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From: kornellm@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Mark Kornell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple
Summary: down with copy-protection
Message-ID: <486@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jan 89 20:20:32 GMT
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In article <3995@pt.cs.cmu.edu>, ralphw@ius3.ius.cs.cmu.edu (Ralph Hyre) writes:
> The best I've seen (and I certainly admit to not having seen everything)
> was in 1984/85, a few issues of Call Apple (now TechAlliance) magazine.
> They actually documented the I/O locations that twiddle the drive, and
> had code for a spiral protection scheme.
> 
> But, why would you want to directly access the drive hardware without
> using DOS 3.X, ProDOS, or GS/OS?
> 
> All you're doing is guaranteeing incompatibility at some future date.
> Must be copy protection.
> 					- Ralph W. Hyre, Jr.


Thanks to all the people who sent me information, through e-mail, and in this
group.  I did subscribe to Call A.P.P.L.E. for quite a while, I'll have to
look through my back issues to see if I can find anything useful.

This isn't a flame directed to Ralph Hyre, but because he brought it up, I
feel I have to say something:

	No, No, No.  I hate copy protection!  (Besides, just about all
	protection schemes on the Apple are soooo easy to break).  I'm
	not into pirating either, but all copy-protection does is drive
	up software prices, and as a student, I'm on a limited budget
	as it is.


What I really want to do is emulate the disk controller card in software,
for those who are wondering.

> The meek shall inherit the earth --  |    Mark Kornell                       <
>   in plots 6 feet by 3 feet          |       kornellm@cpsc.UCalgary.CA       <
>   (but they do get mineral rights)   |       Kornell@UNCAMULT                <
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