[Coco] In need of a 1987 GIME

[Charlie Pelosi]

That worked! Thank you!
The font graphics are still all messed up, but it seems to boot much more reliably than the crack I was using.
Now I need to get better copies of disk 2 and 3 for Medieval Madness.
-C

 
> Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 14:45:06 -0600
> From: mechacoco at gmail.com
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Subject: Re: [Coco] In need of a 1987 GIME
> 
> On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 6:52 AM, Charlie Pelosi <chaspelosi at outlook.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Thanks!
> > I was able to make the 3 disks with drivewire. When I put the PATIRON disk
> > in drive 1 and the IRONFRT1 disk in drive 0, DRIVE1 RUN"BOOT it prompts me
> > to have the disks in the correct locations, then I get "the defeater" logo
> > screen. It switches to an 80 column screen says formatting track 0 lists a
> > few files and hangs there. Doesn't seem to be a working copy, unless there
> > is something wrong with my setup here... standard dual 360K drives, fd501
> > controller, 512K coco3.
> > Any ideas?
> > -C
> >
> 
> Try these steps:
> 
> - Insert the IRONFRT1 disk in floppy drive 0 and the PATIRON disk in drive
> 1.
> 
> - Enter the commands DRIVE 1:POKE 235,1:DOS
> 
> - When the file selection screen appears press the "1" key to display the
> files from drive 1 then use the arrow keys to select BOOT.BAS and press
> ENTER.
> 
> 
> You only need to run the defeater tool for the IRONFRT1 disk.  The
> INRONFRT2 disk (graphics) is not copy protected.
> 
> Darren
> 
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