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Spectrum 128+2Greetings to all My Speccy Tape Drive has died. Fully blown :( Is there any way to hook up a external cassete player to the +2? I can't see any "lin…
... the Spectrum - press PLAY on tape, not REC.
REC ... from the Spectrum to the tape deck REC head.
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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, …
... are faked onto the tape to confuse tape copying programs.
noise" that was intentionally included in the original tape.
rubber troublejus got 48K rubber speccy into my possesion, which was my first computer back then but only for few months before daddy decided to upgrade it for 48+…
... socket.
Edit... No noise from the beeper whilst loading ... the load signal to the ULA pin (I think). You can ...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 …
... can also record Spectaculator's noise output directly from your soundcard ... pressing play on the physical tape. Nothing seem to get transferred ... if it can convert a tape to WAV for later ... choose "Save Snapshot" and specify "tape.tzx" as the filename - your ...Games reset sinclair 48k.I am a relative newbee to these forums and indeed spectrum emulation. I have been acquiring audio such as wavs or mps of games I own and am trying to…
... frequency tone to high frequency "noise" via a couple of specific ... want to replace the traditional tape deck with a CD player ...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…
... and right portions of the tape may have slight differences. When ... played back in a stero tape deck, these differences cause ambiguity ... balance controls of said 'posh' tape deck to leave only one ... , you halve the signal to noise ratio, and that's not ...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…
... , you halve the signal to noise ratio, and that's not ... />
By signal to noise ratio I take it you ... /> Cut you hand on a tape box!! I've done by ...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…
... QUOTE=Scottie_uk]By signal to noise ratio I take it you ... do with the amount of tape hiss you get for ... amount of hiss on a tape. If you only use half ... of the tape to record sound, you only ... that means double the background noise (2x), which is what ...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…
... difference in the signal to noise ratios of using one or ... 'm talking about a Quality Tape Deck here. Not some hissy ... />
Anyhow, the noise those cheap shoe box tape recorders make never ... more noise into the signal than most even p!ss poor tape ...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…
... in the signal to noise ratios of using one ... the sound. The length of tape is, I suppose, the ... of audio tape. One 1/10 second noise would take ... using a full tape, which creates more 'noise'. That's what ... noise too that are not affected by cutting the tape ...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…
... saying about the widths of tape and magnetic elements. But ... better when reproducing a mono tape recording that maximises the ... in pre-amplification within the tape deck, then amplification in ... extent. Thus the signal to noise ratio remains the same. However ...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…
... have the same problems with noise/hiss etc, and I've ... from this is that stereo tape decks are not up to ...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…
... speedup of tape load/save. I did put heatsink on ULA chip ...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…
... speedup of tape load/save. I did put heatsink on ULA chip ...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…
... amount of hiss on a tape. If you only use ... half of the tape to record sound, you ... that means double the background noise (2x), which is what ... data for only half the tape width if you ignore ... left channel part of the tape identical, you also get the ...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…
... have the same problems with noise/hiss etc, and I've ... time, either from PC or tape deck.
There are ...The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... meant a redesign of the ULA from scratch so it wouldn ... twice as many cycles during ULA memory access.
[quote ... were and perhaps stick a tape deck on the side. Then ...Tape wear offI have quite a nice collection of Sinclair games on tapes I?m wondering if these tapes wear off and get damaged by time ? Then i?m not talking about …
... head reletive to the tape until the screeching noise sounds clean and ... as you can get, the tape deck should then load the ... tapes.
If the tape deck has been used a ... fair bit, clean the tape heads. For this, you can ...48k one dead, one dodgyhello everyone. I have 2 48k spectrum +'s (the one with the QL case). Both boards have issue 3B on them near the speaker. The first will power up …
... power up, it makes a noise though, it sounds like its ... ) or the pair near the ULA (BC184). Equivalents of these transistors ...Nooooo my speccy died!??!!Hi! I am quite sad. :( Tonight I got a kempston interface so I rushed home to try it on my spectrum+ The edge connector of the interface was narrower…
... test in the hardware checking tape (ULA, ROM, RAM) inclucing the Z80 ...Component Equivalents/substitutionsA while ago, I mentioned to somebody in a thread that we should have a list of component equivalents and substitutions so that it's easier to fix our…
... , what does the ULA do? It allows tape load/save and deals ...How Loud Is A SpectrumHi All How loud a Spectrum.. I have yet again bought a third 48k Spectrum that seems to have problems. The machine in question all works but the …
... 750mW of audio from your tape deck going to that loudspeaker ... all? Does it make ANY noise when you press it against ...Question about digitized sound and videoI searched the forums and couldn't find the answer, so here it goes. Regarding digitized sound: I remember reading an article long ago about a vid…
... loading from tape (but then you'd get loading noise mixed with ...Component Equivalents/substitutionsA while ago, I mentioned to somebody in a thread that we should have a list of component equivalents and substitutions so that it's easier to fix our…
... , what does the ULA do? It allows tape load/save and deals ...Question about digitized sound and videoI searched the forums and couldn't find the answer, so here it goes. Regarding digitized sound: I remember reading an article long ago about a vid…
... loading, just open up your tape browser and point at "MATASONG ... -- I expect the high frequency noise is filtered out by the ...Death of cassetteSome days ago I heard on the radio that only 8000 cassette tapes were sold in Spain during the whole year 2006. It looks like the cassette format is …
... car - mine only has a tape player, but mostly I have ... acoustics and engine and road noise. You can compress the shit ...Edge-connector video...Been reading some old speccy books recently that were surplus to requirements at the local library...:-) ...and in one book it mentions that the ed…
... , but there was too much noise. I think that reason are ... when soldered lines directly to ULA - and I had 'decent' video ... with 128K Spectrums, because their ULA generates RGB, not YUV. So ...Audio input on a +2would it be possible to connect an external tape recorder to the socket at the back,or would something bad happen?
... that 'fluffy' sound that all tape decks you connect to a ... 'fluffy' sound. It's white noise that comes when the motor ...Audio input on a +2would it be possible to connect an external tape recorder to the socket at the back,or would something bad happen?
... signal fed by an external tape should be, either line-level ... cut off to reduce overall noise. Don't ask for miracles ...Audio input on a +2would it be possible to connect an external tape recorder to the socket at the back,or would something bad happen?
... and you WILL blow your ULA chip. For this reason, ... OUTPUT and connects to the tape decks' mic socket. ... and locate the internal tape deck socket/connections. Mount ... place, use some insulation tape and tape the leads together. Now ... for frying the ULA's?
