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2mg Image Is A Bad Idea?



2mg Image Is A Bad Idea?

    I understand that 2mg Image is truly RAW sector.  I assume that it is
very bad idea because RAW Image can't determine the number of sectors in the
different orders.  I understand that ProDOS is in sequence order and DOS 3.3
is in sequence of skipping 4 sectors before jumping back to next 4 sectors.
I know that it is the way how ProDOS and DOS 3.3 behave differently like
Pascal.  I am aware that RAW Image DOES have flag, but it is not ALWAYS
work.
    The better way is to write a different routine that allow to read track
0 and sector 0.  Track 0 and sector 0 might have some data that will let the
routine know which to read sequence order of sectors or sequence order of
next 4 sectors.
    For example, some Apple II games use DOS 3.3, but it is not truly DOS
3.3 such as Sierra games.  I did remove copy-protected and used DSK2File to
convert from Sierra game floppy diskette into Sierra.Dsk before I
transferred Sierra.Dsk to PC.  Neither XGS nor KEGS fail to read Sierra.Dsk
because it can't be so sure if sectors are in orders.
    I did try basic ProDOS Master and DOS 3.3 Master and they worked
perfectly.  What about games?  Please advise.

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Bryan Parkoff
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