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Zx - Copy Software Work
Here’s a helpful write-up explaining , its purpose, and typical use cases.
Since the Spectrum had limited RAM (often 48K), specialized software like Copy Copy (1984) would load as much data as possible into the computer's memory, then ask the user to swap the original tape for a blank one to "dump" the data back out. zx copy software work
When a user instructed the software to copy a tape, the utility entered an "analysis mode." Instead of reading data as digital bytes (0s and 1s), the software sampled the raw audio pulses from the tape deck EAR socket. It measured the duration of pulses to determine the baud rate used by the original tape. Here’s a helpful write-up explaining , its purpose,