_The Doctor__ Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 fuzzy, false, weak, bad sectors, phantom sectors, bad sector links, hidden allocation tables, custom loaders that follow link embedded in the sector, timing comparison protection..... and so on and so on and so on.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bob1200xl Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Sector 22 seems to be on the disk 3 times and you have to read them all. Even though Chipmunk could patch the code, I'm not sure how it could get around multiple sectors. Anyway, there must be a cracked version of Letter Wizard somewhere! Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACML Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 letter wizard.atr Anyway, there must be a cracked version of Letter Wizard somewhere! Bob Bob, I can't remember when or where I got this one, but it seems to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fujidude Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 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. Okay in an emulator like Altirra that supports .pro images... mount the .pro image if that's all you have available. Use a sector copy to copy the disk to a blank .atr. The .atr will not be usable in this condition of course. Run Chipmunk on it. Chipmunk "patches" the software on the disk so that it does not look for or notice any problem with the copy of the disk, and theoretically should work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted June 14, 2015 Author Share Posted June 14, 2015 (edited) letter wizard.atr Bob, I can't remember when or where I got this one, but it seems to work. Have Letter Wizard, but Spell Wizard is on a separate disk. As for the Chipmunk instructions, which disk is it wanting when it asks for the PARAMETER DISK? Figured out the PARAMETER question. Tried both options for Spell Wizard, neither worked. Looking at the data from Chipmunk the entries are: 3520 DATA SPELL WIZARD,1,679,77 3530 DATA SPELL WIZARD,3,452,453,454,17,18,81 Not sure if they are correct or not for the image I have (pro from above). Edited June 14, 2015 by Ripdubski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russg Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Okay in an emulator like Altirra that supports .pro images... mount the .pro image if that's all you have available. Use a sector copy to copy the disk to a blank .atr. The .atr will not be usable in this condition of course. Run Chipmunk on it. Chipmunk "patches" the software on the disk so that it does not look for or notice any problem with the copy of the disk, and theoretically should work fine. You could try that. A PRO image has already defeated, or rather emulated, the copy protection scheme, so I don't think you can do a Chipmunk on it. Someone already tried. That leaves the Black Patch fix. The thing is, we need someone with a real 'Spell Wizard' to make a patch of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FULS Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Have Letter Wizard, but Spell Wizard is on a separate disk. As for the Chipmunk instructions, which disk is it wanting when it asks for the PARAMETER DISK? Figured out the PARAMETER question. Tried both options for Spell Wizard, neither worked. Looking at the data from Chipmunk the entries are: 3520 DATA SPELL WIZARD,1,679,77 3530 DATA SPELL WIZARD,3,452,453,454,17,18,81 Not sure if they are correct or not for the image I have (pro from above). Did you try the Spell Wizard in post #22? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACML Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Have Letter Wizard, but Spell Wizard is on a separate disk. Try these. Spell Wizard.ATR Spell Wizard Dictionary Disk.ATR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bob1200xl Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 They do not work - almost, but when you Correct the file, the text is garbage. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACML Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 They do not work - almost, but when you Correct the file, the text is garbage. Bob Which ones? The ones in post #22 or #33. I guess it could be both if they came from the same source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bob1200xl Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 No, actually #22 works OK, #33 does not. I thought I tried #22, but obviously I didn't. Not only that, but I found a disk with Spell Wizard on it that also works. So, request is completed - use post #22. Bob 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fujidude Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Now that a winner has emerged, I went to post #22 to get it and.... now the attachment is gone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FULS Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 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. Spell Wizard.atr Spell Wizard Dictionary.atr Hope it works, Doug Sorry about that but I miss understood Bob1200xl post about them being bad. Here it is. Spell Wizard.atr Spell Wizard Dictionary.atr 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted June 14, 2015 Author Share Posted June 14, 2015 Sorry about that but I miss understood Bob1200xl post about them being bad. Here it is. Spell Wizard.atr Spell Wizard Dictionary.atr Perfect, these work! Thanks! BTW, I didn't see any attachment in post #22. Maybe it was edited and removed by the time I got to look at it. I'll send these to Allan at AtariMania. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fujidude Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Thanks for the repost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Any one by chance have a copy of the Spell Wizard manual, not the one thats part of Letter Wizard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olavese@online.no Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 I usually use DOS 2.6f to copy single density disks ... I do this before running Chipmunk. I think my Chipmunk disks have a routine to write to disk code that skips the protection. I don't think I ever used Chipmunk to copy the disks. DOS 2.6f will skip bad sectors, but can take quite a long time, if it has the nastier tracks. But will do it if you have the time 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olavese@online.no Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 There's no Spell Wizard it looks like. Try the ones on my site : http://pokeysoft.no/games/atari/a8util.htm Search for Chipmunk and also Black Patch (and use the patches after you copied the disk, if you can find any that would do this disk) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 Already solved the binary issue. Now just looking for a scanned manual (not the Letter Perfect one). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DjayBee Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Here is a set of two different versions; each cracked and as an ATX.The ones with "(a)" in their name are derived from the Atarimania dump.The ones without are modified .PROs from post #2 of this thread. The dictionary disks are identical except for one sector. I guess that this is the result of a bad disk, but I don't know which one is the good one. Give it a try Spell Wizard Master (1982)(Datasoft)(US)(a)(uncracked).atx.zip Spell Wizard Master (1982)(Datasoft)(US)(a)(uncracked).atr Spell Wizard Dictionary (1982)(Datasoft)(US)(a).atr Spell Wizard Master (1982)(Datasoft)(US)(p).atx.zip Spell Wizard Master (1982)(Datasoft)(US)(p).atr Spell Wizard Dictionary (1982)(Datasoft)(US).atr 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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