Found broken floppies of these (Part 1) - Page 7

Abaddon · 01 February 2015, 18:36

I just checked my archives and found the trilogy crack of Powerstyx that is 100%. Played it through in winuae and no gfx corruption. It does not have the checksum error that the tosec version has. See the attached dms

BarryB · 01 February 2015, 20:27

@Abaddon: That's a nice find

Ironically (as yours is a DMS file), The bad Trilogy release has DMS!1.52 written through tracks 2 to 9 so no wonder it had a checksum error!

dirkies · 01 February 2015, 20:58

guess what, I stumbled on this file during sniffing through the collections directory on the EAB directories. I saw Abaddon BBS and said, why not try his Powerstyx there. Turned out to be the same DMS, but I thought it was the same bad one!

Quick compare in Winhex shows indeed the BAD DMS has tracks 2 till 9 different from the GOOD Abaddon one. Thanks!!

But I would still like Prowler to recover the elusive Bamiga Sector 1 crack!

prowler · 01 February 2015, 23:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by dirkies

But I would still like Prowler to recover the elusive Bamiga Sector 1 crack!

And I assure you I will do so the moment I get enough spare time.

Also, Jim has asked me to supply an SCP image of the disk for him to analyse, which could help him add support for 5¼-inch disks to the SuperCard Pro, and that I will do afterwards. (I didn't keep the results of my first attempts because I had thought they were worthless.

Abaddon · 02 February 2015, 00:24

I uploaded to the zone my homemade IPF for Powerstyx NTSC, which does not state "DEMO VERS 0.9" in the high score table

TjLaZer · 02 February 2015, 08:56

Uploaded an ADF of the fully working crack from Trilogy!

niobyte · 02 February 2015, 13:32

Awesome work guys

BTW @TjLaZer the archive you uploaded to the zone also has 'DMS!1.52' written amongst the tracks.

I decided to convert the DMS to ADF that Abaddon provided. This is definitely a good DMS file.

It is now in the zone as 'Powerstyx (1988)(DigiTek)[cr Trilogy][t +1 Trilogy](Good)'.

TjLaZer · 02 February 2015, 22:07

That is the same disk that I updated the ADF from. There are three corrupt files from the bad archive and I replaced them. I tested all the levels and they all work.

TjLaZer · 02 February 2015, 22:11

There seems to be a problem with that DMS as I was not able to wright it back to disk. I had to mount it in WinUAE and copy the files over to the bad disk. I will give your disk a try....

dirkies · 01 May 2015, 17:09

Hello Prowler, I am still waiting to image that BS1 crack... :|

prowler · 01 May 2015, 23:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by dirkies

Hello Prowler, I am still waiting to image that BS1 crack... :|

I will get it done - and also resume my efforts to recover the rest of those disks you sent me - when time allows, and the PowerStyx 100 disk will come first. However, due to unavoidable commitments, I still cannot say when that will be.

To expedite the process, if someone else having the knowledge and equipment to do so in the meantime would like to come forward, then I will forward the disks to that person.

dirkies · 23 October 2015, 13:20

Hi Prowler

another 5 months have passed, any luck yet?

dirkies · 04 October 2016, 18:19

in an odd twist, I found some of these long lost floppies back while testing ALL my floppies to see which ones were not rotten yet. Turns out some of these were backed up to 3.5" but the label was not updated with the new contents

rygar · 24 October 2023, 10:15

Any progress after so many years?

02 February 2015, 13:32	#127
niobyte AMR / HOL Contributor Join Date: May 2007 Location: Perth Western Australia Posts: 171	Awesome work guys BTW @TjLaZer the archive you uploaded to the zone also has 'DMS!1.52' written amongst the tracks. I decided to convert the DMS to ADF that Abaddon provided. This is definitely a good DMS file. It is now in the zone as 'Powerstyx (1988)(DigiTek)[cr Trilogy][t +1 Trilogy](Good)'. Last edited by niobyte; 02 February 2015 at 13:39.

02 February 2015, 22:07	#128
TjLaZer Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tacoma, WA USA Age: 52 Posts: 1,916	Found broken floppies of these (Part 1) That is the same disk that I updated the ADF from. There are three corrupt files from the bad archive and I replaced them. I tested all the levels and they all work.

02 February 2015, 22:11	#129
TjLaZer Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tacoma, WA USA Age: 52 Posts: 1,916	Found broken floppies of these (Part 1) There seems to be a problem with that DMS as I was not able to wright it back to disk. I had to mount it in WinUAE and copy the files over to the bad disk. I will give your disk a try....

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01 February 2015, 20:27	#122
BarryB Amigaholic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: UK Posts: 4,679	@Abaddon: That's a nice find Ironically (as yours is a DMS file), The bad Trilogy release has DMS!1.52 written through tracks 2 to 9 so no wonder it had a checksum error!

01 February 2015, 20:58	#123
dirkies Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Belgium Age: 51 Posts: 1,296	guess what, I stumbled on this file during sniffing through the collections directory on the EAB directories. I saw Abaddon BBS and said, why not try his Powerstyx there. Turned out to be the same DMS, but I thought it was the same bad one! Quick compare in Winhex shows indeed the BAD DMS has tracks 2 till 9 different from the GOOD Abaddon one. Thanks!! But I would still like Prowler to recover the elusive Bamiga Sector 1 crack!

02 February 2015, 00:24	#125
Abaddon Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Chicago/USA Age: 54 Posts: 651	I uploaded to the zone my homemade IPF for Powerstyx NTSC, which does not state "DEMO VERS 0.9" in the high score table

02 February 2015, 08:56	#126
TjLaZer Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tacoma, WA USA Age: 52 Posts: 1,916	Uploaded an ADF of the fully working crack from Trilogy!

01 May 2015, 17:09	#130
dirkies Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Belgium Age: 51 Posts: 1,296	Hello Prowler, I am still waiting to image that BS1 crack... :\|

23 October 2015, 13:20	#132
dirkies Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Belgium Age: 51 Posts: 1,296	Hi Prowler another 5 months have passed, any luck yet?

04 October 2016, 18:19	#133
dirkies Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Belgium Age: 51 Posts: 1,296	in an odd twist, I found some of these long lost floppies back while testing ALL my floppies to see which ones were not rotten yet. Turns out some of these were backed up to 3.5" but the label was not updated with the new contents

24 October 2023, 10:15	#134
rygar Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 1,302	Any progress after so many years?

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