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  • Re: The Toy Shop

    From =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Michael_J=2E_Sch=FClke?=@news0307@mjschuelke.de to comp.sys.cbm on Friday, July 04, 2003 20:02:37
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    ZXargentina wrote:
    Do you have it? Or know where I can download the disk images?

    I have the originals and converted them to .d64 images using Star
    Commander. However, I could never get The Toy Shop to start under VICE.
    It reverts back to the blue screen and a READY prompt a few seconds
    after the "Welcome to The Toy Shop" message.

    If you still want these images, feel free to send me an e-mail.

    Regards,
    Michael
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  • From Steppe@steppe_not_for@spam_demodungeon.com to comp.sys.cbm on Friday, July 04, 2003 22:27:28
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    Michael J. Schülke wrote:
    I have the originals and converted them to .d64 images using Star
    Commander. However, I could never get The Toy Shop to start under
    VICE. It reverts back to the blue screen and a READY prompt a few
    seconds after the "Welcome to The Toy Shop" message.

    Star Commander does not break copy protections, I hope you know that. Wasn't there a tool that could do it? MNIB? IIRC you need a parallel cable for
    that.

    /Steppe


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  • From =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Michael_J=2E_Sch=FClke?=@news0307@mjschuelke.de to comp.sys.cbm on Friday, July 04, 2003 22:41:42
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    Steppe wrote:

    Star Commander does not break copy protections, I hope you know that.

    I do. I just copied all my CBM disks that would let themself be copied
    early last year, using Star Commander and a XM1541 cable, and later
    discovered that the Toy Shop disks were copy protected.

    Wasn't
    there a tool that could do it? MNIB? IIRC you need a parallel cable for
    that.

    And I don't have one and won't build one anytime soon, as most of my
    copy protected originals are floating around on the internet somewhere
    in cracked or nibbled form.

    Regards,
    Michael
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  • From markus@markus@brenner.de (Markus Brenner) to comp.sys.cbm on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 19:03:06
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    "Steppe" <steppe_not_for@spam_demodungeon.com> wrote:
    Michael J. Schülke wrote:
    I have the originals and converted them to .d64 images using Star
    Commander. However, I could never get The Toy Shop to start under
    VICE. It reverts back to the blue screen and a READY prompt a few
    seconds after the "Welcome to The Toy Shop" message.

    Star Commander does not break copy protections, I hope you know that. Wasn't >there a tool that could do it? MNIB? IIRC you need a parallel cable for
    that.

    Mnib doesn't actually break copy protections, but rather keeps the whole
    copy protected disk intact in the G64 image. Actually, mnib is able
    to copy the Toy Shop (it will only run on the latest VICE version); unfortunately printing with VICE still doesn't work correctly with true
    drive emulation enabled :-(

    cheers,

    -markus
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  • From Steppe@steppe_not_for@spam_demodungeon.com to comp.sys.cbm on Thursday, July 17, 2003 11:23:57
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    Markus Brenner wrote:
    Mnib doesn't actually break copy protections, but rather keeps the
    whole copy protected disk intact in the G64 image.

    Yeah, I just misexpressed it. Of course it doesn't break the protection (in
    a sense of removing it), but it's powerful enough to convert a great lot of copy-protected games into d64 or g64.
    And it has good and friendly user-support as well! =)

    Actually, mnib is
    able to copy the Toy Shop (it will only run on the latest VICE version); unfortunately printing with VICE still doesn't work correctly with
    true drive emulation enabled :-(

    Sorry, what has printing to do with true drive emulation?

    Regards,
    Steppe


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  • From Tomaz Kac@tomcat@sgn.net to comp.sys.cbm on Thursday, July 17, 2003 11:40:32
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    Hey Steppe and Markus, etc. !

    I am wondering - will mnib or SC ever support writing .G64 images back to 1541 (or 1541-II) drive through a NORMAL XE1541 cable ? Is the parallel cable needed for Speed only or it is just not doable with XE1541 cable ?

    I don't want to massacre my only 1541-II drive just to get a few .G64 images across one day :( I just know I will blow the drive if I attempt this :) call it
    a hunch.

    Tomaz

    On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 11:23:57 +0200, "Steppe" <steppe_not_for@spam_demodungeon.com> wrote:

    Markus Brenner wrote:
    Mnib doesn't actually break copy protections, but rather keeps the
    whole copy protected disk intact in the G64 image.

    Yeah, I just misexpressed it. Of course it doesn't break the protection (in
    a sense of removing it), but it's powerful enough to convert a great lot of >copy-protected games into d64 or g64.
    And it has good and friendly user-support as well! =)

    Actually, mnib is
    able to copy the Toy Shop (it will only run on the latest VICE version);
    unfortunately printing with VICE still doesn't work correctly with
    true drive emulation enabled :-(

    Sorry, what has printing to do with true drive emulation?

    Regards,
    Steppe



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