> > There are also multiple ways of representing the same thing, which is why there are > some > > redundant entries in the cassette list right now; they're for improving the TZX > > decoder, which isn't perfect. > > It would be really useful it there was a way to mass-compare checksums from the data > blocks inside the files... Not just for TZX, but for any other similar formats where > each "full dump" is inevitably going to have its own checksum due to small > differences detected in pauses between blocks, etc. > > Then again, there may also exist certain releases where only the pause lengths are > different (we have to think of every possible situation), so there would have to be a > threshold for considering them separate things.
pretty sure there are copy protections / loaders where the pause lengths matter too, so even data that isn't data potentially makes a difference ;-)
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