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can you write a copy protected ADF to disk?
« on: August 05, 2016, 05:22:40 AM »
Just curious can you write the original copy protected ADF back to disk?

Leander (UK) (Disk 1) (1991) [Original] (Psygnosis) (MFM 'VERY' Long tracks).adf is 2,313,388 bytes, so not your standard 880k.  I tried using adf-blitzer and tsgui to write the image on a real amiga but it's not bootable.  The adf works fine on emulators.

I have the original PAL disks but disk 1 isn't booting, it would be nice if I could fix the original, sometimes the disks just need a rewrite but other times it's more serious.
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Re: can you write a copy protected ADF to disk?
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2016, 02:37:40 PM »
The ADF works fine in emulators, so the copy protection data must be in the image unless the emulator has some special workaround.  It still might not be possible to write it with an Amiga drive but I'll try your suggestions on blank disks, I won't experiment with the original until I know it works.
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Re: can you write a copy protected ADF to disk?
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2016, 08:06:51 AM »
So first I need to find out if you can do a successful disk to disk copy using nibble or track sync on a real unmodified Amiga.

If that is possible then copying from a perfect image should be possible, just need the right software.  There doesn't appear to be any that directly support writing from IPS or EADF but some can write from dev.  I need to figure out how to mount/convert an IPS to dev (amiga.device?).