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Documentation: T.A.R.G.E.T. (Trackdisk And Reset Gadgets to Eliminate Thieves)
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Released : 11 February 1989.
Copyright : 101 CREW - MALTA
Coding : CRAIN.
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Instructions : CRAIN / 101 CREW
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HELLO AGAIN FOLKZ ....
First of all an important note : READ THESE DOCS BEFORE USING THIS
UTILITY, AND SPREAD THESE DOCS TOGETHER WITH THE UTILITY.
Somebody said that a virus is a destructive way to use the Amiga !
Well ... here is a very constructive utility which is loosely based on the
principles of viruses .. but which does NOT spread itself onto other boot-
blocks, thus destroying other people's bootblocks. That is not nice !!! In
fact this utility just destroys half the disk ...
This utility provides a way to get your revenge on loosers who you
hate. Originally, it was designed and used against a person who stole some
particular disks. Read this short story ...
Well,actually the disks were given to him by mistake by one of our
members ( who later excused himself with us !!! ). Since we wanted to keep
this software away from all these lamers and loooosers there are around in
Malta , we were very angry at this. The software I am talking about is the
Soundtracker, and as we knew well this person who received it we asked him
to keep the soundtracker at least for himself. He assured us that he would
give it to nobody, so we were somehow calmed. But last week someone phoned
me to ask me to go to help him with the Amiga he had just bought, and also
an LC10 printer. When I arrived at his house I found out that somehow this
guy had a copy of soundtracker, and guess who gave it to him ????? Well, I
found out that the lamer who had got it by mistake gave it to him .... and
this lamer had assured us that he would give the soundtracker to nobody !!
Now that's bad ... really bad coz we had trusted this guy and we even give
him ( or rather used to give him ) some games. Luckily I convinced the guy
who had just bought the Amiga that the soundtracker is useless if you cant
program (which is true), and so he did not make a copy for himself. But it
remains that the thief had his own copy ... "so wot can we do" I thought.
The result is this utility, "TARGET" . Actually it's called target
since it acts only when a target disk name has been found. Lemme explain !
This utility creates a bootblock, which mostly comes into function after a
reset has occured. If the disk which is inserted in the drive has the same
name as the target name which the user (YOU) initially gave,then something
NOT-so-wonderful happens. In fact half the disk ( from track 39 - the most
important part - till track 79 ) will be CORRUPTED. Yep ... and the target
disk will be less useful than a newly formatted disk !! You think I am mad
to do such utility ? (Most probably you're right !) Well, suppose the name
I gave as a target is ST-00 and I make the target bootblock on a disk with
a nice new game. Then I give this disk (or get someone to give it-) to the
thief .... Well, wot happens when he tries to use the soundtracker (which,
99% will be write enabled since one often saves on such a disk). He he he.
The thief will have 1 soundtracker less after my creation has finished its
work !!!
These are some points on PROs and CONs of TARGET, and also some hintz.
1. The target disk (the one which will be fucked) must, of course, be
write enabled.
2. The lamer must on power-up boot with your target bootblock , or at
least there should be no byte-warriors etc. in memory. ( It should
be no problem to convince him that to use the disk you gave him he
must switch off/on before using ! )
3. Once the "TARGET" bootblock is in memory it is difficult to remove
it, since I used a dirty trick. But this also means that every new
bootblock is not executed. Normally this is OK, but for games with
special bootloaders etc. the lamer will have some problems. Serves
him right.
4. After you have clicked in the string gadget, you can start editing
the target diskname. To select upper/lower case letters, press the
caps lock while in editing mode. To erase the last character press
backspace, and to erase all string press DEL. To exit the program,
just press ESCAPE.
4. You need not bother with upper / lower case letters when assigning
target names, as the target bootblock takes care of this.
I.E. st-00 = St-00 = ST-00 = sT-00. Got it ??
5. You MUST hate a LOT the person whom you are going to give the disk
with the target bootblock. Remember that a virus might, somehow be
taken as a joke. But if the thief would know what had happened and
WHO destroyed his disk .... I wouldn't like to be near him at all.
6. Having phoned TERMINATOR and explained him about this utility , he
came out with the suggestion to make an option to erase ANY disk !
I.E. The target diskname is not checked and every unprotected disk
which is inserted in drive after reset (when a target bootblock is
in RAM) is erased. As TERMINATOR explained there're lots of lamers
around whom he hates a lot, so he asked me to install an option to
erase any disk, not just one particular name !!! Note that this is
VERY VERY dangerous, and make sure you know what you're doing when
you choose this option. This option's selected by leaving the name
of the TARGET DISK empty. (IE You dont type anything in the string
gadget, just install the disk.) I repeat, this is a VERY dangerous
option, and should preferably not be used !!! (Although we already
have a list of lamers who are going to receive a target boot-block
of this type !!)
7. DO NOT ... I REPEAT DO NOT SEND US A DISK WITH A TARGET BOOTBLOCK,
but if you want to swap games/utils/demos/sources/hints/burnt IC s
etc. we will surely find some member to take care of your letters.
Jot down a couple of lines (and preferably send disk[s]) to :
101 - The Maltese Hackers
P.O. BOX 529
VALLETTA
MALTA
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That's all folkz.
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Use this utility with LOTS of care, as it can have boomerang effects
if you give a TARGET bootblock to a friend you swap with. Dont give targets
to other hackers .... don't start wars !!! I am sure that once you know how
and on whom you must use it, you'll find it useful !! We sincerely hope you
eliminate lots of thieves and lamers around.
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