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Neil79 · 19:03, 29 July 15

What a pain in the arse today testing games for sale! I've been trying to get all my tapes working on a multitude of different tape decks for the Amstrad CPC 6128. They either give a memory full error, or read error b. Too low on volume and it doesn't read it, too loud and it throws an error. Are there any decent tape decks for portable?

TFM · 19:10, 29 July 15

Hi Neil, if you get a memory full error, then you probably tried to load a game for the 464. Now what you can do on a 6128 is to use the command:

symbol after 256

this shall free some RAM.

Also if you have an ROM card you can use (if one of your ROMs has it) one of the commands:

!romon
!romoff

They should switch all ROMs off (even #7 the DOS of the 6128), so RAM will increase.

Or just use the CPC464 for tapes.

Neil79 · 19:11, 29 July 15

Nice, I shall test that soon

gerald · 19:17, 29 July 15

Quote from: TFM on 19:10, 29 July 15
Or just use the CPC464 for tapes.

That is the best solution ever

, but take more space ....

TFM · 20:02, 29 July 15

Quote from: gerald on 19:17, 29 July 15
That is the best solution ever , but take more space ....

Well, people waste space for worse.

But ok, you can listen to tape loading sounds from an MP3 player nowadays... (lacks the CTM640 though).

Neil79 · 20:23, 29 July 15

Yay it works!! Just played Seymour tape, cheers

Neil79 · 20:27, 29 July 15

and view to a kill! Thanks TFM

Bryce · 21:26, 29 July 15

Quote from: gerald on 19:17, 29 July 15
That is the best solution ever , but take more space ....

Who cares about the space! Nothing beats playing a 464 tape game on a real 464

Bryce.

260Z · 22:33, 29 July 15

Hi all ,

Firstly, good to see Neil found a solution to his problem

This is a little off topic. But what about the reverse situation. Will a 464 with 64k Expansion and disk drive play all 6128 games ? , or do I need Basic 1.1 ?

I have tried looking this up, maybe not hard enough , and haven't found a clear answer.

Cheers,

Rob

chinnyhill10 · 22:36, 29 July 15

Sony TCM 818. They are 90's models with remote connector and go for nothing on Ebay. Best cassette recorder I ever owned and am glad to have one again (dropped my old one and broke it and every recorder I had after it was rubbish).

Obviously you may need a new belt in it at some stage but you will for anything that old. That said mine seems fairly happy on its original.

Neil79 · 23:20, 29 July 15

Well it looks as if my Ultimate Play the Game - Gunfright isn't working, tape doesn't sound too good either. So is there a way of copying a wav file over to a new tape?

TFM · 23:43, 29 July 15

Quote from: Bryce on 21:26, 29 July 15
Who cares about the space! Nothing beats playing a 464 tape game on a real 464

Bryce.

Oh yes, a 2000 Watt stereo does! But it can be only done once, then the neighbors will come...

CraigsBar · 00:10, 30 July 15

Quote from: TFM on 23:43, 29 July 15

Oh yes, a 2000 Watt stereo does! But it can be only done once, then the neighbors will come...

I solved that... I have no neighbours..... I live here....

https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.433753,-8.474973,3a,75y,70.92h,79.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTOnwxyXan0flTIFY6mFB0A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

No issue then!

EgoTrip · 00:15, 30 July 15

Quote from: 260Z on 22:33, 29 July 15
Hi all ,

Firstly, good to see Neil found a solution to his problem

This is a little off topic. But what about the reverse situation. Will a 464 with 64k Expansion and disk drive play all 6128 games ? , or do I need Basic 1.1 ?

I have tried looking this up, maybe not hard enough , and haven't found a clear answer.

Cheers,

Rob

If the games are coded in machine code (as most are) then you should be OK. However if they were coded in BASIC 1.1 (which is unlikely for commercial games) then you won't be able to run them without some modification.

Bryce · 08:27, 30 July 15

Quote from: CraigsBar on 00:10, 30 July 15
I solved that... I have no neighbours..... I live here....

https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.433753,-8.474973,3a,75y,70.92h,79.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTOnwxyXan0flTIFY6mFB0A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
No issue then!

Very nice as long as that Horse does complain

Bryce.

TFM · 16:31, 30 July 15

Quote from: CraigsBar on 00:10, 30 July 15
I solved that... I have no neighbours..... I live here....

https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.433753,-8.474973,3a,75y,70.92h,79.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTOnwxyXan0flTIFY6mFB0A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

No issue then!

They can drive 80 km/h there? Don't drink and walk on the street.

260Z · 11:39, 31 July 15

Quote from: EgoTrip on 00:15, 30 July 15
If the games are coded in machine code (as most are) then you should be OK. However if they were coded in BASIC 1.1 (which is unlikely for commercial games) then you won't be able to run them without some modification.

Thanks for the clarification Egotrip

Bryce · 14:11, 31 July 15

Quote from: TFM on 16:31, 30 July 15

They can drive 80 km/h there? Don't drink and walk on the street.

It's the west of Ireland, I can assure you that any drunks on that road will be in a car too

Bryce.

CraigsBar · 18:30, 31 July 15

Ain't that the truth!

TFM · 20:31, 31 July 15

Quote from: Bryce on 14:11, 31 July 15
It's the west of Ireland, I can assure you that any drunks on that road will be in a car too

Bryce.

Well, I can only tell from own experiences. Once I was so stupid and walked home drunk, that night I felt in a well twice and twisted my ankle. ~~Tonite~~ Next time I'll take the car.

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