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A Spanish Hacking Devicefrom HM (Hard Micro, S.A.).
[[Image:Transtape.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Transtape]]
== Technical ==
* an opcode read of an address with the following bits:
0011 1xxx xxxx xxxx
causes the ram and rom to be disabled. (it jumps to 3800 in the ROM to restore the state)
* Uses port FBFF (input).
bit 7 is used to report lower rom and upper rom enabled state.
Transtape ROM performs a read of 3ffe (lower rom) and fffe (upper rom) and records the state of ROMEN.
Decoding of FBFF is:
1111 1011 1111 11xx
* The same plastic case is used by the Spectrum version of this interface.
* The spectrum version has two switches on the top. One of which chooses load/save. In the Amstrad these holes are filled with plastic caps.
Now, thanks to Jose Leandro, the hardware specialist of the spectrum, with his famous page :
http://trastero.speccy.org/cosas/JL/JL.htm
We can know more about this hardware.
== Pictures ==
<gallery caption="Transtape">
Image:Transtape_Front.jpg|Front
Image:Transtape_Back.jpg|Back
Image:Transtape_PCB_Top.jpg|PCB Top
Image:Transtape_PCB_Bottom.jpg|PCB Bottom
Image:Transtape - pantalla1.jpg|Screen 1
Image:Transtape - pantalla2.jpg|Screen 2
</gallery>
<gallery caption="Transtape Layout, thanks to Jose Leandro"> File:Transtape front box.jpg|Transtape - Front BoxFile:Transtape back box.jpg|Transtape - Back BoxFile:Transtape up box.jpg|Transtape - Up BoxFile:transtape box open.jpg|Transtape - Box OpenFile:Transtape PCB Components.jpg|Transtape - ComponentsFile:Transtape PCB Tracks.jpg|Transtape - TracksFile:Transtape-PCB Front.png|Transtape - PCB FrontFile:Transtepe-PCB Back.png|Transtape - PCB BackFile:Transtape Layout.png|Transtape - Layout </gallery> = = Manual == * [[Media:Transtape Manual.pdf|Transtape (Hard Micro) Manual]] {{ES}} {{PDF}} == Downloads == * [[Media:Transtape-ROM.zip|Transtape (ROM).zip]] (Transtape ROM)* [[Media:Amstrad-Transtape (eagle).zip|Transtape (Eagle).zip]] (Transtape files for Eagle) == Weblinks ==
* [http://cpcrulezwww.freecpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=9321 ''Transtape'' from CPC-Power]* [http://cpcrulez.fr/ Some info can be found here (French)hardware-interface_debug-transtape_ASO.htm ''Transtape'' from CPCrulez]* [http://hardware.speccy.org/temp/Amstrad-transtape.html ''Transtape'' from hardware.speccy.org]
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