Track Star: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 23:43, 8 November 2026

This software is for use with a synthesizer.

Property	Data
Title	Track Star
Publisher and/or Developer	Steinberg Research
Year	1986
Disk(s)	1
Number of Index Holes	1
Media Type	5.25 DSDD
Retail, Budget or Compilation (with name)	Retail
Country of Release	DE?
Language(s)	English
Platform	C64
NTSC or PAL	PAL
Protection	Steinberg Protection scheme B: one of three randomly chosen reads must return a read error (track 33: 21, track 34: 22, track 35: 27). Use the patched G64: Vice does not reproduce error 27 on track 35 with the original G64 or P64, so about one start in three fails. In the patched G64 the header checksum of track 35 sector 0 is inverted, so the error is returned every time.
Working?	Yes, with the patched G64 (tested with Vice 3.10). With the original G64 or P64 about one start in three fails the protection check.
Archived	1 Oct 2021 enigma, disk from Hucky@F64
Verified by	enigma

Disk side 1 is empty.

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 | NTSC or PAL || PAL
 |-
-| Protection || Checks signature on track 33, contains just a single sector 0 filled with gcr 30.
+| Protection || [[Steinberg Protection]] scheme B: one of three randomly chosen reads must return a read error (track 33: 21, track 34: 22, track 35: 27). Use the patched G64: Vice does not reproduce error 27 on track 35 with the original G64 or P64, so about one start in three fails. In the patched G64 the header checksum of track 35 sector 0 is inverted, so the error is returned every time.
 |-
-| Working? || Yes, In certain Vice versions (e.g. 3.1) the protection check sometimes fails when loading the G64. Use the P64, which works reliably.
+| Working? || Yes, with the patched G64 (tested with Vice 3.10). With the original G64 or P64 about one start in three fails the protection check.
 |-
 | Archived || 1 Oct 2021 enigma, disk from Hucky@F64
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 ===== G64 =====
 [[File:SteinbergResearch_TrackStar_hucky_s0.g64]]
+[[File:SteinbergResearch_TrackStar_hucky_patched_s0.g64]]
 [[File:SteinbergResearch_TrackStar_redump_hucky_s0.g64]]
+[[File:SteinbergResearch_TrackStar_redump_hucky_patched_s0.g64]]
 Disk side 1 is empty.