Date   : Sun, 17 Jul 2005 18:19:13 +0100 (BST)
From   : Greg Cook <debounce@...>
Subject: Re: floppy discs

On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 12:28:37 +0100, Tim Fardell wrote:

> 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?

The UEF format has always been convertible back to audio.  For Windows,
DOS and Unix there's FreeUEF:

http://electrem.emuunlim.com/tools.htm

If you're familiar with jlGUI (a Winamp look-alike for the Java
platform) there's a UEF extension:

http://uefreader.sourceforge.net/

(There's also my UEFwalk/Kleen, for people who love long command
lines.)

As to file size, re-synthesised WAV files can be zipped to 6-12 times
the size of the UEF source, depending on the programs used.  Variable
bitrate MP3s, though ending up much larger, will automatically use the
smallest frames for inter-block gaps.

Greg Cook
debounce@...
http://homepages.tesco.net/~rainstorm/



               
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