[Coco] [Color Computer] Re: From virtual disk to real disk

[ostro011]

>From this web site, it appears that AnaDisk distribution is severely
restricted, available only to law enforcement agencies and certain large
companies that have a documented need for it.  This would be ideal to
backup some of my copy protected original Coco disks that will probably die
of bit-rot sometime soon.  (Marty's Nightmare is one example of a protected
Coco disk I don't want to have die.)  I still have in mothballs Central
Point's COPYIIPC and their hardware board that I used at least a hundred
years ago to back up some PC and Coco software, but that system had its
limits.

Does anyone know if AnaDisk is available, and how it compares to COPYIIPC
and hardware board for ability to make legal copies of original software?

Thanks!

-- Steve --


On 5 Nov 2003, jimcox at miba51.com wrote:
> Here is a link for the current owner of AnaDisk:
> 
> http://www.forensics-intl.com/anadisk.html
> 
> On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 21:10:19 -0800
>   "Neil Morrison" <neilsmorr at hotpop.com> wrote:
> >
> >FWIW, the trick under MSDOS is to alter a table of 
> >parameters kept in
> >ram on the PC. This lets the PC read Coco sectors. The 
> >program deals
> >with the result. Also, AnaDisk from Sybex can read most 
> >any
> >reasonable format the hardware can handle.
> >
> >NM
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: "John E. Malmberg" <wb8tyw at qsl.net>
> >
> >...
> >> What did not work was the MS-DOS file system calls.
> >>
> >> So using the documented BIOS calls from the Microsoft C 
> >>library
> >should
> >> work to access a previously formatted COCO disk.
> >...
> >
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