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From: edg@squid.rtech.com (Ed Goldman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Copiers
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Date: 24 Oct 88 17:45:41 GMT
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In article <58125JJL101@PSUVM> JJL101@PSUVM.BITNET (J.J. Lehett) writes:
>Let me start this by saying that this post is NOT about pirating software!!!!
>So do not flame this for that reason, I had enough problems with that before
>and do not wish to see it happen again.
>    I always try to make backup copies of all my software, for my own personal
>reasons, Up until now, Procopy 1.50 has done me well, but since I have
>BOUGHT! Dungeon Master and Captain Blood, I have not been able to copy these
>programs, and Dungeon Master has already messed up on me once due to disk
>problems.  What I would like to know is if anyone out there knows of any
>copiers that will copy these programs.
>
>     Once again, this is not for piracy's sake - it is for personal backups!
>

I'm behind you 100% on this.  I have both an IBM-AT and an atari.  In IBM-land
there has definately been a strong trend away from copy-protection even in
games.  The protection now being used more is of the form of keying in a 
keyword from the manual to allow use of the software.

I've also had problems with my Dungeon Master disk and am real pissed off.
After running it for several months, it simply would not boot successfully.
All other software I own works OK, so its apparently the copy-protection
scheme on it.  It boots on other machines too.  I've managed to obtain a
cracked version of the pre-1.0 DM, but this has only been as a last resort
and unacceptable one at that.

A local dealer has told me that a program called "acopy" will copy DM.  It
has to be the very latest version of acopy (I don't know the version #).  The
older acopy version will copy DM, but not exactly.  DM will start and you'll
be able to play for about 15 minutes before DM realizes you're running a
copy.  Supposedly the latest acopy won't do this.

It's a shame a great game has to be ruined by byzantine copy protection
schemes.  Hopefully more software companies will wake up to the fact that
they're really harming thier paying customer's. 

-edg-