alfter@uns-helios.nevada.edu (SCOTT ALFTER) (11/11/90)
Enough people have been asking me for info on _Computist_, a software
cracking magazine I mentioned in a post a while back, so I'll
summarize and cross-post here to answer any and (hopefully) all
questions anyone may have about this publication.
_Computist_ (which used to be known as _Hardcore_Computing_) is a
publication primarily devoted to gathering and distributing
information on removing copy protection from Apple II software. (They
occasionally run info on deprotecting Mac and MeSsy-DOS stuff, but
protection schemes on those machines are nowhere near as numerous--or
as annoying and difficult to crack--as some of the protection schemes
used on the Apple II.) I'm not sure if they're still in business or
not; their non-existence, if such is the case, could be due to either
(1) almost no new Apple II software these days :-( or (2) Apple's
statement a while back that they will refuse to support any copy
protection scheme with regard to future systems and system software.
If you're interested in _Computist_, here's their address:
Computist
P.O. Box 110846
Tacoma, WA 98411
Due to the machine-specific nature of this post, followups (if there
are any) should go to comp.sys.apple2.
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