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Re: Duplicating Coppy Protected Floppies

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From: Thomas Parker
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 23:08
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In <1992Dec13.223121.9053@mercury.unt.edu> mcmains@unt.edu (Sean McMains) writes:

>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
>==========================================================================


Could someone give me a short list of what OpCode produces,
I'm not really familiar with them.
Thanks.

Tom Parker

thpr_ss@uhura.cc.rochester.edu
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