Date : Fri, 01 Mar 1996 13:51:40 +0100
From : Robert Schmidt <robert@...>
Subject: Re: Emulation systems
>;ii) surely for bytes 6-9 you mean '0; reserved for future expansion' ;)
>
>True but if your emulator ignores them (like my one) then the value is
>not important.
The point is that the moment an emulator/utility actually puts these values
to use, earlier versions of such files can do actual damage if the reserved
fields contain random values. Stick to zeroes.
robert
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