Re: Copying FS2 Scenery disks

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

magnusfalkirk wrote:
> On Jul 7, 5:42 pm, magnusfalkirk <dean.pha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Just a question out of curiosity. Can I copy one of the Flight
> > Simulator II Scenery Disks using the parameters for Flight Simulator
> > II on Copy II+? I ask this as I recently won a copy of FS2 on eBay
> > that came with a copy of Scenery Disk 1. I'd like to backup the
> > Scenery Disk, and if possible make it available by uploading to Asimov
> > or some other Apple II software repository, but I don't know if the
> > FS2 parameters on Copy II+ will work.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dean
>
> Well I've tried using Copy II+ v9.1 to copy the scenery disk, both
> using the Flight Simulator II parameters and just a straight bit copy
> and it fails to copy it. So I guess I'll give Locksmith 6 a try
> tomorrow and see what happens there. As it stands I have a usable copy
> of Scenery Disk 1 but no way to back it up.

Sounds like time to find and disassemble the scenery disk read
routine...  ;-)

-michael

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