Josh Lulewicz wrote:
So I am reading correctly that these FDI files only work with emulators?
Yes, but in the future that may not be the case. The point is to
archive them now into a fully documented the file format so that the
information is not lost when the disk dies.
What if you don't use
I have to agree with Vincent. If we start living in fear of preserving
the games in our collections digitally because of the Eyal's out there,
then the terrorists have won. (sorry, couldnt resist)
> I am only a few days from finishing a fully working version of Disk2FDI,
> then will start imaging
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Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Preserving original games
Edward Franks wrote:
>
>> Wow! Interesting, I didn't know that!
>>
>> Great... :(
>
>
> Copy protection bites in many ways. :sigh:
>
This is why Central Point Option Boards us
Edward Franks wrote:
Wow! Interesting, I didn't know that!
Great... :(
Copy protection bites in many ways. :sigh:
This is why Central Point Option Boards used to auction for $130-$200
(and why I have six). You can use them to image and back up protected
software to blank disks, protec
On Mar 15, 2004, at 3:19 PM, Josh Lulewicz wrote:
Jim Leonard wrote:
WinImage only makes images of unprotected disks. If you have used it
to
make any images of protected disks (any game made before 1990), your
images are useless.
Wow! Interesting, I didn't know that!
Great... :(
Copy protectio
Jim Leonard wrote:
> WinImage only makes images of unprotected disks. If you have used it
to
> make any images of protected disks (any game made before 1990), your
> images are useless.
Wow! Interesting, I didn't know that!
Great... :(
Sorry, I skipped a part of my mail.
I know it sucks and I don't want to sound like an old miser, because I
would love for everyone to enjoy these games in the way I have. But at
this point 85% of the Sierra disks you can get off ebay still work so if
people want to play these games they are welco
At 14:29 15/03/2004 -0600, you wrote:
I am, however, against distributing these images/backups/etc on a large
scale.
Granted.
Personally, I believe that given the right tools and materials a game
like Mt. Drash (in fact any older game as we have seen with Eyal) could
be reproduced and sold as an o
Josh Lulewicz wrote:
I have been backing up my collection with a program called winima40. It
WinImage only makes images of unprotected disks. If you have used it to
make any images of protected disks (any game made before 1990), your
images are useless.
By they way does anyone actually know wh
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"...So, in the case of such a rare game as Drash, I would suggest that Josh makes
scans of all materials, but only send the files to either Jim or me (or both), but no
one else, and I'm sure Jim will join me to completely *guarantee* that these
Vincent,
I agree wholeheartedly with what you are saying.
I am very much for preserving our games so that they may be played for
years to come without the fear of using unstable/unpredictable floppy
disks.
I am, however, against distributing these images/backups/etc on a large
scale.
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