[Coco] RE: [Color Computer] Re: Dallas Quest

[Arthur Flexser]

I may be misremembering, but I think Steve Bjork, the author of Sands of
Egypt, may have posted instructions for backing it up on Delphi at one
time.  Maybe someone can elaborate?

Art Flexser

On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Stephen Blunt wrote:

> Thanks Neil! Never thought of opening the drive latch. I guess that
> completely removes the possibility of making a disk image though - Virtual
> drive latches in an emulator aren't so easy to open ;>
> 
> Anyone got a rough walkthrough for sands of Egypt?
> 
> My all time favorite game for coco has to be Cave walker (even if I never
> finished it - came very close though). I even mapped out all the caverns and
> everything.
> 
> Stephen Blunt
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Morrison [mailto:neilsmorr at hotpop.com] 
> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 1:20 PM
> To: ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Color Computer] Re: Dallas Quest
> 
> 
> Message
> 
> Back it up. Start it, then open the drive when it tries to do a disk access.
> Then close the drive. IIRC, this fakes out the copy protection (I did this 20
> years ago).
> 
> Yes, I did wade through both of these. It's the Infocom ones that are tough.
> 
> Neil
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Stephen Blunt
> 
> I never did have Dallas Quest but I am similarly stuck in "Sands of Egypt". I
> could never get past the first couple of moves. I think my disk is still
> working. I would love to back it up but it has copy protection on it.
> 
> I know I am mainly silent on this listing as other commitments usually keep
> me too busy to delve back into my coco, but I'd just like to share a thanks
> with everyone who keeps it alive. Stephen Blunt
> 
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