Clem Posted August 24, 2002 Author Share Posted August 24, 2002 bit strange that ALL the headers are in place and ALL the files are intact so far as checking the DOS version dont u think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camus Posted August 24, 2002 Share Posted August 24, 2002 Originally posted by Darth Clem bit strange that ALL the headers are in place and ALL the files are intact so far as checking the DOS version dont u think? Its not strange... I would put money down that there are binary codes in those files that are not in the right spot... Im not saying the disk is bad... Im saying the disk has changed the files... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clem Posted August 24, 2002 Author Share Posted August 24, 2002 if the code was in the wrong place then the pc wouldnt be able to find it ... but it can! and this started when u told lexx a dos 5 game on disks would be useless and im pointing out that a Dos 3.3 starter disk works fine! how can u argue this cammy my boy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camus Posted August 24, 2002 Share Posted August 24, 2002 Originally posted by Darth Clem if the code was in the wrong place then the pc wouldnt be able to find it ... but it can! and this started when u told lexx a dos 5 game on disks would be useless and im pointing out that a Dos 3.3 starter disk works fine! how can u argue this cammy my boy? Clem... I didnt want to pull this out and show you... but data can be lost on a floopy... unless you can prove floopy makers and computer gurus all over the world that your disk is magic and cannot lose data... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clem Posted August 24, 2002 Author Share Posted August 24, 2002 thats all well and good camus .... but it does not allow for my countless disks older than 2 years that still work all the bbc 1's (about 20 or so) and about 50 pc disks ... ALL of which WORK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camus Posted August 24, 2002 Share Posted August 24, 2002 Originally posted by Darth Clem thats all well and good camus .... but it does not allow for my countless disks older than 2 years that still work all the bbc 1's (about 20 or so) and about 50 pc disks ... ALL of which WORK Your missing the point... there is LOST DATA!!! If you think about it... there is a small cluster on your floopy somewhere that is lost... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clem Posted August 24, 2002 Author Share Posted August 24, 2002 IF DATA WERE LOST ..... THEN IT WOULDNT READ THE THINGS ... AND THEY WOULDNT WORK .... after 15 years most of it would have gone back to its random state by what ur saying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camus Posted August 24, 2002 Share Posted August 24, 2002 Originally posted by Darth Clem IF DATA WERE LOST ..... THEN IT WOULDNT READ THE THINGS ... AND THEY WOULDNT WORK .... after 15 years most of it would have gone back to its random state by what ur saying ... think about this... A file can run... wow... A file thats missing data still can run... up to the point where it needs that cluster of binary thats missing... ones it gets to that it starts to scream errors... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clem Posted August 24, 2002 Author Share Posted August 24, 2002 theres no way i can prove that these disk work ... cos they wont run on my pc its too modern but think about this theres what 20 files on that disk? all of them have the area of data used to check the dos version ud think 1 of em wouldve lost it over 15 years!! im fed up of arguing this now .... im going to bed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camus Posted August 24, 2002 Share Posted August 24, 2002 Originally posted by Darth Clem theres no way i can prove that these disk work ... cos they wont run on my pc its too modern but think about this theres what 20 files on that disk? all of them have the area of data used to check the dos version ud think 1 of em wouldve lost it over 15 years!! im fed up of arguing this now .... im going to bed Its all in the 1's and 0's which you admit... your computer cant cheak... but if it could... it would be throwing errors up all over the place... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clem Posted August 24, 2002 Author Share Posted August 24, 2002 im almost tempted to buy a 286 to prove u wrong .... almost goodnight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camus Posted August 24, 2002 Share Posted August 24, 2002 Originally posted by Darth Clem im almost tempted to buy a 286 to prove u wrong .... almost goodnight Yeah... that would be a waste of money... espeicaly when you reize there is small amouts of binary code thats missing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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