MOS Technology file format

The MOS Technology file format is a file format that conveys binary information in ASCII text form.

The paper tape format was adapted slightly and has been used to interchange files for computers based on the MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor.

[1] The open-source Srecord package simplified this tape format by eliminating the and XOFF characters.

[3] Finally, a record ends with a carriage return (), a line break (), and six null characters ().

The last record on the paper tape is empty (its length field is 0000), with the starting address field representing the total number of data bytes contained in the transmission.