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SD card as a tape playerSince discovering WOS I've been amazed at the talent and inginuity of everyone who has developed new hardware and software. I only wish I could under…
... to load programs without a tape player...
The answer ... the messy hot glue, it ran after I thought it had ... as if I'd a tape drive.
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writing incrementally to tape without leadersI want to be able to write intermittently & incrementally to some sequential medium which is supported on any Spectrum (emulator, ie. tape); eg. [cod…
... on any Spectrum (emulator, ie. tape); eg.
[code]
... end up with one tape file with one leader ... SA_BYTES which basically just missed out the flag & parity ... get nothing as the tape trap doesn't get ... 'm calling my own tape routine rather than the ... -
ZX Spin start/stop tape detectionHi, Does anyone know what logic ZX Spin uses to detect when to automatically start/stop the tape? I have a custom loader that causes ZX Spin to aut…
... to automatically start/stop the tape?
I have a ... Spin to automatically stop the tape when it shouldn't (there ... , but I can't figure out what could possibly be causing ... -
+3 Tape/sound socket replacementI've just taken delivery of a rough round the edges but fully functional +3 (chocolate drive belt notwithstanding). However the tape/sound socket is …
... drive belt notwithstanding). However the tape/sound socket is missing from ... exact replacement? Can't make out if it has three or ... -
How many games will I miss out on...Quick question, how many games are there that do not work on the 48k speccy?? I've just gone from a 128k to a 48k due to tape issues but I'm wonderin…
Quick question, how many games are there that do not work on the 48k speccy?? I've just gone from a 128k to a 48k due to tape issues but I'm wondering how many games and/or software im missing out on?? :confused: -
Interfaces & ROMsHi everyone, I'm currently looking into the various modern interfaces for the Spectrum to allow me to run all my games from an SD card. I have a few…
... few questions before I splash out on one though.
ran ResiDOS and allowed ROMs to ... pile of old tapes and tape recorder. I also want to ... -
Is it possible to use a +2b tape deck with a +2 grey motherboard?As per the subject really.. I've tried this and it doesn't work properly.<div><br></div><div>I can hear the tape playing through the TV but no loadin…
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I can hear the tape playing through the TV but ... looking at schematics, the pin out looks to be the same ... ..
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Need a little help with the "Real Tape" mode in ZX SpinI've got a game I'm making in AGD, and I'm trying to save it out to load into "Intro Maker". When I save it outwith Real Tape mode, I get the flashin…
... m trying to save it out to load into "Intro Maker ... I save it outwith Real Tape mode, I get the ... When I switch to Real Tape mode, the border goes black ... saving again when I "Eject Tape".
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UK Cereal ToysHi, Does anyone in their 40s remember a freebie that was given away with packets of cereal (I think it was Kellogg's Corn Flakes), which was like …
... ), which was like cassette tape which you ran through you fingers and ... I could get the freebie out. Trust me I have apologised ... -
Rituals to get your tape to loadI found this comment on the internet regarding the 'human sacrifice' video from cern : I get where they are coming from [quote]Back in the days o…
... repeatedly was getting the 'R Tape Loading Error', I had a ... static was bad for the tape loading. So I'd go ... minutes without wriggling then the tape would definitely work.
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The day you unboxed your brand new SpectrumI was at junior school for much of the Spectrum's heyday, yet never owned a computer in that time. I was fascinated by computers back then, they were…
... time I ever saw/heard tape loading, I was alarmed at ... early as the weekend began. Out of the 21 titles, I ... from the 128K +2's Tape Loader menu. Only later did ... some more pocket money and ran down town to get a ... no as I later found out). I had blamed loading issues ... -
Woot ZXMAS Tape Magazine 2017It’s finally here! [b]The Woot! 2017 Tape Magazine.[/b] [img]http://stonechatproductions.co.uk/zxgames/gameimages/woot0.gif[/img] [img]http://…
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[b]The Woot! 2017 Tape Magazine.[/b]
[img ... Bob Fossil, TextVoyage, Spud, R-Tape, Mat Gubbins, Utz, Ste Nichols ... thanks to Hikaru for sorting out the 128k issues. This is ... -
What was on your first pirate tapeOf course, we all started with Horizons and then bought our first couple of games (in my case, Bugaboo The Flea - which I still haven't managed to co…
... happened to be on the tape - but they gave you a ... of games that were out there. The first tape I borrowed had ... I didn't have a tape-to-tape; saving the game saved ... -
The R-Tape loading Era. An Easter story?R-Tape loading era Nostalgia's a funny thing you know. You might remember what at the time seemed a damn nuisance, only to recall it much later…
... was an era when cassette tape loading and saving of ... you either got lucky straight out of the box or ... finally figured out the fix. I fixed ... cure for the dreaded R-Tape loading error.
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Just rescued an old tape recorder from the thrash binPeople who saw me must have thought that I am crazy. :P Couldn't resist, in spite of the poor exterior condition of the unit (all wet and dirty) i…
... wet and dirty) it turned out a tough machine.
After ... a thoroug clean inside and out, replaced the belts, the speaker ... reporter-type tape recorder because there is no 'ear' out, just 'mic ... -
ZX Spectrum +2A - problems loading from tapeI recently acquired a ZX Spectrum +2A, now the only item in my collection to be found is a [b]+2B[/b], and I got all from the MK14 to the PC200 ;-) …
... , but after taking the membrane out ([b]for this type there ... few known working games from tape, but without luck. Both a ... -
The trials and tribulations of the external tape recorderAnd you may find this a strange topic, because having been a +2 owner for the last 31-and-a bit years, it's not something I've had to deal with in th…
... bought one of those new tape recorders from Argos, the ... would have the same tape transport mechanism as every ... stripes were fading in and out.
So ... played the Oh Mummy tape into Audacity, and it ... of these modern-built tape recorders and had a ... -
Getting stuff "out of the back end"Does anyone know how to do this ? What I mean is :There are lots of WOS library files with say two learning modules on one Tape side : lets ca…
... two learning modules on one Tape side : lets call them ... and Lesson 2. This whole tape side (with both Lessons) ... loads first and effectively blocks out Lesson 2 - so that ... not been able to work out how to save "this ... in saving the whole tape side as a single ... -
Special mono tape recorders for Micro owners of the early 1980s So what were the KEY FEATURES of these machines that separated them out from the normal mono tape recorders ? I cannot really remember- but I have …
... that separated them out from the normal mono tape recorders ? I cannot ... )Did they have a nice tape counter?
5) ... control wheel so that the "tape load" volume could be precisely ... did the "most excellent" + 2 tape recorder stand up against this ... -
The Return of the Cassette Tape???I first heard about this yesterday on the Sky News Channel so I decided to check it out:- [url="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/feb/23/cass…
... I decided to check it out:-
[url="https://www ... /music/2019/feb/23/cassette-tape-music-revival-retro-chic-rewind ... /music/2019/feb/23/cassette-tape-music-revival-retro-chic-rewind ... -
+2B: where's the tape signal gone?So, this is what I really came here for today... I've got two +2Bs, one with an issue 1 board and some extra soldered wires, and one with an issue…
... don't even flicker when Tape Loader is selected, it just ... silence. Nevertheless, I brought it out of its box again yesterday ... -
Tape Recovery Simulator 96Khi Everyone! Tape Recovery Simulator 96K (TRS96K for friends) is a game about recovering data off of reluctant and grumpy old tapes. [img]http:…
hi Everyone!
Tape Recovery Simulator 96K (TRS96K for ... there's always the dreaded Tape Loading Error looming around the ... of tweaking to pull it out from the decaying state it ... =AIAI-urK-Fc
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The ZX Spectrum 40th Birthday Game Mix Tape(I have done a search and could not find a thread on this, apologies if one does exist somewhere. The below text is from the person who put this toge…
... -spectrum-40th-birthday-game-mix-tape
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Anyone Recognizes This Loader?Hi there! I live in Argentina. I have a -dead by now- CZ Spectrum (a ZX clone made by an argentinian company, Czerweny, which used to make... Excell…
The hardware that ran the code at 20140 ... to already have the tape recording before the button ... Once everything was saved to tape, a custom bit of ... be converted to microdrive or tape.
The ... the main code out to microdrive or tape. A following bit ... -
What is your worst Speccy related memory?We've had the good times, but there were bad times too. I will give you two choice cuts from my back catalogue... Over at a friends house, wanting to…
... /> To start with, my dog ran into the TV lead (and ... speccy too!), pulling the lead out its place. After that, the ... screen.
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Load games from mp3Hi, I'm a very new member of this forum, so please don't take offence of this topic. I'd like to know if I can load games from mp3 files. And if it…
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Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... ]need[/I] it. just any tape player won't work. sounds ... XBox for me was practically out of the question, and really ... when i came to i ran here for cover and i ... i made wine out of grapes or wine out of water? as ... done about it from an out of box not upgrading the ... -
name the football mangement game......pleasei've been trying to find the name of this football management game - anyone help me, the only real thing about it that i can remember that my help so…
... Danish Spectrum games hire out service that ran here in the mid ... . There you could hire a tape called World Cup Manager. The ... -
games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... games and if you check out Jonathan's minigame entry, ... Spectrum Sprites and found out the Sprites program for ... other side of the tape and is exactly the ... I also have the C64 Tape version of White Lightning. It ... the non-compiled games ran and once i compiled ... -
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…
... a Speccy version was due out, after weeks of waiting for ... of info in magazines, I ran to the store and bought ... i tried reloading, adjusting the tape head, adjusting the sound, eventually ... told "Sorry we have sold out of them now, we don ...
