Re: Alternate Reality Crack

[Mike Maginnis <mmaginnis@gmail.com>]

On Feb 22, 6:47 am, Mike Maginnis <mmagin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 22, 4:45 am, Bugman <btt071...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > 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.
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> 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:
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> Alternate Reality: The Dungeon Disk Images
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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 ...
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> 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
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> 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

Also, Copy II Plus shows the .dsk image of Disk 1, Side 1 as having a
volume number of 151, not 16 as listed above.

- Mike