On Fri, 26 May 2000, John Foust wrote:
> As my web page mentions, Sydex's Anadisk defined a file format that
> wrapped the sectors, allowing you to mark one as bad. I wish there
> was a popular and universal way of archiving floppy disk images
> this way. Our hobby really needs it. The emulation scene must've
> solved parts of this problem already.
Why doesn't the collective CC define this standard then? Who better to
define standards for archiving old computer software than a group of
people devoted to it?
Unless someone finds an already well-documented standard (in which case we
should review it, make any modifications necessary to fix it, and then
adopt that as THE standard) then we should create a standards body to
address these things. If we take it one step further we can then start
defining standards for other types of things having to do with vintage
computers. A storage medium archiving standard is definitely a good one
to start with.
I am serious about this.
Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
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Received on Fri May 26 2000 - 09:17:53 BST