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Work In Progress / Re: Duncan's WIP

« Last post by Duncan Twain on Today at 09:05:14 PM »

Commodore C128 - Applications - CPM - [D71] (TOSEC-v2018-09-22_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Applications - [ARC] (TOSEC-v2018-10-26_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Applications - [BIN] (TOSEC-v2018-10-21_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Applications - [D64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Applications - [D71] (TOSEC-v2018-10-26_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Applications - [D81] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Applications - [G64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Applications - [LBR] (TOSEC-v2018-10-26_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Applications - [LNX] (TOSEC-v2018-10-26_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Applications - [NBZ] (TOSEC-v2018-10-26_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Applications - [NIB] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Applications - [PRG] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Applications - [SDA] (TOSEC-v2018-10-26_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Applications - [SFX] (TOSEC-v2018-10-26_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Applications - [T64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-26_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Applications - [Z64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Demos - [D64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-26_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Demos - [SFX] (TOSEC-v2018-10-26_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Educational - [D64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-19_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Educational - [G64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-26_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Educational - [NBZ] (TOSEC-v2018-10-26_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Educational - [NIB] (TOSEC-v2018-10-26_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Games - [ARC] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Games - [ARK] (TOSEC-v2018-10-26_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Games - [D64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Games - [D81] (TOSEC-v2018-10-26_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Games - [G64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-26_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Games - [NBZ] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Games - [NIB] (TOSEC-v2018-10-26_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Games - [SDA] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Games - [SFX] (TOSEC-v2018-10-26_CM).dat
Commodore C128 - Operating Systems - [D71] (TOSEC-v2018-09-22_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Animations - [D64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-07_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Animations - [PRG] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Animations - [REU] (TOSEC-v2018-10-06_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Animations - [T64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-07_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Applications - Test Disks - [D64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Applications - Test Disks - [D71] (TOSEC-v2018-10-18_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Applications - Test Disks - [G64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-26_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Applications - Test Disks - [NIB] (TOSEC-v2018-10-26_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Applications - Test Disks - [Z64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-19_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Applications - [ARC] (TOSEC-v2018-10-19_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Applications - [BIN] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Applications - [CRT] (TOSEC-v2018-10-21_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Applications - [D64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Applications - [G64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Applications - [NBZ] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Applications - [NIB] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Applications - [P00] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Applications - [PRG] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Applications - [SDA] (TOSEC-v2018-10-17_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Applications - [SFX] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Applications - [T64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Applications - [Z64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Collections - High Voltage (TOSEC-v2018-10-17_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Compilations - Games - [D64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-17_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Compilations - Games - [D81] (TOSEC-v2018-08-19_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Compilations - Games - [T64] (TOSEC-v2018-08-18_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Compilations - Games - [Z64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-19_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Compilations - Various - [Z64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Coverdisks - [D64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-07_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Cracktros - [D64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Cracktros - [PRG] (TOSEC-v2018-09-05_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Cracktros - [Z64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-19_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Demos - Collections - [D64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-07_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Demos - Collections - [Z64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-18_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Demos - [ARC] (TOSEC-v2018-10-07_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Demos - [ARK] (TOSEC-v2018-11-08_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Demos - [D64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Demos - [DFI] (TOSEC-v2018-10-07_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Demos - [LNX] (TOSEC-v2018-10-18_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Demos - [NIB] (TOSEC-v2018-10-17_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Demos - [P00] (TOSEC-v2018-10-07_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Demos - [PRG] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Demos - [SFX] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Demos - [T64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-05_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Demos - [Z64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Diskmags - Commercial - [D64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-26_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Diskmags - Commercial - [G64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-07_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Diskmags - Commercial - [NIB] (TOSEC-v2018-10-26_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Diskmags - Commercial - [Z64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-19_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Diskmags - Scene - [D64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Diskmags - Scene - [D81] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Diskmags - Scene - [G64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Diskmags - Scene - [LNX] (TOSEC-v2018-10-18_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Diskmags - Scene - [NIB] (TOSEC-v2018-10-26_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Diskmags - Scene - [PRG] (TOSEC-v2018-10-19_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Diskmags - Scene - [SFX] (TOSEC-v2018-08-16_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Diskmags - Scene - [Z64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Docs - [D64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-25_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Docs - [Z64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-19_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Educational - [CRT] (TOSEC-v2018-10-25_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Educational - [D64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-12_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Educational - [G64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Educational - [NBZ] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Educational - [NIB] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Educational - [P00] (TOSEC-v2018-10-07_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Educational - [PRG] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Educational - [T64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Educational - [TAP] (TOSEC-v2018-10-25_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Educational - [Z64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-12_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - Boulder Dash - [D64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-12_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - Boulder Dash - [G64] (TOSEC-v2018-08-19_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - Boulder Dash - [LNX] (TOSEC-v2018-08-19_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - Boulder Dash - [NIB] (TOSEC-v2018-08-19_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - Boulder Dash - [P00] (TOSEC-v2018-10-18_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - Boulder Dash - [PRG] (TOSEC-v2018-10-19_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - Boulder Dash - [T64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-19_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - Boulder Dash - [TAP] (TOSEC-v2018-08-19_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - Boulder Dash - [Z64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-18_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - GKGM - [D64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-17_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - GKGM - [LNX] (TOSEC-v2018-10-17_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - GKGM - [P00] (TOSEC-v2018-10-17_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - GKGM - [PRG] (TOSEC-v2018-10-17_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - GKGM - [T64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-17_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - PCS - [D64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-18_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - PCS - [LNX] (TOSEC-v2018-10-18_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - PCS - [P00] (TOSEC-v2018-10-18_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - PCS - [PRG] (TOSEC-v2018-10-18_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - PCS - [T64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-18_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - Previews - [CRT] (TOSEC-v2018-10-18_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - Previews - [D64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - Previews - [G64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - Previews - [P00] (TOSEC-v2018-10-18_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - Previews - [PRG] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - Previews - [T64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - Previews - [TAP] (TOSEC-v2018-10-18_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - Previews - [Z64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - SEUCK - [D64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-20_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - SEUCK - [P00] (TOSEC-v2018-10-20_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - SEUCK - [PRG] (TOSEC-v2018-10-20_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - SEUCK - [T64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-20_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - [CRT] (TOSEC-v2018-11-10_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - [D64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-12_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - [G64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - [LNX] (TOSEC-v2018-10-19_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - [NBZ] (TOSEC-v2018-08-19_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - [NIB] (TOSEC-v2018-08-19_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - [P00] (TOSEC-v2018-11-05_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - [PRG] (TOSEC-v2018-11-05_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - [SDA] (TOSEC-v2018-11-05_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - [T64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - [TAP] (TOSEC-v2018-10-25_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Games - [Z64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-12_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - GEOS - [Z64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-19_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Graphics - [D64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-07_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Graphics - [LNX] (TOSEC-v2018-10-07_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Graphics - [NIB] (TOSEC-v2018-10-07_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Graphics - [PRG] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Graphics - [T64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-26_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Graphics - [Z64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Music - [D64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-05_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Music - [LNX] (TOSEC-v2018-08-16_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Music - [PRG] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Music - [SDA] (TOSEC-v2018-11-05_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Music - [SFX] (TOSEC-v2018-10-19_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Music - [T64] (TOSEC-v2018-11-05_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Music - [Z64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-19_CM).dat
Commodore C64 - Public Domain - [Z64] (TOSEC-v2018-10-19_CM).dat

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Work In Progress / Re: Crashdisk WiP

« Last post by Crashdisk on November 11, 2018, 09:20:15 PM »

Little update.

Updated :
  Commodore Amiga - Collections - TOGA (TOSEC-v2018-10-03_CM) <= Reuploaded
  Commodore Amiga - Games - [ADF] (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM)
  Commodore Amiga - Games - SPS (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM)

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Work In Progress / Re: Crashdisk WiP

« Last post by Crashdisk on November 11, 2018, 01:11:36 AM »

For the new release.

New :
  Commodore Amiga - Collections - TSWF (TOSEC-v2018-08-20_CM)

Updated :
  Commodore Amiga - Applications - [ADF] (TOSEC-v2018-11-09_CM)
  Commodore Amiga - Applications - Public Domain - [ADF] (TOSEC-v2018-09-04_CM)
  Commodore Amiga - Applications - Public Domain - [EXE] (TOSEC-v2018-05-20_CM)
  Commodore Amiga - Collections - Fred Fish (TOSEC-v2018-08-19_CM)
  Commodore Amiga - Collections - TOGA (TOSEC-v2018-10-03_CM)
  Commodore Amiga - Coverdisks - [ADF] (TOSEC-v2018-09-12_CM)
  Commodore Amiga - Coverdisks - SPS (TOSEC-v2018-09-23_CM)
  Commodore Amiga - Demos - Animations and Videos (TOSEC-v2018-11-10_CM)
  Commodore Amiga - Demos - Slideshows (TOSEC-v2018-11-10_CM)
  Commodore Amiga - Demos - Various - [ADF] (TOSEC-v2018-11-10_CM)
  Commodore Amiga - Diskmags (TOSEC-v2018-11-11_CM)
  Commodore Amiga - Educational - [ADF] (TOSEC-v2018-09-29_CM)
  Commodore Amiga - Educational - SPS (TOSEC-v2018-10-04_CM)
  Commodore Amiga - Games - Public Domain - [ADF] (TOSEC-v2018-10-16_CM)
  Commodore Amiga - Games - Save Disks (TOSEC-v2018-05-04_CM)
  Commodore Amiga - Games - SPS (TOSEC-v2018-10-16_CM)
  Commodore Amiga - Games - Unofficial Addons & Patches (TOSEC-v2018-05-20_CM)
  Commodore Amiga - Kickstart-Disks (TOSEC-v2018-05-01_CM)

I'm just missing a file that should be ready this Sunday...I hope...

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Work In Progress / Re: Duncan's WIP

« Last post by NLS on November 10, 2018, 04:56:07 PM »

Thanks!

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Work In Progress / Re: Duncan's WIP

« Last post by Duncan Twain on November 09, 2018, 09:24:42 PM »

preparing for the next release: many additions coming up!

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General Discussion / Re: Something Strange with VIC-20 Names That I Don't Understand

« Last post by tomse on November 04, 2018, 08:56:32 PM »

Thats correct, it's the start address of the cartridge, hence it's in a [] bracket.

as of why it's not 0xA000 only the prior renamers can say that .

to know more about the naming you can read the TNC here.

https://www.tosecdev.org/tosec-naming-convention

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General Discussion / Something Strange with VIC-20 Names That I Don't Understand

« Last post by load81 on November 02, 2018, 04:05:13 PM »

I was looking through Commodore VIC20 - Games - [CRT] - Singlepart (TOSEC-v2017-10-23_CM).dat the other day and I noticed something strange about the way certain files are named.

In the case of Jupiter Lander I see a strange artifact in the name I don't understand.

Jupiter Lander - VIC Super Lander (1981)(Commodore)[A000]

I see the title and subtitle, the copyright year, the copyright holder, and this little blirb [A000] which confuses me. What is this? Cartridge label, but a Google Image search suggests this is wrong. Other entries such as Jupiter Lander - VIC Super Lander (1981)(Commodore)[a2][A000] push the [A000] past the dump flags and seemingly into the "more info" area. So, what added information is this supposed to convey?

The only theory I'm left with is maybe a two-byte memory address. If that's the case, why isn't it $A000 or 0xA000 as this would be more clear?

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Database / Datfiles / Re: Is there a dat for DOS exe games?

« Last post by mictlantecuhtle on October 31, 2018, 10:01:51 PM »

I completely understand what you're saying, and I'm in no way against trying to preserve this kind of thing. I'm just not sure we're quite set up to do it right now.

To try and give a bit of context, IBM PC dats is basically me at the moment, and I have my hands more than full just trying to deal with disk images. To an extent, IBM compatible is an impossible target - we're in theory talking about most software released from August 1981 right up to present day and beyond. If I ever start looking at ISO dats, that's going to run into potentially petabytes of software.

I'm really sympathetic to the need to preserve stuff that doesn't exist on some form of physical media. I just have no idea as to how we do it right now. There are all sorts of potential problems that, to be honest, the clrmame / romcentre / romvault system just isn't set up to deal with.

To answer your question about GOG.com, it's a bit of a mix. As I understand it, they try to get the original files as far as reasonably possible (bearing in mind that preservation was not foremost in mind for developers / publishers). However, these are then often modified to make running on modern OSes more possible. I believe sometimes that's something like a custom DOSbox setup to basically launch and run the original seamlessly, but often it involves applying fan-made or custom patches to make things work properly.

Honestly, as I said, I think uploading this stuff to archive.org is the best way to ensure it's preserved right now. I'm interested in seeing it DATted and included in TOSEC or similar at some point, but I don't think we have the resources to do it properly at this point in time.

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Database / Datfiles / Re: Is there a dat for DOS exe games?

« Last post by Kodoichi on October 31, 2018, 05:50:45 PM »

I was thinking of a dat similar to MAME with its ROMs, where all the required files for a game are in their own archive. Any additional files like file_id.diz could be deleted like RomCenter does it with unneeded files in MAME games.

Considering the Amiga dats are full of modified ADFs, same flags would have to be used for the ZIP files holding those DOS games: [cr best_crew_ever], [m savestate], [a missing soundfile] and so on.

Also, how do legal websites like GOG.com offer some of these old games as a download? Is it a disk image file or an archive? Is it the original files to be used with DOSBox or are they modified to work with Windows 10?

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Database / Datfiles / Re: Is there a dat for DOS exe games?

« Last post by mictlantecuhtle on October 31, 2018, 05:16:33 PM »

Our focus has traditionally been on titles that have been dumped / imaged from physical media in some format. I agree with tomse that we may need to look at a dat for files which were "born digital", or where there is no extant physical media, but that has always been quite a tricky proposition.

1) How do you verify that the files are "as released"? I realise that this is also an issue for physical media, but particularly where the original source of release has disappeared it's arguably harder to verify the integrity of archives of executables + data

2) How do you pick which files "should" be included. Do you keep everything that's in the archive you downloaded, or just the files necessary to run the software? This is also fed into by (1), as many BBSes, FTPs, abandonware sites, etc. add their own little identifiers, some files might change on first run (or every run), operating systems themselves might create hidden files as part of their regular operation, etc.

3) Similarly, do you keep every version of every file, even where the changes are essentially meaningless? Or do you pick the best / cleanest version and keep only that?

Realise this is quite a negative response, and I agree we probably need to look at addressing this problem at some point.

In the interim, archive.org has a massive collection of DOS games, so it may be best uploading these files there and then contacting someone so they can be moved into the appropriate section.