It's a hardware limitation of PC floppy disk controller, so you can't just
use linux and think everything will be all right.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean Woodyatt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 4:42 PM
Subject: RE: SimCoupe/Win32 problems
how can i create images of protected games?
i can use a real sam, or even linux if i have to,
i got a soldering iron too if that helps!
Dean
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Owen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 22 March 2001 15:37
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: SimCoupe/Win32 problems
>
> Dean Woodyatt wrote:
> > i've had the same problem with the sam discs, I have to dump them
> > first to be able to read some disks, is there a utility that can
> > dump certain disks, like lemmings and prince of persia?
>
> Those sort of protected disks will probably never be supported directly by
> SimCoupé, as they're just too difficult to read using PC floppy drives.
> :-(
>
> Fortunately there are SDF images of both of them, which can be used with
> SimCoupé/Win32. Chris White has images for those two games on his web
> page
> (tho the link I have to them in my bookmarks is dead - are you out there
> Chris?). If you can't find them, I can always e-mail them to you...
>
> Si
