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  • Did I killed my Speccy ???Hi guys, 1 minute ago I was working on my 128 +2A... But I made a mistake : I cut the gound on the PSU plug of the computer, and I forgot to resolde…

    ... put a tape, and I can hear the noise passing on my ...
    bugpat bugpat February 2007 Hardware
  • Audio input on a +2would it be possible to connect an external tape recorder to the socket at the back,or would something bad happen?

    ... that 'fluffy' sound that all tape decks you connect to a ... 'fluffy' sound. It's white noise that comes when the motor ...
    mulder mulder March 2007 Hardware
  • Audio input on a +2would it be possible to connect an external tape recorder to the socket at the back,or would something bad happen?

    ... signal fed by an external tape should be, either line-level ... cut off to reduce overall noise. Don't ask for miracles ...
    Marcelo Marcelo March 2007 Hardware
  • Audio input on a +2would it be possible to connect an external tape recorder to the socket at the back,or would something bad happen?

    ... ULA pin 28 labeled 'MIC/TAPE' is used for the speaker ... to attenuate unwanted higher frequency noise.

    The circuit for ... line being connected to a tape recorder's output, or +6 ... of what the in-built tape deck will throw at it ...
    Winston Winston March 2007 Hardware
  • Audio input on a +2would it be possible to connect an external tape recorder to the socket at the back,or would something bad happen?

    ... hear when there's no tape signal is usually due to ... used to connect / disconnect the tape decks from my 48k whilst ... tape deck. After a while this came as a fluffy white noise ... which I could vary in level by tapping the tape ...
    mulder mulder March 2007 Hardware
  • 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 ... the tape head.

    Is it random or predictable noise?
    tape deck without a tape in the machine ...
    DEATH DEATH March 2007 Hardware
  • 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 ... the grounding wire from the tape head.
    [/QUOTE]

    noise?[/QUOTE]

    Random ...
    bugpat bugpat March 2007 Hardware
  • The most unique game loaderFor me it has to be Technician Ted, when the stripes give way to walking men and a timer.

    ... of one continual burst of noise, it would do hundreds of ... from, you could stop the tape at any point and continue ...
    miner49er miner49er March 2007 Games
  • The most unique game loaderFor me it has to be Technician Ted, when the stripes give way to walking men and a timer.

    ... of one continual burst of noise, it would do hundreds of ... from, you could stop the tape at any point and continue ...
    Zagreb Zagreb March 2007 Games
  • Those RANDOMIZE USR lines that look like tape loading...I often see on here people mentioning those RANDOMIZE USR lines which when entered, seem to simulate a tape loading, with the colours and lines in th…

    ... />
    I too found those tape saving routines by doing RAND ... make quite a bit of noise too. I think they just ...
    Winston Winston April 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Unofficial Official 25th Anniversary celebrations and Website announcement threadAs Martijn's going to be away during the festivities, can people report what they're doing here please, as and when they have something to announce. …

    ... is a Spectrum waveform - a "tape", which can be loaded onto ... quite a lot of background noise which may be the issue ...
    j00ce j00ce April 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • SpeedloadersWhen was the first time they came out and who invented them. What was the general speccy user's and media reaction to them? Would be nice to have a …

    ... it was done after the tape block in question had finished ... to add lots of line noise, the compression was appreciated :-)
    Winston Winston April 2007 Games
  • Which game did you like the loading noise the most?I always like skool daze's loader, it seemed to come over in regular waves.

    ... you pressed cue on the tape (Fast Forward while playing for ... an almost music loading screen noise.
    CUCHULAINN CUCHULAINN April 2007 Games
  • PZX file format draft[QUOTE=Andrew Barker;186084]To this date, there is no rival format for TZX, despite people saying they can do better. Well the challenge is on, prov…

    ... see it, stopping the tape is only reasonable during ... time interval on the tape looks like, while the ... than something. While the tape is playing, you get ... on the tape, perhaps with some bias, some noise and ... Only if you stop the tape playback, the voltage will ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak May 2007 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... bud, press play on the tape recorder and rub all the ... this setting does varie from tape to tape. When you tune this ... tape recorder internally that is maybe generating a buzz or extra noise ...
    +2MAN +2MAN June 2007 Hardware
  • Emulator that supports dodgy tapes!Hi I was thinking today that it would be great if an emulator could support an option where tape files randomly corrupt during playback, in other wo…

    ... -> Tapes -> Simulate old tape player (hiss/wobble). Make sure ... you turn off any tape acceleration.

    D.[/QUOTE ... . Another one would be video noise and channel drift (where the ...
    Arda Arda July 2007 Emulators
  • Codies CD packDoes anyone remember Codemasters CD pack of 30 games from around '89? If so was this the only release of its kind on the spectrum or was there more C…

    ... wouldn't load the data (noise?). They used (or I think ... far cheaper than duping a tape. When CDs were scarce and ...
    Zup Zup August 2007 Games
  • Early Version Betadisk Manual (ie anybody have one)Folks, after lengthy excavations in my attic I have dug out my old Betadisk interface and 720K drive. However the manual has done missing. It's wa…

    ... to a PC using BASIC tape SAVE command.
    So where ... . Unfortunitely there was so much noise (the signal always faded into ... the background noise after 30 seconds).

    Kilby Kilby August 2007 Hardware
  • How to convert from real tape to TZX?i bet i'm not the first guy to ask this, but i searched the forums and could not find an answer to this question anywhere. what's the best way to co…

    ... of the tape. If you sample louder you also enhance noise/hiss ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker August 2007 Support files
  • Zx Spectrum +2 Datacorder - Discman To Car Cassette Tape AdapterHas anyone tried using a discman to cassette adapter on a ZX Spectrum +2 datacorder and loaded games with a CD or direct from a PC Soundcard?

    ... unplug the internal cable of Tape recorder. In that case ... its control current from the tape motor lines. The contact of ... low noise on sound out because the play amplifier of tape provides noise ... even if tape is off.
    ingo ingo October 2007 Hardware
  • Fastest Baud Rate On A Loader ?Following on (sort of!) from the thread about the best loading.... Which game(s) had the fastest (highest baud rate) ? I seem to remember a couple …

    ... " of the signal on the tape is unimportant, the Speccy is ... 1.

    Background noise on the tape would mean it would ... /> If the user stops the tape or something goes wrong, the ...
    Laser Laser October 2007 Games
  • Quick testCould I ask anyone with a real 128K or +2 to run the latest [url=http://www.shadowmagic.org.uk/spectrum/fusetest.tap]Fuse test suite[/url] on it and …

    ... ]Was this ran after the tape was stopped?[/QUOTE]

    noise :-)

    Although, having said ... , there ought to be no tape hiss to screw up the ...
    gasman gasman November 2007 Hardware
  • Spin Tape loadingHiya. Any Idea's how i can make Spin *NOT* reset the emulation when I am changing Tape Image ? (TZX) ? Some games (Like dragon Breed) require you t…

    [QUOTE=karingal;226547]Perhaps in a coma would be more accurate...[/QUOTE]

    Perhaps we should play it tape loading noise's
    chop983 chop983 November 2007 Emulators
  • More Weird People in the News...[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7131532.stm[/url] Now what the heck was this guy actually doing to get himself in this po…

    ... sound like a load of noise to most people, as everything ... as well as an analog tape echo (WEM Copycat type thing ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers December 2007 Chit chat
  • Compiling FUSE from source for a complete and total beginner...?[b]ACHTUNG: this is going to take a while to read...[/b] A message above tells me it's been nearly 14 months since I last visited here. Ye gods. Wel…

    ... -C

    *jangly spell noise*

    And that, most ... complain about an [i]R Tape Loading Error[/i] after going ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone December 2007 Emulators
  • Best loading on a gameFor me, it has to be Technician Ted, with all those TT's walking across the screen. 2nd comes Skooldaze, only because I spent many MANY of my evenin…

    ... an beeper music over loading noise. You won't need a ... plays well in an ordinary tape anyway.
    Arda Arda December 2007 Games
  • Best loading on a gameFor me, it has to be Technician Ted, with all those TT's walking across the screen. 2nd comes Skooldaze, only because I spent many MANY of my evenin…

    ... both the same length on tape so the music plays at ... an beeper music over loading noise. You won't need a ... plays well in an ordinary tape anyway.[/quote]

    Best ...
    Woody Woody December 2007 Games
  • Last Word WordprocessorOkay, I've got The Last Word by Trojan, but it's a noisy tape and I can't get the emulators to read the signal. Is there a process to eliminate back…

    ... of filters may remove the noise causing loading difficulties but the ... some tough tapes, that was tape-specific though and never did ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat February 2008 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Noisy Earache inducing loadersWhats the noisiest loader youve come across? I dont mean any tunes, the actual loading noise.

    I hated the 'Alcatraz' loaders, the noise out of them was horrific, especially when you got a tape loading error. :(
    ToxieDogg ToxieDogg March 2008 Games
  • 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…

    ... +3 cassette leads into the tape/sound input at the back ... , you can hear the tape loading noise but the speccy doesn't ... +3. I have used to Tape/CD adaptor, like the ones ... for car stereos, in the tape deck and that works fine.
    sabre128 sabre128 March 2008 Hardware
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