TapeFIX v1.00
ZX Spectrum Tape Recovery Tools...Revive your memories...
Contents
- TapeFIX Review - More about the program
What is TapeFIX?
TapeFIX is a PC program that recovers old and damaged ZX Spectrum tapes.
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Do you still have some dusty ZX Spectrum tapes with those good old simple games, or perhaps there are some programs of yours that you were proud of ten years ago... And now you are keen to load them again, but they just seem not to be readable anymore! IF YOU THOUGHT THAT THOSE RECORDINGS ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO READ -- YOU WERE AWFULLY WRONG!!! A MS-DOS PROGRAM CALLED TAPEFIX WILL RECOVER ALMOST ANY OLD RECORDING THAT IS DUE TO THE DAMAGES OR SIGNAL LOSS CAUSED BY AGING, IMPOSSIBLE TO LOAD IN THE ORDINARY WAY. RECOVERED DATA WILL BE SAVED EITHER BACK TO TAPE, OR IN THE WELL KNOWN "Z80" EMULATOR'S TAP FILE. Version 1.00 requires as input a 16-bit WAV or RAW sample. After the filtering, the data will be read, and then written to a TAP file, that (in case you don't own the "Z80" Emulator) can be transformed back to a WAV sample and then played back to tape. The whole process performed on a 486 computer, supplied with the SmartDrive, takes less than the ordinary loading. TAPEFIX uses specially developed digital filtering methods to separate the useful signal from noise and errors. Although the default filter settings and included INI setups are quite enough for most of the recordings, sometimes it will require some experimenting before the recording is successfully processed. |
TapeFIX in action!!!
The following example illustrates how TapeFIX copes with one specific damaged recording.The visible bit sequence is: 010001011110000000001
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| Original, damaged recording: A) Peak-noise, B) Merged impulses, C) Low signal level | |
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| After filtering: Noise removed, impulses separated, signal amplified; | |
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| Generated WAV sample; | |
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| Recovered sample after being saved back to tape! |
Registration info
By ordering a registered copy, you get the following:
- Fully functional program without the restrictions of the shareware version;
- Complete user support;
- All the 1.xx versions you will get free of charges (except the delivery costs when NOT ordering by E-mail);
- 50% discount on all further versions.
Ordering the program:
Send in an envelope EUR €15,00 folded in a sheet of carbon-paper, with your full name, your snail-mail address, and your e-mail address to the following address:
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Arsen Torbarina Skokov prilaz 2 HR-10020 Zagreb - Utrine CROATIA |
The program will be delivered to your E-mail address as a file attached to a letter.
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Last update: December 12, 2005