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From: mario@wjvax.UUCP (Mario Dona)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Copying Lotus 1A*
Message-ID: <1146@wjvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 17-Nov-87 15:27:12 EST
Article-I.D.: wjvax.1146
Posted: Tue Nov 17 15:27:12 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 21-Nov-87 03:06:51 EST
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Reply-To: mario@wjvax.UUCP (Mario Dona)
Organization: Watkins-Johnson Co., San Jose, Calif.
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Keywords: Lotus 1A*, copy-protection

In article <128@gt-eedsp.UUCP> sjreeves@gt-eedsp.UUCP (sjreeves) writes:
>I would be in hard-disk heaven if someone could put me onto a patch that
>would allow me to get around the copy-protection on my Lotus, V. 1A*.
>I've seen one suggestion on a couple of bulletin boards, but my version
>must be a little different because I don't find the code that's supposed
>to be at a specified address.  If anyone knows how to help me with this,
>I would appreciate it.  Send e-mail or post.  Thanks.

(I found the following article sometime ago, original author unknown.
I haven't tried it because I use Version 2 of Lotus.  However, others 
have tried it and found it works fine.  Good luck.)

There is another version of Lotus 123 also called Release 1A but
with a different copy protection technique.  It can be identified
by an "*" that displays on the first screen under the "s" in the
word "Release."

	Release 1A
	     *

To unprotect this version so it can be run on a hard disk without
requiring the System Disk in drive A, do the following:

1.  RENAME	123.EXE	  123.XYZ
2.  DEBUG	123.XYZ
3.  type	U  ABSC		press ENTER
  
	You should see MOV  CX,0002  if you don't, something is 
	different and this won't work.

4.  type	E  ABSC C3	press ENTER  
5.  type	W
6.  type	Q
7.  RENAME	123.XYZ  123.EXE

That's it.  It will now run from any drive.  As always, this patch
is provided so that honest people don't have to suffer the incovenience
imposed upon them by software manufacturers.