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Polymorph
Oct 19, 2012, 6:08:50 AM10/19/12
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Hi Guys,
With all this talk of cracking lately - which I might add has been
mighty interesting as well as invaluable to preserving this old software
- I recently received an original copy of Colossus Chess 4.0 (by CDS
Software Ltd) with the disk in mint condition (looks brand new!).
Now, I've had a look on the usual sites and I don't see a full disk
version out in the wild. The only copies I've come across are found on a
compilation of chess programs (Sargon, Microchess, etc) with cracktro's.
I created a NIB image of the disk using Brutal Deluxe's new "I'm fEDD
Up" utility (which is also very cool BTW), but it doesn't get past the
main title screen in AppleWin.
If there are no full version images out there, is anyone up for another
crack? Is it worthwhile preserving this game in its original state? I
believe it was one of the better chess programs for the Apple II (from
reading some old reviews).
I can send my current NIB (or create a new one using 1/2 or 1/4 tracks
if required) if anyone is interested?
Let me know.
--
Cheers,
Mike
Find my Apple II projects online at:
http://apple2.sytes.net/
With all this talk of cracking lately - which I might add has been
mighty interesting as well as invaluable to preserving this old software
- I recently received an original copy of Colossus Chess 4.0 (by CDS
Software Ltd) with the disk in mint condition (looks brand new!).
Now, I've had a look on the usual sites and I don't see a full disk
version out in the wild. The only copies I've come across are found on a
compilation of chess programs (Sargon, Microchess, etc) with cracktro's.
I created a NIB image of the disk using Brutal Deluxe's new "I'm fEDD
Up" utility (which is also very cool BTW), but it doesn't get past the
main title screen in AppleWin.
If there are no full version images out there, is anyone up for another
crack? Is it worthwhile preserving this game in its original state? I
believe it was one of the better chess programs for the Apple II (from
reading some old reviews).
I can send my current NIB (or create a new one using 1/2 or 1/4 tracks
if required) if anyone is interested?
Let me know.
--
Cheers,
Mike
Find my Apple II projects online at:
http://apple2.sytes.net/
Antoine Vignau
Oct 19, 2012, 8:46:56 AM10/19/12
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Yes please. i'm interested in getting the nib image please but please do a 36-t copy step 1-t before.
I can be reached at antoine at b.....d......fr
thanks,
av
I can be reached at antoine at b.....d......fr
thanks,
av
Hot Rod
Oct 19, 2012, 3:13:28 PM10/19/12
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1985/86, written by Martin Bryant? But the one I have is a Firebird Golddisk.
]HR
Antoine Vignau
Oct 19, 2012, 3:47:50 PM10/19/12
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Too bad... there's a French crack of CC4 @ http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/public/colossuschess4/
Antoine
Antoine
Polymorph
Oct 20, 2012, 11:38:16 PM10/20/12
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On 19/10/2012 9:08 PM, Polymorph wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> With all this talk of cracking lately - which I might add has been
> mighty interesting as well as invaluable to preserving this old software
> - I recently received an original copy of Colossus Chess 4.0 (by CDS
> Software Ltd) with the disk in mint condition (looks brand new!).
>
Just an update to my original post - Hot Rod has provided normalised
> Hi Guys,
>
> With all this talk of cracking lately - which I might add has been
> mighty interesting as well as invaluable to preserving this old software
> - I recently received an original copy of Colossus Chess 4.0 (by CDS
> Software Ltd) with the disk in mint condition (looks brand new!).
>
disk images (.dsk) of the .nib's that I sent him.
I have scanned the covers, the diskette, and the manual and uploaded
them to asimov as "Colossus Chess 4 (CDS Software LTD).zip".
Thanks go out to Hot Rod, Brutal Deluxe for the cool "I'm fEDD Up" disk
copier, and to Andrew Roughan who also volunteered to help.
Hope you enjoy!
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