[Coco] CoCoSDC question: default .DSK size?

Darren A mechacoco at gmail.com
Wed Dec 17 17:01:18 EST 2014


On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Allen Huffman wrote:

>
> 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?
>


No. DSK files will auto-expand with or without a header. The only
information in the header that has any significance to the CoCo SDC is the
number of sides (1 or 2). Without a header, the number of sides has to
determined from the size of the DSK file.

Darren


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