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Steverd
Registered: Jun 2014
Posts: 11 |
What Copies What was never cracked
Is anyone or any group up for a challenge?
I posted D64/G64 of What Copies What on my blog, This was never been cracked and would be a program of interest for many.
The protection is:
garbage tracks,
short track headers
Trk 35 all AA
Trk 36 weakbits
Halftracks
The file and more info is here on my blog
http://www.c64copyprotection.com/copys-1988/
Thank you |
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Bacchus
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 156 |
So it's a program that suggests what program to use to copy of her protected programs? |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11386 |
it is. no wonder noone ever bothered :)
edit: here is another dump, filedate says 2014 so it must have been around for a while ... |
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Steverd
Registered: Jun 2014
Posts: 11 |
Quote: So it's a program that suggests what program to use to copy of her protected programs?
It is, BUT not as nice as the Original Parameter Cross Reference guide that we all have. |
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Steverd
Registered: Jun 2014
Posts: 11 |
Quote: it is. no wonder noone ever bothered :)
edit: here is another dump, filedate says 2014 so it must have been around for a while ...
Yes, that program was missing until 4 years ago when 5-6 showed up on Ebay. It reminds me of when a copy program also contained copy protection... Hmmm, never made sense to me. |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11386 |
Peeked around in the program a bit, its basic64/abacus compiled (for which no decompiler exists yet) and that means the code is quite a funky mess :=) if you really wanted, i guess just rewriting the basic program from scratch would be less work than removing that protection. not worth the trouble =P
edit: master did it again - What Copies What
apparently the dumped disk was broken - another dump is needed to confirm this, i guess |
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Steverd
Registered: Jun 2014
Posts: 11 |
Nice work MASTER, fast also.
Is there a why I can message MASTER and ask a few questions about this program and how you approached the crack on it for my C64 copy protection blog.
I do not see a PM anyplace on this user page.
Thank you |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11386 |
he does not have an account here :) try forum64.de |
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Knight Rider
Registered: Mar 2005
Posts: 131 |
he does have an account here. it is locked. he has requested several times to get unlocked. no response. |
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iAN CooG
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 3193 |
I can't find any "master" matching him, maybe he was under another login? Tell him to retry for activation, I'll make sure he's reactivated, but he has also 7 days to login after reactivation. |
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Knight Rider
Registered: Mar 2005
Posts: 131 |
His real name and user is Stephan.
see too right Ski or Die [1581] leads to user "dark track" |
