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

[Frederick D Provoncha]

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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