Re: Hardware gadget for tape loading

["Chris Young" <unsatisfactory@bigfoot.com>]

On 22 Sep 1999 12:29:00 GMT, Niall Tracey (of comp.sys.sinclair "fame")
wibbled on for an age:

> Then I'd like to suggest a slight alteration to the implementation of
> TZX files. Provide alternative filename extensions for different
> machines. The actual encoding could be identical, but the extensions
> would allow the user to distinguish between files for different
> machines. Say:
>  TII for Apple II
>  T80 for ZX80
>  T81 for ZX81
>  TBC or TAC for BBC Micro/Acorn Electron
>  TAM or TPC for Amstrad CPC
> etc

I don't really see the point.  Nobody is going to mix up the files on
their HD, are they?  Most likely, the files will be categorised
into directories or subdirectories of the relevant emulator. 
Eg.
Tapes/Spectrum/
Tapes/AppleII/
Tapes/ZX80/

> (It's a shame some OSes only support 3-letter extensions. It makes
>  this far too complicated. .T64, for example, already exists for a C64
>  tape archive.)

Just stick them all under .TZX (or, more accurately, they should be
under ".8BT" (8 bit tape) or ".TPE" or something.)

Chris
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