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  • Using downloaded WOS filesI am the new owner of a 48K Spectrum, which loads games from tape without any problems. I am not having great success with games downloaded from the…

    ... load physical tapes, a portable tape player - stereo or mono it ... back, I bought a 7W amplifier kit from Maplin and just ...
    DEATH DEATH July 2013 Hardware
  • Using downloaded WOS filesI am the new owner of a 48K Spectrum, which loads games from tape without any problems. I am not having great success with games downloaded from the…

    ... pure square wave with a tape is very difficult as square ... the frequency range of a tape recorder is normally limited to ... the signal coming from the tape recorder to Spectrum with an ... the signal with a small amplifier that will produce at least ...
    Pierre Pierre July 2013 Hardware
  • Keyboard ProblemsHi, I need a bit more help... I tested the Spectrum + I got from ebay today and there seems to be a problem with the keyboard. It looks like the mi…

    ... load programs without a tape. Got an amplifier in the shed and ...
    rune rune July 2013 Hardware
  • Spec dev in the eighties and ninetiesWhat different ways were there of making speccy games? There is the 'worst' way which is typing in hex commands in Basic unreadable, easy to make m…

    ... between to act as an amplifier. You could write code on ... simultaneously save it to the tape output and load it on ... . You just used the ordinary tape loader function to receive what ...
    joefish joefish July 2013 Development
  • WAV filesI have tried Google bot so far no real luck. But are there any sites oyut there that has got ZX Spectrum game files in WAV format? I can of course t…

    Tapir, available from this site. Works brilliantly! Just select "Play to WAV" from the pull down.

    [url]http://newton.sunderland.ac.uk/~mikie/[/url]
    DEATH DEATH August 2013 Announcements
  • External Tape / Audio Input on Spectrum +2AEvening all, I've just picked up a Spectrum +2A and have been trying to load TZX files from my Mac into the Spectrum. I know the leads and methods …

    ... . You may need a small amplifier if your soundcard can't ... is that a stock +3 tape lead has mono connectors on ...
    guesser guesser August 2013 Hardware
  • ZX spectrum 128K + 2 (Grey one :)Hi all, I'm trying to revive a dead ZX 128K +2 (the grey one). The regulator was damaged and seemed to be feeding 7.8Volts onto the pcb. Yikes ! I…

    ... is acting as an "error amplifier". It compares this voltage to ... "coils" can be heard to buzz).

    The continual building ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK August 2013 Hardware
  • Ferguson 3T31/W H Smith CPD 8300Does anybody know anything about the reliability of these tape decks? I have a pair of Ferguson's and a single CPD 8300 deck - none of them will loa…

    ... /> I wouldn't suspect the amplifier to be honest because those ... little amplifier modules are pretty reliable - ... knock up a small audio amplifier and run the output through ... whether the problem in the tape deck lies with the transport ...
    ramsrc ramsrc August 2013 Hardware
  • Barn find #4I think this is some sort of backup device. Its got "007" on the motherboard and the mice have chewed the buttons. Will do a little research later in…

    ... /"]Spectaculator[/URL] can do audio tape in/out as I have ... does need boosting with an amplifier before feeding to the Speccy ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK August 2013 Hardware
  • Machine code/Assembly language back in the dayHello. Back in the 80s when I was a kid, I didn't learn Z-80 machine code, but I was always curious about it. Just recently I decided to explore Z-…

    ... off with one Speccy, a tape recorder and [I]Zeus Assembler ... risk of breaking a Wafa tape. It tended to be safer ... with a tape recorder between to act as an amplifier. We did ...
    joefish joefish September 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Voltage converter question.I recently paid over $100 for a really solid nice looking 750 watt 110v to 220 v converter so that I can run some my UK appliances when they come ove…

    ... ground loop (and the mains buzz you'll get) especially if ... opening up your hi-fi amplifier and seeing if its (almost ...
    Winston Winston September 2013 Chit chat
  • Machine code/Assembly language back in the dayHello. Back in the 80s when I was a kid, I didn't learn Z-80 machine code, but I was always curious about it. Just recently I decided to explore Z-…

    ... with a tape recorder between to act as an amplifier.
    [/QUOTE ... simply used instead of a tape player or does it make ...
    memrah memrah September 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Machine code/Assembly language back in the dayHello. Back in the 80s when I was a kid, I didn't learn Z-80 machine code, but I was always curious about it. Just recently I decided to explore Z-…

    ... anything necessarily special about the tape recorder. Most would play back ... 's just acting as an amplifier. The MIC output from one ... press PLAY/RECORD without a tape in. I suppose you could ... disable the motors in the tape deck if you just wanted ...
    joefish joefish September 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Machine code/Assembly language back in the dayHello. Back in the 80s when I was a kid, I didn't learn Z-80 machine code, but I was always curious about it. Just recently I decided to explore Z-…

    ... anything necessarily special about the tape recorder. Most would play back ... 's just acting as an amplifier. The MIC output from one ...
    fog fog September 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Tape loader for Android at lastHi all. Just downloaded a little util from the google play store called tapdancer. Works like the apple spectrum tape loader. Lets you load speccy an…

    Due to the LAWs all devices with headphone output must have reduced loudness to prevent idiots from making themself deaf.
    I suggest to puchase a amplifier for tape jack, or build yourself one.
    LCD LCD October 2013 Emulators
  • Tape loader for Android at lastHi all. Just downloaded a little util from the google play store called tapdancer. Works like the apple spectrum tape loader. Lets you load speccy an…

    ... /> I suggest to puchase a amplifier for tape jack, or build yourself ...
    ccowley ccowley October 2013 Emulators
  • I know it's part ZX81 but what's the rest of it?You can see the ZX81 motherboard in the corner but I have no idea what the rest does, it powers up but I haven't managed to get the screen to tune in…

    ... other one is probably the amplifier on/off.
    The mystery ... a DIN for a different tape recorder (back in the 80s ...
    skagon skagon October 2013 Hardware
  • Tape loader for Android at lastHi all. Just downloaded a little util from the google play store called tapdancer. Works like the apple spectrum tape loader. Lets you load speccy an…

    ... used on our old mono tape decks at 90% volume).
    Amplifier-Board-PAM8803-2W-Stereo-Power ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz November 2013 Emulators
  • The Spectrum Resuscitation ThreadKicking off this thread as a place where people who are fixing/restoring Spectrums (or indeed any other piece of related hardware) can show off their…

    ... a minute or 2, and buzz from the speaker.
    I ... metal tabs, not double sided tape.

    I had thought ...
    Hairy Hairy January 2014 Hardware
  • Buzzing Grey +2This is mentioned in another thread but I thought I had best start a new one regarding this. Basically Ive done TR4, put a 5.5k resistor to R38 and …

    Could the tape/sound socket be damaged say ... wrong but doesn't the tape/sound input connect to the ... internal tape deck, hence why it only buzz's when a tape deck ... on the cassette lead, it buzz's. Just my guess anyway ...
    Your Spec-chum Your Spec-chum January 2014 Hardware
  • Correction of +2 hardware errorsThis is a collection of various pieces of information picked up from various places, including a lot from this forum. I have edited it and reworded i…

    ... very audible buzz. Most notable on the start up menu (tape loader ... scroll through the menu the buzz changes pitch during the keypress ...
    DojoDan DojoDan January 2014 Hardware
  • Buzzing Grey +2This is mentioned in another thread but I thought I had best start a new one regarding this. Basically Ive done TR4, put a 5.5k resistor to R38 and …

    ... the audio passing through the amplifier, right?

    If this ... changing the electrolytics on the tape deck PCB on a machine ...
    balford balford January 2014 Hardware
  • Buzzing Grey +2This is mentioned in another thread but I thought I had best start a new one regarding this. Basically Ive done TR4, put a 5.5k resistor to R38 and …

    ... fluctuations. The sensitive audio amplifier on the tape deck PCB then sees ... a look at where the tape deck gets its 0V/ground ... . If possible, disconnect all the tape deck 0V/ground connections and ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK January 2014 Hardware
  • Loading from/saving to Zoom H2NI have recently acquired a Zoom H2N Handy Recorder for various audio-based purposes, and I am interested in loading my Speccy games from the H2N (Wav…

    ... H2N to simulate the tape recorder for 48K and ... some blank space for the tape-saving process).[/QUOTE]
    tape ports are that of ... tape recorder. Therefore it is a good decision to use an amplifier ... use this IC for tape in of the Spectrum ...
    ingo ingo February 2014 Hardware
  • 128+2 Help!Today the postie brought me an early Spectrum 128+2, it's a Z70700 Issue 1. Everything seems to be working ok, i.e it boots up and the keyboard work…

    ... decided to ditch the internal tape player and use an ... socket going to the tape player circuit board has ... ve ordered a small mono amplifier to sit between the ... a circuit diagram for the tape player board, I'd ... inch LCD screen where the tape player was. But that ...
    rune rune April 2014 Hardware
  • Fixing/modding my new +3Hi, In december I won an auction for a working +3 with a dead floppy drive, + a Multiface 3, some disks and tapes, for a very low price (I think nob…

    ... case, but certainly keeping the tape player, and adding an ... directly where the tape head is connected on the amplifier of the ... with an old mini Sony tape recorder, using its amplified ... iPhone, .tap, .tzx... using "Speccy Tape".
    And in working order ...
    bugpat bugpat April 2014 Hardware
  • 48k no beeper sound (again!)Got three 48k+ here, all of which have the same exact problem, no sound out the beeper, same problem as detailed [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org…

    ... LOAD and SAVE okay from tape?

    With the Spectrums ... TR7 acts as a current amplifier. The voltage on the emitter ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK April 2014 Hardware
  • Amplifier boxWould one of you have more information on this amplifier box (if it is one)? [IMG]http://schombi.de/onewebstatic/16faca329e-box_small.jpg[/IMG] Who …

    It might be an "amplifier" for amplification of weak tape signals to use ...
    ingo ingo May 2014 Hardware
  • Fixing my old ZX Spectrum 48K issue 4AHi Guys, I trying to fix my old Spectrum 48K. Looks like my dad used a wrong power supply as the ULA had a bit missing and so did the 7805. So I rep…

    ... input signal from the tape deck or modern computer ... pretending to be a tape deck. Because of course ... with the old mono tape decks of the early ... so unless you use an amplifier, the signal from the ... use a real tape in an mono "shoebox" tape recorder, or ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK July 2014 Hardware
  • Fixing my old ZX Spectrum 48K issue 4AHi Guys, I trying to fix my old Spectrum 48K. Looks like my dad used a wrong power supply as the ULA had a bit missing and so did the 7805. So I rep…

    ... input signal from the tape deck or modern computer ... pretending to be a tape deck. Because of course ... with the old mono tape decks of the early ... so unless you use an amplifier, the signal from the ... use a real tape in an mono "shoebox" tape recorder, or ...
    Brian Brian July 2014 Hardware
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