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Chutney - Please fill me in??I am always hearing references to Chutney on this forum but I've neaver understood the context. Can someone please explain and put my mind at rest.
... keep him away from the tape player or computer.
Apparently ... -
PC helpi need help with my PC. i rebooted him with a new windows disk, wiping out my old windows and progs etc. but now he doesn't realise he has a sound c…
... a Speccy with a nifty tape player attached to it. Lo and ... your fave tapes in the player too.
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Favourite Speccy MomentsOk, just for fun (and for my own curiosity), what are everyone's favourite (or most satisfying) Spectrum moments? For example, the swot in [I]Skool D…
... of games, getting a tape to tape player was one of my best ... -
What game was your first 'tape to tape'Inspired by a post in another thread, what was your first 'tape to tape' game you received? (I know it might be several but which stood out). I got …
... to get games off, first tape was a c60 with, I ... brother bought a Philips Tape to Tape Player in Summer of 1984 so ... -
Daley Thompson's gamesChoose a game. On my opinion, although Decathlon was the first, Super Test has a wide variety of challenges (from pistol shoot to penalties...), and…
Decathlon. Mainly for the skills it taught me in perfecting the absolute accuracy needed in controlling the volume on my tape player....I think that game has a 1 in 5 success rate of loading. -
Speccy users around the globeHi all, I thought it could be fun to set up a map at frappr: [b]<EDIT By Mod 2019> This website is a now a spurious link that is not not to be tru…
Just added myself, My first spectrum was the 48K rubber keyboard version back in 1982 with an interface 2 and tape player and i was useing it on a b/w tv. -
still want a 128k heatsink speccy and a 48k speccy[B][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Hi all no doubt some of you,know that a few months ago i was looking for a speccy heatsink version(128k).with extras and as …
... one that came with a tape player if possible.I have had ... I don't have a tape deck.
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Speccy +4Hi, This is my first post here, I have a +2, and had to open it up to resolder one of the pins to the modulator. Got me thinking that I could remove …
cd player instead of a tape player never even thought about it ... />
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Why don't you like homebrew games?Alright folks, I'm sure that there are a lot of people here who like the releases from Bob Smith, Jonathan Cauldwell, CEZ Games Studio and the likes…
... the assembler and code (from tape remember), fix the code, recompile the ... -
Why don't you like homebrew games?Alright folks, I'm sure that there are a lot of people here who like the releases from Bob Smith, Jonathan Cauldwell, CEZ Games Studio and the likes…
... the assembler and code (from tape remember), fix the code, recompile the ... -
Why don't you like homebrew games?Alright folks, I'm sure that there are a lot of people here who like the releases from Bob Smith, Jonathan Cauldwell, CEZ Games Studio and the likes…
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Did you ever annoy someone with Speccy sounds?... or with any other video/computer game sound effects? I remember in Starquake, there were those small "holes" at the side of a wall that would th…
... a large cushion over the tape player lol
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Your claim to fameBeen meaning to make this thread for a while. Basically what have you done either spectrum related or non related thats made you well known. IE progr…
... would transfer them to your player....but did not bother persuing ... a ZX Spectrum and a Sony CD player. Could not get the ... but it controlled the CD player using a bank of transistors ... -
Punch up! Bruce Everiss mauled by the internet over why Imagine collapsed.I couldn't see this posted here so I thought I would post it. It kept me amused for at least half an hour. Bruce Everiss on his blog claims piracy br…
... the country armed with a tape-to-tape player.
From 85 ... -
Best covertape?What's your favourite magazine covertape? And by that i mean the one that spent the most time in your tape deck. I really can't decide which [I]one[…
... and i loved the 2 player option BUT the covertape which ... the most time in my tape player was...
The one ... -
[Fictional] Visual Modular ZX Spectrum Emulator ?Hi folks, Just a random thought/idea, but I thought I'd share it with you. Not sure if it's already been talked about but is there anyone who would…
I'd like the tape player/virtual keyboard to bolt on to the screen display like the graphic equalizer in win amp rather than be in separate windows, that you have to switch between. -
How to load tzx files into REAL spectrumI have 2 zx spectrum computers, and have been trying to load tzx files into them. I have used several programs to convert them to wav files and them …
... and loading from ipod, cd player.
Not 1! There ... , but it may be your player at fault.
I ... works OK with a real tape player. There could be some tiny ... -
What's wrong with 128k Spectrums...Prolly best posted here in the chit-chat section: 1. The "Delete" Key You've spent a good deal of your time working with a "dead flesh" 48k, and yo…
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Strange non-working software20 years ago I had a Spectrum 48k. It wasn't damaged but some programs (games) didn't work. For example "Ghostbusters" always crashed after the title…
... I had to hold the tape in a specific position while ... :) Having the lid of my tape player open and having to push ... also pushing the YS Thing tape diagonally down-right, or it ... to sit there holding the tape and matchstick firmly in the ... -
Strange non-working software20 years ago I had a Spectrum 48k. It wasn't damaged but some programs (games) didn't work. For example "Ghostbusters" always crashed after the title…
... ]Having the lid of my tape player open and having to push ... also pushing the YS Thing tape diagonally down-right, or it ... to sit there holding the tape and matchstick firmly in the ... down the side of the tape, sucking dandilion and burdock through ... -
Jackanory: The Hobbit :([quote] Dear Andy Thank you for your e-mail about 'Jackanory: The Hobbit'. This programme has never been commercially released. Unless programmes h…
[QUOTE=thx1138;277510]I have an audio cassette, 6 hour abridge, read by Martin Shaw.
Annoyingly one of the tapes, sides 3 and 4 has snapped.[/QUOTE]
Nothing what a bit of tape cant fix! -
Jackanory: The Hobbit :([quote] Dear Andy Thank you for your e-mail about 'Jackanory: The Hobbit'. This programme has never been commercially released. Unless programmes h…
[QUOTE=beanz;277602]Nothing what a bit of tape cant fix![/QUOTE]
My old nextdoor neighbour was famous in our area for the things he tried to fix with tape. I'll just cut to the chase and say "Conkers". -
Punch up! Bruce Everiss mauled by the internet over why Imagine collapsed.I couldn't see this posted here so I thought I would post it. It kept me amused for at least half an hour. Bruce Everiss on his blog claims piracy br…
... hold your hand on the tape player sometimes in order to get ... -
Tape loading issues - can anyone help?Hi, I have just bought a +2 which has a problem. Whenever I try to load a tape the spectrum refuses to acknowledge what I am doing. I have tried in …
... ? Can I rig an external tape player to the +2 like I ... can't rig an external tape player to it normally, but if ... -
Tape loading issues - can anyone help?Hi, I have just bought a +2 which has a problem. Whenever I try to load a tape the spectrum refuses to acknowledge what I am doing. I have tried in …
... cyan border. Instead the tape just runs with no ... screw between the tape desk and the tape controls.
... Can I rig an external tape player to the +2 like ... mentioned is whether the tape loading sounds are audible ... discharges part of the tape signal to ground as ... -
Remember your old cassettes for games ?[url]http://www.tapedeck.org/[/url] Damn its quite scary how many of these tapes i recognise, just needs some of my writing on them saying "Alien 8,…
... 's were crap, could only tape about 2 Speccy games onto ... (which was different on every tape player :( )
i like getting one ... -
Remember your old cassettes for games ?[url]http://www.tapedeck.org/[/url] Damn its quite scary how many of these tapes i recognise, just needs some of my writing on them saying "Alien 8,…
... (which was different on every tape player :( )
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+2a datacorder problemsHelloooo, how's it going? Reason I'm posting is that 1) I'm a massive speccy fan, it was the first range of computers I ever owned 2) I'm having rea…
... possible to connect an external tape player to a +2a, as ...
There is a tape/sound socket on the back ... an external tape player up to the sound/tape socket but ... goes from the datacorder tape head to the cassette ... have a spare working tape unit that I could ... -
+2a datacorder problemsHelloooo, how's it going? Reason I'm posting is that 1) I'm a massive speccy fan, it was the first range of computers I ever owned 2) I'm having rea…
... for the confirmation regarding the tape/sound socket....that will at ... already (last night). Unfortunately, the tape player I'm using does'nt ... that I was connecting the tape player to the socket with a ...
