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Speccy sound on tv show - againRemember the spectrum loading noise in two CSI shows? Well, fuzzix on c.s.s. has found what seems to be another clip of Speccy goodness: [url]http:/…
... clip has an high background noise,
your clips are better ... a .wav recorded from a tape of a screen of a ... have my tapes (nor a tape recorder, that is old
tape would be a better test ... -
Did you ever annoy someone with Speccy sounds?... or with any other video/computer game sound effects? I remember in Starquake, there were those small "holes" at the side of a wall that would th…
the actual "noise" of the games loading :)
... a large cushion over the tape player lol
love the ... in fred and the fart noise in chuckie egg -
Changing BASIC loader in Chuckie Egg 2Hi, My aim is to include "PAUSE 0" event at the end of the loading of the Chuckie Egg 2 game. The reason is that I use emulator to load the game and…
... one block (I mean, loading noise has no pause) - something diffent ... net, but I had the tape in hand this evening before ... -
Spectrum ULA replacement!Hi gang.. The Speccy 48 ULA Replacement is *almost* here ;) There has been lots of activity in building the CPLD board, sorting out some irritating…
... CPLD ULA today... It looks like it's down to noise on ... the flying leads connecting the CPLD into the Spectrum ULA ... -
Spectrum ULA replacement!Hi gang.. The Speccy 48 ULA Replacement is *almost* here ;) There has been lots of activity in building the CPLD board, sorting out some irritating…
... CPLD ULA today... It looks like it's down to noise on ... the flying leads connecting the CPLD into the Spectrum ULA ... remember off hand if the ULA needs a reset signal, but ... -
How to load tzx files into REAL spectrumI have 2 zx spectrum computers, and have been trying to load tzx files into them. I have used several programs to convert them to wav files and them …
... works OK with a real tape player. There could be some ... , or possibly even in the ULA itself thats just enough to ... -
+3 and .tzxIs there software for ZX +3 that would allow loading .tzx files from floppy diskdrive and saving it to cassette tape (not running them)? (I have hear…
... % of software should record to tape perfectly fine.
Since ... you have no chance from tape...
EDIT: I ... then recording the CD to tape using a hifi. This gives ... of fans and other electrical noise that might get added to ... -
What's wrong with 128k Spectrums...Prolly best posted here in the chit-chat section: 1. The "Delete" Key You've spent a good deal of your time working with a "dead flesh" 48k, and yo…
I loved how on the +2, the tape recorder would f*ck up the audio out with horrible interference noise. Great work there, Amstrad. -
What's wrong with 128k Spectrums...Prolly best posted here in the chit-chat section: 1. The "Delete" Key You've spent a good deal of your time working with a "dead flesh" 48k, and yo…
... how on the +2, the tape recorder would f*ck up ... audio out with horrible interference noise. Great work there, Amstrad.[/QUOTE ... , mainly because it had a tape deck built in. No messing ... -
Games that vanish!?I lent [I]Bak To Skool[/I] to a mate, and he lent me [I]Run The Gauntlet[/I]. I didn't mind it for a while, not a terrible game, but after a week or …
... with a really loud 'Clump' noise (I was wearing Clarks shoes ... his bum. I got the tape back - then his mum came ... to deny he stole the tape. My Dad was secrectly proud ... -
48K games that don't work on a +2Not sure if there is already a thread about this but recently I've noticed some old 48K games will not run on my +2 - even in 48K mode. Examples are…
... developers to "see" what the ULA was doing. When port 255 ... data being generated by the ULA as it displays the screen ... the 128 Spectrum has the tape tester routines.
11 ... -
Unknown ZX81 InterfaceThis interface was part of a lot with some TS1000 and ZX81 computers for parts, among other stuff. Since there are no instructions nor software, I wa…
... any other signs of mitigating noise from the digital side (I ... power input to eliminate further noise from reaching the chip)
ULA, and it doesn't do ... -
48k idle soundis there an emulator that emulates the genuine 48k idle hiss/noise (or whatever it's called)? I mean the sound heard when there is no sound, but buz…
[QUOTE=piters;279470]Typical 'Spectrum noise' comes from internal voltage converter ... . not so different from bad tape motor effect, which emulated by ... -
+3 Audio hates me with a passionHihi Since nobody seemed to have a spare +3B board, I've been trying to replace the audio entirely, aiming for a speaker inside the machine Since p…
... it the output from the tape socket I get (very loud ... just autoadjusts to loud background noise (which it also does with ... 's have much better signal/noise ratios and lots more headroom ... -
+3 Audio hates me with a passionHihi Since nobody seemed to have a spare +3B board, I've been trying to replace the audio entirely, aiming for a speaker inside the machine Since p…
... from Pin 34(Ear) of ULA.
From Pin 35(Mic ... ) of ULA going to MC1376 pin 5 ... best sound and very reliable tape loading through the Ear socket ... -
Tape loading issues - can anyone help?Hi, I have just bought a +2 which has a problem. Whenever I try to load a tape the spectrum refuses to acknowledge what I am doing. I have tried in …
... red/cyan border. Instead the tape just runs with no effect ... the screw between the tape desk and the tape controls.
tape loading sounds are audible on ... the track from the tape connector to the ULA is broken. Find ... -
ZX Spectrum +2A, doesnt respond...I have a ZX Spectrum 128k +2A. Trying it out for first time in over 10 years. It starts fine and displays the initial menu and also supplies the tv …
... in to see if that noise goes away. If it does ... this).
If the noise persists then .... um I don ... I'd try disconnecting the tape driveas well as the keyboard ... -
Cannot Load Data Into 48k+I am trying to load data into a 48k+ I though I was going mad, because there is no sound going through whatsoever, so I got my trusty 48k out and tha…
... tape from the machine ?
The "nearest" IC is the ULA ... -
Remember your old cassettes for games ?[url]http://www.tapedeck.org/[/url] Damn its quite scary how many of these tapes i recognise, just needs some of my writing on them saying "Alien 8,…
Oh gods, the scotch tapes came with chunks of metal on the tape loop, something has to account for the noise. Memorex! List is missing some colourful BASF tapes though. -
Running TZX off an IDE drive? Or streaming from a NAS?Hello. I know about the DivIDE project, and about the ZX Ethernet project, but not how far they've come or what they can do. So: 1. If I have a squ…
... it high and inhibit the ULA. What the hardware peripheral would ... relevant IN instruction for the ULA (due to partial port decoding ... by the ULA, basically, an IN instruction ... /> Current hardware out there uses tape traps to load TAP files ... -
Running TZX off an IDE drive? Or streaming from a NAS?Hello. I know about the DivIDE project, and about the ZX Ethernet project, but not how far they've come or what they can do. So: 1. If I have a squ…
... the ULA to be demoded just as if a real tape was ... -
Running TZX off an IDE drive? Or streaming from a NAS?Hello. I know about the DivIDE project, and about the ZX Ethernet project, but not how far they've come or what they can do. So: 1. If I have a squ…
... the ULA to be demoded just as if a real tape was ... the bit stream from the tape is because CASS/SPKR is ... -
Running TZX off an IDE drive? Or streaming from a NAS?Hello. I know about the DivIDE project, and about the ZX Ethernet project, but not how far they've come or what they can do. So: 1. If I have a squ…
... the ULA to be demoded just as if a real tape was ... -
Design Design / Crystal ComputingNice post on [URL="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.sinclair/browse_thread/thread/56e6ebdedc6930ac#"]comp.sys.sinclair[/URL] about [URL="http:…
... the silent bits of the tape between sections. I reasoned that ... kids copying the tape would likely use recorders with ... the gain and so add noise to the copies in this ... -
Sinclair PC 200 - RF questionIs there any compatibility regarding the RF output of the sinclair pc 200? This week i got my 2nd unit and in both of them, when connected through R…
... of the fact that the tape in a VCR stretches and ... contrast and bad signal to noise ratio or also signal limitaion ... -
What's the RAND USR code for the test screen?And what versions of hardware does it work on? Ta!
... black screen, try playing a tape (connected to the audio input ... the volume/frequency of the tape.
In addition to this ... you can test the ULA, keyboard, disk driver, tape input, etc. WARNING ... -
+2a datacorder problemsHelloooo, how's it going? Reason I'm posting is that 1) I'm a massive speccy fan, it was the first range of computers I ever owned 2) I'm having rea…
... source such as an external tape recorder - see if that works ... its not good) if the ULA chip is damaged and its ... />
If using an external tape recorder succeeds and tha machine ... -
+2a datacorder problemsHelloooo, how's it going? Reason I'm posting is that 1) I'm a massive speccy fan, it was the first range of computers I ever owned 2) I'm having rea…
... possible to connect an external tape player to a +2a, ... />
There is a tape/sound socket on the back ... have hooked an external tape player up to the sound ... input socket, or the ULA is blown as you say ... that goes from the datacorder tape head to the cassette ... -
+2a datacorder problemsHelloooo, how's it going? Reason I'm posting is that 1) I'm a massive speccy fan, it was the first range of computers I ever owned 2) I'm having rea…
... QUOTE=dasteph;308949]The "Tape in" socket on a ... the +2 and +2a tape decks (which is were I ... a floppy instead of the tape deck. I've successfully ... loaded tapes through the "Tape in" socket several times.< ... Steez if its actually the ULA chip i find it very ... -
+2a datacorder problemsHelloooo, how's it going? Reason I'm posting is that 1) I'm a massive speccy fan, it was the first range of computers I ever owned 2) I'm having rea…
... a floppy instead of the tape deck. I've successfully loaded ... tapes through the "Tape in" socket several times.
Steez if its actually the ULA chip i find it very ... you how to replace a ULA chip. Which seems to be ...
