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   Thierry64 to All   
   Re: Musicalc 1983   
   22 Mar 19 18:15:17   
   
   From: thierrykurt2000@hotmail.com   
      
   On Sun, 17 Feb 2019 18:33:44 -0800 (PST), Terry Raymond   
    wrote:   
      
   Hi there ! , its posible to share the images , im test it in real   
   hardware and real floppy 1541 I and II , upload to mediafire? thanks !   
      
   best regards   
      
   Thierry   
      
      
   >Hi all,   
   >   
   >I received tons of .D64 images of older C64 midi Software.   
   >Right now Im trying out Musicalc written by Waveform in 1983.   
   >   
   >I tried booting from the image no go it loads about halfway and just stops   
   >and I thought that Musicalc may be copy protected because some copy   
   protection checks and if a copy will probably stop, etc.   
   >   
   > I checked Fast Hackem and Maverick parameters and they don't even list   
   anything under Musicalc, nothing. (parms).   
   >   
   >Would anyone know anything about Waveform protection or a way to try editing   
   disk sectors etc?   
   >   
   > Again I don't have the original of this its just a .d64 image, and BTW   
   >I use CBM Command to write the disk image back to a real 1541 formatted disk.   
   >   
   >I do have the Maverick V5.4 with a good disk editor if anybody knows how to   
   edit Waveform protection (For my own backups only). :D   
   >   
   >Musicalc has a timer that takes around 2 minutes to load with this .d64 image   
   it only gets as far as 1min 40 seconds and it just stops completely.   
   >I recognize this as being protected because some protection if it detects the   
   disk is a copy then it will do this and stops like a mule.   
   >   
   >Would a disk scan help anybody to determine what is going on?   
   >   
   >When it comes though to disk editors I dunno Im willing to try though, of   
   course I have the original .d64 and can make another floppy of this, or just   
   use a copy of course if I goof it up, etc.   
   >   
   >Terry Raymond   
      
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