Hatte heute Nachmittag eine echt schöne 5 1/4 Zoll HD Diskettenversion von Windows 3.0 in der Post. Das Auslesen per KryoFlux lief auch fast perfekt, bis auf ein paar unlesbare Sektoren auf insgesamt drei Spuren auf Diskette Nr. 5. Die Fehler beschränkten sich zum Glück auf eine einzelne Datei und so konnte ich das schnell und einfach per Hex Editor in Ordnung bringen.

Den fertigen, sauberen und getesteten Satz an 1.2MB IMGs und 300dpi JPGs hab ich wie immer gleich mal ins Internet Archiv hochgeladen:

https://archive.org/details/mswin_3.0_de

Viel Spaß!

Another bad retro diskette! At first glance, this one seemed pretty much gone. None of my disk imaging tools were able to read it. Windows Explorer just crashed.

Only a low level KryoFlux dump managed to uncover the physical cause behind this: A corrupt root directory beyond any chance of repair. Luckily, both the file allocation tables as well as most of the data clusters were still in good shape. I used a hex editor to manually recover all the files from the valid tracks. It worked!

I guess these games are nothing special, but it still made me happy to pull usable data and working files from such a destroyed file system!

The Story of X-Copy: Amiga’s Most Famous Copy Tool & Rare Cyclone Hardware
#Amiga #RetroComputing #XCopy #KryoFlux #SoftwarePreservation #RobSmithDev #VintageGaming #Cyclone
https://theoasisbbs.com/the-story-of-x-copy-amigas-most-famous-copy-tool-rare-cyclone-hardware/?feed_id=1727&_unique_id=67b5e42fb1854

Oh boy, I just acquired another OEM edition of Windows 3.1. This one brings 3.5", as well as 5.25" diskettes, which is pretty neat. I just love these big, old, wobbly floppy disks.

Also das war jetzt heute mit großem Abstand eine der nervigsten Disketten-Auslese-Aktionen aller Zeiten! MS-Office 4.2 auf 28 x HD-Disketten. Ich musste fast jede einzelne Diskette reinigen und die meisten davon mehrere Male in verschiedenen Laufwerken einlesen, bis ich von allen ein perfektes IMG Image speichern konnte. Hat mich locker 6 Stunden gekostet und am Ende hat das dann selbst einem verrückten Nerd wie mir keinen Spaß mehr gemacht.

Aber natürlich bin ich jetzt doch froh, dass es irgendwie geklappt hat. Irgendwann später am Tag muss ich jetzt noch alle Disketten sauber über den Scanner laufen lassen, dann lad ich sie alle nach Archive.org hoch.

Jetzt mach ich erstmal n bisschen Pause.

Guten Morgen .

I just uploaded pristine floppy disks of Microsoft's "Space Simulator" for MS-DOS to the Internet Archive. These include English and German versions, IMG and KryoFlux images, as well as beautiful 300dpi scans.

English: https://archive.org/details/spacesim_en/
German: https://archive.org/details/spacesim_de/

Have fun exploring the galaxy!

I've always been a huge fan of Microsoft's Flight Simulator, but somehow I never really got into playing its cousin: "Microsoft Space Simulator".

Until today! - I just received this beautiful "Space Simulator" bigbox. English and German diskettes for MS-DOS and a thick paper manual. Looks like everything's pretty much unused and in pristine condition. I need to check this out!

This... is... amazing!

Back when I was a kid and ever since I got my own computer, I was equally excited about pretty much every new piece of software. Not just games, but also tools and applications. I guess, that's one of the reasons I still love to include oldschool office programs in my modern retro collection.

Anyway, here's a fresh KryoFlux disk set of Microsoft's Excel 5.0a for Windows 3.1. It's the German version from 1994.

Have fun / Viel Spaß!

https://archive.org/details/ms-excel_50a_de

Oh, well... today I was definitely out of luck with this diskette. This one is gone for good. Sad KryoFlux Noises.

Ich will hier jetzt nicht viel Lärm drum machen, aber für einen alten Adventure-Spiele-Fan wie mich war es heute doch etwas sehr besonderes, endlich diesen Disketten-Satz auslesen und für euch hochladen zu dürfen:

Die deutsche Version von "The Secret of Monkey Island" in 16-Farben EGA auf 8x 5.25Zoll 360K Disketten:

https://archive.org/details/mi1_de_ega_525

Nach dieser speziellen Version hatte ich jetzt jahrelang gesucht. Dass am Ende wirklich alle Disketten in einem perfekten KryoFlux-Zustand waren, hat mich nochmal extra gefreut!

Viel Spaß damit!

Hab gerade mal ein paar "speziellere", deutsche Diskettenpakete nach archive.org hochgeladen.

Neben "CorelDRAW 4", "Novell DOS 7" und einer OEM Version von "MS-DOS 5" gibt es auch vollständige DMF KryoFlux Images von Microsoft's "Word 6.0 und Excel 5.0 für Windows NT".

https://archive.org/details/@dfxthomas

Das macht alles in allem weitere 38 Disketten, die ich noch retten konnte.

Viel Spaß !!!

Trying to restore a box full of old floppy disks I got from a friend. Some of these are... "a bit tricky" to read.

Tonight, I uploaded the classic DOS game of "Zool: Ninja of the Nth Dimension" to the Internet Archive. I also found, restored and shared the complete Zool "PC Addendum".

Although Zool was originally a popular Amiga title from 1992, in 1993 it was ported to the IBM-PC. The game was released on a single 3.5 inch 720K floppy disk. If you love colourful retro platformers and Chupa Chups candy, then Zool is the perfect fit for you!

Have fun!

https://archive.org/details/zool_pc
https://archive.org/details/zool_pc-addendum

Good morning! I just uploaded 3.5 and 5.25 inch floppy disks of "The Colonel's Bequest" to The Internet Archive. Pristine disk images, RAW streams and beautiful 300dpi scans of all 14 disks.

The Colonel's Bequest is a character-driven graphic adventure game by Sierra On-Line featuring the character of Laura Bow. It was released for MS-DOS in 1989.

Have fun!

https://archive.org/details/@dfxthomas

Nachdem Archive.org wieder halbwegs funktioniert, konnte ich nun auch endlich diese beiden Data Becker Klassiker für MS-DOS hochladen. Naja, zumindest mal die 5 1/4 Zoll Disketten. PDF Handbücher folgen, sobald sie sauber eingescannt sind.

CardStar 1.5: https://archive.org/details/cardstar15
Duplikat: https://archive.org/details/duplikat

Viel Spaß!

Blockout was a puzzle video game, an unlicensed, 3D version of Tetris, published in 1989 by California Dreams. Back in the day, this was a bit of a curiosity... but I loved it!

Today, I just unpacked a very nice, boxed copy of Blockout for the Amiga. Looks like everything is complete and in good condition. So far, I only ever owned the loose diskette and manual, so this is a nice upgrade!

If you want to play, I already uploaded the game to The Internet Archive a while ago. Amiga and MS-DOS disks and manuals!

https://archive.org/details/@dfxthomas?query=blockout

Have fun!

Just in case you're interested... here's the English version of SimCity 2000 for Macintosh on a single 3.5inch floppy disk. This is a pristine KryoFlux dump. Tested and confirmed working with the Basilisk II emulator.

https://archive.org/details/sc2000_en_macintosh

After a hiatus of several weeks, I just resumed uploading stuff to The Internet Archive. Tonight, I will start things off with a clean KryoFlux dump of some Macintosh diskettes...

Here's the German version of SimCity 2000 for the classic Mac:

https://archive.org/details/sc2000_de_macintosh

Have fun!

Sometimes I just don't see the simple method to do something. Oh, well...

When it comes to Amiga emulation, I just now discovered the "CT RAW" disk image format. These .RAW files can be directly created by KryoFlux and are natively supported by WinUAE. This should also work for copy protected disks! So much easier than building custom IPFs!