No worries, can you use my 3.5" notcher? I'm not sure if it can be modified to
allow 5.25" I'll have a look and take pictures for you when I return home in a
few days.
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From: torontocbm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <torontocbm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on
behalf of Jérémie Marsin <jeremie.marsin@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 1:53 PM
To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [torontocbm] Re: Floppy hole puncher
Hey Josh ! I’m not in Quebec anymore !! You know that :) I’m in Kingston now
Dan, I thought about modifying a drive but ... nah :)
Le mer. 5 juin 2019 à 13:43, Dan Kovacs
<dkovacs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:dkovacs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> a écrit :
Could you not just mod a drive mech to ignore the write protect circuit?
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Dan Kovacs
519-441-7501
On Jun 5, 2019, at 1:37 PM, Josh Bensadon
<jbensadon@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:jbensadon@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Jeremie, but you guys can't turn right on red... damn, if I was smarter, I
could turn this into a funny joke.
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From: torontocbm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:torontocbm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
<torontocbm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:torontocbm-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> on
behalf of Jérémie Marsin
<jeremie.marsin@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:jeremie.marsin@xxxxxxxxx>>
Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 7:50 AM
To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [torontocbm] Re: Floppy hole puncher
Dan,
Thanks for the explanations but of course I already knew all about this ;)
I never mentioned the Amiga. If I ask for a disk notcher to turn single sided
into double sided, it’s obviously because I’m talking about 5”1/4 disks !
Come on! You have to give me a little credit there ;)
My request is very simple and doesn’t need more explanations. I know what I
need, thanks !
Le mer. 5 juin 2019 à 07:37, Dan Gahlinger
<dgahling@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:dgahling@xxxxxxxxx>> a écrit :
Typically amiga uses 3.5" disks, in this case you do not use a disk notcher,
that will not work on 3.5" disks, it won't make them double sided.
on the contrary, notching a 3.5" will attempt turn turn a low density disk into
a high density disk, this usually does not work.
you do not flip 3.5" disks, the amiga uses both sides automatically, and if you
did so youd erase the contents of the disk, in this case, the game.
your best bet here is grab some old new or used 3.5" floppies, and use those to
store on.
it's never a good idea to alter original disks, you could damage them, even
accidentally, then your game would be gone.
even with using a blank disk to store on, I still recommend using a copy of the
game, the less you use the originals the better.
theres some really great copiers for the amiga as well, there was one I used
that could copy practically everything...
On Wed., Jun. 5, 2019, 7:19 a.m. Jérémie Marsin,
<jeremie.marsin@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:jeremie.marsin@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Yes, the user is will need to be able to write on the disk.
I’m looking for a notcher because I have 300 single sided floppy disks that I
need to turn into double sided disks.
The game is four sides.
Le mer. 5 juin 2019 à 02:17, Dan Ghlinger
<dgahling@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:dgahling@xxxxxxxxx>> a écrit :
you're kidding, right?
there are so many copy utilities and programs to copy and remove protections,
such things were a huge market back then.
kracker jax was a big one, maverick and bullseye or the super utilities copier
and parameter disks,
heck even fast hack'em or mr. nybble
or copy utilities, or superkit, disector, the list goes on and on.
if you have your drives cabled you can use stuff like trsckmimic or 21 second
backup or burst bubbler
modern days the xum module with its nibbler.
csdb or lemon or Arnold may have a version without the protection.
I doubt there is any c65 software you cant copy, remove the protection or find
online.
heck you can often load the original and use super snapshot oft times this will
bypass the protection when you load the snapshot.
I've list count of how many copies and utilities there are available for such
use
c64 copy protection may have been difficult when it come out but with the
advent of supercard ihs, or the parallel copiers or the ones with drive ram, or
stuff online, it's all a thing of the past
On Wed., Jun. 5, 2019, 2:04 a.m. Mike Stein,
<mhs.stein@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:mhs.stein@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
What I meant was that depending on the method used if the master disk was to be
copy-protected (not just write-protected) then of course it would be difficult
to easily copy it; that's the purpose of copy protection after all... ;-)
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Gahlinger<mailto:dgahling@xxxxxxxxx>
To: torontocbm<mailto:torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2019 1:58 AM
Subject: [torontocbm] Re: Floppy hole puncher
it should be possible to copy the disk with the protection intact.
but a working copy with the protection removed works just as well
On Wed., Jun. 5, 2019, 1:06 a.m. Mike Stein,
<mhs.stein@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:mhs.stein@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
That was indeed quite common in the days when diskettes were plentiful,
software distributed on a write-protected 'master' diskette that you copied to
a 'working' diskette; I've distributed software that way myself.
Of course this does preclude copy-protection...
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Gahlinger<mailto:dgahling@xxxxxxxxx>
To: torontocbm<mailto:torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2019 12:21 AM
Subject: [torontocbm] Re: Floppy hole puncher
make a backup and write to the backup
On Wed., Jun. 5, 2019, 12:13 a.m. Mike Stein,
<mhs.stein@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:mhs.stein@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Does the user have to write to the disk? Often software was distributed on
write-protected (notchless) diskettes.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jérémie Marsin<mailto:jeremie.marsin@xxxxxxxxx>
To: torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2019 9:52 PM
Subject: [torontocbm] Re: Floppy hole puncher
I need the holes to be square and clean, because it’s for a commercial product.
Hence the reason why I don’t want to do it with round paper holder puncher!
Le mar. 4 juin 2019 à 21:49, Jeff Bourdeau
<jeffobourdeau@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:jeffobourdeau@xxxxxxxxx>> a écrit :
Yanno, in the retro days too, us other - ??% used to use the simple
single hole paper punch...? lol
If you have a hard time at this age lining the holes up, well....
On 6/4/19, Josh Richmond <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
wrote:
Hi jeremie,
I used to use a hole punch, carefully positioned in the right spot. Not
sure how many you need to punch.
Could probably make a jig to position it if you have a lot to do.
Josh
On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 1:13 PM Jérémie Marsin
<jeremie.marsin@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:jeremie.marsin@xxxxxxxxx>>
wrote:
I'm still looking for a diskette notcher ! Keith sent me one, but Canada
Post lost it...
If you have that please contact me, I need one ASAP !
Thanks,
*Jérémie Marsin*
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Le sam. 20 avr. 2019, à 15 h 53, Keith Dumoulin
<keith.dumoulin@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:keith.dumoulin@xxxxxxxxx>>
a écrit :
On Sat, Apr 20, 2019, 11:21 AM Keith Dumoulin,
<keith.dumoulin@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:keith.dumoulin@xxxxxxxxx>>
wrote:
I have a brand new one still on package
On Sat, Apr 20, 2019, 11:15 AM Jérémie Marsin,
<jeremie.marsin@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:jeremie.marsin@xxxxxxxxx>>
wrote:
Hi all,
I'm actively looking for a hole puncher for the next VIC-20 game I'll
publish in july. I have 200 floppies to write for it and I have a few
hundred brand new single sided floppies on hand ...
If someone has a hole puncher for sale or is willing to lend it to me
for a few weeks that would be very nice !
BTW, I'd like a puncher that can make square holes.
Thanks a lot :)
*Jérémie Marsin*
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