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- From: jimmys@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Jimmy Shaw)
- Subject: Re: Dying disks (but they're copy protected)
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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Reply-To: jimmys@ics.uci.edu (Jimmy Shaw)
- Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.
- Lines: 43
- Date: 4 Jan 93 19:40:58 GMT
- References: <14054@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
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- In article <14054@ecs.soton.ac.uk> Nick Phillips <nwp90@ecs.soton.ac.uk> writes:
- >I have another problem. I have several original Apple games disks
- >which I cannot back up. Some of the games are crap, and I wouldn't
- >be too bothered if the disk died. Others I am more worried about.
- >The ones which I really would like to sort out are Marble Madness, as
-
- I deprotected my own copy of Marble Madness awhile back, and as soon
- as I find my notes (they are currently 40 miles away :-) I'll
- let you know. It's real simple, involves changing a few bytes as
- I recall.
-
- >I get the impression that the disk may well be thinking about dying,
- >and Star League Baseball, because I like the game. If anyone has a
- >set of parms to use with Copy II Plus or Locksmith for either of these,
- >(or quite a few other Activision games - Pitfall, Alter Ego, Borrowed Time
- >etc.) I would appreciate it if you would mail them to me. Either that or
- >a hacked copy of either Marble Madness or Star League Baseball (I'm not
- >worried enough about the others to merit asking you to post me the whole
- >thing).
-
- I don't think asking for a cracked/deprotected copy is a good idea,
- at least not in public :-) I'll mail you the instructions so you can
- hack up your own copy.
-
- >Thanks,
- >
-
- Sure, you're welcome.
-
- >Nick
- >
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- >Nick Phillips 17,Tennyson Avenue, Hitchin, Herts. SG4 0PX - UK
- >nwp90@ecs.soton.ac.uk
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- Jimmy
-
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- Jimmy Shaw RamFAST, ZipGSX and 6.0... Apple II Forever!
- jimmys@ics.uci.edu
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