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Home TapingWhat was the best game you ever copied?
... time (early 80's) used to attend a computer club hosted ... B+W)and another a tape-deck. The club consisted of ... entire evening copying games either tape-to-tape or through LERM!!!
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Longest Game Loading Time................Hi peeps.... What game do you all reckon was the longest loading time?...I know alot of 128k games took ages cause of levels being loaded all at onc…
The longest loading time has to be DALEY THOMPSONS DECATHLON.
When it's a seventh generation tape to tape copy, recorded on a 18p hong kong cheapo cassette that's been chewed three times and left a bit near a big magnet. -
LOST on channel 4Anybody watch it last night? (Wednesday 10th August) Looks like it's gonna be a cracking show. Very X-Files. I wonder if they'll drag it out for aro…
I'll be watching it on saturday. Meant to tape all 3 eps last night, but like a total muppet I forgot. -
Cloning Microdrive Sectors?Hi everybody, I made a posting in the MIA/STP/SDP forum a while back about attempting to preserve the very well protected Microdrive cartridge "LERM…
... the missing sectors contribute to the length of the ... I?ve managed to save ?r? out to tape. There?s some ... opinions. If anybody wants to check this out, you ... - if you are going to run this program, then ... ($5F46???) ***
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right: Advice neededI have found out I can load progs on the speccy from cd- GREAT! but now I need help on what to do. I buy the cheapest personal cd player I can find t…
... actually had the TAPE port wired up to accept a signal ... yourself one of those cd to tape converter things that people ... use to play cds through the tape deck in ... tape deck of the +2a (though you'll have to ... the 'door' of the tape player, as it will have ... -
right: Advice neededI have found out I can load progs on the speccy from cd- GREAT! but now I need help on what to do. I buy the cheapest personal cd player I can find t…
right.. thats a shame.. I will try it.. so long as the cd to tape things dont cost too much. -
Iron Maiden Attacked At Ozzfest by Sharon Osbourne, or The Anger Of The BeastI'm angry about this. And if you are an Iron Maiden, or metal fan for that matter, you should too. Iron Maiden's final Ozzfest 2005 performance was…
... /> I've been lucky enough to see maiden twice. First time ... />
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Today I did something I had not done for 25 years...............I ate a Texan Bar !!! I went into my Local paper shop this morning and there they were. A full box of Texan Bars. I was so excited I bought two, a…
... day of things Im going to get....guess I can scrub ... />
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Tetris - From Russia with Love, BBC2 11.20 tonightIf anybody happens to be interested. ADJB P.S. Not sure if this should be in the Chat forum but at least it was released on the Speccy :)
Does anyone have an avi of this? I meant to tape it as I forgot the first time even though I was watching it! -
+3 rom disk load/save routines?I`ve been looking everywhere for some documented listing of the +3 rom load/save routines. I want to convert some games to use disk instead of tape.…
... of 16k and save them to tape. Of course it would take ... would make it easier to transfer disc images to pc, although a ... -
Cronosoft 'Cassette 50'I'm currently looking to start work on putting together a 'CASCADE CASSETTE 50' compilation. Admittedly, I might not get 50 games submitted, so if t…
... you just specified where to relocate the turbo code ... and how many blocks to load with start address, ... then saved a Basic loader to tape, the entire basic loader ... on the crash tech tape to make my own program. ... plus3 disk, has speedlock tape load/save for use ... -
Cronosoft 'Cassette 50'I'm currently looking to start work on putting together a 'CASCADE CASSETTE 50' compilation. Admittedly, I might not get 50 games submitted, so if t…
... to tape was to use Spectaculator 6 on the PC straight to tape< ... br /> which proved unreliable, things only seemed to load ... a 'clean' copy to tape - which seems to work really well. Plus ... yet, as a tape master has to be created by duplicators ... -
What do you prefer?Heres a question for debate. What spectrum do you prefer? The rubber keyed speccy of old or the later Amstrad offerings? I prefer the +2 cause it ha…
... the do-it-yourself approach to tape loading that we all loved ... refuse to take seriously a guy that sticks a tape recorder on ... and doesn't add a tape counter!
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Lerm MicroMate - SDPHi All, I'm having a go at preserving a microdrive version of Lerm MicroMate. I?ve got a few problems, though, as the software has been unbelievably…
... easiest way would be to use the *COPY program ... the Introduction Cartridge to transfer the files to tape, make a tzx ... *COPY program to transfer the files back to the MDR ... br /> I used that method to get files from a MDR ... image back to a real Microdrive a ... -
Lerm MicroMate - SDPHi All, I'm having a go at preserving a microdrive version of Lerm MicroMate. I?ve got a few problems, though, as the software has been unbelievably…
... up now, but need to find something that will read ... Speccy by when I try to transfer it, it struggles.< ... ends:
Spectrum - Microdrive To Tape
PC - Tape To Microdrive
I ... and it loads, but seems to have trouble backing up :(.
What is your favourite game tune/music on a Spectrum game?In the 128k version of Renegade 3: The Final Chapter, remember the music that played on level 2 (the Egyptian Zone)? That was such a class tune that …
... as far to record it onto tape using a portable tape recorder so ... /> [/quote]
I used to tape trade with a mate of ...Lerm MicroMate - SDPHi All, I'm having a go at preserving a microdrive version of Lerm MicroMate. I?ve got a few problems, though, as the software has been unbelievably…
... . When I transferred this file to tape it was just crap, hence ... would be an excellent time to update my forum profile ;) Specifically ... />
Seriously, I?d love to look at the cartridges but ... of Geoff Wearmouth. He seems to be posting quite frequently on ...Lerm MicroMate - SDPHi All, I'm having a go at preserving a microdrive version of Lerm MicroMate. I?ve got a few problems, though, as the software has been unbelievably…
... shame it can't backup to tape as already mentioned.
... if it's possible to somehow sector by sector ... RS232 to a PC or something ? Or even via tape with ... couldn't get the Tape 2 Microdrive util bit ... had to keep breaking and restarting to get it to save ...JSW and MM DVDA friend of mine has created a dvd from the RZX walkthroughs of JSW and MM. It's very good quality, looks and sounds just like a speccy when played b…
... recording also denied if the snapshot is embedded.
[/ ... presumably there'll be no snapshot to speak of? Having just ... record the RZX playback to watch on your dvd ... that you would have to have an RZX of ... in question in order to be able to video it.
...SoftRom emulation possible?Hello. Quick question to all emulator developers: How easy would it be to emulate a SoftRom? The mastering utilites for my protection system XLR-8 a…
... in SpecEmu,
>just to have a mess about with ... .
A quick test to get the feel of this ... />
10 FOR i = 0 TO 16383 : POKE i, PEEK i ... will transfer the microdrive software to tape.
Don't forget ...BASin and the 128k commandsI've decided to look at incorporating the 128k commands PLAY and LOAD!, SAVE!, MERGE!, VERIFY! for the ramdisk. It won't be full 128k emulation. No …
... the other 16K (subject to memory limitations) or 48K ... and "U" missing due to the SPECTRUM/PLAY commands. And ... that user tries to convert it to tape for use on ... his real machine. It's not going to ... unmodified) then they need to be in BASin too. ...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…
... want some revisionist history to hide the fact ... see anyone wanting to add a snapshot to a .tzx file ... now or ever.. If someone wants to ... create a snapshot to save their position ... who has used the snapshot block in .tzx ...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…
... 't see anyone wanting to add a snapshot to a .tzx file now ... , I have yet to see anything even close to a reason as ... to the actual [I]advantage ... removing these blocks as opposed to deprecating them.Music Lyrics Quiz GameHow about a new game? I'll put down a line from a song and whoever guesses it correctly gets to ask the next question, and so on. It will be fun. He…
Human league.
I can hear it now.....
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I did not Tape-to-Tape Games as a Kid - your ...Competition Pro Joystick ProblemsHi! I've recently got back into the World of Spectrum - I downloaded an emulator and found little trouble in running games then playing them with th…
... 't found a way to plug them to the USB port yet ... /> Heres How to Make a gizmo to convert Atari joysticks to USB:--
I did not Tape-to-Tape Games as a Kid - your ...Failed ExperimentsI have converted various TZX files to WAV, then CD Tracks and copied to audio cassette tracks for use on my +2A, and every time I cannot get a perfec…
... onto cds then transferring them to tape...
I've had ... be hungry and decide to eat the tape is awakened once more ...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 […
A rather strange twist to tape edge encoding!
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... appreciate that! Would be good to see you and the family ... all loading syntax from +D to tape and then save it out ... it's taking time. Not to worry though, I'll get ...Best Gig!!!Right then, as there seem to be a load of 'best...' or 'favourite....' threads at the moment I thout i'd start anothe one. Whats the best gig(s) you…
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