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- From: abaddon@uk.ac.liverpool.scm.suprenum (Kevin o donovan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Compatability and attitudes
- Message-ID: <ABADDON.93Jan26122327@suprenum.uk.ac.liverpool.scm.suprenum>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 12:30:19 GMT
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- The argument about using non standard disk formats for the game software itself
- is all well and good. OTOH, I can see no possible reason why some software
- insists on using its own format for save game files. Its a bit stupid having
- umpteen floppies with different 5k or so save files on each one because the
- standard TOS routines weren't used for file access.
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- Kev
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