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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

2630.0. "trying to make backup of Gunship" by KAFSV3::KAYE (He who dies with the most toys is dead) Thu Jun 08 1989 16:24

    I am trying to make a backup copy of Gunship - with no luck.
    
    This game allows you to make a copy, but when you start up it wants
    the original for verification. I tried NIB, all green, but still
    wanted the original disk. What kind of protection is this? How does
    it know that it isn't the original?
    
     mark

T.R	Title	User	Date	Lines
2630.1	Copy-protection	SANFAN::BARRETODE	`Fri Jun 09 1989 14:26`	14
	Picked up Gunship a couple of days ago...same problem. The game looked good enough to break a long-standing rule to avoid copy protected software. So much for rules... I've seen the same problem with other software. In theory you can make an identical copy. In practice it isn't alwayis identical. Marauder only copies 80 tracks but more are available. If there's something one those extra tracks that Gunship is looking for, it isn't going to work. Anyone who comes up with a fix for Gunship will have my eternal gratitude. terry
2630.2	Gunslingers forever!	REPAIR::TRIMMINGS	`Sat Sep 01 1990 07:59`	4
	Has anyone got any tips or comments on this game,I've just bought it and started the training in the USA section. TYRONE
2630.3	Please no `PIRATE' complaints.	RUTILE::BISHOP	`Mon Sep 03 1990 11:11`	10
	The copy protection of my version of gunship (ST!!!) reads track 81 and 82. However track 82 must be unformatted (or something like that). When i used PROCOPY for the ST and placed an unformatted disk, and copied all tracks up to 81, leaving out track 82. This works. However when i copied the whole disk, including track 82 (which would have no data anyway) the thing bombed. Lewis.
2630.4	About AMIGA GUNSHIP	EEMELI::LINDEN	`Tue Sep 04 1990 01:35`	10
	If this GUNSHIP is for AMIGA, the European version has manual protection so you can easily make backup disk using normal FULL DISK Copy program or just plain File copy. So that you can use the Backupdisk as your game disk. The US version may have different protection(remember FALCON, European - DISK protection vs. US - CODEWHEEL protection). Regards, Kari