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- ***** Hi there! *****
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- The purpose of this program is to enable the UN-protecting of
- Microsoft Basic programs. It is hoped that the users of this
- program bear in mind that the authors' intent in the distri-
- bution of UN.COM is that it be used for the recovery of their
- own progams. Certain unscrupulous souls will undoubtedly try
- to 'rip off' commercial software if they can reasonably do so,
- and programs such as this can certainly be used for such ends.
- In spite of the such possible abuses, UN is being released,
- for the following reasons:
- 1 - Programs such as this have been on the market for almost
- one year (as of 06/81) from several sources. Presumably,
- you honest folk are the last to hear about or obtain such
- things. Outlaw powerful programs and only the Outlaws...
- (Ugh, I didn't really say that, did I? Oh well...)
- 2 - The release of Bascom, version 5.3, appears to signal the
- end of the nefarious royalty requirement, as the run time
- package is now being sold seperately, and doesn't have to
- be linked with the compiled (read 'protected') programs.
- ( And for the lowest possible end user cost, don't forget
- about the reliable and speedy Fortran and BDS C compilers)
- 3 - It's nice to demonstrate that low cost doesn't imply lower
- performance. UN.COM has several advantages over the higher
- priced spreads.
- A - It works with all versions of MBASIC 5.x tested to date.
- B - Once invoked, it remains permanently active, until the
- user deactivates UN, or until the next cold boot. (You
- don't have to load MBASIC 20 times in order to examine
- 20 protected programs.)
- C - Large programs which barely fit in memory can be debugged
- without the awkwardness of saving the program, and then
- having to reload both the interpreter and the program.
- This is possible because UN modifies only the system, and
- occupies no TPA space. (Type 'PRINT FRE(I)' to see if
- several thousand bytes of program space have been lost.)
- D - The licensing terms are modest. The end user agrees that
- HE/SHE will make no more than 600 copies for their own
- personal use, and that no limit is placed on the number
- of copies distributed elsewhere.
- E - If because of your systems' peculiarities UN.COM doesn't
- work, you haven't lost much...
- And now for the rules of the game...
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- To invoke UN.COM, type 'UN DO'
- To deactivate UN.COM, type 'UN NO'
- To UN-protect a program, first get it into memory with the
- 'LOAD' command, and then type ^U (control-U). The
- program is now unprotected and may be listed or saved.
- UN.COM now performs more extensive error checking and
- works under both CP/M and CDOS.
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- Honk if you %!$#*& ZOSO.
- Bye - B.R.N. 07/12/81
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