---
name: "srec_spectrum"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "srecord"
version: "1.64-4.1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/srec_spectrum"
---

# srec\_spectrum(5)

Spectrum file format

## NAME

srec\_spectrum - Spectrum file format

## DESCRIPTION

In this format, bytes are recorded as ASCII code with binary digits represented by 1s and 0s.  Each byte is preceded by a decimal address.

The file ends with a Control‐C character (0x03).

### Size Multiplier

In general, binary data will expand in sized by approximately 14 times when represented with this format (or 15 times on DOS or Windows).\

## EXAMPLE

Here is an example Spectrum file. It contains the data “Hello, World\[rq\] to be loaded at address 0x0.

```
^B
0000 01001000
0001 01100101
0002 01101100
0003 01101100
0004 01101111
0005 00101100
0006 00100000
0007 01010111
0008 01101111
0009 01110010
0010 01101100
0011 01100100
0012 00100001
0013 00001010
^C
```

## COPYRIGHT

*srec\_cat* **version 1.64**\
 **Copyright** **(C)** **1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Peter Miller**\

**The** *srec\_cat* **program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY;** **for details use the '***srec\_cat -VERSion License***' command.** **This is free software** **and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions;** **for details use the '***srec\_cat -VERSion License***' command.**\

## MAINTAINER

| | | |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Scott Finneran | E‐Mail: | scottfinneran@yahoo.com.au |
| Peter Miller | E‐Mail: | pmiller@opensource.org.au |