[Coco] .CAS file format

[Robert Gault]

Bill Pierce wrote:
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> I thought the "cas" format was just a special wav format, not a "byte by byte" storage format?
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> Bill P
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> Bill Pierce
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luis Antoniosi <retrocanada76 at gmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sun, Dec 16, 2012 7:26 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] .CAS file format
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> is byte-by-byte. Open it in an hex editor and you will see.
>

I'm glad this came up as a topic, because you are both right! This may also 
explain some of the problems users of emulators may be having. It won't explain 
the errors many files produce when converted from Coco tapes to sound files.

VCC uses a fake cassette format for CSAVE which has a header of 128 bytes of 
$55, a file name with some special characters, 128 bytes of $55, and then the 
tokenized Basic program.
MESS uses a sound file which emulates a cassette file. The CSAVE file is a RIFF 
, Windows PCM, 44.1kHz, 16-bit mono.