kc2raw(1)

📦 version 0.5.2, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 kc2raw — it's giving "convert KC files to KC memory dumps" 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for kc2raw(1), living its best life in the General Commands Manual section. it's a lil command-line cutie that turns your KC files into KC memory dumps, and honestly? iconic. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

kc2raw <infile> <outfile>

that's it. two args. in, then out. you got this. 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so kc2raw takes the file types listed below and converts them into KC memory dumps. and here's the tea: those converted files are just a memory snapshot, with no header at all. no frills, no metadata, no nothing. it's giving "raw and unbothered". 💅

  1. files used by the KC emulator by Arne Fitzenreiter — these are usually named .TAP 🎀
  2. files used by the GEMINI-SOFT KC emulator — usually named .GPF for machine code files, and .GBF for basic files 🦋
  3. BASIC files — usually named .SSS 🌸
  4. KC image files that contain the data written by the KC tape routines, without block number and checksum — usually named .KCC, or .KCB where the .KCB files are BASIC files with an autostart routine 👑
ngl, if you're sitting there wondering which one you have, just peek at the extension. the extensions are lowkey the whole personality test here. 🔥

💀 BUGS 💀

Basic files are not handled properly. 😭

that's it, that's the bug. it's a known thing, it's documented, we move. don't come for me, come for the code. 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole squad. go read them, they're all part of the same friend group fr fr. 🫶

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this manual page was written by Torsten Paul <Torsten.Paul@gmx.de>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system — but it may be used by others, so like, share the love. 💖

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was kc2raw(1) from the General Commands Manual — no version or date info on this one, she's timeless like that. ⭐ slay, go convert some files. 💅🎀🦋

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