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- From: mgreeny@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Greeny)
- Subject: Re: Seeking a PoP crack
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- References: <1992Dec28.122000.12882@cactus.org>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 02:17:52 GMT
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- rdd@cactus.org (Robert Dorsett) writes:
- Here's a crack from an old list that I have... Cavaet Emptor, and do it
- on a copy of the program please:
-
- Edit CODE resource ID #2 with ResEdit... look for the word at offset
- 1F70 (should be 660A), and change it to 600A
-
- Quit Resedit, save the changes... That should make it so the moronic
- copy protection doesn't kick in any more...
-
- For the record, I *DESPISE* any form of copy protection. Yes, software
- companies have to protect their investment somehow, but it's never
- seemed to occur to them that if they make the price cheap, and give good
- support that they'll sell bizillions of copies of their stuff, and other
- items as well.... fair upgrade prices are also in order...
-
- But when a company overcharges for something, I won't buy it -- I'll
- write my own... As for copy protection -- therre's nothing that one
- programmer can't do, that another can't undo -- so it's a big waste of
- time and effort...
-
- No flames please.... Just venting a little holiday meal steam....
- >I bought PoP for my nephews this Christmas. While they like it, the copy-
- >protection "feature" on levels 2+ is a major inconvenience, and can tax the
- >patience of the younger one (8), who likes the program. Especially given the
- >protection scheme's confusing method of using section headers as "lines."
- >Or is it the other way around, don't count the section headers?
-
- >So, I'm looking for a crack, to eliminate the copy protection. I know one's
- >out there; would someone be so kind as to point me in its direction?
-
- >Please, no preaching about the evils of piracy--I'm a head priest, in that
- >respect. However, my rights as a consumer come first. I've obviously not
- >pirated the damned thing, and I don't think I should pay for a system intended
- >to hinder those who do.
-
- >Incidentally, I find Broderbund's protection unethical, at best. No mention
- >is made of the nature of the copy protection in the manual, and the game
- >starts up at level 1 with no protection. It is only when one advances to
- >level 2 and beyond, or saves and opens a game, that the protection method
- >kicks in. A tried and trued gamer would probably reach this state within
- >an hour or two: but a child could spend weeks in Level 1--enough time for
- >retail guarantees or mail-order money-back guarantees to lapse. Nice game;
- >it's a shame it's marred by Broderbund's myopic, asine, greedy, and utterly
- >petty copy-protection policy.
-
-
-
-
- >---
- >Robert Dorsett
- >rdd@cactus.org
- >...cs.utexas.edu!cactus.org!rdd
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