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- From: zarthac@bradley.edu (Matthew Simmons)
- Subject: Re: SEGA Genesis on Amiga?
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- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 11:03:30 GMT
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- Jarno Kokko (jarnis@mits.mdata.fi) wrote:
- : In article <1993Jan1.073912.27926@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> zarthac@bradley.edu (Matthew Simmons) writes:
- : >Daniel Frost (Daniel_Frost@arkham.bbs.bad.se) wrote:
- : >
- : >: Mark> about a group of hackers who produced a mechanism for copying a cart's
- : >: Mark> ROM to disk - they called it a "back-up" system, so whether if the
- : >: Mark> resulting disks can (somehow) be used on a Genesis/Megadrive, or if the
- : >: Mark> resultant code can be used on an Amiga is anyone's idea.
- : >
- : >: Most of the models are made comercially, but they are "back-up systems", you
- : >: copy your cart to disk, and you can use the "back-up system" to load the game
- : >: again. But using the games on Amiga? Naah.. I would not count on that.
- : >
- : >: You do not need your cart to play the game, just the "back-up". So, one would
- : >: be stupid to say there are no piracy on those consoles, however, most people
- : >: do not know about this.
- : >
- : >: --- Xenolink 1.0 Z.3, EmacsXL.4
- : >
- : >
- : >Where can I get said backup systems? How much do they cost? Are there
- : >any made for SNES? And how the hell do they compress all the stuff from
- : >a cartridge to fit on a 880 (or 720) disk? Or do you use HD? Still, wouldn't
- : >that be more than one disk? How does the backup system work? When you put
- : >a disk back in that you had backed up a game to, does it just read the game
- : >into the backup system's memory? Or does it (gasp) read the game from disk
- : >as it needs it?
- : >
-
- : They are available from SPECIALIZED console shops which import stuff
- : themselves from Hong Kong/Taiwan. They are under-the-desk-stuff, don't
- : expect to find half-page ads/large display stands in stores...
-
- : Carts are usually around 512-1MB. There's few 1.5MB and 2MB carts
- : (megaBYTES, not megabits, in which case you can multiple
- : all by 8) and by using HD floppies, anything upto 1MB goes in
- : one part, and others can be splitted to two disks with no problem.
-
- : Backup system has 1 or 2 megabytes of RAM, and the games is loaded
- : there using the disk drive OR a copier-PC link cable (from a PC HD/floppy)
-
- : 99% of games can be copied. Nowdays there have been some games that
- : have been more or less protected agains these copiers, but they are
- : usually copied some way sooner or later.
-
- : / Jarnis
- I don't suppose I could get a name & or phone number of a place that does
- sell them.... (email to zarthac@cs1.bradley.edu) and maybe even a price....
- Do they make them for SNES also?
-