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I'm not 100% sure, but... 07/23/2004, 07:37:39

Wysardry writes: IIRC, you're supposed to make a copy of diskette 1 and make sure that it is *not* write protected as the game needs to save to it. The original disk should be write protected, and fairly obviously it would be a bad idea to change that. There's a subtle hint in the error message, as it says "no authorized copy" rather than "no original diskette".

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Doesn't work !!! - Sorpigal ( Fri 23-Jul-04 08:11:21 ) +1 it is possible the disks went bad. - Knightly ( Fri 23-Jul-04 08:43:03 ) +1 Maybe ? - Sorpigal ( Fri 23-Jul-04 08:48:26 ) +1 Are your 5 1/4" drives 360K or 720K? - Bones ( Fri 23-Jul-04 09:34:02 ) +2 ??? - Sorpigal ( Fri 23-Jul-04 09:47:33 ) +2 might be. in the days of DOS, there were utilities that did this. - Knightly ( Fri 23-Jul-04 12:09:17 ) +1 DosBox? - Sorpigal ( Sat 24-Jul-04 12:13:33 ) Why not... - Morphi ( Fri 23-Jul-04 12:14:32 ) +1 got any links? (n/t) - Knightly ( Fri 23-Jul-04 16:26:34 ) Dos Bootdisk ??? - Sorpigal ( Sun 25-Jul-04 09:39:07 ) +1 I'm not sure what you are asking.... - Bones ( Sun 25-Jul-04 23:05:39 ) +2 also there were different versions of DOS which might be a factor here. (n/t) - Knightly ( Mon 26-Jul-04 01:57:52 ) 1.2 MB Drive - Sorpigal ( Mon 26-Jul-04 20:59:21 ) +1 There's a square notch on one side... - Bones ( Mon 26-Jul-04 22:33:11 ) +1 That didn't... - Sorpigal ( Tue 27-Jul-04 01:13:40 ) +1 Well no, that doesn't have anything to do with your problem, but you asked. - Bones ( Tue 27-Jul-04 11:48:47 ) +1 Nope - Sorpigal ( Wed 28-Jul-04 08:46:10 ) +1 It's time to email me... - Bones ( Wed 28-Jul-04 09:08:17 )