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MOS hex format
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The MOS hex format is a file format that conveys binary information in ASCII text form. History The KIM-1 single-board computer specified a and a format for paper tape. The paper tape format was adapted slightly, and has been used to interchange files for computers based on the MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor. The open-source Srecord package simplified this tape format by eliminating the and characters. Format Each record begins with a semicolon (), followed by two hexadecimal digits denoting the length of the data in the record. The next two bytes represent the starting address of the data, in big-endian (most-significant byte first) hexadecimal. Up to 24 bytes of data follow. Then, there is a 2-byte (4-character) checksum: the sum of the other non- data in the record. 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 <tt>0000</tt>), with the starting address field representing the total number of data bytes contained in the transmission. The file ends with a . 
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