Re: Copying protected software onto HD

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <2tn629$fnf@hermes.unt.edu>,
Phillip "Ty" Young <tyoung@jove.acs.unt.edu> wrote:
>Hi.  I have a bunch of older Apple ][ programs (subLogic A2, etc.) which 
>I think are copy-protected -- all of which I own personally and have 
>documentation, boxes, etc. for.  Is there a copy program which will allow 
>me to copy these onto my HD ? (OOps..these things are probably DOS 3.3, 
>aren't they? So maybe I'm screwed anyways..)  any suggestions?

   Regular Dos 3.3 things are actually ok. There's a nice program
called Dos 3.3 Launcher which allows one to copy normal, unprotected
Dos 3.3 disks to a HD (under either GS/OS or ProDOS 8), and run those
disks 'off' the HD, as long as they don't touch the upper 16K of a 64K
memory. (That's where part of the launcher resides; if it's stomped
on, bad things happen :). 

   Copy Protected programs are obviously more of a problem. Unless you
feel like removing that protection, when it boots off the HD, it'll
do some weird things that will probably crash. 

Nathan Mates
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