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From: WSCART01@ULKYVX.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: RE: DM on Hard Disk... No Way!
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Date: 17 Jan 90 02:44:00 GMT
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>  Hi.  I have an Atari 1040STfm and a Megafile 30.  Is there any way that I
>can install copy protected games such as Dungeon Master and F/16 Combat Pilot
>on my hard drive?  I just recently purchased these two programs and would like
>the convienience of having them on my hard drive.
>

 Personaly, i know of no way to put DM on hard disk. Theoriticaly it is
possible to make a copy that will run on hard disk but to the best of my
knowledge, no such program is on the market that will do this for you.
In some cases though there are two possiblities.
1)If it is a program that load in all parts of itself and need not make
  further disk access, i've heard that switchback will let you put it on
  hard disk. (Only hearsay, since i dont have it.)

2)Some programs are easy to modify the code such that it doesn't access
  the disk for bad sectors and has files that can be moved to hard disk.
  Unfortunatly this is time consuming and need some 68000 Assembly
  knowledge. I am positive this can be done for Rouge, PC Intercom, and
  Shanghia to mention a few. (This method is fun in itself since it has
  a bit of challange to it with a visible reward afterwards. :-)

Hope this helped...


Stuart Carter            :         This space for rent!