[Coco] Need help copying 400+ CoCo floppies

[L. Curtis Boyle]

While I wouldn't be able to get these off of you myself (shipping charges  
to Canada are not cheap), I would like to get some of those for my  
webpage... so, whomever does get these, I would like to go over the list  
with you to help fill some holes on my webpage (that, and I noticed a few  
that I have permission to release publicly for everyone to use).


On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 14:08:50 -0600, Carey Eugene <carey at cebridge.net>  
wrote:

> Hi people.
>
> As you may remember, I was the one a couple weeks ago that had planned  
> to throw away all my old CoCo stuff.
>
> I am having a few difficulties copying my collection of disks.  Ranging  
> from problems with OmniFlop, to floppy issues, to lack of time, etc.
>
> Copying my own 'important' stuff is time consuming enough, but I still  
> have about 400-450 floppies of various programs that I accumulated over  
> the years.  (These aren't the originals.  Just copies.  I'll post the  
> small list of original software and hardware later.  Hopefully somebody  
> will pay me enough to at least cover the cost of the shipping.)
>
> To be honest... although I don't want to see them thrown away, it's way  
> too much trouble for me to do all that copying myself.  I'm not likely  
> to ever look at that stuff again.
>
> If anybody wants to do all this stuff for me, PLEASE let me know.  You  
> can keep the floppies and just send me a cd with the disk images.  And,  
> of course, post the disk images where ever it is you people do that.
>
> I know this sounds like a lot to ask... I'm wanting you to do my work  
> for me.  And, I guess that's true!  But you people are the ones wanting  
> this stuff, so I'm hoping somebody will want to do it.
>
>
> There are a few things to be aware of...
>
> 1) The disks are usually either regular 35 track rsdos or 40 track dsdd  
> OS9 disks.  (OmniFlop doesn't want to recognize the OS9 disks.  I don't  
> know why.)  However, there may be one or two 40 track RSDOS disks.   
> There are also definetly some copy protected disks in there.
>
> I don't know how you'll make an image of the copy protected stuff.  I  
> browsed the web and it looks like only one program (a Mac program) can  
> even create images of copy protected disks.  Maybe I missed something.
>
> The disks themselves can be copied with Spit-N-Image, but that doesn't  
> create a disk image, of course.
>
> I don't know how you are going to deal with this, but considering some  
> good games & programs are copy protected, doing those as well is part of  
> the deal.  I realize you might not succeeed, but I'd hope you'll at  
> least try...
>
> 2) Some of the disks don't have labels.  I think they are programs, but  
> if by some chance they have my personal data (old letters, whatever),  
> they don't get posted.  I'd like my private stuff to remain private.   
> (I'm not talking about games in progress and save-games, and stuff.)
>
> Number two is particularly important....  I don't think it's  
> unreasonable, either.
>
>
> Alright, here's the list.  Generally, it's one line per floppy.  Many  
> floppies are double sided flippies, but are still counted as one.
>
> It's not organized well, but it might be interesting.  I just copied  
> down what was written on the disk label.
>
> Dynaspell & manual
> Dynastar & manual
> Multivue demo
> OS9 C compiler v2
> Rainbow OS9 on disk.
> 9/90 6/89 7/89 3/89 5/89 2/89 10/89 1/90 4/90 3/90 7/90 8/90
> 1-6/87 1-11/86
> Basic 09 for OS9 Level 1  Toolit #2
> Multvue boot & config
> Start OS9 disk 1 & 2
> Rainbow guide to OS9
> OS9 Boot disk.  Config OS9 level 1
> OS9 Pascal
> OS9 Boot Sys master disk
> C compiler 2 (PAK) & V2 docs
> Cheap talker software.  16k version is bad.
> Sculptor 3.  Error track 13
> Backup util.  Cathouse.  Insp mod.
> Basic Freedom
> Misc
> Zork 3
> OS9 L2 sys master
> OS9 L2 boot, config, basic09
> Presto Partner Pac Dude
> Warrior King CC3
> Rainbow Adv. 2 Disk 2a
> Rainbow Adv 2 Disk 2b
> Koronis Rift
> Rainbow Adv 2 disk 1 of 3
> Rainbow Adv 3 disk 2 of 2
> Rainbow Adv 3 disk 1 of 2
> Rainbow Adv 4 disk 1 of 2
> Rainbow Adv 4 disk 1 of 2
> Kyum-Gai: To be ninja.  (Photocopy of manual, too.  Somewhere.)
> Kyum-Gai: OS9
> Kyum-Gai
> FKeys 2 & 3
> Disk edtasm
> Word OS9
> T.S. Edit OS9
> OS9 Security by S. B. Goldberg
> Sculptor 512k Part a & b
> SDisk 1
> OS9 C manual
> OS9 Ramdisk by Dennis Skala
> SR71 & others
> OS9 L1V2
> OS9 Pascal users manual
> Deskmate 3
> CoCo 77 (PD sofware) FORTH
> Pascal V2.0
> Multi-Vue 1 & 2
> OS9 C compiler side 1 & 2
> Deskmate OS9
> Deft Pascal runtime library disassembly
> Distrac 3.2  Beta 1.1 Distrib source
> 3 disks of text.  Looks like game docs
> uCOS.  Jean Labrosse's uCOS real time operating system kernal. (I hacked  
> this to run under OS9 L2.  A tiny OS kernal running as a task.)
> Zork 2
> OS9 Pascal 2.0 disk 1&2
> 6809 Assembler & 6809 FORTH
> Microscopic mission
> Carmen Sandiego
> Sub Battle Simulator
> Playgirl Part 1 x-rated
> wet t-shirt.  Pop-up windows.  Doctor.  Private.  Diskoff3.   
> Back512k.Sex & v102. K-Lock  300 pokes (CC3) Workmate.  Raiders of the  
> lost Naugha
> Max-10 editor
> WordPower 3.3  Custom
> Sam Diamond P.I.  Same as Estupro Adv.
> Magic of Zanth.  & data disk.
> Kings Quest 3 disks.
> Leisure Suit Larry disks.
> Planetfall
> Estupro Adv
> Dallas Quest
> Pitfall 2
> OS9 C lib disassembly
> Motorolla BBS.  Float09.s19, etc.
> 68hc11 floating point
> Sculpto 512k Part 3.
> Simply Better
> Galgon.  Willy.  Marble.  Qiks. Shamu.  Panic time.  Recochet.
> Gravitar.  Cyberwar. Pedro.  Grabber. R at.  Draconia
> Bash.  QuickBack.  Malcom.  Radwar.  Roller.  Springster.  Sam Diamond.
> Tutstomb.  Time patrol.  The frog.  Speed racer.
> White Fire.
> Preserve Quantico
> Playgirl part 2.  x-rated
> Deft Pascal v3.3
> Deft Pascal v3.0
> ColorFLex v5.02
> Ultra Label maker
> OS9 Ram disk
> ez sort.
> Voxchess
> Color4th
> Deft Pascal Extra
> Game solutions.
> Games.  Misc.
> Mcpaint
> Distrac v1.1 with source
> Distrac v2.1
> Various games & progs
> Word power 3.3 dictionary
> Word power 3.3
> VIP Writer 3
> VIP speller
> Coco 33 PD sfotware.  Speller
> Dragon Slayer.  (Copy protected??)
> Bugs.  (From the coco magazine.)
> P-51
> Seadragon
> Cashman
> Dark Pit. Interc4.  Marble.  Pedro.  Pros. Shock trooper
> Buzzard bait.  Skiing.  Flippy.  Pooyan.  Cashman.  QUick.  Download
> Pitstop 2.  Thexder.  Pyramix.  Shanghai.  Grand Prix.
> Strip Poker part 3.  Suzi.
> Word Power 3.2
> Mr. Corey.
> Terri Lyn DOS playmate.  512k animation.
> Used cars.  Bimbo.
> Strip Poker part 1 & 2 (Marlene, Candi, Melissa)
> Flight-16
> x-rated pictures
> Larry Loung lizards Part 1,2,3
> Seaquest XX
> The ark.  Radar.  Rastus 1 &2.  Madam.  Crotch.
> Wilde & WV
> Barmaide.  Penpal.
> War of the worlds.  The quest
> Infidel (infocom)
> Zork 3
> OS9 Ram disk.
> Suspend (infocom)
> Suspect & Deadline.  (infocom)
> Witness.  Infocom.
> Misc.
> Hitchhicker's guide to the galaxy.  Infocom.
> Robocop.  W/ cheat pokes
> Andrea.  Part 1.
> Cut throats.  Infocom.
> Zork 2.  Infocom.
> Bedlam.  Pyramid.  Raakatu.  Minotaur.  Vortex.  Dungeons of daggorath.
>  Tower forest
> Zork 1.
> Wishbringer.  Infocom
> Misc. Adv of eddie.
> Sea Stalker.  King tut.  Grandprix.  Lybrynth. Misc. solutions.
> Starship falcom.  Enchter (infocom)
> Starcross.  Sorcerer. (infocom)
> Night of the living dead
> Trapfall.  Aztec.  oracleII.  Martian.  Masterkey.  Buxx.  Docs.
> Mrs. Pac.  Donkey.  Jr. Revenge.  Zaxxon.  Kungfu.  Grandprix.  Mr.
> Dig.  F-16
> Runner.  (Gold runner?)  Toolkit (?)
> CBasic/doc.  SDisk/txt
> Calixto.  Lock.  Beamrider.  Ninja.  Copter.  Tutankam.  Munchman.
> Zaksund.  Runner2.  Pyramix.  BC.  Tapper.  Boulder
> Caladural: Flame of light
> Olympics.  Silpheed.  Pitfall.  Radwar
> Pitfall 2
> Coco Account 3
> Backgammon.  Checkers.  Canyon.  Chess. Cyrus.  Spanalyz.  Castlth.
> Wheel of Fortune.  Vocab.  Armchair admiral.  Predator.
> Vox dis. (?)
> Paktodisk.  VOXChess. Flight 16.  Clueseau
> Soundtrax.
> Saga.  Also called Sorcerers Curse
> StarLords cc3.  part 1,2,3,4
> Zenix demo disk
> Korones rift
> Rescue from Fractalus
> The interbank incident.  two copies?
> Misc.
> Microscopic mission
> 7th link part 1,2,3. and copy of 3rd for playing.
> (7th link is copy protected.  Use spit-n-image on part 1.)
> Caladuril 2
> sub battle simulator
> colossal cave.  (I think I ported the original version to OS9.)
> Hall of kings 3.  Copy protected.  Use spit-n-image on front.
> Hall of kings
> Hall of kings 2.  Copy protected.  Use spit-n-image
> Caladuril 2.  copy protected.  Use spit-n-image
> Caladuril: Flame of light
> Barbarian quest.  Copy protected.  Use spit-n-image
> Maui Vice.
> Rogue
> Diamond in the rough.
> Those darn marbles, part 2.  Levels 1-6
> Those darn marbles.  Copy protected.  Use spit-n-image
> Window master
> Monopoly
> Palidin backup.  (apparently orig is copy protected.)
> Koronis rift
> Dynacalc text only
> MV canvas
> Warp 1.
> DL Logo OS9 L1
> CoCo graphics designer
> Window writer os9l2
> Cheap talker
> CF83 forth
> Disk util.  Telewriter 128.  Ulitimaterm.  Ramdisk
> VIP 3 library
> TSEdit
> Misc pics & viewer
> Adv gen.  Ganymede.  Dragon.  Tunnel.  Assasin.  Lari.  Speak.
> Talkdemo.  Diskfool
> Misc.  Bosshog.  Jerus adv.  TC4.  hogjowl.  Gem of Graal.
> Spell.  Fonts.
> KG patches
> T& D 49, 99
> Max-10 with pictures
> Max-10.  Picutres
> XCom9.  Max-10 spellchecker
> CoCo Max 3
> McPaint 3
> Max 3.  Max 10
> Overview of MLBasic.  MLBasic docs
> Front labels, pictures, labels
> Label designer.  Borders CGD+
> Fonts for CGD+
> Fonts.  Borders.
> War of the worlds: The landing
> War of the Worlds: The last hope
> Digital speech demo.  Fire one C3
> Pyramid 3000.
> Lansford mansion.
> Chatwin manor
> Legend quest
> Venge adventure
> Mt. Doom
> Nuke the love boat
> Firespire
> Gnome quest
> Paladin legacy.  (Copy protected, I think.)
> Shipwreck.  Barsoom.  Iceworld.  Jungle.  Merro.  Nuclrsub.  Quest.
> Polynadv.  Castle Light.  Radar.  4 mile.  Alcatraz.  Final.  The ark.
> Waming.  Sorcere.  Survival.  Kingtut.  Vampire.  Enrak manor.  Who  
> dunit.  Deed york.  Flynn 45.  Troll.  Rchalice.  Basic Adv.
> Quest 2.  Willadv.  Intrerr. Atlantis.  Skeleton.
> WildWest cc3
> Inca TRE.  Pyraboot.  Unreason.  Speelbound (infocom)
> Chess-D
> Dragon Slayer  (Distrib..?? Copy protected removed??)
> MLBasic 3
> 3clone.  Diskjack.  Diskmatch.  MFormat. RGBPatch.  8 version of  
> spit-n-image.  Vidlabel.
> Zone Runner.  Flight sim.
> Sinistaar disk 1,2,3
> CBasic 3.  Source3.  Shanghai.  3line.  5line.  Desert Rider.
> Koronis Rift.  Revenge of the germs.
> System 5, graphic designer.  Pinball.
> Wheel of money.  QuickPro.
> Colladv.  Clone-m.  Fighter.  The trip.  CBasic 3.  DGSCC.  Rascan w/
>
> Tiffany & Indiana
> Clone 22d.  Omni.  Disam80.  Pascal.  SDS80.  Stipper.  SupDasm.  Bugs
>
> 2.  SexKing.  Cashman
> Rascan w/ Samantha Fox.  Spch syn.  Speech Rec.  Source 3.  HRChess.
>
> Paper.  Sextrivia.  Copy 128
> Donut.  Bodyparts.  Timeband.  Schoktrooper.  Mine resque.  Bash.
>
> Maclom.  Roller.  Shanghai.  THX Warp3d.
>
> Xenion CC3.  Golden Child
> Checkers by Roger S. Young.
> Chess by Roger S. Young.  Includes opening book disk.
> KDisk backup
> Edt+.  Spit-n-image.  Bombsquad.  Ram2.  RGBP.  CC2.  MastCat.
>
> Rainbug.  EDT rom & pat.
> Loader.  2s40t6ms.  DSD.  40tk.  6ms. ds40.  ChangeDeft.  TC.  Spread.
>
> Database.  Dir.  Disassem.  XList.  Catalog
> KDisk.  Immortal.  DosStart.  Rs2os9.  Rever.  TRSound.  Disassem.
> Detective.  Zaxxon3.  Tetris.  Spin-n-image 3.5  Chess tutorial.
> ML Format
> DOS.  Disassem.  dskfile.  mlfollow.  misc.
> Super Disk Util.
> Weekly winner
> ADOS 3 & extended ados 3
> Planet engine.  Various games & prgs.
> Pluton Quest.
> McPaint
> Mikey Term.  Rickey Term.
> Fonts.
> T&D #32 Feb 85
> T&D #31 feb 85
> T&D #54 Dec 86
> T&D software.
> OS9 Level 1 ver 2 - 80 column
> vox chess.  Source 3.  Pirates.  DiskScan.  Docs.
> Ultimaterm
> Pitfall 2.  Telewriter 80
> Elite 80.  Telewrite 128
> CoCo Calligraphier
> Flight Sim Europe.
> Clip art & sailor
> Data Master.  TIMS.  Koromins.  Profile+
> Ultimaterm 3
> Bible 1.  Car signs
> ColorRama BBS part 3.  Co Commander.  Word power 3 text
> Entity.  Hyper I/O for hard drives.
> Hackers Tool box.  Curse of Croley Manor extra dded graphics
> Datapack 3+  Color 4th.  Autoterms
> Life everyday adv.  Envelprt.  Dr. Preble.  Clue.  Big Disk.  Misc.
> VIP Database
> RSB.
> Interactive Debugger
> KDsk3 & docs
> Colorama BBS
> OS9 Level 2
> Co-Res9.  Disasm. Diskedit. PClone. Raiders.
> Ultimater 4.1
> R.S. Demo
> Docs
> Bootlegger 3
> 512k basic vterm.  Nebula.  Misc.
> Rainbow on disk.
> 10/86.  11/86 3/87  4/87  os9-jun/91  os9-aug/91 6/87 5/87 2/87 1/87
> 1/89. 6/85.  10/85. 6/83  10/83 7/86  3/83
> Flight sim2
> Kings quest 3
> Where in the world is carmen sandiego
> Laser surgeon
> Pegasus & phantom riders
> Zone runner
> Cave Walker
> DL Logo
> Microscopic mission
> Rogue.
> Koronis Rift
> A bunch of issues of 9Times.
> Possibly a bunch of Iowa Computer club stuff.  I see one disk that says
> that and then 21 disks number 1-21.
> Extra OS9 commands.
> Europeans OS9 public domain.  8 disks
>
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L. Curtis Boyle