Let's develop an open-source media archive standard

From: David V. Corbin <dvcorbin_at_optonline.net>
Date: Wed Aug 11 10:46:41 2004

S1 = 16 bit address in each record..
S2 = 24 bit address in each record..
S3 = 32 bit address in each record..

Hence the maximum sizes.....

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org
>>> [mailto:cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jules Richardson
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 10:52 AM
>>> To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
>>> Subject: RE: Let's develop an open-source media archive standard
>>>
>>> On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 14:37, Cini, Richard wrote:
>>> > Dave:
>>> >
>>> > I tend to forget about the Motorola format (call me an
>>> Intel snob).
>>> > The 16mb would be enough for many systems, and I would
>>> hope that 4gb
>>> > would be enough, at least for now, to represent the
>>> largest of the
>>> > media types we want to represent.
>>>
>>> I don't know about 4GB, but I'd really like to archive hard
>>> disk images in the 20-30MB range using the same format if
>>> possible...
>>>
>>> cheers
>>>
>>> Jules
>>>
>>>
>>>
Received on Wed Aug 11 2004 - 10:46:41 BST