Re: Filename Wars

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

Will Baguhn (spqr@ruth.uucp) wrote:
: dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff) writes:

: | DISK VOLUME 221
: | 
: | *A 002 THE LAST FILE
: | *B 033 Don't you like hi-res images?
: |  T 252 Usenet News--comp.sys.apple2
: |  T 041 Usenet News--Roller Coasters!
: |  S 008 LOVE THOSE UNDEFINED TYPES!
: |  A 006 PRODOS.COMPATIB
: |  A 024 MESY-DOS.SUX
: |  R 003 ANOTHER @#$! SPECIAL TYPE

: of course, there are TWO types of S, A, R, B.... they LOOK alike, but 
: the actual file type is different.  (I'm not sure about one of those, 
: but let's not forget I and T, hmm?)

Ah, I have the entire file-type list right here--

T = ASCII Text file, either sequential or random
I = Tokenized Integer BASIC program
A = Tokenized Applesoft BASIC program
B = Binary image file
S = Undefined; many games and such use this for resource files
R = Undefined, but Apple used it for Relocatable Ed/Asm files from the
    DOS Tool Kit...a very useful set of utilities, I might add!
A = Undefined
B = Undefined, but Data Transforms used it for extended-screen graphic 
    files with Fontrix ("graffiles").  In fact, the catalog routine in 
    Fontrix changes this filetype to "G".
I think that's all of 'em...!

--Dave Althoff, Jr. 
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