Re: Installing Castle Wolfenstein on HD

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <3efjo5$67t@telerama.lm.com>,
Matt Portune <mportune@telerama.lm.com> wrote:
>Sean Turner (sturner@pro-ssor.cts.com) wrote:
>> Is there any way to install Castle Wolfenstein on a HD using the Dos3.3
>> Copier program, where it pulls the disk image and converts it into a ProDOS
>> file? I do know that the CW disk is DOS 3.2, but I suspect that it is copy
>> protected. Any unprotects out there. I mean, this sucker was made in 1981
>> by Sirus Software, and you would think it would be public domain by now!

>Wo!  What program is that?  DOS 3.3 copier?  Is there an FTP site I can 
>get that from?  I have a HUGE library of disks I would love to image onto 
>my HD!

   Yep. Part of the 'Dos 3.3 Launcher' package. On the ftp site
ftp.cco.caltech.edu, it's the file pub/apple2/utils/dos3.3.shk.
(That's version 2.0; I thought 2.1 was out). Some quick caveats
about things that it can handle, and what it can't:

- Programs must run in 48K only (upper 16 is taken over by the
ProDOS interface to the disks), and use the 'official' Dos 3.3
disk access routines.

- No copy protected disks! Everything's got to be read nicely to
fit on the HD. [Horray for those cracked versions, eh? :) ]

   Unfortunately, as a lot of 'official' 5.25" disks have one form
of copy protection or another, this could be a real pain trying
to archive your collection. But, any form of archiving will be
a _good_ thing 5-10 years from now when apple II emulators for
the ultrafast personal computers of the day will be a dime a
dozen (or the cost of a ftp connect :) and we'd like to get at
the stuff from our decaying 5.25" disks. If Caltech does indeed
have the means to master CDRoms for the right price, all my //e
and IIGS stuff is going on one for my personal collection.

Nathan Mates
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