Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!gatech!udel!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!mg40+ From: mg40+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Jeffrey Garland) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Falcon is Copy Protected Message-ID: Date: 9 Feb 91 18:23:12 GMT References: <1991Feb9.023327.23336@lsuc.on.ca> Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 21 In-Reply-To: <1991Feb9.023327.23336@lsuc.on.ca> > Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.atari.st: 9-Feb-91 Falcon is Copy > Protected Jim Omura@lsuc.on.ca (740) > I just went out and bought "Falcon" by Spectrum Holobytes. > I CANNOT recommend this program. Not only is it copy protected, > it is "double protected." The disk cannot be backed up by > normal means and furthermore they also have a codewheel. I think that perhaps you have bought an old copy. I have Falcon and both Mission disks, none of which have disk-based protection. In fact, the newer ones can even be installed on hard disks (speeds up things a lot). However, I will agree that the code wheel is a pain; it's often very hard to identify what icons are on the screen. Michael Garland Carnegie Mellon mg40@andrew.cmu.edu