Re: swiftlink, disk image transfer

From: Ojala Pasi 'Albert' (albert_at_cs.tut.fi)
Date: 2001-09-05 13:28:09

> I know there are tools on the c64 that crunch disk images down into four
> flat files (can't remember the name of the format) that I could transfer one
> at a time, but that would require three times as much work, compared to
> inserting a disk, typing in a filename at the recieving end, and hitting
> 'send' on the c64.

How about only twice as much work?
  http://www.cs.tut.fi/~albert/Dev/ -> PuZip.

If you really want, you can take the source code and wrap the XMODEM
routines to the save buffer code. The output buffer is a multiple of
128 bytes, so it should be quite easy. However, you might get some
problems with the XMODEM timeout...

-Pasi
-- 
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 his spine. There was nothing quite as good than a massage after a long day
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