Date   : Thu, 09 Sep 1999 16:03:06 +0100
From   : James Fidell <james@...>
Subject: Re: The full emulator

Quoting FARAZ CHOUDHRY (razzledazzler2@...):

> I would have thought that all BBC files are the same whichever it loads
> into, the real thing or the emulator.  Otherwise why is an emulator an
> emulator if it cannot load/save BBC files like the real thing?  Why the
> need for conversion to and from actual BBC file to PC BBC file?

One issue is that there's no place in a windows or unix filesystem to
store information such as the load and execution addresses that were
used with BBC executables, either stored as part of the header on tape
files or in the disk catalog. The actual data content of the files doesn't
change, but the directory information needs to be kept with them.

James.
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