
PSXCOPY.EXE - Sony PlayStation Disc Backup Program

Program Description:

   PSXCOPY is a program that allows you to make backups of your 
Sony PlayStation discs.

THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT DEFEAT THE COPY/BOOT PROTECTION SCHEME!!!
THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT DEFEAT THE COPY/BOOT PROTECTION SCHEME!!!
THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT DEFEAT THE COPY/BOOT PROTECTION SCHEME!!!

You must use one of well known "swap tricks" to play a copied disc.

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SUPPORTED DEVICES

The following CDROM devices are currently supported to read
the original PSX disc...
  
  - JVC XR-W2001
  - Philips CDD522
  - Pinnacle RCD-1000 / RCD-5020
  - Sony 920S
  - Yamaha CDR100, CDR102
  - Toshiba 3401, 3501, 3601, 3701, 5301, 5401

The following CDROM recorders are currently supported to write
the backup PSX disc...

  - JVC XR-W2001
  - Philips 522
  - Pinnacle RCD-1000 / RCD-5020
  - Sony 920S
  - Yamaha CDR100, CDR102

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Usage: PSXCOPY <datafile> <wavfile> <cuefile> {/EUROPE | /JAPAN | /USA}
	 [/ID=adapter:id:lun]
datafile - Output filename for DATA track
wavfile  - Output filename for AUDIO track(s)
cuefile  - Output filename for CUE SHEET
/ID      - SCSI ID of CD reader (default is first found)
/EUROPE  - Make European territory image file
/JAPAN   - Make Japanese territory image file
/USA     - Make American territory image file

You must have at least one space between each parameter or switch.

WARNING: The output files could require as much as 750Mb of harddisk space.

The CUE SHEET file describes the track layout of the disc. This file is
used by the program DAO.EXE to record the backup disc.

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/ID=adapter:id:lun

  adapter - adapter number of your SCSI card (usually zero unless you
	    have more than one SCSI card in your system).
  id      - SCSI ID of the CDROM reader/recorder.
  lun     - logical unit number (usually zero).

  Example: /ID=0:5:0

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How to Backup a PlayStation Disc
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C:\>PSXCOPY PSX.RAW PSX.WAV PSX.CUE /ID=adapter:id:lun /USA

  PSXCOPY reads the original PlayStation disc from the specified SCSI
  device and generates two IMAGE files and a CUE SHEET file. The first
  image file stores the data track, and the second image file stores
  all of the audio tracks as one large WAV file (you must specify the
  WAV file even if the original disc has no audio tracks). The /USA
  switch tells PSXCOPY to generate American boot blocks in the image
  file. So, even if you are copying a Japanese import game, the image
  can be written with different boot blocks than the original disc. The
  type of boot blocks that you write is probably not very important since
  PSXCOPY does not break the copy/boot protection scheme anyway.

C:\>DAO PSX.CUE /ID=adapter:id:lun

  DAO.EXE will record the new PlayStation disc using the CUE SHEET
  that was generated by PSXCOPY.

  NOTE: You must use DAO.EXE version 2.0 or higher.
  Do not use version 1.02 !!

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NOTES:

This program was developed for MSDOS V6.XX. I do not claim any
compatibility with the version of DOS that ships with Windows '95.
Some people say it works with no problems, and some say that it
doesn't work at all.

This program assumes that the first track on all PSX discs is in
CDROM-XA format. If it's not, then the recorded disc will probably
not work.

I only own five or six PlayStation titles, which means that this
program has only been tested on these discs. It's possible that you
may have a title that this program does not handle properly. Contact
me if you have a disc that is giving you trouble. I should be able
to modify PSXCOPY to handle it.

I recommend that you use your CD recorder to both read the
original disc and to record the backup.

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Please send all suggestions, comments, and bug reports to...

Jeff Arnold
125 Indian Rock Road
Merrimack, NH 03054

Phone: 603-424-0269
FAX  : 603-429-0073

URL  : http://www.mainstream.net/~jarnold/cdrom/cdrom.html
EMAIL: jarnold@mainstream.net

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Updated on JANUARY 28, 1996

