[Coco] A new idea for a CoCoSDC expander

[Arthur Flexser]

Having the DIR command display solid-colored blocks in place of the unused
entries wouldn't be much of a trick, and would be unrelated to copy
protection.
The question would be what other interesting things might be on those disks.

Art

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 2:42 AM, Steve Ostrom <smostrom7 at comcast.net> wrote:

> -----Original Message----- From: Arthur Flexser
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 12:15 AM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] A new idea for a CoCoSDC expander
>
> Okay, Steve, you've aroused my curiosity...
>
> What was the "unique way" John used to remove the copy protection from
> those disks?
>
> Art
>
> -----------------------------------------
>
> I wish I knew, Art.  When I looked at the disks, the directory was quite
> weird.  If I recall, doing a DIR, showed the file name to type in, and then
> a lot of the rest of the directory space was filled in with a solid color,
> but it's been quite a few years.  I'm sure I still have these disks.  I'll
> try to locate them this weekend.  I have my active Coco system and the rest
> of my collection at our family cabin.  If I find them, I would love to send
> them to someone to analyze better than my original quick overview.  Quite a
> few on my e-mails to Little John involved these types of disks.  He told me
> he had about 50 or so more he could send to me.  He asked me for a supply
> of disks, which I sent to him.  That's when I started to not hear back, and
> when his Dad eventually told me he was back in the hospital.  I'm not 100%
> sure, but I think he was quite overweight (like many of us, I suppose, or
> maybe more so), and along with other complications, was having breathing
> problems.
>
> I'll try to look for these disks this weekend.  Assuming I find them, who
> might be the best person to take a closer look at them, to make sure I am
> remembering correctly about the weird directory display? I don't think
> these disks allowed copying, but like I said, it's been a long time.
>
> --- Steve ---
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