Re: Backing up protected disks

[Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Michael <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> wrote:
> Way Old Thread, but I'm having a blast reading these protection schemes.
> 
> I have original disk images of the following Broderbund software: 
> Fantavision, Gumball, Karateka, Lode Runner, Spare Change
> 
> I started boot-tracing Lode Runner, but this will save me some time!
> 
> Now to see if if I can revive my original Snack Atack ... it only boots
> to the Title screen, and then "soft-hangs" -- keeps retrying to read the disk. :-(
> 
> Thanks for posting the link to Hardcore Computist Nick!

Your Snack Attack disk is a good example.  Many original disks that "fail"
are just failing their copy protection, and are recoverable through
deprotection. 

-michael  -  NadaNet 3.1:  http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon