srec_spectrum(5)

NAME
srec_spectrum - Spectrum file format

DESCRIPTION
In this format, bytes are recorded as ASCII code with binary digits represented by 1s and 0s. Each byte is preceded by a decimal address.

The file ends with a Control-C character (0x03).

  Size Multiplier
In general, binary data will expand in sized by approximately 14 times when represented with this format (or 15 times on DOS or Windows).

EXAMPLE
Here is an example Spectrum file. It contains the data “Hello, World[rq] to be loaded at address 0x0.
    ^B
    0000 01001000
    0001 01100101
    0002 01101100
    0003 01101100
    0004 01101111
    0005 00101100
    0006 00100000
    0007 01010111
    0008 01101111
    0009 01110010
    0010 01101100
    0011 01100100
    0012 00100001
    0013 00001010
    ^C

COPYRIGHT
srec_cat version 1.64
Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 20 Peter Miller

The srec_cat program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use the 'srec_cat -VERSion License' command. This is free software and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; for details use the 'srec_cat -VERSion License' command.

MAINTAINER
Scott Finneran | E-Mail: | scottfinneran@yahoo.com.au
Peter Miller | E-Mail: | pmiller@opensource.org.au