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Lots of the software is in disc image format - but it would be nice to convert those to a ZIP with RISC OS extensions so they can load more quickly from HostFS. The script would:

• extract the disc using ADFSlib.py
• Repack into a ZIP archive with RISC OS extension field

If the disc archive is specified in the TOML with an archive= field, then the conversion should happen automatically

If the TOML specifies an application path to auto-launch, we should automatically retrieve and convert the icon from a sprite to a PNG so we can display it in the software catalogue.

We should detect, at minimum

• ADF disc image
• ADF disc image in ZIP
• RISC OS ZIP file

For disc images, we should validate that titles with 1.6MB discs also specify machines that can read them (e.g. A5000, A3010/A3020)

We should support using Markdown in the description field or in a separate .md file (e.g. lander.md). This would allow having headings, paragraphs and and links. The Python script should convert markdown into HTML embedded inside the JSON file.