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Re: DSK format specification

Subject: Re: DSK format specification
From: salfter@salfter.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 16:37:18 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.emulators.apple2, comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.apple2.comm, comp.sys.apple2.programmer
Organization: USS Voyager NCC-74656, Delta Quadrant
References: <rLOPa.250$Y%3.201@nwrddc03.gnilink.net> <beppol026me@enews2.newsguy.com> <myqdnVYa1ach4o2iXTWJhw@comcast.com>
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In article <myqdnVYa1ach4o2iXTWJhw@comcast.com>,
Bill Garber <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:
>You all are making DSK too complicated. All they are is this.
>Track 1, sector 1, byte 1 is byte 1 of the file, and so on each byte
>from the disk is sequential in the file. Nothing more.

If all you're dealing with is DOS 3.3 (ick), that might work.  ProDOS
doesn't work that way, though, and a disk image created one way but restored
the other way will be thoroughly scrambled.

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References:
- DSK format specification
  - From: "Michael Pender" <mpender@hotmail.com>
- Re: DSK format specification
  - From: "Charlie" <charlied@NOSPAMbboard.com>
- Re: DSK format specification
  - From: "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>

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