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JamesC
on 2003-02-03
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- The 1541 and 1541-II are 99.99999% compatiable. There are only a rare few programs that will not load on the 1541-II, most of those programs were subsequently modified to allow loading from a 1541-II (C64 GEOS 2.0 comes to mind). Commodore had the right to change the ROMs occasionally, and programs that won't work between 1541 and 1541-II are using direct ROM calls rather than the control programs that Commodore offered.

However for your use the 1541-II is the same as a 1541, only prettier. wink

- The programs are on rulez.org, sorry. Look here and try anything that has 'nibbler', 'copy', 'duplicate', or 'tool' in the filename. I myself have not tried any of these; some may require dual 1541's to work, some may require 1551's.

Another option is to use Star Commander with the 'record error info' option. This will give you the .d64 with error information attached, so that Star Commander can then regenerate the disk with error information. If nothing else it will give you a .d64 that you can scan with an emulator and the programs in the "Inside Commodore DOS" .pdf without excessive use of your original diskette.

- Kingsoft copy protect is not known well here (in the US). Maybe some of the others in this group, from Hungary, Italy, etc. are more familiar with it. Norbert is in Germany also, have you tried to email him about this?



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