Date   : Mon, 08 Jan 1996 21:43:37 +0000 (GMT)
From   : Roger Walker <Roger.Walker@...>
Subject: Re: Snapshot formats

On Mon, 8 Jan 1996, Tom Seddon wrote:
> I don't have anything to add to the memory snapshot debate, but what 
> about some kind of standardised disk image format?
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This is something I've been thinking about too.
I've started doing some 8271 emulation and was going to have a flat file
of 100 or 200K with the disk data within it.  But this rules out any
copy protected software, which seems a shame.  The other way I was thinking
was to have a list of sectors with a file offset or sector size
something like :-

400 sectors
sect 0, track 0 = 0x100
sect 1, track 0 = 0x100
....
sect 9, track 0 = 0x100

With some form of binary packing...

Ideas please.... Roger Walker.