[Offer] Supercalc 1.12 for IBM PC [5.25]

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• SomeGuy

  November 2020

  Very nice, thanks for sharing this. At a glance, that bad sector appears to be just unused directory entries, so yea, I can fix that easily.
  
  I'll just mention though, that it is very risky writing back to a damaged disk, as there is a high probability of making things much worse. It is generally preferable to "fix" things using the dumped copy, not the original.
• callmejack

  November 2020

  @SomeGuy it would be great if you could create a fixed SCP dump. Just for my knowledge, how would you proceed, do you use tools to directly edit the image or do you create a physical copy that you fix and then dump the fixed floppy with SCP?
  I intend to leave the original as it is, even if it’s not readable. I will create a copy out of your fixed image.
• SomeGuy

  November 2020 edited November 2020

  Since it is not copy protected, there is no major need to include a SCP image. I've reduced it to the "lowest common denominator", an IMG sector image, and since it is DOS 1.x formatted (won't open in WinImage) also an ImageDisk file.
  
  To create a reconstituted KF or SCP image from these, all one has to do is drag one of these files to HxC and save as KF or SCP format.
  
  If this were copy protected, we would want to focus on overcoming the physical reading issue, probably through careful disk cleaning and/or trying a different floppy drive.
  
  https://winworldpc.com/product/supercalc/1x
  
  BTW, if your manual differs from the 1.2 one posted, any chance of a scan?
• ibmpc5150

  November 2020

  @callmejack
  
  Thanks very much for rare program.
• callmejack

  November 2020

  @SomeGuy thanks for the new files and for the explanations, its always good to learn something new.
• callmejack

  November 2020

  Here is the link to the manual
  https://mega.nz/file/SXYCGLCD#A5jRr_Gxnve4JtkPDWXTOzrB3O0SfoD84u485SUqu3s