Upload information

Please follow these instructions for uploading to ADATE, because this will help me to maintain the site. Thankyou for your support.

1. ADATE supports the following emulator file formats:
   • Tapes should be in .CDT/.TZX file format.
   • Disc images should be in CPCEMU style disk image file format. Standard and Extended disks are allowed.
   • Cartridges should be in .CPR file format.

   Details of these file formats, and tools to create them, can be found at "The Unofficial Amstrad WWW Resource"

2. The emulator file should be put into a .ZIP archive file, and SHOULD include a "file_id.diz" file, with the structure described below. If a "file_id.diz" is not included, or is in the wrong format, it will take longer for your upload to be made available for download. So please, use the "file_id.diz" and the correct structure.
3. put your upload into /pub/ftp/cpc/ADATE/incoming/ I will not look for uploads in other directories, so please put them here.
4. when upload is complete, you can send a e-mail to amstrad@aiind.upv.es with the name of the file and a short description about the contents of the file.
5. I use a automatic script to generate the indexs and check the incoming directory. If a invalid ZIP is found (e.g. a bad upload), it will be deleted. So please be careful when uploading.

NOTE: I will not check the uploads everyday, so it may be a few days before your uploads are made available in the main archive.

file_id.diz structure

The "file_id.diz" file is a standard ASCII file and can have MSDOS/Windows (CR,LF), Mac (LF) or Linux (CR) line-endings.

Each line of the file has the following form: VARIABLE ":" VARIABLE_DATA

e.g. TITLE: MONOPOLY

VARIABLE contains characters only in upper or lower case.

VARIABLE_DATA contains characters and punctuation. If the data has spaces, then you MUST put quotes (") around.

e.g. TITLE: "CURSE OF SHERWOOD, (THE)"

In the case of a variable which can have more than one piece of data (e.g. PROGRAMMER), you must seperate them with ;.

e.g. PROGRAMMER: "KEV";"JIM".

The variables are used to build the index file, so please use the format described to help. The variable-data pair can appear in any order. e.g. it is not necessary to have TITLE first.

At a minimum please include these fields: TITLE, PUBLISHER, LANGUAGE, YEAR, UPLOADER

The following variables are supported:

TITLE

The name of the program. e.g. "MONOPOLY"

PUBLISHER

The name of the company who published and distributed the game. This may or may not be the same as the developer. e.g. "US GOLD" or "RICOCHET"

DEVELOPER

The name of the company who developed/wrote the game. e.g. "TIERTEX".

PROGRAMMER

The name(s) of the programmers. The names should be seperated with semicolons ";".

COPYRIGHT

The name of the current copyright holder. e.g. "INFOGRAMES" This may or may not be the same as the PUBLISHER/DEVELOPER.

ARTIST

The name(s) of the artists. This should include the artist for the title screen and in game graphics if different.

MUSICIAN

The name(s) of the musicians.

PRODUCER

The name(s) of the producers.

LANGUAGE

The language. The internet naming standard is used: e.g.

EN	(ENGLISH),
DE	(GERMAN),
ES	(SPANISH),
FR	(FRENCH),
IT	(ITALIAN),
GR	(GREEK)

YEAR

The year of the release.

LOADER

The name and version of the loader. Some names are: STANDARD, SPEEDLOCK, SPEEDLOCK V1 etc

NOTES

Notes that apply to this game.

UPLOADER

Name of uploader.

PUBLISHER_CODE

Code assigned by publisher. I have used this for AMSOFT and VEB MIKROELEKTRONIK software, so please use it for these also.