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- BYLINE V1.02 PATCH
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- These patches have been provided to users of Ashton-Tates' Byline
- V1.02 desktop publishing software package. The patches listed
- will remove the serial number request and license agreement
- prompt screens. These patches are to be used only by licensed
- users of Byline and are provided solely for the purpose of
- allowing legal users to start the program more efficiently.
-
- The following steps were performed using SYMDEB. (DEBUG will also work)
-
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- 1. Make a back-up copy of byline.com, you may need it if you error.
-
- copy byline.com byline.bak <enter>
-
- 2. Start SYMDEB with byline.
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- d:\path\SYMDEB BYLINE.COM
-
- 3. Patch serial number verification.
-
- -A 0AD0 <enter>
- XXXX:0AD0 JMP 0AE7 <enter>
- XXXX:0AD2 MOV BX,0C01 <enter>
- XXXX:0AD5 <enter>
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- 4. Patch license agreement prompt screens.
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- -A 0AEC <enter>
- XXXX:0AEC JMP 0AF1 <enter>
- XXXX:0AEE POP ES <enter>
- XXXX:0AEF <enter>
- -A 0B56 <enter>
- XXXX:0B56 JMP 0B83 <enter>
- XXXX:0B58 POP ES <enter>
- XXXX:0B59 <enter>
- -
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- 5. Write out new file and quit.
-
- -W <enter>
- writing XXXX bytes
- -Q <enter>
-
-
- 6. All done.
-
-
- Sincerely,
-
- A fellow user who dislikes lengthy sign-on messages.
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