Spectrum Computing

There was another way of autostarting the CODE block which was not mentioned. While loading the data would overwrite ERRSP system variable and then an error was caused intentionally by the code stored on tape being one byte shorter that it should be so the parity byte was missing.

I was just testing saving programs to FUSE's virtual tape recorder and noticed the following: When Media > Use tape traps option is ON the program blocks are saved to the tape with the correct name. For example, after: SAVE "Test" the tape will start automatilcally and there will be: Block...

That signature even made me write a small and simple hexloader for the Spectrum, just so I could see what it did. Nice hexloader :-) As for the signature - it's more about how it works than what it does. The routine contains the data but it should work regardless of the address where it was loaded ...

R-Tape wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2023 9:32 am Welcome @chupocro. May I complement you on an excellent signature :–)

Thank you very much! I thought someone would once notice it but didn't expect it would be the very first day :-)

The usual story - got Spectrum 48 in the early 80s and started learning Z80 assembly from computer magazines when I was about 11, a few years later started using 6502 too, the next steps were 16F84 (and other PICs) and ATmega8 (and other AVRs), all up until today's ESP8266s and ESP32s. When I got Sp...