Paul Schlyter wrote:
Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com> wrote:Knut Roll-Lund <kr-lund@nogarbage.online.no> wrote: Sadly, information about sync bytes is not retained.WOuldn't it be safe to assume that any FF bytes are sync bytes? Or at least any sequence of at neast <N> FF bytes where <N> is a suitable number.
Well yes, but was it a 1 or 2 bit inserted sync byte?So tell me, is the nibble image a string of bytes or stream of bits to be reprocessed? Does the emulator do bit processing or does it simply deal with the bytes returned? This will make a difference when you are trying to emulate a nibble count or other copy protection influences. If the emulators are not prepared to drop extra bits while processing, then there is no point to worrying about sync bytes. De protection/ normalization is your friend.
Hmm thought, thoguhts...Has anyone considered making a new Prodos format from the nib image to only have one header and make a track of A000 bytes?
It would not be a 16 sector 'disk' but it would hold a bit more... Thankx, Ed