Booting protected software

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From: Bryan K. DeLaney
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 1984 21:00

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If you are using any disk drive besides the old Atari 810 then
the problem with booting your disks may not be the XL OS but
the disk drive. One software protection scheme times how long it
takes to load in sectors and will not boot correctly on new drives.

(Blue Max) will not boot using a 1050 disk drive.

				ihuxf!bryan
				Bryan DeLaney
			
P.S> Ah, the price for software protection (lost sales, incompatibly with
system upgrades). I refuse to buy software that is protected but will 
buy unprotected software. The only exception is when the vendor gives 
you two copies in case of disk failure.

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From: bryan@ihuxf.UUCP (Bryan K. DeLaney)
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Subject: Booting protected software
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Date: Mon, 6-Feb-84 16:00:46 EST
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