I just thought, no-one reads readme files, so they'll be emailing anything left after running goodsam, so its probably to save on inbox space, if everythings renamed just my 2p worth
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dean Woodyatt [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 25 April 2001 14:02 > To: 'sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no' > Subject: RE: GoodSAMC > > they'll get to that, > trouble is, they have to filter out the dross first, > if you look at the other good utils, any confirmed good dumps are marked ! > thats what will probably happen to goodsamc, > i dont know why the author allows "crap" to be listed in the renamed db, > instead of just acknowledging the existance of the crap in the db, and > only > renaming good stuff > - i guess its just easier that way > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Aley Keprt [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 25 April 2001 13:55 > > To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no > > Subject: Re: GoodSAMC > > > > > > 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! > > > > Really? > > It's called "Aley's" instead of "Alternative". I don't know who the f. > > wrote > > the worng name into the database. > > And I don't know why it has undersized SAD. Isn't the file corrupted? > > (just > > a question) > > > > > <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 > > > > In other words it must read/unpack each file into memory, and then test > > the > > checksum. > > > > > 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? > > > > You never know what is official. It contains tens of "spectrum games > > collection" or "demos collection" images. > > That's why I wrote it is a nonsense to make database of diskettes. > > I think we should build a database of ROMs instead. (real roms - MGT Sam > > Basic version 1,2,3..., SamCo ROM, etc.) > > > > Aley
