Vicman Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Hi, in the TOSEC-Files of Atari 8bit are often this flag "[k-file]". What is the meaning of this ? I can't find this flag in any other TOSEC-Files. (C64, Vic20 etc..) btw this flag is not listed in the TOSEC Naming convention Examples : Another World (demo) (1992)(Robert Drag)[a].zip Another World (demo) (1992)(Robert Drag)[k-file].zip Ant Eater (1982)(Romox).zip Ant Eater (1982)(Romox)[a][k-file].zip Ant Eater (1982)(Romox)[k-file].zip Ant Wars (19xx)(Gary Evans)[bas2boot].zip Anteater (19xx)(-)[k-file].zip Apple Panic (1982)(Broderbund).zip Apple Panic (1982)(Broderbund)[Req 16k].zip Apple Panic (1982)(Broderbund)[Req 32k][title].zip Apple Panic (1982)(Broderbund)[title][k-file].zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miker Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 It's some kind of bootdisk containing a file (in ATR format). The name of it comes from "k" letter which is displayed during loading. The "k-files" can be created/extracted by ATRUtil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicman Posted August 24, 2008 Author Share Posted August 24, 2008 WOW ! Thank's for your fast reply What do you mean with :"the "K" is displayed ,while loading"...... Is it displayed on the Monitor-Screen ? (I haven't a real Atari) I use the Emu "Atari800Win-Plus 4.0", can't see that "K" during the loading-process...... But it's O.K. ! Now I know the meaning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfused Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 WOW ! Thank's for your fast reply What do you mean with :"the "K" is displayed ,while loading"...... Is it displayed on the Monitor-Screen ? (I haven't a real Atari) I use the Emu "Atari800Win-Plus 4.0", can't see that "K" during the loading-process...... But it's O.K. ! Now I know the meaning It is displayed in the upper left hand corner. It stands for Ken. --Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicman Posted August 24, 2008 Author Share Posted August 24, 2008 UPS ! Found that "K" in the upper left Corner of the Display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicman Posted August 24, 2008 Author Share Posted August 24, 2008 It is displayed in the upper left hand corner. It stands for Ken. --Ken YES, thank you. Just found it Have you wrote this ATR-Util ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 It's a utility that makes things easier for people who prefer to use .ATR's over other images which may require a little more "work" to get them running. Sure makes things confusing though when it comes to the "true" origin (format) of a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfused Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 It's a utility that makes things easier for people who prefer to use .ATR's over other images which may require a little more "work" to get them running. Sure makes things confusing though when it comes to the "true" origin (format) of a game. When it was written: Windows 95 was the norm (well, actually I had a DOS versions of many of AtrUtil's functions before AtrUtil was created). Emulators didn't support direct loading exe's. I don't remember if APE/SIOPC supported PC Mirror (or equivalent) at that time. Hard drives were smaller and most people were on the internet at 14.4-28.8 dial-up so the ATR's it made were non-standard sizes (small as possible). I purposely added the 'K' to identify them, and made the program capable of restoring the original. The program has a few bugs here and there and was the first windows GUI program I made. Someone made a newer program (forget what is is called) with an almost identicalish interface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Well at least the Tosec is nice enough to distinguish between a K-file image and other images. That makes it a little nicer. Probably could use a legend to explain some of the people unfamiliar with those type things though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 From what i recall of atr's etc, K file means it's a embedded Binary file within a boot disk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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