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  1. Yeah. We might need more than one image from more than one source to determine that we're getting it "right" That probably makes some sense; especially if both have the same data. LOL - Too funny. I knew you in person... See my PM. Wow.. 20 years flew right by. -Fujur.
  2. Now that's a real challenge. When I converted a bunch of diskettes to images some years back I ran into a couple of problems, one of them was that I could not really tell apart copy protection from bit rot. So if a disk is degrading I couldn't possible tell it apart from the protection. Of course copy-protection on the last track was a classic, and easily spotted, but that's about all I could spot. The other problem I ran into was 1050s failing with use. I had probably 2 or 3 1050s fail (read all error sectors) after doing some 300 disk images. The PRO images were particularly stresful, reading things over and over. We (or, say I) can ask Steven Tucker about the PRO format - He is nice enough. Is there some way in which VAPI is superior in the information that it stores? I mean, we can low-level all we want, but if at the end of the day we get the same data back, there was no point. BTW, "Ijor", you wouldn't be "Iljor" the cracker from Argentina, would you? -Fujur.
  3. Yeah, I got that part. But why not use the PRO format in the emulator??? Both are able to store in a PC file the normal data plus copy-protection info - I'd prefer to use only one format. -Fujur.
  4. Ok. I know what I'm going to do now.. I'm going to grab one box of disks per day and type in the names on the labels (ad note the box #). They are grouped sort of ok.. Boxes dont have mixed content (ie: Games stay with games, utils with utils, basic stuff w/ BASIC stuff). Then I'll use my list and do some digital massaging with your list and see what I have to contribute. Its unfortunate we (Atari community) don't have all the content in digital format already, so I'm glad to help. I also have a lot of manuals, books and magazines, but that would be incredibly labor-intensive to scan. BTW... What's the deal with the VAPI and a new image format? Why not stick to .PRO images and enable that with emulators? -Fujur.
  5. All, Some six years ago I bought a collector's entire collection - the man used to run an Atari 8-bit club if I'm not mistaken and was retiring. Anyway, turns out I have a few THOUSAND (I estimate 3,000-4,000) 8-bit floppies in dozens of boxes. I've been wondering for a long time if there is any way for me to find out if I have something that needs dumping. Is there a good way?? -Fujur.
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