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Looking for rare TZX blocksBy rare I mean out of the hundreds of TZX I have non of the following blocks exist. I need to test my loading/handling/saving code. Are there any TZX…
... pulse level of some duration. To ensure that the last edge produced ... the first pulse will therefore not immediately produce an edge.) A ' ... ignored, so the 'current pulse level' will NOT change in ... overkill to have the 1ms pulse of the opposite polarity. ... -
Looking for rare TZX blocksBy rare I mean out of the hundreds of TZX I have non of the following blocks exist. I need to test my loading/handling/saving code. Are there any TZX…
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>>1. Single Pulse per bit block - where bit ... are both reproduced with ONE pulse
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Looking for rare TZX blocksBy rare I mean out of the hundreds of TZX I have non of the following blocks exist. I need to test my loading/handling/saving code. Are there any TZX…
... [1] representation of every Spectrum tape, then we clearly need it ... that the TZX format represents edge-triggered tapes, but with a ... needed only once in a tape.
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Is the time coming for a single games format ?????The cost of developing games is getting ludicrous, and presumably for each seperate platform a game is released on, needs its own developement team. …
... up a lead between two tape recorders and pressing play on ... incentive behind making a cutting edge console would evaporate. -
Psycho Hopper problems.Hi! At somebody game [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games/p/PsychoHopper.tzx.zip"]Psycho Hopper[/url] is loaded? And if yes, in wh…
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Somebody see if I can contribute to MIA/STP?I've finally begun sorting through all games around here, trying to catalog it all.. Ack, so much work.. ;) I've put up a simple spreadsheet detaili…
... or Fraser already gave the pulse details for alignment
so ... any actual data on the tape, we have a MP3 of ... /> any speccy data on the tape it would help enormously.
Spectrum IDE port addressesWith eight standard IDE ports to address and with the common access to information via the internet I would have thought that Spectrum IDE add-on har…
... additions to deal with some edge cases, but frankly, we've ... written the guts of a tape decoder, but none of the ... tape collectors seem willing to help ...DocumentationI'm sure someone has already answered this, but I'm new to these forums. Could someone provide me with documentation about how data is stored in ZX …
... ROM produces two blocks on tape for each SAVE command: a ... [1].
* A first sync pulse of 667 tstates.
* A ... second sync pulse of 735 tstates.
* Data ...convert tzx/tap back to wave file for playback by mp3 player to speccyOk, so here's the problem. I want to be able to use my mp3 player to play back mp3's of tzx/tap files, so i can load software directly into my trust…
... to load - anything from "THe Edge", Speedlock 4+ etc. Sometimes even ... player than becaomes a cheap tape deck as blank CDs are ... too dam unreliable (just like tape really :)) A good clean sample ...Difference between +2 , +2a and +2bWhats the difference between these models Also if I was going to buy a 128k machine, whats the best one for games compatibility (from all 128k model…
... 128K with a built in tape deck. I've never had ... disk drive it has the tape deck. The floppy disk controller ... the +2A has the same edge connector as the +3. It ...Some thoughts about emulationWhile discussing about 'real tape loaders' I just thinked about wat is total emulation (most complete, perfect). Some authors prefer for example loa…
... /> Absolutely, definitely, yes. The ZX81 tape format is level-triggered format ... really, really ugly hacks) models edge-triggered formats. Trying to integrate ... ZX81 blocks on the same tape. Why not just use a ...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…
... use two waves of identical pulse lengths to store bits (but ... that don't use standard pulse encoding AND to add the ... at other machines and their tape support) and maybe if we ...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…
... There is pretty confusion about tape 'preservation'. Obviously people has ... like to see other Edge Loader systems incorporated, or ... quote]
C64 used special tape recorder, where polarity is fixed ... was Level Triggered rather than Edge Triggered. Again, I ...JON NORTHHi Jon, i just followed the last thread with some interest. I used to send you hacks years ago and got a few published in YS!! I can only say dont g…
... 's doing and WHY - at tape edge level - rather than just trying ... about how TZX represents a tape. Secondly I don't know ...Just brushing up on old skills...Ahead of XLR-8 I thought it best I get a little hacking practice in after all these years ;) Chose Op Wolf 128K to pick on this fine evening! lol […
A rather strange twist to tape edge encoding!
[url="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.woodmass/deathchase.csw"]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.woodmass/deathchase.csw[/url]Draft specs for TZX v1.20Hi all! In the attempt to restart the development of the TZX format, I've put online the first version of the draft document [1]. At the moment ther…
... ). It only takes one false "edge" in the csw file for ... new TZX file, leaving the tape position at the end of ... than one program on the tape, you can just repeat step ... ok by selection Options->Tape->Source->TZX Manager ...Draft specs for TZX v1.20Hi all! In the attempt to restart the development of the TZX format, I've put online the first version of the draft document [1]. At the moment ther…
... current level (thereby make an edge at the beginning, as usual ... effectively making no edge and continuing the previous pulse)
and perhaps ...Draft specs for TZX v1.20Hi all! In the attempt to restart the development of the TZX format, I've put online the first version of the draft document [1]. At the moment ther…
... current level (thereby make an edge at the beginning, as usual ... effectively making no edge and continuing the previous pulse)
10 - start ... (either [zero-terminated string of pulse lengths] or [number of pulses ...test my loader?Hello. I was playing around trying to customise the ROM loading routine, but I quickly realised that although I'd found out how to change the border…
... probably much better than magnetic tape, how about a challenge for ... .RAR.html"]Manic Miner - Single Pulse (WAV 8 bits Mono).RAR ...Tape stopsHi, I'm trying to sample a tape, but it stops in the middle of the tape. I've tried it on 4 different players, and it stops on all of them. I've t…
... dump the contents of the tape...
Thanks for the suggestions ... some degradation of the edge of the tape that might be causing ...FairlightSo, I already have a copy of this and it works just aces on a 48K machine, but not my 128. Then, I pick up a sealed pack of Spectrum games from Games…
... :13, Necros wrote:
128K Tape Loader. I don't know ... Spectrum 128K was released, The Edge re-released Fairlight as an ...Opus Discovery 3.5 inch disk driveWould one of these work on a +3 or +2a? So could you save games onto normal disks using a multiface 3 or another mulitiface (1 or 2?) for the +2a? W…
... opus discovery plus 2with a tape controller added,will try imagebucket ... peter.
ps and the edge connector fits ok
Spectune (MIA) WAV->TZX problemI've just got the tape for Spectune (Xorsoft, 1983), which loads direct on a Spectrum or emulator OK, and from which I created a WAV which also loads…
... know how to use the pulse colouring page and the ... head on my understanding the "pulse colouring page" ...
... done a direct load from tape with mirror to TAP ... .
So the tape loads, a WAV from the ... but a TAP from the tape, or a TZX from the ...ZXCF InterfaceI'm just trying to get an idea for the ZXCF interface, and to me, it looks a much cleaner design compared to divIDE (Of course, that's just my opinio…
... change in future)
- reservers edge (no pass through connector)
tape emulation in MDOS can load ... from either emulated disk or tape :) ). So with proper firmware it ...XLR-8 mastering utilities - help wanted!!Hello. Ironic I know given I wrote them! I can't for the life of me get the XLR-8 mastering utilities to work under emulation. It goes through the m…
... to produce the stuff to tape but I've been ... LD H,". So the
edge status is retained in C ... that stage so a lost edge just causes a clear ... one potential lost
edge we're back with proper ... work on
real tape decks (whatever polarity they use ...new release of winTZXHi all I released v0.7a of winTZX Brand new look anf feel and conversion speed improvement. Now handles *.tzx *.t64 *.prg *.p00 for C64 machines Tha…
... general purpose tape block which can handle ZX81 tapes, single-pulse Speccy ...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…
... sprite touches the screen's edge it reverses direction. The program ... sprite, SP1Mask2LBData for the left edge of a 2-byte software ... and SP1Mask2RBData for the right edge of a 2-byte software ... sprite 2-byte definition (mask,graph) pairs ; no rotation applied, ...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…
... and associated tile pointers from tape -- in this case only ... the "sp1_update" array from tape with preset display file addresses ... sprite graphic consists of (mask,graph) pairs, valid only in ... // sprite graphic consists of graph only, valid only in sp1_CreateSpr ...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…
... bounce off the screen's edge.
... AND NOW A ... of 16-bytes: eight (mask,graph) pairs. For each 8 pixels ... pixels on its left most edge as its graphic was shifted ...
