Re: Sector data format????

In article (2130) [email removed] (Andrew Salamon) writes:
>
>   I downloaded the sector data for the Corridor sector, but I'm not sure how
> it has been formatted.  Could someone mail or post a short description, like
> spaces 1-4 is the hex number and 6-X is the uwp, etc?
>   I was hoping to slightly automate the process of fixing the data up using
> hypercard.  I already have the Spinward Marches in a Hypercard Stack, but I
> did all of the formatting (ie putting tabs between each "field" by hand.)
>   Any suggestions for what I should do with all of this wonderful data?

Were you able to read the file at all, Andrew?  In the sunbane archive,
it's listed as "CORRIDOR.Z", which means it's a compressed UN*X file.

Running it through the uncompress utility should produce a ASCII textfile
with a header that looks like this:

Corridor
 1-13: Name
15-18: HexNbr
20-28: UWP
   31: Bases
33-47: Codes & Comments
   49: Zone
52-54: PBG
56-57: Allegiance
59-74: Stellar Data

...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8
              0102 C474522-7    Ag Ni An           320 Im F3 V
Khouth        0104 A8C3999-D    Hi Fl Cp           420 Im M3 V
              0105 C356112-9    Lo Ni              421 Im M1 V K3 V I
                .
                .
                .

.. and so on.  Those first 10 lines give the name of the sector and the
columns for each field of information.  I just downloaded the same file
to make sure that it hadn't gotten corrupted or something, and it looks
fine.  If you're having specific problems, send me a description of the
trouble you're having and maybe I can help.  Since I'm responsible for
the files being there in the first place, I feel a bit obligated to make
sure that all the TML subscribers can use them. :-)

Later,
        - Mark F. Cook (TDR archivist)