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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/

Reference Manual						      SRecord						  srec_formatted_binary(5)

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srec_spectrum(5)						File Formats Manual						  srec_spectrum(5)

NAME

       srec_spectrum - Spectrum file format

DESCRIPTION

       In this format, bytes are recorded as ASCII code with binary digits represented by 1s and 0s.  Each byte is preceded by a decimal address.

       The file ends with a Control-C character (0x03).

   Size Multiplier
       In general, binary data will expand in sized by approximately 14 times when represented with this format (or 15 times on DOS or Windows).

EXAMPLE

       Here is an example Spectrum file.  It contains the data "Hello, World[rq] to be loaded at address 0x0.
	      ^B
	      0000 01001000
	      0001 01100101
	      0002 01101100
	      0003 01101100
	      0004 01101111
	      0005 00101100
	      0006 00100000
	      0007 01010111
	      0008 01101111
	      0009 01110010
	      0010 01101100
	      0011 01100100
	      0012 00100001
	      0013 00001010
	      ^C

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/

Reference Manual						      SRecord							  srec_spectrum(5)
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