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Article #34480

Re: Writing to write protected disks

#34480
From: Neil Forsyth
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1988 11:16
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In article <881004015530.736833@PCO-MULTICS.HBI.HONEYWELL.COM> Friesen%PCO@BCO-MULTICS.HBI.HONEYWELL.COM writes:
>
>
>Everyone wants a program that will do it, well here it is:
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>************************* * * * PINBALL FACTORY * * BY:  * * MITCHRON *
>*************************
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>It uses a wierd forrmat (it always makes weird noises on my floppy) for
>copy protection.  If you try to save a pinball game you have made to the
>original disk whether it is write protected or not, it won't save the
>whole thing, but part of it will be saved.  The only way you (or at
>least I) can save a game, is if you save it to another disk.

Here is one of the many expected replies to this ...
Your hardware must be bust.

>Aric Friesen
>
>Addresses:
>
>Genie:  A.FRIESEN
>
>ARPA:  Friesen%PCO@BCO-MULTICS.ARPA


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From: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Writing to write protected disks
Message-ID: <1987@brahma.cs.hw.ac.uk>
Date: 10 Oct 88 11:16:52 GMT
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