A downloadable tool for Windows

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  • TapeTool.exe
    • A tool to provide a command line interface that enables C64 format TAP files to be read and created with kernal and turbo data.
      It provides very low level tape read/write capability with higher level functions to write files. Using "TapeTool.exe -h" will display more detailed command line help.
  • Turbo tape framework
    • Source code, data files, and assembler tools needed to create customised turbo tape loaders with error detection and correction, scrolling messages, bitmap loading screens, music, animating sprites.

Very quick start

Demo video: 

  • Use the "Download Now" button below to get the framework.
  • Run TapeToolBuild\ExampleBuild.bat
  • This will build a demo using the default config in the BAT file.
  • It will then try to run the output TAP file "TapeToolBuild\test.tap"
  • Open the test.tap file in Vice or any other emulator or on a real C64.

A quick example: 

Or build your own tool from the source code: https://github.com/martinpiper/C64Public/tree/master/IRQTape/TapeTool

Download

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Click download now to get access to the following files:

TapeToolBuild 1.0.0.9.zip 2 MB
TapeToolBuild 1.0.0.10.zip 5.9 MB

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Great tool. I love this tape tool and had loads of fun creating special tape loaders for specific TND games and other tools out of it, especially the Alpacalypse loader. There is one feature missing, whether or not it is important I don't know. Before loading each file, there should be at least a 2-5 second gap with no pulse between each file on tape. When I did some .tap files without using a disk to tape function, I had to use audio based software to create the gaps manually the re-convert to a TAP image.  Do you think TTB can save this extra task and feature the gap option in the near future?

There's a command for adding a lead in or lead out gap in the example build. 

Is it a new version?

Yes. 

very good

Fantastic! Thank you!