Re: Alternate Reality Crack

[Mike Maginnis <mmaginnis@gmail.com>]

On Feb 22, 4:45 am, Bugman <btt071...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 21, 11:24 pm, Mike Maginnis <mmagin...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Feb 21, 6:42 pm, Bugman <btt071...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > On Feb 21, 2:27 pm, Mike Maginnis <mmagin...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > On Feb 20, 5:12 pm, Bugman <btt071...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > Yes, they are non functional.  Disk 1, Side 1, breaks into the monitor
> > > > > upon booting just like the image I created using the super IOB.
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> > > > Is this the controller from Computist #50, page 8? If so,did you try
> > > > the directions after the listing if the controller doesn't work?
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> > > > "If this does not work scan the backup disk for C9 CC 00 ED 80 ac CD
> > > > and change ED to 00."
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> > > > Just a thought...
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> > > > - Mike
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> > > Yeah, tried that too unfortuneately.
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> > Bummer.  Just a quick question -- are you doing this with an emulator
> > or a real Apple II?
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> > - Mike- Hide quoted text -
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> > - Show quoted text -
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> I tried both.  I actually have a real working original disk.

I ask because the .nib disk images in the Asimov directory posted
above do work in AppleWin, and I found this information in a textfile
in an old archive I have:

Alternate Reality: The Dungeon Disk Images

This is a new set of .nib images. The images were prepared
from .dsk disk images produced from unprotected diskettes using
Ninjaforce's Asimov v1.3.

The reason .nib images are required is not copy protection.
Except for Disk 1: Side 1, the AR-Dungeon diskettes are not
copy protected; and a deprotected copy of Disk 1: Side 1 was
created using the simple patch outlined by Michael Horton in
Computist #50.

The AR-Dungeon disks must be on .nib images because the game
uses volume numbers to identify disks. A .nib image preserves
volume numbering; whereas, .dsk images do not.

The disks in this set are ...

D1.nib (V#16)-   Disk 1: Side 1
D1b.nib (V#17)-  Disk 1: Side 2
D2.nib (V#18)-   Disk 2 (Side 1 is the only side used)
Char.nib (V#20)- A Character Disk with space for four characters

All of the game disk images are write-protected via setting each
.nib file's Read Only property to On. The Character Disk is not
write-protected.

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I don't know if that helps at all.  I haven't transferred the .nib
images back to real floppy to test them.  I suppose I could, if you
think that might help.

- Mike