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Apple /// archives

I have some disks to archive but don't want to upload duplicates. I have a few dozen apple /// titles, many could be missing from these sites.

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It looks like the Washington Apple PI is covered already. I will get started. Only thing...I have a catweasel so these will need to be converted into DSK or whatever format. I have to experiment with the disks, make sure I can write, and then make a copy that boots, etc.
 
billdeg said:
It looks like the Washington Apple PI is covered already. I will get started. Only thing...I have a catweasel so these will need to be converted into DSK or whatever format.
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I'm pretty sure they do an export to DSK. I also have one, but I use it for much more esoteric formats than Disk II. :) It's like using a bazooka to shoot an ant...
 
but extremely fast...

UPDATE - not so fast. I can image but I can't seem to make a bootable apple /// disk. I will come back to this.
 
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billdeg said:
It looks like the Washington Apple PI is covered already.
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They are missing certain magazines also btw on their main site. There's a seller on ebay who has a few years that they're missing for sale. I suggested he reach out to them as a possible charity case or they might be willing to buy. I only received a response of "ok" so doubt that'll happen.
 
barythrin said:
They are missing certain magazines also btw on their main site. There's a seller on ebay who has a few years that they're missing for sale. I suggested he reach out to them as a possible charity case or they might be willing to buy. I only received a response of "ok" so doubt that'll happen.
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I guess for now I will leave it as - if anyone wants a particular disk that is missing from the archives on the sites above, let me know and I will see if I have it. It seems like a lot of these groups have duplicates of each others' disks as well.

I wasn't looking to start another project, I want to stay on the catweasel/imagedisk thing for now, but I was *hoping* I could also do Apple /// disks with it. Seems like the answer for now is maybe you can, but everyone does ADT so why bother?
 
billdeg said:
It seems like a lot of these groups have duplicates of each others' disks as well.
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Are they literally identical copies?
If you're imaging process is fast, do it and scan the diskette labels. It doesn't hurt anything to have an image available from another source.
I do this all the time, image EVERY copy of a diskette CHM has, even if it is LABELED the same.
 
True...but I have all of the original disks from these sources. I can check most. But where talking a huge job you have to balance. I literally have the orig disks the archive and CD's that are floating around were made from. Just want to complete the rest. When I can.
 
billdeg said:
But where talking a huge job you have to balance.
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At least publish a catalog it all then. I don't know how much patience either side would have for playing guessing games of what you do or don't have.
If we get a request for something that isn't cataloged, I will very rarely look for it just because of how long that takes (any where from hours to days).

I'm painfully aware of how long all of this takes. I have two moving dollys from a several thousand disk Apple II/Mac donation I've been spending a
few hours a week on for over a year.
 
The catalogs are already posted. I.e. Washington PI disks...are in the same order as I have them in their boxes. Very well organized.

I have imaged and posted my commodore library which is probably bigger than my Apple ///, but both are huge. It just take time, don't mind spending it. It's our thing, right? These disks won't last forever.

What I was originally writing about however is that I wanted to see if I could use my catweasel to do the work. It seems like I can image the disks but I have not yet found a way to write them back to disk, making the images useless if I can't prove the process works. I can image and re-copy many other formats so I am hoping I just need to find the right combo of settings.

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billdeg said:
What I was originally writing about however is that I wanted to see if I could use my catweasel to do the work.
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Probably not in the general case. I suspect A III disks will have all the wonky problems that A II imaging has due to off-track copy protection.
 
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