Supercard Plus also called Super-Card + on some ads.
The hardware now fits ALL Commodore and compatible drives. The software is also updated. Supercard Plus makes an EXACT copy of the original disk. Including any copy protection. No “Parameters” are ever required.
This ad is from a 1990 magazine
Supercard by Jim Drew and sold through Utilities Unlimited.
This would copy disk that couldn’t be copied before, or that need a parameter/crack installed on., This was hardware and software combination.
The hardware was a small card that you installed into your 1541 drive like this early version I bought it as soon as I read about it in 1987 or 88:
The Power Cartridge was a very nice Snapshot / Freezer cartridge. Again great for by-passing copy protection. You can backup the snap shot to disk or tape. There was also a monitor. You can learn more from the Wiki on it here.
Trackmimic was another disk back up system that you installed into your 1541 disk drive.
Used Diskmimic 5+ software.
Download the D64: Trackmimic
Track Master would display the 1541 drive head track and half track positions. This would help you to identify essential tracks, bad tracks and load sequences. You electronically bypass write protection tabs. BUT I can not find any more information about Track Master. How does it work, how does it install? etc..
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The Super Cartridge sounds great, it’s loaded with so much, I do own one of these VERY RARE cartridges. Here are a few features that stand out: HesMon (Did HesWare give permission for this? – Answer is YES!) Fast Loader … Continue reading