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by zimpenfish 771 days ago
Technical details: https://sinclair.wiki.zxnet.co.uk/wiki/Spectrum_tape_interfa...

Assembly: https://worldofspectrum.net/legacy-info/spectrum-rom-load-ro...

TL;DR:

> A '0' bit is encoded as 2 pulses of 855 T-states each.

> A '1' bit is encoded as 2 pulses of 1710 T-states each (ie. twice the length of a '0')

> A 'pulse' here is either a mark or a space, so 2 pulses makes a complete square wave cycle.