Date   : Mon, 11 Aug 1997 10:36:49 +0200
From   : Robert Schmidt <rsc@...>
Subject: Re: bbc diskimages

Wouter Scholten wrote:
> 
> bbcim097 diskimage handling:
> 
> I will use the following format in bbcim 097:
> 
> Given a diskimage 'games' there's a info file 'games.dsk', a text file
> containing:
> 
>         DFS DS 40 10 256
> (counter suggestions??)

Not really, except I'm in the favor of a more freeform format, a la
Windows' INI files:

[Disk Info]
Format=DFS
Sides=2
Density=D
TracksPerSide=40
SectorsPerTrack=10
BytesPerSector=256

Here, order doesn't matter, and adding new fields is easy.  There are
several public domain libraries out there for handling such files.  

A similar format for *.inf files would also be beneficial, I think, as
it is much more intuitive for new users.  (If there ever is a majority
for this, changing the archive to reflect the format we agree upon is an
automatic process.)


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