Re: FS: Deluxe Option Board,Central Point

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

David Wilson replied:

>mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) writes:
>>Bryan Parkoff wrote:
>
>>>    Please tell me how can you copy Apple II software diskettes in PC
>floppy
>>>drives using Deluxe Option Board, but I doubt.
>
>>By copying every flux transition, without regard to its "meaning".
>
>Slight problem doing this with Apple II discs:
>
>1) the src and dst drives would have to be spindle synced to
>   successfully copy some copy protected discs or at least
>   running at the same speed to copy even normal discs.

The program, running on a PC, would no doubt sync the
track images to the index hole, but, of course, that is no
guarantee that the speed will be maintained in sync with
the disk as read.

>2) not interpreting the data means that a copy might start in
>   the middle of a sector causing a glitch that would likely make it
>unreadable.

True.  It might take several tries to get the "glitch" to fall in
an area tolerant of one.

-michael

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