Date   : Wed, 13 Aug 1997 11:43:53 +0200
From   : deweger <deweger@...>
Subject: Re: [BeebEmul8] bbc diskimages

Wouter Scholten wrote:
> 
> bbcim097 diskimage handling:
> 
> I will use the following format in bbcim 097:
> 
> Given a diskimage 'games' there's a info file 'games.dsk', a text file
> containing:
> 
>         DFS DS 40 10 256
> (counter suggestions??)

Sounds fine to me. However, it would be nice to have:
- a default option, (DFS DS 80 10 256) would suit, I think,
  so that in many cases no .dsk file is needed;
- a way to specify the disk format without having to create
  a .dsk file, e.g. by means of command line parameters or interaction
  with the program

Robert Schmidt wrote:
>> I'd prefer keeping the .inf's as they are and not in such a format as
>> they are almost what *CAT gives on the BBC.
>
> Good point!

Very good point! Even though it may be easy to change the .inf files
with a simple script, it would be far less easy to change all the
utility programs that use the archive format (e.g. bbcim and XFer).

> I'm welcoming any new/better utilities to make life as a BBC fanatic
> (in the nineties - geez!) a tad easier... :)

Yeah, get a life, man! Well, you'd better not... :)

Mark.