Richard Brand

Thanks - I might give that a go. I did manage to get MAME to run my spectrum games though - problem was that my laptop didn't have a Scroll Lock key. I plugged in an external keyboard, then once Load"" had run (see above), I pressed scroll lock, and then F2. This started the tape player, and the nostalgia kicked in with that noise. A few other useful bits: Shift+F2 stops the tape. F11 shows how fast the spectrum is running (100% is normal - more is faster) and F10 toggles normal/faster.

This is a super useful thread - thank you. I am still struggling to get my MAME emulated Spectrum to load any games. I Load"" running, but F2 does not see to work to play the tape - any other suggestions as to how I can play the tape? I am running MAME64, 0.220