Gordon Wallis wrote: > > Peter Harkess wrote: > >Also i tried to > > save > > my Manic Miner,Prince of Persia and a few others as .dsk files but the come > > up as errors (reading the disk)I use samdisk to do this. > > My setup is...... > > Daewoo 333mhz cyrix,32 meg,win98........if that helps any. > > Don't get me started on SamDisk. I've had *much* more than my fair share > of problems with that little 'gem'. > Most likely cause: Disk protection? I thought that was mentioned on the > SimCoupe homepage, but I suppose things could easily have been updated > since I last visited. I tried Sphera at one point, and that would have > worked if it weren't for a bad sector or two at the end of the disk, so > maybe it is something else... > If it's not the disk protection preventing .dsk-ing, then it may be a > BIOS thing in your PC (I think I read something about some BIOSes not > supporting the sectors-per-track that's standard on the Sam). I'm sure > someone far more technical than I can explain this more fully..? > > Ps. Which sadistic b*****d wrote Samdisk? Noone on this list, I hope...
hehe.. well your in luck matey :O)... i've written another version of it, which will work on dodgy disks... if it reads a bad track, it drops down and reads sector by sector.. then if they dont work if just skips the thing (but fills out the file so the file is right size)... it means you can copy your messed up disks alright :o).. which is quite useful if yours are in as bad a state as mine... i meant to get this finished... but wasnt sure if anyone cared :o)... seeing as you would quite like something that works ill get on with it and finish it off.... at the moment it only works for reading disks... but that works fine - if you want it just email me & ill send you a copy.. :o).. once i get it finished ill put it up on the ftp thang anyways... hope this is some help :o) martin fitzpatrick -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 11077801 AOL/CServeIM: Flupert
