[Simh] SIMH Development

[Zane H. Healy]

At 12:04 AM +0000 10/31/09, Rob Jarratt wrote:
>I am working on a feature for SIMH that I think others may find 
>useful. Are there any standards I need to follow before submitting 
>code? Is there a process I have to follow to submit code for 
>inclusion?
>
>In case anyone is interested I am adding a differencing disk feature 
>that allows you to store only the changes to a virtual disk file, so 
>you can rollback to a known state, or keep the differences from a 
>base image in a smaller file, like undo disks in Virtual PC.

I can't answer the standards question, but I will say this much, make 
sure that this is an *OPTION*.  Last I checked, the current disk 
files work very nice if you're moving back and forth between real 
hardware.

Zane


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