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Flashing coloured blocks - diagnosisHiya, hope this is the right place for this... Was given an Issue 2 48K by a someone yesterday that hasn't been powered on in 20 years, which works …
... is either down to the voltage regulator, TR4 transistor, ULA, or ... into the Speccy), and the voltage regulator which gets 10.88V ... I've found the Speccy Tape app which is amazing. Have ... -
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) that ... out one's stash of tape recorders, keep the old? Replace ... both?
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WANTED: Tape recorderHi! Anyone willing to sell me some reliable tape recorders in good condition for use with my Spectrums? Thanks!
Hi! Anyone willing to sell me some reliable tape recorders in good condition for use with my Spectrums? Thanks! -
ZX Spectrum Hardware Standards stickyHi I would like to propose that we add a ZX Spectrum Hardware Standards sticky. I should contain all the voltage, current, power and frequencies st…
... . I should contain all the voltage, current, power and frequencies standards ... quickly lookup the acceptable supply voltage range of the +5, -5 ... of the audio of the tape recorder, etc.
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Plus D Voltage Regulator OrientationHi, I?ve got a Plus D Disc Interface circuit board without case from a friend. Sadly he sends it to me without care for proper packaging. So it arr…
... arrived to me with the voltage regulator hanging around,
... sure about the orientation the voltage regulator was soldered.
... wrong.
The voltage regulator has printed "F M0247 ... must install a newly buyed voltage regulator.
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Just found a sealed Horizons tape - any takers?I had a load of Speccy stuff at one time but ebayed it all a couple of years ago to fund my drum kit. However rummaging around in my shed just now l…
... I found a sealed Horizons tape which I'd kept hold ... />
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Wanted: tape recorder for SpectrumI'd like to buy a tape recorder for my Spectrums, from the same era. Anything manufactured in the 80s would be fine.
I'd like to buy a tape recorder for my Spectrums, from the same era.
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Alchemist Gold Tape.In my collection I have two versions of Alchemist by Imagine Software. One is in an ordinary black case and tape. However the other is gold. What's i…
... an ordinary black case and tape. However the other is gold ... -
+2 external tapeHi guys, as there is a new App for my iPhone called Speccy tape, I want use it with my Spectrum +2. However, the +2 does not have a tape jack, but I …
... for my iPhone called Speccy tape, I want use it with ... +2 does not have a tape jack, but I found on ... -
+2 floating tape headI know many have had problems with the +2 datacorder, but I'm not giving up easily ;) One of my stack of +2's has a working taperecorder, but it's l…
... head is moving as the tape plays: the sound goes from ... -
Non tape input/outputHi has anyone used a laptop to load and save programs from a spectrum? Im sure I saw a utility to convert tape images to MP3 and was wondering if …
... saw a utility to convert tape images to MP3 and was ... -
Can I view programs on old tape on a PC?Hello, first post, so I hope I'm at the right place. I recently discovered a very old spectrum tape with the experiments of my youth on basic. I don'…
... a very old spectrum tape with the experiments of ...
I have converted the tape into .wav, but as each ... side of the tape has probably many programs, ... , that has a virtual tape player that can load . ... after all these years the tape is damaged, or the ... -
Most useless tape ever...I got my hands on this tape, and thought: there must be SOMETHING usefull on it; "I can't believe it is only to test if the taperecorder works"... I…
... got my hands on this tape, and thought: there must be ... -
Glider Rider 128 remix that came on tape.Does anyone remember the 128 version of Glider Rider remix music that I think came on a demo tape on one of the Speccy mags (maybe Crash). It was an …
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Is there an emulator that can "autosnapshot" after loading a tape?The reason i'm asking is that my everyday speccy is a grey +2 with a DivIDE 2k11. Some TAP files simply won't work because of rom checks and other in…
... press a key after the tape had loaded.
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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 be ... the near future incase the tape deck packs up.
< ... a mod to add a tape counter to the +2 ... modding to add an external tape deck and get hold of ... as that machine supported external tape out the box.
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Voltage converter question.I recently paid over $100 for a really solid nice looking 750 watt 110v to 220 v converter so that I can run some my UK appliances when they come ove…
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Converting my old programs from tape to TZX or the likeApologies up front for this noob question which I'm sure will have been answered many times before. I have lots of BASIC programs I wrote as a kid …
... in the 80s saved on tape. After 30 years they still ... lhey load from a tape recorder to a real Spectrum ... very little on capturing from tape and converting to TZX.
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What would be the simplest tape loading routine?I'm searching for some small assembly snippet I can use to load a (headerless or not) block from tape into RAM I can embed in my C games to load furt…
... (headerless or not) block from tape into RAM I can embed ... to load further levels from tape.
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Tape loader for Android at lastHi all. Just downloaded a little util from the google play store called tapdancer. Works like the apple spectrum tape loader. Lets you load speccy an…
... . Works like the apple spectrum tape loader. Lets you load speccy ... your smartphone as a virtual tape player.
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Horizons tape side B softwareI am trying to find downloads for the software on side B of the Horizons tape 1. Thro' the Wall 2. Bubblesort 3. Evolution 4. Life 5. Draw 6. Monte…
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Noisy tape playerGot new belts onto the cassette player on my +2 and it sounds quite noisy but it works OK. I've never heard a tape playing in years and never ever o…
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Static noise from the tape driveI?m a bit stuck with a +2B, which I repaired. All works grand and also software gets loaded from the bulit-in tape drive, but when I press on the dri…
... loaded from the bulit-in tape drive, but when I press ... clear, it?s not the tape drive itself (meachanics), that creates ... -
Having problems making a tape file in BASinHere's a picture of the tape creator... [IMG]http://s17.postimg.org/sciqhe2an/tape.png[/IMG] When I run the tape file in an emulator, the game loads …
Here's a picture of the tape creator...
[IMG]http://s17.postimg.org/sciqhe2an/tape.png[/IMG]
When I run the tape file in an emulator, the game loads find but there isn't a loading screen, even though there should be. :confused: -
Puzzled about transferring games to tapeI was trying to transfer a game to a tape by using tapir and VLC. I opened up the tape file in Tapir and then converted it to a .wav file. I then pla…
... transfer a game to a tape by using tapir and VLC ... br /> I opened up the tape file in Tapir and then ... file using VLC with a tape in my player which was ... />
When I played the tape in the player, I heard ... and started to load the tape.
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[Newbie] From tape to PC?Hi! I've spent all the morning trying to recover some old basic programs I did on a 48K Spectrum before it crashed. I've tried with a modern compute…
... /> I also used STL (spectrum tape loader) to check whether I ...
