Re: help where to find oregon trail

[modus-dejanews@pr.es.to (Patrick Michael Kane)]

On Thu, 04 Jun 1998 17:43:32 -0500, Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:
>Slick writes ...
>> 
>> Rubywand wrote:
>> >
>> > Slick writes ...
>
> ....
>
>> > > I couldn't make a backup copy because of copy protection. :(
>> >
>> >  ....
>> >
>> >      That's why they call it "copy protection"!
>> >
>> >      There is certainly a Computist crack; however, John Kielkopf's MECC
>> > Copy may do the trick. Go to ...
>> >
>> > ftp://ground.isca.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/apple8/Utils/  and
>> >
>> > download meccopy.sdk 
>
> ....
>
>> It's too late for that. As I posted, my origional disk no longer works.
>> When I put it in the disk drive and reboot, the thing loads to the title
>> screen, then beeps. A control-T shows that I'm now in the Monitor. I was
>> hoping that what I posted would prove that I own(ed?) Oregon Trail
>> legally, and was hoping for someone to tell me where I could get a
>> cracked copy.
>> 
>> Does this request earn me a pirate's badge? How about when I downloaded
>> a cracked copy of Skyfox, F-15 Strike Eagle, and Carmen Sandiago from
>> Asimov
>
> ....
>
>     Merely mentioning Asimov in some favorable light would come pretty
>close. Hmmmm, just a moment ... . Well, well!
>
>     A check of Natey's records shows that, a few months ago, you said
>something nice about the holder of a Real Pirate's Badge and were
>subsequently ranted on as a participant in the 'Lord High Nothin'
>thread. As of 5/27/98, you are entered as entitled to the Real Pirate's
>Badge! Be sure to check with LJ Silicon. As I recall, he is now minting
>the Badges.
>
>
>     Regarding old MECC stuff, it may be difficult for anyone to score
>credits toward a Badge. Last year a teacher trying to set up a Learning
>Resources Center asked MECC for help in converting the school's stock of
>copy-protected Apple II MECC titles to DSK for running on PC's. The
>teacher reported that MECC reps said that nobody minded if the titles
>were converted but that they did not have any deprotect info. Thanks to
>Computist deprotects and MECC Copy, the titles were converted and the
>LRC opened on time.
>
>     Rats! It looks like net traffic is blocking access to Willie's
>Treasure Chest site; so, it is unclear whether or not MECC 'officially'
>welcomes copying of old A2 titles. 
>
>     It's too bad your original Oregon Trail bombed. Perhaps someone
>will just email you a deprotected copy.

FYI, MECC contacted me over a year ago and asked me to remove Oregon Trail
from ftp.apple.asimov.net, probably due to the re-release of the title on the
IBM PC.

Apologies to those who see this follow-up multiple times.
-- 
Patrick Michael Kane
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