Re: Creating IIGS Disk Images w/limited hardware

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

"A. Freed" writes ...
> 
> All right. I could use some advice from the experts, here.
> 
> For archival purposes, I'm looking to make some portable backups of my old
> IIGS software. I want to make disk images, transfer them to a PC, burn
> them to CD, and then have them available for use on emulators forevermore.
> 
> The best way to do this appears to be SheppyWare's ImageMaker
> ( http://www.sheppyware.net/products/a2/imagemaker/ ), which says it'll
> copy even bad blocks--meaning I can back up my old copy-protected games,
> too. Any arguments so far?
> 
 ....

     As Ed says, it won't work on most disks which have copy protection.

     In nearly all cases where disks are copy protected, your best bet is to
download pre-existing images of the games you want from archives like 'Fairway,
Tarnover, Asimov, and Ground. Character disks are, fairly often, not copy
protected; so, you may be able to make images of those (using Asimov or
DSK2FILE) and transfer saved games you want.

     If you want to make deprotected copies of some games, the best place to
look is issues of Computist. Tarnover maintains the largest Computist archive
and has an index for looking up articles about specific games and other
software. ( http://tarnover.dyndns.org/ )

     The best utility for making disk images on a IIgs is Asimov. For info
about Asimov see http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2FLUTILS.html .



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