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by mz-80a
Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:12 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Correct tape type
Replies: 12
Views: 6564

Re: Correct tape type

Well, I've tried them in a hi-fi separates tape deck (using it to record onto the tape) and the difference was that the signal was slightly louder but the amplitude of the signal was like a sine-wave! Louder then quieter then louder and so on...
by mz-80a
Mon Feb 21, 2022 1:39 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Correct tape type
Replies: 12
Views: 6564

Re: Correct tape type

Head cleaner ran beforehand. Ordered from the same company some C60 tapes as well and these work fine. The tapes which don't work are replacement for broken Sharp cassettes. I'm hoping to hear back from them whether the same type of tape was used on the blank C60s. There is something very different ...
by mz-80a
Fri Feb 18, 2022 2:02 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Correct tape type
Replies: 12
Views: 6564

Correct tape type

Hi,

I got some tapes recently which are Ferric type 1 and my MZ-80A doesn't seem to like writing data onto them! I get a very quiet signal on the tape and, naturally, the MZ cannot read the tape back in again. Is there a specific type of tape which is required for the MZ to write to?
by mz-80a
Tue Feb 15, 2022 2:27 pm
Forum: BASIC
Topic: HU-BASIC Commands
Replies: 4
Views: 4398

Re: HU-BASIC Commands

Interesting! Thanks for that. Yeah I had heard before somewhere that HU-BASIC is quicker than the standard Sharp BASIC.
by mz-80a
Thu Feb 10, 2022 8:53 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Eliminator II - Sharpsoft
Replies: 8
Views: 9487

Re: Eliminator II - Sharpsoft

Because the MZ-700 needed yet *another* Galaxian style game :D
by mz-80a
Mon Feb 07, 2022 1:38 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Eliminator II - Sharpsoft
Replies: 8
Views: 9487

Re: Eliminator II - Sharpsoft

No problem. Would be nice to get this game preserved if you can ever find it or get hold of it somehow.
by mz-80a
Fri Feb 04, 2022 7:29 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: [GUIDE] How do I get my .wav files onto my MZ?
Replies: 29
Views: 24063

Re: [GUIDE] How do I get my .wav files onto my MZ?

I don't know about mzf2wav as I only use MZFStudio, but I think inside the MZ-700 there is something to switch the polarity for the tape output. Might be worth looking for that.
by mz-80a
Fri Feb 04, 2022 7:27 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Eliminator II - Sharpsoft
Replies: 8
Views: 9487

Re: Eliminator II - Sharpsoft

Nope! I've never heard of this one and don't have a copy of it anywhere. Very interesting! How did you get the pictures of it?
by mz-80a
Fri Jan 07, 2022 9:00 am
Forum: Demoscene
Topic: MZ-700 demos
Replies: 88
Views: 100389

Re: MZ-700 demos

OK, just putting my results here (although you already know the answer), my MZ-700 is stable at 82
by mz-80a
Wed Jan 05, 2022 12:06 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: MZ80A in need of repair - SE England
Replies: 4
Views: 3078

Re: MZ80A in need of repair - SE England

Quite clearly, they are the best MZ :D