.TH Tapeout 1 "17 March 1998" "Version 0.94"
.SH NAME
tapeout \- Output tapefiles to real tape
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B tapeout
.I sample_rate
.I tapefile
.RI [ start_block 
.RI [ output_file ]]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This program lets you copy a tapefile (
.I .tap 
or 
.I .tzx
) to real tape 
via soundcard. 
.PP
You have to connect the soundcard's 
.B line out
socket with the tape recorder's
.B mic
socket, then start this program. 
.SH OPERANDS
.TP
.B sample_rate
Sampling rate for the output. The higher this is, the better quality the
the result will be. It should be at least 16000.
.TP
.B tapefile
Name of the tape file to interpret, and output to the soundcard. It should
have either 
.I .tap
or 
.I .tzx
extension.
.TP
.B start_block
Specifies where to start playing the tapefile. Default is 0.
.TP
.B output_file
If given, the program writes the sound output into this file instead of the
soundcard. 
.SH SEE ALSO
xspect (1), vgaspect (1)
.PP
http://www.inf.bme.hu/~mszeredi/spectemu/spectemu.html
.SH BUGS
Many parameters are not changeable (like pause between tape blocks).
.PP
Not interactive (except for Ctrl\-c).
.SH AUTHOR
Miklos Szeredi (EMAIL: mszeredi@inf.bme.hu)
.PP
Tapeout is copyright (C) 1998 Miklos Szeredi
.PP
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version. See the file COPYING. 
.PP
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
.PP
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.