Fast loading for Amstrad CPC

Loading 64k snapshot of Manic Miner into a Amstrad CPC 6128 via cassette socket. Speed: 12600 bps
download OTLA from here http://code.google.com/p/otla/ to make your own fast loadings

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• fast
• load
• Amstrad
• cpc
• otla

[zanti79]

What do you type before RUN" ?

[decicoder]

Since it is a CPC 6128 you have to type "|TAPE".

If not, system will try read from disk.

[bruvajon]

Definately cool, but half the fun of the 464 was the anticipation of whether the game would actually load or not!

[fmrshadow]

Lol, very fast ! I remember all the time facing the cpc and praying there's no "read error"... :)

[kd84afc]

I had that lol exact one with the same monitor lol those were the days

[JimKav1]

I used to have the same old model.Thanks for uploading

[boutrosdu93]

so faaaaaaaaaaaaaaast yeah remember the read error lol or eof met

[Lupic95]

good old times

[dartsma464]

@bruvajon

I have never had that problem with any of my 464s in 25 years of use. On the other hand an CPC 6128 with external tape works much like your ZX Spectrum or C64 and has some problems with loading

[EgoShredder]

@fmrshadow

In the seven years that I had and used my CPC464, I never recall a single game not loading properly. Maybe I was lucky I dunno, although I always thought the Amstrad had better build quality than most 8-bit micros of the time. However I did have a lot of problems loading and saving with my ZX Spectrum 48K; it was a black art getting things to load on that machine!

[stuaxo]

You could copy games from tape to disc to and watch them load even quicker too, back in the day.

I guess this works, as the way the tape worked for cpc was sort of speed independent afaict

[kozas0]

omg you ll burn that amstrad

[kozas0]

omg you ll burn that amstrad

[Blurredman]

I have noticed in your monitor you have something in the 12v socket. I wonder what it is for? A supply that powers an external tape drive?