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Re: Backup Advice for old Disks
Andrew T. Foster writes ...
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I'm going through my Apple II collection with a renewed vigor, and
I've come across a program or two I am having problems backing up. For
example, a wonderful game called Threshold from 1981 by On-line Systems.
It was written by Ken Williams and Warren Schwader. I have the original
disk here, and I'm trying to make a copy with Copy II+ 8.2. However,
even using the param file isn't producing a working copy. Any tips of
how to get some of these_very_ old and worn diskettes backed up?
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On approach that works for many oldies is to just download the disk
image from Asimov and convert it to diskette form. For example, you can
find a disk image for Threshold at ...
ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/images/games/action/
Rubywand