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Re: Hardware musings

mdj wrote:

sicklittlemonkey wrote:



Bit copy parameters or a Computist crack could provide an invaluable
start, but someone who understands the Deep Magic needs to verify that
an archive quality image has been obtained. The only alternative is
some kind of analogue clone, as discussed. (Quantum entanglement
anyone? ;-)



Well, as far as Bit Copy parameters go, you can be sure you have an
archive quality image, assuming the parameters are correct.


I never went wild with Copy II Plus' "automatic" mode, but I
seldom found that it worked for the disks I tried.  I therefore
have a very poor opinion about its quality.


The image would implicitly document the protection used, and as a
result pare down the data captured to a bare minimum. Putting the image
back on disk then becomes more practicable.



That's true. I'd like to get a feel for what software Copy II Plus
can't copy... Some of the later 18 sector titles might fit that
category, for instance Prince Of Persia


For one thing, there aren't that many entries in the latest parm
files compared to the total number of disks...

-michael

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