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From: ugfailau@sunybcs.uucp (Fai Lau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: How do I backup EA games?
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Date: Fri, 6-Nov-87 02:39:20 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  6 02:39:20 1987
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In article <260@grinch.grinch.UUCP> luis@grinch.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) writes:
>Hello Jonathan,
>     As someone else mentioned, the COPY II PC Option Board will copy it for
>you, but that is a hardware board which you will have to purchase.  But, low
>and behold, there is another way to back it up...  The program is called
>COPYWRITE, and it is from Quaid Software which is located somewhere in Canada.
>
	How much is it? Is it worth it? If the Option Board can
really copy *anything* then I'm more than willing to spend the
money for the reason as follows

>     A few years ago, I sent a EA game to Quaid to get a version of COPYWRITE
>which will allow me to back it up, and they said that they were working on one.
>So, as time went by, I could not wait any longer.  But, about 9 months after
>I got my disk back, they sent me a letter telling me about this NEW version of
>COPYWRITE which will allow you to make a backup of EA games...  So, that is
>the story..  Sorry I don't have an exact address, but this should help ya out
>a bit...  Hope this works for ya..
>
	Serveral monthes ago I got a copy of CopyWrite from the office,
and tried to back up an old (first release '82, but they could've
updated the copy protect scheme since I bought it only early this
year) EA game of mine. It didn't work. The program was dated around
'83 and it came with a notice roughly saying that:
	This program is not copy protected, and it is supposed to
be able to copy mostly all popular softwares available as of
the date the particular version of the program is released.
The program is constantly updated and a new version is released
every month. To get an updated version, you have to send back
the *original* diskette to the company with a fee of about $30
(I forgot exactly how much...) and you'll receive the latest
version of the program. If you do not have the original
diskette, you can send the company $50 and you'll receive
an original diskette of the latest version of the program.
Thereafter you can update your program for about $30
each time. You would also get a manual regarding the newest
protection scheme and ways to break them with the order
of an updates disk or original disk.
	The program, as I said, is about four years old, So
these informations might be out of date, especially
regarding the price. The company is indeed based in Canada.
As I didn't take the program becaue it didn't copy
any of my disks (except those that can be copied by
CopyIIPc), I do not have their address. I would appreciate
anyone who would supply me information about the company
policy today.

Fai  Lau
SUNY at Buffalo (The Arctic Wonderland)
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