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Is there any Sinclair world cup anthem?I've just been listening to a few World cup anthems past and present, but what I really need is a World Cup anthem that mentions any of the sinclair …
... waiting
for the tapes to load
Back home,
For the tape to load right, nerves fraying
R tape loading error. -
Loading schemes18 years ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were a b*tch to copy and became unreliable when the tape got older. Now…
... , turboloads etc were easy to do. Now this thing ... the screen left to right and right to left scrolling the ... to be given it had to keep going back to the tape to ... very odd. It read tape edges in a way no ... I used as little physical tape as possible, however it ... -
My Spectrum Games compilation for GBA / NDS.Tell me what you think. (use select - start if needed): Feel free to post if you have any questions / comments. Or if you want a particular game ad…
hi,
this is to play on gb emulator , or ... ..how u transfer the files to the gb? ... im not very ... how people connect their gamesboys to pc ( this could be interesting for ... /sounds).. is there any cable to do it? -
transfering data from PC to real Z80 microdriveI have an old HC2000 (which is a Z80 48k) with a 3.5" microdrive, but i do not have any disks with games or other stuff. How can i create some disks …
... !
Transferring a dsk image to a HC-2000...Well you ... may load the programs from tape to the HC, and then save ... -
-** Egghead Iv - Cassette Version Now Available **-In case anyone wants the official cassette version of Jonathan's excellent EGGHEAD IV, it's now available from the Cronosoft website. Price is ?1.99…
... HQ and it was downgraded to 9 out of 10 :-( It ... chance you could offer a tape to disk service for the Cronosoft ... games to 3" disks? I can provide ... -
-** Egghead Iv - Cassette Version Now Available **-In case anyone wants the official cassette version of Jonathan's excellent EGGHEAD IV, it's now available from the Cronosoft website. Price is ?1.99…
... chance you could offer a tape to disk service for the Cronosoft ... games to 3" disks? I can provide ... -
Egghead IV on Zx Spectrum +3Egghead IV does not work on Zx Spectrum +3 in 128 mode. You have to switch to 48k mode or in "spectrum" mode. Do anyone know how to fix this (maybe …
... have Spectrum floppy disk connected to PC (but I doubt that) then ... -
Protection - why?Just musing on my huge box of copied Spectrum games, and wondering why the publishers bothered using all those elaborate copy protection mechanisms. …
... embargos and made it hard to obtain things.
... ages, if at all possible to buy.
So ... only downside was that each tape-to-tape copy reduced quality by about ... so if you borrowed a tape from someone that was already ... as, you got used to it. -
Gamex - New J.Cauldwell gameHas anyone bought this yet from Cronosoft ? Received my copy the other day. Absolutely love this ! 16 or so mini games packed into one game ! I l…
... for ages for a tape to load or to set up my computer ... -
Disk image utility for USB disksI make simple utility programm for copy physical disk content to image files. It can work with USB disks, or memory cards attached via some card read…
Latest version, with file transfer from card/image file/disk to PC in TAP or Z80 format:
[url]http://piters.tripod.com/drimg8.zip[/url]
Obo: did you checked from above post? -
Legend (Century Communications)Just bought this on ebay and it appears to be missing a proper TZX. Is anyone else doing it or will I try and make a proper version? Necros.
I've just transferred the tape to a WAV file. TAPER won' ... though, so I need to convert it to VOC before I can ... TZX. Is there a program to do this? The relevant documentation ... -
Legend (Century Communications)Just bought this on ebay and it appears to be missing a proper TZX. Is anyone else doing it or will I try and make a proper version? Necros.
... ]I've just transferred the tape to a WAV file. TAPER won ... though, so I need to convert it to VOC before I can ... TZX. Is there a program to do this? The relevant documentation ... -
LoC question (again)- sorry!Hey guys, I posted this question a couple of days ago- sorry to repeat, but just wondered if anyone could help (perhaps someone who didn't read my la…
... The thing to remember is that you need to remember to "swap the ... to insert a new tape to save your wizard, then insert the game tape to ... load a scenario, then swap the tapes again to ... etc.
Of course, the tape swapping is all "virtual", but ... -
PCSpectrum cable?Hi all, I must admit I'm not into Spectrums (Atarian to the bone here :) ), I'm posting here for the benefit of a friend. Recently he unearthed his …
... both ends. Connect other end to PC's earphone connector and other ... end to ear connector in speccy.
to playback tap/tzx files. See ... -
Trying to experience nostalgia!! Mp3s needed!!!I've been trying to get audio files (mp3 or wav) to work on my real old sinclair 48k. I've tried making them from my old tapes of which I have many, …
... /> Audio EQs tend not to worry about phase distortion. Eg ... what are present in tape loading signals. This makes ... difficult for the computer to determine where the ... off to get a realiable load from tape through ... the state of the tape to soundcard load programs ... -
Playing Denied Ultimate GamesHmmm, maybe this belongs in Emulators but it is game specific. Just been leafing through Games(TM) in Smiths and there's an article about a (strong)…
... protection on the PC and people's willingness to infringe copyright is ... . Its just down to more people having a PC, the more people ... and there were more mac to PC users, it would be easier ... a perfect world. The PC just happened to become the popular home ... -
Trying to experience nostalgia!! Mp3s needed!!!I've been trying to get audio files (mp3 or wav) to work on my real old sinclair 48k. I've tried making them from my old tapes of which I have many, …
... Preservation Team, I have a tape-to-tape dub of the original Wizball ... -
Trying to experience nostalgia!! Mp3s needed!!!I've been trying to get audio files (mp3 or wav) to work on my real old sinclair 48k. I've tried making them from my old tapes of which I have many, …
Folks, you need to bear in mind that Trellis ... - they are faked onto the tape to confuse tape copying programs.
tape.
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Spectaculator QuestionsI've been messing around with this great emulator, and was surprised how easy it was for me to load a game from minidisc into Spectaculator as if it …
... on the physical tape. Nothing seem to get transferred to the recorder. Yes ... can convert a tape to WAV for later conversion to TZX by a ... other hand, can convert a tape to WAV or CSW and can ... choose "Save Snapshot" and specify "tape.tzx" as the filename - your ... -
Various Games to TradeHi Another list (this time with slightly rarer games =D), I am looking to trade for adventure games e.g. text adventures on 8-bit platforms (infocom…
More games added to list =)
Just to clarify (I think) I ... any system from TRS-80 to PC, both text adventures a la ... =D) and graphic adventures similar to the Lucasarts/Lucasfilm games (the ... /> Also, does anyone know how to display a table in a ... -
Amiga........Anybody else have an Amiga? I had a A1200, quite good actually after the speccy died! Any websites like this one dedicated to the Amiga?
... - and it took me ages to finally abandon it and buy ... a first PC.[/QUOTE]
Fook me ... me as well to get rid, and upgrade to PC. Only reason I ... -
MP3 loading testsIn a previous thread, Spector says: "The loss of an mp3 file is nothing compared to the loss from an old audio cassette tape. " Dunny says: "Which i…
... Then turn up the volume to compensate....its not rocket science ... It's to do with the amount of tape hiss you ... only use half of the tape to record sound, you only ... and a mono in to the Speccy to get the maximum ... , but it has nothing to do with dynamic range. ... -
MP3 loading testsIn a previous thread, Spector says: "The loss of an mp3 file is nothing compared to the loss from an old audio cassette tape. " Dunny says: "Which i…
... on a piece of tape to capture the subtle detail ... sound. The length of tape is, I suppose, the ... tape hiss, yes, but you have to double the volume to ... definition as using a full tape, which creates more 'noise'. ... affected by cutting the tape in half, and they ... -
Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... aspects of their computers prior to any formal teaching??
... somebody new to computers to program because the average "first" PC doesn' ... to get a PC for little Johnny and inevitably its a trip to PC ... World to get a windows PC. No inbuilt ... -
Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... predominant in early PC's (contemporary to the Spectrum). Many ... Spectrum games have a PC version ... later System 3 decided to convert it to PC, although [B]90% ... there probably wasn't PC conversion attracted even approximately ... -
MP3 loading testsIn a previous thread, Spector says: "The loss of an mp3 file is nothing compared to the loss from an old audio cassette tape. " Dunny says: "Which i…
... It's to do with the amount of tape hiss you ... only use half of the tape to record sound, you only ... and a mono in to the Speccy to get the maximum ... to obtain the same amount of data for only half the tape ... left channel part of the tape identical, you also get ... -
TZX filesI copied a spectrum tape program onto my PC as a .wav file and used a converter to convert it to a .tzx file. The DOS window appeared during conversi…
one other question (as well as the ongoing one about converting WAV to TZX), is there a way to convert the TZX files so they can be copied to a tape to be used on a spectrum? -
History Channel documentary doesn't even mention the SpectrumI recently saw this documentary about the history of computers and it didn't even mention the Spectrum. Was it really irrelevant when it comes down t…
... went straight from 8-bit to PC and only a precious few ... -
External Speccy CommunicationHow does a speccy communicate with the outside world ?? Do you have to have the interface 1 for serial communications ( rs232 ) or are there other p…
... my ZX 128 (just need to patch damn keyboard membrane too ... worked fine, but I want to try serial communication.
to PC.
Is it possible ... -
Which next gen. console will you be getting?I'll be going for the Wii myself. Mainly because of the unique quality games for it, eg the Zelda franchise. The innovative controller, cheap price…
I would have said the Wii but as Zelda is also being released for the 'Cube I probably won't get one at all, I'll stick to PC gaming.
