Re: [hatari-devel] New stream by Cybernetics - write floppy disk issue

[Thomas Huth <th.huth@xxxxxx>]

Am Fri, 15 Aug 2014 19:25:21 +0200
schrieb Nicolas Pomarède <npomarede@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Le 15/08/2014 19:04, Eero Tamminen a écrit :
> > Hi,
> >
> > On perjantai 15 elokuu 2014, Konador, Cyprian wrote:
> >> That demo contains WRITER.PRG, which fails when it tries to write
> >> NEWSTREM.IMG file onto floppy disk.
> >> http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=14458
> >>
> >> I'm not sure but maybe this issue is caused by mentioned by you
> >> lack of FDC type III command "write track" support.
> >
> > Yes, as Hatari says:
> > FDC type III command 'write track' is not supported with ST/MSA
> > files
> >
> > Use STX image file instead.
> 
> Write track is not supported. Strange idea to distribute the demo
> this way, this IMG format looks like a .ST file (dump of all sectors)
> but with a small 8 byte header (839688 instead of 839680 bytes for a
> 82 tracks, 10 sectors floppy)

Maybe we should at least add a comment to the compatibility list for
this demo? Stating to either remove the 8 byte header or to use a
blank .STX file for WRITER.PRG ?

 Thomas