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I must add that this GoodSAMC is a holy nonsense. Sorry that I complain once again, but really - eh - where is any good point in having all these non-official ZXS games "compilations" in a disk database? I bet every one of us have got his own 10 or 30 ZXS disks. Should we have all these "compilations" listed in GoodSAMC? I don't think so. The software like GoodSAMC is good for MAME or similar projects, where it is used only for official ROM releases which are always the same. But using it for private nonofficial ZXS games "compilations"? Hey, I call it silly.
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And as for archiving software, I would vote for a file-based format, like TAP or something silimar. If we had a litte smart utility, we can automate the copying of whole programs from one disk to another one. And what in the fact is "program"? I think it is a set of files. And what is TAP? It is a set of files in particular order. The only difference of disk-based "set of files" to a tape-based "set of files" is that you can't use LOAD"" when working with a disk (a filename must be specified), and you must store files in a specific order in a TAP to have them loaded correctly. Okay, it is a bit different.
Maybe we could go another way: What about having a standardized logical disk contents format, which will in its basic form act as a regular DSK/SAD file, but will be stored in always the same way what will allow simple automatic copying of multiple source disks to a single disk. What I'm talking about is if we store a single program per disk, it will be OK for emulation. And I thing it is preffered over unofficial "compilations". But if we'd be able to automatically merge these disks into a disk containing all-in-one, that would be better for real Sams. (Having every single 40K proggie on a separate disk isn't very convenient.)
btw. Is there a virtual DSK/SAD file system for Total Commander or at least FAR, which would be able to extract files from DSK/SAD or even copy then from one disk to another? I would like to make it if it isn't already done.
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Frode Tenneboe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: Let's discuss ZX Spectrum games
On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 11:44:58 +0100 "Aley Keprt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I found 12 diskettes full of ZX Spectrum 128k and/or multi-load games
converted to Sam. I personally did mainly the tape->disk conversions,
because it is the easiest part (and I was 13, eh, so it was quite hard for
me either... :-). Later I also made a half-universal 48k+AY emulator, which
supported 48k+AY snapshot files. Then I also converted some very simple 128k
games (they just used 128k memory for AY music).
In the early days I did some conversions as well, but I'm not sure where those are now. Hoever, there are a few disks on NVG now which contains Spectrum conversions in one way or another:
GoodSAMC/Spectrum 128 - Myth and Escape From Singe's Castle (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum 128 Music Disk 1 (19xx) (PD).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum 128 Music Disk 2 (19xx) (PD).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Emulator (Sept 04) (1990).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games (128K) Disk 01 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games (128K) Disk 02 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games (128K) Disk 03 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games (128K) Disk 04 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games (128K) Disk 05 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games (128K) Disk 06 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games (128K) Disk 07 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games (128K) Disk 08 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games (128K) Disk 09 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games (128K) Disk 10 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games (128K) Disk 11 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games (128K) Disk 12 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games (48K) Disk 1 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games (48K) Disk 2 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games (48K) Disk 3 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games (48K) Disk 4 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games (48K) Disk 5 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games (48K) Disk 6 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games Compilation 01 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games Compilation 02 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games Compilation 03 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games Compilation 04 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games Compilation 05 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games Compilation 06 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games Compilation 07 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games Compilation 08 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games Compilation 09 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games Compilation 10 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games Compilation 11 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games Compilation 12 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games Compilation 13 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games Compilation 14 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games Compilation 15 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games Compilation 16 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games Compilation 17 (19xx).zip GoodSAMC/Spectrum Games Compilation 18 (19xx).zip
disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - (EMULATOR ZX SPECTRUM 48 + COMMANDER FOR SAM COUPE - 1996).zip
disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - 0 - (GAMES FOR EMULATOR EXPLOSION - 1996).zip
disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - 1 - (GAMES FOR EMULATOR EXPLOSION - 1996).zip
disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - 2 - (GAMES FOR EMULATOR EXPLOSION - 1996).zip
disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - 3 - (GAMES FOR EMULATOR EXPLOSION - 1996).zip
disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - 4 - (GAMES FOR EMULATOR EXPLOSION - 1996).zip
disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - 5 - (GAMES FOR EMULATOR EXPLOSION - 1996).zip
disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - 6 - (GAMES FOR EMULATOR EXPLOSION - 1996).zip
disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - 7 - (GAMES FOR EMULATOR EXPLOSION - 1996).zip
disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - 8 - (GAMES FOR EMULATOR EXPLOSION - 1996).zip
disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - A - (GAMES FOR EMULATOR EXPLOSION - 1996).zip
disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - B - (GAMES FOR EMULATOR EXPLOSION - 1996).zip
disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - C - (GAMES FOR EMULATOR EXPLOSION - 1996).zip
disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - D - (GAMES FOR EMULATOR EXPLOSION - 1996).zip
disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - E - (GAMES FOR EMULATOR EXPLOSION - 1996).zip
disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - F - (GAMES FOR EMULATOR EXPLOSION - 1996).zip
disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - G - (GAMES FOR EMULATOR EXPLOSION - 1996).zip
disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - H - (GAMES FOR EMULATOR EXPLOSION - 1996).zip
disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - I - (GAMES FOR EMULATOR EXPLOSION - 1996).zip
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disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - P - (GAMES FOR EMULATOR EXPLOSION - 1996).zip
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disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - R - (GAMES FOR EMULATOR EXPLOSION - 1996).zip
disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - S - (GAMES FOR EMULATOR EXPLOSION - 1996).zip
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disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - U - (GAMES FOR EMULATOR EXPLOSION - 1996).zip
disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - V - (GAMES FOR EMULATOR EXPLOSION - 1996).zip
disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - X - (GAMES FOR EMULATOR EXPLOSION - 1996).zip
disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION - Z - (GAMES FOR EMULATOR EXPLOSION - 1996).zip
disks/games/ZXSpectrum/explosion/EXPLOSION MELODY DISK - FOR SELECT A CREATE BLOCK - FAST BOOT EXPLOSION - (MELODY - 1996) .zip
Regards, -Frode
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