Amiga X-COPY Pro 3.1 - copying a floppy w/ fdd sounds

[luserjoe]

<3 <3 <3

[uchiha79]

simply epic, 720kb of pure amusement

[rasvoja]

@uchiha79

880kb :-)

[KiiiiingOfPaaain]

Aaah those were the days. :)

[sunspirerecords]

Hi there!

Sorry I didn't reply earlier.

Google for the "X-Copy Shrine" and you will find a site that showcases all X-Copy versions ever released, and they do include the music tracks that you asked about, just load them up in WinUAE (the amiga emulator) :)

Hope this helps!

[QRhuggies]

I use to love cranking the speakers and annoying people in the PC lab with the sounds X-Copy made at Collage.

[blablupp77]

Yeah, the most important tool back in that days, absolutely no doubt about it. ;) Antivirus software was second, to kill that nasty little Lama Exterminators...

[Tapewormz]

Yo HO Yo HO a pirates life for me. Can't remember if it was X-Copy that played that sample when you launched it or another bit copier like maybe Bit Nibbler.

[obixinho]

any one knows what's the difference between FORMAT & QFORMAT on Xcopy Professional? i use the format.. but doen's know the difference

[daedalus9]

What did Killsys actually do? I used to always do it because that was the way I'd been taught, but never really knew why?

[FarEastOfTheBlues]

@daedalus9 "Killsys" kills the operating system (and disables multitasking), freeing memory. It allows you to copy the whole floppy in a single run on Amigas with 1MB of RAM.

[judgewest2000]

I feel an incredible peace watching this. You've even got the obligatory bad blocks at the end.

I guess this is emulating a 'posh' Amiga (although it does look a bit like the Atari version, been a while can't really tell) as it can do the whole thing in one sweep without having to have the disks swapped near the end.

Does anyone else think it was amazing the way the Amiga could read AND write disks at the same time?

Aha nostalgia!

[dacloo]

omg... childhood....

[clffreak]

i wish id neved sold my beloved a500 :( got pentium 60 afterwards, but i never really recovered from losing my amiga...

[levskysven]

Verify is for wankers.

[DarkTripYT]

@levskysven lol'd

[HerbJon]

Sweet. Been sitting by this screen for some good hours in the past. Still do from time to time as a matter of fact..

[xoen6]

This is sound of FREEDOM.

[rickkdotnet]

Strangely relaxing :)

[dbnstrikeman]

Yer man thats awsome.

[amiger421]

EPIC!

[laffo16]

hey i had a copy of x-copy bak in the day, not sure what version, but the copy i had, had a menu before this screen which had multiple options (maybe different programs) and the last option was some sort of music program which had an awsome tune, i havent heard it in ages, i wonder if anyone knows what song im talking about? pls reply so i can return 2 thread.

[sunspirerecords]

@laffo16 Hi amiger, I think I may know which tune you're after .. send me a PM and I'll tell you more :)

[pehmomarsu]

@sunspirerecords

um.. could you tell US ALL?

I also remember the tune, but can not find it. :<

[sunspirerecords]

@pehmomarsu I meant laffo16 previously btw, not amiger :P

I still got various X-Copy original disks from back in the day at my friends place, I'll go and check them out during the weekend, I am sure the tune is on there! :)

[Renatodonadio]

@laffo16 Maybe it was the disk in which there was another copy program that had a bouncing balls game to keep you busy during the copy

[gurmon]

excellent

[dilithium72]

That made me smile from ear to ear. Awwww. Reminisce!

[HaiPlz]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

tears of joy

[shepo71]

wow them was the days

[way2muchNFO]

remember back in 87! 

[way2muchNFO]

im back in 87! 

[vanfancuuler]

also i remembe another copy program for amiga500 "fast lighting" and the most used copy option "hullabaloo" ...........omg !! i almost cry :'(

[agent007jr]

if you didn't enjoy this, you were born too late. I am sorry for you.

[INVOID666]

the memories!!! :)

[Wiilovewii]

OMG! How many disks have I coppied with this thing..But seeing yellow or red 0s were nightmares!

[knortz251]

1A ^^ thanks :)

[Satai80]

This brings back memories. Thanks for this! :)

[macwhoelse]

Excellent upload, brings back good memories. Respect :)

[HerrDoktorMugg]

I remember this program! I had a disk with like 10 copy programs for Amiga. Marauder was one of them...and this one...plus some others.

[richardmaudsley77]

Bit Torrent?

Nah, we're doing it oldschool now.

[mohr77]

I need a Floppy-sound-emulator for my HD! lol

[prickett233]

holy fuck, love the sounds!!!!

[Loveyourdisk]

AH...Good ol' times... :D

[xoen6]

sound of "finished operation" is thing i NEVER forget.

[LordFvckingHorst]

Nice video. But nothing beats copying a game with X-Copy on a real Amiga. Doing that right now. XD

[LeeDarkParadox]

i use this to copy blu ray discs LOL :-)

[jonnyreeves1983]

Should have cranked out some NibbleCopy action!

[srjones8]

man I'd pay good money for that kind of sleeze

[forwhomthebelltolls]

Oh the fear of the dreaded "X"s appearing when copying a friend's games.I feel like I'm in 1991.

[Jayminer13]

:-) Géniale cette vidéo !! Que de souvenirs... les copy party.... avec le tsoiiiing a la fin...

La révolution a été l'achat d'un deuxième drive... le luxe ultime a l'époque.

[marekowczarek]

epic sounds!

[landslidepurist]

I'm SO sampling this.

[IntrinsicPalomides]

I came.

[BandidoHK]

Oh the sound!

The memories.

[xoen6]

legend.

[TheUngulable]

Oh the memories. What was the name of the other two big copy programs? You could play Pacman in one of them I remember.

[TheUngulable]

Hm Rattlecopy?

[Xrzysioo]

great memories... Amiga :D

[bealerDSB]

this was the shit ! i think it could do st disks also

[uktech]

Aah, the good old Amiga! I really miss those days...

[conradhw]

I remember copying discs and if there were bad tracks I'd nibble copy those tracks.. almost always works. Sometimes I'd use another cracked disk of same game to copy over the tracks.. x-copy rules.

[mikalosii]

Ah...I never COULD help looking att the zeros. Very nice with the floppy sound recorded!

[CatFiesta]

hahaha awesome thanks for including the original audio too

[wowthungsten]

I miss the 80s :(.

*sigh*

[mrfeenin]

oh this is great.. its been ages since ive seen these programs.. i can here the clicking too.... i had a hardware made from the d23 plugs.. i think thats what theyre called..

[kojiki1976]

Such lovely memories!

For extra authenticity try changing the settings to 512K RAM + single floppy in order to get the change over on track 40...

[ppknight01]

I'm not sure because my memory is hazy though I think the disk writing here is about twice the speed as it was on a A500. I could be wrong..

[retronostalgic]

Was a there a disk repair facility in this version?

[techcf]

Thank you! Especially for having included the audio!

[nm77tube]

Great to see this again ! Would also love to see "Marauder" if anyone has it ? Yo-ho yo-ho a pirates life for me.......

[ixer76]

Pure nostalgia. Thanks! :)

[marcomerdissima]

O MY GOD... What a FLASHBACK.. man you made me cry.... thanks a lot....

I never can forget those old times... many many thanks!