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Horizons

Einar SaukasEinar Saukas
edited January 2012 in Infoseek database
Horizons contains several files that are identified incorrectly:
  • File "Horizons(Micropress2).tzx.zip" is incorrectly identified as "English", it's actually Dutch.
  • File "Horizons(RebitComputer).tzx.zip" is incorrectly identified as "English", it's actually Italian.
  • File "Horizons(Arco-Iris)(Microdigital).tzx.zip" is incorrectly identified as "Portuguese", it's actually the Spanish TK95 variant.
Regarding this last case, Microdigital was a Brazilian company that sold two models (TK90X and TK95) to several countries in Latin America. Because of this, they produced 4 different variations of this tape:
  • Arco-Iris TK90X Portuguese (in Brazil)
  • Arco-Iris TK95 Portuguese (in Brazil)
  • Arco-Iris TK90X Spanish (in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Ecuador)
  • Arco-Iris TK95 Spanish (in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Ecuador)
The first 3 variants above are still missing from the archive.
Post edited by Einar Saukas on
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Comments

  • mheidemheide
    edited January 2012
    The 3 languages have been corrected.
  • Einar SaukasEinar Saukas
    edited January 2012
    mheide wrote: »
    The 3 languages have been corrected.

    Ops, the 3rd file I mentioned is still wrong!

    File "Horizons(Arco-Iris)(Microdigital).tzx.zip" is incorrect, it should be "Spanish".

    File "Horizons(Arco-Iris)(Microdigital).tap.zip" is correct, it should remain as "Portuguese".

    I suppose there's some confusion because these 2 files have the same filename (only different extension), although their contents are different (not just the format). Because of this, I suggest renaming them as follows:
    • Rename "Horizons(Arco-Iris)(Microdigital).tzx.zip" to "Horizons(Arco-Iris)(Microdigital)(TK95-Spanish).tzx.zip"
    • Rename "Horizons(Arco-Iris)(Microdigital).tap.zip" to "Horizons(Arco-Iris)(Microdigital)(TK95-Portuguese).tap.zip"

    Including "TK95" in the filename is relevant since luckily in the future someone will also recover "Horizons(Arco-Iris)(Microdigital)(TK90X-Spanish)" and "Horizons(Arco-Iris)(Microdigital)(TK90X-Portuguese)" that also have different contents.
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  • mheidemheide
    edited January 2012
    It's not as easy as you'd think, I'm afraid: the filenames are generated, rather than free-format. They are composed of original title, possibly a re-release title and finally the re-release publisher.
    This was done to take care of the many corrections provided; I only have to take care of the database fields and the files will get renamed automatically at the next update. :-)

    That said, I could do something: rename the re-release title to "Arco-Iris [system]" (e.g. "Arco-Iris TK95").

    I then checked the archive of uploads that have not been used yet, and found the (.tap) Portuguese TK90X version, provided by Marcelo Vianna in 2006, and added that as well.
  • Einar SaukasEinar Saukas
    edited January 2012
    Everything's correct now, thanks!

    ... Well, almost everything. Inside the new package "Horizons(Arco-IrisTK90X)(Microdigital).tap.zip" you just added, the sides are reversed. I mean, this package includes file "ARCO side a.TAP" that contains side B of the original tape, and "ARCO side B.TAP" that contains side A of the original tape.
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  • mheidemheide
    edited January 2012
    This has been corrected.
  • Einar SaukasEinar Saukas
    edited January 2012
    Thank you!
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