Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!sun-barr!newstop!sun!imagen!atari!portal!portal!cup.portal.com!FelineGrace From: FelineGrace@cup.portal.com (Dana B Bourgeois) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: RAD Message-ID: <27425@cup.portal.com> Date: 1 Mar 90 06:38:52 GMT References: <6871@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> <1990Feb19.121647.9150@stb.uucp> <442@xyzzy.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 10 [yeah, yeah. line eater et. al.] I think the poster is referring to the DOS area between the data parts of the sectors. There is some DOS space and some sync-type marks that can be messed with resulting in 'BAD' sectors or tracks. This type of copy protection is pretty easy to break with a good sector editor. I don't think it used in recent releases. Dana Bourgeois @ cup.portal.com