At 11:40 AM 4/14/99 +0200, you wrote:
>>Main advantage of the LS120: faster when reading normal floppies,
>>ability to use 1.44MB disks on msx.
>>Disadvantage: it is approx 4* slower than the ZIP, it is not possible to
>>read copy-protected disks
>
>Well ain't that useful. A disk is copy-protected so you can't read it.
>huh? *** What's the damn use of such a disk??? ***
Some copy protections use unformatted sectors and CRC errors, both of which
you could call "sectors you can't read".
But other copy protections use for example tracks above 80 and more sectors
per track. If the LS120 would have a restriction that allow just 80 tracks
to be read, some copy protected software won't run anymore. If the LS120
has a buffer, the copy protections based on duplicate sectors with
different contents won't run anymore. And the latter group includes Micro
Cabin and Sunrise games, which are well worth playing in my opinion.
Bye,
Maarten
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