+DjayBee Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 2 hours ago, SoulBuster said: this is the contents of my batch file. a8rawconv scp1:96tpi:com3 %1.scp a8rawconv %1.scp %1.atx a8rawconv %1.scp %1.atr Does a8rawconv default to indexed mode? If so, then that is what was used Rescue.scp 17.35 MB · 2 downloads Thanks. This dump also has these combinations of duplicate sectors 16 and missing sectors 18. Unless somebody did an incredibly bad copy-job in overwriting the disk with its own data, this is proof that the disk has a mastering error and can never have worked. The error is the same as with your dump of Back Talk v1.2. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted July 18, 2023 Author Share Posted July 18, 2023 46 minutes ago, DjayBee said: Thanks. This dump also has these combinations of duplicate sectors 16 and missing sectors 18. Unless somebody did an incredibly bad copy-job in overwriting the disk with its own data, this is proof that the disk has a mastering error and can never have worked. The error is the same as with your dump of Back Talk v1.2. Here is a Re-Record. Copymate XE still shows 1 bad sector. BackTalk 1.2.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijor Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, SoulBuster said: Here is a Re-Record. Copymate XE still shows 1 bad sector. BackTalk 1.2.zip 4.79 MB · 2 downloads Hi, many thanks! But please forgive me if I ask you to dump this again, but something here is very strange. Could you dump this once again but adding one more track, including track 40? That could be very useful for a better analysis. You might be able to do that with a8rawconv 0.94 using the -g parameter. Something like a8rawconv -g 41,1 ... . But I'm not sure, I never tried it with a8rawconv. It might be safer to use SCP software directly in this case. Configure SCP software for End track: 40 (instead of 39). And of course make sure to use 5 revs and "Index" (not Splice) mode. It would be great if you could also redump the back side of this disk. But if this is too complicated, never mind, only the front side might be enough. Btw, I don't think that a8rawconv is much better than SCP software for dumping purposes. It is strongly recommended for writing back ATX or SCP images. SCP software will fail in many cases that a8rawconv would be able to write back just fine. But for dumping doesn't make much of a difference, except perhaps that a8rawconv uses most of the right parameters automatically. I say "most" because, again, ideally we want one extra track that a8rawconv doesn't include by default. Edited July 18, 2023 by ijor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarxx Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 (edited) 18 hours ago, SoulBuster said: I have run into a situation where the media on Invasion Orion has several index holes and using indexed mode fails. Any suggestions? Do I have to use splice mode to get this one? I've had a few of these. I just blocked off all but the index hole (general example below). There is no special option for this in the SCP software. I've done it two ways. Second is generally better if your read drive has no top and you can see the disk insertion. First, if out of the sleeve. I cut up small write protect stickers as they were thin. Never use them and had a bunch. Second if still in sleeve, I used the middle of an old disk to cover. It's small enough that you can slip in through the centre sleeve hole, line up and when inserting, carefully clamp and it will hold in place. Edited July 19, 2023 by Zarxx 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 4 hours ago, Zarxx said: I've had a few of these. I just blocked off all but the index hole (general example below). There is no special option for this in the SCP software. I've done it two ways. Second is generally better if your read drive has no top and you can see the disk insertion. First, if out of the sleeve. I cut up small write protect stickers as they were thin. Never use them and had a bunch. Second if still in sleeve, I used the middle of an old disk to cover. It's small enough that you can slip in through the centre sleeve hole, line up and when inserting, carefully clamp and it will hold in place. I like it. Unfortunately, the disk in question is completely blank and I am returning it for a refund. Good for future reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 16 hours ago, ijor said: Hi, many thanks! But please forgive me if I ask you to dump this again, but something here is very strange. Could you dump this once again but adding one more track, including track 40? That could be very useful for a better analysis. You might be able to do that with a8rawconv 0.94 using the -g parameter. Something like a8rawconv -g 41,1 ... . But I'm not sure, I never tried it with a8rawconv. It might be safer to use SCP software directly in this case. Configure SCP software for End track: 40 (instead of 39). And of course make sure to use 5 revs and "Index" (not Splice) mode. It would be great if you could also redump the back side of this disk. But if this is too complicated, never mind, only the front side might be enough. Btw, I don't think that a8rawconv is much better than SCP software for dumping purposes. It is strongly recommended for writing back ATX or SCP images. SCP software will fail in many cases that a8rawconv would be able to write back just fine. But for dumping doesn't make much of a difference, except perhaps that a8rawconv uses most of the right parameters automatically. I say "most" because, again, ideally we want one extra track that a8rawconv doesn't include by default. I added the parameter to my batch file. It works great. Here are the contents of my batch file (sorry, I renamed "a8rawconv" to "convert". It is easier for me when not using the batch file): convert scp1:96tpi:com3 -g 41,1 %1.scp convert %1.scp %1.atx convert %1.scp %1.atr Here are the new recordings of side 1&2 using a8rawconv. BackTalk 1.2 Sides 1&2.zip Just an FYI, it is no problem to redo recordings. We want them to be right, right? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 Alien Ambush (1982)(Peter Fokos; Micro Distributors)(US)[disk] Autoboot without BASIC. Alien Ambush (1982)(Peter Fokos; Micro Distributors)(US)[disk].zip Alien Ambush Package.pdf Alien Ambush Registration Card.pdf 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 Alphabet Zoo (1983)(Spinnaker Software)(US)[disk] - Set #3 Autoboot without BASIC. Alphabet Zoo (1983)(Spinnaker Software)(US)[disk] - Set #3.zip 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 APX 20027 - Comedy Disk (1981)(APX)(US)[BASIC][disk] - Set #2 Boot with BASIC, RUN individual programs: ACHTUNG NERDQUIZ BURP FPFSQUAD APX 20027 - Comedy Disk (1981)(APX)(US)[BASIC][disk] - Set #2.zip 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 APX 20030 - Supersort Rev 3.0 (1981)(APX)(US)[disk] - Set #2 Boot to BASIC, then RUN"D:DEMO" APX 20030 - Supersort Rev 3.0 (1981)(APX)(US)[disk] - Set #2.zip 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 APX 20032 - Lookahead (1981)(APX)(US)[BASIC][disk] - Set #2 Boot to BASIC, then RUN"D:LOOK". APX 20032 - Lookahead (1981)(APX)(US)[BASIC][disk] - Set #2.zip 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 APX 20049 - BLIS 2.0 (1981)(APX)(US)[BASIC][disk] - Set #2 Boot to BASIC, then RUN"D:BLIS.BAS" APX 20049 - BLIS 2.0 (1981)(APX)(US)[BASIC][disk] - Set #2.zip 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 APX 20056 - Diskette Librarian (1981)(APX)(US)[BASIC][disk] - Set #2 Boot to BASIC, then RUN"D:PROGLIB" APX 20056 - Diskette Librarian (1981)(APX)(US)[BASIC][disk] - Set #2.zip 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 APX 20063 - Downhill (1981)(APX)(US)[BASIC][disk] Boot to BASIC, then RUN"D:DOWNHILL" APX 20063 - Downhill (1981)(APX)(US)[BASIC][disk].zip 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 APX 20077 - Reversi II (1981)(APX)(US)[disk] Boot without BASIC. APX 20077 - Reversi II (1981)(APX)(US)[disk].zip 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 APX 20099 - Wordmaker (1982)(APX)(US)[BASIC][disk] - Set #2 Boot with BASIC. APX 20099 - Wordmaker (1982)(APX)(US)[BASIC][disk] - Set #2.zip 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 APX 20117 - Player Generator 1.0 (1981)(APX)(US)[OS-B][BASIC][disk] - Set #2 Autoboot with BASIC. APX 20117 - Player Generator 1.0 (1981)(APX)(US)[OS-B][BASIC][disk] - Set #2.zip 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 Blockaboo! (1990)(Assemware)(CAD)[disk] - New Package Autoboot without BASIC. Blockaboo! (1990)(Assemware)(CAD)[disk].zip Blockaboo! Instructions.pdf 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 British Heritage Jigsaw Puzzles Vol. 2 (1982)(Thorn EMI)[NTSC][cassette] Autoload cassette without BASIC. British Heritage Jigsaw Puzzles Vol. 2 (1982)(Thorn EMI)[NTSC][cassette].zip British Heritage Jigsaw Puzzles Vol. 2 Manual.pdf British Heritage Jigsaw Puzzles Vol. 2 Catalog.pdf 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 Crossfire (1982)(SierraVision)(US)[cartridge] - New Package Box was mangled. I scanned only enough to show it is a SierraVision release. The cart never had a sticker on it and there was not one loose in the box. Crossfire (1982)(SierraVision)(US)[cartridge].zip Crossfire Instructions.pdf 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 Dunjonquest: The Keys of Acheron (1981)(Epyx)(US)[disk] - New Package Requires Hellfire Warrior. Dunjonquest The Keys of Acheron (1981)(Epyx)(US)[disk].zip Dunjonquest The Keys of Acheron Manual.pdf Dunjonquest The Keys of Acheron Catalog.pdf Dunjonquest The Keys of Acheron Registration Card.pdf 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 Exocet Blast Off (1983)(ALA Software)(US)[disk] - New Package Boot without BASIC. Exocet Blast Off (1983)(ALA Software)(US)[disk].zip 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 Flight Landing Simulator (1986)(Main Street Publishing)(US)[BASIC][disk] - New Package Autoboot with BASIC. Flight Landing Simulator (1986)(Main Street Publishing)(US)[BASIC][disk].zip Flight Landing Simulator Manual.pdf 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 Frogger + Threshold (1986)(Impulse Software)(US)[disk] - New Package Autoboot without BASIC. Frogger + Threshold (1986)(Impulse Software)(US)[disk].zip 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SoulBuster Posted July 19, 2023 Author Share Posted July 19, 2023 Geometry Review (1983)(Dynacomp)(US)[BASIC][disk] - New Package Boot with BASIC. Catalog now included in the zip. Geometry Review (1983)(Dynacomp)(US)[BASIC][disk].zip Geometry Review Manual.pdf Geometry Review Catalog.pdf Geometry Review Hotline Sheet (in envelope).pdf Geometry Review Registration Card (in envelope).pdf 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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