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  • Start Tape, Press any key...Hi, I'd like be able to save (program or data or code) using the save "whatever" command, but I want it to start recording immediately, rather than …

    ... it to start recording immediately, rather than waiting for the key press. Anyone ...
    gcallard gcallard May 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Press any keyI need to write a z80 function that waits for a user to press any key. As it is possible that the user may be pressing a key when the function is cal…

    ... waits for a user to press any key. As it is possible that ... user may be pressing a key when the function is called ... of enter function, if a key is pressed wait until they ... pressing then wait until they press a key. Can anyone provide me ...
    Mr Millside Mr Millside July 2005 Development
  • SCREEN$ and Sinclair Basic: Help Required !Two simple questions: 1) When saving SCREEN$, how can I avoid the bottom of the loading screen from being chopped off by the 'Start Tape & Press Any…

    ... being chopped off by the 'Start Tape & Press Any Key' message?

    2 ...
    Hercules Hercules March 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    When a save-tape is inserted in ZXSpin, if ... and dump a block to tape. You don't have to ... you're not getting the "Start Tape & Press Any Key" message then it's ... ZXSpin has no problems with tape saving, at least in the ...
    Dunny Dunny March 2007 Development
  • Saving to TAP via an emulatorIs there an emulator that will allow me to perform SAVE operations to a TAP file? *edit* no matter, found that Spectaculator does this... Just need…

    ... the output directly to the tape file.

    Recording -> Tape Recording -> Insert Tape for Saving
    ... and the "Start tape & press any key" message will appear. Press any key (except BREAK ... show your save tape in the tape window, so you ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2008 Emulators
  • Spectaculator & GENS4Im using Hisofts Gens 4 assemler with Spectaculator and getting an error: [B]Bad Name[/B] when I try to assemble and save the file to a TAP. Assemb…

    ... doesn't support assembling to tape (and therefore to .tap/.tzx ... memory as well). With a tape it would have to assemble ... routine to save it out (start tape, press any key etc.).

    If you ... *think* it's assembling to tape, but it's not.
    Jon Needle Jon Needle April 2014 Emulators
  • "Press any key" detectionWhat would be the simplest way to detect if *any* key is being pressed? No LAST_K trickery, I can't rely on that. It has to be reading the keyboard p…

    ... simplest way to detect if *any* key is being pressed? No LAST_K ...
    na_th_an na_th_an November 2013 Development
  • New "Sh*t Game Time" video, Kung-Fu Master for Speccy, oh that MUSIC!Hi guys and subs, new requested Sh*t Game Time video now up and live, this time It's the speccy's turn with Kung-Fu Master,...hold on to your ears wi…

    ... ]"To pause game play, press H. To re-start action, press any key." [/i] :P
    Morkin Morkin September 2016 Games
  • something for ZX Spectrum experts - File CompressorFor an unknown ISP problem you can't download a TAP file, only ZIP files. [url="http://www.sezampro.yu/~mstancevic"]http://www.sezampro.yu/~mstancev…

    For an unknown ISP problem you can't download a TAP file, only ZIP files.

    [url="http://www.sezampro.yu/~mstancevic"]http://www.sezampro.yu/~mstancevic[/url]

    Start tape, then press any key. (Miodrag)
    mstancevic mstancevic July 2004 Announcements
  • 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 …

    I transffered DigiSID TAPe from [url="http://www.speccy. ... the demo continues!!??

    Start tape, then press any key. (Miodrag)
    mstancevic mstancevic July 2004 Emulators
  • sem033.exeCan anybody send sem033.exe emulator to my e-mail address [email="mstancevic@sezampro.yu"]mstancevic@sezampro.yu[/email] ? I can't find it on the Int…

    ... on the Internet.

    Start tape, then press any key. (Miodrag)

    [ This ...
    mstancevic mstancevic September 2004 Emulators
  • UnrealSpeccy e-mail address?Anybody know author's e-mail address? Start tape, then press any key. (Miodrag)

    Anybody know author's e-mail address?

    Start tape, then press any key. (Miodrag)
    mstancevic mstancevic November 2004 Emulators
  • New Emulation ForumI added my Emulation forum link to my 1st web page at [url="http://www.sezampro.yu/~mstancevic"]www.sezampro.yu/~mstancevic[/url] Start tape, then p…

    I added my Emulation forum link to my 1st web page at [url="http://www.sezampro.yu/~mstancevic"]www.sezampro.yu/~mstancevic[/url]

    Start tape, then press any key. (Miodrag)
    mstancevic mstancevic November 2004 Announcements
  • ZX Spectrum CHR$ sets (fonts)I'm satisfied enough with my _ZX Spectrum CHR$ sets (fonts)_ web page and I published it at [url="http://mstancevic.tripod.com/SpectrumCHRs/ZX_Spectr…

    ... />

    _________________
    Start tape, then press any key. (Miodrag)

    [ This Message ...
    mstancevic mstancevic December 2004 Announcements
  • ZX Spectrum Screen Planer_low resolution[url="http://mstancevic.batcave.net/zx_screen_planer/ZX_SPECTRUM_SCREEN_PLANER.htm"]http://mstancevic.batcave.net/zx_screen_planer/ZX_SPECTRUM_SCREEN…

    [url="http://mstancevic.batcave.net/zx_screen_planer/ZX_SPECTRUM_SCREEN_PLANER.htm"]http://mstancevic.batcave.net/zx_screen_planer/ZX_SPECTRUM_SCREEN_PLANER.htm[/url]

    Start tape, then press any key. (Miodrag)
    mstancevic mstancevic May 2005 Announcements
  • Emulation In Emulator1. PC/AtariST/QL [url="http://www.geocities.com/msgptre/Emulation_In_Emulator/emulation_in_emulator.htm"]http://www.geocities.com/msgptre/Emulation_I…

    ... /PC_AtariST_Speccy.htm[/url]

    Start tape, then press any key. (Miodrag)
    mstancevic mstancevic January 2006 Announcements
  • How to save TZXGreetings to all. I am starting to move on from just games into some testing of home made programs. Although I could have done that in ancient tapes…

    ... programming (or from any program that "saves to tape"). Let's just ... what? It would say "start tape and press any key" but surely it wouldn't ...
    alban lusitanae alban lusitanae October 2006 Emulators
  • I forgot which system variable I need...... to prevent the message 'start tape, then press any key'. I saw the system variables list but it's not helping. I know I used one poke to bypass t…

    ... to prevent the message 'start tape, then press any key'. I saw the system variables list but it's not helping. I know I used one poke to bypass the messagem but I can't find it. :(
    zxbruno zxbruno August 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASICI'm trying to save a SCREEN$ to a tape file (basically the original data is in a .tzx file that I'm trying to save in a .tap format) but the problem …

    ... save a SCREEN$ to a tape file (basically the original data ... save from BASIC, the "Start tape and press any key" message wipes out the last ... the complete screen without losing any of the original data?
    Arjun Arjun April 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Any die hard PACMAN fans here?I've played pacman clones all of my life and I always have to complete at least one screen of any new pacman clone I discover (which to date is proba…

    ... at least one screen of any new pacman clone I discover ... all settings on defaults, click "Start". Press any key in the emulated machine window ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn December 2008 Chit chat
  • Games Notorious for F*cking UpThis is a thread dedicated to games notorious for f*cking up or crashing mid-game (48K and 128K games). :) Music demos are also welcome. My experien…

    ... cover tape - May 1991)
    F*cks up if you press any key other ... than Enter to start the demo.
    Swevicus Swevicus January 2010 Games
  • SAVEing without waiting for keypresshello, here's question for y'all. is there a way in BASIC to bypass the "Start tape, then press any key" prompt when SAVEing an array? sorry if it'…

    ... in BASIC to bypass the "Start tape, then press any key" prompt when SAVEing an ...
    utz utz March 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Adding TAP file contents to a Spectrum +3e DOS PartitionHello my fellow WoS'ers, This thread is a companion to a great little guide from a fellow AmiBayer [B]mnjnurney[/B] you can view his thread by [URL…

    ... its expecting to run from TAPE,


    [B] ... it saves the program (to tape) with an auto run ( ... will load into as a start address. Interestingly code is loaded ... 7 ; BRIGHT 1 ; " ";FLASH 1;"PRESS ANY KEY"
    [/code]This line prints ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 January 2013 Games
  • 16/48 tape magazineIs it me, or are you unable to select individual items on the 16/48 tape magazine? I swear I was able to do this before, but it feels like I have to …

    ... items on the 16/48 tape magazine? I swear I was ... item says 'press any key or Q to quit' - pressing any key takes you back ... several different emulators.

    Any help much appreciated.

    Tobo Tobo August 2014 Games
  • Zaxon's Micro DivMMC problems<p>Hi all,</p><p>I received Zaxon's excellent micro divMMC in the post a few weeks ago for my 48K rubber-key (the micro version of divMMC fits nicely…

    ... ago for my 48K rubber-key (the micro version of divMMC ... game as I got the "Start tape and press any key prompt".  Without thinking, I ... 't want to play chess any more and wanted instead to ... not saving/loading from a tape'.  So I waited until Chess ...
    namtip namtip June 2015 Hardware
  • Star Trader by Bug ByteSo I played this a fair bit back in the day and I've got a soft spot for it. I'm trying to load the .tap file in Spectaculator - I get the STOP TH…

    ... the STOP THE TAPE bit, skip instructions, Press any key on START THE TAPE and the ... doesn't start. The TZX file simply crashes.

    Any ideas ...
    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers April 2017 Games
  • Saving games on emulatorsi just downloaded elite and am really pleased with it how ever i don't seem to be able to save a game and reload it later wish is a bit dissappointin…

    ... , if you're using X128, press F6 and save a snapshot ... X128, by way of example, press F6, choose 'Open TAP for ... will get the "Start tape, then press any key." message. Press a key when you do (it ...
    Anonymous Anonymous May 2001 Emulators
  • SPIN v0.2c available now[Cut n Paste from the CSS post] Okay, I'm off to sunny(?) Scarborough for a week, so Woody and I thought it best that we give you something to d…

    ... soon as you press a key at the "Start Tape and Press Any Key" prompt, it will ... 't save to your game tape - SPIN implements a kind of ... double cassette deck with one tape for saving and one for ...
    Dunny Dunny July 2002 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... Load up Real Spectrum and press Alt+F7. The last ... you to press any key to begin. So have a tape recorder ready ... connected to your soundcard and press REC, then press a key ... on your keyboard to start playing ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2002 Games
  • AssemblersProbably asked a question that's been asked a million times before... but... I've decided to do a bit of old Speccy machine coding again, after 20 y…

    ... /loading not having it say "Start tape then press any key" at the bottom and ... package. if it's actually any good i may release it ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Development
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