Re: Hardware musings

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

mdj wrote:
> Michael J. Mahon wrote:
>
>
> > Perhaps the problem should be restated as "find the least complex
> > way of imaging and re-creating arbitrarily protected Apple II
> > disks with as little additional hardware investment as possible."
> >
> > Or is this not the problem?
>
>
> It seems there are two problems. Firstly there's the imaging
> arbitrarily protected disks, which should be possible without any
> additional hardware, assuming it's done on an Apple II - mod Copy II
> plus to make images.
>
> Then there's all those out there who would enjoy the convenience of
> adding an Apple 5.25" drive to their PC's to make imaging all the stuff
> that's available now simpler.

What do you mean by "imaging all the stuff that's available now"?

Do you mean reading real disks and imaging them (which involves the
complexities we are discussing) or writing real disks from the images
available now (which is quite different, since they are almost all
"normal" images).

> Both seem to be solvable independantly, but one solution to both
> problems seems beyond the realm of feasibility to me.
>
> Matt


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