09-21-2016, 07:58 AM
(09-20-2016, 10:23 PM)sean_skroht Wrote: While I certainly understand and appreciate your thoughts on this, I somewhat tend to disagree when it comes to this particular case. With the disk not working, I feel that this has diminished both the sentimental and monetary value of the gameI am all for repairing disks where possible. But when I first started out and did not have the right tools for the job yet (such as an SCP), I sort of messed up a couple of disks in ways I regret now. You were lucky you had access to a second, known good copy.
(09-20-2016, 10:23 PM)sean_skroht Wrote: If the Supercard Pro project aims to reproduce exact flux duplicates of the original disks, then what has been re-written back to the non-working disk should, technically, be as authentic as what was originally on it. If this is the case, then the Supercard Pro has been a success and my most valued purchase as an Amiga hobbyist. I'm very happy with the results.I was more concerned about writing sector images (such as ADFs), as often the results can come out significantly different although technically functional.
An SCP image from a known good disk would not have many authenticity issues, although it IS possible for a SCP to record and replicate flux-level "noise" from a weak or damaged disk. Duplicating a damaged disk with marginal readability, even to perfectly good media, can result in a disk that is still only marginally readable after some retries.
I am also surprised that your disk wrote successfully. Usually such repairs only work in cases such as where an original user deleted/altered/reformatted data on the disk.