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From: Terje Mathisen <terje.mathisen@tmsw.no>
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Subject: Re: older copy protection...
Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 09:08:48 +0200
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John Levine wrote:
> According to Chris M. Thomasson <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>:
>>> "It was impossible to create a disk image without this hardware"
>>>
>>> The disk has been cloned on the Applesauce.
>>
>> Thanks! I need to ponder on this. Thanks again.
> 
> The usual approach was to patch the program to disable the code
> that checked the copy protection.

The usual "protection" against this was to distribute the checking code 
across both time and space, only loading/decrypting the next part after 
verification.

Terje


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