Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!quasi-eli!cs.yale.edu!buddington-paul
From: buddington-paul@CS.YALE.EDU (Paul Buddington)
Newsgroups: alt.hackers
Subject: Test / ASPC hack
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Date: 22 Feb 91 22:13:14 GMT
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Note:
This is my second try - I think I chose the wrong vocabulary for the 
first one. 

This is my first time posting to any group - I just learned how to about 
10 minutes and 1 attempt ago;  but I figured,  what the heck, why not
start with a challenge?

ObHack:  The other day I ran into a problem with a PC-compatible using 
AppleShare PC software (for AppleTalk networks).  Evidently, the software
detected another network driver in memory at boot-up, and this error
persisted even when I removed everything from CONFIG.SYS and
AUTOEXEC.BAT.  So I DEBUGed the program (I didn't have any real tools with
me) and located the test for the network driver.  By NOPing a few bytes,
I managed to convince the software to load regardless of whether any other
drivers were installed.  I know, it's a very simple hack, but it works and
it means I don't have to go back there anymore.

BTW, if this works, it really is pretty simple to post to this group . . .
although I imagine it does keep out a fair amount of people who don't have
anything useful to contribute.  If I can figure it out within several
minutes of first reading the Pnews manual, it shouldn't take any real
hacker too long.
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Paul Buddington                                          Yale University
Buddington-Paul@CS.Yale.Edu or YaleCS.bitnet 
QuickMail: Paul_Buddington.CIS@YCCATSMTP.YCC.Yale.Edu


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