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From: Si Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: 14. èervence 1999 12:26
Subject: Re: SAM disk formats (was: SimCoupe 0.783a - ZIP)
> > On Tue, Jul 13, 1999 at 07:34:01PM -0700, Simon Cooke wrote:
> > > The current format has no concept of sector addressing, it
> > > doesn't know about different length sectors.
>
> Ian Collier then wrote:
> > I was under the impression that the format used for Amstrad disks could
do
> > that. Bickbow. Then again, we might have had this conversation
already.
>
> What he says is still true in that the current format (DSK) has no concept
> of sector addressing. SimCoupe does _need_ an additional format of some
> sort to be able to describe every possibly physical disk that works on a
> real SAM.
>
> I never did track down a definitive spec for the Amstrad format(s) (anyone
> know where I can find it?). I got to the stage where I was looking
through
> source code to try and work it out, and only found out that it stored
status
> values for certain actions, which is something I do too. If the format is
> sufficient to cover the SAM floppy controller (as there are things that
can
> be done on the Amstrad that aren't possible on the SAM, and possible vice
> versa) then I'd agree that it's best to use that.
>
> The new format is certainly not set in stone as nobody else has a version
> that uses it, and only Aley has seen a/the proposed format described, so
> far. I have a few disks (Lemmings, Prince of Persia, ...) in that format
> that I use to play them, but they can easily be converted if the format is
> changed.
>
> Si
Well, I think the new Si's format doesn't seem to be bad.
So I think we don't need the Amstrad's format,
since it is as little standard as Si's one (none).
Especially when there is no publicly available specification,
it cannot be a standard. And I ask, why do we need
some Amstrad files?
I think in this particular situation, there is no reason
why don't use Si's new format. Maybe it is not the best one,
but it works (probably - I haven't seen it :)))
As Si wrote, I have the specification of his nerw fileformat, but
I haven't seen it in real, since Si didn't send me the SimCoupe
(terrible situation.....).
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