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.TH libspectrum 3 "27th February, 2021" "Version 1.5.0" "Emulators"
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.SH NAME
libspectrum \(em Sinclair ZX Spectrum support library
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.I 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.
.PP
The file formats currently supported by
.I libspectrum
are:
.IP \(bu 2
Snapshots: .z80, .szx, .sna (all read/write), .zxs, .sp., .snp and +D
snapshots (read only).
.IP \(bu 2
Tape images: .tzx, .tap, .spc, .sta, .ltp (read/write) and .pzx, Warajevo .tap,
Z80Em and CSW version 1 (read only).
.IP \(bu 2
Input recordings: .rzx (read/write).
.IP \(bu 2
Disk images: .dsk (both plain and extended), .d40, .d80, .fdi, .img, .mgt,
\[char46]opd, .sad, .scl, .td0, .trd and .udi (identification only).
.IP \(bu 2
Timex cartridges: .dck (read only).
.IP \(bu 2
IDE hard disk images: .hdf (read/write).
.IP \(bu 2
Microdrive cartridge images: .mdr (read/write).
.PP
Additionally, any files compressed with
.IR bzip2 "(3),"
.IR gzip "(3)"
or
.IR zip "(3)"
can be read and will be transparently decompressed.
.PP
Full documentation for
.I libspectrum
is provided in
.RI ` libspectrum.txt '.
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.SH SEE ALSO
.IR bzip2 "(3),"
.IR fuse "(1),"
.IR fuse\-utils "(1),"
.IR gzip "(3),"
.IR zip "(3)."
.PP
The comp.sys.sinclair Spectrum FAQ, at
.br
.IR "http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/index.html" .
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.SH AUTHOR
Philip Kendall (philip\-fuse@shadowmagic.org.uk)