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From: dac@prolix.ccadfa.oz.au (Andrew Clayton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Commercial Disk Copier and Archiver Woes
Message-ID: <187f5669.ARN09575@prolix.ccadfa.oz.au>
Date: 9 Jan 91 12:12:57 GMT
References: <216@nos850.UUCP>
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In article <216@nos850.UUCP>, Joe Muller writes:

>   After having recently upgraded to a 2500/30 system, I went to make archive
> backups of some games that came with the system only to find out that the
> 2500 refused to copy them (ie it spit it out all sorts of nasty errors).  

Can you turn off your 68030 board?

I found that my 2500/20 would not copy disks for me with Xcopy
2.0 or any other 'archival' utility, unless I rebooted in 68000
mode.

(To reboot into 68000 only, with a 2620 68020 card, you reset and
keep BOTH mouse buttons pressed down - you get a menu, and pick
'68000 mode' - I don't know if this is the same for a 2630, since
I've never seen a 2630!)

I upgraded to a GVP A3001, and had to wire a switch up to jumper
11 (don't take MY word for it, check your manual!) to be able to
fall back into 68000 mode.

Hope that answers your question. 

>   X Copy v2.0
>   Raw Copy v1.3 (this one blew up on me!)
> Some of the originals I had trouble copying included games like DeathBringer
> ,TV Sports Basketball, and Wings by Cinemaware (never had trouble with them up 
> until now) and Joan of Arc: Seige and the Sword by Broderbund.

Some of those games don't even work on an accellerated Amiga! :-)

Dac
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