Disk Muncher

[pg@sff.net (Paul Guertin)]

On Fri, 15 Jan 1999 05:35:38 -0600, Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
wrote:

>      There are several approaches to making backups. One is to use a
> whole-disk 'fast copier' such as Disk Muncher or Diversi-Copy. These
> usually work fine so long as the disk to be backed up is not copy
> protected.

Ah, Disk Muncher (Written by The Stack -- Corrupt Computing). Nice
little program. Does anyone know who The Stack was, and if he/she
wrote any other utilities? I don't remember seeing that nickname
anywhere else.

Also, I would love to learn more about the Apple II cracking/piracy
scene during the late 70s and 80s. But the only materials I have are
1) The title pages of cracked games I have,
2) Some how-to disks like Krakowicz Kracking Korker,
3) A few issues of Computist magazine.

I think it would be interesting if the former sysops of underground
Apple II BBSes would distribute their logs on the Internet. It is,
after all, an important part of Apple II history.

Paul Guertin
pg@sff.net


 
>      Educational software is often copy protected. If a lot of your
> software is from MECC, a good try is to get an MECC copy program by John
> Kielkopf named
> "meccopy". You can find it as meccopy.sdk on Ground at ...
> 
> ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/apple8/Utils/
> 
> Meccopy will make copy de-protected copies of many MECC products. (To
> get the program going on your Apple II, transfer meccopy.sdk file to the
> Apple and use ShrinkIt 3.4 to unshrink the file to a formatted 5.25"
> diskette.)
> 
>      A different way to get backups of copy protected software is to use
> a whole-disk copier with built-in features to deal with specific copy
> protection schemes-- like Copy II Plus, Locksmith, ... . Later versions
> of Copy II Plus (v7.1 and later) include a 'Bit Copier' with a large
> library of parms to copy many pieces of copy protected software.
> 
>      Probably the quickest way to get backups for copy protected
> software is to access one of the major Apple II archives and download
> already-deprotected copies of the stuff you want backed up. Educational
> software is probably the least well represented area; but, there is a
> chance you will find some of the titles you wish to back up on Asimov or
> Asimov-GS ...
> 
>   ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/
>   ftp://apple.cabi.net/pub/apple_II/
>   ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/apple_II/
>   ftp://mirror.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/
> 
>   ftp://apple.cabi.net/pub/applegs/ 
> 
> 
>      A good 'starting off' place for information about the Apple II
> (which includes a listing of other A2 info sites) is the Csa2
> (comp.sys.apple2) newsgroup FAQs at ... 
> 
> ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Faqs/
> http://www.grin.net/~cturley/A2.FAQs.and.INFO/CSA2.FAQs/
> ftp://apple.cabi.net/pub/applegs/FAQs.and.INFO/A2.Csa2.FAQs/
> ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/Faqs/Formatted/ 
> 
> Start with the first file listed.
> 
> 
>      When there are more questions (about copying, downloading,
> transferring files from PC to Apple II, ...), this newsgroup is the
> place to post them.
> 
> 
> 
> Rubywand