Date : Tue, 14 Mar 2006 22:45:21 -0000
From : "David Harper" <dl.harper@...>
Subject: Re: Web site: Mainly Master 512
John Kortink wrote:
>>> Could you correct the Free Space Map info regarding the
>>> checksum. Most people don't seem to get this right. It's
>>> not a plain sum but a sum /with carry/, which means that
>>> every addition includes the carry from the last one
>>> (starting with no carry). I.e. a sum as resulting from :
>>> ... <code - corrected by later posting>
>>You're right. Correction made.
>Perhaps you could make clear as well that the last
>carry-out is not added. I've seen that as well in
>some code.
OK. I have re-worded it again, so I hope it is clear. (The wording is
starting to get unwieldy, but I would prefer not to have to include a
section of code in order to explain.)
David