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World Of Spectrum's [http://www.worldofspectrum.org/soundload.html Program Transfer] page covers a number of options for transferring files back on to tape.
World Of Spectrum's [http://www.worldofspectrum.org/soundload.html Program Transfer] page covers a number of options for transferring files back on to tape.


In addition, there are a number of recent hardware projects which allow working with emulator files on the original hardware, of which the most popular is the [http://divide.cz/ DivIDE] IDE interface, available from the [http://divide.cz/?x=eshopn divide.cz shop], [http://lotharek.pl/ Lotharek], and [http://sintech-shop.co.uk/ Sintech]. Typically these are used with CompactFlash cards via a CF-to-IDE converter board; files from the PC can be copied to the card and accessed on the Spectrum using a suitable firmware such as [http://esxdos.org/ ESXDOS]. The [[Spectranet]] ethernet interface is another option, although (as of October 2012) it is not in widespread production.
In addition, there are a number of recently-developed hardware add-ons which allow you to use emulator files directly on the original hardware. One popular setup is the [[DivIDE]] IDE interface, in conjunction with a CompactFlash-to-IDE converter board; files from the PC can be copied to a CompactFlash card and loaded on the Spectrum. The [[Spectranet]] ethernet interface is another option; this allows emulator files to be loaded from a PC file server, on your local network or over the internet.
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