fuse-utils(1)

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✨ fuse-utils — the ZX Spectrum utility toolbox 💖

okay bestie, welcome to fuse-utils(1) — this is the manual page for the whole lil family of ZX Spectrum utilities, and yes it lives in the <cyan>Emulators</cyan> section 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

fuse-utils — various ZX Spectrum related utilities 🦋

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So the Fuse (Free Unix Spectrum Emulator) utilities are literally a small suite of little tools that all deal with the file formats that ZX Spectrum emulators use. Not me being obsessed with file formats but... I am. 🙈

Here's the whole roster, no cap:

  • audio2tape — takes an audio file and turns it into a tape format. it's giving "rip it off the cassette" 🌈
  • createhdf — makes you a blank IDE hard disk image, in .hdf format. fresh start energy ✨
  • fmfconv — converts FMF format movie files into other formats 🎀
  • listbasic — pulls the BASIC program OUT of a ZX Spectrum file. extract the lore 💅
  • profile2map — converts Fuse profiler output into Z80-style map format 🔥
  • raw2hdf — builds an .hdf hard disk image out of a raw data file 👑
  • rzxcheck — verifies the competition mode signature in an RZX input recording file. it's the vibe check, literally ⭐
  • rzxdump — shows you what's inside an RZX file 💜
  • rzxtool — makes simple modifications to an RZX file 🧚
  • scl2trd — converts .scl disk images into .trd format 🍓
  • snap2tzx — converts a snapshot into a .tzx tape image 💖
  • snapconv — converts between the various snapshot formats 🌸
  • snapdump — lists the contents of ZX Spectrum snapshot files 💀
  • tape2pulses — dumps the pulse information from tape images into text files 😭
  • tape2wav — converts a tape file into .wav audio format 🌈
  • tapeconv — converts between the various tape formats ✨
  • tzxlist — displays the contents of a .tzx tape image 🦋
periodt. that's the whole squad, each one has its own man page if you wanna go deeper 🫶

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

go read these too, they're all iconic in their own way:

audio2tape(1), createhdf(1), fmfconv(1), fuse(1), libspectrum(3), listbasic(1), raw2hdf(1), rzxcheck(1), rzxdump(1), rzxtool(1), scl2trd(1), snap2tzx(1), snapconv(1), snapdump(1), tape2pulses(1), tape2wav(1), tapeconv(1), tzxlist(1), xspect(1), xzx(1)

also lowkey essential: the comp.sys.sinclair Spectrum FAQ, at http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/index.html. 📚

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Philip Kendall (philip-fuse@shadowmagic.org.uk) and others; see the individual man pages for more details. shoutout to everyone involved, absolute main characters 🫶

and that's the whole page bestie!! this was fuse-utils from the Emulators crew, version 1.4.6, dated 25th July, 2026 💖💅✨ go forth and convert some tapes, ily

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