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- From: vagrant@vpnet.chi.il.us (Guy Umbright)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: Old games --> DOS 3.3 --> DOS 3.3 Launcher on GS
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.153825.19476@vpnet.chi.il.us>
- Date: 9 Nov 92 15:38:25 GMT
- References: <1992Nov7.084024.21269@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
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- Grover Thomas (grover@emunix.emich.edu) wrote:
- : Recently I have been playing a little with John MacLean's great little
- : program "DOS 3.3 Launcher". Unfortunatly, all of the stuff I am trying
- : to convert to it does NOT seem to be DOS 3.3.
- :
- : Most of this stuff is old games that would be great fun if I could just
- : luanch them from GS/OS and play them for a bit, then quit back to GS/OS
- : without re-booting. Things like Arcticfox, Alternate Reality, Seven Cities
- : of Gold, Airheart, Lode Runner, and others...
- :
- : Many of these seem to be ALMOST a correct DOS 3.3, but have some sort
- : of difference that makes them unreadable as DOS 3.3. Copy II+ can make
- : copies of the disks themselves (sometimes even remove the protection)
- : but they still seem to be wierd variants to normal DOS 3.3.
- :
- : Does anybody have a method for turning these into normal DOS 3.3 images?
- : --
- : __ __
- : (__) Grover Thomas InterNet: grover@emunix.emich.edu (__)
- : (__) (__)
- : (__) (__)
-
- Whats messing you up is the copy protection on the disks (more than likely).
- Many games use a slightly modified DOS or track/sector layout to keep
- people from copying them. Actually, thats why copy ][+ existed in the
- first place.
-
- (start slide into the past)
- Ah, the happy carefree days of software piracy. Staying up all night
- to 'crack' the game you just bought (often more fun than the game
- itself). AEs full of copyrighted software. Wandering around
- modem-land at 300 baud. Issues of Nibble with more ads than articles.
- That was the Apple ][s height.
- (start plummet into the present)
-
- Excuse me, I have to logoff and weep now.
-
- --
- : vagrant@vpnet.chi.il.us : A man said to the universe: : Stephen :
- : or vagrant@holonet.net : "Sir, I exist!" : Crane :
- : : "The fact has not created in me : 1899 :
- : Apple II Forever : a sense of obligation." : :
-