TURGEN SYSTEM
Conversion of files to turbo systems
TURGEN SYSTEM is an acronym for “Turbo generating system”. It is a program whose main purpose is conversion of files (with focus on binary files) to various turbo systems used in former Czechoslovakia and Poland.
Output of the program is an electric signal that can be stored in WAVE files or can be sent directly to computer's audio system. Such electric signal can be then transferred to compact cassettes and read by data recorders equipped with particular turbo system.
TURGEN SYSTEM focuses on conversion of binary files. For such purpose, set of special miniature turbo loaders was developed and integrated to the program. Also a “Wizard for binary files” is available to provide convenience during the conversion preparation.
Apart from primary functionality which is conversion of files to various turbo systems, TURGEN SYSTEM offers auxiliary functions for convenience. Such auxiliary functionality includes: 1. Turbo decoder which can be used to retrieve information from tapes, 2. Output of tape images and interpretation of tape images, 3. Data transfer via serial port in collaboration with CAS COM utility, 4. Tool for merging segments of binary files.
Target audience represents owners, users and fans of Atari 8-bit computers who use data recorders equipped with some turbo system (or some replacement devices) for data storage.
TURGEN SYSTEM is written in Java™ 2 programming language and it is free software distributed under the terms of GNU General Public Licence, version 2.
Output (CS, CZ)
Output (PL)
Decoding (CS, CZ)
Turbo 2000, Super Turbo, Turbo 2000 - kilobyte blocks, B-TAPE (and compatible TURBO TAPE)
KSO Turbo 2000 (and compatibles), Turbo Blizzard, Turbo ROM, Atari Super Turbo
Turbo 2000, Super Turbo, Turbo 2000 - kilobyte blocks, TURBO TAPE
Output
Input
CAS tape images with trXX chunks (used by ATART and CAS COM) or pwmX chunks (used by A8CAS and a8cas-util)
CAS tape images with trXX chunks or pwmX chunks
Tape images with pwmX chunks (used by A8CAS) are supported on input.
Wizard for binary files can display file information dialog.
Fixed NullPointerException when a generator is cancelled multiple times.
Sampling rate of 22050 Hz removed as an obsolete feature.
IntroFrame removed as the program directory detection is just fine.
Miniature binary loaders updated; now they set the BOOT? flag and reset the COLDST flag in order to emulate succesful floppy disk boot. Prepending of sample numbers to the file names created by turbo decoders is now optional. Archive of sources of turbo loaders has been updated.
Before downloading, check whether you have installed Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2 or newer. Download latest JRE from Orcacle's website
Distribution archive: ts_8211.tar.bz2 [2012-01-14].
Automated installer: ts_8211_installer.exe [2012-01-14].
Documentation: ts_doc_8211-01.pdf [2012-01-14].
Sources of turbo loaders: loaders.zip [2011-10-28].
Archive of monolithic binary files: trbarchive.tar.bz2.
Archive directory: trblist.txt
Universal turbo loader generator: lgen.cas.
Czechoslovak Turbo 2000 test WAVE file: demot_t2000.zip.
TUREN SYSTEM Introduction (short video): YouTube
A8CAS - software for reading/writing Atari 8-bit cassettes: http://a8cas.sourceforge.net
a8cas-util.pl - the utility for manipulating 8-bit Atari tape images: http://www.arus.net.pl/FUJI/a8cas-util/
S.D.Q. - Cassette tools (CAS COM, ATART): http://sdq.czweb.org/atari/index.html
Czechoslovak Atari portal: http://www.atariportal.cz
Original documentation for Turbo 2000: http://www.atari8.cz/calp/data/pha_pr_2/index.php.
From the CALP project.
ATARIONLINE.PL: http://atarionline.pl. Site hosts large archive of software in form of binary files.
atari.area - Polish source of information about Atari: http://atariarea.krap.pl/
Java.sun.com - The Source for Java Developers: http://java.sun.com/
CAS2WAV and XEX2CAS utilities: http://home.planet.nl/~ernest/atarixle.html
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