If is shows it reading this first, rewind some more and try again. Usually the order in which blocks a program is made up of is something like:Ī program cannot begin loading with a 'Bytes' block. Most commercially bought tapes contained identical content on both sides of the tape. If it seems to struggle, try adjusting the cassette recorder's volume or tone controls (if you have them), or try forwarding the cassette to the end and play the other side. Some very old programs require you to do a "RUN" to actually run the loaded program. Usually in about 4 minutes the game has loaded. If all goes well, you should hear and see the tape loading, with the cyan and red lines in the border, following by yellow and blue lines:. Hit enter and press play on the cassette recorder. This should result in the screen showing: For these computers, hit "J", followed by holding down Symbol Shift and hitting P, then hold down Symbol Shift again and hit P.įor the Spectrum 128, +2 and +3, you need type in L-O-A-D "" in full. Insert the cassette you want to load into the cassette recorder.įor the original 16K, 48K and Spectrum+, the Sinclair BASIC had a very neat shorthand so that single-keypresses would type out entire keywords. This will get you to the screen that looks similar to the first one.
If you see either of the two right-hand screens, just choose 48 BASIC by using the cursor keys, and hit ENTER. Once you've switched on the Spectrum, and got it tuned in, you will see a screen like one of the ones below: On the +2A/B and +3 there is a power switch. On older Spectrums, simply by plugging in the power lead, you've switched it on - there is no on/off switch. The 16K, 48K and Spectrum + have a standard small power plug with centre being negative, outside being positive, but the +2A/B and +3 use a different power supply with a larger DIN plug on the end. Plug the power supply into the mains, and then plug the other end into the back of the Spectrum.
The Spectrum takes power off the 240V AC mains via it's own power supply which converts it down to 9V DC. Typically this will be either a 2.5mm jack socket or a 3.5mm jack socket, which is the same type as on the Spectrum end. If you don't have a traditional cassette recorder, any will do, as long as it has a headphone socket so the audio output can be sent to the Spectrum.
To record anything to tape, you will also need to connect the cassette recorder to the Spectrum's MIC socket. From your cassette recorder (assuming you still have one), connect it to the computer's EAR socket on the back - this is used to play tapes "into" the Spectrum. But most games and other programs for the ZX Spectrum were sold on tape. Later models also allowed the use of 3" floppy disks. The ZX Spectrum stores programs on tape (audio cassette). If you are unfortunate to own one of these newer televisions (!), it may still have other analog video inputs such as RGB component video or SCART sockets - these can take an analog signal like your RF output from the computer is sending, but will need an adapter to convert the RF signal to either SCART or component video (RGB). Some more modern LCD televisions do still have an RF input on the back, but large LCDs and plasmas do not. A typical RF (or component video) to SCART adapter
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