a8cas-util.pl

Features

Supported file types:

• audio files - all formats supported by Ecasound (directly or through libsndfile, libaudiofile, mpg321)
• original CAS files produced by old WAV2CAS program
• extended CAS files  (A8CAS)
• HEX files (human readable form of CAS, for easy by-hand corrections and hacks)

Supported formats of Atari tape images:

• native FSK (Frequency-Shift Keying) encoded tapes:
  • standard tapes
  • tapes with various protections (blocks with non-standard lengths, non-standard baud rates, long FSK signals)
  • Turbo 2600
  • Speeder Tape (Speeder 1400)
• various PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation) encodedformats:
  • Formats used in Poland:
    • Turbo 2000 (K.S.O, F, F+)
    • Turbo Blizzard
    • Atari Super Turbo (AST) and it's clones:
      • Atari Turbo Tape (ATT)
      • Unerring Master (UM)
    • Turbo Rom (and Turbo Rom Plus, which is the same)
    • MK.Turbo (formerly Unknown1)
    • MADE IN HOME
    • MK.2800
    • MK.4500
    • Hard Turbo
    • Auto Turbo
    • Low Silesia Turbo 2000 (almost identical to czechoslovakian Turbo 2000)
  • Formats used in former Czechoslovakia:
    • Turbo 2000
    • Super Turbo
    • Turbo Tape
    • B-Tape
  • Format used in Germany:
    • Turbo 6000
  • Format used in UK:
    • TapeWiz
  • Generic PWM encoded tapes

Currently working (or mostly working) functions:

• audio -> cas/hex conversion for all types of supported  tape formats (cas chunks for turbo formats are unofficial and may change in the future, although current specification looks rather complete)
• cas/hex -> audio conversion for any cas/hex file (standard and turbo, in case of turbo formats cas/hex file MUST be created by the same version of a8cas-util.pl
• audio -> audio conversion (one step audio mastering)
• displaying basic informations about a8cas data contained in cas/hex/audio files
• preliminary audio/cas/hex -> bin (xex) conversion
• preliminary bin (xex) -> audio/cas/hex conversion

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