Subj : Re: Musicalc 1983
To : All
From : Thierry64
Date : Fri Mar 22 2019 06:15 pm
On Sun, 17 Feb 2019 18:33:44 -0800 (PST), Terry Raymond
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Hi there ! , its posible to share the images , im test it in real
hardware and real floppy 1541 I and II , upload to mediafire? thanks !
best regards
Thierry
>Hi all,
>
>I received tons of .D64 images of older C64 midi Software.
>Right now Im trying out Musicalc written by Waveform in 1983.
>
>I tried booting from the image no go it loads about halfway and just stops
>and I thought that Musicalc may be copy protected because some copy protection
checks and if a copy will probably stop, etc.
>
> I checked Fast Hackem and Maverick parameters and they don't even list
anything under Musicalc, nothing. (parms).
>
>Would anyone know anything about Waveform protection or a way to try editing
disk sectors etc?
>
> Again I don't have the original of this its just a .d64 image, and BTW
>I use CBM Command to write the disk image back to a real 1541 formatted disk.
>
>I do have the Maverick V5.4 with a good disk editor if anybody knows how to
edit Waveform protection (For my own backups only). :D
>
>Musicalc has a timer that takes around 2 minutes to load with this .d64 image
it only gets as far as 1min 40 seconds and it just stops completely.
>I recognize this as being protected because some protection if it detects the
disk is a copy then it will do this and stops like a mule.
>
>Would a disk scan help anybody to determine what is going on?
>
>When it comes though to disk editors I dunno Im willing to try though, of
course I have the original .d64 and can make another floppy of this, or just
use a copy of course if I goof it up, etc.
>
>Terry Raymond
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