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  • Transferring From Emulator Back To SpectrumI have windows xp and a soundblaster live card... what is the best way to transfer from an emulator file to cassette because everytime i've tried it …

    ... not be used with gold wave since it incorrectly determines the ... /> (Recently I found a MIA tape for Speccy by Rossware which ...
    Anonymous Anonymous October 2002 Emulators
  • Transferring From Emulator Back To SpectrumI have windows xp and a soundblaster live card... what is the best way to transfer from an emulator file to cassette because everytime i've tried it …

    Try using gold wave and voc2tzx with a standard spectrum tape recording and ... and it included the gold wave voc format.

    Voc2tzx ...
    Fraser Fraser October 2002 Emulators
  • Possibly *weird* .WAV request?Hello there! WOS has sure moved on since I last visited back in '99. Looking great! :) Anyway, I'm in the middle of producing a little homage to ZX…

    You can use SPIN's tape browser to create WAV files ... using the View->Tape Options->Open Tape Browser menu. From ... a tape and select "Save As" from the File menu. Select "Wave ... a WAV file of the tape :)
    Then just rip the ...
    Woody Woody October 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • "La Abad?a del Crimen" - English versionOK, I've started a new thread for this, as the discussion about "La Abad?a" in the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?mode=vie…

    ... second part turn the tape without rewind. When you ... /> SPECTRUM 128K or +2.?Tape Loader or LOAD??
    In ... are in the original tape, or other status ... object located in left square of the inventory panel, ... in a blank tape, never in the original tape.

    Javier Alca?iz Javier Alca?iz February 2003 Games
  • Cronosoft - NEW SOFTWARE HOUSE - FIRST RELEASE NOW AVAILABLEHI EVERYBODY! I'm really pleased to announce our first Spectrum software release: EGGHEAD IN SPACE by Jonathan Cauldwell The third in the EGG…

    ... at present:
    Sinclair Spectrum (tape, +3 disk, Microdrive)[/quote]
    square coasters.

    ...

    Amigo Amigo March 2003 Games
  • CD to Speccy?Has anyone copied tape games (or TZX etc) to an audio CD? I had an idea to burn an audio CD and then connect a portable CD payer to the speccy. I'm …

    Why does Playtzx make the waves square instead of sine waves? It would probably work better if the waves were sine waves. Freeuef which does the same thing for Acorn files makes the waves a sine wave.
    Fraser Fraser April 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What is SAM?Whilst looking at my spectum tape collection i foun a number of SAM only games. What is a SAM game and which emulators support it?

    ... one with all accessories, drives, tape pleayer and leads, with original ... all colors in a 8x8 square and brights mixed with brights ...
    Amigo Amigo April 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What is SAM?Whilst looking at my spectum tape collection i foun a number of SAM only games. What is a SAM game and which emulators support it?

    ... one with all accessories, drives, tape pleayer and leads, with original ... all colors in a 8x8 square and brights mixed with brights ...
    Dynoace Dynoace April 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Need HLP with making MIA TZX from damaged tapesCan anybody help me and tell me the easiest way to transfer the games from tape to TZX. I tried with STL 2.00, making VOC and then using the voc2tzx …

    ... supported. I always use 44100 wave files. Unless you see no ... hasn't successfully read the tape. If your tapes are all ...
    Fraser Fraser May 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • 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 ... start on with how many square feet they have therefore they ...
    Amigo Amigo May 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • any infoJust wondering if it's possible for me to transfer spectrum software to my HD and use it on an emulator, it's not games i want to transfer, it's my o…

    Record a wave file.
    Use a wav to TZX file program.

    You will need to have a lead to connect your tape player to your PC's mic socket.
    cyborg cyborg June 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I just wanna WAV it...I spent quite a chunk of the weekend attempting to get a couple of tapes onto my PC. I downloaded various apps, couldn't get Taper to record anythin…

    Gold Wave allows saving and doesn't ... always seem to use Spectrum Tape Loader despite it not being ...
    Fraser Fraser June 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Best method of recording spec tapes to PC.I just bought Hop n Chop from Cronosoft, and being that I don't have a real speccy anymore(until my Sprinter mobo arrives ;) the only way for me to p…

    ... to a computer expecting crisp square waves.

    [quote]
    tape. I also tried sampling it ... -record to get nice tall square waves and there you go ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous July 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I just registered to ask one questionGive me 10 (or more reasons) about why is it exactly that it was better to have a Spectrum instead of a Commodore back in the eighties. And why do yo…

    ... there's plenty of Saw-wave abuse !

    The AY ... conjunction with more "mellow" waves (square, sine, triangle ?)
    _________________
    GOC GOC August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Attic Attac - return of the Speccy!I had gone to my hometown over the weekend to my grandma's place. And while investigating the attic, I found a trunk full of Speccy goodies includin…

    ... -well) a sixty second WAVE file from the tape. Spectacular did manage ... to load this wave file. However ... the signals directly from the tape deck in my case. I ... Taper yesterday to record the tape file. I get no signal ...
    Arjun Arjun August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • YM effects on Atari ST reproducable on Speccy?From the YM music format site: "SID-Voice SID-Voice is a great sound trick on the ATARI, because of low CPU consuming and great sound effects. It …

    ... /> Write it with cheezy AY square waves, and then bang it ... use them to control the wave-shape update.
    It requires ...
    b00mzi11a b00mzi11a September 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ZX81 and ZX80 emulator on Spectrum 128KA couple of weeks ago we were talking about a new ZX81 emulator for the 128K. Someone beat me. More details at [url="http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/S…

    Okay, square waves for dummies, class is ... , zx81) can only save to tape in binary. 1s and 0s ... in the bytes sent to tape have a longer "flip period ...
    Dunny Dunny September 2003 Emulators
  • ZX81 and ZX80 emulator on Spectrum 128KA couple of weeks ago we were talking about a new ZX81 emulator for the 128K. Someone beat me. More details at [url="http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/S…

    ... /> ZX-81 (and compatibles) Tape Encoding
    -------------------------------------
    ZX ... -81 uses tape encoding which makes loading A ... like this (~~__ is one wave, --- is pause):

    wave groups with a sequence ...
    GOC GOC September 2003 Emulators
  • AY-3-8912 help !Hi all. Happy new yeay. I'm new to spectrum programming, and am interested in writing some music for the +2 AY chip. The problem is...I cant find …

    ... sample songs, position the virtual tape toward the end where the ... to create pulse-width modulated square waves, as on the C64 ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous January 2004 Development
  • TZX format updateHi folks. Following the private communication with Andy I would like to start a discussion on changing the TZX format to reflect new needs and improv…

    ... I don't have the tape anymore with the specific loader ... still as "bit is a wave" block BUT with the possibility ... setting BOTH pulses in the Wave to some value... if there ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat February 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Martianoids Map Editor Yup, I`ve managed to get instructions written it`s now ready for downloading at [url="http://www.angelfire.com/retro/carcass/index.htm"]www.angelf…

    ... it would wave goodbye to the simple one-character-square-per-pixel ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins April 2004 Games
  • How did you make it load?I used to have great difficulty getting games to load on my old Speccy + and found using superstition sometimes helped... apart from turning my tape…

    ... resets or there's a tape loading error because the loading ... on the lid of the tape recorder with all my strength ... muscle - goodbye game! - back to square 1!

    Ah! those ...
    monty.mole monty.mole July 2004 Games
  • How did you make it load?I used to have great difficulty getting games to load on my old Speccy + and found using superstition sometimes helped... apart from turning my tape…

    ... resets or there's a tape loading error because the loading ... on the lid of the tape recorder with all my strength ... muscle - goodbye game! - back to square 1!

    Ah! those ...
    zeropolis79 zeropolis79 September 2004 Games
  • CHAMPThis tzx file appears to have a checksum problem. If anyone has the tape I would like to have the BBC version.

    I get R Tape loading error, 950:1 with ... to hold values on sine wave starting degree.
    Fraser Fraser September 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Ok this maybe silly but i need to know...Right guys ive decided to buy a Speccy from ebay, preferbally with a few games to get me started etc but ive noticed that the photos of them dont see…

    ... doesn't require a proprietary tape recorder - any old player will ... good results from burning the wave files to CD or squirting ...
    gasman gasman September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Alan SugarFor all those people that want a new speccy, console, handheld, etc., NOW IS YOUR CHANCE!!!! The UK version of 'the apprentice' starts next year, an…

    ... in sound quality between the tape deck and the CD player ... a brain wave and said 'Let's just make the tape deck ...
    dave_beer_uk dave_beer_uk November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • gta on the spectrumhas anyone thought about converting the game grand theft auto to the spectrum or mayby making a parody of it.

    ... the past decade. Unlike those Square 'RPGs' it actually plays like ... the reverse side of the tape. And my apologies for the ...
    Collie Collie November 2004 Games
  • ZX Spectrum 3.5 Floppy help and adviceGod I'm useless. Can I please ask for some serious advice here as I'm just too uneducated to get anywhere with this! The Problem. I want to be abl…

    [quote]
    On 2004-12-07 10:52, DodgyGeezer wrote:
    I have got a plus d and use standed HD disks with it.
    The problem is accessing from a PC.
    You must cover up the hole opposite the read/write tab.
    [/quote]

    yep, thats ...
    Steve(spt) Steve(spt) December 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ZX Spectrum 3.5 Floppy help and adviceGod I'm useless. Can I please ask for some serious advice here as I'm just too uneducated to get anywhere with this! The Problem. I want to be abl…

    [quote]
    On 2004-12-07 12:35, Steve Parry-Thomas wrote:
    Quazar Quazar December 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Saving EliteCan anybody recommend an emulator and elite download that I'll be able to save the commanders progress on? I've stopped using my favourite Spectrum g…

    ... won't play in Real Tape mode. Is it because of ... then looking at the resulting wave in a sample editor. Might ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2005 Games
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