On 10/2/20 1:42 PM, Eric Smith wrote: > On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 1:27 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk > <cctalk@classiccmp.org <mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote: > > Actually, they're neither. I append the metadata after the EOI marker > on mine. Doesn't seem to bother the emulators. > > > Some programs (but probably very few) that use various so-called .tap > files assume that they can seek to the EOF (of the container file) and > read records backwards (supported by lengths being at both ends of > blocks in the container). Tacking metadata on the end breaks that. I'm > not criticizing, mind you. It's just something that people may need to > be aware of.
Metadata records tacked on after the EOI marker are appended with the appropriate preamble-postamble length indicators, so this doesn't break the scheme (much). --Chuck
