Subject: RE: [stella] AtariVox EEPROM file format From: "Lee Fastenau" <stella@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 06:30:03 -0600 |
> You guys could use the fractional bit encoding technique for storing > filenames. (technique explained a long time ago on [stella]) > That would require log2(numberofuniquecharacters) bits for each character. > So you'd need about 5.1 bits, say, for numerics and alpha. > If you have DOS filename format, that would be 11 x 5.1 = 55 bits, so 7 > bytes to store a full 8.3 filename.. And it's really not that difficult > to > decode, either. > Cheers > A http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/199806/msg00013.html That is too cool. :) -Lee
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