diff --git a/_posts/2020-06-01-more-old-cd-roms-and-gotchas.md b/_posts/2020-06-01-more-old-cd-roms-and-gotchas.md index 1c7ed1a83f..f02c1f63f7 100644 --- a/_posts/2020-06-01-more-old-cd-roms-and-gotchas.md +++ b/_posts/2020-06-01-more-old-cd-roms-and-gotchas.md @@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ to support ATAPI commands was the simplest way to [connect a simulated CD-ROM dr ## Bookshelf for Windows (1991) Once I had CD-ROM support limping along, I decided to try **Bookshelf for Windows** on Windows 3.1. + +![Bookshelf for Windows 1991](https://cds005.pcjs.org/microsoft/reference/Bookshelf-Windows-1991/BSWIN91.png) + And initially, things looked very promising: ![Bookshelf for Windows 1991 - Install 1 of 4](/blog/images/BSWIN31-Install1of4.png) @@ -56,15 +59,18 @@ work-around works best for you. ## Pandora's Box (1999) In other recent, coincidental, and entirely unrelated news, a friend was trying to create a preservation -copy of a 20-year-old Microsoft CD-ROM entertainment title called **Pandora's Box**. There were no problems -cloning the CD-ROM, and the software would install fine from the clone, but when it was run, it would either -crash or display "Please insert the correct CD-ROM....", depending on the machine and operating system +copy of a 20-year-old Microsoft CD-ROM entertainment title called **Pandora's Box**. + +![Pandora's Box](https://cds001.pcjs.org/microsoft/games/Pandoras-Box/Pandoras-Box.png) + +There were no problems cloning the CD-ROM, and the software would install fine from the clone, but when it was run, +it would either crash or display "Please insert the correct CD-ROM....", depending on the machine and operating system being used. ![Pandora's Box - Unpatched](https://cds001.pcjs.org/microsoft/games/Pandoras-Box/WindowsXP-PandorasBox-ISO-Unpatched.png) This led one to believe there was something wrong with the copy -- and there was, because it turns out -that **Pandora's Box** was one many software titles from the late 1990s that used a third-party copy-protection +that **Pandora's Box** was one of many software titles from the late 1990s that used a third-party copy-protection technology called "SafeDisc". Suffice to say that if the game's EXE file was accompanied by an ICD file, along with other files such as CLOKSPL.EXE, then it's a safe bet the CD-ROM was protected by SafeDisc. @@ -107,7 +113,7 @@ The worst-case scenario is software that requires a live server to authenticate of virtual environment -- a scenario that has tended to get more attention and hand-wringing lately, with the recent rise and fall of various Internet-enabled games. -In the case of **Pandora's Box**, the [CD insert](https://cds001.pcjs.org/microsoft/games/Pandoras-Box/Pandoras_Box.pdf) +In the case of **Pandora's Box**, the [CD insert](https://cds001.pcjs.org/microsoft/games/Pandoras-Box/Pandoras-Box.pdf) said to visit [http://www.microsoft.com/games/pandorasbox](http://www.microsoft.com/games/pandorasbox). That's a dead end now, but at least it's a starting point. The problem I ran into with **Bookshelf diff --git a/disks-cds/cds001 b/disks-cds/cds001 index 42e3b28507..aea1d9ac97 160000 --- a/disks-cds/cds001 +++ b/disks-cds/cds001 @@ -1 +1 @@ -Subproject commit 42e3b285075ff17406a5f13f28e2365f94d9e9cd +Subproject commit aea1d9ac97eac7bfb2eaab33707f4de267a2471f