What is it?

It is a small utility to convert .BIN snapshots (BK-0010(01) emulator format) into sound WAV files which can be played and recognized by real BK-0010 TAP reader.
The Project is based on old QBasic based converter project.

Description in Russian

Утилита для конвертации BIN файлов (снапшотов для эмуляторов БК-0010 и БК-0010-01) в аудио WAV формат. Позволяет получать файлы с обычной скоростью загрузки и турбированные, пригодные к загрузке на БК-0010 через магнитофонный вход.

What is BK-0010

The BK-0010 was the most popular Soviet 16-bit home computer platform of the 1980s and was also my first computer (which still works).

Pre-built binaries?

Pre-compiled versions of the utility are available for download on the latest release page.

Known archives with snapshots

• bk0010.my1.ru
• archive.pdp-11.org.ru
• bk0010.narod.ru
• r-games.net

How to use it?

Initially, the converter was written in Python, but I later developed a GoLang version. The Python version requires Python to be installed, whereas the pre-compiled GoLang version can be used as a standalone executable without any additional setup.

The utility has a command-line interface and can be executed with in multiple modes:

Example for WASM

There is online WASM version of the convertor. It will be executing whole conversion just in browser without any external requests and save result files as WAV in download folder.

Example for native version

bkbin2wav-windows386.exe -i Arkanoid.bin -o Arkanoid.wav

Example for python version

python bkbin2wav.py -i Arkanoid.bin -o Arkanoid.wav

Start without arguments

If you start the application without parameters, it will display a list of available options.

bkbin2wav -i <binfile> [-a] [-o <wavfile>] [-n <name>] [-s addr] [-t]

    Command line options:
        -h          Print help
        -f          Use file size instead of .BIN header size field value
        -a          Amplify the audio signal in the result WAV file
        -i <file>   The BIN file to be converted
        -o <file>   The Result WAV file (by default the BIN file name with WAV extension)
        -n <name>   The Name of the file in the TAP header (must be less or equals 16 chars)
        -s <addr>   The Start address for the TAP header (by default the start address from the BIN will be used)
        -t          Use the double frequency "turbo" mode

Sometimes, .BIN files may contain an incorrect data size value in their header. In such cases, you can use the -f flag to enforce the use of the physical file length instead of the data length defined in the BIN header.