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  • +2B: where's the tape signal gone?So, this is what I really came here for today... I've got two +2Bs, one with an issue 1 board and some extra soldered wires, and one with an issue…

    ... don't even flicker when Tape Loader is selected, it just ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone March 2020 Hardware
  • The Dilemma Of ModernityHere's one to ponder, gang. My current jam is Bear Bovver played at 2x speed in Spectaculator (music off, obv). What was always a decent but slugg…

    ... the current day. Do you rate things in the light of ... an actual Spectrum because of tape multiloading. Emulation does away with ...
    Rev_Stuart_Campbell Rev_Stuart_Campbell October 2020 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Looking for QL Software ZX Tape insiderDear ZX Friends, at the very early days of ZX Emulators for the Sinclair QL I got my hands on a russian emulator. Sorry, I can not recall the name…

    ... to transfer ZX programs from Tape to the QL. To solve ... this emulator called ZX Tape insider. The usual tape recorder was plugged ... QL Net socket and the tape could be loaded and then ...
    maskenlos maskenlos October 2020 Emulators
  • How many Tape Variations are there for Speecy Games?SPECCY GAME TAPE VARIATIONS ( it's an "aria" that needs to be tidied up!) Now let me see! How many can I "Knock off" in one sitting and how many o…

    SPECCY GAME TAPE VARIATIONS ( it's an "aria" ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio December 2020 Games
  • SVI-CAS - A Digital Tape Image Player & Recorder For the ZX80 / ZX81 / ZX Spectrum & Other Classic MGreetings all, For those who may be interested, or even just curious, SVI-CAS is a digital tape drive that supports the 8bit classic Sinclair mach…

    ... , SVI-CAS is a digital tape drive that supports the 8bit ...
    Romsey Romsey June 2021 Sales
  • Whatever happened to Optical Tape data storage?Back in the 1990s it was projected this would be a commonly used, high-capacity, high-speed computer data storage format of the future, the best of t…

    ... storage capacity than existing magnetic tape or optical discs.

    dmsmith dmsmith July 2021 Chit chat
  • +2 external tape adapter.Hi All, So after fixing my +2, there's a problem with the lack of a tape system to load games. So I got one of those car MP3 adapters that looks l…

    ... that looks like a tape, removed the internal mechanism ... +2 cover with the tape inside. Soldered on a ... I push Play, the tape deck head engages with ... want to load a normal tape...

    So ... having to install tape ports to load from tape.

    cj7hawk cj7hawk October 2021 Hardware
  • Tape Recovery Simulator 96Khi Everyone! Tape Recovery Simulator 96K (TRS96K for friends) is a game about recovering data off of reluctant and grumpy old tapes. [img]http:…

    hi Everyone!

    Tape Recovery Simulator 96K (TRS96K for ... there's always the dreaded Tape Loading Error looming around the ... =AIAI-urK-Fc

    Tape Recovery Simulator 96K is a ...
    cawigames cawigames December 2021 Games
  • The ZX Spectrum 40th Birthday Game Mix Tape(I have done a search and could not find a thread on this, apologies if one does exist somewhere. The below text is from the person who put this toge…

    ... -spectrum-40th-birthday-game-mix-tape

    Happy Birthday, beloved ...
    WhizzBang WhizzBang April 2022 Games
  • Cassette Tapes and Tape DecksI know from some forum members there still is some interest in Compact Cassettes and Tape Decks for listening to music. So I hope this interests folk…

    ... interest in Compact Cassettes and Tape Decks for listening to music ... over newer ones? Science of tape forumulations when to use Chromium ...
    dmsmith dmsmith April 2022 Chit chat
  • Confounded modern thingsIt appears the server instability has left a gap in the forums listing so I'll post this again. Given a complete lack of anything on the projects pa…

    ... multiloader on a tape system is slower than the rate at which ...
    cyborg cyborg December 2001 Games
  • Connect a Discman o soundcard into a ZX to play games without TapesDavid Madrid / Spain Hi: I like to use more my ZX machines but the load times drives my crazy and I dont like to damage the zx cassete player and t…

    Given the actual bitrate of tape transfer it would be possible ... encode a very low bit rate if the encoder understood that ...
    cyborg cyborg January 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Old Computer Speccy mentionMany of you may know about this already but there is a nice article on the speccy on a French (English Speaking) site called old-computers.com. There…

    I think you're right there. My +2B was certainly made in China. The tape I/O is listed as 1200 baud in some places and 1500 in others. I'm not sure which is true... And that RAM chips thing was certainly weird - very inventive, our Sir Clive!
    Fuzzbucket Fuzzbucket November 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • speccy soundI know this sounds a bit vauge but can anyone explain to me why the music on some 48K games was so amazing and so much better than the usual beeper s…

    ... ) that controls border colour and tape input and output. Ever saved ... a programme to tape? That uses the same sound ... have noticed the sound the tape loading produces bears little to ... air pressure over time. The rate of change is the frequency ...
    cyborg cyborg November 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • TZX to TAPIs there an application for the mac which will convert TZX files to TAP? I've searched around but can't find any.

    ... a representation of the master tape.

    - Some master ... written at a constant
    rate by the CPC (fixed t ... cassette data output); the tape hardware can stretch or contract ... />
    - So, the tape hardware writing the tape can stretch the signal ...
    Anonymous Anonymous July 2002 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Another Spin problem game?Anyone else tried loading Doomsday by Relion software? Doesn't seem to want to load.

    ... is wanting to load from tape at a particular address. From ... fetches those bytes from the tape and dumps them straight to ... " from waiting for the next tape edge - SPIN knows how long ... is not fully compatible - the rate is about 98% of all ...
    Dunny Dunny October 2002 Games
  • what should i do with ZX81 tapes?Hi people, So I have a few rare ZX81 tapes (DK Tronics mainly) and none of them are available on the web as .p files. There must be other people who…

    ... ;) ) ZX81-emulator will load from tape or TAP-files and therefore ... will upgrade from 300 Baud to 1500 Baud.

    [ This Message ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP December 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • TZX compatibility issuesI seem to have a problem with using TZX files on different emulators. Specifically, files Saved As TZX from emulator. I better explain: I have a fe…

    ... samples at the 44100 sample rate compared with 54.6336 for ... the amount of time between tape edges. The fact that a ...
    Woody Woody May 2003 Emulators
  • Load games from mp3Hi, I'm a very new member of this forum, so please don't take offence of this topic. I'd like to know if I can load games from mp3 files. And if it…

    ... and will not degrade like tape will, which is what most ... has a considerably low success rate[/I], and i AM aware ...
    Amigo Amigo May 2003 Games
  • From Tape to TZX - I quit....Yes I've read some posts on this topic... Here's the deal: I have some rare old Spanish game that is of interest to the community (particularly Span…

    I use settings of 'mono' and sampling rate of 44,000.

    If there are still problems then try loading the tape into an original speccy and then use that volume setting to make your sample.

    Tony
    ADJB ADJB May 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • compatibility between ZX computers?Hey all, I'm new here :) I was wondering about compatibility between ZX computers. Is it possible to run a game made for ZX80 on a ZX Spectrum? Or a …

    ... to load ZX81 prog (from tape) to Speccy, using Dr BEEP ... ZX81 programs from 300 Baud to 1500 Baud loading files which load ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP July 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • TAP audio to MiniDisc (successes?)I know this has been discussed a long while ago (along with archiving to MP3 format(s)), but I`m curious to hear from anyone who's had any expiriment…

    ... this success with my recordings. Tape has compression too of a ... time. I can get 2250 baud games to load every time ... normal game loads at 1500 baud, so it can even take ...
    Spector Spector September 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Adding to the WOS archiveI've just had my first foray into the world of MakeTZX. And apart from it recognising the initial "Program:" block as a Turbo Loading block (how, why…

    ... them *exactly* the same for tape 6. Reason is, I can ... shortened by the higher sampling rate of the VOC file. And ... say with any certainly is: Tape 1, side B is perfect ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone September 2003 Games
  • Music / BonustracksHi all, Is there a reason for some of the low quality MP3s still in the above folder? If not, could someone please upload clearer versions of the f…

    ... bad MP3s though. The sample rate is low (48kbps), something ... does seem to be less tape hiss than on my ... few years ago. My tape did get a lot of ... the moment since my stereo tape deck is broken (has ... clear the recordings up, remove tape hiss etc.

    ...
    John H John H September 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ZX81 and ZX80 emulator on Spectrum 128KA couple of weeks ago we were talking about a new ZX81 emulator for the 128K. Someone beat me. More details at [url="http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/S…

    ... Spectrum-files (BYTES on 1500 Baud).

    I used it ... write it back on 300 Baud as ZX81 Program would be ... /> But can't you record tape's directly to WAV-files ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP September 2003 Emulators
  • FOR OLD-SCHOOL MANIAX (tape ;) ).Hi there. My friend started to work on new way of loading games for ZX. It's dedicated to old-school fans, who wants only tape stuff. There is a …

    ... -alone Z80 Snapshot to TZX tape file converter. The loader is ... reliably at 430% speed - 6000 Baud. This can be done with ... with 100% reliability at 6000 baud. You can use any TZX ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat December 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Use MakeTZX to make perfect TZX filesI own the "Heise Sammelkassette 2" with many Spectrum programs, among them the utility "Super Loader" to record files with a higher speed. On this ta…

    I would like to have a look at the csw file when you've made it. My address is fraser A T members.v21.co.uk. This will be the fastest tape I've seen if it is 3600 baud.
    Fraser Fraser December 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Spin interface enhancements...Seeing as I had so much luck with my suggestion of adding the 'keystick' feature to Spin last time around, I thought I'd try my luck with a couple of…

    ... 's the best configuration for tape loading? For instance, I want ... windowed mode), but the frame rate is choppy; but if I ... use DirectDraw, the frame rate is perfect, at the expense ...
    General_Zod General_Zod August 2004 Emulators
  • Spin interface enhancements...Seeing as I had so much luck with my suggestion of adding the 'keystick' feature to Spin last time around, I thought I'd try my luck with a couple of…

    ... 's the best configuration for tape loading? For instance, I want ... windowed mode), but the frame rate is choppy; but if I ... use DirectDraw, the frame rate is perfect, at the expense ...
    Dunny Dunny August 2004 Emulators
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