[Coco] CoCoSDC question: default .DSK size?

Allen Huffman alsplace at pobox.com
Wed Dec 17 16:24:25 EST 2014


> On Dec 17, 2014, at 2:35 PM, Darren A <mechacoco at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Allen Huffman wrote:
>> What about using ",NEW+"?
> 
> 
> NEW+ creates a 40 track single-sided image using the SDF format. The SDF
> format is typically used only for images that have a non-standard disk
> format (usually copy-protected disks) and they do not auto-expand like
> simple DSK images.
> 
> The SDF format is similar to the DMK format used in emulators. The
> "dmk2sdf" utility is the best way to create SDF images when the source is
> already available as a DMK.

Understood. And only .DSK files with the header can expand, and then only to the max size in the header? Thus, making something with ",NEW" and trying to write past track 35 should fail, since CoCoSDC is basing it on the size of the file (which was created by CoCoSDC at 35 tracks-worth).

Do I have it yet?

		-- A



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