| 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 |
Thanks for the advice guys - as I feared, it's even more complicated
than I thought. Maybe I should just get something like the HP Laserjet,
and upgrade it to Postscript later at horrendous expense.
I have another problem as well. I confess to being totally addicted
to games on the Amiga, specially when I come back from the pub.
So far, out of a total of 15 which I have bought, 3 have refused
to run initially, and 6 have eventually developed faults which either
caue the game to crash, or not to load. Obviously my thoughts turned
to making backups, and in view of the horrendous protection systems
used, I recognised the need for a Utility. I bought one called "X-Copy"
(quite expensive), but have so far failed to make a copy of anything.
I have great difficulty in understanding the instructions, which
make many references to "parameters". I thuink I understand what
these are as a concept (start/finish/length of tracks, synch characters
etc.), but have no idea how to find out what the parameters for
a given disk are.
Please believe I have no intentions of piracy etc. (don't even know
anyone else with an Amiga, which is why I have to come here for
advice!) - I am just totally pissed off with having to send disks
back for replacement (especially when certain S/W houses, like Ocean,
deny that you ever sent disks to them in the first place). But if
anyone could at least point me in the right direction, they would
earn (a) my undying gratitude, (b) a pint or six of Old Spot if
they're ever in the neighbourhood of Hawkesbury Upton.
Thanks again,
Roger
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| 3090.1 | so many problems? | HYSTER::DEARBORN | Trouvez Mieux | Fri Nov 10 1989 09:35 | 8 |
So many failures? Remember, NEVER eject a disk while the drive light is on. You WILL corrupt it if you do. As for the other ones not loading, maybe there is a drive alignment problem. Randy | |||||
| 3090.2 | Some info on disk copiers | BOMBE::MOORE | BaN CaSe_sEnSiTiVe iDeNtIfIeRs! | Fri Nov 10 1989 19:39 | 41 |
There are many disk copiers out there, X-Copy may not have been a good
choice for you. Here are some others:
[ I have used only Marauder and NIB, comments on others are based on my
readings of ads, reviews, etc. ]
Marauder II
This has long been the 'standard' copier for Amiga. It has a very easy
to use interface with most 'parameter' selections handled automatically.
Unfortunately it is getting harder to find Marauder because it is no
longer being produced or supported. No one is out there 'teaching' it
how to deal with newer protection schemes, which used to be done
through periodic releases of updated 'Brain' files.
Project D
This appears to be the next closest thing to Marauder of the copiers
still in production. I believe parameter selection is manual instead
of automatic. It may be necessary for you to recognize that parameters
for program "Z" in the menu may copy your program "Y", even though "Y"
is not listed anywhere. Periodic releases of parameter files (from the
authors of Project D) will teach it to copy newer programs.
Raw Copy
Raw Copy appears to be similar in capabilities to Project D, but its
interface expects you to know more about the inner workings of disks
(all those SECTOR, SYNC, etc. thingies). I believe there are a limited
number of predefined parameters (similar to Project D), but they assume
you will fiddle with settings until you get a copy that works.
X-Copy
X-Copy is kind of an extreme version of Raw Copy, with all of their
parameters written in plain text format. The idea being that X-Copy
users will figure out how to copy new programs, then distribute their
parameter 'commands' for others to use. This may work out well in the
long run, if they can develop a sufficient parameter library.
NIB
There is a Shareware copier around, it's called "NIB". It works fairly
well. It was supposedly becoming a commercial product which 'registered'
shareware owners would receive at low cost. I sent my check, but have
heard absolutely nothing since...
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| 3090.3 | HPSCAD::GATULIS | Frank Gatulis 297-6770 | Fri Nov 10 1989 21:17 | 15 | |
.re .2
FYI -
I also sent my money for NIB (when it first came out) and never
heard from the guy again.
On the other hand, I sent money to John Schieb (for IconMaster)
and he sent me a personalized disk with IconMaster V2 and a bunch
of other stuff almost immediately. I wish commercial vendors were
as responsive!
Frank
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