Aley> It's not ideal from Simon's point of view as he is desperate to emulate Aley> everything, but it's quite practical. ;-)
I'm shocked! I can't believe there's something that SimCoupe **doesn't** emulate yet ;-) [ The only thing left to add after this will be the authentic noises, the slight dimming of the TV output when the FDDs/HDDs spin up and the slight haze you got on the RF out ;-) ] Aley> ----- Original Message ----- Aley> From: "Carol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Aley> To: <sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no> Aley> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 7:21 PM Aley> Subject: Re: Sophistry >>> > Is there a way to create SimCoupe-compatible images of >>> > protected disks yet? >>> >>> If you'd asked this next week it would have been a whole lot easier to >>> answer! I've been trying to get a few things tidied up before Christmas, >> so >>> some of it is a bit up in the air. >>> >>> I've got a test version of SamDisk that will image (almost) any SAM title >>> under W2K/XP. It's missing some features from SamDisk 2.0, so it's not >>> quite ready to replace the existing version yet. I'd be happy to send >>> you >> a >>> copy to try, if you're just looking to image some disks. >>> >>> One problem is that it creates images in EDSK format, which the current >>> SimCoupe releases can't read. I've added support for it, but I'm in the >>> middle of hacking the FDC emulation so I can't check my changes back in >> yet. >>> It's likely to be a couple of days before I've put all the pieces back >>> together though. >>> >>> Si >> >> Hi, I've been reading the list for a year or two now - never replied >> before >> *grin* - I'm one of those silent lurkers mentioned a few months back. >> >> Does this mean I might finally be able to load in Astroball, Manic Miner >> and >> Sam Strikes out? >> I managed to load in some of my own old disks, but (maybe not suprisingly) >> none of my protected ones. Gave up fairly quickly & they're all hiding in >> the attic again now, along with poor abandoned Sam himself. >> I think I got Splat working though. Infuriating music to say the least. >> >> Carol >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.13/197 - Release Date: 09/12/05 >> >> >> >> >>
