WTB: FDS Dubbing Boy

[Phosphora]

A few members here own this item, I would love it in my collection.
If you're willing to sell, please do send me a PM.

[ericj]

I believe I'm the only person who owns one of these on the forum and I've never seen another one for sale. Sorry, but I don't want to part with it.

[VegaVegas]

To begin with- what is this thing used for??

[fromjapanwithpixels]

It's an old school hacking device for copying FDS games, which is the extent of my knowledge. I'm genuinely curious to know how the whole procedure works.

[ericj]

I have a short write-up about how it works on my site, here: http://www.famicomdisksystem.com/disk-copy/

[fromjapanwithpixels]

Thanks, learned something new.

[Trenton_net]

So because each generation of copies become worse and worse, this device duplicates data in some kind of analog kind of way, rather than digital? <shrugs> Seems kind of strange.

[ericj]

It records the disk just like a cassette tape is copied--one plays it while the other records/writes it. This is why the drives have to be synced (and the drive speeds have to match exactly), so they start & stop at the same time. It's very time-consuming (okay, almost impossible) to get it to work correctly and end up with a playable disk.

I was able to successfully copy SMB and a write protected disk on it a few times.

[Phosphora]

It records the disk just like a cassette tape is copied--one plays it while the other records/writes it. This is why the drives have to be synced (and the drive speeds have to match exactly), so they start & stop at the same time. It's very time-consuming (okay, almost impossible) to get it to work correctly and end up with a playable disk.

I was able to successfully copy SMB and a write protected disk on it a few times.

Everything you just said is....rad.
I know it's just a toy since nobody wants analog copies, but what a cool thing to show off in person!
I'd want to make copies of each subsequent copy until we could find out how much degradation it can handle.