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= DISK PROTECTION =
= BY =
= THE GINSU =
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THIS IS THE GINSU WITH SOME TIPS
ON HOW YOU CAN PROTECT YOUR DISKS FROM
THE EYES AND HANDS OF OTHERS. DON'T
EXPECT IT TO KEEP ANYONE WHO KNOWS A
LOT ABOUT KRACKING AWAY, BUT ANYONE
WHO DOESN'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT WILL
HAVE TROUBLES USING YOUR DISKS....
THERE ARE SEVERAL METHODS USED TO
PROTECT DISKS. THE FIRST AND EASIEST
USES A SIMPLE SWITH OF THE CATALOG
TRACK. THIS IS DONE BEFORE YOU INIT
THE DISK. YOU BOOT UP, INSERT A BLANK
DISK. THEN GET INTO MACHINE LANGUAGE
BY TYPING CALL-151. WHEN IN MACHINE
LANGUAGE, AT THE ASTRICK(*) TYPE THE
FOLLOWING: AC01:10 THEN HIT CTRL-C
TO GET BACK INTO APPLESOFT. THEN INIT
YOUR DISK WITH WHATEVER HELLO PROGRAM
YOU WANT. WHEN YOU BOOT THE DISK, YOU
WON'T NOTICE ANYTHING DIFFERENT, BUT
YOUR DISK WILL BE PROTECTED FROM
CATALOGING. TRY THIS OUT, IT WORKS WELL
.
ANOTHER METHOD OF DISK PROTECTION IS
CHANGING THE DISK VOLUME MESSAGE.
HOW DOES THIS PROTECT THE DISK YOU
MAY ASK.. WELL, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION!
YOU PUT A MESSAGE IN SUCH A SELF-DESTRU
CTING OR SOMETING LIKE THAT.
THIS SCARES AWAY THE AVERAGE USER IN
FEAR OF DAMAGING THE DISK. THIS IS HOW
YOU CHANGE THE DISK VOLUME.(OR DO IT
THE EASY WAY AND USE DOS BOSS!)
THE HARD(AND CREATIVE) WAY FOR THOSE
OF YOU NOT FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE
DOS BOSS IS AS FOLLOWS:
BOOT UP, GET INTO MACHINE LANG.
TYPE THIS: B3AD:
THEN YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE ASCII
CODE THAT YOU NEED TO USE FOR YOUR
MESSAGE. YOU CAN GET THIS FROM THE
APPLE II APPLESOFT BOOK. YOU ENTER
THE MESSAGE BACKWARDS. THE MESSAGE
DESTRUCTING FOR EXAMPLE WOULD BE LIKE
THIS: B3AD:47 4E 49 54 43 55 52 54 53
45 C4 IF YOU LOOK THIS UP UNDER ASCII
CODES IN THE BOOK, YOU'LL SEE WHAT UP
I MEAN. THE LAST LETTER(REALLY THE FIRS
T
HAS TO BE TOKENIZED(IN SIMPLE TERMS,IF
IT STARTS WITH A 4, CHANGE THE 4 TO A C
IF IT STARTS WITH A 5 CHANGE THE 5 TO A
D. KEEP THE LAST DIGIT THE SAME)
UNFORTUNATLEY, THIS DOESN'T KEEP
EVERYONE AWAY. I KNOW IT DOESN'T KEEP
ME AWAY(BUT IT DOES WORK) BY THE WAY
AFTER YOU HAVE ENTERED THE NEW MESSAGE
YOU HAVE TO INIT THE DISK.
SINCE THIS DOESN'T WORK ALL THE
TIME, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OTHER STUFF.
REMOVING COMMANDS
COMMAND REMOVAL IS DIFFERENT THAN
COMMAND RENAMING. THE DIFFERENCE IS
THAT WHILE RENAMING CHAGES THE NAME,
REMOVAL COMPLETLEY ERASES THAT COMMAND.
THIS MEANS THAT YOU CAN PROTECT DISKS
FROM CATALOGING,SAVING,LOADING OR
WHATEVER.. THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED
IN NIBBLE MAGAZIN(I WROTE IT) AND IT
IS COPYRIGHTED BY THEM, BUT THERE
SHOULDN'T BE ANY PROBLEM.
THE COMMAND REMOVAL SYSTEM WORKS AS
FOLLOWS:
1)DETERMINE THE COMMAND YOU WANT TO
REMOVE
2) GET INTO MACHINE LANGUAGE AND DO IT
3) INIT DISK WITH NEW OR ERASED COMMAND
S
1) HERE IS A LIST OF COMMANDS AND THEIR
MACHINE LANGUAGE ADRESSES(MORE ON THESE
ADRESSES LATER)
DELETE-A263 LOCK-A271 OPEN-A2A3
BSAVE-A331 BLOAD-A35D BRUN-A38E
SAVE-A397 LOAD-A413 RUN-A4D1
FP-A4FC INIT-A54F CATALOG-A56E
THAT'S MOST OF THEM, GET THEM DOWN
FOR REFERENCE, YOU'LL NEED THEM FOR
STEP 2
DETERMINE WHICH COMMANDS YOU WANT TO
CHANGE...THEN GO TO STEP 2
STEP 2) GET INTO M.L.(MACH. LANG)
ONCE IN M.L. TYPE THE ADDRESS OF THE
COMMAND YOU WANT TO ERASE. LIKE THIS:
*A263: THEN TYPE 60 LIKE THIS
*A263:60 (THIS THE EXAMPLE FOR DELETE)
THEN GO ON AND DO THE SAME FOR ANY OTHE
R
COMMANDS YOU WANT CHANGED.
CONT. NEXT MSG..
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=-=-=-THE GINSU=-=-=-=
^^^ ^^^^^
PRESENTS
PROTECTION II
HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT I
SHOWED YOU IN SECTION ONE(READ IT
FIRST IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT YET)
TO REMOVE COMMANDS(A QUICK SUMMARY):
1)CHOOSE COMMAND
2)LOOK IT UP IN THE TABLE IN THE FIRST
SECTION OF THIS ARTICLE
3) GET INTO MACH. LANG. (CALL-151)
4) TYPE THE ADDRESS OF THE COMMAND
5) TYPE 60(THIS WILL RETURN THE PERSON
USING THE COMMAND TO APPLESOFT WITHOUT
EXECUTING THE COMMAND)
6) INIT THE DISK.
EXAMPLE: TO ERASE THE SAVE COMMAND:
THE SAVE ADDRESS IS A397 SO YOU GERT
INTO ML AND TYPE THE FOLLOWING
*A397:60(RETURN) THEN CTRL-C
THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT. IT IS
THE SAME TO REMOVE ANY COMMAND.
REMEMBER!!! ONCE YOU REMOVE A COMMAND
IT IS GONE!!!
RENAMING COMMANDS
THE BEST,MOST SIMPLE AND EASIEST
WAY TO DO THIS IS WITH DOS BOSS,BUT
IF YOU WANT TO TRY TO GET THE FEELING
OF BEING A PIONEER(LIKE ME) THEN I'LL
GIVE YOU SOME HINTS IN HOW TO CHANGE
THINGS AROUND BY GOING INTO THE HEART
OF D.O.S. ITSELF. OK, BUT REMEMBER...
I WARNED YOU IT WOULDN'T BE EASY!!!
THE BEST THING TO DO IF YOU ARE
INTERESTED IN DOS AND COMMAND RENAMING
IS TO CHECK OUT THE ASCII CODES LIST
ON PAGE 136 OR 138 OF YOUR APPLESOFT
BOOK IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BOOK, I
CAN TEACH YOU A QUICK WAY TO FIGURTE
OUT THE CODES RIGHT NOW....
THE CODES(LETTERS ANYHOW) START WITH
THE HEX-DECIMAL NUMBER 41. THIS IS THE
CODE FOR 'A' IT GOES A-41 B-42 C-43
UP TO I-49 THEN IT GOES J-4A K-4E
CORRECTION THAT SHOULD BE K-4B
L-4C M-4D UP TO O-4F THEN IT GOES
P-50 Q-51 R-52 UP TO Z
SOME OF YOU MAY BE LOST AT THIS POINT
IF YOU ARE, DON'T WORRY...WHAT I AM
TALKING ABOUT IS THE WAY COMMAND
NAMES ETC.. LOOK LIKE IN MACH. LANG.
THE WAY YOU CAN FIND THEM IS BY THE
WAY THE CODES 'TRANSLATE' IF YOU ARE
STILL CONFUSED, GET INTO MACH LANG AND
TRY THIS:
TYPE A884 AND THEN HIT RETURN
YOU SHOULD SEE: A884:49 4E 49 D4
THE LAST LETTER IS 'TOKENIZED' SEE
THE FIRST SECTION OF THIS ART. ON
HOW TO TOKENIZE. TOKENIZATION LETS THE
APPLE KNOW THAT THAT IS THE LAST LETTER
IF YOU CHECK EITHER YOUR CODE CHART OR
TRY TO TRANSLATE FROM THE WAY I SHOWED
ABOVE, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE 4 THINGS
THEER SPELL OUT I N I T (INIT) THIS IS
THE INIT COMMAND. TO CHANGE IT, YOU
TYPE THIS A884: THEN TYPE THE CODE FOR
WHAT EVER WORD YOU WANT TO REPLACE IT
WITH.(IT HAS TO HAVE THE SAME NUMBER
OF LETTERS(YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY
TROUBLE FINDING LOTS OF FOUR LETTER
WORDS TO REPLACE INIT!
WELL, THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH
TO KEEP YOU BUSY FOR A WHILE...BE ON
THE LOOK OUT FOR MY NEXT ARTICLE
PROTECTION III...TILL THEN...
===- HAPPY CRACKING -===
(AND PROTECTING!!)
===- THE GINSU -===
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