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   comp.sys.apple2      Discussion about Apple II micros      56,720 messages   

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   fadden to D Finnigan   
   Re: FASTCIRC--High-speed circles for HGR   
   29 Oct 22 07:47:00   
   
   From: thefadden@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, October 28, 2022 at 12:21:40 PM UTC-7, D Finnigan wrote:   
   > But that's not the criteria is it? We don't need to write code that can    
   > detect any arbitrary image which you create solely for the purpose of    
   > failing said code.    
   >    
   > The set of all Apple II disks in existence is finite.    
      
   Even if your auto-detection succeeds on 100% of all known DOS and ProDOS (and   
   Pascal and CP/M) disks, you will be unable to auto-detect the layout of disks   
   with a customized operating system, of which there are many.  I believe most   
   ".dsk" images are DOS    
   order, which means the odds of success are > 50% on a blind guess... but why   
   guess at all, when giving the image the correct filename extension removes the   
   ambiguity?   
      
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