looking for: Option Board, Trackstar, Turnover Card or similars

From: Rich Sias <rich_at_sias.us>
Date: Sun Dec 21 22:41:22 2003

I HAVE a Deluxe Option Board. I am trying to get it to write to a 1.44
floppy. Is there a limit to cable lengths being used before problems
arise? TCM & TE both read 1.44 floppies just fine, but the write
functions do NOT work for me. It has been over 12 years since I have
used this board and I may be missing some steps. I have a printed manual
and I have tried everything I can find in it. Now I am in need of
"experts" suggestions to get it going.
 
I am trying to copy a plain 1.44 Mb floppy as an exercise. I want to
copy tracks 80-81 to see if that captures some copy protection of a
protected disk. (The company does not replace lost disks, just SELLS you
another registered copy) Running diskcopy gets you an Unregistered copy.
Doing diskcomp shows them to be identical. The difference must be in
tracks 80-81 or other places diskcomp doesn't pay attention to.
Received on Sun Dec 21 2003 - 22:41:22 GMT