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FOR THE USERS THAT HAVE 'TK!SOLVER' TK-1(2J & 2K)/PC-DOS/IBM5150
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FROM : THE A.S.P ; (Against Software Protection)
*********N O T I C E*************
THIS RELEASE DATE OCT 3,1984 , SUPERCEEDS ALL PREVIOUS UNPROTECT
PROCEDURES MY ME, INCLUDING VERSION 2J (CORRECTED). THIS .UNP
APPLIES TO BOTH VERSIONS '2J' AND '2K'. IF U HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH
THESE PROCEDURES LEAVE A MESSAGE FOR 'JP ASP' ON ASA FULTON'S BBS.
SYSOP'S, IF U HAVE ANY PREVIOUS .UNPS FOR TKSOLVER, BY ME,
PLEASE REMOVE THEM AND REPLACE WITH THIS ONE
******** END NOTICE *************
ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED TO ASA FULTONS BBS (THE SHINING SUN -305-273-0020)
AND TO
LEE NELSONS BBS (PC-FORUM -404-761-3635)
PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE UNPROTECT PROCEDURES INVOLVE FROM 4 HOURS TO
___________________________________________________________________
40 OR MORE HOURS ( 58+ HOURS FOR 'TK!' ) OF
SINGLE STEPPING THRU CODE AND FIGURING OUT THE
INTENT OF THE ORIGINAL CODE.. SO I WOULD APPRECIATE IT WHEN U PASS
THIS ON TO OTHER BOARDS YOU DO NOT ALTER THIS OR TRY TO TAKE CREDIT
FOR MY LOST SLEEP.... THE A.S.P... (J.P. TO HIS FRIENDS)
OH, AS A FURTHER NOTE. I SEE SOME BBS'S ARE NOW CHARGING U TO BE REGISTERED
TO USE THEIR SYSTEM. FIRST OF ALL I GIVE U FROM 4 TO 60 HOURS OF MY TIME
AT NO COST TO YOU AND I DO NOT LOOK TO KINDLY TO SUCH BBS'S PUTTING ON
MY PROCEDURES AND THEN CHARGING U TO GET ACCESS TO THEM. THEY DIDNT SPEND
TIME AND COST (SAY 'X' HOURS * $40+) TO MAKE THE PROCEDURES AVAIL. , SO
I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT SUCH BOARDS DID NOT USE ANY OF THE 'A.S.P'S'
PROCEDURES, UNLESS THEY ARE WILLING TO PUT THEIR WORKS TRULY IN THE
PUBLIC DOMAIN.. ENOUGH SAID.. THANK YOU.
IF YOU HAVE A HARD DISK OR WANT TO CREATE A BACKUP COPY THAT IS NOT
TIED INTO THE 'TK!' DISKETTE...IN CASE YOUR ONLY COPY GOES BAD
.. THIS PATCH WILL REMOVE THE COPY PROTECTION COMPLETELY.... AS WELL
AS LET TK! RUN AS A STAND ALONE PROGRAM (AS WAS DONE WITH VISICALC).
AS ALWAYS THIS IS FOR YOUR PERSONAL PEACE OF MIND ONLY
IT IS NOT MEANT TO BYPASS ANY COPYRIGHTS..YOU ARE BY LAW BOUND BY
YOUR PURCHASE LICENSE AGREEMENT.
IF YOU HAVE A HARD DISK AND WANT TO PUT THE PROGRAM ON SUCH
WHY SHOULD YOU BE TIED TO A FLOPPY. YOU HAD TO GIVE UP A LOT OF
'BIG MACS' TO GET YOUR HARD DISK.
FIRST OF ALL WHEN I REFER TO THE "B:" DRIVE , IF U HAVE A HARD DISK U
CAN SUBSTITUTE THE APPROPRIATE DRIVE LETTER FOR THE "B:" DRIVE. I ALSO ASSUME
THAT THE ORIGINAL "TK!" IS IN THE "A:" DRIVE IN STEPS 3 THRU 6.
1). FORMAT 1 (BOOTABLE SYSTEM, IF DESIRED) DISK UNDER DOS 2.0 OR 2.1 OR 3.0
2). COPY THE (UNHIDDEN) FILES FROM THE ORIGINAL TKSOLVER DISKETTE TO THE
NEWLY FORMATTED DISKETTE. DELETE TK.COM ON THE COPIED DISKETTE, HOWEVER.
3). PUT THE ORIGINAL TKSOLVER DISKETTE IN THE "A:" DRIVE IF NOT ALREADY THERE.
MAKE SURE A WRITE PROTECT TAB IS ON THE ORIGINAL IF IT IS NOTCHED.
4). I WONT TELL U HOW TO USE DEBUG OR ANY 'PATCHER' PROGRAMS
ON THE BBS'S, I ASSUME U HAVE A BASIC UNDERSTANDING.
5). FIRST I ASSUME U HAVE DEBUG.COM ON A RAM OR C: OR B: DRIVE, SAY DRIVE B.
MAKE SURE DRIVE A (WHERE THE ORIGINAL TKSOLVER DISKETTE IS) IS THE DOS
DEFAULT DRIVE, I. E. A>.
6). ENTER >B:DEBUG TK.COM 'HERE YOU GRAB TK.COM OFF THE ORIGINAL DISK
ENTER -E 951 90 90 90 'THIS DISABLES
-E 957 90 90 90 'SINGLE STEP OVERIDES
-E 57C <AND NOW HIT ENTER>
DEBUG RESPONDS FF. (CURRENT CONTENTS OF 57C SHOULD BE FF.) ON THE SAME LINE,
WITHOUT ANY BLANKS, YOU IMMEDIATELY TYPE CC FOLLOWED BY HITTING ENTER KEY.
THIS WILL CHANGE THE CONTENTS OF THAT LOCATION TO CC.
NOTE: THE ORIGINAL TK! SHOULD STILL BE IN THE "A:" DRIVE.
-G
NOTE: PROGRAM SHOULD STOP AT CS:xxxx:57C
WHAT WE DID WAS LET TK! READ ALL THE OTHER PIECES OF HIMSELF
FROM THE VARIOUS DISK SECTORS (THE GOOD AND BAD SECTORS) OF THE ORIG.
DISK, DO ALL THE DECRYPTING AND SET UP ALL AREAS OF HIMSELF.
IN OTHER WORDS WE LET HIM DO ALL THE WORK FOR US. WE DIDN'T
EVEN HAVE TO FOOL WITH BAD TRACKS, OR ANY DECRYPTING OURSELVES.
-E 57C FF
-E B271 <AND NOW HIT ENTER>
SIMILAR TO ABOVE, DEBUG SHOULD RESPOND FF. YOU THEN TYPE CC AND HIT ENTER.
-G
PRESS THE "ENTER" SINCE TK! IS WAITING ON IT
-E B271 <AND NOW HIT ENTER>
SIMILAR TO ABOVE, DEBUG SHOULD RESPOND CC. YOU THEN TYPE FF AND HIT ENTER.
-T
YOU SHOULD SEE THE FOLLOWING REGISTER STATES:
AX=1C0D
BX=0100
CX=0000
DX=5898
SP=B2AD
BP=0000
SI=B230
DI=A100
-E 389 C6 06 FF 00 0C
-E 38E C6 06 FE 00 22
-E 393 C6 06 FD 00 38
-E 398 C6 06 FC 00 4E
-E 39D 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 'THAT 8 NOP'S
THE FOLLOWING IS A CORRECTION FOR ALL PREVIOUS RELEASES OF THIS .UNP
-E 3A9 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 'THATS 9 NOP'S NOT 8 AS WAS BEFORE
-E 3B2 B0 00
-R AX <HIT ENTER>
DEBUG SHOULD RESPOND AX 1C0D FOLLOWED BY COLON ON NEXT LINE. YOU THEN TYPE 0
AND HIT THE ENTER KEY. SIMILARLY, RESET REGISTERS BX, CX, AND DX TO 0.
-R BX <HIT ENTER, THEN 0, ETC.>
-R CX <HIT ENTER, THEN 0, ETC.>
-R DX <HIT ENTER, THEN 0, ETC.>
NOW ASSUME YOU HAVE THE COPIED TK DISKETTE IN DRIVE B.
-N B:TKNEW.COM
-R CX <HIT ENTER, THEN FFFE PLUS ENTER TO CHANGE CONTENTS TO FFFE>
-W CS:100 'WILL NOW WRITE FFFE BYTES INTO NEW FILE B:TKNEW.COM
RESTORE ALL REGISTERS
-G
NOTE: TK! SHOULD NOW COME UP AS IT NORMALLY WOULD ,
IF IT DOESN'T, PROBABLY B:TKNEW.COM IS NO GOOD.
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7). REBOOT THE SYSTEM WITH A DOS SYSTEM DISK IN DRIVE A.
8). PLACE YOUR ORIGINAL TK! DISK IN A SAFE PLACE SINCE WE NO LONGER NEED IT.
9). THE COPIED TK! DISK WITH TKNEW.COM WRITTEN BY THE DEBUGGER IS TOTALLY
UNPROTECTED AND SHOULD RUN FINE.
YOU CAN RENAME TKNEW.COM TO TK.COM IF YOU LIKE.
YOU CAN ALSO COPY THE FILES TO A RAM OR HARD DISK AND IT SHOULD WORK.
ALSO I HAVENT TESTED THE 'TKNEW.COM' EXTENSIVELY ON DIFFERENT MACHINES
(DIFF MEM. SIZES AND/OR MONITORS). DID TRY IT ON A 'PHAZE'
AND A 3270 PC AND IT APPEARED TO WORK.
OTHER NOTES:
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1). CHECKS FOR SPECIALLY FORMATTED TRACKS COMPLETELY REMOVED
2). U MAY LOAD ALL THE FILES ON THE NEWLY FORMATTED AND UNPROTECTED
DISKETTE DIRECTLY TO HARD OR RAM DISK, IN ANY SUB-DIRECTORY U
SET UP
3). SOMEONE WANTED TO KNOW WHY I USED UPPER CASE FOR EVERYTHING. FIRST
AFTER ABOUT 8 TO 20 HOURS OF STARING AT THE TUBE., I AM NOT ABOUT
TO SHIFT THE CHARACTERS, AND SECONDLY I AM SO EXCITED , AFTER DOING
SOMETHING THAT AT FIRST SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE, AND IN A HURRY TO GET IT OUT
ON A BBS, SO THAT U MAY USE THE NEWLY GLEAMED KNOWLEDGE.
ENJOY YOUR NEW FOUND FREEDOM..HARD DISKS FOREVER!!!!!