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From: boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: .reb?
Message-ID: <1991Apr10.203932.24692@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>
Date: 11 Apr 91 01:03:54 GMT
References: <10058@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
Reply-To: boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu
Organization: Florida State Universiy Computer Science Department
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In article <10058@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, youngmw@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Michael) writes:
>I just downloaded the two new tcb demos from atari.archive.
>When I unarc them I find that they have a .reb extender!?
>What is this and how do I use them?
>
>Thanx
>Aaron

.reb files originate from ProRebel, which is a hacked (pirate) version(s) of     
Procopy.  It allows you to copy a protected disk into a file, which can be 
uploaded to a Pirate BBS.  A pirate on the other end can download it, and use
ProRebel to create a new "protected" disk.  This program also allows you to 
have several versions of Procopy being controled by one front end (GEM).  It
has nothing to do with ProCo, it is an illegal product.  This is most annoying,
as this means that the programs do not even have to be "broken" to be Pirate
BBS fodder.  

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