Re: Apple emulation problems (The SunRaycer Saga)

["Bryan Parkoff" <nospam@nospam.com>]

Mike Ching,

    You did not mention KEGS.  Have you tried KEGS to see if it works.  I 
see that Nibble Copier works fine on KEGS.

Bryan Parkoff

"Mike Ching" <kulasoft@verizon.net> wrote in message 
news:SX3le.2998$5T2.553@trnddc01...
> This was posted over at comp.emulators.apple2.  I'm also posting it here
> in hope that someone can shed light on the problem.  If anybody wants to
> take a look at the disk images, I can email it to them.
>
> - mike
>
> * * *
>
> The Sunraycer saga continues ....
>
> The story so far (Short version) - For years I have been trying to play
> SunRaycer again under emulation.  NONE of the disk images on Asimov or
> any
> other sites work with any Apple 2 emulators (and I have tried new and
> old
> versions of everything out there - AppleWin, Apple PC, Apple OASIS,
> MESS,
> etc, etc). So, I assumed that the disk images were bad.
>
> However, Mike (from Kula Software -
> http://www.angelfire.com/hi/kulasoft/ )
> has been trying various things recently (thanks for all your hard work
> Mike
> !!), and he transferred working Sunraycer disks over to the PC as DSK
> (not
> NIB via SST !!) and then back again to the Apple ][ as DSK, and they
> booted
> fine on the Apple ][, but still would NOT work under the any of the
> Apple ][ emulators out there (AppleWin, Apple PC, Apple OASIS, MESS,
> etc,
> etc).
>
> So, the disks must be using some sneaky or undocumented feature at boot.
>
> There are 2 ways to fix this - fix the disk images or ammend the
> emulators to support whatever is happening.  Seeing it is only 2 disks
> in this boat so far, I reckon fixing the disks may be the best / easiest
> way forward.
>
> Does anyone out there still know / remember enough about Apple ][ disk
> formats / hacking to see what's going on with the disks ?
>
> If I email you the DSK images, can you take a look and see what is going
> on and try and find a fix / work-a-round for the problem so that the
> disks work?
>
> All the best,
>
> Mike "Moose" O'Malley
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