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From: oyster@uwmacc.UUCP (Vicarious Oyster)
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Subject: Re: copy pretection
Message-ID: <463@uwmacc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 3-Nov-86 09:47:01 EST
Article-I.D.: uwmacc.463
Posted: Mon Nov  3 09:47:01 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 4-Nov-86 04:59:02 EST
References: <246@bath63.UUCP> <224@drivax.UUCP>
Reply-To: oyster@uwmacc.UUCP (Vicarious Oyster)
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In article <224@drivax.UUCP> holloway@drivax.UUCP (Bruce Holloway) writes:
>In article <246@bath63.UUCP> pes@ux63.bath.ac.uk (Paul Smee) writes:
>>I had a go at copying the Epyx disk.  It appears to work, but...
>>It annoyed me enough to decide that I think I'll try to crack that one,
>>though.
>
>I copied Rogue over to my hard disk, and it runs fine from there, although
>it requires the original disk in 'A'... it just accesses it for a couple
>of seconds. Also, you can only save files to the original disk! But at
>least the loading time is slashed, especially for those l-o-n-g picture
>files.

   Well, I've tried running it from a RAMdisk copy, and it wouldn't run,
even *with* the original diskette in drive A.  Also, although I haven't
actually saved a game on an alternate diskette, I've subsequently copied
saved game files to another diskette, and have loaded them from that
diskette (in drive B).  Works great!
   Lastly, after reading (Ian Chadwick's?) column in the most recent
Analog, I took a look at the executatble file.  It was entertaining
finding phrases like "Software Pirate", "Copy Protection Mafia", and
"Scum of the Earth."  (Ian, by the way, changed the "die roll" figures
in the executable, thereby making his character much better, allowing
him to get the Amulet.  Kinda defeats the purpose of the game, doesn't it?)
--

 - Joel Plutchak
   uucp: {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!oyster
   ARPA: oyster@unix.macc.wisc.edu

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