Re: The Strangest Commodore Post in History

Ok, I'm presently doing the disk copying as recommended (5 times per
side). This should take a couple of hours, but I'll post the link to
the disk images when I've completed the work.

Paul

Clockmeister wrote:
> <dunric@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1129084302.924452.37680@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Some of you may be aware of my ongoing efforts to recover my first
> > adventure game, "Westfront to Apse" (See my webpage on tripod.com:
> > http://members.tripod.com/~panks/tcu.html ).
> >
> > Traditional methods of recovery have failed. I have used unscratch
> > programs, Disk Doctor (v4.0), Fast Hack 'Em, Maverick (v3.0) and even
> > Action Front Data Recovery. I have appealed to the services of Sellam
> > from the Vintage Computer Festival. Even he aknowledged the
> > infeasibility of such recovery (without extraordinarily expensive
> > equipment).
> >
> > I am now turning to non-traditional methods to recover the data. In
> > spiritualist circles, there is a record of everything that has happened
> > in the universe. This record is known as the Akashic Records.
> >
>
> Hocus pocus isn't going to help you Paul, a lot of money probably will.
>
> What I would do is to make a D64 image of the disk as others have suggested
> and make it available on the net. The more people that have an oppertunity
> to look at it the better the chances that someone finds something.
>
> This surely has a better chance of success then some spiritual nonsense
> disguised as a memory aid. Out of body experiences can be easily explained
> by science, it's usually indicative of a temporal lobe problem or another
> brain abnormality. The effect (and others like deja vue for instance) can be
> easily induced in anyone by stimulating certain parts of the brain.
>
> Regards,
>
> Clockmeister.

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