debian man page for tapeout

Tapeout(1)						      General Commands Manual							Tapeout(1)

NAME
       tapeout - Output tapefiles to real tape

SYNOPSIS
       tapeout sample_rate tapefile [start_block [output_file]]

DESCRIPTION
       This program lets you copy a tapefile ( .tap or .tzx ) to real tape via soundcard.

       You have to connect the soundcard's line out socket with the tape recorder's mic socket, then start this program.

OPERANDS
       sample_rate
	      Sampling rate for the output. The higher this is, the better quality the the result will be. It should be at least 16000.

       tapefile
	      Name of the tape file to interpret, and output to the soundcard. It should have either .tap or .tzx extension.

       start_block
	      Specifies where to start playing the tapefile. Default is 0.

       output_file
	      If given, the program writes the sound output into this file instead of the soundcard.

SEE ALSO
       xspect (1), vgaspect (1)

       http://www.inf.bme.hu/~mszeredi/spectemu/spectemu.html

BUGS
       Many parameters are not changeable (like pause between tape blocks).

       Not interactive (except for Ctrl-c).

AUTHOR
       Miklos Szeredi (EMAIL: mszeredi@inf.bme.hu)

       Tapeout is copyright (C) 1998 Miklos Szeredi

       This  program  is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
       the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. See the file COPYING.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY	WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied	warranty  of  MER-
       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

       You  should  have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
       Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

Version 0.94							   17 March 1998							Tapeout(1)