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  • Tape preservation toolsIn the latest MakeTZX thread of doom several people said that it would be good to have active development of tape decoding tools. I needed tape file…

    ... 0 mean no tail pulse/edge at all like a ... Quest for Tires requires the pulse to be generated to ... tail pulse DATA blocks in the middle of a tape to ... really needs a tail pulse or a trailing pause ... respect polarity information from the tape file. At that point ...
    Fred Fred April 2011 Emulators
  • Tape preservation toolsIn the latest MakeTZX thread of doom several people said that it would be good to have active development of tape decoding tools. I needed tape file…

    ... 0 mean no tail pulse/edge at all like a TZX ... Quest for Tires requires the pulse to be generated to ... 0 tail pulse DATA blocks in the middle of a tape to ... file really needs a tail pulse or a trailing pause ... /> I generate an edge if the tail pulse is zero. It's ...
    Arjun Arjun April 2011 Emulators
  • Tape preservation toolsIn the latest MakeTZX thread of doom several people said that it would be good to have active development of tape decoding tools. I needed tape file…

    ... 0 mean no tail pulse/edge at all like a TZX ... 0 tail pulse DATA blocks in the middle of a tape to ... after the pulse, which might work in emulator if the tape playback ... respect polarity information from the tape file. At that point I ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak April 2011 Emulators
  • BUG in zxspin and SpecEmu - read Loading speed in WAV fileI'm created a new save, but it can run at 44.1 KHz, to test it, i make a new file from WAV 44.1 KHz to 88.2 KHz. Load this file in a emulator zx-spin…

    ... length of one pulse (edge-trigger ?)

    The tape reading-speed should ... lid is removed. Put a tape, press play, press the right ... , it only used for not tape tangle. Yes it will change ...

    The weight of tape is a big problem on ...
    Z80user Z80user April 2012 Emulators
  • is it possible to display code being loaded in a loader?hi, is it possible to display code being loaded in a loader?

    Obviously that is possible. A tape loader measures the time passing ... the computer gets from the tape input. It does that by ... the tasks right after a pulse edge is detected, and then return ... cassette tape. Turbo loaders use about half of the ROM routines pulse ...
    zPasi zPasi September 2015 Development
  • Computer wizards : Please educate me.............Ive never been much of a computer wizard, and im the type that rather than go figure things out for himself, would rather just ask other people who k…

    ... last block on the tape stopping on edge too soon... Which I ...
    Dunny Dunny September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Weird loaders; 1) Why? 2) How? (Curiosity question)Hello again. Sorry to be asking/posting so much today, but I've just arrived here and am plumbing the depths of nearly 22 years of making cups of te…

    ... ROM loading routine receives an edge (a change from a ' ... or vice-versa) from the tape, it changes the border from ... less time on the tape between each edge, thus producing narrower lines ... successful thanks to the old tape-tape dubbing?
    [/quote]
    < ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall May 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…

    I generally use EDGE in Spin. It was just ... , I'm not sure if edge would give a false impression ... best for testing a tape, but fast:
    * Edge
    * Flash
    tape fast by as if normal ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker November 2006 Emulators
  • Spin problems/issuesI am running Spin 0.666 and have noticed a few issues (some are bugs, some might be just me). I am using Vista sp1 (yeah I know!), and I've seen Dunn…

    ... so go tools -> Tape Browser, Acceleration -> Edge detection.
    When ... Frank n stein tape in at high speed using edge detection, but ...
    Jimmy Jimmy June 2008 Emulators
  • Tape loadersi understand how ROM tape loader works but i dont understand why it so 'complicated'. it measure time until two edges in signal appears. why it does…

    I don't know, but I wonder if it is to help with averaging out the analogue oddities of audio tape? Individual pulse lengths can vary quite a lot.
    Fred Fred August 2009 Development
  • sheds and storing retro gear?right, currently, my house is full of retro gear BUT theres loads more stored in the missuses mums garage after mi dad died, missus is just hasseli…

    ... of the lid with insulating tape just to make sure it ... on, suppose i could tape along the edge too
    any dupes ...
    mel the bell mel the bell April 2013 Chit chat
  • Help needed with MIA software with custom (?) loaderHi, I've got into my hands recently a bunch of Polish educational software which are unknown MIA on WOS. I believe they are protected with some…

    ... A 11t; Set border and pulse edge (Port FE is xxxEMBBB)
    EDGE-1 in ROM (get single pulse) (ROM)
    EDGE-1 in ROM (get single pulse) (ROM)
    EDGE-1 in ROM (get single pulse) (ROM)
    lfaria lfaria August 2016 MIA/STP/SDP
  • CSW file formatHi, i can't google any reasonable description of CSW file format. Can anyone point me to right place ?

    ... .

    Perhaps this graph will help:

    ... waves (blue graph) become distorted by the tape/recorder/amplifier ... figuring out what the original pulse duration was. For example ... loader processes the sampled edge durations. However this is ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak January 2013 Emulators
  • Understanding tape edgesI've never done any tape reading code. But I've read about these "edges" on multiple occasions. Trouble is I don't understand what they heck they are…

    ... Now imagine you draw a graph of that voltage as it ... into a 0 ("falling edge"), and how much time ... it is sort of pulse width modulation where higher signal ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse-width_modulation"]PWM[/url]. As ... what a ZX Spectrum tape input does.
    RetroTechie RetroTechie April 2017 Development
  • Spectrum edge connectors and 'Dataman Softy S4'Hi, I moved this from the sales thread because it seems more appropriate...anyway... I was twerping around the idea of turning a Spectrum into a we…

    ... be loading it in from tape..)

    Anyway, I had ... a Dataman S4 to the edge connector; I can then use ...
    Dan Dan November 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ANNOUNCE: Resistor version minus 1.0.0Given the discontinued development of Taper and the vapourware nature of certain other products, there's a lack of a modern, up to date, maintained t…

    ... encoding schemes telling me the pulse sequences (etc) so I can ... a real tape. I know: write me a better edge detector so ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall January 2005 MIA/STP/SDP
  • IN Port FE bit 6 confusionI know I've got this wrong. Tapes load fine but it all feels messy. Currently my emulator does this: Sets bit 6 of the result to 0. If (and only if…

    ... set based on the current tape pulse level (0 for low or ... no tape playing, 1 for high).
    tape pulse level toggles the bit to a 1 on the final edge ... also hazy on the whole pulse level thing but that's ...
    Unique Unique March 2005 Emulators
  • Ideas for new tape storage formatSome called them decoders or encoders, but I think that it is just something like form of presentation. Goal is of course smaller size, support of e…

    ... size, support of every existing tape, easy use in emulators.
    How to flexible present variable pulse lenghts?

    Ideas from ...
    piters piters October 2005 Development
  • Ever find something on tape that should not be there?I remember this from my school days,its an absolute classic this!,i borrowed a game from a school friend at that time(i cannot remember which game)bu…

    ... speccy near the edge connector!,i stopped the tape removed the ear ... B side) and returned the tape to him the next day ...
    jammajup jammajup November 2005 Games
  • Spin v0.504 - "R Tape loading error"?Has anybody else had the problem that when you turn off all the tape-loader optimisations (Standard blocks, Edge loader & Byte loader), loading any T…

    ... off all the tape-loader optimisations (Standard blocks, Edge loader & Byte ... will result in an "R Tape loading error" at the end ...
    bobs bobs November 2005 Emulators
  • Speccy edge connectorsI know a lot of you guys already know this, in fact Dr Beep told me of the idea ages ago, and I know Winston has done it too. Anyway, I can confirm …

    ... and make some very nice edge connectors for your speccies. A ... plastic from an old cassette tape case for the key slot ...
    DEATH DEATH July 2007 Hardware
  • Input/Output on Edge ConnectorI would like to sense a pulse on the data bus via the edge connector, i.e. on or off. How do you decide what port it is on? I would also like to send…

    ... sense a pulse on the data bus via the edge connector, i ... also like to send a pulse out at some point.
    carlinski carlinski October 2007 Hardware
  • Tape loadersi understand how ROM tape loader works but i dont understand why it so 'complicated'. it measure time until two edges in signal appears. why it does…

    i understand how ROM tape loader works but i dont understand why it so 'complicated'.

    it measure time until two edges in signal appears. why it does not measure just time to the next edge ?
    Fikee Fikee August 2009 Development
  • Lerm Tape Utility CHi folks, These Lerm tapes are doing my head in. Through the years I've aquired lots and lots of samples of these, but never been able to make a cl…

    ... A & B from the tape:
    [url]http://dl.dropbox ... the following timings:
    Pilot Pulse = 2165 : Pilot Length = 248
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker April 2011 MIA/STP/SDP
  • TZX emulation and implementing pausesHello. I'm developing a small Spectrum emulator in my spare time and I'm currently in the process of hooking up tape emulation to my code. I have a r…

    ... the process of hooking up tape emulation to my code. I ... :

    [QUOTE]The 'current pulse level' after playing the blocks ... , so that a subsequent pulse will produce an edge.[/QUOTE]

    Tape block. The rule for pauses ...
    daverayment daverayment June 2013 Emulators
  • Tape Clear Out!Right, I'm having a clear out of all the tapes I don't want, I'll upload some cover tapes and big box lists in a bit, but to kick things off, here is…

    ... ?1+P&P per tape (tested), or if you don ... me to bother testing the tape 75p+P&P
    Premier II Superleague

    Edge, The
    Garfield

    smogit smogit March 2014 Sales
  • FUSE v1.1.1: How to disable red tape icon down on right side screenDoes somebody know how I can disable the red tape icon down on the right edge of the screen. I use Fuse SDL v1.1.1 on the Raspberry Pi (RetroPie). I …

    ... disable the red tape icon down on the right edge of the ...
    teller teller April 2016 Emulators
  • Understanding tape edgesI've never done any tape reading code. But I've read about these "edges" on multiple occasions. Trouble is I don't understand what they heck they are…

    I've never done any tape reading code. But I've ... /> 3) What then is the edge? Is it change of signal ...
    tstih tstih April 2017 Development
  • basil the great mouse detectivehello i have a small problem with this game.when i have completed level 1,spectaculator 6.0 tries to find level 2.it find it,but it does not load it…

    ... get the concept of the edge triggered signal decoding), that it ... emulators (how they emulate the tape recorder output).
    The original ... (I think) emulate the tape output by flipping the respective ... (for the loader - the first pulse must be LOW) so it ...
    Mikie Mikie March 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
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