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Make a "tape" file and save my BASIC program to it. How? #155

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vlig opened this issue Jul 10, 2024 · 1 comment
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Make a "tape" file and save my BASIC program to it. How? #155

vlig opened this issue Jul 10, 2024 · 1 comment

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@vlig
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vlig commented Jul 10, 2024

Hello. I just want to experiment with Spectrum 48k BASIC and to save my work to a new blank "tape", as in native case. Then to try it in other Android emulators, share it to PC or even maybe to a live old good device. Recording here starts to write to a .rzx file, which obviously isn't the desired way, especially given the fact of the well-known colons-in-the-filename error. I tried to save my stuff to a copy of a .tap file with some game in it and once it have worked out to the end of a tape. But it's impossible for me to repeat the success by some reason...

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kdonath commented Jul 11, 2024

Recording is a screen action recording, not a tape recording. If you want to save your work to a tape, then just simply issue the command SAVE "yourprogramname" and hit ENTER. This will create a tape snapshot (tzx file) named yourprogramname_YYYY-MM-DD_HH_MM_SS.tzx in the folder storage/emulated/0/Spectacol/Saves/Snapshots. Then you can copy the tzx file to another Spectrum emulator (Android or PC - FUSE for ex) and use it there.
The problem is however as you mentioned - the colons in the file name. I have a solution for that too, but you need to do some edits in the APK file and reinstall the emulator. I posted a detailed description in the other thread (Unable to save snapshots).
Hope this helps. Let me know if you have questions..

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