[Coco] Re: Re: Kyum-Gai OS-9 version

Thu Aug 5 00:24:03 EDT 2004

Charlie,

Ummm, if I can figure out how to do it. I've succeeded in making DSK
images of OS-9 disks but I don't think I've ever succeeded with RSDOS
disks. I'll give it another try. Be patient though.

Fred

On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 08:15:56 -0400 "Charlie" <chazbeenhad at hotmail.com>
writes:
> Sinistaar is one of the best COCO games EVER. I heard there was a 
> cracked
> disk1 out there some where that does away with the copy protection. 
> That
> would be a nice find.
> 
> I keep my floppy disks in the standard flip-top disk organizers and 
> I've not
> had any problem with them after all these years..... so far :)
> 
> Would it be possible to make a DSK of your Zenix disk?
> 
> Charlie
> 
> "Frederick D Provoncha" <elderpav at juno.com> wrote in
> message news:20040803.215516.1852.1.elderpav at juno.com...
> > Charlie,
> >
> > Ah yes, I have those games too. They are great! I especially love 
> Zenix
> > and Sinistaar. My copy of Zenix is relatively new. I bought it 
> from Jim
> > Davis about 3 years ago. Unfotunately, he no longer sells copies 
> :-( It
> > also appears to me that my copy of Zenix is NOT copy-protected. I 
> made a
> > backup copy that seems to work just fine.
> >
> > As for Sinistaar, I bought that game on eBay a few months ago. 
> They were
> > old disks, and quite out of shape. At first they wouldn't run. I 
> kept
> > getting I/O errors. Then I stumbled upon a suggestion made by 
> someone to
> > open up the disk sleeve, take out the mylar disk inside, and 
> delicately
> > clean it in a bowl of warm water with a touch of dish soap added. 
> I then
> > gently dried it off and inserted it back into the sleeve. I tried 
> again
> > to load and run the game on the Coco and it worked! The game runs 
> great
> > now. I never would have tried this on a functioning disk. The disk 
> wasn't
> > working anyway, so I figured I had nothing to lose. It appears 
> that some
> > old floppy disks may possibly have their life extended a bit 
> longer using
> > this technique.
> >
> > Again, I recommend trying this only on disks that do not work at 
> all and
> > would otherwise be unuseable.
> >
> > Fred Provoncha
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 15:53:38 -0400 "Charlie"
> <chazbeenhad at hotmail.com>
> > writes:
> > > Yes! Someone was nice enough to let me try the OS-9 version. 
> Your
> > > right, it
> > > runs great from a hard disk.
> > > I also have the rsdos version. The OS-9 version seems to be
> > > identical. Same
> > > sounds, speed and everything.
> > > This is great stuff. I love the sundog coco3 games. I wish 
> other
> > > Sundog
> > > games, like Sinistar disk 1, Warrior King, and others, were 
> copyable
> > > like
> > > this. One of my biggest "coco fears" is my favorite game disks 
> going
> > > bad. I
> > > play this stuff all the time, and I'm worried I'll wear them 
> out.
> > > Plus I
> > > have a 6 yr old son playing Zenix all the time! :-p
> > >
> > > Charlie
> > >
> > > "Frederick D Provoncha" <elderpav at juno.com> wrote in
> > > message
> news:20040802.194249.1760.0.elderpav at juno.com...
> > > > I have the OS-9 version of Kyum-Gai. It CAN be installed on 
> and
> > > run from
> > > > a hard drive. It actually runs quite nicely from my hard 
> drive. In
> > > fact,
> > > > I even have it set up under Multi-Vue, though that was a 
> little
> > > tricky. I
> > > > don't have the RS-DOS version so I can't compare the two 
> versions.
> > > I
> > > > imagine the RS-DOS version might run a little smoother, since 
> it
> > > doesn't
> > > > have to multitask with anything.
> > > >
> > > > Fred Provoncha
> > > > Stansbury Park, UT
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 10:41:04 -0400 "Charlie"
> > > <chazbeenhad at hotmail.com>
> > > > writes:
> > > > > Does anyone have the Sundog game Kyum-Gai OS-9 version? Can 
> this
> > > game
> > > > > be
> > > > > copied and / or run from a harddrive ?
> > > > >
> > > > > How does the game compare to the RS-DOS version? I've 
> always
> > > > > wondered about
> > > > > this.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks.
> > > > >
> > > > > Charlie
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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