Best 100% Backup Option?
Best 100% Backup Option?
Over the last few months, I've been collecting quite a lot of Ocean and Imagine titles on disk.
What is the best option to back these up, reliably and 100% of any disk protection.
I realise this will be a hardware option but which?
I should add that I'd like to backup to physical media and create an image that can be rewrote at a later date.
What is the best option to back these up, reliably and 100% of any disk protection.
I realise this will be a hardware option but which?
I should add that I'd like to backup to physical media and create an image that can be rewrote at a later date.
Last edited by plonkor on Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:24 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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ZoomFloppy with either a parallel equipped 1541 or a 1571 with the 2mhz chipset.
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Is the parallel modification really needed?
Speed isn't an issue and my soldering skills are on par with those of a snail wearing gloves
Speed isn't an issue and my soldering skills are on par with those of a snail wearing gloves
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No soldering required with ZoomFloppy.. just uses the 1541 cable, a USB cable and a working PC...
Commodore 64/Amiga 500 Enthusiast
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Zoom floppy and case arrived today, I guess I know what I'll be up to this weekend
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The parallel cable is needed only for some specific copy-protection schemes, to make a complete backup. For most purposes, ie copying your own data discs or hacked discs, the standard serial cable will suffice.
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Oh! So I can't backup my Ocean/Imagine originals without the parallel cable?
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Possibly not. I'm not an expert on this sort of thing!
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I thought to copy the protection a Kryoflux was needed. Does zoomfloppy replace this now?
edit:
I did some reading, looks like a Parallel enabled 1541 is needed to use nibtools:
http://c64preservation.com/files/nibtools/readme.txt
edit:
I did some reading, looks like a Parallel enabled 1541 is needed to use nibtools:
http://c64preservation.com/files/nibtools/readme.txt
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I guess I need to order a cable then, or try and pickup a 1571, which there doesn't seem to be many outside the USA on eBay. Can't find a pre-made socketeted cable on eBay either, anyone got any suggestions?
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