+Ripdubski Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Anyone have an image of this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fujidude Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 This might bake your cake... Datasoft Spell Wizard.zip 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 How awesome is that! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fujidude Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Hopefully it is. I used the APE Pro system on the disks I had of it, which were Happy backups to begin with. I have never actually tried them myself. I did this back in 2003 it seems by the time stamp. I had water damage in the house a few years later and ended up getting rid of all my Atari hardware, disks, books, and even cartridges. The carts and disks were not damaged at all but I no longer had anything to plug them into. Had I known about ebay values for some OSS carts and the like, or that I would find this online community later, I would have held on to some more of what I could have. I would be interested to know if that works, just as a matter of curiosity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 It boots and seems to work. I did get a single error in my first test document. I'm still working with it to validate if its working properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 (edited) Sadly while it appears to function, there is something not quite right. Errant matches are identified, but not displayed correctly. I thought maybe it was the dictionary disk, but searching for correct words finds the match and displays it incorrectly as well. Im thinking the dictionary is ok since it finds words properly, but the code to display is bungled up. Here I searched for and found the word "correct": Edited June 10, 2015 by Ripdubski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fujidude Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Bummer. Sorry to hear that for your sake. Me, I just use the PC for my spelling needs these days. I was hoping it would have worked for ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 no problem, thanks for providing the image anyway! anyone else have an image of at least the program disk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Larry Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 You may have some problems getting this. I just looked at my original disk, and Spell Wizard is pretty heavily protected with lots of bad and missing sectors. Unfortunately, this is the type of protection that causes a PRO image to destroy a disk. An ATX image might be possible. If you're interested, do some research -- does one of the "unprotectors" (Chipmunk, etc.) have a patch for Spell Wizard? That should solve the problems. -Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bob1200xl Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 It is on the list for Chipmunk. I can't find my disks, though. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fujidude Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) It is on the list for Chipmunk. I can't find my disks, though. Bob I think I have backups of Chipmunk. Chipmunk.zip Edited June 11, 2015 by fujidude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Here's the two Chipmunk disks. Chipmunk A.atr Chipmunk B.atr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fujidude Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) I must say I am a bit curious as to what's driving this quest to get some more spell checking working on the A8. Is there a personal connection with Spell Wizard? Do you have a goal to get an A8 setup that is capable of performing office productivity tasks just for the sake of doing it? Do you prefer to get your work done on an A8 vs. a modern computer? Inquiring minds want to know. I forgot a potential reason: for collection completion goals. Edited June 11, 2015 by fujidude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted June 12, 2015 Author Share Posted June 12, 2015 I want to do a podcast episode about it and other spell checkers. Plus it should be archived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted June 12, 2015 Author Share Posted June 12, 2015 You may have some problems getting this. I just looked at my original disk, and Spell Wizard is pretty heavily protected with lots of bad and missing sectors. Unfortunately, this is the type of protection that causes a PRO image to destroy a disk. An ATX image might be possible. If you're interested, do some research -- does one of the "unprotectors" (Chipmunk, etc.) have a patch for Spell Wizard? That should solve the problems. -Larry Does that mean that executing the PRO image will cause it to destroy itself, to the act of creating the PRO image destroys the source disk? Curious? The Chipmunk A disk linked by Stephen doesn't boot btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bob1200xl Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Yes, Chipmunk A is just a blank, formatted disk image. Anybody have the latest Chipmunk? It should have Spell Wizard in the index. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+CharlieChaplin Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Well, one can find Chipmunk e.g. at Mr Bacardi`s webpage: http://mrbacardi.000space.com/ just click on "Tools" and scroll down a bit to find Chipmunk 3.04. Don`t know if it is the latest version... Pigwa or better the Holmes collection at Pigwa also has Chipmunk 2.9 to 3.04 available: http://ftp.pigwa.net/stuff/collections/holmes%20cd/Holmes%201/ATR%20Programs/Applications%20A-Z/index.html scroll down to C... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russg Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 (edited) Yes, Chipmunk A is just a blank, formatted disk image. Anybody have the latest Chipmunk? It should have Spell Wizard in the index. Bob I don't remember Chipmunk. I have one lavender disk and it doesn't list Spell Wizard, closest is 'Spelunker'. I do have Black Patch and it does have 'SPELL WIZZARD'. Is there another data disk for Chipmunk? .... I just checked, there are four black patch .atr on ftp.pigwa.net, so I don't need to copy mine. I believe the SPELL WIZZARD patch is on disk one of BP. edit again: Yes Chipmunk has 'Spell Wizard' on side two. Edited June 12, 2015 by russg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted June 12, 2015 Author Share Posted June 12, 2015 How does one use Chipmunk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russg Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 How does one use Chipmunk? You pick your original software from a list. Then Chipmunk tells you to put in your original disk. Chipmunk copies the disk and tells you to put in a formatted empty disk. Chipmunk then writes out the copy using the crack of the original disk. Now, you have a working, unprotected/cracked copy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 So I could take the PRO image, convert it to ATR (?), then run Chipmunk against the ATR? Or will this only work on the real deal? Is there a PRO to ATR conversion utility? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FULS Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Hi, Try this out. I did a sector copy of my disk and used Chipmunk on it. I don't know if this is error free but try it. Hope it works, Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russg Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 So I could take the PRO image, convert it to ATR (?), then run Chipmunk against the ATR? Or will this only work on the real deal? Is there a PRO to ATR conversion utility? I don't think so. A PRO image is readable on a PRO interface from Atarimax using APE. This has been asked before, can you use a PRO image to write a real disk. No, I think. You can't write bad sectors or the miriad of copy protection schemes on a stock Atari disk drive, or an emulated drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Jefferson Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 You could copy the PRO image to an ATR, if you can skip bad sectors, but you can't convert them directly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russg Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 You could copy the PRO image to an ATR, if you can skip bad sectors, but you can't convert them directly. there are lots of other schemes than bad sectors. I'm not familiar, but I've heard 'fuzzy' sector, faulty sector links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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