On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 12:53:33PM +, Andrew Collier wrote:
.dsk is very convenient for simple images. But there have been
discussions here of a more expandable disk format which we can adopt as
standard, and we can call it what we like. Does .sam mean anything yet?
Yes. Samna Ami Pro,
Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
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Subject: Re: Another example why I dislike .DSK format
On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 12:53:33PM +, Andrew Collier wrote:
.dsk is very convenient for simple images. But there have been
discussions here
On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 12:32:22AM +0100, Aley Keprt wrote:
What some people have since decided...???
.SAM files are sample data!
Of course, Ami Pro uses .SAM as well, I don't complain.
Yes, you do -- you complain all the time! ;-)
But I used .SAM for sample data for years in several
On Jan 9, 2005, at 10:30 am, Aley Keprt wrote:
No, that's a reason why you don't like certain operating systems'
assumption that a three letter extension can uniquely identify a file
type. We know, for example, that a file 819200 bytes long doesn't
represent a +3 disk.
.dsk is very
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From: Andrew Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: Another example why I dislike .DSK format
On Jan 9, 2005, at 10:30 am, Aley Keprt wrote:
No, that's
On Jan 9, 2005, at 2:16 pm, Dan Dooré wrote:
Aley Keprt wrote:
Don't we have SDF or something, which is a generic Sam disk format?
From what I understand SDF is a discontinued format and this spawned
the discussion on a generic format for representing all sam disk
geometrys with headers
Aley Keprt wrote:
And of course, .SAM means sample, it's used for years for sound
samples. :-)
And AMIPro Word docs and a myriad of others :-)
Don't we have SDF or something, which is a generic Sam disk format?
From what I understand SDF is a discontinued format and this spawned
the
: Re: Another example why I dislike .DSK format
Aley Keprt wrote:
And of course, .SAM means sample, it's used for years for sound
samples. :-)
And AMIPro Word docs and a myriad of others :-)
Don't we have SDF or something, which is a generic Sam disk format?
From what I understand SDF
Andrew Collier wrote:
But the new über-format could inherit the name .SDF it that helps.
Indeed - IIRC there's only two SDF files in the wild anyway Lemmings and
PoP.
Sam Disk Format does have a nice ring to it to boot :-)
Dan.
