> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Owen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 25 April 2001 12:25
> To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
> Subject: Re: GoodSAMC
>
> Aley Keprt wrote:
> > I had to unpack all my images, since it stupidly doesn't
> > accept sad.gz / SADv2 images.
>
> Yeah, seems odd that the program uses ZLib, but only for zip files - it
> didn't seem to like my .gz files either.
>
>
> > Also, it seemms that it refuses to accept SAD converted to DSK or
> > vice versa.
>
> Shame it doesn't understand the image contents at all - equivalent disks
> in different formats are treated as different files. Must just CRC the
> contents, which is fine for ROM images but a bit limiting for structured
> files.
>
>
> > And, finally, it refuses to accept disks with more than 80 tracks
> (maybe
> > all except 80, but I have only 80, 82 and 84).
>
> Must be a non-80-track thing, as it also complained about undersize SAD
> images - your 'alternative module player' comes on a small SAD image,
> and that had to be converted to DSK and then back to 80 track SAD for it
> to be recognised!
>
> <ponder>
> As Dean mentioned, it's the first release so hopefully it'll be
> improved. It seems to need:
> - gzip support
> - support for SADv2 (recognising gzip file with .sad extension)
> - support for non-80-track SAD images
> - disk format understanding for better equivalence checking
>
> The initial list seems to have done quite a good job of gathering up
> most demos and utils, even if it did pick up some commercial ones along
> the way - oops!. Tho the list does contain quite a lot of unnecessary
> duplicates - maybe it'd be more useful if the 'unofficial' ones were
> weeded out?
[Dean Woodyatt]
i asked that a while ago, it seems that evereything is included,
then when the db is mature,
a lot of the crap is 'hidden'
some of the newer good tools allow you to just rename known good
dumps,
excluding any alternate, bad, whatever,
> </ponder>
>
> Si
