Re: [stella] ROM image classifications

[Glenn Saunders <cybpunks2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 01:14 AM 12/18/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> base64 expands by a factor of 1.333
> hex expands by a factor of 2

Yeah, but hex is actually readable and hackable.  That might actually be 
useful if you wanted to fiddle with a ROM image whereas base64 is just 
gobblygook.  Of course, if people started doing that you'd need to 
re-evaluate the MD5 hash, another reason NOT to embed the rom image in the 
XML ;)

The whole idea behind XML is to keep things human-readable.

> both are useless until converted back to binary.

Another advantage for hex being that it's a lot easier for an emu or what 
have you to convert the two character hex values into a stream of 
characters than it is for it to convert base64.



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