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Re: Need help with old program

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From: Tom Guptill
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 23:24
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Thanks to everyone who responded.  I didn't entirely explain my problem to
begin with:

	- The program _is_ copy protected, and you _can't_ fool it into
installing itself onto a floppy disk.

	- Installing it on the HD of the machine in question is not an
option.  It needs to be able to run from a floppy.

	- It's currently on what NDD identifies as a 320K diskette. (8
sectors/track) with some unreadable (i.e. copy protected) sectors. 
CopyWrite will copy it.  Diskcopy will not.  COPYIIPC will not.  ANADISK
will not.  CopyWrite doesn't recognize 3.5" media.

	- I've gotten in touch with IBM customer service (who were VERY
helpful.  I was pleasantly surprised.)  Apparently after production was
stopped but before rights to the program were returned to PFS (now owned by
Spinnaker) they released a 3.5" version to run on the PS/2.  I'm currently
trying to hunt down this program through IBM dealers in the area.  

I'm still looking at all possible solutions, so if somebody comes up with a
really cool solution, drop me a line.  (If nothing else, I've heard all
kinds of creative ways to circumvent copy protection :-)  )  Thanks for all
of the help.
-- 
|Tom Guptill           | tgpt_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu     |
|CPU Box 277445 U of R | tgpt_ltd@db1.cc.rochester.edu       |
|Rochester, NY 14627   |                                     |
|(716) 274-0351        |                                     |
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