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  • MakeTzx questionHi! I've been recently making tzx of some Polish Spectrum tapes. I don't have any experience with MakeTzx program, so I just used GUI and followed tu…

    ... more specific about the particular loader that MakeTZX doesn't like ... first 3-4 seconds of turbo data.

    Cheers,
    Luca Luca April 2006 Emulators
  • files on +3 discHello! I have question. As you know, when Spectrum +3 loads CODE file from tape, you can get by CAT command from audio header to which address it…

    ... come to save the BASIC loader, it's best to use ... if the filename in the loader BASIC does not match the ... don't mind waiting a short while, I'll even "do ...
    DEATH DEATH May 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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 ... that by copying the ROM loader and patching it. Incidentally, ... loading the same block (starts turbo, then drops to normal, back ... it gets to loading the turbo block.

    Amfoot - ...
    JonNorth JonNorth May 2006 Games
  • There is a better original game for every conversion?[QUOTE=Matt_B]My contention would be that for any good conversion, I could name a better original Spectrum game in a similar format. As such, there a…

    ... the Spectrum really wasn't short of great platformers. Are these ... Chequered Flag, TT Racer or Turbo Esprit any day.

    Matt_B Matt_B June 2006 Games
  • There is a better original game for every conversion?[QUOTE=Matt_B]My contention would be that for any good conversion, I could name a better original Spectrum game in a similar format. As such, there a…

    ... the Spectrum really wasn't short of great platformers. Are these ... Chequered Flag, TT Racer or Turbo Esprit any day.
    [/QUOTE ... ]

    Turbo Esprit wins out for deffo ...
    Bluce_Ree Bluce_Ree June 2006 Games
  • 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…

    ... , probably because of the repeated short beeps that sounds from the ... flashload standard rom blocks, with turbo blocks loading normally or accelerated ... cause I like messing with turbo loaders. Its not really a ...
    FrankT FrankT July 2006 Emulators
  • 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 …

    ... all. Then load it with short loader, and restore registers.
    Making ... make version via standard ROM loader routines.
    piters piters August 2006 Emulators
  • 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,…

    ... to work, even though the loader code is straightforward.

    short delay loop before the edge ... that even when the edge loader is working right, the effective ... disassembling a wide variety of loader edge-detect routines to see ...
    Laser Laser August 2006 Emulators
  • 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,…

    ... ). If everything indicates a potential loader then it's marked for ... known edge loaders ready for short-circuiting them, along with their ... /> I do have a generic loader detecting routine (also based on ...
    Woody Woody August 2006 Emulators
  • External Speccy CommunicationHow does a speccy communicate with the outside world ?? Do you have to have the interface 1 for serial communications ( rs232 ) or are there other p…

    ... 's tape loader, such as Manchester encoding (with very short pilot tones ...
    Winston Winston November 2006 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... Flash ROM block and fastload turbo blocks ? It is possible to ... out that General Statistics has turbo blocks ($11) at around 115 ... 's really just a ROM loader. Spin fails to load it ... with Edge Loader, but loads it almost instantly ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker November 2006 Emulators
  • Scrolling Loader CounterPlease can someone help me with writing a scrolling counter for a loading system. I like the Hewson counter so i`ve taken the font from zynaps loade…

    ... /> listening port 254
    short delay which is performed by ... somewhere on net, the loader routine is called LD_BYTES ( ... /> the loop is pretty short and there is no chance ... registers which are used by loader
    ;do something useful ...
    Fikee Fikee November 2006 Development
  • 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…

    ... [LIST]
    [*]Bypasses the ROM loader completely, if called, by just ... see what they do and short circuits all the delay loops ...
    Jon Needle Jon Needle November 2006 Emulators
  • Scrolling Loader CounterPlease can someone help me with writing a scrolling counter for a loading system. I like the Hewson counter so i`ve taken the font from zynaps loade…

    ... just hack the Hewson loader, made a loader with 4 colour counter ... can make the loading routine turbo x2 speed.
    FrankT FrankT November 2006 Development
  • TZX revision 1.20 finalSince everybody seems to agree with the last propositions, the specification for the TZX file format revision 1.20 now becomes final and you can find…

    ... ; do any back-to-front turbo loaders really exist in the ... one day by an anomalous loader" is understandable, although I don ...
    gasman gasman January 2007 Emulators
  • Durells best gameWell here's a really hard one for y'all, I know because I can barely make a decision myself

    ... saboteur - but it was a short lived game once it was ... as well.

    But Turbo Esprit wins it for me ...
    Saboteur Saboteur February 2007 Games
  • Screen$ disappearanceGreetings to all developers :D As you know, I have been playing around with Professional Adventure Writer and was making a few tests in the adventur…

    ... , won't it work and short it? I'm trying to ... it's own hack protection loader, which is the first bit ...
    alban lusitanae alban lusitanae March 2007 Development
  • divIDE ProductionJust to let everyone know that we have made further progress with the updated divIDE. Board design has been completed and changes have been made to …

    ... files which use the standard loader, as it would be nigh ... . One exception will be that turbo-load blocks will be made ... for LOADing using the standard loader (or for extraction to disk ... be able to load a turbo-loaded game without some modification ...
    glancaster glancaster April 2007 Announcements
  • SpeedloadersWhen was the first time they came out and who invented them. What was the general speccy user's and media reaction to them? Would be nice to have a …

    ... (so you could copy the turbo saved programs too), to ignore ... the same as normal ROM loader but you will see how ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat April 2007 Games
  • TAP to WAV in TURBO?Hi. Some time ago I found a really good program converting *.z80 files to WAVs, with very strong TURBO mode. (The turbo works only from CD audio bu…

    ... to convert TAP files to turbo... not automatically, anyway. To do ... understand and rewrite the original loader (which is a rather complicated ...
    gasman gasman April 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Vote for the change of TZX formatThere is an ongoing discussion on the proposal of Patrik Rat to change the current TZX format specification to one that is simpler to implement for e…

    ... that determine what a loader is doing, short circuit delay loops and ...
    Jon Needle Jon Needle May 2007 Emulators
  • Vote for the change of TZX formatThere is an ongoing discussion on the proposal of Patrik Rat to change the current TZX format specification to one that is simpler to implement for e…

    ... else. It is basically the loader Patrik suggested that can't ... be encoded using a normal turbo block? As I see it ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall May 2007 Emulators
  • Transfer to tape from PCHi all, A few years ago I had a program on the Amiga that would take a Spectrum game and save it out via the serial port to a cassette tape player. T…

    ... SNA file is now a turbo loading TZX! It's very ... memory, where go the tape loader machine code program ?

    Gods Gods June 2007 Hardware
  • A challenge thats probably impossiblehere's a challenge for all you coders. Given a snapshot, is it possible to create a program to sniff out the original start address for the game that…

    ... , you must first load game loader written in Basic, which then ... of memory where this Basic loader is stored (it is usually ... as loaders are usually very short.
    It however might not ...
    Ralf Ralf June 2007 Development
  • Using a multiface to exit to BasicBack in the days I was always fascinated with the idea of getting access to BASIC listings inside a program or game. I was able to work a way around …

    ... header and program is VERY short). I think that I'll ... leader tone of the BASIC loader block somewhat extended, even with ...
    Marcelo Marcelo August 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • DarkStar.tzx in Spectaculator 6.25Hi all I think I have found a bug in Spectaculator. Darkstar.tzx(OriginalRelease) wiil not not load. DarkStar.tap loads The DarkStar Re-release t…

    ... imagine the loader is only looking for a short datablock pilot so ... and any other non-standard loader, it's worth keeping a ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker August 2007 Emulators
  • DarkStar.tzx in Spectaculator 6.25Hi all I think I have found a bug in Spectaculator. Darkstar.tzx(OriginalRelease) wiil not not load. DarkStar.tap loads The DarkStar Re-release t…

    ... imagine the loader is only looking for a short datablock pilot so ... tone is irrelevant as the loader doesn't actually care too ...
    Jon Needle Jon Needle August 2007 Emulators
  • I've got a divIDE. Now what?I've purchased a divIDE and after a month it's at home. What can I do now with that? I've got a 48k+, a +2B and a +3. The +2B has the original ROMs,…

    ... ;216626]I think my ram turbo has a full throughport, also ... ]

    Yep, the RAM Turbo does have a full thru ... , it does seem a little short sighted not to have a ...
    DEATH DEATH September 2007 Hardware
  • Fastest Baud Rate On A Loader ?Following on (sort of!) from the thread about the best loading.... Which game(s) had the fastest (highest baud rate) ? I seem to remember a couple …

    ... Spectrum actually uses. The Spectrum loader looks for "edges", i.e ... there. This is how the loader discriminates between the long pulse ... logic 1, and the short pulse (short mark/short space). There is some ... speed and expect the standard loader to work. If you ...
    Winston Winston October 2007 Games
  • Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…

    Uploaded screen for "Turbo Tape 5".

    From ... again, but with a custom loader that can load them up ... times faster than the standard loader.

    I don't ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn November 2007 Games
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