NAME¶
libspectrum — Sinclair ZX Spectrum support library
DESCRIPTION¶
libspectrum is a library for reading and writing some of the file formats
used by emulators of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. It also contains routines
providing information about the various Spectrum clones which were available.
The file formats currently supported by
libspectrum are:
- •
- Snapshots: .z80, .szx, .sna (all read/write), .zxs, .sp., .snp and +D
snapshots (read only).
- •
- Tape images: .tzx, .tap, .spc, .sta, .ltp (read/write) and .pzx, Warajevo
.tap, Z80Em and CSW version 1 (read only).
- •
- Input recordings: .rzx (read/write).
- •
- Disk images: .dsk (both plain and extended), .fdi, .sad, .scl, .td0, .trd
and .udi (identification only).
- •
- Timex cartridges: .dck (read only).
- •
- IDE hard disk images: .hdf (read/write).
- •
- Microdrive cartridge images: .mdr (read/write).
Additionally, any files compressed with
bzip2(3) or
gzip(3) can be
read and will be transparently decompressed.
Full documentation for
libspectrum is provided in
`
libspectrum.txt'.
SEE ALSO¶
bzip2(3),
fuse(1),
fuse-utils(1),
gzip(3)
The comp.sys.sinclair Spectrum FAQ, at
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/index.html.
AUTHOR¶
Philip Kendall (philip-fuse@shadowmagic.org.uk)