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CopyWrite supports all of the IBM PS/2 models except
those with a speed of 33 Mhz.
Listed below are notes regarding this edition, which do
not appear in the printed manual. We recommend that
you print this file and keep it with your printed
manual.
AUSTRALIA NEWS
An Australian, Mr. Anthony C Harvey, is selling
counterfeit copies of our software.
He has advertised using our company name. He has
printed labels and manuals duplicating the appearance
of our products, and he has negotiated cheques made
payable to Quaid Software Ltd. We are pursuing civil
and criminal remedies against Mr. Anthony C Harvey.
Customers in possession of counterfeit copies of our
software obtained from Mr. Anthony C Harvey or
Aardvark Utilities should request a refund from:
Mr. Anthony C Harvey, c/o
Aardvark Utilities,
PO Box 514, Hawthorn 3122
Victoria, Australia
It is possible he has changed his address and company
name.
UNGUARD AND EVERLOCK.
Starting with the November 1988 edition the "Unguard"
utility now UNPROTECTS diskettes protected by the
Everlock copy protection system by AZ-TECH.
Rescue was developed to remove copy protection. For
those familiar with the Unguard utility, Rescue is used
the same way. Instructions on the use of "Rescue" are
listed below.
RESCUE AND TWO FLOPPY DISKETTE DRIVE SYSTEMS.
For two drive systems you will need the original
program diskette, and a blank formatted diskette that
will be referred to as the Rescued backup diskette.
■ PUT A WRITE PROTECT TAB ON YOUR ORIGINAL DISKETTE.
■ Insert your CopyWrite diskette into Drive A:, and
the Rescued backup diskette into drive B:.
■ To start the Rescue program, at the DOS prompt type
"a:rescue" [enter]. Once Rescue has loaded, remove
your CopyWrite diskette from drive A:, and replace
it with the program diskette.
■ The cursor will point to the function "Source
drive". If the Source drive is NOT set to a:, use
the [+] [-] keys to change it to a:.
■ Using the cursor down key move the cursor to the
function "Source product", and enter the source
product name from the list included with your
CopyWrite package.
■ Using the cursor down key move the cursor to the
function "Target drive". Using the [+] or [-] keys
change the target drive to b:.
■ Using the cursor down key move the cursor to the
function "Strip copy protection" and press the enter
key.
As Rescue processes the copy protected program, it will
display the files it reads from the original diskette,
and writes to the target.
A successful Rescue will report:
Success.
I have stripped the copy protection.
Press any key to proceed.
RESCUE FOR A SINGLE FLOPPY DRIVE AND A HARD DRIVE.
For this type of system it is recommended that you
create a separate subdirectory for the package you want
to Rescue. These instructions make two assumptions,
first that your hard drive is c:, and secondly you are
not currently running the program from your hard drive
already.
■ Create the subdirectory your program will be loaded
into using the DOS command mkdir. If you already
have a subdirectory for your program skip this step.
■ Change to the subdirectory your program will be loaded
into using the DOS command chdir.
■ Insert your CopyWrite diskette into Drive A:.
■ To start the Rescue program, at the DOS prompt type
"a:rescue" [enter]. Once Rescue has loaded, remove
your CopyWrite diskette from drive A:, and replace
it with the program diskette.
■ The cursor will point to the function "Source
drive". If the Source drive is NOT set to a:, use
the [+] [-] keys to change it to a:
■ Using the cursor down key move the cursor to the
function "Source product", and enter the source
product name from the list in your CopyWrite
package.
■ Using the cursor down key move the cursor to the
function "Target drive". Using the [+] or [-] keys
change the target drive to c:
■ Using the cursor down key move the cursor to the
function "Strip copy protection" and press the enter
key.
As Rescue processes the copy protected program, it will
display the files it reads from the original diskette,
and writes to the target.
A successful Rescue will report:
Success.
I have stripped the copy protection .
Press any key to proceed.
CopyWrite supports all of the IBM PS/2 models except
those with a speed of 33 Mhz, as well as the Tandy 1000
computers (EX, SX, HX, and TX) having a DMA chip ( the
DMA chip comes with the memory expansion boards), using
both 5.25" diskettes, and 3.5" diskettes. CopyWrite
will support 3.5" diskettes on machines other than the
PS/2 provided their drive designation is either A: or
B: (this is required because CopyWrite needs direct
access to the floppy drive controller card). This
means CopyWrite cannot support 3.5" diskette drives
that require device drivers to be loaded (i.e.
driver.sys that comes with DOS 3.2 and later).
Since many software publishers have abandoned the use
of copy protection, there is less requirement to revise
CopyWrite. We no longer do so monthly, but at
irregular intervals as changes in technology or copy
protection require.
HARDWARE SUPPORTED
CopyWrite is 100% compatible with the following
computers:
Compaq Portable and Deskpro
Compaq Portable 286 and Deskpro 286
Compaq Portable I and II
IBM PC, PC XT, and PC AT
IBM PS/2 model 30, 50, 60, 80, 50z, 55, 70
( but not 33 Mhz machines )
Micronics 80386 20Mhz
Sperry PC
Tandy 1000 EX, SX, HX, TX with DMA chips
Tandy 1200
Toshiba T3100
Zenith Z-150 and Z-160
We have had reports that CopyWrite is also compatible
with the following computers. However, if there is a
problem with CopyWrite on these computers we may be
unable to duplicate the problem in order to correct it.
We will do our best to solve any problems with these
computers:
AT&T 6300 (will not run Prolok disks)
Columbia
Corona
Eagle (later models only)
Kaypro PC
Leading Edge PC
NEC APC4
Olivetti M24 (will not run Prolok disks)
Panasonic Sr. Partner
Sequa
Tandy 3000
Tava PC
Vectra HP
Any computer not listed above may not be compatible
with CopyWrite. Machines that have an Accelerator
board are most likely incompatible with CopyWrite.
CopyWrite will not copy high density diskettes. If you
have a computer not listed above and you have found
that CopyWrite runs without problems on it please
contact us with the make and model so that we can
inform other customers of its compatiblity. Thank you.
CORRECTIONS TO THE MANUAL
Fastback and Concentric Information Processor are no
longer supported. Also, dBase III version 1.1 is
backed up using UnGuard only and not using CopyWrite
and loading Ramkey into memory first.
SOFTWARE LIST
With this edition of CopyWrite, you should be able to
backup your Prolok 2 and Everlock protected software.
To backup Prolok 2 protected software you do it by
using CopyWrite and then loading Ramkey into memory
before using the backup, or by using UnGuard on each of
the .exe files on the program disk. For Everlock
protected software use CopyWrite or Unguard.
Consult the manual for the full list of supported
programs. Additions to the software list are shown
below.
CopyWrite contains generic routines for removing copy protection
from the following schemes:
Protection Use Versions
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Program Name & version How Notes Date
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SuperLok by Softguard Unguard up to and including 3.00
Everlock by AZ-Tech Unguard up to and including 1.94
ProLok II by Vault Unguard
Accolade Rescue source product: accol
Electronic Arts Rescue source product: elecarts
Epyx Rescue source product: epyx
The Learning Company Rescue source product: learn
Mindscape Rescue source product: mind
Origin Systems Rescue source product: british
Sierra Rescue source product: sierra
(install) means that you must first install the product on your
hard drive, and then unprotect it.
Epyx and Accolade use very similar copy-protection.
You may try 'accol' and 'epyx' as the source product for both these companies.
688 Attack Sub by Electronic Arts rc six88 (install)
Abrams Battle Tank by Electronic Arts rc btank
Advanced Flight Trainer by Elec Arts rc chuckaft
After Burner by Sega cw
After Burner by Sega rc sega
APBA Baseball (stats program) V1.2 un stats.exe
Arkanoid by Taito un arkanoid.com
Arkanoid II by Taito un doh.com
Auto-Mate Plus V3.02 by Royal Digital un amp.com
Award Maker Plus by Baudville Inc. rc toolwork
Axe of Rage by Epyx cw
Axe of Rage by Epyx rc epyx
Battle Chess by Interplay rc battlchs
Battle Tank, Abrams by Electronic Arts rc btank
Battlehawks by LucasFilm rc bhawks
Battletech by Infocom rc btech
Block Buster by Mindscape cw
Block Buster by Mindscape rc mind
CAI by CAI rk
Championship Boxing by Sierra cw
Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer rc chuckaft
Convert ZX cw,un convert.com
Curse of the Azure Bonds by S.S.I. rc azure
Cycles by Accolade rc cycles
Data Manager Series by Timeworks cw
Downhill Challenge by Broderbund cw
Downhill Challenge by Broderbund cw TANDY version
Downhill Challenge by Broderbund rc broder
Dr.Doom's Revenge by MicroProse cw
Dr.Doom's Revenge by MicroProse rc doomrev
Duel by Accolade cw
Earl Weaver BaseBall by Electronic Arts rc earlball
F-15 Strike Eagle II by MicroProse cw
F-15 Strike Eagle II by MicroProse rc f15two
Faery Tale Adventure Book 1 rc fairy
Fast! V4.2 by Field Audit System cw/un faspro.com
Ferrari Formula One by Electronic Arts rc ferrform
Heavy Metal by Access Software rc hvmetal
Jack Nicklaus Greatest Golf by Accolade rc jack18
John Madden Football by Elec Arts rc madfoot
Jordon vs Bird One on One by Elec Arts rc jordbird
Kindercomp V1.1 by Spinnaker cw
L.A. Crackdown by Epyx cw
L.A. Crackdown by Epyx rc epyx
Lakers vs Celtics by Electronic Arts rc lakecel
Last Ninja V1.1 by Activision rk
Legacy of the Ancients by Elec Arts rc legaci (install)
Life&Death by Software Toolworks rc lifedeat (install)
Lombard Rally by Mandarin Software rc lomb (install)
Lotus Student Spreadsheet un 123.com
MAI Basic Four V3.0 by PC Link un pclink.com
Might and Magic II -New World Computing cw
Might and Magic II -New World Computing rc mmtwo
One on One, Jordon vs Bird by Elec Arts rc jordbird
Operation Wolf by Taito un opwolf.com
Out Run by Sega cw
Out Run by Sega rc sega
PHM Pegasus by Electronic Arts rc pegs
Pipe Dream by Lucasfilm rc pipedrem
Radar II ver 4.0c rk
Red Storm Rising by MicroProse cw
Red Storm Rising by MicroProse rc reds
Renegade by Taito un renegade.com
Rick Dangerous by MicroPlay cw
Rick Dangerous by MicroPlay rc ricky
Rocky's Boots by Learning Company rk
Shinobi by Sega cw
Shinobi by Sega rc sega
Silpheed by Sierra rc silf
Sky Shark by Taito un skyshark.com
Snap II by Edtech un snapII.exe
Space Rogue by Origin Systems rc spacerog
SPSS/PC+ v2.0 advanced statistics rc spsspcv2 (install)
SPSS/PC+ v2.0 base rc spsspcv2 (install)
SPSS/PC+ v2.0 tables rc spsspcv2 (install)
Steel Thunder by Accolade rc thund
Street Sports Basketball by Epyx cw
Street Sports Basketball by Epyx rc epyx
Superstar Soccer by Mindscape rc mind
Test Drive II, the Duel by Accolade cw
Their Finest Hour by LucasFilm rc finest
Tongue of the Fatman by Activision rc tung
Train by Accolade cw
Ultima IV by Origin Systems rc british
Under Fire by Avalon Hill cw
Vette by Spectrum HoloByte rc myvette
Wayne Gretzky Hockey by Bethesda rc greatone (install)
Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego? cw
Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego? cw TANDY version
Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego? rc broder
Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? cw TANDY version
Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? rc broder
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? cw TANDY version
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? rc broder
Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? cw
Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? cw TANDY version
Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? rc broder
Special Cases
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(install) means that you must first install the product on your
hard drive, and then unprotect it.
SPSS/PC+ v2.0 advanced statistics
SPSS/PC+ v2.0 base
SPSS/PC+ v2.0 tables install SPSS/PC on your hard drive (assume c:),
make the SPSS/PC sub-directory the default for c:,
run Rescue from the CopyWrite disk in a:,
put a blank formatted floppy in drive a:,
select these menu parameters.
Source drive c:
Source product SPSSPCV2
Target drive a:
copy the new files from a: to c:
Fast must rename .exe to .com file.
Fast! V4.2 rename .exe file to .com file and use a
dos copy to transfer it onto a copywrite
copy of the diskette.
Cogo v4.12L by CivilSoft must use dos assign a=c prior to running.
Micro TSP v6.0
When unprotecting this program using a hard disk make
sure you copy the 'install' diskette, 'disk 1', and then
'disk 2' onto your hard disk in that order. Delete the
file 'tsp.exe' from you hard disk. Run the unguard
program using 'tsp.exe' as the source file.
Novell Netware v2.11
This product uses the both a SuperLok copy protection
and some protection of their own. Start by making
yourself a backup copy of the "gendata" diskette using
the CopyWrite program. Delete the file getdata.com from
your CopyWrite backup. Run "Unguard" using the
"gendata" diskette as the source diskette, and
"getdata.com" as the source file. Unguard will create a
file called "getdata.com", and "getdata.qxe" copy these
files onto your CopyWrite backup of the "gendata"
diskette. Once you have used the CopyWrite backup
diskette to install the Novell Netware the CopyWrite
backup diskette will no longer work. You may want to
make yourself a working archive again.
Alpine Encounter
Is a "flippy disk". In order to make a backup using
CopyWrite, you need to set the number of sides option
to 1. Then make a backup of one side of the original
diskette to a blank diskette. When that is done turn
over the original diskette to side 2 and make a backup
of that side to another blank diskette. In the end you
will have two diskettes as backups for the original
one "flippy diskette". Be sure to label each backup
diskette so that you know which is Side 1 and which is
Side 2.
Amnesia
If you are just making a backup of the original disk,
then you need to use SoloBoot to run the backup you
make. If you use the install that comes on the
original Amnesia program disk then you can use Ramkey
to run it from the hard drive after you install it.
Backgammon 5.0
At the end of the CopyWrite procedure you will receive
the message "Abort, Retry, or Ignore?". Select the "A"
for abort and that will bring you back to DOS. The
copy you made will run like the original. Just reboot
your system to load it.
Crossword Magic
At the end of the CopyWrite procedure you will receive
the message "sector not found error reading drive...
Abort, Retry, Ignore?". Choose the "I" to ignore.
This will return you to the CopyWrite menu. Now exit
to DOS. The backup CopyWrite made is good and will
run like the original.
Disk Optimizer v1.4
Before using UnGuard to make your backup, use DOS and
copy all the files from the original disk to the target
disk. Then delete optimize.com from the target disk.
Now run UnGuard. Instead of creating one new file,
UnGuard will create optimize.qxe and a new
optimize.com.
Microreality V2.0 rev. B
You should read the Special Case section of the printed
manual under the ".Com and .Exe Files" heading. Those
notes apply to this program as well.
LITIGATION
Vault Corporation emerged from bankruptcy on March 24,
1988. The appeal of Vault Corporation from the trial
court decision mentioned in the printed manual was
decided by the appeals court in our favor on June 21,
1988. Short of an appeal to the Supreme Court, this
will probably end the litigation on the subject of
making backup copies of computer software. As it now
stands, there is no legal barrier to the sale or use of
CopyWrite, as long as it is used for backup purposes.
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OTHER SOFTWARE FROM QUAID SOFTWARE LTD
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PRINT ENVELOPES THE BETTER WAY ...
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using data displayed on your computer screen.
The Envelope Please ... is a revolutionary new
resident program that captures the name and
address at the top of a letter, and with one
keystroke, prints it on an envelope in your
printer.
The Envelope Please... works with most
popular IBM software including WordStar,
Symphony, dBASE and resident software such as
SideKick.
Point at the address portion of a letter
on screen, put an envelope in your printer,
and print.
Need a return address printed in the top left
corner of your envelope? The Envelope
Please... will print that too! And for dot
matrix printers that won't normally feed an
envelope, The Envelope Please... will print
sideways!
The Envelope Please... the better way to
print most popular size envelopes using Epson
and compatible dot matrix printers, most daisy
wheel and HP and compatible laser printers and
an IBM PC, XT or AT. (The program uses about
15k of RAM)
The Envelope Please... $39 US.
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Disk Explorer recovers accidentally deleted
files and directories automatically!
Every computer user will one day know the
sinking feeling that follows accidental
deletion of a file, program or directory.
What many people don't know however is that as
long as nothing has been written to the disk
since the deletion, the data is still on the
diskette. In these circumstances, recovery is
possible and Disk Explorer will do it quickly.
For the more technically inclined, Disk
Explorer will also let you see what's really
on your disk, view and change formats, change
the status of files, change data in any
sector, correct bad tracks and much more.
Disk Explorer, the program every computer user
should have, just in case is available for $75
US.
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Quaid Analyzer is a professional quality
debugger.
With the Quaid Analyzer, you can:
-See occurrences of any interrupt, with it's
meaning shown on screen.
-View memory as text or instructions,
scrolling as easily as you do with an editor.
-Run until a memory location or I/O port is
changed.
-Protect your hard disk from accidental
destruction.
-Analyze software without the source, even
when it uses countermeasures to thwart
tracing.
-See all stages of the boot load.
The Quaid Analyzer is a software tool
occupying 100kb RAM. It runs on an IBM PC and
most MS-DOS systems without hardware
modifications. The Quaid Analyzer is
available for $200 US.
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OmniEdit is a powerful two dimensional editor,
word processor, calculator and communications
package. It will allow you to capture and
move rectangular areas within other DOS files,
justify paragraphs, search and replace, and
"undo" the last function performed. In
addition, it can send and receive files using
the Xmodem protocol. OmniEdit uses DOS files,
without any special markers, so you can use it
with just about any other software. The price
is $50 US.
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All products listed above or revisions to your
existing Quaid software are available from
Quaid Software Ltd. by calling (416) 961-8243
with your credit card or by printing and
sending the order form below with payment to:
Quaid Software Limited
45 Charles Street East Third Floor
Dept. 740
Toronto Ontario M4Y 1S2
When ordering revisions, cut off the top of
the original master diskette including the
label and return it with your order. This
will prevent any delay of your order when
going through customs.
All checks from outside of the U.S. and
Canada must be drawn on a US bank account.
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│ Please rush me: Qty Price Total │
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│ CopyWrite ___ @ $75 US _____ │
│ CopyWrite Revision ___ @ $25 US _____ │
│ The Envelope Please... ___ @ $39 US _____ │
│ Disk Explorer ___ @ $75 US _____ │
│ Quaid Analyzer ___ @ $200 US _____ │
│ OmniEdit ___ @ $50 US _____ │
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│ Name:____________________________________ │
│ Address:_________________________________ │
│ City:____________________________________ │
│ State:__________________ Zip:____________ │
│ Phone number:____________________________ │
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