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What's the maddest a Speccy game ever drove you????What's the maddest a game ever made you and what did you do about it?? I have plenty of memories of punching TV's, myself, sofa's etc. as, for exampl…
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Longest Game Loading Time................Hi peeps.... What game do you all reckon was the longest loading time?...I know alot of 128k games took ages cause of levels being loaded all at onc…
... and hours slightly adjusting the 'tape head' (i think its called the ... azimuth head or something) on copied games ... ...bastard things!!!!!
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Conceptual differences between Speccy and modern PCWhat are them? Here I mean not much faster, more bit CPU, bigger and faster hard disks etc. 1: Speccy is keyboard computer, PC has separated keyboar…
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"Unknown disk format"-error on Spectrum +3Hi, I have just gotten around to changing the drivebelt in my newly acquired +3. I tried to format one of the 3" disks I bought on eBay the other we…
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loading up my old tapeshey there people, perhaps you can help me out with a (not so) little problem i'm having.... I'm trying to transfer an old basic-coded text adventur…
+2a does not allow tape input via the socket, it' ... recording from the CD to tape (keeping the CD as a ... "azimuth error", and if the tape hasn't been played for ... a little. Try tuning your tape head a little to see if ... -
Bought a speccy from ebay but need helpJust bought a speccy now so i don`t have it here yet but i bought one that might be broke have a read on what it says and tell me if you think it`s f…
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Problems with my +2A DatacorderHey folks, Bought a speccy from ebay, but i think its fucked. What do you think? Basically it turns on fine, but when i try load a game nothing wor…
... loose wire from the tape head, something wrong with the ... electronics on the tape deck circuit board, or ... component is called a tape head. At the back should ... broken, at either the tape head end of the cable ... with the tape head everytime you play a tape, it's ... -
Problems with my +2A DatacorderHey folks, Bought a speccy from ebay, but i think its fucked. What do you think? Basically it turns on fine, but when i try load a game nothing wor…
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The whole tape mechanism "seems" to work, but ... have another look with a tape inside and see if I ... have another look at this tape head connection, and see if I ... -
Tape TroubleThe built in tape recorder on my one-year-old +2A does not seem to be loading the games. Here are the circumstances: I have set my volume to 0% (And…
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Sounds as though your tape head needs to be adjusted.
MP3 loading testsIn a previous thread, Spector says: "The loss of an mp3 file is nothing compared to the loss from an old audio cassette tape. " Dunny says: "Which i…
... from different positions on the tape. When the spectrum tapes ... the best position for a tape head would be the centre of ... and right signals leave the tape head they are amplified separately. First ... through preamp stage (in the tape deck), then the amplifier.< ...old tapeshy there! i have a problem with my spectrum 48k. my brother and i have found it on the attic, its 24 yr old and it still works great! but i have prob…
Tape head alignment, volume setting, treble/bass?
Is there a tape loading FAQ?old tapeshy there! i have a problem with my spectrum 48k. my brother and i have found it on the attic, its 24 yr old and it still works great! but i have prob…
Give the tape head etc a good clean with some head cleaner and sponge ... /> Once done get a new tape and type in a little ... +2 it may be the tape belt that need replacing.
head if you've exhausted all ...Datacorder "on strike" on my 128k +2AHi, I have a problem with the built-in datacorder on my +2A : The sound became "noisy" with cracks... Giving the tape recorder a little hit was the…
... 've done is ground the tape head - if it needed that, what ... the grounding wire from the tape head.
Is it random ... , press play on the tape deck without a tape in the machine ...Datacorder "on strike" on my 128k +2AHi, I have a problem with the built-in datacorder on my +2A : The sound became "noisy" with cracks... Giving the tape recorder a little hit was the…
... 've done is ground the tape head - if it needed that, what ... the grounding wire from the tape head.
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I ...Datacorder "on strike" on my 128k +2AHi, I have a problem with the built-in datacorder on my +2A : The sound became "noisy" with cracks... Giving the tape recorder a little hit was the…
... how I saw it: the tape head has two connectios - one for ... simply ground the already grounded tape head - and ground the wire that ... get another chip for the tape deck PCB. It's a ...Miss WOS competition.I think we should have an anual Miss WOS competition. The competition could consist of the Ladies of WOS, and the wives or girlfriends of WOS membe…
... things ... the operation of a tape head ... what does that have to ...New Opus Discovery tool addedFinally, after some years wait, a new [B]Opus Discovery[/B] tool, [URL="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/tools/pc/OpusRead_v200.zip"][U]Opu…
... be no hope, I use Head Cleaning Fluid (Isopropanol) to remove stubborn ...Tape not loading - ideasI have two spectrum 48k rubbers. The tape drive is one that has a data mode and a ph mode. The data mode overrides the volume control. Prior to last…
... ... I had a cross-head screwdriver next to my ZX ... s just sent you a tape. I recall that tapes ... Extacy-3 usually required some tape-head tweaking.
In fact, ... on one of my tape decks I had to file ... turn the screw while a tape was playing.
...External tape player into +2AMy tape player keeps acting up on my beloved :roll: +2A, tried cleaners and adjusting the head. No luck. Is there any way of connecting an external …
... /> A mono head reads from the centre band of the tape, and ... part of the tape.
A stereo head reads 2 thinner ... lanes, the cars (being the tape head) are driving over the center ... />
A stereo head reading a mono tape. The head is reading the ...Emulation vs SpecApologies if this is an old thread, what does anyone think is the best - playing spectrum games through emulation or on a real speccy? I feel it's b…
... i want to load a tape in my spec i have ... it may just need the tape head azimuth re-aligning with a ...Broken 128+2 :(Just got my eBay Speccy through the other day, plugged it in and everything but the red light on the keyboard doesn't come on and there's no connecti…
The tape head needs adjusting so it is ... position to read the tape. On most tape decks (including the +2 ... screw that adjusts the head. Play a tape make sure you can ... hear the tape loading sound and s l ...CSSCGC 2008 has now officially begunFor coming last in the 2007 crap game compo, I have the honour and privilege of hosting CSSCGC 2008! I have now put up the CSSCGC 2008 website at …
... of messing around with the tape head azimuth screw etc.. and never ...CSSCGC 2008 has now officially begunFor coming last in the 2007 crap game compo, I have the honour and privilege of hosting CSSCGC 2008! I have now put up the CSSCGC 2008 website at …
... of messing around with the tape head azimuth screw etc.. and never ...New ZXDS releaseHello, new ZXDS version is ready and will appear on [URL="http://zxds.raxoft.cz"]the site[/URL] in few hours time, so make sure you check back befor…
Oh yeah, the thrill of whether the game will load or not... It really has never been the same without the loading errors. I guess I can do something about that. Maybe adding the screw-the-tape-head-with-the-stylus simulator, too? :)New ZXDS releaseHello, new ZXDS version is ready and will appear on [URL="http://zxds.raxoft.cz"]the site[/URL] in few hours time, so make sure you check back befor…
... . Maybe adding the screw-the-tape-head-with-the-stylus simulator, too ...new to spectrum and problem with +2Hello to all guys, I've been around in the forum since a couple of days now and I've been reading various threads. My small speccy history: I've re…
... chips and also the head of the tape (dunno if that ... electronics it wouldnt heart the tape machine).
... that come from the tape and all are well ... loading.
One other tape...gave me a message like ... the alignment of the tape head you mentioned?Microdrive CATIs there a way in Basic to obtain any more useful info on the contents of a Microdrive? File size, head info for example? Also, is it possible in ge…
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The splice - where the tape is glued together - is always ... the next sector passes the tape head so saved files always appear ...Microdrive CATIs there a way in Basic to obtain any more useful info on the contents of a Microdrive? File size, head info for example? Also, is it possible in ge…
... the next sector passes the tape head so saved files always appear ...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 …
... , more than likely off the tape head (if you get no sound ... at all from the tape deck). I'd open it ...
