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snap2tzx

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
BUGS
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR

NAME

snap2tzx — Convert ZX Spectrum snapshot to .tzx tape images

SYNOPSIS

snap2tzx [-1 string ] [-2 string ] [-b colour ] [-g string ] [-l string ] [-o filename ] [-r] [-s speed ] [-v] [-$ filename ] snapshot

DESCRIPTION

snap2tzx converts a ZX Spectrum snapshot into a .tzx tape image.

OPTIONS

-1 string

causes string (which has a maximum of 32 characters) to be shown while loading.

-2 string

causes string (maximum 32 characters) to also be shown while loading.

-b colour

specifies the border colour while loading.

-g string

causes string (maximum 32 characters) to be used as the game name while loading.

-l string

causes string (maximum 8 characters) to be used as the BASIC filename in the loader.

-o filename

causes the output to be sent to filename .

-r

causes the final line of attribute data in the loading screen to be bright.

-s speed

specifies the speed of the loader; available values for speed are 0 (1500 bps), 1 (2250 bps), 2 (3000 bps), 3 (4500 bps), 4 (5000 bps) and 5 (6000 bps).

-v

specifies verbose output.

-$ filename

specifies that the ZX Spectrum screen stored in filename should be used as the loading screen.

-h, --help

give brief usage help, listing available options.

-V, --version

output version information.

snapshot

specifies the snapshot (in a format supported by libspectrum (3)) to be converted.

In any string parameter, the tilde (˜) will be converted into a copyright symbol.

BUGS

None known.

SEE ALSO

fuse (1), fuse-utils (1), libspectrum (3), listbasic (1), snapconv (1)

The comp.sys.sinclair Spectrum FAQ, at
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/index.html
.

AUTHOR

Philip Kendall (philip-fuse@shadowmagic.org.uk).

Tomaz Kac wrote z802tzx ( ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/tools/unix/z802tzx-1.2.tar.gz ), on which snap2tzx is very heavily based.

Martijn van der Heide wrote the turbo-loading code, originally for Taper ( http://www.worldofspectrum.org/taper.html ).