Hobbyte PD Greats
 

This may be a bit of a long shot but I'm after some PD compilations which came bundled with my first Amiga. We bought it from a shop called Hobbyte in Luton and it came with a series of disks called "Hobbyte PD Greats" and "Hobbyte Childrens PD".

A quick google search throws up a page with the disk names listed, so at least someone out there on the internet knows of there existence! ;)
http://www.btinternet.com/~scuzz.mail/amiga_scuzz140.htm

• Hobbyte - Childrens PD Disc 1
• Hobbyte - Childrens PD Disc 2
• Hobbyte - Childrens PD Disc 3
• Hobbyte - Childrens PD Disc 4
• Hobbyte - Childrens PD Disc 5
• Hobbyte - Childrens PD Disc 6
• Hobbyte - Childrens PD Disc 7
• Hobbyte - Childrens PD Disc 8
• Hobbyte - Childrens PD Disc 9
• Hobbyte - Childrens PD Disc 10
• Hobbyte - Educational Primary Disc 1
• Hobbyte - Educational Primary Disc 2
• Hobbyte - PD Greats Amibase
• Hobbyte - PD Greats Pack Blizzard
• Hobbyte - PD Greats Pack Breakout
• Hobbyte - PD Greats Pack Computer Conflict
• Hobbyte - PD Greats Pack Disc 1
• Hobbyte - PD Greats Pack Disc 2
• Hobbyte - PD Greats Pack Disc 3
• Hobbyte - PD Greats Pack Flashbier
• Hobbyte - PD Greats Pack Games 4
• Hobbyte - PD Greats Pack Mech Force
• Hobbyte - PD Greats Pack Textra Wordprocessor
• Hobbyte - PD Greats Pack Spread and Utilities
• Hobbyte - PD Greats Pack Star Trek
• Hobbyte - PD Greats Pack Star Trek Data
• Hobbyte - PD Greats Pack Virus Killer

It would be hugely nostalgic if I could get hold of some adfs of these disks so I can relive some of my earliest Amiga memories.

I found while looking through some old stuff the Hobbyte Amibase disk. It read out to ADF without any errors:

http://zaphod.hacked.jp:60000/eab/hobbyte.jpg

Download ADF:

http://zaphod.hacked.jp:60000/eab/hobbyte-amibase.adf

Unfortunately that's the only Hobbyte disk I have. If you want me to mail the actual disk to you I can do so.

No error, but beware, the Lamer Exterminator virus is present in the bootblock...

Bootblock restored based on PDSoft release:

I tried to scan my adf with both AmiVir (for dos) and ADFscan 1.9 but can't come up with anything.

How can I confirm this for myself with a PC?

I can see the bootblock contains something it shouldn't btw, it's not clean like a standard dos bootblock.

Easy! Trying to cause that viruses do best.

For the small demonstration:
- Put in your disk on a A500 config
- reset
- Put a bootable and unprotected blank disk
- And coincidence, bootblock of the blank disk has changed :p

Otherwise, easier, you can use my program : ADF-Workshop

Thanking you. Missed that program in my searches and your demonstration works :)