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I could have put it on my todo list, but with the size of said list and my limited spare time, that basically means it'll never happen. I had a few minutes to spare, so I uploaded the disks. Quote:
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Don't worry about it too much, the relevant files on all disks work. Only the X-Copy Pro 3.1 disk actually had bad files:
l:Aux-Handler, l:Shell-Seg, devs:Mountlist, devs:printer.device These can probably be taken from any 1.3 wb disk, but the good bits are all there anyway, so why bother. Let's coordinate the next batch a little better. I'll send you a pm once it's time. :-) |
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In the end this initiative is about actually making the heritage available, for free, for everyone, to share and examine. I really appreciate anyone helping, let's just make sure we don't have bad images. Bad images are always problematic from a preservation point of view. If we can fix things, we should fix them. |
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22 October 2010, 19:37 | #45 |
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Really nice. Good that another piece of Amiga Software is preserved so well.
But most of it is German like the manuals. Are there still English masterdisks around? If you don't mind i told my fellow dutch amiga members about this topic http://www.amigascene.nl/modules/new...?topic_id=1929 |
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X-Copy was a German product made in Germany, so naturally there are more German versions around than English ones.
The German users got more "unfinished" or "beta" versions, whereas the versions for release outside of Germany were usually better tested. But we have found many English disks and the next batch should come up around December... |
26 November 2010, 14:40 | #47 |
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I found X-Copy Maraude It Professional v1.2 (13/09/88 | 01/10/88) amongst my disks.
I decided to dump it considering it is not in TOSEC (also renamed it accordingly). I noticed no versions prior to version 2.x are in TOSEC or on the XCopy Shrine. This 1.2 version appears to only work with Chip RAM & Fast RAM allocated (Slow RAM intermittently works?). 256/512k/1MB Chip RAM Allocated (Memory Map: 000000->0FFFFF) - XCopy appears to be in a monochrome appearance (Grayscale + 4 colours; Cyan, Green, Light Purple & Red) - Left Screenshot (Weird the date is different; 13/09/88) 2 MB Chip RAM Allocated (Memory Map: 1FFFFF) - XCopy appears in full colour - Right Screenshot (Weird the date is different; 01/10/88). Note: Slow RAM must not be allocated otherwise it crashes (seems to be intermittent - when it does work it uses Grayscale+4 colours in 512k slow & full colour with 1MB slow) This version possibly contains a memory check/map bug (weird since it is intermittent)? The issues experienced could be emulation related. As I haven't tested this on real A500 hardware in years. You can find the ADF image in the zone (ZIP Archived). Last edited by niobyte; 26 November 2010 at 15:57. Reason: Additional info |
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Yaay, nice find!
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28 November 2010, 19:29 | #49 |
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Nice one Niobyte I'll forward it to the file server as well
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28 November 2010, 21:42 | #50 |
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I have the image of the master for this version in my possession.. I hope to find some time to update the second batch onto the site before the end of next week.
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Hi Jope,
Do you know if you encountered similar issues with the master disk? I do wonder if the version I have is the same or different. Especially the 2 separate dates encountered. |
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I have found at least three separate versions of 1.x on different utility disks, but I never noticed that. I'll have to try them out with different memory configurations. :-)
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Minor update today, the 2nd batch of master disks is up.
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Then I dug into my pile of loose copies and found: - 1.2 28/08/88 - 1.2 30/08/88 - 1.2 13/09/88 - 1.3 01/02/89 Seems they didn't remember to change the killsys graphics for every build. Last edited by Jope; 06 December 2010 at 11:27. Reason: Back-to-back posts merged. |
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Hi Jope,
There is a broken link on the Master disks page. The link to X-Copy Pro May '92 GER (xcopy_1992-05_master_optimized_full.zip) has a trailing quotation mark. |
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X.Copy Shrine loading ...
Here, You can Download The First Commercial X-Copy and Tools Disks
In Germany Released X-Copy v2.0 from 1989 XCOPY20.ACE X-Copy v2.1 and Tools from 1990 XCOPY21.ACE Presented by SCOOPEX (AUSTRIA) Press Right Mouse Button for Download All Time Good Time MFG sun68 P. S. You Need WinACE or Total Commander for unpacking P. S. 2 X-Copy Maraude It Professional v1.2 (13/09/88) | 01/10/88 is Trash Last edited by sun68; 08 December 2010 at 05:29. |
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My Original Disks ?
Why? Not elaborate this ! SKID ROW 1990-92 MIDDLE GERMAN RULEZ MFG sun68 P. S. No Time ... P. S. X-Copy for ABBO... |
08 December 2010, 08:30 | #58 |
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don't saw this version on your site :
only got exe if needed |
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I have the x-copy dongle for this buried some place
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