--- Frode Tenneboe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 06:27:31 +0100 "Aley Keprt"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Thank you (thanks to Andrew Collier as well).
> >
> > So what's GDOS? A system software from MGT's ZX
> Spectrum disk interface
> > Disciple or Plus D?
>
> GDOS - Disciple
> G+DOS - +D
>
> (What does the G stand for?)
>
> > I'd like to know what are those 9 bytes at the
> start of each file for. The
> > existence of these 9 bytes is quite well known for
> everyone, who ever tried
> > to read Sam disks by sectors. But what's inside?
> If I want to add file to a
> > sam disk myself, what should I put to these 9
> bytes? It seems that these 9
> > bytes contain the same information as is stored in
> directory entry of a
> > file. Please, can somebody tell me what should I
> write there if I would like
> > to mimic the behaviour of Sam DOS? Thanks.
>
> Byte SAMDOS Type G(+)DOS type
> 0 File type File type
> 1-2 Modulo length File length
> 3-4 Offset Start Start Address
> 5-6 Unused
> 7 Number of pages
> 8 Starting page no
>
> Regards,
> -Frode
>
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