Tijn wrote: our webmaster and podcast co-host rnlf This term sounds so 90's! So I guess in this context it's acceptable. I just installed Wordpress and made a theme. Wouldn't call that "webmastering" 😒

I didn't buy it, but got it for free: I don't have a PC with CGA or other composite video output yet, so my C64 had to be the test driver for this thing.

I cannot believe it! I tried it with a cloth, rubbed the suspicious spot with a bit more pressure - I thought the disk was dead anyway, so I didn't have anything to loose. Suddenly, the spot is gone. I put the disk into the drive, A:\>copy sc2dat._ c: 1 file(s) copied A:\>_ :exclamation: : …

I think I'll retry with a cloth. I might be have more luck with that. So far I've mostly given up on that floppy, so even trying more dangerous things are an option for me...

Success! By making a copy of the broken disk and replacing the one unreadable file with the one I got from cyclone3d I was able to recreate the correct version of the game. Even the menus and all are still in the correct language. Not that I wouldn't like to play in English, but it says "German" on …

Jorpho wrote: Going after the surface of a floppy disk with alcohol and a cotton swab, or indeed pretty much anything, is probably a very bad idea. It was kinda my last resort. The disk was unreadable anyway. 😵

@collector, I tried it, but it sadly didn't make any difference. Then I what what Silanda suggested and indeed found a tiny spot on the surface that looks quite suspicious, I tried to remove it with alcohol and a cotton swab, but didn't have success. It looks like a tiny damaged spot on the disk. I …

Oh, that is great advice! I think I'll try it on some disks with lower nostalgic value first!

Hi guys, I hope this kind of question is appropriate to ask here at all and if so, that this is the right subforum for it. I bought a boxed copy of the original SimCity 2000, as released on two 3.5" floppies. The first floppy reads fine and the installer starts without any problems and starts …