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  • New gameHello. I've just started developing a new game for the 128K spectrum. In fact, its the first thing I've ever programmed on a Spectrum (i'll admit, I…

    ... the world will want a tap file.

    Simply compile to ... give you a tap file that contains the bytes only. Tap files can easily ... $, then tack on your code file, for example.

    ... a self-starting, self-loading tap file. I believe it might be ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2003 Development
  • 42 column text, Sinclair Print Utilities, etcI'm currently developing the next of the ZXIF text adventures - "43 Minutes" and, as a side issue, I'm really interested in 42 column text for this g…

    ... normal data block of 3070 bytes and then a whole ... Taper reports also that the file is incomplete. Perhaps someone ... br />
    bin2tap se42demo.tap.bin se42demo.tap

    [url="http ... i downloaded them all. each tap file had various utilities ( but the ...
    Sadako Sadako March 2004 Development
  • 1 colour per pixel without interlace flickering on +3No, no, it is just April's Fool day. ;)

    ... also to create a TRD file. You can aslo specify Format ... /> 01.C$ which is 17 bytes
    02.C$ which is ... exactly 6192 bytes

    i did it ... SCREEN$ file in the TAP file, and this time file 02 is 8222 bytes. It ...
    Sadako Sadako April 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I would like to write emulatorHi guys, I'm new to this forum but I realise that you must get loads of posts from people asking "how do I write an emulator" so I'll try and be spe…

    ... />
    A region of memory, 65536 bytes in length, to use as ... to copy the 48k ROM file into the bottom 16k of ... need to keep grabbing more bytes sequentially from your memory space ...
    Dunny Dunny September 2004 Development
  • I would like to write emulatorHi guys, I'm new to this forum but I realise that you must get loads of posts from people asking "how do I write an emulator" so I'll try and be spe…

    [quote]A region of memory, 65536 bytes in length, to use as spectrum memory. You need to copy the 48k ROM file into the bottom 16k of that.[/quote]

    How do you copy 48K of information into 16K of space?

    MadDoc,
    MadDoc MadDoc September 2004 Development
  • About z88dk and autoexecsThis weekend I was playing a little with z88dk C cross Compiler. Amazing tool! I have three questions: 1- Does anybody know how to change the initia…

    ... an autoexecutable .z80 or .sna file?
    [/quote]
    ... better to make a tap file. z88dk comes with ' ... binary into an autoloading tap file with no effort.
    bytes per parameter, right to ... parameter is always two bytes, but the unsigned ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2005 Development
  • New release of EmuZWinEmuZWin Version 2.6 Release 1.0 Beta? ? (30-Jan-2005): A lot of changes. Most important are: [+] Formats supported: RZX, SLT. [+] Sound devices sup…

    ... .
    [+] Dirty save to .TAP file added (File|Record and Save Tape As ... SA-Bytes ROM procedure is called. Therefore file created is normal .TAP file containing ...
    Vladimir Kladov Vladimir Kladov February 2005 Emulators
  • Stupid Question... but: BMP2SCRI have downloaded bmp2scr, and produced a couple of pictures in the hires formats, I can see that there are 3 binary files, a red,green,and blue, how…

    ... to string these into a TAP file for you, I can't ... pictures), you can play the TAP file directly in an emulator that ... jiggery-POKEry to stop the 'Bytes:' messages screwing the display up ...
    gasman gasman March 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Tzx ,tap and z80 Files in archiveJust a question - If there is a .tzx version of a file in the archive, why keep a .tap or .z80 file as well Is there a reason for this ?

    ... Barker wrote:

    However TAP and the great work done ... (Identical to a TAP block barring a couple of bytes) takes the ... emulation time as a corresponding .TAP file, and other blocks require no ...
    Dunny Dunny March 2005 Games
  • saving to asmMy another question... I know I can save part of Spectrum memory to .bin file. However I would like to save it (or convert .bin file)into .txt file w…

    ... Spectrum memory to .bin file. However I would like ... convert .bin file)into .txt file where instead of bytes i would ... can include a binary file into the asm code.< ... place to find the file, so just use the ... a nice tzx (or tap) file wich includes a BASIC loader ...
    AE.Vasconcelos AE.Vasconcelos May 2005 Development
  • The best way for converting +D Snapskot > TZX fileI became some +D Disk images with 48K +D snapshots and I had no problems to load them with LOAD D1"XXXXX"S. But what's the best method to convert the…

    ... effected in the first 64 bytes of the screen
    (when ... .Z80 is converted to a TAP-file in memory and then loaded ... an outputfile, making it a tap-file to load into an emulator ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP October 2005 Emulators
  • speccy-basic compilerHi everybody! i'd like to compile spectrum basic programs to z80 asm to make them work faster. I've tryed a lot of compilers running on speccy but i …

    ... 'bytes' file, but you have to 'SAVE' that file by creating a new .TAP file ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers January 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Running Man TZX incompleteThe Running Man TZX does not contain level data (side 2). This data is available on the Heroes compilation if it helps.

    ... instantly just like a TAP file. But in the TAP file the intro section ... perfectly ready to convert to TAP. Why the different data?
    TAP has 2 different bytes when compared to ... format but looks just like TAP (ie; 1000 pauses between ...
    PrinceClumsy PrinceClumsy February 2006 MIA/STP/SDP
  • MINIGAME COMPO 2006[url="http://www.ffd2.com/minigame/"]http://www.ffd2.com/minigame/[/url] it could be nice to meet you there :)

    ... TAP file is at most the category size (1024, 4096, 8192) + 25 bytes ... /> The 25 bytes are the overhead of the TAP format + the BASIC ...
    Paolo Ferraris Paolo Ferraris March 2006 Development
  • MINIGAME COMPO 2006[url="http://www.ffd2.com/minigame/"]http://www.ffd2.com/minigame/[/url] it could be nice to meet you there :)

    ... many Xs as you need bytes, then load your code at ... Basic lines are stored (4 bytes for the start of the ... for the end, six additional bytes for a number (other than ... ] library to create the final TAP file. It's a "works for ...
    gasman gasman March 2006 Development
  • MINIGAME COMPO 2006[url="http://www.ffd2.com/minigame/"]http://www.ffd2.com/minigame/[/url] it could be nice to meet you there :)

    So, even with your new app to help get the code into a rem statement, can i check, is the maximum for a ZX Spectrum 1k game

    1024+25 = 1049 bytes for the TAP file?
    robpearmain robpearmain March 2006 Development
  • MINIGAME COMPO 2006[url="http://www.ffd2.com/minigame/"]http://www.ffd2.com/minigame/[/url] it could be nice to meet you there :)

    ... size of the TAP file is 1024+25. The 25 bytes are the ... BASIC header + info relative to the TAP format ... . As 14 bytes are also used by ... for your game is 1010 bytes. I'm afraid you'll ...
    Paolo Ferraris Paolo Ferraris March 2006 Development
  • MINIGAME COMPO 2006[url="http://www.ffd2.com/minigame/"]http://www.ffd2.com/minigame/[/url] it could be nice to meet you there :)

    ... />
    The TAP file was 1048 bytes (Game was 1009 bytes long). bin2rem bought ... it up to 1048 bytes.

    So bin2rem seems ... be adding 39, not 25 bytes on, is this correct?
    robpearmain robpearmain March 2006 Development
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... -stress-revisited.zip"]TRY ME. TAP FILE AND SOURCE INCLUDED[/URL]. If ... $ is only (up to) 6144 bytes long as only pixel data ... . The standard zx spectrum display file layout is assumed for the ... . Keys 0-8 allowed display file addresses of individual squares in ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…

    ... file name - how else would you know a .TAP is .TAP? ... magic signature in the file and uses that, rather ... if you rename a .tap file in which the first block ... libspectrum recognises the first bytes and uses that as ... every time to a .ZIP file).[/QUOTE]

    ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall July 2006 Emulators
  • ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…

    ... . SPIN will build me a .tap file that I can "play" down ... filesystem wouldn't overcome 500 bytes (pesimistic estimation, Baze will correct ...
    zilog zilog July 2006 Emulators
  • ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…

    ... defining a "Spectrum binary chunk" file format:

    0x00 " ... to identify the file)
    0x07 Data start (2 bytes, LSB)
    0x09 Data length (2 bytes, LSB)
    0x0b Data[/QUOTE ... over using .TAP files (in a 1 ZX file per TAP file mode), or ...
    glancaster glancaster July 2006 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... TZX to TAP Converter v0.11b

    ZXTape file revision 1 ... />
    Converting file: MM.TAP (length 138023 bytes)
    0 S254-191 ... file MM.TAP

    Done. There was convert 1 TAP file( ... s) into 4 file(s) 000.[/CODE ...
    jp jp August 2006 MIA/STP/SDP
  • TAP conversion project?I was wondering if there's any concerted effort to produce TAP versions of games only available in TZX or Z80/SNA/SLT format? Or are snapshots consid…

    ... routine wrapped around after $9500 bytes (when it went past $FFFF ... in the debugger, save $9500 bytes starting at $6B00.

    TAP file above is a little fancier ... screen from being obscured by "Bytes:" messages as per [url=http ...
    StuBruise StuBruise September 2006 Games
  • Question for the tzx dev guru'sI'm almost finished with a batch of adventure tapes which I've got on loan.. The final tape, is a development version of Birthday Surprise, which ha…

    ... copying the +D disk file to a .TAP file using DISCIPLE.EXE. I ... memory, or skip y bytes then load x bytes...

    ... copied the missing bytes into the pre release .tzx file and everything ... the sample and confirmed the bytes were correct...

    ...
    Gilby Gilby October 2006 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…

    ... basically. Here's the second file (a bit shorter) so ... header block and 3(!) bytes blocks, so my TZX ... the SCR$, the first bytes block and crashes... This ... I'd suggest using a TAP file instead of a TZX ... /> I created the following TAP by saving the above loader ...
    mulder mulder March 2007 Development
  • Vote for the change of TZX formatThere is an ongoing discussion on the proposal of Patrik Rat to change the current TZX format specification to one that is simpler to implement for e…

    ... from an OUT stream, TAP file, any TZX or PZX ... , the bits forming the bytes, everything. The tool knows ... to bits and bits to bytes, how to compute checksum ... how to interpret those bytes and how to checksum ... alphabet stored in the file either, as the alphabet ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak May 2007 Emulators
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... /> ..which generates a perfect working .tap file - so I'm not seeing ... section within the new .tap file is entirely full of 0xFF bytes! Weird..
    pissedbob pissedbob May 2007 Development
  • Tap MusicYou've probably noted this [url]http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=30929[/url] . A music made from the typical ZX tape loading noise by psb/hallowee…

    ... pouet.net and check the TAP file. It saves a code block ... tape...
    Amazing what 22128 bytes at 1350 baud can do ...
    netraider netraider June 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Trying to emulate the DivIDE on SpinI have this .iso image that's supposed to be used on a cf card: [url]ftp://ftp.untergrund.net/users/gasman/zx/divip_let_forever_be.zip[/url] Since …

    ... 's a multiple of 512 bytes out of step.

    TAP file as soon as it hits ... dummy 1-byte file at the end of the TAP file, to see ...
    gasman gasman September 2007 Emulators
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