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-====== Type-in Software Digitization Guide ======
+Moved to [[https://wiki.asie.pl/doku.php?id=notes:misc:type_in_guides|a new wiki]].
-===== 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''
-=== 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]].
-===== 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).