If you had (or have) an Amiga, then it's almost 100% guaranteed that you've come across X-Copy at some point, whether to make legitimate backups of games and software, or to "share" copies with friends.
This video takes a deep dive into the product, it's history, how it works, other software that came with it and then we investigate Cyclone, and how the hardware dongles work including a rare Amiga 2000 prototype dongle.
Finally, we spend some time chatting to Christian Bartsch, a former employee of Cachet who shares some remarkable insights into what it was like working with cachet, Kryoflux and the SPS (Software Preservation Society)
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📖 Chapters
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:01:06) X-Copy History
(00:03:25) Unboxing
(00:07:32) Versions: X-Copy V1.2 to V3.4
(00:10:23) Versions: X-Copy V5.0 to V5.21
(00:11:11) Versions: X-Copy CDTV to Sept '92
(00:12:33) Versions: X-Copy Xmas '92 and Oxyd
(00:12:58) Versions: X-Copy April '93 to Xmas '93
(00:13:19) Versions: X-Copy NG (Next Generation) and the PC Version
(00:14:08) X-Copy Guide: What all the X-Copy Options Do
(00:16:40) X-Copy Guide: Error Colours and Codes
(00:17:37) Unofficial Cracked/Scene Versions
(00:19:39) Software Bundled with X-Copy
(00:21:31) Cyclone: Introducing Cyclone
(00:22:46) Cyclone: Exploring Different Cyclone Dongles
(00:24:18) Cyclone: How the Cyclone Dongles Work
(00:28:07) Cyclone: Exploring the Cyclone Software
(00:29:37) Cyclone: Testing the APWM Modes
(00:30:32) Cyclone: Rare Amiga 2000 Prototype Cyclone Dongle
(00:32:20) Interview: With Christian Bartsch
(00:38:16) Interview: Christian's Cachet Invitation
(00:39:46) Interview: Cachet Vacations
(00:42:04) Interview: X-Copy vs Piracy at Cachet
(00:46:27) Interview: Restoring Classic Films for DVD
(00:50:10) Interview: Software Preservation - Kryoflux and the SPS
(00:57:27) Interview: IPF Files, Revisions & Preservation
(01:05:17) Interview: Outside of Preservation
(01:06:49) Interview: Conclusion
(01:07:11) Summary
🎧 Kevin MacLeod Music Used
• "Kings of Tara" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
• "Voice Over Under" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
• "Cupids Revenge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
• "cloud dancer" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
• "Laser Groove" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
• "Aerosol of my Love" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
• "At The Shore" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
• "how it begins" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
• "Newer Wave" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
• "Adding the Sun" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
• "Werq" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
• "Neon Laser Horizon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
🎧 Other Tracks:
• "Tropical Fuse" - French Fuse
• "URL Melt" - Unicorn Heads
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