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The detailed description of some of the C64 commercial loaders I documented so far. Visit the page here.
The official DC2N project homepage
The DC2N diary I keep while working at it is available here.
The DC2N ancestor, lptc2n, project page is available here.
The official D1541 project homepage
The D1541 diary I keep while working at it is available here.
3 True color images in various sizes. Fully compatible with XP. Download it here.
Also available: 256 color version and 16 color version.
TAPClean Front End is intended to work in conjunction with TAPClean. Click here to know more about TAPClean.
For ease of use the TAPClean Front End packages include binaries of TAPClean as well.

| TAPClean Front End
Platforms: Win 98SE, 2000, XP, Linux, Solaris 10 (GTK+) |
Windows [74 KB] Download |
Debian Linux [142 KB] Download |
Solaris 10 x86 (beta) [171 KB] Download |
[255 KB] Download |
Note: This software requires GTK+ 2.0 runtime files. Get the latest available package from here. Direct link to version 2.10.11-1.
Batch file to convert TAP files to V0 for usage with DC2N available for Windows here.
Try tcrep2html: Windows tool to convert the plain-text report generated by TAPClean into an html file! Get it here.
This is a TAP and DC2N DMP file monitor to inspect tape image contents.

| TAP File Studio
Platforms: Win 98SE, 2000, XP, Linux (GTK+) |
Windows [40 KB] Download |
Debian Linux [75 KB] Download |
Note: This software requires GTK+ 2.0 runtime files. Get the latest available package from here. Direct link to version 2.10.11-1.
This is a TAP and DC2N DMP file monitor to inspect tape image contents. It's still in an initial state, but fully functional and helpful.

| TAP Studio Win-32 native DEMO
Platforms: Win 98SE, 2000, XP |
Windows [27 KB] Download |
The libtap library package provides a useful C API that can speed up the production of software that
writes TAP files and the cross-development of C64 software. It provides full support for TAP v1 only.
This API comes in the form of a static library (.a) for the GNU toolchain (C/C++ programs), both for
Linux and Win-32.
Loaders currently supported:
| libtap library + demo programs
(with source code) Platforms: Win-32, Linux |
Windows [44 KB] Download |
Linux [21 KB] Download |
[384 KB] Download |
An idea of what users can do by using the libtap library is given below:

This is a project of mine, Tape Maker, that remasters TAP files using prg files.
The libcbmhires library package provides a useful C API that can speed up the production of software
that decodes CBM hires (bitmap, sprites, fonts) and the cross-development of C64 software.
This API comes in the form of a static library (.a) for the GNU toolchain (C/C++ programs), both for
Linux and Win-32.
Current features:
| libcbmhires library + demo programs
(with source code) Platforms: Win-32, Linux |
Windows [50 KB] Download |
Linux [47 KB] Download |
Coming soon |
An idea of what users can do by using the libcbmhires library is given below:
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The demo programs' output files were opened with an image viewer (included within the libcbmhires archive).
Note: The image viewer (NOT the library itself!) requires GTK+ 2.0 runtime files. Get the latest available
package from here. Direct
link to version 2.10.11-1.
TAPMoni is a TAP file visualization tool
that converts the apparently senseless bytes in a TAP file into
easily understandable "graphic pulses". It doesn't require any deep
experience about the TAP stuff, thus being a little helping
hand for anyone wanting to (better) understand the data structure beyond raw
TAP file bytes or just check a newly MTap-imported tape while still in MS-DOS
mode.
TAPMoni was born as a C2N head adjustment/diagnostic tool that reads TAP
files to perform an adjustment or to point out a problem.
For alignment purposes, this program should be used just for disaster
recovery. A C64 native head adjustment tool should be preferred,
where available.
Current features are:
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| TAPMoni
1.2.5c (CONSOLE) Platforms: MS-DOS, Win 98SE, 2000, XP |
All [82
KB] Download |
Exam20 is a VIC20 TAP file examiner I
wrote to help myself fixing many of those TAPs over time.
Current features are:
Additional support images can be consulted here and here.
| Exam20
1.6 (CONSOLE) Platforms: MS DOS, Win 98SE, 2000, XP, Linux |
Windows [23 KB] Download |
Debian Linux [18 KB] Download |
CBM BASIC Lister (formerly C64 BASIC Lister) is a tool to generate an easily readable and printable BASIC listing of any
CBM BASIC program (C64/VIC20, etc.) saved as Prg file.
Current features are:
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| C64 BASIC Lister
1.1F (Win) and CBM Basic Lister 2.03 Platforms: Win 98SE, 2000, XP, Linux (GTK+) |
[18 KB] Download [26 KB] GTK+ version |
Debian Linux [48 KB] Download |
Note: The GTK+ version requires GTK+ 2.0 runtime files. Get the latest available package from here. Direct link to version 2.10.11-1.
6510 Dasm/CBM Dasm: These small utilities disassemble a binary file to C64 asm language.
Current features are:
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| 6510 Dasm 2.1b + AddXor
1.1 and CBM Dasm 2.24 Platforms: Win 98SE, 2000, XP, Linux (GTK+) |
[18 KB] Download [33 KB] GTK+ version |
Debian Linux [62 KB] Download |
Note: The GTK+ version requires GTK+ 2.0 runtime files. Get the latest available package from here. Direct link to version 2.10.11-1.
BMP2Koala is a tool to build C64 Koala-Painter pictures from
compatible PC Bitmap files and save them using one of the supported
formats.
Current features are:
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| BMP2Koala
1.2b Platforms: Win 98SE, 2000, XP |
Windows [36 KB] Download |
Online Help |
TapWAV is a utility that converts TAP files into audio files (WAV format) that can be directly recorded to tapes with an audio recorder plugged to the soundcard output line or burned to an audio CD for later transfer to tapes by means of a Hi-Fi system. No specific hardware is needed for this conversion.
| TapWAV
2.5d Platforms: Win 98SE, 2000, XP |
Windows [37 KB] Download |
Online Help |
You can visit the old DOS pages here.
| Inspect2.2w32 (CONSOLE) + Inspect32
(DEMO) Platforms: Win 98SE, 2000, XP |
Windows [15 KB] Download |
Online Help |
In the above example, the options were set to decode "US Gold" turbo chunks within TAP files.
Luigi Di Fraia.
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Last Updated: 14 Sep 2008