06-03-2014
Makes me remember my old Sinclair ZX81 with 16k RAM extension.
My last programmings were a real good machine-code translator, and then a couple of action games in ZX-Basic, translated to fast machine code, and saved to tape.
But no sound, only black on white. And hitting a (foil!)key too tight caused a loose contact in the 16k RAM box, and a hanging or reset: the typed code of the last hours was lost.
A friend had a ZX Spectrum with 48k. It's Basic was more powerful and faster. And lots of games available...
Another friend had a C64...
Last edited by MadeInGermany; 06-03-2014 at 06:04 PM..
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tapeconv
tapeconv(1) Emulators tapeconv(1)
NAME
tapeconv - Sinclair ZX Spectrum tape file converter
SYNOPSIS
tapeconv [ -a archive info TZX ] [ -b ] [ -s SCR loading screen ] [ -i JPG or GIF inlay image ] infile outfile
DESCRIPTION
tapeconv converts between ZX Spectrum tape images.
OPTIONS
-a archive info TZX
causes the TZX supplied to be scanned for a Archive Info block containing author, year of relase etc. information about the file and
then added to the output TZX.
[ -b ] causes the output TZX to be stripped of any concatenation blocks that get created when appending TZX files.
[ -s SCR loading screen ]
causes the supplied .scr format file to be attached to the TZX as a Custom Info block marked as a loading screen.
[ -i JPG or GIF inlay image ]
causes the supplied .gif or .jpg format file to be attached to the TZX as a Custom Info block marked as a cassette inlay.
infile specifies the tape file to be converted. This file can be in any of the tape formats supported by libspectrum(3).
outfile
specifies the output tape file. The format will be determined by the file extension and can be in any of the formats libspectrum(3)
supports for output.
BUGS
None known.
SEE ALSO
fuse(1), fuse-utils(1), libspectrum(3), listbasic(1), tzxlist(1)
The comp.sys.sinclair Spectrum FAQ, at
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/index.html.
AUTHOR
Philip Kendall (philip-fuse@shadowmagic.org.uk).
Version 1.0.0 16th December, 2010 tapeconv(1)