tapeout(1)

tapeout1

Output tapefiles to real tape

Usage

tapeout sample_rate tapefile [start_block [output_file]]

Overview

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.

Releases

Unchanged in 13 releases since Debian 2.2 (Potato).

  1. 2.2–13

Bugs

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

Not interactive (except for Ctrl-c).

Author

Miklos Szeredi (EMAIL: [email protected])

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 MERCHANTABILITY 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.

From spectemu-common 0.94a-22 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.