<div style="border: 1px solid rgb(228, 222, 222); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0.5em 1em; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><center>'''Loading cassette software on a emulator''This article originally came from Kevin Thackers'archive at [http://www.cpctech.org.uk http://www.cpctech.org.uk].'''''</center></div>
The information from a cassette is stored in a file with the ".tzx" or ".cdt" extension.
# Reset/restart the emulation. The CPC will restart and the "Ready" prompt will appear.
# "Insert" or select the tape-image (this is the same as inserting a real cassette into a real cassette player)
# Type: <br/> <pre>|TAPE</pre><br/> and press RETURN. # Now type: <br/> <pre>RUN"</pre><br/> and press RETURN key. # The following message will be displayed: <br/> <pre>Press PLAY then any key:</pre>
# Now press any key on the keyboard, and the cassette will start to play.
# After a short time you will see the following message: <br/> <nowikipre>Loading <filename> block x</nowikipre><br/> <nowiki>where "<filename>" is the filename of the program found and "x" is the number of the block. </nowiki><br/> If you do not see this message:
#* you could rewind the cassette to the start and wait. If you have done this more than once and the message does not appear, then you are unlikely to be able to load this program.
#* the cassette is not made for the Amstrad and will not load
* Some emulators will run at 100% speed of a real CPC. This means a program will take the same time to load as it would on a real computer!!!! Be prepared to wait!
'''== Loading cassette software using CPCE emulator'''==
Follow these instructions to load tape-image software on CPCE.
* Open the command-line window ("Command-line" in Windows 2000, "MS-DOS prompt" in Windows 95 and 98)
* Go to the directory that CPCE is installed to.
* type: <br/> <pre>CPCE /r /z</pre><br/> and press RETURN <br/> This will enable:
** tape-image to be used,
** real-speed (required for tape-images
* Now type: <br/> <pre>|TAPE</pre><br/> and press RETURN * Now type: <br/> <pre>RUN"</pre><br/> and press RETURN * The message: <br/> <pre>Press PLAY then any key</pre><br/> should appear.
* Now press a key. (e.g. space bar)
* Now press ALT+F3 and a window should appear called "Load Cassette".
* Go to the directory with the tape-image files in it and select the name of the tape-image that you want to use
* After a short time you will see the following message: <br/> <pre>Loading xxxx block a</pre><br/> where "xxxx" is the file name of the program that is loading and "a" is the block number.
* Now wait for the loading to complete.
During loading you will see a progress indicator showing the % of the program that has loaded so far.