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====== Type-in software guides - typing retro software with modern text editors ======

===== Commodore (petcat) =====

=== Prerequisites ===

  * [[https://vice-emu.sourceforge.io/index.html#download|VICE emulator suite]] - comes with both emulator and petcat

=== Typing ===

  - Type the Commodore BASIC listing into a text file using a modern text editor.
    * Consult [[https://asie.pl/misc/petscii-tables/|this website]] for a mapping of glyphs to their petcat encoding.
    * Consult [[https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/PETSCII_Codes_in_Listings|this website]] to find out how certain screen codes affect the display - this is useful when they're hard to read.
    * Note that typing lowercase for characters which appear uppercase is deliberate.
  - Run the following command to convert the BASIC text file into a .PRG:
    * Commodore 64, VIC-20/VIC-1001, MAX Machine: ''petcat -w2 -o FILE.prg FILE.bas''
    * Commodore 16: ''petcat -w3 -o FILE.prg FILE.bas''
    * Commodore 128: ''petcat -w70 -o FILE.prg FILE.bas''

=== Playing/Testing ===

  * Commodore 64 (Japanese): Open the ''x64'' VICE emulator, Preferences -> Settings, Machine -> Model -> Japanese, Close, drag .prg file onto emulator window.
  * VIC-1001 (Japanese): Open the ''xvic'' VICE emulator, Preferences -> Settings, Machine -> Model -> VIC1001, Memory expansions -> Common configurations -> 3KiB (block 0), Close, ALT-F9 to soft reset, then drag .prg onto the emulator window.

===== Family BASIC (VirtuaNES) =====

Guide provided [[https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2022/02/nintendo-family-basic-type-in-games/|via Gaming Alexandria]].

===== Family BASIC (fbastool) =====

=== Prerequisites ===

  * [[https://github.com/asiekierka/type-in-tools/releases|fbastool]]

=== Typing ===

  - Type the Family BASIC program listing into a text file using a modern text editor.
    * Use an IME of choice to input Unicode katakana.
  - Run ''./fbastool basic -e NAME.txt NAME.prg'' to create a ''NAME.prg'' file.
  - Run ''./fbastool record NAME.prg'' to create a ''NAME.prg.wav'' file - this can then be loaded in Family BASIC using the ''LOAD'' command.

=== Typing (BG-GRAPHICS) ===

NOTE: If you can acquire a legal copy of a Family BASIC V3 ROM, the VirtuaNES guide provides a better way to encode BG GRAPHICS.

  - Run ''./fbastool bgedit NAME.gfx'' to open a GUI-based editor following the Micom BASIC layout.
    * Note that, currently, kana cannot be input in this interface - this is a [[https://github.com/asiekierka/type-in-tools/issues/1|known issue]].
  - Run ''./fbastool record NAME.gfx'' to create a ''NAME.gfx.wav'' file - this can then be loaded in Family BASIC using the ''LOADS'' command.

===== ZX-81 (zxtext2p) =====

=== Preparation ===

  * Download [[http://freestuff.grok.co.uk/zxtext2p/zxtext2p.zip|zxtext2p]].
  * Download a ZX81 emulator of choice (for example, [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/eightyone-sinclair-emulator/files/|EightyOne]]).

=== Typing ===

  - Type the ZX81 listing into a text file using a modern text editor.
    * Consult [[http://freestuff.grok.co.uk/zxtext2p/index.html|the zxtext2p documentation]] for special characters/inverse video/etc. information.
  - Run ''zxtext2p.exe -o FILE.p FILE.txt'' to convert into a tape file (''.p'' extension).

=== Playing/Testing ===

  - Launch EightyOne, File -> Open Tape, "FILE.p"
  - Wait for the tape to load.
  - Press "R" (RUN), then ENTER.

===== ZX Spectrum (zmakebas) =====

=== Prerequisites ===

  * [[https://github.com/chris-y/zmakebas|zmakebas (source only)]]
    * TODO: Provide Windows binaries!
  * Any ZX Spectrum emulator of choice; the author used ZEsarUX.

=== Typing ===

  - Type the ZX Spectrum listing into a text file using a modern text editor.
    * The zmakebas README lists notes on typing special characters.
  - Run ''zmakebas -o FILE.tap -n NAME FILE.txt'' to convert into a tape file (''.tap'' extension).