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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- Path: sparky!uunet!sae!sae.com!kmo
- From: kmo@sae.com (Mike Ovington)
- Subject: Re: M1 Tank Platoon Help!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.140559.15223@sae.com>
- Sender: news@sae.com
- Organization: Template Software
- References: <1992Nov18.082522.44902@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:05:59 GMT
- Lines: 29
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- In article <1992Nov18.082522.44902@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, 2huxsting@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
- |> First off, let me state that I am not a pirate, and would never even ask
- |> this except for the bullshit that I recieved from Microprose.
- |> I am the unhappy owner of M1 Tank Platoon, which uses the insidious
- |> "key disk" method of copy protection. While this at first was annoying,
- |> it later became a pain in the ass when I upgraded to a new system which
- |> lacked the 5 1/4" drive needed for said disk. After agonizing for a while,
- |> I purchased a 5 1/4" drive just for the key disk on M1. This worked a while,
- |> until one day the key disk, which cannot be backed up, went bad.
- |> Several calls to Microprose later, after being told that I would be sent a new
- |> disk for only "$19.99 + shipping", I told them to f*ck off.
- |> The point, therefore, is to ask if someone knows of a crack for the key disk
- |> copy protection, and could tell me where I might be able to find it. It
- |> would make life much better if I could play a game which I legitimately
- |> purchased.
- |> Thanks in advance.
- |>
-
- Microprose itself has a patch to remove the key disk protection to M1 Tank
- Platoon. It is on their BBS at 1-410-785-1841. I had the same problem
- and had heard on the net that the patch was available, so I called
- Microprose directly to ask about it. The customer support person I talked
- to had never heard of it.
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