sjreeves@gt-eedsp.UUCP (sjreeves) (11/14/87)
I would be in hard-disk heaven if someone could put me onto a patch that would allow me to get around the copy-protection on my Lotus, V. 1A*. I've seen one suggestion on a couple of bulletin boards, but my version must be a little different because I don't find the code that's supposed to be at a specified address. If anyone knows how to help me with this, I would appreciate it. Send e-mail or post. Thanks.
mario@wjvax.UUCP (Mario Dona) (11/17/87)
In article <128@gt-eedsp.UUCP> sjreeves@gt-eedsp.UUCP (sjreeves) writes: >I would be in hard-disk heaven if someone could put me onto a patch that >would allow me to get around the copy-protection on my Lotus, V. 1A*. >I've seen one suggestion on a couple of bulletin boards, but my version >must be a little different because I don't find the code that's supposed >to be at a specified address. If anyone knows how to help me with this, >I would appreciate it. Send e-mail or post. Thanks. (I found the following article sometime ago, original author unknown. I haven't tried it because I use Version 2 of Lotus. However, others have tried it and found it works fine. Good luck.) There is another version of Lotus 123 also called Release 1A but with a different copy protection technique. It can be identified by an "*" that displays on the first screen under the "s" in the word "Release." Release 1A * To unprotect this version so it can be run on a hard disk without requiring the System Disk in drive A, do the following: 1. RENAME 123.EXE 123.XYZ 2. DEBUG 123.XYZ 3. type U ABSC press ENTER You should see MOV CX,0002 if you don't, something is different and this won't work. 4. type E ABSC C3 press ENTER 5. type W 6. type Q 7. RENAME 123.XYZ 123.EXE That's it. It will now run from any drive. As always, this patch is provided so that honest people don't have to suffer the incovenience imposed upon them by software manufacturers.
mdf@tut.UUCP (11/19/87)
In <128@gt-eedsp.UUCP> sjreeves@gt-eedsp.UUCP (sjreeves) writes: >I would be in hard-disk heaven if someone could put me onto a patch that >would allow me to get around the copy-protection on my Lotus, V. 1A*. Buy a copy of COPYIIPC from Central Point Software. Your local dealer and most mail order joints should have it. It costs about $40 and will back up almost everything, and will unprotect many programs in the process. Yes, it works on Lotus 1A, as well as all more recent versions. I am merely an overjoyed customer of Central Point, and have no other relationship with them. -- Mark D. Freeman (614) 262-3703 StrongPoint Systems, Inc. mdf@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu 2440 Medary Avenue ...!cbosgd!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mdf Columbus, OH 43202 Guest account at The Ohio State University