Re: what info should a dsk image archive store?

[mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

On Aug 1, 1:42 am, Andy McFadden <fad...@fadden.com> wrote:

> - media type (5.25 / 3.5 / HD image / cassette?)
> - disk format (DOS, ProDOS, Pascal, CP/M, custom)
> - total number of disk sides (Wizardry is 2, Time Zone is 10)
> - platforms supported ("any", "enhanced //e or later", "IIgs") -- this is
>   not strictly expanding, as some games / cracks won't boot on a IIgs
> - supports Mockingboard sound (y/n)
> - input devices required (joystick, paddles, mouse)
> - original legal status (freeware, shareware, commercial)

I'd like to see it be "Title Oriented", which would put multiple media
types under the one archive. It would also imply that one Title
archive could include multiple versions, which for some classes of
applications would include each media set for each revision of the
title. For games, it might seperate 'cracked' images from the
'pristine' images, although I appreciate that most pristine images
cannot (yet) be archived correctly.

Matt