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Software List Search algorithm
ksherlock edited this page 2021-01-30 19:11:11 -05:00
mame apple2gs mcs
mcs is an entry in the hash/apple2gs.xml file which looks like this:
<software name="mcs">
<description>Music Construction Set</description>
<year>1996</year>
<publisher>Electronic Arts</publisher>
<part name="flop1" interface="floppy_3_5">
<dataarea name="flop" size="819264">
<rom name="music construction set (1986)(electronic arts)(disk 1 of 2).2mg" size="819264" crc="..." sha1="..." />
</dataarea>
</part>
<part name="flop2" interface="floppy_3_5">
<dataarea name="flop" size="819264">
<rom name="music construction set (1986)(electronic arts)(disk 2 of 2).2mg" size="819264" crc="..." sha1="..." />
</dataarea>
</part>
</software>
The search path for the disk images is:
roms/$list/$name/$diskroms/$list/$name.ziproms/$list.ziproms.ziproms/$name/$diskroms/$name.ziproms/$machine/$diskroms/$machine.zip
where $machine is the machine name (passed on the command line), $name is the software name (passed on the machine name), and $list is the software list name (apple2gs, apple2_cass, apple2_flop_clcracked, etc) where the definition is found, and $disk is the disk image name from the software list. (The software lists are the .xml files in the hash/ directory). In the case of apple2gs, the $list name matches the $machine name.
Compressed files may be in .zip or .7z format. .zip takes precedence.