Tape to EPROM possible ?

[momo54180]

Hello,

How can I transfer a program recorded on an audio tape to an eprom type 2716 or 2732?
Thanks for your help

Christian

[Paul]

That depends on what the program is doing and from where.
First thing to do is to put it into a file on a modern machine.
With the help of a ZXPand or vDrive.
If you don't have something like this you can try to use eightyone emulator and read via audio and save via zxpand emulation or via virtual tape.
In case nothing of is possible for you can ask here for someone willing to help
Ideally living in the same country as you because posting into foreign countries has become very expensive. You will need to mail the tape.

[XavSnap]

Hi Christian,

Welcome aboard.
The "Timex Store Demonstrator" card able to run a tape image, at the startup.
Here: https://www.sinclairzxworld.com/viewtop ... 092#p46092

But all ASM routines had to be fixed to the $2000 memory offset, instead off $4000 (factory setup).

[momo54180]

Merci Paul et XavSnap pour vos réponses.
Si je grave le contenu d'un fichier .P dans une EPROM ainsi qu'un petit programme loader en LM pour
transferer son contenu en RAM (avec LDIR), cela peut-il marcher ?
Merci pour votre aide

Thank you Paul and XavSnap for your responses.
If I burn the contents of a .P file in an EPROM with a small loader program in machine code to
transfer its contents to RAM (with LDIR), can this work?
Thanks for your help

[Paul]

Yes, that's the Idea

[jdfan1000]

Do you need it to autorun or are you ok with something like RAND USR 8192 to start it?

The Timex/Sinclair 1510 cartridge dock was reverse engineered a while back and a couple folks in the US are working on updating it. They’ve managed to make cartridges with up to 4 images and code to convert a P file to the binary the EPROM needs, even accounting for weird issues with the program itself.

[XavSnap]

HI,
Yes, you had to launch the binary using a USR or a simple RUN on the TS1000 demonstrator card.

Only the Memotech MemoCalc & MemoText are an autorun device.
Both cards patch the ZX81 ROM and change a "JP" in the BASIC ROM segment.

Better use my EEPROM Server, no ? : https://forum.system-cfg.com/viewtopic. ... 00#p196400

Edit: The Timex/Sinclair 1510 cartridge dock isn't an autoload system.

[kolbeck]

Edit: The Timex/Sinclair 1510 cartridge dock isn't an autoload system.

I have investigated this a little in relation to my own take on an external ROM interface for the ZX81. From my understanding, 1510 Cartridge will only autoload on a TS1500 as the ROM is modified to do a simple check for a ROM expansion at $2000 (combined with the fact that TS1500 does not mirror the ROM in this area).

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; Start expansion ROM at $2000 if byte != $FF

        ld      hl, $2000       ; first address in the expansion ROM
        dec     (hl)            ; decrement it; if it was $FF (i.e. no ROM present)
                                ; decrements to zero
                                ; the TS-1500 does full-address decoding, i.e. there is no copy
                                ; of the base 8K rom at $2000
        jr      nz, INITIAL     ; no ROM present - continue to setup memory

; Jump into expansion ROM

        jp      (hl)

        defb    0               ; spare byte

[XavSnap]

Hi kolbeck,

I don't remember the TS1500 setup, but in my mind, this computer host an additional ROM in $2000 with a FastLoad and a Fast Save routine.
The TS1510 seem to replace this memory segment ?

[kolbeck]

Hi kolbeck,

I don't remember the TS1500 setup, but in my mind, this computer host an additional ROM in $2000 with a FastLoad and a Fast Save routine.
The TS1510 seem to replace this memory segment ?

Hi,
Never had the chance to get a TS1500 But from info found around, yes in this case with the TS1510 - the memory is replaced with the content of the cartridge. But also, the TS1500 ROM has been changed to handle this as well.