New tape loading speed - testers needed!
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2016 3:05 pm
Hi there,
I'm working on a tool called TAP2F16 for ".TAP to Fast *1.6 speed". The tool produces a 44kHz WAV file that, you guessed it, runs around 1,6 times faster than original tapes. That means for instance that a program loading in 5mins will now load in 3mins.
You may wonder "why?", since TAP2CD already does a similar job much, much faster?
Well, TAP2F16 has the advantage of loading on standard Orics, without any loader, or ROM modification. So it should work on Atmos and Oric-1 as well, and maybe (no guarantee) load some programs that didn't work with TAP2CD (Lone Raider for instance).
But so far I only could test it on Atmos (ROM 1.1). Could anyone help and make a test on a real Oric-1? You can find attached a ZIP with Lone Raider.
Of course you can also test it on your Atmos to confirm it's working - or not. As I'm really playing with the limits of the ROM decoding routines, any test is welcome.
Thanks in advance
I'm working on a tool called TAP2F16 for ".TAP to Fast *1.6 speed". The tool produces a 44kHz WAV file that, you guessed it, runs around 1,6 times faster than original tapes. That means for instance that a program loading in 5mins will now load in 3mins.
You may wonder "why?", since TAP2CD already does a similar job much, much faster?
Well, TAP2F16 has the advantage of loading on standard Orics, without any loader, or ROM modification. So it should work on Atmos and Oric-1 as well, and maybe (no guarantee) load some programs that didn't work with TAP2CD (Lone Raider for instance).
But so far I only could test it on Atmos (ROM 1.1). Could anyone help and make a test on a real Oric-1? You can find attached a ZIP with Lone Raider.
Of course you can also test it on your Atmos to confirm it's working - or not. As I'm really playing with the limits of the ROM decoding routines, any test is welcome.
Thanks in advance