Re: DSK to NIB Instruction

[russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto)]

In article <434f8fd9$0$24165$9b4e6d93@newsread4.arcor-online.net>,
Linards Ticmanis  <ticmanis@gmx.de> wrote:
>Andy McFadden wrote:
>
>> Reconstructing a physical floppy from a NIB image requires reinventing the
>> sync bytes (somewhere between easy and impossible, depending on the disk)
>
>How do the emulators do it when using .nib images? Given the fact that 
>there are a lot of .nib images out there that actually do work on an 
>emulator, it seems the emulators somehow are able to deal with the sync 
>issue?

It's not an issue.  The emulators don't store the raw bitstream data;
they store the nybbles.  They can't get out of sync.