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Old 20 September 2020, 12:50   #1
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Identify this Bootblock maker!

Found this bootblock on a couple of disks but no idea what program was used to make it, the vertical bars also move left and right and can be slow or fast moving!

Found it on Sexy Beautys AGA and Art Expression V1.0:

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Old 20 September 2020, 13:09   #2
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Read the boot block into a hex editor to see if there is a tell tale credit in there.
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Old 20 September 2020, 13:57   #3
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This looks like someone just ripped the PDX intro used f.e. for Abandoned Places and just changed the text.
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Old 20 September 2020, 14:10   #4
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It has some German text in there but no idea where its from

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Old 20 September 2020, 14:18   #5
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Read the boot block into a hex editor to see if there is a tell tale credit in there.
Already looked but nothing obvious.

On the Art Expression disks there is some German text but some of the characters are not showing due to my Workbench/Windows being English:



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This looks like someone just ripped the PDX intro used f.e. for Abandoned Places and just changed the text.
Looks exactly the same, either it is ripped off or PDX used the same bootmaker util? The fact that the vertical bars can be running fast/slow suggests it's a util as how many people would know the speed can be changed if they just ripped it off?

It's also used on a DMS 2.04 'Evaluation' disk I have!

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Old 20 September 2020, 22:38   #6
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Just noticed Sexy Beautys AGA is also a PDX release, same year as Abandoned Places 2, 1993.

However, Art Expression v1.0 was released in 1992 so it's Bootblock could not have been 'ripped' from the 1993 PDX release of Abandoned Places 2! BUT, that is assuming the copy I have is from a genuine retail release of Art Expression that has the same bootblock! However, TOSEC shows Art Expression with an [a bootblock] release tag and a version that has no bootblock, so it's likely the PDX bootblock has been 'ripped' off and applied to an alternate release of Art Expression, the only issue is how did someone figure out the vertical bars could be set to different speeds?
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