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Docs/TapeFiles
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Archimedes World » AW-1996-02-Disc2.adf » !Z80Dem_Z80Demo |
| Filename: | Docs/TapeFiles |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 07AE bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Z80Em: Tapefiles ================ xzx Multiloads -------------- I have implemented support for multiloads as originally implemented in the X-Windows Spectrum emulator xzx. (also supported by Z80, amongst other emulators) To convert an xzx multiload so that it will run in Z80Em, you should first create an application directory (eg !Gauntlet) and then copy all the files into this. Then set-type the snapshot file (eg Gauntlet.SNA or Gauntlet.Z80) to SNA or Z80 as appropriate and put the data files in the same application directory renaming them to "1", "2", "3", etc (eg "Gaunt15.DAT" should be renamed to "1") The snapshot itself (eg Gauntlet.SNA) should be renamed to !Run The program can then be run by double clicking on the application Ignore any warnings about not running on emulators apart from xzx. (see 'XZXformat' for technical details) TAP files --------- I have also implemented support for TAP files, from the DOS emulator Z80. TAP files can be created from !Tapes by saving out as Spectrum format. Dragging a TAP file to the icon bar will set that to be the current TAP file. You should then be able to type LOAD "" in the emulator to load the program. (type J Alt-P Alt-P, or J Alt-P Alt-P Tab I for LOAD ""CODE if you get a "Bytes:" rather than a "Program:") If no TAP file has been dragged to the icon bar, the file !Z80Em.defaultTAP will be used, if it exists. The utility testTAP in the Utils directory can be used to tell whether a file is a valid TAP file or not. (See 'TAPformat' for the exact file format) NB for the above two methods the Tape option should NOT be selected RAW files --------- RAW files from !Tapes are also supported. You should drag them onto Z80Em's icon and select the Tape option. Then type LOAD "" in the emulator (as above) and the sampled tape should load. This may take some time, so you may wish to save a snapshot when the program has loaded. Deselect the Tape option when you have saved a snapshot.
00000000 5a 38 30 45 6d 3a 20 54 61 70 65 66 69 6c 65 73 |Z80Em: Tapefiles| 00000010 0a 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d |.===============| 00000020 3d 0a 0a 78 7a 78 20 4d 75 6c 74 69 6c 6f 61 64 |=..xzx Multiload| 00000030 73 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |s.--------------| 00000040 0a 0a 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 69 6d 70 6c 65 6d 65 |..I have impleme| 00000050 6e 74 65 64 20 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 20 66 6f 72 |nted support for| 00000060 20 6d 75 6c 74 69 6c 6f 61 64 73 20 61 73 20 6f | multiloads as o| 00000070 72 69 67 69 6e 61 6c 6c 79 0a 69 6d 70 6c 65 6d |riginally.implem| 00000080 65 6e 74 65 64 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 58 2d 57 |ented in the X-W| 00000090 69 6e 64 6f 77 73 20 53 70 65 63 74 72 75 6d 20 |indows Spectrum | 000000a0 65 6d 75 6c 61 74 6f 72 20 78 7a 78 2e 0a 28 61 |emulator xzx..(a| 000000b0 6c 73 6f 20 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 65 64 20 62 79 |lso supported by| 000000c0 20 5a 38 30 2c 20 61 6d 6f 6e 67 73 74 20 6f 74 | Z80, amongst ot| 000000d0 68 65 72 20 65 6d 75 6c 61 74 6f 72 73 29 0a 0a |her emulators)..| 000000e0 54 6f 20 63 6f 6e 76 65 72 74 20 61 6e 20 78 7a |To convert an xz| 000000f0 78 20 6d 75 6c 74 69 6c 6f 61 64 20 73 6f 20 74 |x multiload so t| 00000100 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 72 75 6e 20 |hat it will run | 00000110 69 6e 20 5a 38 30 45 6d 2c 0a 79 6f 75 20 73 68 |in Z80Em,.you sh| 00000120 6f 75 6c 64 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 63 72 65 61 74 |ould first creat| 00000130 65 20 61 6e 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e |e an application| 00000140 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 28 65 67 20 21 | directory (eg !| 00000150 47 61 75 6e 74 6c 65 74 29 0a 61 6e 64 20 74 68 |Gauntlet).and th| 00000160 65 6e 20 63 6f 70 79 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 |en copy all the | 00000170 66 69 6c 65 73 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 74 68 69 73 2e |files into this.| 00000180 0a 54 68 65 6e 20 73 65 74 2d 74 79 70 65 20 74 |.Then set-type t| 00000190 68 65 20 73 6e 61 70 73 68 6f 74 20 66 69 6c 65 |he snapshot file| 000001a0 20 28 65 67 20 47 61 75 6e 74 6c 65 74 2e 53 4e | (eg Gauntlet.SN| 000001b0 41 20 6f 72 20 47 61 75 6e 74 6c 65 74 2e 5a 38 |A or Gauntlet.Z8| 000001c0 30 29 0a 74 6f 20 53 4e 41 20 6f 72 20 5a 38 30 |0).to SNA or Z80| 000001d0 20 61 73 20 61 70 70 72 6f 70 72 69 61 74 65 20 | as appropriate | 000001e0 61 6e 64 20 70 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 64 61 74 61 |and put the data| 000001f0 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 | files in the sa| 00000200 6d 65 0a 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 64 |me.application d| 00000210 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 72 65 6e 61 6d 69 6e |irectory renamin| 00000220 67 20 74 68 65 6d 20 74 6f 20 22 31 22 2c 20 22 |g them to "1", "| 00000230 32 22 2c 20 22 33 22 2c 20 65 74 63 0a 28 65 67 |2", "3", etc.(eg| 00000240 20 22 47 61 75 6e 74 31 35 2e 44 41 54 22 20 73 | "Gaunt15.DAT" s| 00000250 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 72 65 6e 61 6d 65 64 |hould be renamed| 00000260 20 74 6f 20 22 31 22 29 0a 54 68 65 20 73 6e 61 | to "1").The sna| 00000270 70 73 68 6f 74 20 69 74 73 65 6c 66 20 28 65 67 |pshot itself (eg| 00000280 20 47 61 75 6e 74 6c 65 74 2e 53 4e 41 29 20 73 | Gauntlet.SNA) s| 00000290 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 72 65 6e 61 6d 65 64 |hould be renamed| 000002a0 20 74 6f 20 21 52 75 6e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 70 72 | to !Run..The pr| 000002b0 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 63 61 6e 20 74 68 65 6e 20 62 |ogram can then b| 000002c0 65 20 72 75 6e 20 62 79 20 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 20 |e run by double | 000002d0 63 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 |clicking on the | 000002e0 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 0a 0a 49 67 6e |application..Ign| 000002f0 6f 72 65 20 61 6e 79 20 77 61 72 6e 69 6e 67 73 |ore any warnings| 00000300 20 61 62 6f 75 74 20 6e 6f 74 20 72 75 6e 6e 69 | about not runni| 00000310 6e 67 20 6f 6e 20 65 6d 75 6c 61 74 6f 72 73 20 |ng on emulators | 00000320 61 70 61 72 74 20 66 72 6f 6d 0a 78 7a 78 2e 20 |apart from.xzx. | 00000330 28 73 65 65 20 27 58 5a 58 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 27 |(see 'XZXformat'| 00000340 20 66 6f 72 20 74 65 63 68 6e 69 63 61 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Yo| 00000450 75 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 74 68 65 6e 20 62 65 |u should then be| 00000460 20 61 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 0a 74 79 70 65 20 4c 4f | able to.type LO| 00000470 41 44 20 22 22 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 65 6d 75 |AD "" in the emu| 00000480 6c 61 74 6f 72 20 74 6f 20 6c 6f 61 64 20 74 68 |lator to load th| 00000490 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 2e 0a 28 74 79 70 65 |e program..(type| 000004a0 20 4a 20 41 6c 74 2d 50 20 41 6c 74 2d 50 2c 20 | J Alt-P Alt-P, | 000004b0 6f 72 20 4a 20 41 6c 74 2d 50 20 41 6c 74 2d 50 |or J Alt-P Alt-P| 000004c0 20 54 61 62 20 49 20 66 6f 72 0a 4c 4f 41 44 20 | Tab I for.LOAD | 000004d0 22 22 43 4f 44 45 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 67 65 |""CODE if you ge| 000004e0 74 20 61 20 22 42 79 74 65 73 3a 22 20 72 61 74 |t a "Bytes:" rat| 000004f0 68 65 72 20 74 68 61 6e 20 61 20 22 50 72 6f 67 |her than a "Prog| 00000500 72 61 6d 3a 22 29 0a 0a 49 66 20 6e 6f 20 54 41 |ram:")..If no TA| 00000510 50 20 66 69 6c 65 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 |P file has been | 00000520 64 72 61 67 67 65 64 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 69 |dragged to the i| 00000530 63 6f 6e 20 62 61 72 2c 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c |con bar, the fil| 00000540 65 0a 21 5a 38 30 45 6d 2e 64 65 66 61 75 6c 74 |e.!Z80Em.default| 00000550 54 41 50 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 75 73 65 64 |TAP will be used| 00000560 2c 20 69 66 20 69 74 20 65 78 69 73 74 73 2e 0a |, if it exists..| 00000570 54 68 65 20 75 74 69 6c 69 74 79 20 74 65 73 74 |The utility test| 00000580 54 41 50 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 55 74 69 6c 73 |TAP in the Utils| 00000590 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 63 61 6e 20 62 | directory can b| 000005a0 65 20 75 73 65 64 0a 74 6f 20 74 65 6c 6c 20 77 |e used.to tell w| 000005b0 68 65 74 68 65 72 20 61 20 66 69 6c 65 20 69 73 |hether a file is| 000005c0 20 61 20 76 61 6c 69 64 20 54 41 50 20 66 69 6c | a valid TAP fil| 000005d0 65 20 6f 72 20 6e 6f 74 2e 0a 28 53 65 65 20 27 |e or not..(See '| 000005e0 54 41 50 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 27 20 66 6f 72 20 74 |TAPformat' for t| 000005f0 68 65 20 65 78 61 63 74 20 66 69 6c 65 20 66 6f |he exact file fo| 00000600 72 6d 61 74 29 0a 0a 4e 42 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 |rmat)..NB for th| 00000610 65 20 61 62 6f 76 65 20 74 77 6f 20 6d 65 74 68 |e above two meth| 00000620 6f 64 73 20 74 68 65 20 54 61 70 65 20 6f 70 74 |ods the Tape opt| 00000630 69 6f 6e 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 4e 4f 54 20 62 |ion should NOT b| 00000640 65 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 65 64 0a 0a 52 41 57 20 |e selected..RAW | 00000650 66 69 6c 65 73 0a 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a |files.---------.| 00000660 0a 52 41 57 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 |.RAW files from | 00000670 21 54 61 70 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 |!Tapes are also | 00000680 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 65 64 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 73 |supported. You s| 00000690 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 64 72 61 67 20 74 68 65 6d 0a |hould drag them.| 000006a0 6f 6e 74 6f 20 5a 38 30 45 6d 27 73 20 69 63 6f |onto Z80Em's ico| 000006b0 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 20 74 68 65 |n and select the| 000006c0 20 54 61 70 65 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 2e 0a 54 68 | Tape option..Th| 000006d0 65 6e 20 74 79 70 65 20 4c 4f 41 44 20 22 22 20 |en type LOAD "" | 000006e0 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 65 6d 75 6c 61 74 6f 72 20 |in the emulator | 000006f0 28 61 73 20 61 62 6f 76 65 29 20 61 6e 64 20 74 |(as above) and t| 00000700 68 65 20 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 64 0a 74 61 70 65 20 |he sampled.tape | 00000710 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 6c 6f 61 64 2e 0a 54 68 69 |should load..Thi| 00000720 73 20 6d 61 79 20 74 61 6b 65 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 |s may take some | 00000730 74 69 6d 65 2c 20 73 6f 20 79 6f 75 20 6d 61 79 |time, so you may| 00000740 20 77 69 73 68 20 74 6f 20 73 61 76 65 20 61 20 | wish to save a | 00000750 73 6e 61 70 73 68 6f 74 20 77 68 65 6e 0a 74 68 |snapshot when.th| 00000760 65 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 20 68 61 73 20 6c 6f |e program has lo| 00000770 61 64 65 64 2e 0a 44 65 73 65 6c 65 63 74 20 74 |aded..Deselect t| 00000780 68 65 20 54 61 70 65 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 77 |he Tape option w| 00000790 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 73 61 76 |hen you have sav| 000007a0 65 64 20 61 20 73 6e 61 70 73 68 6f 74 2e |ed a snapshot.| 000007ae
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