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Re: Backing up Larry

BLuRry wrote:

It should be possible to read the (modified) RWTS routine on protected
disks, right?  I mean, the disk *has* to boot like every other up to a
point I'm assuming.


Not necessarily.  Only the boot sector must be readable by the boot ROM,
and it can contain code that reads a quite different format for every
other part of the disk, even track 0.

You have to appreciate how totally *soft* the Disk ][ is!


Or should I break out the wildcard-II card I found in a pile of
hardware?  (anyone have the accompanying software for that card?)


The WildCard will only capture the memory image of a single-load
game, not the disk image.

-michael

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