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- From: Richard@hallas.demon.co.uk (Richard G. Hallas)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sinclair,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.tandy,alt.folklore.computers
- Subject: Re: Neat hack proposal for old machines...
- Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1996 00:51:16 GMT
- Organization: KeyNote Music Typesetting
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- In message <RJM.96Feb8133827@swift.eng.ox.ac.uk>
- (08 Feb 1996 13:38:27 GMT), Bob Manners typed:
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- > 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.
-
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- Richard
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