Date   : Thu, 26 Feb 1998 15:27:07 +0000 (GMT)
From   : Tom Seddon <T.W.Seddon@...>
Subject: Re: __CATALOG__ files

On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Robert Schmidt wrote:

> Spaces in file names are currently not catered for, I think, though it'd
> seem natural to enclose the name in double quotes.  E.g:
> 
> "$.Amazing 3D Maze"  E00 8023
> 
> This might not be handled by the currently available utilities (Wouter's
> bbcim, Tom's WSCONV) or Dave's emulator.  Could any of you comment on
> this?

Spaces aren't handled in my conversion utilities at least, and not in my
emulator, because the original Beeb didn't support them either. Actually I
cheat a bit here, because they could be handled fine, but by sticking
closely to the BBC I make things easier for myself and am able to say it's
a good thing ;-)

> CRC=<value>: a CRC value calculated according to the algorithm given 
> 	in the AUG (for file verification)

Isn't the CRC field now obsolete?

--Tom