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From: chan@andante.UUCP (Thomas Chan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Broderbund Copy protection and the Mac IIfx
Keywords: IIfx fx Broderbund copy
Message-ID: <37829@andante.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jul 90 14:11:09 GMT
References: <1111@dms.UUCP>
Reply-To: chan@andante.UUCP (Thomas Chan)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
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In article <1111@dms.UUCP> rotberg@dms.UUCP (Ed Rotberg) writes:
>Having recently upgraded my sytems to from a Mac II to an fx, I have run
>into a problem with the Broderbund copy protection scheme on the two
>Boderbund programs that I own: "Shufflepuck Cafe" and "Where in the World
>is Carmen SanDiego?".  The programs will both run to the point of asking for
>the master diskette, but when inserted, the systems crashes BIG TIME!!
>
>As much as I don't approve of copy protection (I don't use it on my product),
>I have so far respected Broderbund's policy with their software.  However,
>when I call Tech support with this problem they told me that they have NO
>PLANS to modidfy the programs to work on the fx because it is too small of
>a market.  Besides, they never claimed it would work on an fx.
>
>As far as I'm concerned this is a completely BS attitude.  It's my guess that
>the programs will run just fine on the fx (they run on the rest of the Mac II
>line), but it's just that the copy protections scheme crashes the system.
>
>In any event, I'm looking for some help here.  Does anyone have a patch to
>circumvent the copy protection on either or both of these programs?  I'm
>pretty savvy about this stuff, so don't worry about getting too complex on
>me.  Please post it here or Email directly to me at:
>
>	 weitek!dms!rotberg[@dms.UUCP]
>
>I thank you and my 8 year old son thanks you in advance.
>
> - Ed Rotberg -

Does anyone know how to go about getting rid of these copy protection schemes? I have Broderbund's Playmaker Football and have it installed in my hard drvie. Everytime I want to play it, I have to take out the original disk. Any help will be much appreciated.

T. C.