Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!gatech!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!cs.umu.se!christer From: christer@cs.umu.se (Christer Ericson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Disk Muncher/Cruncher Message-ID: <1990Oct19.125059.26703@cs.umu.se> Date: 19 Oct 90 12:50:59 GMT References: <1990Oct18.183332.1697@hoss.unl.edu> <7964@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Sender: news@cs.umu.se (News Administrator) Organization: Dep. of Info.Proc, Umea Univ., Sweden Lines: 33 In article <7964@darkstar.ucsc.edu> unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) writes: > >In article <1990Oct18.183332.1697@hoss.unl.edu> greg@hoss.unl.edu (Hammer) writes: >>I remember seeing a disk copy program called both Disk Muncher and Disk >>Cruncher. About all I can remember of it is that it would copy 5.25" >>disks in 4 passes and would recognize a 16K II+ RAM expansion. Does >>anyone out there remember this program? Is it legal to distribute it? >>What company published it? > > I'm almost positive that Disk Muncher and Disk Cruncher (they were >two different programs I think) are simply public domain (or at most freeware) >programs written by someone and distributed over modems... (probably some 'kid' >wrote it too). > >[stuff deleted] Disk Muncher was written by The Stack of Corrupt Computing, a Michigan-based (i believe) pirate gang, who also wrote Advanced Demuffin which was a highly acclaimed cracking tool back in the good ol' days (it was in the spirit of Demuffin and Disk Jockey's COPYB, only much better). These programs were widely distrubuted inbetween pirates and on BBSs and with the philosophy of pirates in mind, I think it is safe to say that it is OK to distribute it as long as there is no charge involved. >/ Apple II(GS) Forever! unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu \ >\"If cartoons were meant for adults, they'd be on in prime time."-Lisa Simpson/ /Christer | Christer Ericson Internet: christer@cs.umu.se [130.239.1.101] | | Department of Computer Science, University of Umea, S-90187 UMEA, Sweden | | "9600