Re: help with deprotecting Catalyst 3.0

[Lockar <lockar@apple2forever.DOTorg>]

        So your suggest that I exit out of monitor and boot the slave
DOS 3.3 disk by 'PR#6'.  Oh should I delete the hello program on the
slave disk (got there by doing 'init hello')

       -Lockar


In article <wRmte.116$W74.28@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com>, Bryan Parkoff
<nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

> >      So basicly I would ']init hello' a black disk to get a DOS 3.3
> > slave disk.  Then boot ProDOS do the call bring up the code,  then do a
> > Open-Apple-Control-Reset to boot the slave disk.  Then save the code on
> > the salve disk? (I get the rest, it's just this part was confusing
> > me.).
>     There is a possibility that Open-Apple-Control-Reset can wipe memory 
> with all zeroes to boot slave disk from ProDOS.  It is because RESET vector 
> is located in $3F0 to $3FF (I can't remember which one).  If you are lucky 
> to have Apple II with monitor ROM which it does not have AutoStart ROM, it 
> would be much easier to deprotect all copy protected disks.  Monitor ROM 
> does not wipe memory with all zeroes.  You can only hit RESET key, it 
> prompts "*" as assembly prompt.  It does nothing without going through any 
> routines like BASIC to overwrite memory.
>     Some hackers can be able to crack using Apple II with monitor ROM, but 
> it can be very difficult on Apple //e.  I hope that it helps.
> 
> Bryan Parkoff
> 
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