The definitive Macrosystem Casablanca hack thread! - Page 5

Jope · 13 February 2018, 06:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by SimonV

I don’t even know what that means ...

Ah, did you use the GUI instead? Could you post a screenshot of your settings there please?

Quote:

Originally Posted by davideo

Could these be dumped with dtc on an Amga?

If so I could have a go at dumping mine.

My first instinct would be to say no, the old CAPS dumper has a different fileformat and as far as I understand, it is designed to only handle DD floppies.

SimonV · 13 February 2018, 15:21

Yes I use the gui. What worked for me was "Kryoflux stream files, preservation" and everything on default.

Jope · 13 February 2018, 18:47

Ok, that's fine then.. It is the same thing as -i0

musashi5150 · 14 February 2018, 08:40

I'm watching this thread with great interest

A couple of years ago I managed to get a working 060 Casablanca for £10 GBP. It didn't come with HD or any system floppies, so as I couldn't do anything with it, I dumped the ROM and then put it into storage as I knew it might become more interesting one day

SimonV · 14 February 2018, 17:29

I just bought another one just to have the software, I guess I will have it next week. So we can check the serialnumber thing with disks from another system. In the meantime here are ALL disks I had with mine: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xc0xwl215g...13587.zip?dl=0

SimonV · 14 February 2018, 17:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by musashi5150

I'm watching this thread with great interest

A couple of years ago I managed to get a working 060 Casablanca for £10 GBP. It didn't come with HD or any system floppies, so as I couldn't do anything with it, I dumped the ROM and then put it into storage as I knew it might become more interesting one day

It would become interesting if someone would find unused installation disks and or software and send them to me :-) . No more messing with winuae to start with to get your hd working.

Jope · 14 February 2018, 19:10

Thanks! I'll make another guess: the protection sector at track 0 head 0 is either filled with the letter K, or it has the protection sector data pasted before but with zeroed out serials.

I happen to have an 040 casablanca (no floppies included with it of course), but I'll need to learn how to create my own customized master disks out of your RAWs first before I can do any experiments. I wish I had more time.

SimonV · 15 February 2018, 00:26

I wonder ... if I have the same floppy from another casablanca, so with another serial, and I would swap that track in the image .. would that make any sense ?

Jope · 15 February 2018, 07:46

It would indeed, and based on the very quick investigation I did yesterday, the copy protection sector only contains data on track 0 side 0.

SimonV · 15 February 2018, 10:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jope

It would indeed, and based on the very quick investigation I did yesterday, the copy protection sector only contains data on track 0 side 0.

I can't wait until that other casablanca with software arrives for further experiments... with a little luck you only need one disk with a track that contains your serial to alter all other Casablanca software. So let's say I can use track 0 from an install disk to give for instance an image from Monument Titler Deluxe the right serial so it becomes installable on my Casablanca.

You'd still need ONE working disk that came with your Casablanca until someone figures out how to change serial numbers in an image but it's a start.

SimonV · 16 February 2018, 14:57

SUCCESS !

The Casablanca I bought arrived today and it had software version v3.0.8 on it. I imaged that install disk and swapped the first track (00.0) in the image of my 3.0.10 image of my other Casablanca and wrote it back to disk ... and it just works ! No nag screen about the serial, it upgraded without complaining to v3.0.10 with the install disk of another machine.

I will do some more tests when I have more time and check if I can swap the first track of an install disk with random software disks like the Adorage Magic that came with last Casablanca that I don't have on my other Casablanca. If that's the case I can just buy any software from a random machine and rewrite the disk with my serial on it.

Software from the other Casablanca https://www.dropbox.com/s/7zozo5vqiz...15735.zip?dl=0

Jope · 16 February 2018, 16:05

Excellent!

However you should remember that the track has more than the boot block + protection sector on it! It probably will not work if you mix and match track 0s from just any disk. The protection sector should only be replaced.. This is not easily possible with DTC alone.

Seems like the serial number is the only difference, again $3513 matches 13587.

SimonV · 16 February 2018, 16:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jope

Excellent!

again $3513 matches 13587.

You have this from the last archive ? Because that should have serial 015735.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jope

However you should remember that the track has more than the boot block + protection sector on it!

The difference between install disk v3.0.8 and v3.0.10 was apparently small enough to get away with it.

SimonV · 16 February 2018, 18:02

Played some more .... If I take Adorage Magic from serial 015735 and inject track 00.0 from Installdisk v3.0.10 with serial 013587 it just works on my Casablanca with serial 013587 and I could install it without complaints.... so whatever "extra data" is there, it doesn't seem to be very relevant for the rest of the disk.

Jope · 16 February 2018, 18:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by SimonV

You have this from the last archive ? Because that should have serial 015735.

Haha, I copied the wrong filename from the screenshot. $3D77 is 15735, the lower file.

Playing around a bit, I couldn't get a PC floppy controller to read the sectors. I could get mfm.device and diskx to display the protection sector on the Amiga, but it wasn't able to write it.

Seems I'll have to try to write some code to be able to write what I want to that sector.

gulliver · 16 February 2018, 22:19

Is it possible to use WinUAE to get actual files from those raw sector dumps?

How can it be done?

Thanks.

emufan · 17 February 2018, 00:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by gulliver

How can it be done?

you can try Jeff's HxCFloppyEmulator software.
put latest capsimg.dll in the folder of jeff's tool. maybe it does work.

on a linux/cygwin box you may try keirf's Disk-Utilities (disk-analyse.exe).
but you need to build the binaries.

Jope · 17 February 2018, 06:24

Exporting in hxc will give you the protection sectors included in the data.

You can just the dtc command line I gave before, dtc is available at kryoflux.com and doesn't require the hardware to run. That way you'll get only the data sectors

http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=...6&postcount=71

When you add the disk image, you should add it as a hdf and specify a block size of 1024.

However there is one thing that needs further investigation: the lzx archives in these never unpack completely, so it may be that some of the tracks that dtc says are unformatted actually do contain data. I haven't looked into this yet, I'm more interested in the protection sector for now.

Here is a dosdriver for Thore Böckelmann's diskimage device, copy the icon from some existing dosdriver in the distribution.

Code:

Flags           = 0 /* format #0 = Amiga DD */
Surfaces        = 2
SectorsPerTrack = 10
SectorSize      = 1024
Reserved        = 2
Mask            = 0x7ffffffc
MaxTransfer     = 0x00200000
Interleave      = 0
LowCyl          = 0
HighCyl         = 79
Buffers         = 5
BufMemType      = 1
StackSize       = 4096
Priority        = 5
GlobVec         = -1
Activate        = 1
Baud            = 0
BootBlocks      = 2

SimonV · 17 February 2018, 07:37

I actually found an unused piece of software for the Casablanca ... so somewhere this week I might be able to produce a virgin install disk that works on every Cassie.

Jope · 17 February 2018, 09:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by gulliver

I hope copy protection has been successfuly removed.
To restore it, create the file /Casablanca/save/HDSernum
only containing:

CSN0xxxx

where xxxx is a long word with the serial number.
The serial number is printed on the board inside the Cassie.

And the serial needs to be in binary, not as ASCII text.

43 53 4E 30 xx xx xx xx

Where the xxs are your your decimal serial number converted into hex, more significant bits padded with 0.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SimonV

I actually found an unused piece of software for the Casablanca ... so somewhere this week I might be able to produce a virgin install disk that works on every Cassie.

Wonderful!

Zer0-X and myself were working on this in parallel, but he managed to produce a working raw track faster than me (he's had lots more practice ;-). So I now have one of your install disks booting in my casablanca with my serial. Seeing a virgin disk will probably solve the problem for everyone, hope we can create neutered images of any casablanca disk after that.

My cassie's original disk had 3.0.8X finnish on it. :-) Probably among the rarer language packs.

14 February 2018, 19:10	#87
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	Thanks! I'll make another guess: the protection sector at track 0 head 0 is either filled with the letter K, or it has the protection sector data pasted before but with zeroed out serials. I happen to have an 040 casablanca (no floppies included with it of course), but I'll need to learn how to create my own customized master disks out of your RAWs first before I can do any experiments. I wish I had more time. Last edited by Jope; 14 February 2018 at 19:17.

16 February 2018, 14:57	#91
SimonV Registered User Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Antwerp Posts: 262	SUCCESS ! The Casablanca I bought arrived today and it had software version v3.0.8 on it. I imaged that install disk and swapped the first track (00.0) in the image of my 3.0.10 image of my other Casablanca and wrote it back to disk ... and it just works ! No nag screen about the serial, it upgraded without complaining to v3.0.10 with the install disk of another machine. I will do some more tests when I have more time and check if I can swap the first track of an install disk with random software disks like the Adorage Magic that came with last Casablanca that I don't have on my other Casablanca. If that's the case I can just buy any software from a random machine and rewrite the disk with my serial on it. Software from the other Casablanca https://www.dropbox.com/s/7zozo5vqiz...15735.zip?dl=0 Last edited by SimonV; 16 February 2018 at 15:18.

16 February 2018, 16:05	#92
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	Excellent! However you should remember that the track has more than the boot block + protection sector on it! It probably will not work if you mix and match track 0s from just any disk. The protection sector should only be replaced.. This is not easily possible with DTC alone. Seems like the serial number is the only difference, again $3513 matches 13587. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Jope; 16 February 2018 at 16:14.

17 February 2018, 06:24	#98
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	Exporting in hxc will give you the protection sectors included in the data. You can just the dtc command line I gave before, dtc is available at kryoflux.com and doesn't require the hardware to run. That way you'll get only the data sectors http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=...6&postcount=71 When you add the disk image, you should add it as a hdf and specify a block size of 1024. However there is one thing that needs further investigation: the lzx archives in these never unpack completely, so it may be that some of the tracks that dtc says are unformatted actually do contain data. I haven't looked into this yet, I'm more interested in the protection sector for now. Here is a dosdriver for Thore Böckelmann's diskimage device, copy the icon from some existing dosdriver in the distribution. Code: Flags = 0 /* format #0 = Amiga DD / Surfaces = 2 SectorsPerTrack = 10 SectorSize = 1024 Reserved = 2 Mask = 0x7ffffffc MaxTransfer = 0x00200000 Interleave = 0 LowCyl = 0 HighCyl = 79 Buffers = 5 BufMemType = 1 StackSize = 4096 Priority = 5 GlobVec = -1 Activate = 1 Baud = 0 BootBlocks = 2 Last edited by Jope; 17 February 2018 at 07:26.*

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13 February 2018, 15:21	#82
SimonV Registered User Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Antwerp Posts: 262	Yes I use the gui. What worked for me was "Kryoflux stream files, preservation" and everything on default.

13 February 2018, 18:47	#83
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	Ok, that's fine then.. It is the same thing as -i0

14 February 2018, 08:40	#84
musashi5150 move.w #$4489,$dff07e Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Norfolk, UK Age: 42 Posts: 2,351	I'm watching this thread with great interest A couple of years ago I managed to get a working 060 Casablanca for £10 GBP. It didn't come with HD or any system floppies, so as I couldn't do anything with it, I dumped the ROM and then put it into storage as I knew it might become more interesting one day

14 February 2018, 17:29	#85
SimonV Registered User Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Antwerp Posts: 262	I just bought another one just to have the software, I guess I will have it next week. So we can check the serialnumber thing with disks from another system. In the meantime here are ALL disks I had with mine: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xc0xwl215g...13587.zip?dl=0

15 February 2018, 00:26	#88
SimonV Registered User Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Antwerp Posts: 262	I wonder ... if I have the same floppy from another casablanca, so with another serial, and I would swap that track in the image .. would that make any sense ?

15 February 2018, 07:46	#89
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	It would indeed, and based on the very quick investigation I did yesterday, the copy protection sector only contains data on track 0 side 0.

16 February 2018, 18:02	#94
SimonV Registered User Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Antwerp Posts: 262	Played some more .... If I take Adorage Magic from serial 015735 and inject track 00.0 from Installdisk v3.0.10 with serial 013587 it just works on my Casablanca with serial 013587 and I could install it without complaints.... so whatever "extra data" is there, it doesn't seem to be very relevant for the rest of the disk.

16 February 2018, 22:19	#96
gulliver BoingBagged Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The South of nowhere Age: 46 Posts: 2,358	Is it possible to use WinUAE to get actual files from those raw sector dumps? How can it be done? Thanks.

17 February 2018, 07:37	#99
SimonV Registered User Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Antwerp Posts: 262	I actually found an unused piece of software for the Casablanca ... so somewhere this week I might be able to produce a virgin install disk that works on every Cassie.

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