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From: alfter@uns-helios.nevada.edu (SCOTT ALFTER)
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Subject: Re: _Computist_'s Address (was Re: Do *NOT* reveal or mention "hacking" information (was Re: paper clip trick))
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Date: 11 Nov 90 05:18:48 GMT
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Enough people have been asking me for info on _Computist_, a software
cracking magazine I mentioned in a post a while back, so I'll
summarize and cross-post here to answer any and (hopefully) all
questions anyone may have about this publication.

_Computist_ (which used to be known as _Hardcore_Computing_) is a
publication primarily devoted to gathering and distributing
information on removing copy protection from Apple II software.  (They
occasionally run info on deprotecting Mac and MeSsy-DOS stuff, but
protection schemes on those machines are nowhere near as numerous--or
as annoying and difficult to crack--as some of the protection schemes
used on the Apple II.)  I'm not sure if they're still in business or
not; their non-existence, if such is the case, could be due to either
(1) almost no new Apple II software these days :-( or (2) Apple's
statement a while back that they will refuse to support any copy
protection scheme with regard to future systems and system software.
If you're interested in _Computist_, here's their address:

Computist
P.O. Box 110846
Tacoma, WA  98411

Due to the machine-specific nature of this post, followups (if there
are any) should go to comp.sys.apple2.

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