[Coco] SoftLaw's VIP series

[Robert Gault]

Bob Devries wrote:
> In an effort to preserve my disk collection, I found that the SoftLaw 
> VIP series of programmes are copy protected. It seems that one (or more) 
> tracks are unformatted, and the programme looks for that when it loads.
> 
> I'd like to be able to store working copies, and of course, also make 
> them workable under MESS. Since MESS cannot emulate faulty/unformatted 
> tracks, all I can do is patch the software to by-pass the check for 
> those tracks.
> 
> Does anyone have the information about how that was done, before I start 
> digging into the code?
> 
> See the next CocoNutz Newsletter for "The Colour Computer Software 
> Preservation Project" (shameless plug).
> 
> 
> -- 
> Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia
> 
> Isaiah 50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me
> the capacity to be his spokesman,
> so that I know how to help the weary.
> 

That's not true regards MESS. MESS has no mechanism for creating weird 
track formats but will read them as .dmk style images. So if you can 
create a disk for the Kiel emulator, MESS will work with it.