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Article #9477Re: Duplicating Coppy Protected Floppies
From: Sean McMains
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 22:31
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 22:31
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In article <Bz7qJ7.12q@umassd.edu> Howard S Shubs, hshubs@cis.umassd.edu writes: >Ah, I see. Opcode is apparently a company begging to have its user >protection scheme cracked. Good luck. > >BTW, there -is- no such thing as "good" disk-based copy protection. Just >FYI. Also, for what it's worth, the invisible "key" files also reference their physical location on the drive, so simply copying them won't work. At least, this is my theory from OpCode's warnings to be sure to de-install their programs before performing a defragmentation on a drive. ========================================================================== Sean McMains <mcmains@unt.edu> | University of North Texas ========================================================================== "An open mind, in questions that are not ultimate, is useful. But an open mind about the ultimate foundations either of Theoretical or Practical Reason is idiocy." - C.S. Lewis ==========================================================================
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!mercury.unt.edu!isbdeskmac.acs.unt.edu!mcmains From: Sean McMains <mcmains@unt.edu> Subject: Re: Duplicating Coppy Protected Floppies Message-ID: <1992Dec13.223121.9053@mercury.unt.edu> X-Xxmessage-Id: <A75116219A020205@isbdeskmac.acs.unt.edu> X-Xxdate: Sun, 13 Dec 92 14: 32:33 GMT Sender: usenet@mercury.unt.edu (UNT USENet Adminstrator) Organization: University of North Texas X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d12 References: <85241@ut-emx.uucp> <Bz7qJ7.12q@umassd.edu> Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 22:31:21 GMT Lines: 19