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srec_formatted_binary(5)					File Formats Manual					  srec_formatted_binary(5)

NAME
       srec_formatted_binary - Formatted Binary file format

DESCRIPTION
       This is the PDP-11 paper tape format, described in the DEC-11-GGPC-D PDP-11 "Paper Tape Software Programming Handbook" 1972.

       The file starts with a character sequence which appears as an arrow when punched on 8-hole paper tape.
	      0x08, 0x1C, 0x2A, 0x49, 0x08, 0x00

       Then follows a byte count, encoded big-endian in the low 4 bits of the next 4 bytes.  The high bits should be zero.

       Then follows a 0xFF byte.

       The data follows, as many bytes as specified in the header.

       The trailer consists of the following bytes:
	      0x00, 0x00,
       and then a 2-byte checksum (big-endian).

       The alternate header sequence
	      0x08, 0x1C, 0x3E, 0x6B, 0x08, 0x00
       is followed by an 8-nibble big-endian byte count.

   Size Multiplier
       In general, binary data will expand in sized very little when represented with this format.

EXAMPLE
       Here is a hex dump of a formatted binary file containing the data "Hello, World!".
	      0000: 08 1C 2A 49 08 00 00 00  ..*I....
	      0008: 00 0E FF 48 65 6C 6C 6F  ...Hello
	      0010: 2C 20 57 6F 72 6C 64 21  , World!
	      0018: 0A 00 00 04 73	     ....s

COPYRIGHT
       srec_cat version 1.58
       Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Peter Miller

       The srec_cat program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use the 'srec_cat -VERSion License' command.  This is free software and
       you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; for details use the 'srec_cat -VERSion License' command.

AUTHOR
       Peter Miller   E-Mail:	pmiller@opensource.org.au
       //*		 WWW:	http://miller.emu.id.au/pmiller/

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