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Magazine collectionsWhat game magazines do people collect? I have every Crash mag apart from 6 issues(with 2 binders) and every Zzap apart from 11 issues (with 5 binder…
... a long time had to reregister with new email.< ... of other stuff related to speccy/multifast 1 with ... with games and proggies on tape to tape,tape to disk.
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did anybody program games for their spectrum?did anybody make games for their spectrum and have you still got them in tap/z80 format. i once attempted to make a side scrolling game but it didn…
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did anybody program games for their spectrum?did anybody make games for their spectrum and have you still got them in tap/z80 format. i once attempted to make a side scrolling game but it didn…
Easiest way is to use the *move program on the introductory cartridge to copy the files to tape and make a tzx of that.
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Need some help making a BASIC gameI'm creating a text adventure in 128 BASIC (I don't like using the 'keywords' in 48 BASIC - It's slow and annoying!) called "The Legend of The Red Dr…
... HUGE and will take ages to get through. Is there any ... the user save their progress to tape so that they can continue ... lot of variables that need to be saved, like money, tools ... -
Convert Screen to TAPHow do I take the screen display and save it as a tap (I am basically trying to create 3 taps, one for the basic loader, one for the screen, and one …
I assume you want to save a .scr file to tape. Simply type PAUSE 0: SAVE "screen" SCREEN$, load the .scr file, press the record button and then press a key to save it.
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Ping Pong tzxI can't get the tzx file for Ping Pong by Imagine to play on Spectaculator or TAPER properly. Strange non-loading sounds, like beeps, start occurring…
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Indeed it is correct to say that these decryption tones ... almost 1:1 TZXs compared to tape then we need these ... that part of the tape and tell me the ... though, we need to identify any tape that doesn't sound ... too close to the ... -
ZX-PC InterfaceRight - i'm 34 and I cant take the pain of waiting for tapes to load any more - somethings gotta give ( either the tape deck or me ). I've seen a 'Z…
... not be needing an interface to communicate when you replace ... NMI-ADDRESS) to make your LOAD/SAVE point to tape or PC. < ... br />
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What's the RAND USR code for the test screen?And what versions of hardware does it work on? Ta!
... found one that simulated the tape loading noise but with the ... well. I tried saving it to tape and reloading, but I don ... -
What software do I need so I can transfer tape games to disk?What utility would I need so I can save tape based games onto specci disks? Can I download something of the web or is there something available to bu…
... TRANSIT, about the only +D to tape, tape to +D utility there is. ... stuff from disk out to tape, TAPEDISC does tape to disk.
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What software do I need so I can transfer tape games to disk?What utility would I need so I can save tape based games onto specci disks? Can I download something of the web or is there something available to bu…
... TRANSIT, about the only +D to tape, tape to +D utility there is. Wonder ... years![/quote]
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Latest Cronosoft News...Just in case anyone was wondering what's been happening recently with the Cronosoft site, as it's not had an update for a long time.. TIS THE SEAS…
... /> just the rotation controls seems to be a bit much sensitive ... from time to time - the bricks ?ll do ... just fine - I?d love to tape it and play on my ... -
I got my game on my real spectrum at last!I got my demo (Bipboi) on my real spectrum. Spectaculator is so accurate! Here is how I did it: [url="http://www.peargames.co.uk/pctospec/copy.htm…
... , and then saving them across to tape.
One thing ... mode, there is an option to do this in Hyper terminal ... what it's called (used to, may still come with Windows ... using Linux you'll need to configure the com port with ... -
How do I save?I've made a HUGE text adventure with lots of collectables and lots of locations, but how can I get the user to save their game to tape if they need t…
If game information (inventory, location etc) is stored in arrays, you could save the array to tape using
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Anyone know how you copy a microdrive cartridgeThis may seem a dumb question but does anyone know how you copy the contents of a microdrive cartridge onto another microdrive cartridge to make a ba…
Ah, yes, I transferred it onto a Cart :). I like it, but probably need to spend some more time figuring it out. Shame it can't copy from MDR to tape. I only have one MDR drive, perhaps I should get another ?
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ANN: Alchemist Software FTP site up and runningHi guys and gals Just a quick post to announce that the my new FTP site (address in my sig) is up and running. To log in, just log in as annonymous…
... we have permission to distribute but never managed to get a ... it would be nice to be able to continue from where things ... people just stopped submitting stuff to us.
There ... software to create turbo loaders, stuff to put files from disk to tape (and ... -
How do I save?I've made a HUGE text adventure with lots of collectables and lots of locations, but how can I get the user to save their game to tape if they need t…
... just save all the arrays to tape.
For ex ... that obj(n) maps to some object of pre-determined ... 6) may refer to wood.
To print out all ... NEXT i
to save all the objects being ... the player, you only need to do: SAVE "invent" DATA ... -
Lead ProblemI want to record games from the net using taper onto my pc and someone suggested taping them with a 3.5 headphone socket with 2 phono lead to plug in…
If you put your tape recorder next to your speakers, you won't ... other is OUTPUT for saving to tape - plug into the line in ... .
For a tape recorder to/from PC lead, you'll ... output of the soundcard to input of the tape recorder, but don ... -
256 Games Working on EmuZWinHi Guys i want to check these 256 colour games out but am having problems. Ive downloaded the game i want to try but how do u actually open it in th…
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5) Copy the snapshot to the *same* directory as the ... .
6) Rename the *snapshot* to the *same* name as the ... and Open the snapshot file. Emuzwin may ask you to save a ... either the snapshot or the .ezx file you created to play the ... -
256 Games Working on EmuZWinHi Guys i want to check these 256 colour games out but am having problems. Ive downloaded the game i want to try but how do u actually open it in th…
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5) Copy the snapshot to the *same* directory as the ... .
6) Rename the *snapshot* to the *same* name as the ... and Open the snapshot file. Emuzwin may ask you to save a ... either the snapshot or the .ezx file you created to play the ... -
test my loader?Hello. I was playing around trying to customise the ROM loading routine, but I quickly realised that although I'd found out how to change the border…
... SYNC 0 1 supposed to be 711 711 instead ... just the way it saved to a TZX ?
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... compressed the code and saved to tape.
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Old software shops that have come and gone.One that i remember fondly was Software Plus in Great Yarmouth, i bought my copy of Streetfighter II C64 there, and also a little gamestore in the Ma…
... in those days ! So addicted to the Speccy ! In some shops ... Home Computer Club you used to tape the games and then send ... ' but they eventually sealed them to stop people doing that or ... they had to keep them.
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Ripping Text from ZX games running on EmulatorsHello one and all - All hail Retro! I'd like to know how to rip all the .txt from ZX games running on a windoze emulator (I'm a writer and like do…
... , but why do you need to turn the compression off in ... '.....' or multiple spaces are compressed to $ED bytes.
Only ... 'd probably use an uncompressed snapshot to extract it.
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Tape stopsHi, I'm trying to sample a tape, but it stops in the middle of the tape. I've tried it on 4 different players, and it stops on all of them. I've t…
... , if it allows, it to copy tape to tape in high speed mode if ... -Fi still seems to read it, but not my tape deck.
SupadriveHere's an MDR image of Supadrive. Works with Spectaculator, but I haven't tested it with any other emulators. [url="http://www.superfudge.demon.co.u…
... that area of memory out to tape, and repeat until all the ... takes somewhere between 50 to 60 minutes to run - excluding hardware ... When I output the sectors to tape, I capture them with MakeTZX ... MicroMate cartridge was so difficult to image, because most of ...Mulitiface 1With a Mulitface 1, can you save games from tape and put them on disk on a +3? Or is it just compatitable with the 48/128k +2 models?
... , as only it will save to +3 disk, and then, ... board but will only save to tape, and it won't save ... 3.
Forgot to say - the original Multiface 1 ... be very easy indeed to put MF1 saves to +3 disk! ... headers, so you need to mess around with machine code ...Manchester Meet 11th FebAnyone up for a meet in Manchester, 11th Feb? It'll be at 2pm at [url="http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/11/1172/Sinclairs_Oyster_Bar/Mancheste…
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I did not Tape-to-Tape Games as a Kid - your ...Kewl Your Sinclair Metal BadgeNice metal YS Badge, found this tucked away on ebay, might be of interest to a YS collector out there, I just thought it was really Kewl and wanted t…
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I did not Tape-to-Tape Games as a Kid - your ...LOL @ this mame cabinet site[url="http://www.wickedretarded.com/~crapmame/"]http://www.wickedretarded.com/~crapmame/[/url]
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I did not Tape-to-Tape Games as a Kid - your ...Old Source CodeWhilst searching through some old boxes today I came across some printouts of some old m/c programs I did back in the 80's. I obviously couldn't code…
... 's own DB2 disk to tape thingy. Sorry to hear you lost a ...
