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  • tapper on xpdoes tapper work on xp? planning to convert tzx to voc to wav

    ... adaptor work ?
    play on tape and then i can load ... that pushes against the head in the tape deck. It works brilliantly ...
    trellis trellis June 2006 Emulators
  • How many Speccy games did you complete on the actual machine?I couldn't resist posting this question, it gives everyone a chance to flex their egos and gives an insight as to what people were playing when they …

    ... Crash Cover tape where you had to rearrange maggie thatchers head and ... ronald reagan's head, had about 8 ...
    BigBadMick BigBadMick June 2006 Games
  • 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…

    ... (unless you have a tape recorded on another machine, ... think, be just one connection between the top and bottom ... power/audio connector for the tape-deck (and power LED ... it'll consist of the tape mechanism and a small ... d be sending the tape deck and circuit-board ...
    icabod icabod July 2006 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... up I noticed the connection from the tape deck to the speccy ... turning properly, or maybe the connection was loose - even though it ...
    InsertFaveGameNameHere InsertFaveGameNameHere July 2006 Hardware
  • Spectrum 128+2Greetings to all My Speccy Tape Drive has died. Fully blown :( Is there any way to hook up a external cassete player to the +2? I can't see any "lin…

    ... 3.5mm socket's tip connection. Solder one of the ... wires from the GND connection to this socket's ... 2.5mm socket's barrel connection.

    Use a ... - it's an input connection and should only be used ... goes to the mic connection on your tape deck. DO NOT ...
    DEATH DEATH July 2006 Hardware
  • ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…

    ... not designed to hold ZX tape header - it's a pity ... hit the nail on the head, man. This is a way ...
    baze baze July 2006 Emulators
  • Spectrum 128+2Greetings to all My Speccy Tape Drive has died. Fully blown :( Is there any way to hook up a external cassete player to the +2? I can't see any "lin…

    ... 3.5mm socket's tip connection. Solder one of the ... wires from the GND connection to this socket's ... 2.5mm socket's barrel connection.

    Now, ... it's an input connection and should only be used ... goes to the mic connection on your tape deck.
    [/ ...
    trellis trellis July 2006 Hardware
  • Spectrum 128+2Greetings to all My Speccy Tape Drive has died. Fully blown :( Is there any way to hook up a external cassete player to the +2? I can't see any "lin…

    ... IS a connection to TEST, on my +2 (grey) tape deck, ... black wire does on the tape deck PCB.

    connection as an output connection, and the REC connection to ... as INPUT FROM the tape deck. Think of it ... br /> The chip on the tape deck PCB is an LA6324 ...
    DEATH DEATH August 2006 Hardware
  • Spectrum 128+2Greetings to all My Speccy Tape Drive has died. Fully blown :( Is there any way to hook up a external cassete player to the +2? I can't see any "lin…

    ... IS a connection to TEST, on my +2 (grey) tape deck, it ... black wire does on the tape deck PCB.
    [/QUOTE]
    trellis trellis August 2006 Hardware
  • Complete Spectrum ROM Disassembly error?I've discovered what looks like an error in the [url=ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/books/CompleteSpectrumROMDisassemblyThe.txt]online ve…

    ... a nasty feeling that the tape routines were amongst the bits ... 'd have to hang my head in shame. (Turned out it ...
    gasman gasman August 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... of a button.

    Tape buttons in the TZX browser ... with the state of the tape - playing or stopped.

    tape is no longer problematic.
    head to options/system to turn ...
    Dunny Dunny August 2006 Emulators
  • Plug in the TV Joystick Games Thingys (Spectrum one??)I brought a from a car boot one of those plug in the TV joystick games thingys for a pound. This one happened to be full with 20 or so Commodore 64…

    ... good fun, although the composite connection has very washed out colours ... especially).
    A s-vid connection would have been better, or ... like technician ted, manic miner, head over heels, atic atac, sabre ...
    Technician-Ted Technician-Ted August 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The 80's top 50 most Embarrising moments - Channel 5 Friday NightDon't know if anyone else watched this pap last night - but at number 30 we had '80's Computers' to which you had John Tickle going on about the load…

    ... a commodre C64 over his head.

    Anyway I'm ... imagine Windows XP on cassette tape :lol:
    BruceNorton BruceNorton September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... tape and magnetic elements. But this will be on a per head ... basis. If I were scanning the tape ... with a Mono head what you ... reproducing a mono tape recording that maximises ... pre-amplification within the tape deck, then amplification ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk September 2006 Emulators
  • Knocked down by carWhat's the chances of anybody surviving this? [url]http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-5234492876196681299[/url] I wonder if the pizza was s…

    [QUOTE=Collie] you really should have your internet connection revoked, and perhaps be forced to sweep the streets instead.
    .[/QUOTE]


    I don't like you. I hope a trifle lands on your head, and your water mains burst.
    thx1138 thx1138 September 2006 Chit chat
  • Your Speccy Games CollectionJust updated my Spectrum games list today after having a load of tapes lying around for months, managed to sort them out and I now have 1441 original…

    ... - microgame simulations, 1982
    Beach head - us gold
    Bombjack 2 ... - sinclair
    Specdrum / electro kit tape - cheetah
    Spectrum interfacing programs ...
    mel the bell mel the bell October 2006 Games
  • How did you get games 20 years ago!!Did any of you trade games with penpales?? I had penpales in England, Israel, South-Africa, etc :)

    ... boatload of your stuff on tape. Thanks for the great cracks ... similar to TDP progs. Any connection?
    Mr. Anonymous Mr. Anonymous October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How did you get games 20 years ago!!Did any of you trade games with penpales?? I had penpales in England, Israel, South-Africa, etc :)

    ... boatload of your stuff on tape. Thanks for the great cracks ... similar to TDP progs. Any connection?[/QUOTE]

    That brings ...
    Frankie Frankie October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How did you get games 20 years ago!!Did any of you trade games with penpales?? I had penpales in England, Israel, South-Africa, etc :)

    ... boatload of your stuff on tape. Thanks for the great cracks ... similar to TDP progs. Any connection?

    Well Im Wolfy ...
    SSC SSC October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How did you get games 20 years ago!!Did any of you trade games with penpales?? I had penpales in England, Israel, South-Africa, etc :)

    ... thrills of finding a new tape with the mail when coming ... . slowly and carefully lower my head, literally by the millimetre, to ...
    Mr. Anonymous Mr. Anonymous October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 4th Dimension revisionI've sourced a working copy of the 4th Dimension, the titles listed in Infoseek sare slightly wrong... Side 1: Klimax Rollaround (Yes, the Mastertro…

    ... Supercup, one on each side. Head The Ball or Rollaround were ... the other side of the tape!

    Thoughts ...
    RichB RichB November 2006 Infoseek database
  • Jet Set Willy Guru Nedded UrgentlyNow I know these questions have probably been asked over and over and over again but I just want to make sure my memory is correct and I've actually …

    ... is 'Beach Head'
    In the TZX there is Tape 1 side ... but only side b of tape two!

    I think ...
    itsallgood itsallgood November 2006 Games
  • AMSTRAD monitor for SPECTRUM+3I have a monitor color Amstrad CTM644, can it function on a ZX Spectrum+3? So yes which is the connection? Sorry but I don't have the plans of the co…

    ... ? So yes which is the connection? Sorry but I don't ... the left (for the CTM644 connection). You'll need an 8 ... output the sound from the TAPE/SOUND port (or get it ...
    Jmk Jmk November 2006 Hardware
  • Tape wear offI have quite a nice collection of Sinclair games on tapes I?m wondering if these tapes wear off and get damaged by time ? Then i?m not talking about …

    ... the height of the head reletive to the tape until the screeching ... as you can get, the tape deck should then load the ... tapes.

    If the tape deck has been used a ... fair bit, clean the tape heads. For this, you can ...
    DEATH DEATH December 2006 Hardware
  • Pirate or Prototype?A Spectrum ZX (48K) app, has come into my hands called: Masterfile. Looking at your databas I found it however the tape\cassete leaf scan shows a muc…

    ... the data back off the tape. Unless it's [i]really ... . Might need to play with head alignments and stuff to get ...
    Spirantho Spirantho December 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... head, is by using your ears when adjusting. Just play the tape ...
    Pilsener Pilsener December 2006 Hardware
  • Developing the Spectrum ROMI'm working on some Z80 assembler for a Z80-based single board computer that I'm building. For the things that don't poke my hardware, I'm using a Sp…

    ... work out why by sheer head-scratching! Also I had no ... system - it was back to tape!

    September '89 I ...
    Quazar Quazar December 2006 Development
  • I'm getting married 1 week from now!Hey peeps just thought I'd post this for the sake of it, since it's finally happening. Me and Amber are finally tying the knot So as of the 19th I'…

    ... is surrounded in complex red tape and paperwork, visa and immigration ... . However, due to the red tape of the church of England ... ended up calling the the head of imigration control at Gatwick ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk January 2007 Chit chat
  • Cybernoid editorSo, my long tern goal is to make my own Cybernoid or Rex like game (see an ancient thread about Sprite advice)...but my skills are somewhat lacking..…

    ... onto the end of the tape. You'd need to package ... hit the nail on the head.

    As for the ...
    Mr. Anonymous Mr. Anonymous February 2007 Development
  • Cybernoid editorSo, my long tern goal is to make my own Cybernoid or Rex like game (see an ancient thread about Sprite advice)...but my skills are somewhat lacking..…

    ... onto the end of the tape. You'd need to package ... hit the nail on the head.[/QUOTE]
    But where do ...
    48K 48K February 2007 Development
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