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Steppe
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 1510 |
Dumping my personal collection to CSDB, assistance appreciated
Hi all,
I just finished sorting my personal collection of cracks and demos and will now add them to CSDB step by step. I'm by far no expert in the cracking scene, so it would be nice if any of the more experienced guys in the business (Rough?) could take a quick look on recent crack entries now and then, to prevent me from adding bullshit. ;-)
Thanks in advance,
Steppe |
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SECRET MAN
Account closed
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 336 |
That sounds really good Steppe !
Im just sorting my whole collection.That costs much time.
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tlr
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 1762 |
Quote: Hi all,
I just finished sorting my personal collection of cracks and demos and will now add them to CSDB step by step. I'm by far no expert in the cracking scene, so it would be nice if any of the more experienced guys in the business (Rough?) could take a quick look on recent crack entries now and then, to prevent me from adding bullshit. ;-)
Thanks in advance,
Steppe
Looks fine! :)
Tip:
I usually try to stay away from the .prg's. It's nicer to preserve the original filename. Use d64 (like most of your entries already do) or t64.
I personally prefer them gzipped, but plain, or zipped is ofcourse also good. (Gzipped and plain opens transparently in VICE.) |
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Nafcom
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 588 |
Quote: Looks fine! :)
Tip:
I usually try to stay away from the .prg's. It's nicer to preserve the original filename. Use d64 (like most of your entries already do) or t64.
I personally prefer them gzipped, but plain, or zipped is ofcourse also good. (Gzipped and plain opens transparently in VICE.)
gzip is not open-able with many tools, and to convert prg requires often to create a .d64 image and import the prg file in it. so the best is .ZIP or .D64.
Thanks |
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Zyron
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 2381 |
I prefer gzip, Vice can open gzipped files, Winzip & Winrar can extract them. |
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tlr
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 1762 |
Quote: gzip is not open-able with many tools, and to convert prg requires often to create a .d64 image and import the prg file in it. so the best is .ZIP or .D64.
Thanks
Which specific tools do you use that opens .zip's but do not open .gz's? |
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SECRET MAN
Account closed
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 336 |
I prefer the d.64 files !
Here an small preview from 1 of the 1000 directories.
ion].d64 170 KB 17.10.2005 01:04:30 AM a
Vampires Empire+ 100% [Ace].d64 170 KB 20.10.2005 08:27:36 PM a
Vendetta+ [Unix+Fairlight].d64 170 KB 22.10.2005 06:56:12 PM a
Venom [Ace].d64 170 KB 17.10.2005 12:49:56 AM a
Vergeetmijnietje [Hotline].d64 170 KB 22.10.2005 10:40:06 PM a
Volleyball Simulator [The Wande... 170 KB 16.10.2005 11:12:36 PM a
Voltage [Tristar].d64 170 KB 22.10.2005 06:55:48 PM a
Vulgus++ [Decibel].d64 170 KB 18.10.2005 10:07:12 PM a
W.O.P. [Powerline 3010].d64 170 KB
Demos,Magazines and cracks of several groups will have over 20 Gbyte ! A lot of work.
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tlr
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 1762 |
A nice thing about container formats like .gz and .zip is that you get a checksum on the files. This way you will know if stuff is intact after copying it around and transfering it between sites. |
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Steppe
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 1510 |
Hm, a little late now with preserving the filenames. I already extracted the PRGs out of their original contexts and deleted the originals. :-(
But thanks for the feedback, folks. I wonder, is .gz really so much better than plain .zip? Sure, it's more transparent, but apart from that? Anyway, gonna stick to .gz, no big deal. |
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Nafcom
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 588 |
Quote: Which specific tools do you use that opens .zip's but do not open .gz's?
did I say I cannot open .gzip? but it's not as spread, best is .zip or the .d64 images.
I use PowerArchiver |
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Jazzcat
Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 1044 |
Funny thing about preservation and archives - always debate rages on filenames and what is appropriate and zip format. I care for neither. Do whatever. Just _convert_ it and I will change things if I feel they need changing for my own benefit.
I have around 11 DVDs of C64 collections, all of which are in different file formats, different zip formats etc. None of which stops me from accessing anything from them. |
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