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  • Strange non-working software20 years ago I had a Spectrum 48k. It wasn't damaged but some programs (games) didn't work. For example "Ghostbusters" always crashed after the title…

    ... tape in a specific position while loading because of the recording head ... :) Having the lid of my tape player open and having to ... also pushing the YS Thing tape diagonally down-right, or it ... to sit there holding the tape and matchstick firmly in the ...
    Vertigo Vertigo June 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • King of Kong (video game film/documentary)Has anyone seen [I]The King of Kong[/I]? It's a film/documentary about the battle to be the best player at the arcade game Donkey Kong. It's intere…

    ... he ain't the big-head that some suggest.
    [/QUOTE ... then sending in that dodgy tape of him setting the record ...
    psj3809 psj3809 June 2008 Chit chat
  • Atic Atac vs Sabre WulfIf we read a review of Sabre Wulf in Crash (July 84) we can see: [I]"It's basically a jungle version of Atic Atac but much more involved[/I]" [I]"S…

    ... the other side of the tape (I think, maybe daley thompson ... the other side ,or beach head. can't remember)
    def chris def chris July 2008 Games
  • Beach Head vs Raid Over MoscowI found that these games are similar. Both are US Gold games, same structure, some different tasks to solve before reaching the final screen, similar…

    looking at my lists i have

    beach head
    raid over moscow
    on original tape for the speccy
    mel the bell mel the bell July 2008 Games
  • Beach Head vs Raid Over MoscowI found that these games are similar. Both are US Gold games, same structure, some different tasks to solve before reaching the final screen, similar…

    [QUOTE=mel the bell;286019]looking at my lists i have

    beach head
    raid over moscow
    on original tape for the speccy[/QUOTE]

    Wow! Me too! Just had a check and I have some other original Speccy tapes too! :o
    ToxieDogg ToxieDogg July 2008 Games
  • Tape loading issues - can anyone help?Hi, I have just bought a +2 which has a problem. Whenever I try to load a tape the spectrum refuses to acknowledge what I am doing. I have tried in …

    ... Can I rig an external tape player to the +2 like ... can't rig an external tape player to it normally, but ... wiring and you suspect a head fault, you could link the ... head of another recorder onto the ... wiring for the head of the built-in.< ...
    emleymoor emleymoor July 2008 Hardware
  • Tape loading issues - can anyone help?Hi, I have just bought a +2 which has a problem. Whenever I try to load a tape the spectrum refuses to acknowledge what I am doing. I have tried in …

    ... basic programme to the tape and it claimed to ... tried to load a commercial tape, however, it still ... recognise the presence of the tape.

    Any ... to listen on another tape recorder if your saved ... on the (blank) tape? If not, check the head wiring...
    Gods Gods July 2008 Hardware
  • tune head on cassette player and set volumeis there software for PC (WinXP) that shows when the signal is good (after changing volume and moving head)? In audacity I can see the shape of signa…

    ... sine wave.
    On cassette tape however you typically see a ... back to centre then the head isn't properly aligned. "Listening ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz July 2008 MIA/STP/SDP
  • How to get a TAP directory listing?I want to be able to list a summary of the contents of a TAP file to a text file so that I can add comments to it. I've got several utilities and emu…

    ... 've got Meatloaf in my head now.

    The fuse ... Unix dumps a summary of tape contents which you can probably ...
    gasman gasman August 2008 Emulators
  • Running TZX off an IDE drive? Or streaming from a NAS?Hello. I know about the DivIDE project, and about the ZX Ethernet project, but not how far they've come or what they can do. So: 1. If I have a squ…

    ... my head either. I was thinking because tzx accurately stores the tape ... the original loader in standard tape speed (4.75 cm/second ... be loaded as if from tape. And the tzx stores the ...
    FrankT FrankT September 2008 Hardware
  • Rare Spectrun GamesHOW LONG IS YOURS 1994 x2 2112 ad 3d combat zone 3d monster chase 3d tank duel 3d tunnel 3d vortex 4x4 off road racing 4 quattro racers(bmx 2 sim,ch…

    ... )
    Basicode 2+
    Letta-Head Plus
    The Gamester
    tape works, audio damage)
    Colossal ...
    ghbearman ghbearman September 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • VIC 20 emulation on the SpectrumI'm sure most people are aware of the my attempt at bringing the full Commodore experience to Sinclair users with the "Twenty Commodes" program. It e…

    ... used to store cassette tape timing constants - these ... br /> ; Get position of head in A
    LDY WORMHEAD ... DEBUG1

    ; Increment head index and store new position ... br /> PLAYERDEAD
    ; Change worm head to "crashed" asterisk symbol.
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn September 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • TZXing frustrationHi, I'm not sure where the best place to post this is, but here goes. I'm having trouble getting some of my spectrum tapes into tzx format. I'm foll…

    Try loading the tape into Spin using real tape mode. Mess around with ... much larger area of tape, a stereo head left/right channel may ... the stereo head reads a very narrow area of tape per channel ... , because the mono head reads an area of tape about 3 times ...
    FrankT FrankT September 2008 Hardware
  • Did you make you own game covers?Had a quick rummage through my not-that-big box of speccy originals and saw that on a few games where I either didn't have the inlay or I didn't want…

    ... was thinking of building a tape cover to go with the ... pretty superficial. Mile too muscley, head not purple enough :lol:
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek October 2008 Games
  • Did you make you own game covers?Had a quick rummage through my not-that-big box of speccy originals and saw that on a few games where I either didn't have the inlay or I didn't want…

    ... was thinking of building a tape cover to go with the ... pretty superficial. Mile too muscley, head not purple enough :lol:
    ZX Beccy ZX Beccy October 2008 Games
  • Bye...........................Goodbye my fellow spec-chums :(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(

    ... a few scratches to his head and bollocks, he decides ... passport and an audio tape with instructions from M)
    He inserts the tape into his Hinari twin deck ... his mates 90 min tape with shit load of games ... to play with the "head"....AND BEST OF ALL....
    Jumping Stack Jumping Stack October 2008 Chit chat
  • Found 128k +2 in the garbageHey there, I had a 48k Plus when I was a kid (still have, actually), and used to play in a friends 128k +2, so I know the basic of these computers. …

    ... /> [QUOTE=Frandroid;311490]
    The tape deck also has some dirt ... out the tape using air spray. After that clean the head, the ... past I often cleaned the head using spit if I had ... /> Don't forget to dry head, rubber roll and driveshaft to ...
    ingo ingo October 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Tape to CDI've recently found a load of tapes of stuff i taped off the radio, from the 80's and 90's, top 40 stuff mainly, plus some rare 'in session' stuff. …

    ... way to copy them from tape to CD for posterity. I ... be able to plug your head phone socket into your mic ...
    mile mile October 2008 Chit chat
  • Tape to CDI've recently found a load of tapes of stuff i taped off the radio, from the 80's and 90's, top 40 stuff mainly, plus some rare 'in session' stuff. …

    ... have a shed load of tape that I'd love to ... you can buy a USB tape deck so you don't ... . I can't use the head phone method as I've ...
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob October 2008 Chit chat
  • barbarianI've just been playing Barbarian, had not done it in a long while and...wow, it's amazing how good it still is! in terms of one Vs one fighting game…

    ... /> I did only have a tape-to-tape copy unfortunaly, so with ... that I remember more the head-cutting than the half-naked ...
    Rickard Rickard November 2008 Games
  • microdrive problems and interface 1I am having problems with microdrive. Whatever I try, the motor starts for a second or two and error message shows up "microdrive not present". If I…

    ... good contact between the tape and the magnetic head. Although black border ...
    gtsamour gtsamour November 2008 Hardware
  • dirty games?hi guys, after a fit of nostalgia i dragged the speccy out of the loft ready for christmas. i do remmember i used to have problems loading games norm…

    ... ! Clean the tape heads and adjust the take head azimuth with a ...
    MrCheese MrCheese December 2008 Hardware
  • World Champions - E & J Software & Challenge SoftwareHi folks, The current infoseek price for this title is wrong. According to this mag advert: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=Sin…

    ... release was ?6.95 on tape and another scan mentioned it ... off the top of my head are Cricket Master/Euro Boss ...
    mheide mheide December 2008 Infoseek database
  • Predictions for 2009Well, that icon looks a bit like a crystal ball... :) My guess: In July, the eighth Harry Potter book will be available exclusively from Woolworths…

    ... , in fact she's the head of the Anglicans -- what on ... you can record it on tape.

    Reminds me of ...
    rahtgaz rahtgaz December 2008 Chit chat
  • Did anyone produce anything for a commercial game at home before it came out?I.E: Way back in '85 I saw that 'Ghosts'n'Goblins' was coming out for the Spectrum so I made a loading screen for it. Wasn't used of course, I was at…

    ... shop (as i could then tape all the new games !) and ... tune to 'Arkanoid' in my head cos the arcade machine was ... would get engrained in your head, you'd hear alll that ...
    Mark R. Jones Mark R. Jones January 2009 Games
  • Metal up your ass - a thread that Mr K can join in with :)So.... what rock/metal do you like? what bands? albums? genre? do you like classic rock/metal? prog rock, psychedelic, glam, thrash, black, doom, dea…

    ... /> Anthrax
    Bush
    Machine Head
    Dogs D'Amour
    Nine Inch Nails
    Diamond Head
    Tygers Of Pang Tang ... have 1 or more vinyl, tape, cd by all of the ...
    mel the bell mel the bell January 2009 Chit chat
  • "We don't understand computers but we've got ?3.58 million to spend on them....... so lets find a problem to solve with the money" is a good translation of the article at: [URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7886754.s…

    ... save with having fewer red tape delays?

    The software ... those. If you were a head of state, would you trust ...
    NickH NickH February 2009 Chit chat
  • "We don't understand computers but we've got ?3.58 million to spend on them....... so lets find a problem to solve with the money" is a good translation of the article at: [URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7886754.s…

    ... save with having fewer red tape delays?[/quote]The endless legal ... those. If you were a head of state, would you trust ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2009 Chit chat
  • Advice Needed For A Soon To Be Learner Motorcylist :)Seeing as i passed my driving test 5 months ago i thought i might as well go and try and get a Motorbike licence, i need to book a CBT ( the center …

    ... />
    Get a dress making tape mesure in imperial, and measre ... the widest part of your head. Use that as the guideline ...
    thx1138 thx1138 March 2009 Chit chat
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