The major code refactoring/modernization effort has continued with this release. Lots of improvements all over, but a huge feature coming out of this work is what I call the “curiosity engine”. Previously, the disk analyzer only really detected copy protections and other abnormalities via finding unusual structures or errors at the raw sector level. While much of that is still happening in the same way, the curiosity engine now performs an analysis of the disk along with the help of its analysis of the file system. This allows it to detect known copy protections that that use things like bad sectors associated with files, and correctly inform you that the bad sector is actually ok and not a concern. It also now opens up the possibly of the analyzer performing virus scans and other similar functions. Lots more goodies to come from the work laid down in this release.
- Firmware 2.78 that fixes an issue when writing some disk formats that may include large no-flux areas.
- Improved data recovery for hard sector disks.
- Restored support for Data General hard sectored disks.
- Fixed some random crashes.
You can download the latest release from the Applesauce server at:
https://evolutioninteractive.com/applesauce/Applesauce_201.zip
