and schematics to keep my specci running ... -
Multiface ConundrumAnyone know if there is any way to get multiface 3 saved progs to load without a multiface 3? I remember I had a huge (10 tapes) game compilation onc…
... there is any way to get multiface 3 saved ... - the only way to get things to work on my real ... 48k mode) is to save a multiface file to tape - which I could ... then transfer to 3.5" ... which require the snapshot to be like a +3 ... -
Game from an ancient old calculatorOne for the mathematicians, this (possibly). Bear with me on this one... Many, many years ago, when I was a nipper, I had a Casio calculator which …
... grid of numbers, ranging from 0 to anything from 1-9, depending on ... br />
The problem seems to be where the original combination ... calculator, it was always possible to finish the game - on ... combination such as this seems to be impossible:
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The old days and improving the Spectrum experience.I was reminded of this recently, by a thread about Mask... Back in the day, I used to have a DISCiPLE interface and had to make do with snapshots of…
... head round the code required to load from disk and voila - the ... thing on Z80), remove all tape messages, delays and even the ... next level was as instant (from hard drive) as if it ... Spectrum, this is the thread to reply to! :)
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TZX to CSW with added noise!Anybody fancy writing a TZX to CSW converter which 'dirties' the file with copy noise and varying speed?!? The CSW files which haven't yet been TZXd …
Anybody fancy writing a TZX to CSW converter which 'dirties' the file with copy noise and varying speed?!? The CSW files which haven't yet been TZXd are better 'cos they're more nostalgic of C90 tape to tape copies! -
What was that game...?Hi ya all ! I've never done it before, but here am I begging you to name that game ! I really don't remember the name, since the last time I played i…
... here am I begging you to name that game !
I ... I got on an italian tape magazine!
Anyway the game ... droids and humans where available to chose from,
and the game ... of gun wich was able to attract the ball and then ... -
SpecEmu 2.2Just downloaded this emulator. Seems very nice. I like simplicity of user interface - I don't need toolbar and icons. Debugger is also good. The abil…
... is also good. The ability to save to TAP or TZX file is ... . There are no hotkey for tape browser. I'm not just ... playing games, so I use tape navigation often.
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Best clone to build ?I'm thinking of building a Spectrum clone but not sure what design that it's best to start from. I prefer to use only standard components and not …
... it's best to start from.
I prefer to use only ... the Chrome project. SpeccyBob looks to be a good start but ... -
New! CSW.dll for windows based emulators!Hi all, There now exists a new library of routines for windows emulators which allows access to both csw and csw2 files. It's written in pure x86 as…
... emulators which allows access to both csw and csw2 ... written in pure x86 assembly and weighs in at ... br /> Which also contains the assembly .inc file for use in ... then you'll need to write headers for that ... emulator will be able to read from seperate csw files ... -
Emulator is better than a real thing?I transffered DigiSID TAPe from [url="http://www.speccy.cz/"]http://www.speccy.cz/[/url] to my really ZX Spectrum 128K +2 (in 128 mode) and the demo …
... TAPe from [url="http://www.speccy.cz/"]http://www.speccy.cz/[/url] to ... demo continues!!??
Start tape, then press any key. (Miodrag) -
Antique Toy 2004 Voteing ( Music/Graphics )In case anyone doesn't know or missed it, at RAWW.ORG and SCENERGY they mention voting for Antique Toy compo is happening now until August 10th. If y…
... - a pause, 4 - перезапуск music from the beginning.
... to all works! (in the middle of the screen the button "save ... other commanders
and to take from an image of a ... not processed, therefore try to avoid situations promoting their occurrence ... -
Adventure writing packagesThanks for the help in an earlier post, I've now worked out how to save runnable files from within a spectrum package as a standalone emulator file. …
... now worked out how to save runnable files from within a spectrum package ... />
I'm now going to have a go at learnign ... to use one of the ... which is the best one to use (it's probably going ... to be a text only game ... -
RETRO GAMER ISSUE 7 now available to pre-order!Retro Gamer issue 7 will be available to buy from August 31st, and copies can now be pre-ordered from [url="http://www.retrogamer.net"]http://www.ret…
... issue 7 will be available to buy from August 31st, and copies ... of home computers, from the original 520 model to the STE and ... , along with post-show comments from organisers Chris Milliard and his ... 9 COMPUTING
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Clone Project feedbackFinally i now have some time to start again with my clone project. I have decided to drop the 48k project and go directly on a 128k clone. This migh…
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I have decided to drop the 48k project and ... is much more interesting to do from a hardware point of ... this project is not to do a replacement board ... I'm also trying to keep the hardware cost ... /O: PS/2-Keyboard, CF, Tape, Joystick, Serial
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Hardware Development/DesignsYou may have read my post about the joystick I built out of MECCANO for my +3, I am now working on an anologue Scanner!!!! also built out of MECCANO …
... built out of MECCANO to save binary files from a screen of plots ... a page. A forum devoted to the design of new hardware ... the conversion of existing hardware to be spectrum compatible, would be ... -
BASin Release 11 out nowBASin has been updated once again, for your BASIC programming pleasure! Get it at: [url="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.dunn4/BASin_r11.exe"]htt…
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Added - Following on from the context menu, BASin now ... and SuperEagle display scalers from the upcoming release of ... Added - Updated the Scale2x routines to assembly language for a vast increase ... predict what you want to type (from a selection of ... -
Retro Gamer: Retro Maniac Award 2004Just received this from Craig Vaughan, who wrote the article in RG on Speccy Spoilers, RZX Archive and Spectaculator earlier this year. He says to pa…
Just received this from Craig Vaughan, who ... only for his sister to tape her and some mates singing ... try and get a prize from somewhere, but it will ... this thread, but email them to:-
[email ... informed on this thread as to progress?..
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Games that broke our hearts.I remember as a kid in the 80's it was time for my birthday and my mother took me to the local record store to buy my present, I had looked around an…
... took me to the local record store to buy my ... to choose between two games, DIAMOND and BLOOD BROTHERS, I choose from ... in my life as to when I played DIAMOND ... it also contained a music tape from some old 80's ... would cheer me up to hear from someone else, he he ... -
Mike Berry?s "Everyone?s A Wally"Hell-oo again! I just did the thing what I have waited nearly twenty years... found and listened Mike Berry?s single "Everyone?s A Wally" for the v…
... it was very funny moment to hear it on mp3, ... wondered, as the game tape?s B-side was ... /> I found almost complete lyrics to it from:
[url ... can you please help me to get complete (and hopefully ... correct) lyrics to my new FAVE track!! ...
