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Subject: Re: Maxidesk, Deluxe Paint
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Date: Thu, 16-Jan-86 12:36:00 EST
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RE: Deluxe Paint

...Is Deluxe Paint copy protected?..

I think that it almost certainly is copy protected. When I tried
to use diskcopy, I got a missing sector header message on sector 30 (approx).
(This is not the same as a bad sector.) Activision seems to use the
same mechanism to protect Hacker and Mindshadow. (Their missing header
is way at the end).

	A friend ran a magnet over one of his disks then tried to copy
his Activision disk. He got a bad sector (not missing) error when he
tried to run the copied disk. He also tried to boot up Mindshadow and
then switch to a "copied" disk. After awhile, the program checked again
and turned off the ability to pick up anything. By the way, Mindshadow
won't even let you run unless the disk is writeable.

Back to D.P.

If you read your registration card for Deluxe Paint you should find that
for the small sum of $10.00, they will send you a backup copy. I mailed
mine off, but haven't seen anything back yet.

Before a friend had let me copy V1.1 Kickstart, I had been able to run
Deluxe Paint by booting V1.0 workbench then "cd'ing" into DF1: before
typing "run dpaint". The program ran, but any attempt to do a disk
access crashed the system. When I got V1.1, the crashing stopped.
  By the way, "7 Cities of Gold" says that it requires V1.1 and a joystick.
I ran it using V1.0 and an Atari joystick with no apparent problems.

E.A. seems to like fancy startup graphics and heavy copy protection.
(I also have M.U.L.E. for my Atari 800). If I can find a company that
doesn't waste my time with this nonsense, I think I'll change.
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	harold ravlin		{ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!uicsl!hr