Re: [stella] ROM image classifications

Subject: Re: [stella] ROM image classifications
From: "Mickey Mouse" <snafles@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 20:42:41 -0500
How's this for an example?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<Atari2600ROM>
<Cartridge>
<MD5>aaea37b65db9e492798f0105a6915e96</MD5>
<Name>Party Mix (2 of 3) (1982) (Starpath)</Name>
<Manufacturer>Starpath</Manufacturer>
<ModelNo>AR-4302</ModelNo>
<Note>Uses the Paddle Controllers</Note>
<Rarity>Extremely Rare</Rarity>
<Type>AR</Type>
</Cartridge>
<Controller>
<Left>Paddles</Left>
<Right>Paddles</Right>
</Controller>
<Display>
<Height>192</Height>
<Width>160</Width>
<XStart>0</XStart>
<YStart>34</YStart>
</Display>
<Emulation>
<CPU>High</CPU>
</Emulation>
<Binary>
YODA4HA4HAwMDBwcPDhgYOBg4MDgcDgcDAwMHBwcPDgwcGDgwOBwOBwMDAwcHBwcHDg44OBg
[140 lines of base64 encoded binary data omitted]
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
</Binary>
</Atari2600ROM>


Perfect, except I think the tags should be as short and sweet as possible, it will make it easier for emmbedded solutions to work with them. Many micro- controllers have very limited resources. Decoding a deeply nested tag could be costly.

Just my 2 bits

Vernon


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