Cassette Copier
The TB-1 Data Cassette Copier, This will interface two data cassettes or Datasette to make back up copiers of your costly programs.
1. Can duplicate COPY PROTECTED programs (Did you know cassettes had copy protection?)
2. Copies Copies Machine Language programs without Vicmon
3. Copies several programs on one tape
4. You can hear and see the transferred data
5. You can Load and Save at the same time
6. 100% Hardware
This is a very interesting article on the FCopy program which was the first to take the time to top copy a C64 disk from 25 minutes to 8 minutes and then to 4.5 minutes.
It’s a great read.
The story of FCopy (CLICK HERE for the FULL article)
FasTrac \ 128 by Mike J Henry (Basement Boys Software)
This was a fast disk copier – BUT I do not think it copied protected disk
*> FASTRAC DISK COPY : FASTEST 1571/1541 BACKUP TO DATE!
*> FASTRAC FILE COPY: SUPPORTS ANY COMMODORE COMPATIBLE DRIVES!
*> FASTRAC M/L MONITER: EXPLORE COMPUTER OR DRIVE MEMORY!
*> FASTRAC DIRECTORY EDITOR: EDIT & REORGANIZE ANY DIRECTORY!
*> FACTRAC IBM/MFM DISK COPIER: FAST CORY STANDARD IBM DISK!
*> FASTRAC 1581 DUPLICATOR: ULTRAFAST SINGLE:/DUEL BACKUPS!
DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE HERE: fastrac128-BasementBoys
DOWNLOAD MANUAL HERE: fastrac128
This was an interest article found in TPUG magazine. Which stood for the Toronto PET User Group. I don’t know how many issues there were, but I have 25 issues from Feb 1984 to Aug-Sept 1986.
To Copy Protect, or Not to Copy Protect
This was an article from GeoWorld Magazine Issue #20
ASCII & Screen Codes
plus Partner 128 and Deluxe Pain II by Electronic Arts
