Let's develop an open-source media archive standard

David V. Corbin dvcorbin at optonline.net
Wed Aug 11 10:46:41 CDT 2004


S1 = 16 bit address in each record..
S2 = 24 bit address in each record..
S3 = 32 bit address in each record..

Hence the maximum sizes..... 

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org 
>>> [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Jules Richardson
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 10:52 AM
>>> To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
>>> Subject: RE: Let's develop an open-source media archive standard
>>> 
>>> On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 14:37, Cini, Richard wrote:
>>> > Dave:
>>> > 
>>> > 	I tend to forget about the Motorola format (call me an 
>>> Intel snob).
>>> > The 16mb would be enough for many systems, and I would 
>>> hope that 4gb 
>>> > would be enough, at least for now, to represent the 
>>> largest of the 
>>> > media types we want to represent.
>>> 
>>> I don't know about 4GB, but I'd really like to archive hard 
>>> disk images in the 20-30MB range using the same format if 
>>> possible...
>>> 
>>> cheers
>>> 
>>> Jules
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 




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