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 "id": "tap-zx-spectrum",
 "name": "TAP (ZX Spectrum)",
 "category": "image",
 "identifiers": {
  "extensions": [
   "tap"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "fmt/801"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q34748140"
  ],
  "magic": [
   {
    "offset": 0,
    "hex": "130000",
    "notes": "TAPZX"
   }
  ],
  "signatures": [
   {
    "name": "TAPZX",
    "sequences": [
     {
      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 0,
      "pattern": "130000{20}ff"
     }
    ]
   }
  ]
 },
 "status": "partial",
 "summary": "TAP is a tape image format supported by emulators of ZX spectrum computers. It is distinct from the Commodore 64 Tap file.",
 "tools": [
  {
   "name": "Arcade Game Designer",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128434104",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  }
 ],
 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
   "url": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/TAP_(ZX_Spectrum)",
   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "Kaitai Struct: zx_spectrum_tap",
   "url": "https://formats.kaitai.io/zx_spectrum_tap/",
   "kind": "grammar",
   "license": "CC0-1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/801",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/801",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q34748140",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34748140",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "ffw",
   "kaitai",
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-24",
 "parsers": [
  {
   "engine": "kaitai",
   "url": "https://github.com/kaitai-io/kaitai_struct_formats/blob/master/filesystem/zx_spectrum_tap.ksy",
   "license": "CC0-1.0"
  }
 ],
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}