Improving Timex/Sinclair Tape Loading
Re: Improving Timex/Sinclair Tape Loading
Any life in this project still? Was anyone able to build a working one? I just placed a Jameco order to build one. Will breadboard it first.
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Re: Improving Timex/Sinclair Tape Loading
Yes, I believe at least three exist. Lardo has one, I have one, and TMAOne has one.
Mark
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Re: Improving Timex/Sinclair Tape Loading
And it does indeed work! Thanks to Mark and Sir Morris!
I have just plugged it all in and done a quick test.
I have loaded Orbit from tape with a volume setting of 3 out of 10 with the dubber. Ordinarily in order to get this tape to load I need a volume of around 7. Edit - turns out I can load this one at just over 5 without the dubber, but still an improvement!
As soon as the data part of the tape started the LED lit up. As soon as it ended it went out. If nothing else this will tell you a load has failed if the light goes out and nothing is happening on the screen.
I have just plugged it all in and done a quick test.
I have loaded Orbit from tape with a volume setting of 3 out of 10 with the dubber. Ordinarily in order to get this tape to load I need a volume of around 7. Edit - turns out I can load this one at just over 5 without the dubber, but still an improvement!
As soon as the data part of the tape started the LED lit up. As soon as it ended it went out. If nothing else this will tell you a load has failed if the light goes out and nothing is happening on the screen.
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ZX81 iss 1 (bugged ROM, kludge fix, normal, rebuilt)
Iss 3 ZXVid
TS 1000 iss 3, ZXPand AY, ZX8-CCB, ZX-KDLX & ChromaSCART
TS 1500 & 2000
Spectrum 16k (iss 1 s/n 862)
Spectrum 48ks plus a DIVMMC future and SPECTRA
Spectrum +3
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Re: Improving Timex/Sinclair Tape Loading
It has just occurred to me that I have never got around to posting up photos of the one I built using the PCB that was kindly supplied by SirMorris 
I’ll try to correct that omission this weekend. But no promises.
Mark
I’ll try to correct that omission this weekend. But no promises.
Mark