Date   : Mon, 04 May 2009 15:13:17 +0100
From   : mike@... (Mike Tomlinson)
Subject: Preservation of information (floppy discs, etc.)

In article <49FEE3F1.9000302@...>, Philip Pemberton
<philpem@...> writes

>What if the disc was written by a machine, and there are no working examples 
>of that machine left? 

Then what's the point in faithfully re-creating discs for it?

>* The disc is copy protected.
>Read: preservation of computer games. Most of these were designed in such a 
>way that you could write them with a disc duplicator (e.g. a Trace machine), 
>but not with an 8271, 1770, uPD765, etc.

Fair enough.  Though the likes of Bit~copier and Basil's Copy-all seemed
able to manage it on the Beeb ;-)

Thank you for the detailed reply.  I can see the advantage in producing
precise copies of discs, honest, and the advantage in being able to
reproduce copy-protected and damaged discs.  Just wondering how many
people would invest in the hardware needed to produce such precise
copies/images.

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