Re: Have: Apple IIe, box of good 5.25 floppies with software. Need: good way to preserve the data

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

thepenciler09@gmail.com wrote:
> On Mar 31, 12:16 am, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > thepencile...@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > ADTPro works wonderfully! Got Oregon Trail to work. :)
> >
> > And since no one has mentioned it yet, the OP should be
> > aware that none of these methods works with later copy-
> > protected disks.
> >
> > For those, your best bet is to "normalize" them by removing
> > the copy protection (more fun than most games ;-), or by
> > finding them already de-protected on one of the archive
> > sites.
> >
> > -michael
> >
> > NadaNet and AppleCrate II: parallel computing for Apple II computers!
> > Home page:http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon
> >
> > "The wastebasket is our most important design
> > tool--and it's seriously underused."
>
>
> Hm. I think I haven't run into that yet, but I have run into a few
> "Kracked by..." games that worked.

Yep--those are deprotected copies of the original protected disks.

-michael

NadaNet and AppleCrate II: parallel computing for Apple II computers!
Home page: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon

"The wastebasket is our most important design
tool--and it's seriously underused."