Re: Need replacement disks for Tower of Myraglen

[Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com>]

Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>> Create images from the "cracked" image and the good blocks from the original,
>> then diff the binaries (under Linux, "xxd" the disks and compare them with
>> "diff").  That'll tell you which blocks were modified by the crackers.  If
>> you get lucky, and there's not a lot of fuzz from saved games or the crack
>> screen, you'll be able to find the block quickly.

> BTW, Andy, can you recommend a good diff program?  (Or CiderPress
> option...  ;-)

I usually just use the Linux "diff" command.  Some Windows installations
come with "WinDiff", though I don't know what the current state of that is.
(At one point it came with a "resource pack", or with developer tools, but
I thought it made it into the basic install at some point.)

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