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Re: PC/Intercom copy problem

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From: Ray Roux
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1986 15:55
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In article <33@nvpna1.UUCP> dorrestn@nvpna1.UUCP (Frans Dorrestein (7)42987) writes:
>PC/Intercom does an excellent job in emulating a VT102 type terminal.
>I received PC/Intercom on a single sided floppy disk. However I want to move
>it to a different double sided floppy, where I keep all my utility programs.
>Copying the files seems to be successful, but if you double click on the new
>file, PC/Intercom insist you insert the original disk. The same holds even
>if you only disk-to-disk copy to a new single sided floppy.
>
>The question: How do you get round the copy protection?
>              ========================================
>
You can copy the .prg and setup files to any disk (even ram), the trick is
that you need the original disk in drive A when it loads - even if you boot
from another disk.

I use PC/Intercom alot, my beef is that there's no way to do any local disk
utility stuff (like getting a directory listing).



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   Ray Roux
	{ucbvax|decvax}!trwrb!trwspp!spp3!rroux 
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From: rroux@spp2.UUCP (Ray Roux)
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Subject: Re: PC/Intercom copy problem
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Date: Tue, 16-Sep-86 11:55:56 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 16 11:55:56 1986
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