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From: alank@pro-beagle.cts.com (Alan Krause)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Copy Protection
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Date: 13 Oct 89 19:56:06 GMT
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  Well, to whoever wanted to get a copy protection program... thats asking a
little much..  Because if there was a program which generated copy protection
schemes, these protection schemes would be obsolete fairly quik, since one
only had to page thru the source code and find out what the protection was,
what it was supposed to do, and where it was located.  It then becomes a
simple matter to de-protect all programs protected with it.
  However, it is possible to edit the configuartion of youur disk to your own
personal tastes.   1st of all, is it a Dos 3.3 Disk or a ProDos Disk???  
ProDos Disks are a bit harder to protect than Dos disks are.  But, there are
things you can always do, like change the address header bytes, change the
catalog track, move the vtoc, all kinds of neet stuff....  I would suggest
reading beneath apple dos and if you can find it, beneath apple prodos... 
Thats the only way you will be able to learn about protection schemes and how
to make them/beat them...
    Alan