Date   : Wed, 20 Jul 2005 01:23:55 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: floppy discs

Pete Turnbull <pete@...> wrote:
> > http://www.worldofspectrum.org/TZXformat.html
> >
> > I don't know if there is a similar format for Beeb tapes?
> 
> Not that I know of.  But aren't those just used by emulators?  You
> can't use them directly with a real Spectrum.  MP3s and the like are
 
Yes you can!  My Spectrum Serial Server runs on a BBC and acts as
a fileserver to a Spectrum. You can load/save .TAP files without
the Spectrum knowing the difference. Several people have produces
floppy and hard drive add-ons for the Spectrum that let you load
and save .TAP files directly. A lot of them also allow the
standard Spectrum snapshots to be loaded as well.
 
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