Date   : Sun, 17 Jul 2005 12:28:37 +0100
From   : Tim Fardell <tim.fardell@...>
Subject: Re: floppy discs

Pete Turnbull wrote:
> On Jul 16 2005, 11:10, Tim Fardell wrote:
>>My other "platform of interest" is the ZX Spectrum, and for that,
> > nobody
>>bothers to store the original audio - we use .TAP and .TZX format
> > files.
> 
>>http://www.worldofspectrum.org/TZXformat.html
>>
>>I don't know if there is a similar format for Beeb tapes?
> 
> Not that I know of.  But aren't those just used by emulators?  You
> can't use them directly with a real Spectrum.  MP3s and the like are
> used by people who're running real hardware, which is where this thread
> started (getting a file into a real Beeb).

No - TZX and TAP files can be "replayed" as original Spectrum loading 
tones and loaded into a real Spectrum. I do this quite frequently. There 
is even a WinAmp plugin to replay TZX files out to the Spectrum :-)

A format like this for the Beeb would be excellent - can UEF do it or is 
that emulator-only?