Copy Protection

lopos2000 · 22 August 2005, 11:49

Hi there,
Is there a web site where I can look up 'copy protection' games?

I tried to install Arcade Pool from an adf to a 3.5'' disk and it doesn't work.
TIA

fiath · 22 August 2005, 13:42

Where did you get the ADF from? Is it from an original disk?

lopos2000 · 22 August 2005, 13:52

I had the original but my disk got read errors so I dowloaded an adf file from planetemu.

fiath · 22 August 2005, 14:41

Then I think the image (or the ADF writing tool) must be broken. Try to get another. It should just work from an ADF since it will already have any copy protection removed (cracked). I would also say it might be your machine config, but Arcade Pool work on OCS, ECS and AGA...

lopos2000 · 23 August 2005, 09:23

The version I downloaded works in winuae but when I try to write the adf tp a 3.5'' disk it doesn't work.

fiath · 23 August 2005, 09:39

How big is the ADF file? 901120 bytes?
Also, did you try a different floppy disk to save it to? They are notoriously unreliable, especially nowadays...
How does it fail?

lopos2000 · 23 August 2005, 20:56

I have tried now 5 disk and they all failed. At the end of writing the ADF file to disk the disk drive just stops. Checking the 3.5'' disk it say NODOS disk. Same happen with writing the ADF to FF0: or FF1: or .. . Must be the file itself no my disks than.

fiath · 24 August 2005, 10:48

Maybe try a different ADF-writer proggy.
Another possibility: An error in transfer of the ADF -> Amiga?

22 August 2005, 11:49	#1
lopos2000 Zone Friend Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cider is best In The West Posts: 1,238	Copy Protection Hi there, Is there a web site where I can look up 'copy protection' games? I tried to install Arcade Pool from an adf to a 3.5'' disk and it doesn't work. TIA

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22 August 2005, 13:42	#2
fiath Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: South East / UK Age: 46 Posts: 1,930	Where did you get the ADF from? Is it from an original disk?

22 August 2005, 13:52	#3
lopos2000 Zone Friend Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cider is best In The West Posts: 1,238	I had the original but my disk got read errors so I dowloaded an adf file from planetemu.

22 August 2005, 14:41	#4
fiath Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: South East / UK Age: 46 Posts: 1,930	Then I think the image (or the ADF writing tool) must be broken. Try to get another. It should just work from an ADF since it will already have any copy protection removed (cracked). I would also say it might be your machine config, but Arcade Pool work on OCS, ECS and AGA...

23 August 2005, 09:23	#5
lopos2000 Zone Friend Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cider is best In The West Posts: 1,238	The version I downloaded works in winuae but when I try to write the adf tp a 3.5'' disk it doesn't work.

23 August 2005, 09:39	#6
fiath Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: South East / UK Age: 46 Posts: 1,930	How big is the ADF file? 901120 bytes? Also, did you try a different floppy disk to save it to? They are notoriously unreliable, especially nowadays... How does it fail?

23 August 2005, 20:56	#7
lopos2000 Zone Friend Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Cider is best In The West Posts: 1,238	I have tried now 5 disk and they all failed. At the end of writing the ADF file to disk the disk drive just stops. Checking the 3.5'' disk it say NODOS disk. Same happen with writing the ADF to FF0: or FF1: or .. . Must be the file itself no my disks than.

24 August 2005, 10:48	#8
fiath Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: South East / UK Age: 46 Posts: 1,930	Maybe try a different ADF-writer proggy. Another possibility: An error in transfer of the ADF -> Amiga?

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