Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!jarthur!usc!apple!mips!sgi!shinobu!odin!odin.corp.sgi.com!portuesi From: portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: copy protection and laptops without floppies Message-ID: Date: 23 Jul 90 15:15:15 GMT Sender: news@odin.corp.sgi.com Reply-To: portuesi@sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mtn. View, CA Lines: 36 This should probably be posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc proper, but for some reason inews refuses to acknowledge that group exists... I have just inherited a legal copy of Lotus 1-2-3 version 2.01, along with documentation and original system disks. I would like to use this software on a Toshiba T1000XE, a machine with a hard disk but with no floppy drive. Even if it did have a floppy drive, the software is distributed on 5" disks. According to the documentation, "When you start 1-2-3, the program looks for protected files that contain a special code. The only way to copy these protected files onto your hard disk is through the Install program. If you do not use the Install program to copy these files onto your hard disk, you *must* insert the System Disk in Drive A each time you start 1-2-3." I can use Laplink to copy the files onto my laptop, but I'm sure it won't be able to copy the special key-disk files. And since I don't have a floppy drive, it will be a bit difficult to insert the system disk every time I use the program. Does anybody know how to circumvent Lotus's copy-protect scheme so that I can actually use this software. All suggestions will be appreciated, flames will be directed to /dev/null. I am *NOT* trying to pirate this software. I am merely trying to use it. --M -- __ \/ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics, Inc. portuesi@sgi.com "man, this is weak."