Re: Making nibble images of uncooperative titles

["Mike O" <moose@move.to>]

SST is the only software tool so far that I know about.

It would be interesting to compare the DISKs of the original game and the
SST copied disk to see where things vary - although such a comparison would
not be easy to do.

I have a Trackstar 128 card (turns your PC into an Apple 2), but I have
never got it working properly (bus speeds too fast on my modern PCs),
although I now have a spare old 486-33 that the card should work great in.
I am almost positive that this does not do NIB copies of disks though - but
it can apparently transfer files.

Can the Copy ][ Option Board dump disks to NIB ?

 Mike "Moose" O'Malley
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"Dan Chisarick" <chisarickdd@only-one-d.snip.net> wrote in message
news:Gkhd9.5388$YL.4901@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
>     Hi.  I've spent the last 2+ years archiving my Apple ][ disks with a
> high rate of success (2K+ images and going).  I've managed to normalize
most
> of the titles to DSK images, and NIB the rest.  I've even gotten what I
> consider some fairly difficult titles (such as Choplifter and Ruski Duck)
> into NIB format using SST.  But, a few elude me...
>
> - Star Maze (Sir-Tech)
> - Tangled Tales (Origin)
> - Legacy of the Ancients, Deathlord, Wasteland, Chuck Yeagar & Strike
Fleet
> (Electronic Arts)
>
>     I've got the usual suspects (Beneath Apple DOS/Prodos, all the
Computist
> issues, Asimov archives, etc.)  I know the EA titles can be normalized,
but
> Star Maze (4&4 encoded?) and Tangled Tales (18-sector pest) probably
aren't
> so lucky.  One thing I haven't tried is messing w/the drive speed (will
try
> that later)  That said, I guess my question is:
>
>     Other than SST, are there any other ways to make NIB images?  Any
hints
> for SST (such as PARAM settings)?
>
>     I've seen some of the above titles on Asimov as NIB images, so I
wonder
> what I'm missing.  My problem is some tracks CONSISTENTLY fail to
transfer.
> I can see that from the pre-nibblized data from SST after each track is
read
> in.  Also from the disks crashing/garbled on boot.  Thanks.
>
> Dan
>
> PS - Have a IIgs + a Power Mac 6100 (and a PC)
>
>
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