Re: EDD Plus Project

[Rick Hohler <rick.hohler@gmail.com>]

On Jan 12, 4:23 pm, macdog <bigdog...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 12, 4:50 pm, "Henry S. Courbis" <apl2research(a.t.)comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
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>
> > Hello everyone!
>
> > Have a few questions I was hoping to find answers to concerning the EDD Plus
> > card.
>
> > First I'd like to know who here would be interested in a reproduction of the
> > card?  I've never worked with it so I don't really know what it's potential
> > is.  From what I understand it will allow coping of most, if not all, copy
> > protected Apple II disks.  I also believe the copies created when using the
> > EDD Plus card are still protected and not cracked - basically a 100% exact
> > copy of the original disk.  Does anyone here have any additional information
> > or clarifications to those statements?  On a side note the new design will
> > support both full and half high Floppy Drives to allow the board to be used
> > in more Apple IIs then the original.
>
> > Next I would like to ask who would be interested in the card if it was able
> > to create Images of copy protected disks?  I know there's a version of
> > Nibble out there that sort of does this already, but from my own past
> > experience this program wasn't the simplest to use, didn't always work for
> > some software and it also created two files for the Image.  My thoughts were
> > to rewrite the EDD software to allow it to dump an Image file (preferably no
> > larger then 140k) to Floppy or HDD which would then allows users to upload
> > them to the Net or even store them on other media (backup) and restore at
> > will.  I know there are 'purists' out there who like to have original
> > versions of software as well as cracked versions.
>
> > Which begs the next question - Is there source code for the EDD v4.2
> > software?  I just tried Sitehttp://www.apple2info.net/hardware/edd/edd.htm
> > and they were down, although I don't believe they had the source code
> > anyway.
>
> > I recently spoke to Geoff Weiss about this software project and discussed
> > some of the details.  I had an idea that it would be greatly beneficial, for
> > obvious reasons, to try and write the Image feature of the software to save
> > the Image as a .DSK file.  This would then fit on a 140k Floppy Disk as well
> > as allow emulators to run these files.  Geoff doesn't believe that it would
> > be possible to save the raw data stream in .DSK format because of all the
> > extra data the EDD would be able to read unlike a standard .DSK creation
> > program.  Any of you programmers out there have some comments about this
> > possible .DSK Image addition to the EDD software?  I'm not that familiar
> > with the .DSK format so I don't really know its limitations.  If .DSK isn't
> > possible then I guess we'll create our own format unless someone can
> > recommend something else that would be possible or suitable (.PO maybe?).  A
> > custom format Image file would then require all Emulators to be rewritten if
> > they wanted to support it.
>
> > Feel free to contact me directly (email and numbers on Web Site) or post
> > comments here.  Thanks in advance for your time.  Any help would be MUCH
> > appreciated and a big time saver!
>
> > --
> > Henry S. Courbiswww.ReactiveMicro.com
> > Legacy Hardware and Support - Come take a look at what we have to offer!
>
> if you build it, i will buy it.  ;)
>
> Jamie.

I'd buy one too!

Rick