Wanted: kracked copy of Carmen Sandiego USA (explanation offered)

[sebugg@presby.edu (Stephen Buggie)]

         WANTED: KRACKED COPY OF "WHERE IN USA IS CARMEN SANDIEGO"
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[Before sending flames for my use of the "k-word," read all of this memo!]



       I had the _original_ of "Where in the USA Is Carmen Sandiego," by
Broderbund.  This was the original disk, the box, the "map" (instructions),
and the USA almanac book.   It was included on a IIC system purchase,
although I was not very interested in it.  I did not get very far on it,
but it booted and ran o.k. on my Apples.

       I resold the software package but the buyer has reported that it
will not load at all on his IIgs, and runs only partially on his IIc.

       I have an extensive collection of A+, InCider, and Nibble, and
found the following 1989 "APPLE CLINIC" article about Broderbund copy-
protection and its incompatibility with some software:


                             QUOTED FROM:
                 INCIDER MAGAZINE, AUGUST 1989, P.28
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COPY PROTECTION:

               "I recently tried booting a Broderbund game that runs
fine on a friend's IIe, but on my IIc the disk drive just whirls. I
have another Broderbund game that also wont book on my IIc.   Is there
something wrong with my computer, or any I just stuck with incompatible
software?"

Jay Moorman
Sunman IN

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(APPLE CLINIC REPLIES)

                "A similar problem occurred on one of my older IIe's when
I tried to boot a copy of Broderbund's Print Shop for the first time.  I
contacted the company's technical hot line and found out that the disk's
copy protection scheme requires that the host disk drive be in top
condition."
                                                APPLE CLINIC.

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       The problem appears to stem from Broderbund's excessive 
copy-protection.
Because of this, I feel that it is legitimate to ask if anyone has a version
that will play on an ordinary Apple.  Its _not piracy_ when the 
copy-protection
itself is so finicky that it requires a disk drive in perfect adjustment for
the factory original disk to load!  As our hardware ages, keeping the drives
in perfect adjustment will become increasingly difficult.

       Have I contacted Broderbund about this problem?  No; I last contacted
Broderbund in late 1993 regarding Bank Street Writer Plus, and I was told 
that
no one at Broderbund follows the Apple II any more ....

       So, anyone got a bootable backup of this "overprotected orphan"?

Stephen   sebugg@presby.edu