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  • What's the POKE that removes the Start Tape message when saving?I'm sure there is one... you could POKE one of the system variables and when you SAVEd it would do it without the pause and the Start Tape message. …

    ... without the pause and the Start Tape message.

    Yes I know ...
    leespoons leespoons May 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Screen$ +3 disk to tape helpHi, I have several full screen pictures of my +3 disks (Screen$). How can I transfer these pictures onto tape without losing the last to lines beca…

    ... to lines because of the 'Start Tape ... etc' message?

    I have ...
    Stephen Stephen February 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • start tapeI picked up an old spectrum zx in a junk shop. it seems to be working ok but as i remember there was some kind of start tape. can you help me to loca…

    I picked up an old spectrum zx in a junk shop. it seems to be working ok but as i remember there was some kind of start tape. can you help me to locate a new one.
    thank you
    lsdinc lsdinc October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Screen$ +3 disk to tape helpHi, I have several full screen pictures of my +3 disks (Screen$). How can I transfer these pictures onto tape without losing the last to lines beca…

    ... I transfer these pictures onto tape without losing
    >the ... lines because of the 'Start Tape ... etc'
    >message?
    >I ...
    cristi cristi April 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • SAVE the complete screen in BASICHow can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC? If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and th…

    How can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC?
    If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and the last two lines are destroyed!
    wilko0070 wilko0070 September 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... any program that "saves to tape"). Let's just say I ... to save the program and... then what? It would say "start tape and ...
    alban lusitanae alban lusitanae October 2006 Emulators
  • 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 …

    I'm trying to save a SCREEN$ to a tape file (basically the ... that I'm trying to save in a .tap format) but ... try to save from BASIC, the "Start tape and press any key" message wipes ...
    Arjun Arjun April 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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 …

    ... 'd like be able to save (program or data or code ... the save "whatever" command, but I want it to start recording immediately ...
    gcallard gcallard May 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... the game's own SAVE routine. Just use the ... X128, press F6 and save a snapshot called elitesav. ... you're ready to save your runnable adventure. Then ... the Quill, and select Save Adventure. You won't ... get the "Start tape, then press any key." message. Press a ...
    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…

    ... that when I choose "save your adventure" from The ... Quill, SPIN will actually save the data to a ... a key at the "Start Tape and Press Any Key" ... it won't save to your game tape - SPIN implements a ... D.


    [ This Message was edited by: dunny on ...
    Dunny Dunny July 2002 Emulators
  • 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 ... />
    [B]- Font creator with save/alter G Graphics UDG characters ... belieev gives upto 96 UDG + save[/B]

    [B]- ... ]



    [ This Message was edited by: Amigo on ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Development
  • Save BASIC programs in a TZX fileHow can I save BASIC listings with SAVE "name" in a TZX file?

    ... in your SAVE command and leave it at the "Start tape..." message;

    start the save process (you may have ... be saved.

    [ This Message was edited by: Ed on ...
    Ed Ed November 2003 Emulators
  • Making GAC games on an emulatorHi, this is my first post here but I had a question that I hope someone might be able to answer. This may sound like an incredibly stupid question, …

    ... start creating the game. When you are ready to save ... 2) Select the Save game to tape (or whatever) option ... When you see the message "Start tape and press any key..." ... the screen, open the Tape Browser, press the Record ... will now be saved to tape.

    ...
    Arjun Arjun May 2004 Games
  • Problem with saving picture for game!Thanks for the code guys! The auto-start code is very sweet! And thanks for telling me about programming it to pick up items etc. There's only one p…

    ... 'em) out to another tape file using the tape browser.


    LOAD "": SAVE "MyScreen" SCREEN$

    as ... will be obliterated by the "Start tape..." message, but there is a sysvar ...
    Dunny Dunny November 2004 Sinclair Basic
  • SAVE the complete screen in BASICHow can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC? If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and th…

    ... wrote:
    How can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the ... /> If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and the ... screen and it contains the SAVE "x" Screen$ command but WILL ...
    miskox miskox September 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • TZX with GACBig favour to ask - if I sent a Z80 of my Frontier of Warriors demo revision, could they make a TZX of it for me please? Thanks.. It's a GAC snapsh…

    ... main menu select S (to save adventure)
    2) Then ... select R (to save runnable adventure)
    3) Give ... you should see the "Start tape....blah blah" message

    4) In ... go to Recording>Tape Recording>Eject Save Tape

    ...
    Arjun Arjun January 2007 Development
  • 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…

    ... quote]When the program says "start tape and press a key"...[/quote]< ... have to go SAVE "WHATEVER" LINE 10, the message appears. I ... option, that also presents the message. So, I have 3 TAPs ... Omnicopy 2 save option does not present the message and immediately ...
    alban lusitanae alban lusitanae March 2007 Development
  • 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…

    ... a save-tape is inserted in ZXSpin, if the ROM save routine ... Of course, if the ROM save routine isn't triggered for ... a save and it's a ... getting the "Start Tape & Press Any Key" message then it's ... not using the ROM to save. There's no real ...
    Dunny Dunny March 2007 Development
  • 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…

    ... =zxbruno;209902]... to prevent the message 'start tape, then press any key'. I ... br />
    You trying to save a screen$ Bruno?

    save it from there.
    < ... you need to SCF to save......


    LOAD "" code ...
    DEATH DEATH August 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • SCR to SCREENS$Hello, is there a way to convert a .scr file back to a screen$ to load it into an emulator? Thanks!

    This is similar to the question I did a few days ago. If you don't want to see the 'start tape, then press any key' message, use this:

    POKE 23735,23 : POKE 23736,27 : POKE 23737,17 : SAVE "filename" SCREEN$
    zxbruno zxbruno August 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... when you save, and pipe the output directly to the tape file ... />
    SAVE "Myprog", and the "Start tape & press any key" message will appear ... the 0 Ok, 0:1 message. At that point, your program ... doesn't show your save tape in the tape window, so you will ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2008 Emulators
  • 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 …

    ... )

    To suppress the "Start tape message alter the printout routine 09F4 ... to #17F4 (RET)
    20 SAVE "full" SCREEN$

    These ...
    Geoff Geoff May 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Screenshot as screen$What's the best way (I'm using Spin) of saving the a screenshot and then turning it into a code file. Sorry if its a basic (no pun intended) :oops: …

    ... any attempt to execute a save either as a direct command ... SAVE "myfile" SCREEN$
    2) While the "Start tape, then press any key" message ...
    gasman gasman March 2011 Emulators
  • Spectaculator Load/Save?Hi Any Spectaculator users here who can tell me if or how it is possible to save/merge/load programmes/code/data to HD rather than having to do a ful…

    ... quite easy to save to virtual tape with Spectaculator. Notice ... with real Spectrum - executing SAVE "Prog1" LINE 10 and ... trick:

    - Save your screen to .scr file ... screen execute SAVE "something" SCREEN$
    - a message "Start tape..." will appear ...
    Ralf Ralf March 2011 Emulators
  • Load! Screen$ questionI've got a basic program listing in BASIN which among other things recalls a screen via Load! (I've Save!'ed a screen into memory before hand). How d…

    ... that the "Start tape" message won't appear before the SAVE ... CODE ... from BASIC. The standard SAVE "program" saves the variables ... 10 LIST : GO SUB 20: SAVE !"screen"SCREEN$ :
    CLEAR ... POKE chans,111:
    SAVE "screenprog"CODE 16384,ramtop-16384 ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny April 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Saving and Loading from tape in MC?I'm actually having problems with saving and loading from the ROM routines for the interpreter... I'm currently using the following codes for saving…

    ... from ERR_SP, but the save/load would still have ... /> As for the "Start tape" message, I'm not sure if ... decide to have my own message instead.

    ... I would copy the tape routines to Ram (between ... my needs. Would probably start by identifying the break ...
    Timmy Timmy July 2011 Development
  • WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …

    ... without the annoying "scroll?" message all the time? I also ... BASin, select "File : Attach Tape Image" to specify an output ... screen on ... errmmm ... screen: SAVE "something" SCREEN$. If you're ... be erased by the "Start tape ..." message, although that can be ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny August 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • The Official Crap Games Competition 2013 Thread!Just to announce that the 2013 CGC is OPEN! [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/cgctitle2_zps77591934.jpg[/IMG] And for th…

    ... this way: type SAVE "screen" SCREEN$ and when the "Start Tape..." message appears, drop ...
    leespoons leespoons February 2013 Games
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