Re: Cracked Software

[buggie@auriga.unm.edu (stephen e buggie)]

                 Gettin' Down to Krackin'


You don't need programming skills to get krackin' ---- just a set of
COMPUTIST magazines and a sector editor!

I've got about 90 issues of COMPUTIST and its really helpful.

Steve


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Supertimer (supertimer@aol.com) wrote:
: modus-dejanews@pr.es.to (Patrick Michael Kane) wrote:

: >>I cracked SongWriter, a IIe music program, in order to remove the
: >>copy protection (I actually owned the program, though) but I did not
: >>put "cracked by so and so" screens!
: >
: >I'd happily accept 'cleaned up' versions of disk images already available
: >on asimov.  Even just taking the already cracked versions and removing the
: >"pirate badges" would be a great start.
: >
: >Maybe you could use your skills to help clean up a few, Supertimer?  I know
: >I'm not up to the task.

: Sorry, Patrick, my programming skills are very limited and I have
: only cracked two programs...a demo of Paws Typing and
: SongWriter.

: I don't remember the specifics, but it involved breaking into Applesoft
: BASIC after booting up in the protected version of DOS, then
: launching Copy II+ FROM that DOS and finally copying all the
: files to a normal DOS 3.3 disk.

: Have you noticed there seems to be quite a few programs that
: have no business being cracked....they were not originally
: copy protected, but the cracking groups break into them
: and add "pirate badges" just for the heck of it....sucks!

: It has been many years, but does anyone remember the copy
: protection used in the above programs?  I just want to know
: exactly WHAT I did to crack them.  ;-)