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Old 18th Sep 2019, 2:27 pm   #36
Gulliver
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Default Re: Sinclair Spectrum considerations

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Originally Posted by SiriusHardware View Post
I guess, but to be honest there is no shame in using an MP3 player or something which can play MP3s or uncompressed WAV files - phone, computer, etc, to 'play' a program into the machine.

At least then the playback level and speed is identical and repeatable every time, with no troublesome tape crinkles or dropouts to worry about.

I've never had luck feeding 8-bit computers with MP3 files from dedicated players or smart phones.

It seems they like good old fashioned cassettes (TDK D have fared well) or the modern SD card interfaces for the Sinclair computers.

Magnetic tape is a better archive medium than many would have you think. I can still load ZX81 cassettes I made in 1981, that's 38 years ago now!
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