Greaseweazle is even less effective.
It can't even handle half-tracks,
Which are critical because some DSI paperbsck products use half-tracks.
Also greaseweazle doesn't implement the disk image standard correctly.
I have yet to produce a working image with it for any c64 disk.
It wasn't built to handle c64 disks
The c64 had some of the nastiest copy protection around.
For example 21 second backup can't be imaged by anything on the market at
present. Even making a copy of it is exceedingly difficult. A copy isn't an
image tho
The 2nd disk you have is most likely paperback dictionary
This title has no protection at all, its just a single sequential file that
any file copier can handle.
D64copy will do it easily, for example
I own every hardware and software copier ever made (except the shadow
hardware but I do have that software)
For hardware copiers and images I have KF, GW, super card plus, super card
pro, zoomfloppy, 21 second backup, track minic, burst nibbler, turbo
nibbler, etc
I've been trying to create an archival and recovery service specifically
for c64 titles
I don't think anyone has a spare SCP to give you. But maybe once tpug
meetings are back in person it could be done there.
Ps: wear your mask! Get vaccinated!
Dan
On Sat., Apr. 17, 2021, 00:40 Chiron Bramberger, <
dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
FYI: I have two disks for it. One is unlabeled and I don’t know what’s on
it. Maybe the label is tucked into something somewhere else.
If someone wants to donate a SuperCard Pro, or sell me one used, or even
just lend me one I can do it.
What about Greaseweazle? That’s open source and maybe it’s good enough to
defeat this copy protection?
On Apr 16, 2021, at 6:02 PM, Kent Sullivan <kent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yes, exactly so!
Dan and I haven’t had any luck using KF for this protection scheme. It is
ultra-nasty. SC Pro, on the other hand, works pretty well. Dan and I both
have both setups. Dan is on “your side” of the border, in the Toronto area,
so perhaps you can connect with him?
Thanks!!!!
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software from DSI
By the way - This really does appear to be an original 1.20 Pocket Planner
128/64. I don’t know if the disks are readable, and my own 1541 drives
aren’t in good shape. However, I have Kryoflux and low density 5.25” floppy
drives. So I could attempt to image them with that.
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*Subject: [torontocbm] Re: Want to borrow: Original productivity software
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Is this what you’re looking for?
<snip>
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 16, 2021, at 4:19 PM, Kent Sullivan <kent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,
Great virtual gathering yesterday!
You might recall (from my earlier note, below) that Dan G. and I are on a
mission to preserve as many versions of the DSI Paperback / Pocket software
for C-64 and C-128 as possible. We have had good luck – thanks to all who
loaned us original disks for imaging. Dan and I have also managed to
purchase a few originals from eBay.
There are still some we’re looking for though. If you can help, please let
me know!
Paperback Filer 64 v1.20
Paperback Planner 64 v1.20
Paperback Writer 64 v1.00 and v1.20
Pocket Planner 64 v1.20
Paperback Filer 128 v1.00 and v1.20
Paperback Planner 128 v1.20
Paperback Writer 128 v1.00
Pocket Planner 128 v1.20
You’ll note that the v1.20 timeframe had near duplicates – essentially
identical except for the name/branding change from Paperback to Pocket.
Thanks,
--Kent
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Behalf Of *Kent Sullivan
*Sent:* Monday, July 20, 2020 1:29 PM
*To:* torontocbm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [torontocbm] Want to borrow: Original productivity software
from DSI
Greetings,
As you may recall, I’m on a mission to archive original C-64/128
productivity titles from DSI. DSI made the Paperback and Pocket series. The
copy protection was extremely nasty. Back in the day, a SuperCard+ and / or
RAMboard plus a special Maverick copier were required to attempt making a
duplicate disk. Fortunately, SuperCard Pro does a nice job of making
archival images and .G64s that work reliably in VICE.
All of the images I have made are posted on DLH’s Bombjack site. Brian
Green of Particles BBS recently loaned me some pristine original disks that
produced several more clean images, which DLH has now posted. All of the
Paperback images are here
<https://commodore.bombjack.org/commodore/disks/paperback-writer-planner/>
and the Pocket images are here
<https://commodore.bombjack.org/commodore/disks/pocket-writer-planner-filer/>
.
*Request*: If you have any of the following original disks, I would love
to borrow them to make an image. DSI changed the names of the titles from
Paperback to Pocket during v1.20, so both exist, which makes for more disks
to track down.
Paperback Filer 64 v1.00 and v1.20
Paperback Planner 64 v1.00 and v1.20
Paperback Writer 64 v1.00 and v1.20
Pocket Planner 64 v1.20
Pocket Writer 64 v1.20
Paperback Filer 128 v1.00 and v1.20
Paperback Planner 128 v1.20
Paperback Writer 128 v1.00
Pocket Planner 128 v1.20
It’s interesting to me that the 64 versions have been harder to find
overall... With most software that was produced for both platforms, it’s
the 128 versions that are in short supply, since typically fewer copies
were made / sold.
And based on the original disks I am still in search of, it seems clear
that Writer was more popular than Filer and Planner, which makes sense,
given my memory of what sorts of productivity tasks most people did back in
the day.
Thanks!
P. S. I also put together some info on DSI from digitized sources: A
Glimpse into Digital Solution, Inc.'s Products
<https://www.commodoreserver.com/BlogEntryView.asp?EID=E38FC7AE88DB4236929C0DEC4E05AC4E>
.
