Chris Alaimo wrote:
These are 5.25" disks. I believe the file system is DOS 3.2 (these are from early in the A2's life cycle). I tried using the disk verification option in Copy II+, and it gave a track error for every track. ERROR TRACK $00 SECTOR $0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F And so on for each successive track...
That's a 13-sector disk, so you'll need to bit-copy the disk. Since that was very early, it's likely that any protection is pretty simple. BTW, your 16-sector can read the disk fine, but if you want to *boot* it, you'll need to pre-boot BOOT13 from the system master.
Michael J. Mahon wrote:Chris Alaimo wrote:OK, Locksmith didn't work. Does anyone have any insight into how I can copy this disk?Getting through copy protection is a really fun game! Some are easy, and some are devilishly clever. I don't know what kind of disks these are--5.25" or 3.5"--or what file system is used: DOS 3.3, ProDOS, or "other". That often gives some guidance about likely protection schemes. When you attempt a "disk verify", what result(s) do you get? -michael New, faster SUDOKU v2.0 solver for Apple II's! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused."
-- -michael New, faster SUDOKU v2.0 solver for Apple II's! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused."