Re: EDD + CARD

[Stephen Shaw <botstarver@readersdigest.com>]

On Fri, 13 Sep 2002 10:23:42 GMT, Redskull wrote:

>
> "antoine" <egantoine@yahoo.fr> wrote in message
> news:alqgd1$mq5$1@wanadoo.fr...
>> Hi,
>
>>
>> My idea is to be able to grab a whole disk and also replay it. The tricky
>> part would be to find correct bit length of the track to wrap around each
>> 'revolution'.
>>
>
> Not really a problem unless you have protection schemes which are counting
> the number of bits on a track.
>
> Have a play with Locksmith 4,5 or 6.
> They have algorithms to count and report the muber of bytes on a track.
>
> As the other respondent in this thread mentioned, look for the "dead
> giveaway" self-sync nibbles.
>
> Have you tried using an Amiga computer?
> The inbuilt disk controller can read an Apple GCR formatted disk
> straight into memory in bit form if you have a 5 1/4 drive attached.
>
> Cheers,
> Red.

Interesting! Which model Amiga? I have one on the pile somewhere.


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