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Re:40 years later, a game for the ZX Spectrum will be again ... by rwmj on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @12:13PM (#40299741)
The bit rate of a speccy tape recording was only about 1500 bps, and we routinely recorded on the cheapest tapes, and tape machines that were little better. I'm sure it'll be fine.

Technical details for those interested: https://sinclair.wiki.zxnet.co.uk/wiki/Spectrum_tape_interfa...

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Re:40 years later, a game for the ZX Spectrum will be again ... by anthk on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @02:56PM (#40301679)
Minimodem at 300BPS with the audio encoded to OPUS at 64 KBPS makes pretty reliable dumps with a relative small space per hour (~30MB).
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