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From: petersen@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga software piracy
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Date: 9 Dec 88 19:54:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu!petersen    Dec  9 13:54:00 1988


The 8-bit atari computers used the cartrige idea for game distribution. 
However it was not 100% successful, the main way to beak it was do make a
dump of the cartrige onto a disk then run it from there.  If the game had
to be run from the cartrige address I think I remember some empty ram
cartriges that it could be loaded into.  (it's been about 5 years since
I've seen it done)  The only way that the current game machines get
away with this kind of copy protection is because they don't have any
writeable storage like a general purpose computer would have.