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     :  .:   '                                                 `   :.  :
    ::   :: p r e s e n t s :        Ahh.. the tape loading era!  ::   ::
  ::    :                                                           :    ::
   :     .  p l a t f o r m :                    ZX Spectrum 128  .     :
    :  ..'                                                         `..  :
     :'     c o d e :                                   evilpaul      :'
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      /\    g r a p h i c s :                           evilpaul    /\
     /  \                                                          /  \
    /    \  m u s i c :                         Arranged by 4Mat  /    \
   / ____/_                                                      _\____ \
  / /     /\..................................................../\     \ \
_/ /     / /                                                    \ \     \ \_
  /     / / "Yo dawg, I heard you like demos so I put a demo in  \ \     \
 /     / /  your demos so you can watch a demo while you load     \ \     \
/_____/ /   your demos"                                            \ \_____\
______\/                                                            ________
________    Ate Bit doing something odd again: streaming a demo     ________
       /\   from tape. Not disk. Cassette tape.                    /\
      /  \                                                        /  \
     /   /  As far as I can tell this is the first "proper"       \   \
    /   /   tape streaming demo on the Spectrum. Similar things    \   \
   / ______ have been done already, such as the Israeli Team     ______ \
  / /     /\demo[1], story loaders like the one in              /\     \ \
 / /     / /Moon strike[2] and game loaders like the one in     \ \     \ \
/ /_____/ / Joe Blade II[3]. There was also a C64 tape loading   \ \_____\ \
  \_____\/  demo called A Load Of Tap[4]. However, I think this   \/_____/
\/          is the first time anyone has actually streamed                \/
            multiple effects from tape in one continuous load.              
            If you know differently then let me know! :)                    
                                                                            
            If you try to run this in an emulator you will                  
            probably fail. This is because most emulators try               
            to accelerate loading by default, and we really                 
            don't want them to do that. To get this demo to work            
            you will need to turn off any "fast load" options as            
            well as selecting 128k mode. On ZXSpin                          
            (www.zxspin.co.uk) you can do that like this:                   
                                                                            
            > Press F8 to get options                                       
            > Choose the Hardware/Spectrum Model tab                        
            > Select 128k                                                   
            > Choose the Files/Tapes tab                                    
            > Select Acceleration Method: None                              
            > Okay the changes                                              
            > Now drag+drop "Ahh.tap" onto ZXSpin                           
                                                                            
            Greeting to the usual suspects, and thanks to Ne7               
            for the new ASCII                                               
                                                                            
            Right.. I'm off for a long rest after spending far              
            too much time counting t-states ;)                              
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       \    1] www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfM0l55yP4w                  /
        \   2] www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003268   /
_________\  3] www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002623  /_________
         /  4] http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=49800              \
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_______/              Visit us online at atebit.org                 \_______

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