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Looking for cursor routineIt's been a long time since I programmed a little bit in Basic, so I decided to create a simple cursor routine: [url]http://db.tt/SPnSdpx[/url] I k…
... :razz: But considering the above routine, can someone please help me ... so coordinates can be read when the routine returns to Basic ( ... via POKE before launching the routine.
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Curiosities about .TAP and other formatsI was reading everything I could find about these formats but a couple things are way above my head. Also searched the forums and didn't find any sim…
... is loaded I want the routine to go back to the ... of a way for the tape to auto-rewind and auto ... once the last file is read? SpecEmu appears to do this ... there any other way to read files and create an endless ... -
Recording to tapeHi everyone, I have this really nice digital radio/CD player/Tape palyer and recorder Im using it for a tape recorder so i can save my programs ont…
... nice digital radio/CD player/Tape palyer and recorder
< ... tape recorder so i can save my programs onto tape. I can read ... from tape and have already ... screen says recording and the tape starts rotating, the spectrum IS ... -
Why doesn't my routine work?I have a "level" defined by 504 bytes (28 squares across x 18 squares down) I'm trying to write a routine that will take an X,Y coordinate in pixels…
... 'm trying to write a routine that will take an X ... now contain the data byte read from the level.
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Screen$ command, ROM routineHi All, Does anyone know which ROM routine to call for the Screen$ command (and/or the ATTR command)? Any comments on how well it works or the spee…
... /> Does anyone know which ROM routine to call for the Screen ... the ROM disassemblies I've read (any easy to follow ROM ... -
Kansas City Standard tape data --> File?Someone here will know this. Does there exist a utility to read Kansas City Standard audio tape data from an audio file (e.g. WAV or similar) and d…
Someone here will know this.
Does there exist a utility to read Kansas City Standard audio tape data from an audio file (e.g. WAV or similar) and dump the raw bytes to a file?
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Tape preservation toolsIn the latest MakeTZX thread of doom several people said that it would be good to have active development of tape decoding tools. I needed tape file…
... to have active development of tape decoding tools.
I ... needed tape file conversion on Mac OS ... that can be made to tape conversion tools. The sourcecode is ... can have a tool to read a WAV and output a ... -
up-to-date info on tape->PC conversions?I've been trying to find up-to-date information on tape->PC conversions and haven't had any luck so far. * I searched the Emulators forum for half a…
... up-to-date information on tape->PC conversions and haven ... problem.
* So then I read the [url=http://www.worldofspectrum ... tried that by selecting Real Tape mode and it didn't ... use as although it can read the tape input OK it only ... -
Challenge Sprint 4x tape recorderHi, I noticed a [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=1000051"]Challenge Sprint[/url] on eBay, and checked out the WoS entry for it…
... it. It's a tape recorder which plugs into the ... load/save routines. (The tape format is identical to the ... if anyone's interested to read about how it works. You ... GB2164527A or "High speed cassette tape player" at [url]http://www ... 16KB ROM region to tape? -
Write Tape to MicroDrive... How to do?1st of all hi to everybody here on the forum. I am new here and I have some questions about the spectrum and a microdrive. I want to copy some games…
... to copy some games from tape to the microdrive. Sounds easy ... far no problems, I can read a tape (game) and let it ... -
Adding external tape inputs to a +2Hello all, Having read the instructions in Crash and having had great success with a 48+ and Speccy Tape in the iPad, thought might add tape inputs …
Hello all,
Having read the instructions in Crash and ... with a 48+ and Speccy Tape in the iPad, thought might ... add tape inputs to an old +2 ... /> Can I leave the internal tape player connected too and simply ... -
Load Spectrum tape to EmulatorHi, My Speccy died a long time ago and I've been using various emulators on the PC. I've now come across a box of Speccy tapes (must be 15 - 20 year…
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A 128 Routine to Put Tokens in StringsI was writing a DEF FN on the +128k and decided that I'd had enough of not being able to put function tokens in strings without a great palaver and s…
... I wrote this little BASIC routine to do it for me ... /> 9992 LET b=a+4: READ t$,t: IF NOT t ... -
Hidden message in Down To EarthJust found this in the Down To Earth code. I like reading these old messages left behind by programmers. [code]WELCOME TO ORIFICE Credits Darren B…
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Tony Lill
Print routine, Opus & Zeus
written using a tape recorder,
until I got ... at
reasonable hourly charges. Read
these reviews...
Tape recorder for the future - which one?Familiar 'problem' for a lot of you, I guess: * From time to time, you get your hands on a tape (not just ZX Spectrum) that has software on it. And …
... get your hands on a tape (not just ZX Spectrum) ... out one's stash of tape recorders, keep the old? ... 939 of which I've read good reviews. Would it ... both?
Other recommended tape recorders? Or just call it ... quits & consider the tape age has ended?Could a Spectrum game loader play music?On the Games forum there's a thread entitled "[I]Which game did you like the loading noise the most?[/I]" ([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums…
... to write a new loading routine that reads sounds from the ... loader play music whilst it read the game data from the ... record music on the game tape, but with data that's ... second, so that when the tape is played then (after the ...Hardware description - DivIDE interface[B][U]DIVIDE interface / DivIDE 2k11[/U][/B] [B][U]The main description[/U][/B] DIVIDE is IDE interface with own external memory. Thanks to very goo…
... 66[/B] (nmi routine)
[B]#4C6[/B] (tape save)
... and next instruction byte will read from external memory. DIVIDE ... immediately connect and CPU read instructions from external divide ... ]
[CODE][U]ADRESS READ WRITE[/U]
#A3( ...Adding a pause key to ArkanoidHaving rediscovered the simple pleasure of playing 1980s games on genuine 1980s hardware, I've also remembered that emulation can provide a feature m…
... br /> in a,(c) ; read it
rra ; bit ... br /> So, we have a routine implementing the pause function; where ...
I recognize a tape loader sampling loop when I ... similar to make a tape file from the snapshot. ...Modding +2 - Tape CounterGot my first Spectrum April this year and I hit 40 in July, was always a Commodore 64 user back in the day and that machine now sits side by side wit…
... to mod for an external tape deck which I will ... the near future incase the tape deck packs up.
... modding to add an external tape deck and get hold ... the volume, I have read that if set to high ... as that machine supported external tape out the box.
< ...A "generic" loader for +3(e)I've made this loader for 128k games in +3DOS. [CODE]dos_open equ 262 dos_close equ 265 dos_abandon equ 268 dos_read equ 274 dos_write equ 277 dos_s…
... /> ; repeat
bucle:
; read list
ld a,(iy ...
ret
; paging routine
; destination page is a ... given length (to put that routine inside BASIC). I'm doing ... using +3DOS files? Loading from tape needs only about a dozen ...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]
... I end up with one tape file with one leader ... "ABCD...Z" using this routine all I really want is ... I get nothing as the tape trap doesn't get ... I'm calling my own tape routine rather than the one in ...grey tape player issueHi, I have a 128+2 grey, with no power lead. I have been using a power lead from a 48k. It works fine, but the tape deck can't handle having a tape…
... 't handle having a tape in. I have read that the drive ...Read Data from memoryHi there. Not been on this scene for a long time. Does anyone know how to do a routine to read data from memory(peek..etc) rather than using lines of…
... know how to do a routine to read data from memory(peek ... basic...
My normal routine is this
10 ... =1 to 10
30 read a(f)
40 next ...tape mouldI recently purchased a joblot of spectrum games off eBay and when they arrived it was plain to see that they had been stored in a damp attic and the …
... had mould actually on the tape itself.
So what I ... quick look on Google and read some proper horror stories about ...Macmillan Learn to read - BODYSWOP - labelled BODY PARTS - review copyI've had a cool find... a tape - no cover - printed 'LEARN TO READ - Body Parts' Review copy .... It is Macmillan's 'Bodyswop' but I presume a pr…
... cool find... a tape - no cover - printed 'LEARN TO READ - Body Parts ...Help With AY Music Program in BASICHi, last year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker…
... 0 TO 7
102 READ y
104 POKE ... 0 TO 7
112 READ y
114 POKE ... one! SPN
202 READ y
204 POKE USR ... not used within the recording routine **
1258 REM ** doubling ... to...
2002 REM read the key, play the sound ...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…
... Tape Loading Error', I had a little ritual. I'd read somewhere ... static was bad for the tape loading. So I'd go ... minutes without wriggling then the tape would definitely work.
Modest ...+2 tape input protectionI'll start this by admitting I've not checked on a 48K or Toasty-Rack diagram to see how the tape input is actually wired in but what I'm asking is f…
... diagram to see how the tape input is actually wired in ... from what I read if you use an external tape player with ...Getting a +3 working again (keyboard & tape socket issues)So, as part of my Spectrum restoration project I will also try to tackle the problem child among my fleet, the +3. PROBLEM ONE: Ever since I firs…
... ***** (whichever address is being read) from 191 to... something else ... try to load from tape in 48K mode (because ... I found a working monaural tape deck - my grandad's ... Philips Magic Cube (tape, FM/MW/LW radio ... +3 with a tape deck, the TAPE/SOUND socket on that ...
