[Coco] A new idea for a CoCoSDC expander

[Arthur Flexser]

Okay, Steve, you've aroused my curiosity...

What was the "unique way" John used to remove the copy protection from
those disks?

Art

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 12:42 AM, Steve Ostrom <smostrom7 at comcast.net>
wrote:

> -----Original Message----- From: Bill Pierce via Coco
> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 10:41 PM
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Subject: Re: [Coco] A new idea for a CoCoSDC expander
>
> Ed, as far as I know, no one has ever built and tested?John's 8 slot
> expansion, or his 4-slot RS "clone" for that matter. I don't think John
> ever built one himself. He just did the design. He disappeared right after
> he made those posts to coco3.com. He also had Orch90, RS232, and FDC
> clones as well.
>
> --------------------------------
>
> Bill, if this is the same John (little John) I used to communicate with,
> he didn't really "disappear".  He was very ill.  My guess is that he died
> of that illness, or is still too ill to communicate.  He had a great love
> for the Coco.  John sent me about 30 disks he had removed the copy
> protection from in a very unique way, as well as some of his hardware
> designs to review.  Unfortunately, I'm a software person, and was not able
> to help him review his designs.  This was many years ago.  I remember
> getting an e-mail from his Dad after he didn't reply to several e-mails
> from me, also named John (big John, IIRC), telling me of his illness.  I
> don't remember if I heard from little John again later.  It would be a
> great loss if he did succumb to that illness.
>
> --- Steve ---
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