Re: 141K Disk Image

["Bryan Parkoff" <nospam@nospam.com>]

"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote in message 
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> "Momo" <quality_us@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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>> "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>>> "Andy McFadden" <fadden@fadden.com> wrote in message
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>>> > sers <sunfun82@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>> >> One example is the Rescue Raiders game.  It always ends up as 141 KB.
>>> >> It's size is 143,488 bytes when unzipped.
>>> >
>>> > I'm still not sure what file you're downloading.  However, I tried
>>> > Asimov/unsorted/rescue.zip:
>>> >
>>> > Archive:  Asimov/unsorted/rescue.zip
>>> > Length   Method    Size  Ratio   Date   Time   CRC-32    Name
>>> > --------  ------  ------- -----   ----   ----   ------    ----
>>> >  143488  Defl:N    77978  46%  05-30-94 18:30  22ae00bd  Rescue.do
>>> > --------          -------  ---                            -------
>>> >  143488            77978  46%                            1 file
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>>>
>>> I have fixed the Rescue Raiders image and have it available.
>>> If some people would want a copy, I will zip it up along with
>>> a repaired copy of Battle Cruiser, the back of the Mockingboard
>>> Demo Disk, and put it in my web site under Downloads. Thanks.
>>>
>>> Bill Garber
>>>
>>>
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>> This is a common problem with archived Atari disk images. The solution I
>> found was to use an emulator to copy the downloaded image to a fresh, new
>> image and then use that image to write to floppy. Hope this helps...
>> Mo
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> I used a hex editor and removed the header and footer.
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> Bill Garber
    It looks like that it is really 2mg format with extra 128 bytes.  It 
does not make sense that 2mg format is supposed to have 128 bytes in the 
header, but this file DSK has footer.  It is possible that someone made the 
DSK and added the info to the footer in error.  It is not the asimov's 
corrupted storage.  What do you think?

Bryan Parkoff