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From: bruceb@amiga.UUCP (Bruce Barrett)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Patch for EPSON Printer Drivers
Message-ID: <669@amiga.amiga.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10-Feb-86 12:48:21 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 10 12:48:21 1986
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In article <861@umd5.UUCP> carl@umd5.UUCP (Carl Symborski) writes:
>... lots of good patching info for Epson printers, Thanks! ...
(I haven't tried/tested the above procedures but they look OK.)

>***** As an aside...
>If you want to use this patch with DeluxePaint you are going to have to
>WRITE on your DeluxePaint disk!!!! Just another reason *AGAINST* copy
>protected software products such as those, like DeluxePaint, which come
>bundled with a particular version of an OS and its associated bugs. One more
>frustration we don't need in these pioneer Amiga days.
>
>                                 Regards, Carl Symborski

There is a potential problem with the above, but a solution too.

Problem:	Writing to a DeluxePaint disk (Rev A or what ever they 
call it) can, and eventually WILL cause disk write errors.  This is because
they did not fully understand the scheme for AmigaDOS sector allocation.
EA tried to indicate that thier copy protect area was made unavailable to 
DOS but missed.

Solution:	Never write to youe EA disk.  Boot from a different
"workbench" or "cli" disk and load DeluxePaint from another.  This way
a) you are free to change the Epson driver, b) You don't have to write
to the EA disk.

(BYW, Thanks EA for a very nice paint program!)

--Bruce Barrett