> On 2017-11-19, at 16:01, smf <smf@null.net> wrote: > >> for which copying CBM tape based software using even high quality audio decks had disappointingly low success rate. > > I had a box of tapes in the 1980's that disagree. > > The first game I copied was airwolf (novaload) which I did with two separate tape desks hooked up with the mic and ear connectors. Neither of them were what you could class high quality. The loading time was way off on that copy, so the music cuts off at the wrong place. > > There were some copy protections that relied on automatic gain corrupting the signal (a bit like macrovision on VHS) but I got over that using high speed mode on my sisters dual cassette boombox. For some reasons our experiences differ substantially then. I had some successful audio-level copies but it was a hit'n miss game every time. AGC didn't matter. I mostly didn't use it anyway. Positive side-effect of that was that I had to learn cracking much faster than it would be if audio-copies were reliable and made without much effort and many retries ;-) -- SD! - http://e4aws.silverdr.com/ Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2017-11-19 16:01:46
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