Re: DSSI Disks

[Johnny Billquist <bqt%softjar.se@localhost>]

On 2026-05-03 23:09, Andrew Ball wrote:
>    JB> But honestly, I would just ignore this "problem". Like I said -
>      > it's very much just a cosmetic thing.
>
>      I never called it a problem and it doesn't seem to cause any
> issues.  I would call it a curiosity.

Fair enough.

>    PK> I would have thought the "type" is chosen based on the disk
>      > image size, but judging by the examples given that isn't the
>      > case.  I wonder why not.
>
> Why guess when the system tells you what each disk is?

I think Paul was thinking in the other direction. In simh, when given a 
disk image of a certain size, provide a string that match a type of disk 
that have that size.

>    JB> When that exists, sure, it could provide some defaults. But it's
>      > also a question of why.  Because the names have no actual
>      > meaning.
>      >
>      > For MSCP, the only thing that actually matters is the size.
>      > Names can be completely ignored.  They are only useful for
>      > printing something for humans.
>
>      It may terribly unfashionable in the age of A.I. but some of us
> are still human.  ;-)

Yeah. That's very unfashionable. :-)

  Johnny

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