Destroy that cable! we don't need it coming back to us in a donation pile.... Craig Ernster! Yeah that's the guy; TPUG & myself managed to get the latest versions of some of those programs from him back then....Not a clue where they are now?!? The world went .d64 when I wasn't looking and I never needed anything other then Maverick or a SnapShot V5.22 since then --- On Sun, 12/4/11, Dan Gahlinger <dgahling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Dan Gahlinger <dgahling@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [torontocbm] Re: is there a database of info on protection schemes - how to copy various programs? To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Sunday, December 4, 2011, 2:58 PM turns out its a flakey cable, works well now. the 1571 seems much faster than the 1541 with parallel cable on nibtools too... On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Dan Gahlinger <dgahling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > while we're on the topic, > > isn't it fairly easy now to add an index hole sensor to a 1541? > > Joe, do you have these, or could make them? > > my 1571 does -not- work with nibtools, I have no idea why. > I even swapped in jiffydos chip I just got from Jim yesterday, still > doesn't work. > > it fails the cable test, even though I use the exact same cables on > the 1541 and that works. > > very weird. > > Dan. > > On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Glenn Holmer <shadowm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 12/04/2011 01:26 PM, Joseph Palumbo wrote: >>> There was a guy in Chicago some 4 years back that gave that >>> demonstration/talk of the history of disk protection and the tools to >>> back them up correctly just as you say. I can't remember his name, >>> perhaps Lief or Jason Compton can get it to you... or look in the ECCC >>> archives for the demo which was recorded by a few back then... >> >> You mean Craig Ernster? >> >> http://lyonlabs.org/commodore/eccc-2006/eccc-2006.html >> >> -- >> Glenn Holmer (Linux registered user #16682) >> "After the vintage season came the aftermath -- and Cenbe." >> >>