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file_id.diz

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How come people still haven't figured out how to make proper file_id.diz's? I mean.. The standard has said 44x11 characters for how many years now? Want more? Use an nfo!

added on the 2008-12-23 15:46:15 by arcane

And,.. What ISO/IEC number does the file_id.diz standard have?

Merry Christmas :)

added on the 2008-12-23 15:54:38 by datsua

I still haven't figured out why some people still care about file_id.diz at all.

added on the 2008-12-23 16:02:43 by torus

That's true, as there's no real point in it any more. But if you do add one..

added on the 2008-12-23 16:25:59 by arcane

i always make sure mine are 45x12, just to annoy arcane.

added on the 2008-12-23 16:57:02 by xeron

Probably most people don't know that there is a standard for file_id.diz (I also didn't know it's limited to 11 lines, I only thought the width was limited to 40 characters per line).

added on the 2008-12-23 17:17:01 by Adok

So. Uhm. Why is it 44x11 anyway??!

added on the 2008-12-23 17:34:20 by raer

http://www.textfiles.com/computers/fileid.txt

Quote:

The file consists of straight ASCII text, up to 10 lines of text, each line
being no more than 45 characters long. It should *NOT* contain any blank
lines, any form of centering or formatting, or any Hi-ASCII or ANSI
characters. (i.e. it should ONLY contain alpha & numeric characters).

added on the 2008-12-23 17:37:07 by Gargaj

arcane: Øl i Oslo i romjula?

added on the 2008-12-23 17:58:24 by kusma

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_id.diz

added on the 2008-12-23 18:00:29 by v3nom

No formatting? That also means one shouldn't rely on fixed width spaces? But ASCII drawings require them.

added on the 2008-12-23 18:01:01 by Adok

There are still good reasons to use file_id.diz and it should be mandatory for all kind of releases.

NUKED CREDITS*10 BY BOSS-NUKE C0Z NO FILE_ID

added on the 2008-12-23 18:28:16 by dIGIMAN

That HiAscii thing is something every file_id.diz in recorded history has violated :)

hí DÖødZ! (this was much simpler on a500 btw)

added on the 2008-12-23 20:22:57 by El Topo

I thought you were all talking about my skype id.

added on the 2008-12-23 20:41:48 by xernobyl

BRING BACK THE HANDDRAWN FLOPPY-SLEEVE COMIC !!!!!!!!!!!1zwölf

OR ELSE !!!!11!!..!een!

added on the 2008-12-23 20:46:47 by havoc

@Raredolf: It's the standard used for dirlistings on BBSs, hence the format.

added on the 2008-12-24 13:39:32 by arcane

what

added on the 2008-12-24 14:45:20 by ricky martin

arcane, i was going on about this issue for years, but noone cares. so i stopped caring as well.

added on the 2008-12-24 15:55:22 by dipswitch

merry christmas.

added on the 2008-12-24 15:55:34 by dipswitch

rulez are there to be broken
individualism cant be replaced by conformity

added on the 2008-12-24 15:57:32 by elkmoose

because no-one uses bbs anymore? O_o

added on the 2008-12-24 17:24:03 by bfx

file_id.diz, what they said.

added on the 2008-12-24 20:32:21 by gentleman

@bk237: Then people shouldn't use file_id.diz's either.. It's just like splitting releases into 1.44MB zip-files, *cough* 0day *cough*.

added on the 2008-12-24 23:44:58 by arcane

just copy a random pr0n-jpeg to file_id.diz and be done with it already

added on the 2008-12-25 00:09:53 by Hatikvah

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