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From: gharring@enprt.Wichita.NCR.COM (Gary Harrington)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Need help with encrypted GW-BASIC files...
Keywords: MS-DOS, GW-BASIC, encryption, decryption, children's game, etc
Message-ID: <661@enprt.Wichita.NCR.COM>
Date: 12 Jun 90 20:13:49 GMT
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Organization: NCR Corporation, Wichita KS
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>>Is there a utility which will unprotect the ",p" saved code?

>Easy!  Use DEBUG to make a two-byte file . . .

>     LOAD"PROGRAM"
>     ok
>     LOAD"MAGIC"
>     ok

>The program should now be unprotected.
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Wrong!  I keep seeing this method touted as the definitive way to
unprotect a protected BASIC file.  The GW-BASIC interpreter I have does
NOT allow a LOAD command after it has loaded a protected file.

Now, with this in mind, how can a protected BASIC file be unprotected?
I sure would like to see a method that would work with my BASIC.
Thank you.
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Gary.Harrington@Wichita.NCR.COM
Wichita, KS