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From: dsmall@well.sf.ca.us (David Small)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Mac 128K ROMs ---> questions
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Date: 16 Jan 91 05:56:51 GMT
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(The preceding article is a discussion of use of EPROMS in Spectre 128/GCR).
(Howards says basically that they work.)

	Howard, I know you mean well and are trying to set the record straight,
but we pulled some very subtle stuff in Spectre to put a "Keep Out" sign on
EPROMs in the unit. If nothing else, I wanted something to show UnNamed Corp.
that I was trying my best to prevent piracy. And the code itself was
dual-encrypted to help prevent "cracked" copies from using disk-based code.

	The problem is, you're not going to believe me unless I tell you
what I did, and if I tell you, the world will know how to break the protection
that is most certainly there. I get a few tech notes each month with a
specific crash/behavior that tell me, for just about certain, that the user
has plugged EPROMs into the Spectre.

	How's about this. I'm willing to fund a dinner for two here in Denver.
I'll tell you how we did what we did, and why it works, over dinner. If it
sounds cool to you, say so on the Net; if not, say so, too. But I think you'll
see that the stuff is subtle enough to cause it to be very effective in the
hands of the average pirate.

	I don't know which AT&T facility you're at; there's a big one in 
Denver that Dan Moore was at.

	Sound fair?

	In the meantime, I would appreciate it if you'd stop saying flatly
that EPROMs work in Spectre. They don't an amazing amount of time, and the
results are pretty interesting.

	-- thanks, Dave / Gadgets