Re: Projects that take Commodore computers to 2021

From: silverdr_at_srebrnysen.com
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 23:39:10 +0100
Message-Id: <F13AE0DD-47C3-4E68-B0AA-6074B33B0336_at_srebrnysen.com>
> On 2021-12-13, at 20:45, Claudio Sánchez <tokafondo_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>> What about writing to the filesystem directly? Not as SEQ, PRG or REL files,
>>> but as any format (again, examples) like TXT, WAV or whatever the software
>>> defines? Sort of what DOS in a x86 would do, I mean.
>> How is writing .prg files not writing to the filesystem directly? Whats
>> stopping you from writing .wav format?
> 
> Would that WAV file be inside a REL file or would it have its own format?

File format has nothing to do with CBM filesystem filetype (although REL is indeed specific and you most probably wouldn't want to use it for storing dotWAV files as REL)

> Or I think I'm missing something here...

Yup - you do ;-)

PRG, SEQ, USR, can all be used to store wave files, bitmap files, PDF files, .. you name it. They're just flat files and can be used for any "file format" you want.
Received on 2021-12-14 00:02:39

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