Re: WildCard By Central Point Question

[Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com>]

Bryan Villados <news002@macgeek.org> wrote:
> I have a weird question... How did software companies produce the original
> diskettes with the copy protection applied? Did they own proprietary
> hardware that enabled them to manufacture the diskettes? Obviously they
> didn't use things like Locksmith or EDD to mass-produce the diskettes. And
> software that utilized things like SpiraDisc must have some method of making
> the master disk.

You could write Spira-Disc with a standard drive.  With custom software
you could write the tracks with the correct timing.  With a hard drive
or a RAM extender installed you could store the image locally for multiple
writes.

There were mass duplication devices back then, but I don't know how
flexible they were.  Never underestimate the manufacturing power of
ten Apple IIs manned by interns. :-)

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