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Article #40Re: Neat hack proposal for old machines...
From: Brian Gaff
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 08:32
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 08:32
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In article <19960209.005116.65@hallas.demon.co.uk>
Richard@hallas.demon.co.uk "Richard G. Hallas" writes:
>
> In message <RJM.96Feb8133827@swift.eng.ox.ac.uk>
> (08 Feb 1996 13:38:27 GMT), Bob Manners typed:
>
> > Wouldn't be the first time I was wrong! I thought the Speccy could
> > read ZX81 tapes? Maybe it has a backwards compatibility mode? Seems
> > unlikely for Sinclair to do this though ...
>
> No, the Spectrum couldn't read ZX81 tapes.
>
> I remember typing in a listing from a magazine once (Your Computer,
> I think) that was supposed to allow it to do this; but I couldn't
> get it to work.
>
> --
> Richard
> -=-=-=-
With ZX Slowloader issue 2 Spectrums could load ZX81 tapes and
they were converted to Spectrum basic.
Brian
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!mail2news.demon.co.uk!bgserv.demon.co.uk From: Brian Gaff <briang@bgserv.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.tandy,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Neat hack proposal for old machines... Date: Sat, 10 Feb 96 08:32:31 GMT Organization: bgserv Distribution: world Message-ID: <823941151snz@bgserv.demon.co.uk> References: <4etnnl$4fj@news.microsoft.com> <LJ4TiD1w165w@krypton.rain.com> <RJM.96Feb8133827@swift.eng.ox.ac.uk> <19960209.005116.65@hallas.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: briang@bgserv.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: bgserv.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.29 X-Mail2News-Path: bgserv.demon.co.uk