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+ IBM Disk Cracking Made Simple +
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+ By +
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+ Phobos +
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+ of the Lunatic Phringe BBS +
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+ 312-965-3677 300/1200 Baud +
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This File is for Informational Purrposes only. The author
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or the system operator of any bbs on which this might appear is not
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responsible for the actions of others reading this file and maybe
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using the information presented here. They have their own brains and
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they can think for themselves, so there!!
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This describes how to take games that are full disks (usually
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the ones you get in a store) and turn them into a transferrable file.
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You can change the disk into a file and archive it for later use, like
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in case you blow the original disk or something like that. There are
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basically two types of files that you canb turn the full disk game
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into. There are files ending with .CP2 and .DSK We will first
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discuss the CP2 files.
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CP2 Files
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You can create a CP2 file from a full disk game by using a
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program called Snatchit.com and CopyIIpc.exe. You have to put the
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game disk in drive a, and place Snatchit and CopyIIpc in the same
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subdirectory on a hard drive. (If you have not got a hard drive,
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you can use a RAM drive program.) You run the Snatchit program
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and when it asks to read a Source File, or a Source Disk, you type
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in a Source Disk. The program will then Read the disk, and turn it
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into a file (You chose the name) ending in .CP2, and place it on
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the hard drive. (Or on the RAM drive).
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You can then Archive the file and do with it what you want.
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To change a .CP2 file, back into a full disk game, you place a blank
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disk in drive a, and the .CP2 file, Snatchit, and Copyiipc on the
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hard drive in the same directory (Or in the RAM drive). You run
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the snatchit program, and type F where it says sourse file or
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disk. (you are reading a source file). It will then read the file
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and place it on the disk. When you re boot the disk, the game will
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start.
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DSK Files
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DSK files are created in much the same way as CP2 files, except
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you use a program called Disksq to change the full disk game into a
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file and diskunsq to change the file into a full disk game. There is
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no copy program needed for disk squishing and unsquishing. Running
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the programs gives complete instrictions. Depending on the program
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size, you may or may not need a hard drive. But a hard drive is
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always a good idea.
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CONCLUSION
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Both type of files are easy to obtain. It seems to me that creating
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the CP2 files is fatser then the DSK files. The Snatchit program along
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with CopyIIpc will take care of almost any kind of full disk you may
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encounter. These are very good Cracking programs and They have always
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served me well. One thing is kind of strange, when you snatch a file
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off of a copyrighted disk, it sometimes comes up to be around 400k,
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even though the disk is only has 360 k storage space on it. This is
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why a Hard drive is a good idea. You don't have to worry about running
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out of space.
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Snatchit, Copyiipc, and the Disk Squishing programs are
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avaliable on the Lunatic Phringe BBS at 312-965-3677. 300/1200 Baud.
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Both Diskunsq and Disksq are Archived into one file for ease of
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downloading. I hope this has been of help to you.
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