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Pause after blocksI've added a simple CRC routine to my app (thanks Gilby) to check for dupe TZX files and it was magical as I've located about two hundred of them tha…
... ?t=15178]I asked you to define "unique"[/url] :-) You can ... you have 2^64 strings to hash(!).
As a ... positives when used on every tape, snapshot, disk or microdrive image on ... -
Anyone still use their Spectrum?I mean, with the quality of emulation available, does anyone still hook up the spectrum and load from tapes? I still have my Spectrum + and it's in p…
Yup, but not from tape, from PlusD and I use emulators mostly to get the games on to disk.
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Anyone still use their Spectrum?I mean, with the quality of emulation available, does anyone still hook up the spectrum and load from tapes? I still have my Spectrum + and it's in p…
... ;180398]Yup, but not from tape, from PlusD and I use ... emulators mostly to get the games on to disk.
(Thus ... delights of converting games to load from +D disk have you. This ... -
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 …
... of games use the standard loader when the faster option was ... mechanism). You were more likely to have problems loading a [i ... of the quality loss in tape-to-tape.
The "faster option ... Remember, they would have had to have had a hypersaver program ... -
divIDE ProductionJust to let everyone know that we have made further progress with the updated divIDE. Board design has been completed and changes have been made to …
... be limited to those files which use the standard loader, as it ... would be nigh on impossible to try ... standard loader (or for extraction to disk). You wouldn't be able to load ... is worthwhile since there seem to be an enormous number of ... -
Anybody know what program can:Does anybody know of a PC program (or a "set") that can scan through a BASIC program, and replace "D*, D1 or D2" with two spaces. Then, save that sc…
... prog is saved to disk is it similar to saving to tape in that you ... /> I also find RealSpec difficult to use (not impossible) but it ... also seems to mess with that files if ... -
What colour is your lenslok?Mine came from Elite and was red.
... still need to TZX the Mooncresta tape to load into a CPC emulator, and ... I'll add them both to the [i]Lenskey[/i] list ... -
FuseX on the Xbox :releases, testing and feedbackI'm creating a new thread here to continue on from the thread about emulators on the Xbox ([url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php…
... because FuseX writes certain files to disk like config files and game ... files, it will mean your emulator settings and game configs will ... builds publicly as its illegal to distribute code built with Microsoft ... . If you knew where to look you could probably find ... -
Questions about the Emulator Cartridge...First of all, which models of the Timex Spectrum does it work on? Secondly, does it contain game files, or does it just enable you to play PAL Spect…
... any spectrum standards -- to use them you have to hack the game ... ;185907]Edit: and yes the emulator cart runs most speccy software ... didn't work. From memory, to save some trouble: movie, arkanoid ... it, those 400 were transferred to disk as snapshots so I may ... -
Questions about the Emulator Cartridge...First of all, which models of the Timex Spectrum does it work on? Secondly, does it contain game files, or does it just enable you to play PAL Spect…
... 't work. From memory, to save some trouble: movie, ... those 400 were transferred to disk as snapshots so I may ... NY distributer sticker on the tape (saying made in England!), ... guess I'm going to try it this weekend ... actual data on the tape has been altered, Ill ... -
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 buggers! Now I'm 'loading' in JSW (into an emulator) as if i was playing a tape to see if I DO remember the noises rightly!
It's ALL YOUR FAULT I'm doing this! :p -
My first mapHi all, I just uploaded my first map: Android 1: The reactor run It was simple that's why I decided to make it. Comments please. Saso
... that it's obvious to the viewer that it' ... you use? (i.e. emulator, snapshot prog+art suite?) I ... capable of automatically saving images to disk (I tried Game Mapping ... I don't know how to use it properly, but ... />
I would like to make a SOUTH VIEW map ... -
How did people write large assembler programs on real Spectrums?I have been wondering how people did their development back on real Spectrums. If you should write a large program, there would first be an assembler…
... provided I can get the tape to load I bought off Ebay ... decide where I was going to place graphics, buffers, maps ... on the tape dedicated to that module.
Used to hate it ... would crash, you had to SAVE the source code before ... on the PC onto an emulator. -
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…
... data that's on the tape, nothing more. you should then ... more than just the pure tape contents IMO.
[QUOTE ... the info to the emulator. the library can be ported to other platforms ... />
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How to install fuse in Ubuntu? Warning: Newbie trying to escape from MicrosoftThe title says everything. I have downloaded and decompressed fuse-0.8.0.tar.gz and I don't know what to do. Synaptic doesn't have fuse, and I haven'…
... clicked on desktop icon to install Ubuntu to virtual HD. only changed ... , I had to add the libspectrum library to the loader path (all ... />
$ fuse --machine plus2 --tape BlizzardPass.tzx --no-auto-load ... , it's recommended to get "gtk2" to build fuse, but ... -
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…
... the emulator.[/QUOTE]
Which is what libspectrum does (for tape ... that wants to use it. i get the impression that emulator authors ... whole emulator while it's loading if you dont want to wait ... a dodgy sample of a tape to a form usable on an emulator. -
New speccy part 2As a quick recap, I am looking to create a 'new speccy hardware' platform, which will retain the charm of the original 48k beast. The way intend to …
... about running an bog standard emulator and my idea?
... on tape and used it via a tape player on your emulator< ... br />
3) have your emulator portable enough to ... a game by tape, audio cd or via emulator snapshot.
< ... -
New speccy part 2As a quick recap, I am looking to create a 'new speccy hardware' platform, which will retain the charm of the original 48k beast. The way intend to …
... on tape and used it via a tape player on your emulator.[/QUOTE ... />
3) have your emulator portable enough to carry round in your ... screen that was big enough to use comfotable.[/QUOTE]
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Vote for the change of TZX formatThere is an ongoing discussion on the proposal of Patrik Rat to change the current TZX format specification to one that is simpler to implement for e…
... info when Mikie sends it to him.[/QUOTE]
to make loaders which cannot ... made up stuff designed to break things. I again ... are you going to do with a loader with 257 ... how "tidy" you want the tape to be.[/QUOTE]
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Vote for the change of TZX formatThere is an ongoing discussion on the proposal of Patrik Rat to change the current TZX format specification to one that is simpler to implement for e…
... He has provided technical assistance to the "tape monkeys" for many years ... sample of a tape to a form usable on an emulator.[/QUOTE]
to drop personal statements into ... discussions - it is best to just ignore the comments!
Vote for the change of TZX formatThere is an ongoing discussion on the proposal of Patrik Rat to change the current TZX format specification to one that is simpler to implement for e…
... ]Furthermore, you are proposing to break every emulator (of which there are ... use CSW for every released tape and use TZX only internally ... files as simple as possible to be implemented in emulators. You ... that they are to be loaded into the emulator as easy as ...Vote for the change of TZX formatThere is an ongoing discussion on the proposal of Patrik Rat to change the current TZX format specification to one that is simpler to implement for e…
... the loader and perhaps few things common to any loader which ... it to validate the data. Emulator authors may choose to ignore ... it entirely, or they may want to ... . It's up to everyone to choose without imposing anything ...NickH ThreadProbably best I create my own thread...! Inspector Hecti is listed in Infoseek as "Insector Hecti" - missing 'p'.
Back to business - this is *definitely* a tape or disk box:
[url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-adverts/d/DragonsLair.jpg[/url]NickH ThreadProbably best I create my own thread...! Inspector Hecti is listed in Infoseek as "Insector Hecti" - missing 'p'.
... ;190572]Back to business - this is *definitely* a tape or disk box:
"TWO-SIDED DISK"
BTW ... that's ...NickH ThreadProbably best I create my own thread...! Inspector Hecti is listed in Infoseek as "Insector Hecti" - missing 'p'.
... ;190572]Back to business - this is *definitely* a tape or disk box:
tape to microdrive?not sure where to put this so im sticking it here. how can i convert a game onto a microdrive cart? ive seen some dodgy guy on ebay selling microdriv…
... and selecting from the menu "tape to microdrive tranfer". After that i ... game and it was transfered to the microcassete.
Ofcourse ... a simple loader.
The easiest way is to use multiface ... think there is a way to transfer multi level loading ...Quick question re: TAP conversionI'm just in the middle of creating a TAP version of [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006457]Hunchback: The Adventure[/url]; I'v…
... loader so it's easier to put to disk", or "cracked the loader ... so it uses calls to $0556 to ... ", I mean:
Loader
SCREEN$
main code ...
if 128K, then:
Loader
SCREEN$
Main code ...some good games from 2000+...I stumbled upon GhostCastles (made in 2005) and I think its excellent. better than most games made while the speccy was still in production IMO. chec…
... the emulator version free of charge to anyone who buy the tape versions ... . Is it too late to ask for emulator copies of the 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…
... The format is specifically designed to allow simple concatenation.
... To be fair, ATM there is only support for standard-loader ... blocks (although ResiDOS can also extract fast-load data blocks to disk ... standard-loader blocks; I'd expect the same to be ...Disk problemsHello Spec-chums, we are producing a disk magazine called SCENE+ (for about 10 years now) and we distribute it for various disk systems (Opus, +D, MB…
... disk system has same file names, I had to convert the Basic-Loader ... (also add disk loading command) ... File in Basic and SAVE to Disk also in Basic. Any ... tools which converted TAP file to Disk directly, but sometimes destroyed ...
