I can't load an ATR image into APE...

[DavidMil]

I'm trying to load Broderbund's, 'Serpent's Star', but Ape won't even 'see' the first disk. I can see the other three disk images

just fine. When I look at the downloaded and unzip file (from Atari Mania) it says that Disk A is an 'APE Protected Disk Image'.

So how can I load this image into my SIO2PC adapter (USB)?

 

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,

DavidsMil

 

[Wrathchild]

The first disk, if copy protected, would be an ATX and not an ATR.

An unprotected ATR can be found, for example, in Farb's work.

 

For this particular title, playing via a single ATR would give a better experience by eliminating the disk swapping.

[DavidMil]

Opps. My bad. I didn't even notice it was an ATX file.

 

Sorry.

David

 

PS. Believe it or not, I actually enjoy all the disk swaps. Makes it feel more like, 'back in the day'.

 

David

Edited April 1, 2019 by DavidMil

[SS]

Here are the four disk sides from DjayBee's "Straight Cracks" thread that Wrathchild linked to.

Serpents Star.zip

Edited April 1, 2019 by SS

[+DrVenkman]

Opps. My bad. I didn't even notice it was an ATX file.

 

Sorry.

David

 

PS. Believe it or not, I actually enjoy all the disk swaps. Makes it feel more like, 'back in the day'.

 

David

 

I think there are some threads about this somewhere around the forum. There's a DLL needed (VAPI.dll maybe?) that allows APE to read copy-protected files. This might get you started:

 

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/252191-vapi-library-source-code/

[DavidMil]

Here are the four disk sides from DjayBee's "Straight Cracks" thread that Wrathchild linked to.

 

That worked great! Thank you.

 

David

[DavidMil]

 

I think there are some threads about this somewhere around the forum. There's a DLL needed (VAPI.dll maybe?) that allows APE to read copy-protected files. This might get you started:

 

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/252191-vapi-library-source-code/

 

This also worked!

Thank you DrVenkman!

David