TAP (ZX Spectrum)

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'''TAP''' is a tape image format supported by some emulators of the ZX Spectrum computer.
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'''TAP''' is a tape image format supported by some emulators of the ZX Spectrum computer. It's distinct from the Commodore [[Tap file]].
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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== Specifications ==
 
== Specifications ==
* [http://www.zxmodules.de/fileformats/tapformat.html TAP- and BLK tape format]
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20110711141601/http://www.zxmodules.de/fileformats/tapformat.html TAP- and BLK tape format] (incomplete archive.org copy)
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==
 
* [https://github.com/digwuren/redis Redis] (Java source)
 
* [https://github.com/digwuren/redis Redis] (Java source)
 
* [http://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/ fuse-utils + libspectrum] (tapeconv, tzxlist) - Can convert TAP files or list their contents, but cannot extract files from them.
 
* [http://fuse-emulator.sourceforge.net/ fuse-utils + libspectrum] (tapeconv, tzxlist) - Can convert TAP files or list their contents, but cannot extract files from them.
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* [http://www.seasip.info/ZX/unix.html taptools] - Can create TAP files and extract their contents.
  
 
== Sample files ==
 
== Sample files ==
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== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
* http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/reference/formats.htm
 
* http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/reference/formats.htm
* [http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/faq/fileform.html#TAPZ Speccy Emulator File Formats]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120330020033/http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/faq/fileform.html#TAPZ Speccy Emulator File Formats] (from archive.org)
 
* [http://www.zxshed.co.uk/sinclairfaq/index.php5?title=TAP_format Sinclair FAQ Wiki page]
 
* [http://www.zxshed.co.uk/sinclairfaq/index.php5?title=TAP_format Sinclair FAQ Wiki page]
  
 
[[Category:ZX Spectrum]]
 
[[Category:ZX Spectrum]]

Latest revision as of 13:22, 22 February 2017

File Format
Name TAP (ZX Spectrum)
Ontology
Extension(s) .tap
PRONOM fmt/801

TAP is a tape image format supported by some emulators of the ZX Spectrum computer. It's distinct from the Commodore Tap file.

Contents

[edit] See also

[edit] Identification

Files usually begin with bytes 0x13 0x00 0x00.

[edit] Specifications

[edit] Software

  • Redis (Java source)
  • fuse-utils + libspectrum (tapeconv, tzxlist) - Can convert TAP files or list their contents, but cannot extract files from them.
  • taptools - Can create TAP files and extract their contents.

[edit] Sample files

[edit] Links

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