MSG LEFT BY: GREGG BURMAN DATE POSTED: WED JUL 27 1:24:47 AM U.S. CONSTITUTION TUTOR, AND SAT ENGLISH #1 AND PRETTY OLD NOW, BUT I JUST RECENTLY GOT HOLD OF ORIGINALS, AND THOUGHT I WOULD PASS THIS INFO ALONG. MICRO LAB USES A MODIFIED DOS FOR PROTECTION LIKE SO MANY OTHERS WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST. FROM THE START IT LOOKS LIKE A STANDARD DEMUFFIN TYPE CRACK, ALTHOUGH WHEN YOU TRY IT THE DRIVE COMES ON, AND YOU SEE: I/O ERROR HMMM... WELL MICRO LAB USES INDIRECT COMPARES WITH ZERO PAGE LOCATIONS IN THEIR RWTS ROUTINE (I.E. CMP $D6) RATHER THAN THE STANDARD CMP #$D5. THE PROBLEM WITH THIS IS THAT SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS ARE CHANGED WHEN WE RESET OUT OF THE PROGRAM, OR LIKE BYTE $D6, THE APPLE- SOFT RUN FLAG, IT IS OFTEN CHANGED