Cracking Techniques


Il faut se rappeler avant tout que chaque numéro de " Cracking Techniques " est un recueil de messages laissés par des déplombeurs sur le BBS de Pirate's Harbor (renommé en T-I-M-E-C-O-R quand il n'était plus bien vu d'avoir le terme "pirate" dans son appellation).

Qui dit recueil, dit sélection.
Seul un pourcentage des messages était choisi pour figurer sur la disquette commercialisée.
Si l'utilisateur voulait en "voir" d'avantage, il devait se payer un accès et se balader sur le BBS pour parcourir toute la prose des célébrités qui signaient alors les logiciels après avoir shunté les protections.

Je pensais que le 1er numéro de la série datait de 1983.
Aussi j'ai été étonné de trouver sur internet des références à des Cracking Techniques de 1982! (Ce BBS date de 1982).
J'ai téléchargé plusieurs disquettes et j'ai constaté qu'il ne s'agit pas véritablement d'un produit fini.
En fait, quand un utilisateur du BBS se connectait à l'époque sur le serveur (durée de connexion limitée!), il pouvait logguer toutes les opérations effectuées dessus, ce qui inclut la lecture des messages publics et la liste des rubriques.
Ces disquettes contiennent en fait ce type de logs.
Ce qui permet de s'apercevoir que la série des Cracking Techniques est loin de représenter la tonne d'informations qui était alors disponible en ligne.
Dans cette page figure ce que j'ai pu récupérer de ces disks (tri assez pénible qui m'a par ailleurs obligé à faire une révision de mes pages sur les versions 1983 et 1984).
Pour chaque rubrique, il n'y a que quelques messages... et c'est bien dommage :-((

Par ailleurs, comme l'utilisateur pouvait arrêter à tout moment la lecture d'un message en appuyant sur la touche "espace", si la personne voulait passer à un autre message avant la fin de l'affichage, le fichier de la log est amputé.

Je termine ici la compilation des CT (Cracking Techniques) annuelles avant tout motivée par le souhait de montrer ce qui a été l'inspiration d'origine des disks similaires de l'Underground français. Bien entendu, la comparaison s'arrête là, puisqu'aux USA il y a eu une pléthore de BBS pirates face à nos 3 à 4 serveurs minitel contenant des rubriques de cracking (RTEL étant le principal). Pour ce qui est des vrais BBS français (sous GBBS, Metal, TelePom et autres Stormtel), je n'en connais aucun qui soit sorti de la marginalité (et contenant un forum Underground).


Ces fichiers CT sont parfois instructifs.

Avec la rubrique "Contests" de T-I-M-E-C-O-R, on voit bien qu'il s'agissait avant tout d'un concours de vitesse entre les groupes de pirates avec à la clef la "gloire" pour le 1er qui arrivait à déverrouiller un soft. Dans ce contexte, on peut aussi imaginer qu'il y avait une rude concurrence entre les BBS eux-mêmes avec celui qui aurait le 1er l'information.

J'ai noté aussi la présence d'un message de Randy Ubillos, l'auteur de Nibbles Away (message DOS Tricks transféré sur CT83).

Amusant de constater que les pros venaient directement à la source pour voir si leurs produits donnaient satisfaction!
Dans la rubrique Wildcard, il était possible d'écrire à une personne de la société créatrice de cette carte d'interruption (EastSide Software).
On voit que cela ne dérangeait aucunement cette société de cotoyer les pirates (Reset Vector, ...)

Pour finir, je voudrais juste vous signaler qu'il y a une petite partie dédiée au déplombage dans le documentaire " BBS: The Documentary " signé par Jason Scott. On y voit (entre autres) pour de vrai les anciens pirates Sinbad Sailor et Mini Appler du groupe Midwest Pirate's Guild / M.P.G. (groupe dont il est question dans cette page à plusieurs reprises) et The Freeze s'exprimer sur leur ancienne activité: le crack of course!

MPG

IF YOU HAVE OTHER PIRATE'S HARBOR / TIMECOR'S MESSAGES, THANK YOU TO SEND ME AN EMAIL !!!


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Lien Information
Voir 01) LOGIN T-I-M-E-C-O-R, HELP, MAIN MENU.
Voir 02) KNOWN OPERATING BBS.
Voir 03) WILDCARD MENU.
Voir 04) WILDCARD MESSAGES #1 TO #9.
Voir 05) CRACKSHOT MENU.
Voir 06) CRACKSHOT/REPLAY MESSAGES.
Voir 07) PIRATES HARBOR ARCHIVES (MENU).
Voir 08) PIRATES HARBOR ARCHIVES (MESSAGES FOR YEARS: 82 83 84).
Voir 09) CRACKING CONTEST (MENU).
Voir 10) CRACKING CONTEST (OLDER MESSAGES).
Voir 11) CRACKING TIPS ARCHIVES (MESSAGES).
Voir 12) APPLE II --- PIRATES HARBOR (MENU).
Voir 13) APPLE II --- PIRATES HARBOR (MESSAGES).
Voir 14) CRACKING TOOLS.


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01) LOGIN T-I-M-E-C-O-R, HELP, MAIN MENU.


CONNECTED TO:  T-I-M-E-C-O-R

(ENTER PASSWORD OR TYPE THE WORD 'NEW')

 ----> X_48_7_A__L_


CHECKING PASSWORD...


ENTER THE LAST 4 DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE:
   --> XXX-XXX-8_6_0_5_


ON-LINE: BRIAN SNOOK


====== WELCOME TO  T-I-M-E-C-O-R ======

   A TELEPHONE INFORMATION EXCHANGE

COPYRIGHT (C) 1982-84 BY  T-I-M-E-C-O-R

== CALLER--STOSH FIXER <<<

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BOARD ACTIVATED--?
ENTER S)CAN OR P)OST

(?=MENU) COMMAND: ?

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SELECT BULLETIN BOARD TO ACCESS:

       1 = PUBLIC ACCESS BOARD
       2 = CRACKING TIPS----RESTRICTED
       3 = PARAMETER BOARD--RESTRICTED
       4 = ANONYMOUS CALLER BOARD
       5 = HOW TO PLAY GAMES
       6 = BOSTON COMPUTER SOCIETY
       7 = VIDEO WORLD
       8 = FOR SALE/TRADE/WANTED
       9 = COMMODITIES-STOCKS-OPTIONS
      10 = PRODUCTS FROM T-I-M-E-C-O-R
      11 = APPLE II-----PIRATES HARBOR
      12 = APPLE /// &  APPLE FORUM
      13 = ATARI
      14 = COMMODORE
      15 = DEC, HEATH, TI, & OTHERS
      16 = I.B.M. PERSONAL
      17 = RADIO SHACK
      18 = W I L D C A R D
      19 = C R A C K - S H O T
      20 = JOKES
      21 = PIRATES HARBOR ARCHIVES
      22 = CRACKING TIPS  ARCHIVES
      23 = CRACKING CONTEST
      24 = ADVENTURE TIPS
      25 = OLD GAMES TIPS ARCHIVES
      26 = PIRACY DEBATE
      27 = MACINTOSH
      28 = STORY / REVIEW
      29 = THE OPERATOR


:::: GENERAL INTEREST SECTION ::::


* = TOPICS ACTIVE      NO '*' = EMPTY.

  *  1 = T-I-M-E-C-O-R PRODUCTS
  *  2 = COMPUTER PRODUCTS
  *  3 = T

(?=MENU, 1-21) ->:


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LIST OF SUPPORTED COMMANDS:
---------------------------
PRESS SPACEBAR TO SKIP MENU
DRIVE=CAPTURE TRANSMIT
LINES= 501SPECHARDUPLEX
BAUD =REMOTE CARRIER
FULL
ON
ON
300
ON
OFF
 ^^^^^^^ SOUTHEASTERN SOFTWARE ^^^^^4.0
501
SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING :
A)WAIT CALL
C)ATALOG DISK
D)ELETE TEXT
E)NTER PHONE NUMBER
H)ANGUP PHONE
I)NSERT TEXT
L)IST TEXT
M)ERGE FROM FILE
P)RINT TEXT
Q)UIT PROGRAM
S)END TEXT
T)OGGLE
A)LTERNATE DRIVE (1/2)
B)AUD RATE (110/300)
C)APTURE (ON/OFF)
D)UPLEX (FULL/HALF)
L)OCAL CARRIER (ON/OFF)
S)PECIAL CHARACTERS (ON/OFF)
T)RANSMIT (ON/OFF)
W)RITE TO FILE
WHICH > ?  (PRESS RETURN TO ABORT)

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TIME'S UP!    SORRY.
PLEASE CALL AGAIN !!

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 TOTAL CONNECT TIME IS 16 MIN., 9 SEC.
        YOU WERE CALLER #107637

             T-I-M-E-C-O-R
  (REACHING PEOPLE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY)

          PLEASE CALL AGAIN !

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T-I-M-E-C-O-R
P.O. BOX  8928
BOSTON, MA  02114
617-720-3600


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02) KNOWN OPERATING BBS.




B

: KNOWN OPERATING BULLETIN BOARDS :

      !!!  LAST UPDATED 2/84  !!!

ABBS - BOSTON......24 HRS..617-720-3600
ACADIANA ..................318-988-1302
ALASKA ....................907-278-4223
APPLE CRACKERS ............614-475-9791
APPLE CRATE II.............206-935-9119
APPLE GUMBO ...............318-861-1012
APPLE JACKS ...............714-823-1451
APPLE-MATE ................201-864-5345
APPLE-NET..................312-685-9573
ARCADE CITY ...............213-859-0894
ASYLUM ....................618-692-0742
ATLANTA CONNECTION.........404-929-0800
AUSTIN PARTY BOARD.........512-442-1116
BARN ......................201-994-9620
BULLET-80 BOSTON...........617-266-7789
C.A.M.S. ..................217-429-4738
CBBS - BOSTON..............617-646-3610
CHARLESTON ................304-345-8280
CHICAGO ...................312-882-9237
CHIPMUNK ..................312-323-3741
COIN GAMES ................213-336-5535
COMMUNICATIONS HEX ........904-721-3271
COMPUSHOP FWA .............817-261-4700
COMPUTER EMPORIUM .........408-227-5416
COMPUTER EMPORIUM .........515-279-8863
COMPUTER ISLAND ...........301-543-9429
COMPUTER LIBRARY ..........504-885-2391
CRESCENT CITY .............504-454-6688
DRAGON'S LAIR..............408-996-7464
ELPPA SYSTEM ..............315-768-8153
FOURTH DIMENSION ..........314-532-4652
GALAXY ONE ................215-244-0864
GRAND FORKS ...............701-746-4959
GRANITE CITY ..............618-877-2904
HARPOS BAR&GRILL ..........618-254-6074
HAWAII ....................808-488-7756
INTERFACE AGE MAG .........213-926-9553
LEAWOOD ...................913-648-6071
M.S.L. ....................414-377-3878
MAG. FANTASIES ............213-465-1431
MIAMI'S BIG APPLE..........305-948-8000
MICRO MEGA ................312-935-2933
MICRO-SYS .................707-528-3462
N.A.G.S. ..................618-466-9497
N.E. MINNESOTA ............218-727-2184
N.E.M.S. II ...............617-891-1349
NET-WORKS (BASE UNIT) .....812-858-5405
NEW YORK ..................212-410-0949
OREGON CITY ...............503-655-6009
PIRATE'S BAY ..............415-775-2384
PIRATE'S CHEST ............213-454-3075
PIRATE'S COVE .............516-698-4008
PIRATE'S HARBOR ...24 HRS..617-720-3600
PIRATE'S LODGE ............516-627-9048
PIRATE'S PALACE ...........713-974-5253
PORTSMITH .................603-436-3461
SAN FRAN. APPLE CORPS .....415-585-6334
SPACE AGE .................314-821-5826
ST.LOUIS EXCHANGE .........314-994-9257
STOCKCRAFT FINANCIAL ......201-539-4252
T-I-M-E-C-O-R......24 HRS..617-720-3600
TERMEXEC ..................617-863-0282
TEXAS .....................817-261-4700
TORONTO ...................416-445-6696
VIDEO FANTASIES ...........215-363-0563
VISUAL COMM ...............805-522-1789
VON'S ELECTRONICS .........317-743-8667
WEEKENDER .................713-492-8700
WOODLAND HILLS ............213-346-1849

WHEN CALLING OTHER SYSTEMS, PLEASE LET
THEM KNOW ABOUT T-I-M-E-C-O-R...

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03) WILDCARD MENU.


ENTER ACCESS #18

BOARD ACTIVATED--18
ENTER S)CAN OR P)OST

(?=MENU) COMMAND: S

 
: SCAN/READ BULLETIN BOARD :

 
THERE ARE 66 ACTIVE MESSAGES
...ONE MOMENT, PLEASE...


START LISTING TITLES WITH #1


1.  WELCOME TO WILDCARD !!
2.  WILDCARD USERS
3.  WILDCARD MANUALS
4.  WILDCARD ACCESS TO MONITOR
5.  WC ROMS
6.  ALEX FROM ALFRED
7.  ROM REVISION??
8.  WILDCARD ROMS
9.  CRACK BOOK ENDS
10. NOW WAIT JUST A MINUTE!

(T)ITLES, (R)EAD, (Q)UIT: _


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04) WILDCARD MESSAGES #1 TO #9.



MESSAGE #1: WELCOME TO WILDCARD !!

MSG LEFT BY: SYSTEM OPERATOR
DATE POSTED: SUN JUN 19 10:31:15 AM

WILDCARD HAS NOW ARRIVED !!!
 
THIS NEW BOARD HAS BEEN CREATED FOR THE
 LUCKY OWNERS OF THIS CRACKING TOOL.
 
POST QUESTIONS AND INFO ON WILDCARD NOW
  ON THIS BOARD.
 
YOU MAY ALSO LEAVE MAIL FOR ALEX MARX,
  THE OWNER OF EASTSIDE SOFTWARE
 
THIS BOARD WILL REMAIN FREE FOR 2 WEEKS
  AND THEN WILL HAVE A $15 ACCESS CHARGE
 
ENJOY !!!

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MESSAGE #2: WILDCARD USERS

MSG LEFT BY: ALEX MARX
DATE POSTED: SUN JUN 26 11:25:41 PM

HI:
 
ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT SEEM STRANGE TO SEE
A WILDCARD BOARD ON PIRATES HARBOR,
FEAR NOT ALL IS KOSHER.
 
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS
PLEASE LEAVE MESSAGES HERE OR ON E-
MAIL. I WILL TRY TO CHECK IN SEVERAL
TIMES A WEEK.
 
IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS, IDEAS, OR
SOLUTIONS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO POST THEM
HERE OR ON E-MAIL.
 
THANK YOU.
 
ALEX MARX
 
THE VOICE OF THE WILDCARD

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MESSAGE #3: WILDCARD MANUALS

MSG LEFT BY: ALEX MARX
DATE POSTED: SUN JUN 26 11:28:25 PM

TO THOSE WILDCARD OWNERS WHO HAVE THE
NEW //E-II+ CARDS:
 
THE MANUALS SHOULD BE DONE BY THE END
OF JULY. PROOFS ARE ON THE WAY TO ME
AND THEN IT'S THREE WEEKS AT THE
PRINTERS.
 
BELEVE ME IT'S WORTH THE WAIT.
 
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FILLED OUT AND
SENT IN YOUR COUPON FOR THE NEW
MANUAL.
 
ALEX MARX
THE VOICE OF THE WILDCARD

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MESSAGE #4: WILDCARD ACCESS TO MONITOR

MSG LEFT BY: THE WOODPECKER
DATE POSTED: WED JUN 29  7:41:16 AM

THE EARLIER  WILDCARD  ALLOWED DIRECT
ACCESS TO THE MONITOR.  THIS IS VERY
USEFUL, AND IS THE FEATURE THAT I USE
MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. 
   THE NEW VERSION HAS SACRIFICED THIS
FEATURE FOR A SCREEN DUMP.  ANYWAY TO
GET BOTH FEATURES ON THE CHIP? 
   I DON'T USE THE NEW CHIP BECAUSE
THE OLD ONE IS MUCH MORE USEFUL.
          .............WOODY

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MESSAGE #5: WC ROMS

MSG LEFT BY: ALEX MARX
DATE POSTED: THU JUN 30  7:33:00 PM

THERE ARE SEVERAL VERSIONS OF THE
ROMS. THE LATEST TWO VERSIONS (
2.5 AND 2.6) ALLOW ACCESS TO THE
MONITOR VIA A CTRL Y. CTRL Y AND
<RETURN> WILL PUT YOU BACK INTO
THE WILDCARD FIRMWARE.
 
ALEX
 
THE VOICE OF THE WILDCARD

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MESSAGE #6: ALEX FROM ALFRED

MSG LEFT BY: SANDY DEAK
DATE POSTED: SAT JUL  2 11:31:35 PM

NO LUCK ON  BEING THE ULTIMATE USER. SY
STEM IS MUCH TOO COMPLECATED OR RATHER
SOPHISTICATED FOR A DUMB TERMINAL TO
CHANGE.  IF YOU CHANGE THE CORRECT
VECTORS THE COMPUTER HANGS UP THEIR
USING A DIFFERENT SYSTEM.
 
                    ALFRED & GEOFFRY

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MESSAGE #7: ROM REVISION??

MSG LEFT BY: JIM MILLER
DATE POSTED: SUN JUL  3 10:54:29 PM

I HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN THE VARIOUS
VERSIONS OF THE FIRMWARE ON THE
WILDCARD. TWO QUESTIONS: FIRST, HOW CAN
I TELL WHAT VERSION I HAVE? THERE'S NO
REVISION # ON THE ROM. SECOND, HOW DO
I GO ABOUT GETTING A COPY OF FIRMWARE
(ROM) THAT GIVES ACCESS TO THE MONITOR?
I HAVE A II+/IIE WILDCARD PURCHACED AT
APPLEFEST(BOSTON). BY THE WAY, THE
WILDCARD WORKS GREAT!!!!
                   JIM
                   MILLER

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MESSAGE #8: WILDCARD ROMS

MSG LEFT BY: SANDY DEAK
DATE POSTED: MON JUL  4  6:37:36 PM

JIM:
 
VERSION NUMBERS APPEAR ON THE FIRST
MENU STARTING WITH 2.5. ANY THING ELSE
ARE PRIOR VERSIONS HOWEVER, I AM NOT
SURE WHEN THE MONITOR COMMAND WAS PUT
IN. I THINK IT WAS VERSION 2.5. TRY
ENTERING CTRL Y FROM THE FIRST MENU.
IF YOU GET INTO MONITOR THEN CTRL Y
AND RETURN WILL PUT YOU BACK INTO
MENU.
 
NEW ROMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR $20.00
POST PAID. CONTACT OUR OFFICE
AT 212 355 2860 TO ORDER.
 
ALEX MARX
 
THE VOICE OF THE WILDCARD

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MESSAGE #9: CRACK BOOK ENDS

MSG LEFT BY: RESET VECTOR
DATE POSTED: FRI JUL  8 10:33:15 PM

WELL, I HAVE CRACKED A LOT OF STUFF WIT
H REPLAY, AND EVER SINCE I GOT REPLAY
I HAVEN'T USED MY WILDCARD TOO MUCH, BU
T IT WORKS VERY NICELY ON THE NEW
PROGRAM BOOKENDS FROM SENSIBLE SOFTWARE
.  YOU CAN CRACK BOTH THE 48K AND 64K
VERSIONS WITH EQUAL EASE, THE ONLY TRIC
K BEING THAT YOU HAVE TO USE THE
UTILITY SOFTWARE TO WIPE HIRES PAGE 2 S
O THAT THE SOFTWARE CAN DO THE
COMPRESSION.  THE JUST FID THE NORMAL F
ILES FROM THE ORIGINAL ONTO YOUR
WILDCARD COPY.  YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
 RECONFIGURE THE COPY, ALTHOUGH IT
COULD BE DONE WITH A SECTOR EDITOR IF Y
OU TOOK THE TIME TO FIGURE IT OUT.
COURTESY OF ->RESET VECTOR!

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05) CRACKSHOT MENU.


ENTER ACCESS #19


BOARD ACTIVATED--19
ENTER S)CAN OR P)OST

(?=MENU) COMMAND: S

 
: SCAN/READ BULLETIN BOARD :

 
THERE ARE 78 ACTIVE MESSAGES
...ONE MOMENT, PLEASE...

                                                                             
START LISTING TITLES WITH #1


1.  >> C R A C K - S H O T <<
2.  >> MULTI ACCESS DISKS
3.  SEAFOX IS CRACKED
4.  N.M.I. NOTES
5.  SPITFIRE SIMULATOR
6.  SEAFOX ADDENDUM
7.  UBI 4.0 ETC.
8.  NMI PROBLEM?
9.  THATS NO PROBLEM
10. NEW PARMS

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06) CRACKSHOT/REPLAY MESSAGES.




MESSAGE #2: >> MULTI ACCESS DISKS

MSG LEFT BY: RED REBEL
DATE POSTED: SUN SEP  5 12:41:23 PM

FORMATTED FOR UPPER/LOWER CASE AND ALSO
FOR 80 COLUMNS.
 
SUBMITTED BY: LES HERBST
 

EXTRA USES FOR THE REPLAY CARD


     BESIDES BEING A PROGRAM COPY SYSTE
M THE REPLAY CARD CAN ALSO BE USED FOR
PROGRAM ANALYSIS. THE ABILITY TO HALT P
ROGRAM EXECUTION AT ANY TIME AND HAVE A
LL THE RESTART DATA SAVED FOR YOU IS A
NICE UTILITY.
     IF YOU WONDER HOW A PROGRAM WORKS
OR WHERE THE MICROPROCESSOR IS CURRENTL
Y EXECUTING CODE AT ANY TIME YOU CAN US
E THE REPLAY CARD. SIMPLY BOOT THE PROG
RAM YOU WISH TO ANALYZE, LET IT PROCEED
 TO THE POINT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN AND
 MAKE A COPY AT THAT TIME.
     MOST PROGRAMS ON THE MARKET THESE
DAYS ARE IN ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE. THERE AR
E SOME PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN APPLESOFT F
OR SELL. TO FIND OUT WHERE THE APPLESOF
T PROGRAM IS EXECUTING LOOK AT THE ZERO
 PAGE LOCATIONS STORING THE CURRENT LIN
E. SEE THE APPLESOFT MANUAL FOR THOSE L
OCATIONS AND OTHERS.
     IF THE PROGRAM YOU COPIED IS IN MA
CHINE LANGUAGE THE PROGRAM COUNTER WAS
SAVED AT TIME OF COPY. TO SEE THE PROGR
AM COUNTER YOU HAVE TOO OPTIONS. ONE IS
 TO USE THE EDITOR PROGRAM OR THE BETTE
R ALTERNATE IS TO USE THE PACKER PROGRA
M. THE PACKER IS A BETTER CHOICE BECAUS
E IT HAS MORE UTILITIES FOR ANALYSIS BU
ILT IN.
     TO SEE THE PROGRAM COUNTER (PC), S
TACK POINTER (SP), AND OTHER REGISTER D
ATA LOAD TRACK $13 HEX. FROM THE DOCUME
NT MANUAL ON REPLAY SYSTEM LOOK UP THE
STORAGE PATTERN FOR THE RESTART DATA. T
HIS TELLS YOU WHAT DATA IS SAVED AND WH
ERE. ON TRACK $13 THE 4TH PAGE IS THE R
ESTART DATA. THE PC IS STORED AT $XXF9
AND $XXFA, LOW BYTE FIRST. OTHER REGIST
ER DATA IS DOCUMENTED.
     A COPY OF THE STACK IS STORED AS T
HE SECOND PAGE OF TRACK $13. WITH THIS
DATA YOU CAN FOLLOW THE PROGRAM EXECUTI
ON AND FIND OUT WHERE THE CODE SEGMENTS
 ARE FOR DIFFERENT SUBROUTINES OR OTHER
 OPERATIONS.

     AN EXAMPLE USE IS GIVEN BELOW.


     SOME PROGRAMS USE A SET TRACK FOR
COPY PROTECTION. THIS TRACK DOES NOT CO
NTAIN SECTOR DATA, IT CONTAINS ONLY A S
ET SEQUENCE OF BYTES FROM 1 TO ?? THAT
THE PROGRAM LOOKS FOR. BIT COPIERS HAVE
 PROBLEMS COPYING TRACKS LIKE THIS WITH
OUT HELP FROM USERS. NYBBLES AWAY II HA
S A TRACK/BIT EDITOR FOR WORKING ON A T
RACK BUT WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT SEQUENCE
OF BYTES THE PROGRAM EXPECTS THE USER M
AY HAVE A HARD TIME. THE REPLAY CARD CA
N BE USED TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

     MAKE A COPY OF THE DISK USING A BI
T COPIER. THEN BOOT THE COPIED DISK. IF
 THE DISK BOOTS PART WAYS BUT THEN HANG
S ON A GIVEN TRACK THE PROGRAM MAY BE L
OOKING FOR A SEQUENCE OF BYTES AND CANT
 FIND THEM. THIS COULD BE A SYNCHRONIZE
D COPY ALSO. EITHER WAY THE PROGRAM DOE
S NOT LIKE THIS PARTICULAR TRACK FOR SO
ME REASON. WELL...LET'S FIND OUT WHY!!
     THIS TIME BOOT THE COPIED DISK AND
 RIGHT WHEN THE PROGRAM MOVES TO THE TR
ACK IT DOES NOT LIKE MAKE A COPY WITH T
HE REPLAY CARD. THIS MAY NECESSITATE RE
MOVING THE COVER OF THE DISK DRIVE TO W
ATCH THE DISK BOOTING A COUPLE OF TIMES
. A GOOD CALIBRATED EYEBALL HELPS. WATC
H THE READ/WRITE ARM AND COPY THE PROGR
AM RIGHT WHEN IT STOPS ON THE TRACK GIV
ING PROBLEMS.
     NOW YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE PROGRAM
 AS IT IS READING THAT TRACK. TO PROCEE
D FROM HERE YOU MUST RUN THE PACKER PRO
GRAM. ONCE IN THE PACKER PROGRAM USE OP
TION 2 TO READ IN TRACK $13. THEN FIND
THE VALUE OF THE PC AT TIME OF COPY. IF
 THE PC VALUE IS ABOVE $F800 THEN THE P
ROGRAM WAS USING A MONITOR ROUTINE. YOU
 NEED TO FIND THE SP VALUE AND LOCATE T
HE STACK TOP. THE TOP TWO BYTES ON THE
STACK ARE WHERE THE PROGRAM WAS EXECUTI
NG BEFORE IT CALLED THE MONITOR ROUTINE
, UNLESS THE MONITOR ROUTINE CALLED ANO
THER MONITOR ROUTINE. ONCE YOU HAVE THE
 LOCATION IN LOWER MEMORY WHERE THE CAL
LING ROUTINE IS YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THA
T AREA.
     USE OPTION 2 TO LOAD THE BUFFER WI
TH MEMORY FROM AROUND THE ABOVE VALUE.
THEN USE OPTION 3 TO DISSASEMBLE AND AN
ALYZE THE CODE IN THAT AREA. FIND OUT W
HERE THE DISK IS BEING READ. THE CODE W
ILL LOOK SOMETHING LIKE BELOW.

0000  LDA $C088,X
0003  BPL $0000

     THIS IS THE CODE TO LOOK AT THE DI
SK INPUT DATA LATCH. AFTER THIS CODE IS
 EITHER STORAGE OF THE LOADED DATA OR C
OMPARISON TO A SET VALUE (SUCH AS $D5).
 THIS WILL LOOK LIKE:

0003  BPL $0000
0005  CMP #$D5
0007  BEQ $0020
0009  (PRINT ERROR AND REBOOT)
       "
0020  (ALL OK PROCEED)

     USUALLY THE CODE WILL LOOK FOR A S
EQUENCE OF BYTES SO THERE MAY BE SEVERA
L SETS OF THE ABOVE CODE. IF THE LOADED
 DATA DOES NOT MATCH THEN THE PROGRAM W
ILL USUALLY PRINT AN ERROR MESSAGE AND
REBOOT OR CRASH. YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS A
T THIS POINT.
     ONE IS TO USE THE TRACK AND BIT ED
ITOR OF NYBBLES AWAY II AND MAKE THE TR
ACK LOOK LIKE THE PROGRAM WANTS. THE OT
HER IS TO MODIFY THE CODE OF THE PROGRA
M. THE FIRST IS EASY IF NOT MANY BYTES
ARE CHECKED, IF THE TRACK COTAINS A SIG
NIFICANT AMOUNT OF DATA THEN FORGET IT!
!
     THE SECOND IS MORE APPEALING AS IT
 DOES AWAY WITH THE PROTECTION SCHEME.
TO DO THAT YOU NEED TO MODIFY THE CODE
AS IT RESIDES ON DISK. THIS CAN GET MIG
HTY TRICKY AND TIME CONSUMING. UTILITIE
S SUCH AS THE INSPECTOR AND DR. WATSON
COME IN HANDY HERE. THEY ALLOW ACCESS T
O THE DISK ON SECTOR LEVEL.
     THE PROCEDURE IS SOMETIMES NOT EAS
Y AND MAY REQUIRE A COUPLE OF ITERATION
S. MAKE THE COPY OF THE PROGRAM AS DESC
RIBED ABOVE. NOW WHAT YOU MUST DO IS AN
ALYZE THE CODE AND FIND OUT WHERE AN ER
ROR IS DETECTED. A CODE TO LOOK FOR IS


JMP $C600

     THAT REBOOTS THE DISK IN DRIVE ONE
. SO ANY CODE THAT EXECUTES THAT IS ERR
OR CODE. SOME PROGRAMS AS MENTIONED ABO
VE WILL LOOK FOR A SEQUENCE OF BYTES. I
F ANY ONE OF THE BYTES IS NOT CORRECT I
T WILL BRANCH TO AN ERROR CODE AREA, LO
OK FOR THIS. ALSO LOOK FOR ANY CODE THA
T PRINTS 'ERROR' OR OTHER ERROR INDICAT
OR, FIND ALL ENTRIES TO THAT CODE.
     ONCE YOU THINK YOU HAVE LOCATED AL
L THE ERROR CODE AND ENTRIES TO THEM YO
U MUST CHANGE THAT CODE. THE PROCEDURG
I TRY FIRST IS TO PUT NOP'S ($EA) WHERE
 THE PROGRAM BRANCHS OR JUMPS THE THE E
RROR CODE. IN OTHER WORDS CHANGE THE PR
OGRAM SO THAT THERE IS NO ENTRY TO THE
ERROR CODE. YOU CAN CHANGE THE PROGRAM
IN MEMORY BUT THAT WON'T DO YOU ANY GOO
D. WHAT YOU MUST DO IS TO CHANGE THE CO
DE ON THE COPIED DISK. CHANGE THE DISK
THAT WAS COPIED BY THE BIT COPIERS, NOT
 THE DISK COPIED BY REPLAY. WE ONLY USE
D THE REPLAY COPY TO ANALYZE THE CODE A
ND PROGRAM FLOW. YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE
 ORIGINAL BIT COPIED DISK TO MAKE IT RU
N.
     HERE IS THE FUN PART, SOMETIMES IT
 CAN BE QUICK BUT OTHER TIMES IT CAN TA
KE SOME TIME. A PRINTER IS A DEFINITE H
ELP. WHAT YOU MUST DO IS TO FIND OUT WH
ERE THE CODE YOU HAVE ANALYZED IS STORE
D ON THE BIT COPIED DISK. IT COULD BE O
N ALMOST ANY TRACK. USE LOGIC!!! IF THE
 DISK BOOTED TRACK ZERO AND THEN CHECKE
D TRACK 1 FOR A BYTE SEQUENCE THEN THE
CODE MUST HAVE COME OFF TRACK ZERO. BUT
....IF THE PROGRAM LOADS IN SEVERAL TRA
CKS AND THEN LOOKS FOR A BYTE SEQUENCE
THE CODE COULD HAVE BEEN LOADED FROM AN
Y OF SEVERAL TRACKS.
     FIND THAT CODE!!! LOAD SECTORS AND
 DISSASEMBLE, COMPARE THE CODE FOUND AN
D ANALYZED BY THE REPLAY CARD. WHEN YOU
 HAVE A MATCH ENTER YOUR CHANGES AND SA
VE BACK TO DISK. THIS IS WHERE THE SEAR
CHING CAPABILITIES OF INSPECTOR AND DR.
 WATSON CAN COME IN HANDY. OF COURSE IF
 THEY ARE USING DIFFERENT ADDRESS MARKE
RS YOU MAY HAVE TO MODIFY DOS SOME. THA
T GOES INTO A WHOLE NOTHER REALM.

     SO THE BASIC PROCEDURE IS AS FOLLO
WS.


MAKE A COPY OF DISK WITH BIT COPIER.
RUN COPIED DISK AND FIND TRACK WHERE PROGRAM DIES.
BOOT COPIED DISK AGAIN ONLY THIS TIME MAKE
REPLAY COPY WHEN TRACK IS REACHED.
ANALYZE CODE LOOKING AT THAT TRACK.
FIND ERROR CONDITIONS OR WHAT IS DESIRED ON TRACK.
OPTIONS:
     1. MAKE TRACK FIT DESIRED
     2. CHANGE CODE ON COPIED DISK TO IGNORE
        ALL ERROR CONDITIONS.

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MESSAGE #5: SPITFIRE SIMULATOR

MSG LEFT BY: JOEL BRENNER
DATE POSTED: TUE SEP 21  8:20:53 PM

AIRSIM-1 AND THE NEW SPITFIRE
SIMULATOR ARE BOTH UNCOPYABLE AS FAR
AS I CAN TELL, BUT THEY BOTH CAN BE
PARTIALLY CRACKED VERY EASILY WITH
THE NMI BOARD; YOU CRACK THE PROGRAM
ITSELF AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO USE
LOCKSMITH TO COPY THE TRACKS THAT
CONTAIN THE 10 SCENES.  SINCE THERE IS
NO INFORMATION ON THE DISK PAST TRACK
10, THE C10, THE CRACKED FILE CAN BE PU
10, THE CRACKED FILE CAN BE PUT ON THE
DISK ALONG WITH THE SCENES AND THEN
THE WHOLE DISK BECOMES A STRAIGHT
LOCKSMITH COPY (YOU CAN ALSO OBVIOUSLY
COPY THE NORMAL TRACKS WITH A NORMAL
COPY PROGRAM IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING
LIKE FAST COPY THAT ALLOW YOU TO
SELECT WHAT TRACKS YOU WANT TO COPY.)
  FOR THOSE NMI USERS WHO ARE HAVING
TROUBLE FIGURING OUT HOW TO USE THE
PACKER (ARE YOU TIRED OF GETTING
OVERWRITE ERRORS??), PLEASE MAP OUT
THE MEMORY SEGMENTS OF THIS CRACK;
NOTE THAT DEST IS ARRANGED SO THAT THE
3RD SEGMENT OF MEMORY ADDED DIRECTLY
OVERLIES ITS EVENTUAL DESTINATION AFTER
THE PROGRAM IS RUN.  DON'T FORGET THAT
THE RERUN PROGRAM TAKES UP $100 OF
MEMORY.
   THE PARAMETERS FOR THE CRACK FOR
BOTH PROGRAMS ARE (AND MUST BE IN THIS
ORDER!):  $8...$1F
         $8E...$BF
         $60...$8D
         DEST=0D  
       REDEST  0
THE SAVE PARAMETERS WILL BE A$D00,
L$8100.  TRANSFER THIS FILE TO A DISK
WITH SUPER COPY SO THAT IT WILL OCCUPY
THE LAST TRACKS, THEN PUT DOS ON THE
DISK TO BRUN THIS FILE, THEN COPY
TRACKS 3-F FROM THE ORIGINAL DISK WITH
LOCKSMITH.  THAT'S IT!
   KEEP ON CRACKING!
   JOEL BRENNER

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MESSAGE #6: SEAFOX ADDENDUM

MSG LEFT BY: TRYSTAN II
DATE POSTED: WED SEP 22  1:46:12 AM

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO SAW MY PREVIOUS ME
SSAGE ABOUT HOW
TO CRACK SEAFOX WITH THE NMI BOARD, HER
E IS A LITTLE MORE
DETAIL:
 
MODULES TO COPY:  $0-$7
                  $8-$1F
                  $96-$BF
                  $8E-$94
                  $59-$5F
                  $60-$8D
 
THE START OF THE STORE IS AT $800 AND T
HE MOVE ROUTINE IS AT $9500.
 
HOPE THIS CLEARS THINGS UP.  IF YOU HAR
E ANY OTHER PROBLEMS, JUST
LET ME KNOW VIA E-MAIL.
 
                        <<TRYSTAN II>>

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MESSAGE #7: UBI 4.0 ETC.

MSG LEFT BY: JOEL BRENNER
DATE POSTED: WED SEP 22  8:14:40 PM

THE FOLLOWING CRACK IS NOT THE
SLICKEST ONE IN THE WORLD, BUT IT
DOES WORK, AND I GUESS THAT IS THE
IMPORTANT PART.  ONE NOTE IN
ADVANCE: THE NMI BOARD DOCUMENTATION
STATES THAT THE BOARD CANNOT BE USED
IF A LANGUAGE CARD OR INTEGER CARD
IS IN PLACE.  THIS IS FOR THE MOST
PART UNTRUE!  IF WHEN YOU HIT THE
INTERRUPT SWITCH YOU GET THE "READY
TO COPY" THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO
TAKE OUT YOUR RAM CARD.  IF NOTHING
HAPPENS, THEN YOU DO.  I COULD
CRACK UBI 4.0 WITH THE NMI BOARD
EVEN THOUGH IT REQUIRES THE PRESENCE
OF BOTH LANGUAGES AND THUS LOADS
INTEGER INTO THE LANGUAGE CARD; EVEN
THOUGH THE LANGUAGE CARD WAS BEING
USED, THE NMI BOARD STILL WORKED.
   AFTER BOOTING UBI 4.0, PRESS A KEY
TO GET TO THE TEXT PAGE AND THEN HIT
THE NMI SWITCH.  YOU WILL BE STARTING
THIS PROGRAM ON TEXT PAGE 2. IF YOU
MAP OUT THE MEMORY YOU WILL SEE THAT
I JUST STARTED AT $C000 AND WORKED
BACKWARDS SO THAT MOST OF THE PACKED
FILE ACTUALLY OVERLIES ITS EVENTUAL
DESTINATION; THIS IS AN EASY WAY TO
WORK OUT DEST AND REDEST IF A LOT OF
THE PROGRAM IS IN THE HIGHER PARTS OF
MEMORY.
   PARMS ARE:  $8...$1F
              $58...$BF
             DEST=37
           REDEST=57
SAVE PARAMETERS ARE A$800,L$8900
JUST TAKE OUT THE $58...$BF IN CHUNKS
STARTING AT $58. AFTER YOU GET THE
FILE OUT, TRANSFER IT TO A UBI
INITIALIZED DISK THAT WILL LOAD YOUR
MISSING LANGUAGE.  WHEN THE PROGRAM
COMES UP IT WILL FREEZE; HIT RESET
AND THEN EVERYTHING WILL WORK
PERFECTLY, ALTHOUGH YOU WILL BE
MISSING THE GRAPHICS PAGE (WHO CARES?)
I'M SURE YOU COULD TAKE OUT LESS AND
MAKE THE PROGRAM WORK, BUT I COULDN'T.
KEEP ON CRACKING...JOEL BRENNER

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MESSAGE #9: THATS NO PROBLEM

MSG LEFT BY: RED REBEL
DATE POSTED: SAT OCT  9  5:22:31 PM

TRYSTAN II,
 
BEFORE U TYPE BRUN SENSIBLE SPELLER,
 
TYPE MAXFILES 1
 
KEEP ON CRACKING !!!
 
                    >> RED <<<

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MESSAGE #10: NEW PARMS

MSG LEFT BY: LES HERBST
DATE POSTED: SAT OCT  9  9:07:50 PM

TO NMI USERS....NEW PARMS
 
THE FIRST FEW ARE TESTED AND THE MODULE
ARE LISTED IN CORRECT ORDER.
 
 
CROSSFIRE ! $08.$33 $34..$65 $66 $79
   $7A..$83  $84..$87  DEST=08 RDST=88
 
SNACK ATTACK ! $08..$1F $98.$9A $29.$51
   $52..$83  $84..$8D  $8E..$97
 
   DEST=08  REDEST=20
 
ELIMINATOR ! $90..$AF  $08.$1F  $40.$6F
   $70..$83 $84..$86 DEST=08  REDEST=20
 
FIREBIRD ! USE C.NO $20..$50
 
VISICALC ! $08..$33 $34..$65  $66..$79
  $7A..$7F  DEST=08  REDEST=81
 
THE ONES BELOW ARE UNTESTED SUPPLIED
BY ALTERNATE
 
SNOGGLE * $8..$1F  $60..$C0
 
RASTER BLASTER * $0A..$1F $40..$8B
 
STAR CRUISER * $08..$1F  $40..$80
 
VISIDEX * $08..$1F $60..$61 $97..$C0
 
MAGIC WINDOW * $08..$48  $96..$C0
 
 
     FOR A FIRST TRY ON A LOT OF GAMES
IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO TRY C.NO $20..$50
TO PACK THEM.
 
    T.R.A.S.H. SYSTEMS

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07) PIRATES HARBOR ARCHIVES (MENU).




ENTER ACCESS #21

BOARD ACTIVATED--21

START LISTING TITLES WITH #1

1.  * PIRATES HARBOR ARCHIVES *          NOTES (DECKARD)
2.  CRACKING TECHNIQUES-CONTENTS         => CT83
3.  HOW TO WIN AT SNOGGLE                DESTROYED
4.  CHECKSUM TRICK                       => CT83
5.  DOS LANGUAGE CARD TRICK              => CT83
6.  >>>  D O S  T R I C K  <<<           => CT83
7.  VISIDEX CRACKED!                     => CT83
8.  VISIDEX LOWER CASE                   => CT83
9.  U-SOFT RAM CARD MOD                  HERE
10. HOW TO CRACK THE ELIMINATOR          => CT83
11. LANGUAGE CARD                        HERE
12. CRACKING ALIEN AMBUSH!!!             => CT83
13. CRACKING ATLANTIS                    HERE
14. DELAY IN LABYRINTH                   HERE
15. HOME ACCOUNTANT CRACKED              HERE
16. ADDITIONS                            HERE
17. HOW TO CRACK FORMAT ][               HERE
18. PATCHING FORMAT ][                   HERE
19. SWASHBUCKLER                         HERE
20. FIX DISK                             => CT83
21. PIG PEN CRACKED                      HERE
22. LAF PAK CRACKED                      HERE
23. MARAUDER CRACKED                     HERE
24. STAR CLONES                          HERE
25. MADBOMBER+BLISTERBALL IN 1           HERE
26. CRACKING MICROWAVE                   HERE
27. CRACKING MARAUDER                    HERE
28. TERRAPIN LOGO CRACK                  HERE
29. CRACKIN CONGO                        => CT83
30. CRACKING GOLD RUSH                   => CT83
31. NMI NOTES                            HERE
32. MASTERTYPE Pt 1                      HERE
33. MASTERTYPE Pt 2                      HERE
34. KAMIKAZIE                            HERE
35. DARK                                 HERE
36. ACCOUNTING + ][                      HERE
37. PRISONER 2                           HERE
38. PRISONER TYPO                        HERE
39. CRACKING PRISONER ][                 => CT83
40. AZTEC                                => CT83
41. SPACE VIKINGS                        ????
42. BAG OF TRICKS                        ????
43. MASK OF THE SUN                      HERE
44. TUBEWAY                              HERE
45. ULTIMA ][                            HERE
46. SPACE VIKINGS                        HERE
47. MULTIPLAN                            HERE
48. EPF IV                               HERE
49. SOFTERM                              => CT83
50. DATATRANS                            => CT83
51. LOCK-IT-UP PROGRAMS                  HERE
52. VISIBLE COMPUTER                     HERE
53. PINBALL CONSTRUCTION                 HERE
54. VC ADDENDUM                          HERE
55. FIX FOR BREAK P3.3                   HERE
56. CANNONBALL BLITZ                     HERE
57. BAG OF TRICKS                        HERE
58. MICROWAVE                            HERE
59. TRANSYLVANIA                         HERE
60. HALF TRACKING                        => CT83
61. APPLE SPELLER                        HERE
62. EINSTEIN COMPILER                    HERE
63. AE PRO SERIAL NUMBER                 HERE
64. PFS CRACK                            HERE
65. GPS PRO VERSIONS                     HERE
66. BELL HOP                             HERE
67. BELL HOP ERRATA                      HERE
68. FARMPLAN                             HERE
69. GPS ADDENDUM                         HERE
70. GENESIS                              HERE
71. TRANSEND II                          HERE
72. WAR CRACK                            => CT83
73. ALL PLATO                            => CT83
74. DARK CHRYSTAL                        HERE
75. STICKY BEAR NUMBERS                  HERE
76. FLOCKLAND ISLANDS                    => CT83
77. ZOOM GRAPHICS                        => CT83
78. DEATH IN THE CARRIBEAN               => CT84
79. INSTANT RECALL                       => CT84
80. SAMMY & CIDER SPIDER                 => CT84
81. S & CS 'MY WAY'                      => CT84
82. MICRO LAB STUFF                      => CT84
83. SAMMY LIGHTFOOT                      => CT84
84. LOCK-IT-UP 5.1                       HERE
85. ZAXXON                               HERE
86. LEARNING WITH LEEPER                 => CT84
87. ULTIMA III                           HERE
88. ULTIMA III Pt 2                      HERE

????
41. CRACK CAVES OF OLYMPUS               HERE
42. CAVES OF OLYMPUS II                  HERE


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08) PIRATES HARBOR ARCHIVES (MESSAGES FOR YEARS: 82 83 84).


MESSAGE #3: HOW TO WIN AT SNOGGLE

MSG LEFT BY: SYSTEM OPERATOR
DATE POSTED: SUN FEB 14 12:09:09 AM

IT SEEMS THAT BRODERBUND PUT IN A TRICK
THAT THEY DID NOT TELL YOU A

<the end of the file is missing>

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MESSAGE #9: U-SOFT RAM CARD MOD

MSG LEFT BY: AXE MAN
DATE POSTED: MON MAR  8  1:08:58 PM

THE CORRECT WAY TO MODIFY THE MICROSOFT
RAM CARD (ANY RAM CARD, FOR THAT MATTER
) IS TO LIFT THE IOSELECT PIN FROM THE
P.C. BOARD, AND CONNECT IT TO A SWITCH
THAT HAS THE ORIGINAL SIGNAL FROM THE
APPLE BUS ON ONE SIDE AND A PULLUP OF
+5V THROUGH A 2K RESISTOR TO THE
OTHER SIDE... ONCE THE CARD HAS BEEN
SET IN A MODE, IT CANNOT BE CHANGED
(I.E. SET RAM READ ONLY, AND IT IS
 EFFECTIVELY MOTHERBOARD ROM AS FAR
 AS THE CARD IS CONCERNED -- IT CANNOT
 BE  MODE CHANGED UNLESS THE SWITCH
 IS SWITCHED.
 )
                         AXE MAN

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MESSAGE #11: LANGUAGE CARD

MSG LEFT BY: RICHARD BROWN

HERE'S A TIP TO LANGUAGE CARD USERS.

IF YOU PLAN TO USE A MODIFIED BASIC
LANGUAGE IN YOUR CARD, IT'S HELPFUL
TO MODIFY THE PROMPT TO DISTINGUISH
IT FROM THE NORMAL VERSION.

THE LOCATION OF THE APPLESOFT PROMPT
       IS $D440   ORIGINAL VALUE $DD

THE LOCATION OF THE  INTEGER  PROMPT
       IS $E2B9   ORIGINAL VALUE $BE

THE LOCATION OF THE  MONITOR  PROMPT
       IS $FF6A   ORIGINAL VALUE $AA


                  HAVE FUN

                  RICHARD BROWN

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MESSAGE #13: CRACKING ATLANTIS

MSG LEFT BY: JOEL BRENNER

I READ THE MESSAGE ABOVE ON HOW
CRACK ADVENTURE TO ATLANTIS.
THERE IS A MUCH EASIER WAY!!!!!
IT DEMUFFINS WITHOUT ANY PATCHES
NECESSARY!  THE ONLY CATCH IS
THAT YOU HAVE TO REMOVE DOS ON
THE DESTINATION DISK, BECAUSE
EVEN IN DOS 3.3 THERE WON'T BE
ENOUGH ROOM FOR ALL THE FILES!!
YOU WILL THEN HAVE TO BOOT DOS
FROM ANOTHER DISK, INSERT YOUR
ATLANTIS DISK AND "BRUN HELL0".
OR, YOU CAN DO WHAT I DID -
REWRITE DOS TO USE TRACK 23, THEN
FREE UP SECTORS 6-16 ON TRACK
3, AND YOU'LL HAVE ABOUT 2 SECTORS
TO SPARE!!
BY THE WAY - OTHER PROGRAMS WHICH
WILL DEMUFFIN WITHOUT PATCHES
INCLUDE STARXHIP COMMANDER AND
MUMMY'S CURSE.
KEEP ON CRACKING!!!
          JOEL

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MESSAGE #14: DELAY IN LABYRINTH

MSG LEFT BY: SAM BASS

IF YOUR CRACKED COPY OF LABYRINTH HAS
A LONG DELAY BEFORE RESTARTING, TRY
THE FOLLOWING PATCH
  BLOAD LABYRINTH
  CALL-151
  69D4:EA EA EA
  7729:EA EA EA
  BSAVE LABYRINTH,A$7FD,L$7803

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MESSAGE #15: HOME ACCOUNTANT CRACKED

MSG LEFT BY: JERRY PICKERING

  TO CRACK H/A SIMPLY LOAD DEMUFFIN +
INTO $6000.
  THEN BOOT H/A
  RESET OUT AT THE FIRST
  APPLESOFT PROMPT

FROM MONITOR TYPE:
 *803<6000.8000M
THEN:
803G

AND LET RED'S DEMUFFIN PLUS TAKE IT
FROM THERE.

                     JP

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MESSAGE #16: ADDITIONS

MSG LEFT BY: JERRY PICKERING

SORRY....FORGOT TO ADD THIS TO THE
ABOVE MESSAGE

AFTER YOU RESET OUT OF HOME ACCOUNTANT
TYPE:

*3D9:4C 00 BD

THEN PROCEED WITH THE MOVE OF DEMUFFIN
PLUS, AND RUN IT FROM THERE.

                         JP

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MESSAGE #17: HOW TO CRACK FORMAT ][

MSG LEFT BY: BOZO NYC

HERE'S HOW YOU CAN CRACK THE NEW APPLE
DOS WORDPROCESSOR, FORMAT ][. THIS DISK
USES DUAL DIRECTORIES AND UNCOPYABLE
NIBBLE TRACKS (3&4).

USE SUPER DISK COPY 3, BRUTE FORCE, TO
COPY THE DISK.  YOU WILL GET 3 SECTOR
ERRORS ON TRACKS 3 & 4, BUT DON'T WORRY
BOOT THE COPY AND WAIT AT LEAST ONE
MINUTE SO THAT THE WHOLE PROGRAM HAS
BEEN LOADED, AND THE ENTIRE EXEC FILE
HAS BEEN EXECUTED.  AT THIS POINT THE
DISK WILL BE SPINNING, AND NOTHING WILL
BE HAPPENING. PRESS RESET (TWICE MAY BE
NECESSARY). TYPE: CALL-151 <CR>
THEN 9DBFG <CR> TO REHOOK DOS.
CATALOG THE DISK, AND YOU SHOULD SEE 4
FILES; TWO OF THEM ARE BINARY FILES OF
ABOUT 78 SECTORS. BLOAD THE FIRST ONE
(VIDEX VERSION), TYPE: CALL -151 <CR>
6800:4C 31 68 <CR>
BSAVE (USE THE SAME NAME),A$2000,L$4C00
THEN BLOAD THE OMNIVISION VERSION AND
REPEAT THE SAME PROCESS.

IF YOU WANT TO TRANSFER THE FILES TO A
STANDARD DISK, USE DEMUFFIN PLUS, OR
ANY OTHER METHOD YOU LIKE.  THERE ARE
A FEW PEEKS IN THE EXEC FILE THAT CHECK
TO SEE IF THE WEIRD DOS IS PRESENT, AND
THESE WILL HAVE TO BE CHANGED.


THE UTILITY DISK IS STANDARD DOS, AND
MAY BE COPIED WITH ANYTHING.
THE CRACKED DISK CAN BE COPIED WITH
COPY A OR SUPER DISK COPY (QUICK)

HAPPY CRACKING

BOZO

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MESSAGE #18: PATCHING FORMAT ][

MSG LEFT BY: BOZO NYC


HERE'S SOME MORE INFO FOR FORMAT ][
USERS (CRACKERS?):

PATCH TO ELIMINATE NEED FOR HARDWARE
SHIFT KEY JUMPERS:

FILES TO MODIFY ARE FORMAT.MCODE.VIDEX
                AND FORMAT.MCODE.OMNIV
BLOAD EACH FILE (SEPARATELY, OF COURSE)
2009:EA EA
2030:10
2029:EA EA
BSAVE EACH FILE  A$2000,L$4C00


IF YOU ARE CONVERTING THE CRACKED PROG.
(SEE MY PREVIOUS MESSAGE) NOTE THAT
THERE IS EXTENSIVE ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE
REPATCHING REQUIRED TO CONVERT THE
SYSTEM TO WORK UNDER STANDARD DOS
WITH THE CATALOG ON TRACK $11.

THE PRINTER I/O, WHICH CAN BE PATCHED
TO CHANGE DEFAULTS, IS NOW LOCATED ON
TRACK $11.  IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE
THIS ROUTINE AVAILABLE TO THE MAIN
PROGRAM, EVEN IF YOU DON'T MODIFY
THE DEFAULTS, TO DO ANY PRINTING.
IT IS READ IN USING RWTS, AND IS
CALLED BY TRACK & SECTOR LOCATION,
RATHER THAN AS A FILE.

THE SERIAL # IS FOUND AT THE END OF
THE BASIC PROGRAM   FORMAT.BASIC

NOTE THAT REMOVING THE SHIFT KEY
WIRE REQUIREMENT (WITH MY PATCH
ABOVE) WILL REQUIRE YOU HAVE A
KEYBOARD ENHANCER TO ENTER ANY
LOWER CASE CHARACTERS


BOZO

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MESSAGE #19: SWASHBUCKLER

MSG LEFT BY: JOE KOUYOUMJIAN


          EVER WONDER HOW TO COPY
SWASHBUCKLER??? WHATS THAT YOU SAY?
YES? WELL HERES HOW:


    1) TURN COMPUTER ON (SWITCH
       ON BACK!)
    2) PRESS RESET.
    3) INSERT SWASHBUCKLER DISK.
    4) TYPE 'PR#6' THEN TYPE CTRL-C
    5) WHEN YOU GET THE 'BREAK'
       MESSSAGE TYPE 'FP'
    6) THEN INSERT YOUR SYSTEM MASTER
       DISK.
    7) TYPE 'RUN COPYA' THEN COPY
       THE DISK!!!!


   YES, THATS RIGHT, COPYA!!! COME-ON
DATAMOST, YOU CAN DO BETTER!!!!

         ---JOE KOUYOUMJIAN

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MESSAGE #21: PIG PEN CRACKED

MSG LEFT BY: CAPTAIN NIBBLE


HOW TO CRACK PIGPEN
 
INIT A DOS 3.3 DISK
LOAD PIGPEN ORIGIONAL
RESET WITH THE OLD MONITOR ROM
LOAD YOUR NEW INIT'ED DISK
CALL-151
*800:4C 00 60
*A964:FF
NOW CONTROL "C" BACK TO DOS
BSAVE PIGPEN,A$800,L$9000
NOW WRITE A HELLO PROGRAM TO BRUN
THAT'S IT
 
CAPTAIN NIBBLE

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MESSAGE #22: LAF PAK CRACKED

MSG LEFT BY: CAPTAIN NIBBLE


COPY ORIGIONAL LAFPAC WITH COPYA
NOW WITH A DISK NIBBLE EDIT
CHANGE THE FOLLOWING
T4  S0  BYTE 8,9,A FROM 20 33
 
 
TO EA EA EA
 
TA  S9  BYTE 7C FROM 20 TO 60
TD  S2 BYTE 33 FROM 20 TO 60
 
T15 SA BYTE 0D FROM CE TO 60
 
NOW YOU HAVE A COPYA-ABLE LAFPAK
 
SEE-YA   CAPTIAN NIBBLE

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MESSAGE #23: MARAUDER CRACKED

MSG LEFT BY: CAPTAIN NIBBLE


HOW TO CRACK MARAUDER
FIRST MAKE A COPY WITH COPYA
THEN CHANGE TRACK 11 SECT 7
BYTE 8B FROM A9 TO 60
THATS ALL THERE IS TO IT.
ANOTHER FREE-BEE FROM
CAPTAIN NIBBLE

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MESSAGE #24: STAR CLONES

MSG LEFT BY: CAPTAIN KIDD


HERE'S HOW TO BREAK STAR CLONES:
NOTE: YOU MUST BE RELATIVELY KNOLEGABLE
OF HOW TO BOOT TRACE A PROGRAM:
1) READ IN FIRST STAGE BOOT AT 800
2) CHANGE 84A TO 4C 59 FF (RESET)
3) 800-900 UP TO 9000
4) HAVE 96F8 MOVE 9000 BACK DOWN TO
800 THEN JMP 801.
5) LET THAT RUN THROUGH.
6) LOOK AT B700 THIS IS THAT PART THAT
READS IN THE REST OF THE PROGRAM.
7) CHANGE B770 TO 4C 59 FF (RESET AGAIN
)
8) CHANGE 904A TO 4C 00 92
9) PUT A MEMORY MOVE ROUTINE AT 9200
THAT MOVE 9100 UP TO B700.
10) MOVE B700 DOWN TO 9100.
11)**** MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU JUMP
TO B700 TO JUMP TO B706 THIS MUST BE
DUNE OR IT SILL SCREW UP!!!!
12) HAVE THE MEMORY MOVE AT 9200 JUMP
TO B706.
13) REN THIS THROUGH, IT SHOULD ACT
LIKE IT IS LOADING THE GAME WHEN IT
IS DONE IT SELLBEEP ANDTURNOFF THE
GRAPHIC ROUTINES.
14) SAVE THE FILE IN WHAT EVER MANNER
SUITS YOU BEST.
NOTE YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO FIT IN THE
TITLE PICTURE SINCE YOU NEED FROM:
7F8 TO AA00 I THINK SO THERE ISN'T ROOM
FOR THE TITLE.
WHEN YOU HAVE DONE YOUR MEMORY MOVE
JUST JUMP TO A200 THIS WILL START THE
GAME, AND YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT
THE ZERO PAGE SINCE IT RESTORED FOR YOU
AT A200.
 
   HAV FUN  - KEEP BREAKING!
                  CAPTAIN KIDD

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MESSAGE #25: MADBOMBER+BLISTERBALL IN 1

MSG LEFT BY: JAMES DINUNZIO


 
HELLO!
WE JUST DISCOVERED A WAY TO CRACK
MADBOMBER+BLISTERBALL CHANGING ONLY ONE
BYTE!
 
 
1) BOOT A NORMAL (3.3) DOS
2) BLOAD MUFFIN(FROM THE SYSTEM MASTER)
3) GET INTO THE MONITOR - 'CALL -151'
4) TYPE 1A12:BB
5) TYPE '803G' TO RUN MUFFIN AND COPY
   ALL FILES.
 
THATS IT!

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MESSAGE #26: CRACKING MICROWAVE

MSG LEFT BY: THE MIMIC


BOOT APPLE AIDS...A UTILITY FOR CRACKIN
USE Q^CHOICE #7....SECTOR EDITOR
TYPE L(LOAD)3(TRACK)0(SECTOR)
TYPE A(ASCII)
THE PLUS KEY GOES FORWARD IN THE DISK
WHEN YOU COME ACROSS A SECTOR THAT HAS
A STRING OF 8 OR MORE BYTES OF THE FF
MAKE A NOTE OF THIS SECTOR
AND CONTINUE
 
WHEN YOU ARE DONE...TAKE A DISK AND
USE NIBBLES AWAY II TO COPY TRACKS
0-3 THEN COPY THE ENTIRE DISK ELIMI.
NATING THE SECTORS YOU JOTTED DOWN...
 
THEN FILL THOES SECTORS WITH '@@@'
(NULLS) THAT ENABLES YOU TO CATALOG
THE DISKETTE
THEN JUST TRANSFER THE PROGRAMS ONE BY
ONE
 
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT THEY(THE INDIV
PROGRAMS) CHECK TO SEE IT THEY ARE
ON THE CORRECT PLACE ON THE DISKETTE
 
THERE IS NO WAY TO AVOID THIS
 
.....THE MIMIC

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MESSAGE #27: CRACKING MARAUDER

MSG LEFT BY: DR. NIBBLEMASTER


THIS ONE HAS TO BE THE EASIEST PROGRAM
TO CRACK IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE.
 
DO THE FOLLOWING:
 
<1> COPYA MARAUDER ORIGINAL
<2> EDIT TRACK 11 SECTOR 7 AND CHANGE
 
    B8D FROM A9 TO 60
 
 
THATS IT (WOW HARD!)
 
ANOTHER HELPFUL CRACK FROM:
 
       DR.NIBBLEMASTER

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MESSAGE #28: TERRAPIN LOGO CRACK

MSG LEFT BY: JOEL BRENNER

TERRAPIN LOGO IS REALLY EASY TO CRACK.
JUST DO THE FOLLOWING:
BOOT YOUR SYSTEM MASTER
CALL-151
B925:18 60
B988:18 60
BE48:18
RUN COPYA
NOW COPY THE DISK AND THER YOU HAVE IT!
YOU WILL HAVE TO PUT DOS ON THE DISK OR
TRANSFER THE 2 FILES TO A NEW DISK.YOU
CAN THEN PUT ALL OF THE FILES FROM THE
UTILITY DISK ONTO THE SAME DISK AND
STILL HAVE ABOUT 170 FREE SECTORS!
        JOEL BRENNER

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MESSAGE #31: NMI NOTES

MSG LEFT BY: JOEL BRENNER


HERE ARE SOME NOTES ABOUT THE NMI
BOARD...FISST LET ME SAY THAT THIS
BOARD IS REALLY TERRIFIC AND WELL
WORTH THE PRICE, BUT IT IS NOT MAGIC.
DO NOT BUY IT EXPECTING TO CRACK
EVERYTHING IN SITE.  ALTHOUGH IT IS
VERY EASY TO GET A PROGRAM OUT ONTO
A DISK THAT WILL RUN WITH THE NMI
BOARD IN YOUR APPLE, IT CAN BE VERY
DIFFICULTY TO GET THE PROGRAM FROM
THIS DISK ONTO NORMAL DOS.
   THE LISTED PARMS FOR SENSIBLE
SPELLER WORK FINE, BUT THE COMMAND
FILE DOES NOT, SO DO IT MANUALLY! THE
SAME GOES FOR NIBBLES AWAY ][.
   HERE ARE SOME PARMS FOR OTHER
PROGRAMS.  PLEASE NOTE THAT I HAVE
LISTED THE VERSION NUMBERS OF THE
PROGRAMS, BECAUSE OTHER VERSIONS MAY
NOT CRACK THE SAME WAY.
THE SCANNER,V 1.6: $8...$28 TEXT 1
DISK ORGANIZER V 2.6: $8...$24
                     $30...$31
                     $37...$3A
                     $80...$8F
                     DEST=10
                   REDEST=25
                   TEXT PAGE 2
BAcK IT UP ][+ V2.4: $8...$F
                    $9F...$BF
                    $80...$8F
                    DEST=20
                  REDEST=28
                  TEXT PAGE 2
STILL WORKING ON SUPER COPY 3.8.
HOPE THIS ALL HELPS!
       JOEL BRENNER

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MESSAGE #32: ENTRY #1  -MASTERTYPE

MSG LEFT BY: TRYSTAN II


THIS CRACKING PROCEDURE IS FORMATTED
FOR
80 COLUMNS!  BE SURE YOU USE THE
'V' COMMAND TO CHANGE YOUR VIDEO WIDTH
BEFORE DOWNLOADING IT.  THE CODE
REQUIRED FOR THE EXEC STEP OUTLINED
BELOW
IS IN THE NEXT MESSAGE.
 
MASTERTYPE IS A HI-RES TYPING TUTOR AND
 LOTS OF FUN.  TO PUT MASTERTYPE ONTO
A NORMAL DOS 3.3 DISK, USE THE
FOLLOWING
STEPS:
 
    1)  MASTERTYPE WILL DEMUFFIN
NICELY.
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT IT HAS A
SLIGHTLY MODIFIED DOS.  SINCE IT
IS EASIER TO MODIFY NORMAL DOS TO
MATCH MATERTYPE DOS THAN TO TRY
AND FIND ALL THE MODIFIED DOS
COMMANDS WITHIN THE MATERTYPE
PROGRAMS, HERE IS WHAT WE DO....
 
    2)  BOOT NORMAL DOS 3.3.  EXEC THE
CODE WHICH IS IN PART 2 OF THIS MSG.
THIS CODE CONTAINS THE DOS CHANGES.
THE CODE WILL END UP AT LOCATION
$1000.  NOW, TYPE: A884<1000.10
ECM TO MOVE THE CODE UP INTO DOS WHERE
IT BELONGS.  BECAUSE THE HELLO
PROGRAM FOR MASTERTYPE IS A TEXT FILE
WHICH IS EXEC'D, YOU NEED TO CHANGE
LOCATION $9E42 FROM $06 TO $14.
 
    3)  NOW INIT A NEW DISK WITH YOUR
MODIFIED DOS.  THE INIT COMMAND HAS
BEEN CHANGED TO NORM, SO YOU WOULD
TYPE: NORM HELLO.  BEFORE YOU
BRING UP DEMUFFIN, DELETE THE HELLO
PROGRAM ON YOUR TARGET DISK.
IF YOU DON'T, YOU WILL GET A FILE
TYPE MISMATCH ERROR BECAUSE YOU
WILL BE TRYING TO OVERWRITE AN
APPLESOFT FILE WITH A TEXT FILE.
 
    4)  RE-BOOT WITH A NORMAL DOS AND
BLOAD YOUR DEMUFFIN PROGRAM AT $6000.
BOOT YOUR MASTERTYPE DISK, THEN
PRESS RESET AFTER A FEW SECONDS.  MOVE
DEMUFFIN DOWN TO ITS PROPER ADDRESS
WITH: 803<6000.7900M.  YOU NOW
HAVE TO CHANGE THE DOS COLDSTART
JUMP AT $3D0 WITH 3D0:4C BF 9D.
BE SURE YOU ARE DEMUFFINING FROM
THE ORIGINAL MASTERTYPE DISK TO
THE DISK YOU JUST FINISHED INIT
IALIZING (THE ONE WITH THE SPECIAL
DOS), THEN TYPE 803G AND YOU'RE
OFF AND RUNNING.
 
    5)  WHEN DEMUFFIN IS DONE, SO ARE
YOU.
JUST BOOT UP THE NEW DISK!
ONE CAUTION:  WHEN CREATING YOUR
OWN LESSONS ON THE MASTERTYPE
DISK OR ON YOUR OWN DISKS, NEVER
USE THE RETURN KEY AS GIVEN IN
THE INSTRUCTIONS.  ALWAYS USE THE
SPACE BAR WHETHER YOU ARE SAVING
YOUR LESSONS TO MASTERTYPE OR TO
ANOTHER DISK!!  IF YOU PRESS
THE RETURN KEY, MASTERTYPE WILL
INIT THE DISK!  THIS PROCEDURE USED
TO BE NECESSARY SINCE MASTERTYPE
WAS A 13-SECTOR DISK WITH THE
16-SECTOR BOOT PATCH INSTALLED.
IT IS NO LONGER NECESSARY BECAUSE
ALL THE DISKS ARE THE SAME NOW
(DOS 3.3).
 
    6)  ENJOY!

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MESSAGE #33: ENTRY #1A -MASTERTYPE

MSG LEFT BY: TRYSTAN II

 
1000:4E 4F 52 CD 4C 4F 41 C4
1008:53 41 46 C5 52 55 CE 43
1010:48 41 49 CE 44 45 4C 45
1018:54 C5 4C 4F 43 CB 55 4E
1020:4C 4F 43 CB 43 4C 4F 53
1028:C5 52 45 41 C4 45 58 45
1030:C3 57 52 49 54 C5 50 4F
1038:53 49 54 49 4F CE 4F 50
1040:45 CE 41 50 50 45 4E C4
1048:52 45 4E 41 4D C5 46 49
1050:4C 45 D3 4D 4F CE 4E 4F
1058:4D 4F CE 50 52 A3 49 4E
1060:A3 4D 41 58 46 49 4C 45
1068:D3 FC FC 50 55 D4 47 45
1070:D4 42 52 55 CE 43 41 4C
1078:CC 00 00 00 00 CE 56 45
1080:52 49 46 D9 00 21 70 A0
1088:70 A1 70 A0 70 20 70 20
1090:70 20 70 20 70 60 00 22
1098:06 20 74 22 06 22 04 23
10A0:78 22 70 30 70 40 70 40
10A8:80 40 80 08 00 08 00 04
             ?
10E0:7F 00 00 FF 7F 00 00 FF
10E8:7F 00 00 FF FF
 
REM - THE DOS COMMANDS WHICH
REM - WERE CHANGED ARE:
REM

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MESSAGE #34: ENTRY #2  -KAMIKAZIE

MSG LEFT BY: DISK ZAPPER


HERE'S HOW TO CRACK THAT NEW GAME FROM
HAYDEN SOFTWARE 'KAMIKAZIE'
 
1) BLOAD DEMUFFIN PLUS
2) INIT TARGET DISK W/ THE NAME HELLO
3) DELETE HELLO
4) BOOT KAMIKAZIE
5) WHEN YOU SEE THE ']' COME UP HIT
   RESET (YOU MUST HAVE AN OLD MONITOR
   ROM TO DO THIS)
6) FROM MONITOR TYPE:
   *803<6000.8000M N 806G
7) THEN YOU WILL HAVE DEMUFFIN ON THE
   SCREEN AND USE IT NORMALLY.
8) IF YOU WANT TO PUT YOU NAME ON THE
   FIRST HI-RES PAGE, BLOAD H13.PIC
   AND THEN USE A HI-RES CHARACTER
   GENERATOR TO PUT YOUR NAME BELOW THE
   NAME KAMIKAZIE BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE
   IT SCROLLS FROM.
9) THEN JUST SAVE THE HI-RES PAGE AND
   YOU TOO CAN HAVE YOUR NAME IN LIGHTS
   (BUT DON'T FORGET TO GIVE CREDIT TO
   THE ONE WHO TOLD YOU HOW TO MAKE THE
   WHOLE THING POSSIBLE!
 
HAPPY ZAPPING!!
 
         >>>>>  DISK ZAPPER  <<<<<
 
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MESSAGE #35: ENTRY #3  -DARK

MSG LEFT BY: MANUEL VELOSO


NOTE: FOR THIS YOU NEED AN INTEGER
FIRMWARE CARD OR ACCESS TO AN F8 ROM.
 
1) BOOT UP DARK (DISK REPAIR KIT)
2) FLIP THE INTEGER SWITCH UP & HIT
   RESET WHEN IT SAYS "PRESS RETURN"
3) 6000<800.900M
4) BOOT A 3.3 SLAVE DISK
5) 800<6000.6100M
6) BSAVE DARK,A$800,L$57FF
 
THIS IS A VERY SHORTENED VERSION OF
WHAT I DID. ALSO, FOR SOME STRANGE
REASON, WHEN YOU '800G' THE FIRST TIME,
IT FREEZES. IF SOMEONE KNOWS WY,
PLEASE POST IT.
 
MANUEL VELOSO
 
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MESSAGE #36: ENTRY #3-ACCOUNTING + ][

MSG LEFT BY: TRYSTAN II


FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE SOFTWARE DIME
NSION'S ACCOUNTING PLUS ][ PACKAGE,
THIS LITTLE CRACK WILL ALLOW YOU TO RUN
 IT WITHOUT THE FIRMWARE CARD IT
NORMALLY REQUIRES.  THIS WAY, YOU CAN U
SE IT BOTH AT HOME AND IN YOUR OFFICE
WITHOUT HAVING To TRANSPORT THE CARD BA
CK AND FORTH.  FOR THAT MATTER, YOU
CAN THROW THE CARD AWAY!  THE 4 DISKS T
HAT COME WITH THE PACKAGE ARE NOT
PROTECTED, SO YOU CAN MAKE AS MANY COPI
ES OF THEM AS YOU WISH.
 
THE BASIC CONCEPT IS THAT WE WILL SAVE
THE CODE THAT IS ON THE FIRMWARE CARD
ONTO A DISK FILE AND THEN HAVE THE PROG
RAM LOAD IT IN RAM BEFORE IT STARTS
EXECUTION.  BY CHANGING A COUPLE OF BYT
ES IN THE FILE CALLED "APII.CODE"
WE FOOL IT INTO THINKING THE FIRMWARE C
ARD IS PLUGGED INTO A SLOT, WHEN
IN ACTUALITY, IT IS RESIDING UP IN HIGH
 RAM MEMORY!
 
HERE'S ALL YOU DO---
 
     1) PUT THE FIRMWARE CARD IN ANY SL
OT YOU LIKE (EXCEPT 0).
 
     2) TYPE: CALL-151
              BSAVE FIRMWARE,A$CX00,L$1
00  ( X=SLOT NUMBER OF CARD )
 
     3) NOW ALL WE DO IS ADD 2 LINES TO
 THE HELLO PROGRAM CALLED
        "SYSHELLO.PROG":
        TYPE:
            LOAD SYSHELLO.PROG
            22 HIMEM:36863
            24 PRINT CHR$(4);"BLOAD FIR
MWARE,A$9000"
            SAVE SYSHELLO.PROG
 
     4) THE LAST STEP IS TO MAKE 2 QUIC
K CHANGES TO "APII.CODE" AND WE'RE
        DONE.  TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, TYPE
--
             BLOAD APII.CODE
             CALL -151
       (     197C:1D
             1B72:C3
             BSAVE APII.CODE,A$800,L$14
06
 
YOU NOW HAVE A VERSION OF ACCOUNTING PL
US ][ THAT NO LONGER NEEDS THE
FIRMWARE CARD.  ENJOY!!
 
*****  NOTE:  THIS APPLIES ONLY TO VERS
ION 1.3 OF THE SOFTWARE  *****
*****         BUT THE TECHNIQUE WORKS F
OR THE LINE NUMBERS AND/OR L
OCATIONS ARE DIFFERENT.  *****
 
                      << TRYSTAN II >>

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MESSAGE #37: PRISONER 2

MSG LEFT BY: JOEL BRENNER


HERE IS HOW TO CRACK THE PRISONER 2 INT
O A TOTALLY FIDABLE VERSION.  I HAVE
ALSO POSTED A METHOD ON THE NMI BOARD (
#19) WHICH IS LESS TIME CONSUMING,
BUT BOTH METHODS SEEM TO WORK EQUALLY W
ELL.  I'M SURE THAT SOMEONE WILL
COME UP WITH AN EASIER METHOD SOON, BUT
 UNTIL THEN, HERE GOES...  JUST MAKE
A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL WITH COPYA AND T
HEN USE A SECTOR EDITOR TO MAKE THE
FOLLOWING CHANGES:
TRACK 12
BD FC E2 75 8C
56 FC 55 D8 51 0C D8 50 0C D8 53 0C FC
55 D8 A1 E2 FC 56 D8 B9 E2 FC 7F D8 D2
2C F5 BD FC E2 75 8C 56 FB BC E2 E8 DC
95 FC 75 F5 75 75 FD A9 DD 85 AF E8 DB
95 E8 D9 95 45 AE 9C 80 A5 5E DD 85 A1
9B D5 0D A5 65 19 83 02 9B 2A 0D 85 B2
FC 5F D8 D5 0D 1D 3D 1D 3D 1D 3D BF 9B
TRACK 08 SECTOR 0B:STARTING AT BYTE 00
TYPE IN THE FOLLOWING CHANGES:
D5 0D 85 A1 F5 55 E8 DB 95 E8 D9 95 45
AE 9C 80 A5 5C 9D 85 A1 BB 53 0C 19 50
0D D9 50 0C FC BA D8 51 0C F5 57 EC 51
0C 8C 55 0C 85 41 DD 45 A0 E8 DD 95 FC
35 D8 39 02 FC CB D8 DC 2C 75 0A 02 60
95 54 85 43 4D F8 50 0C 3C 57 98 54 0C
E5 88 6D F8 50 0C BC 57 98 54 0C C5 87
F5 43 EC 3C 0D CC 56 55 CD 85 56 19 56
55 DD 19 0C 0D F5 55 FC 05 85 00 A9 00
85 01 91 00 E6 00 D0 FA E6 01 F0 F6 D0
F4
THAT SHOULD DO IT!  FOR THOSE OF YOU WH
O HAVE A CRACKED VERSION OF EMPIRE 1:
WORLD BUILDERS, THERE IS AN EASIER WAY.
  JUST REPLACE THE IF.SHAPE FILE ON
PRISONER 2 WITH THE IF.SHAPE FILE FROM
YOUR CRACKED WORLD BUILDERS.
    JOEL BRENNER

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MESSAGE #38: PRISONER TYPO...

MSG LEFT BY: JOEL BRENNER


SORRY, MADE A TYPO WHEN POSTING THE INF
O ON PRISONER 2.  THE LAST SECTOR TO
EDIT SHOULD BE TRACK 7 SECTOR B NOT TRA
CK 8 SECTOR B.
   JOEL BRENNER

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MESSAGE #43: CRACK MASK OF THE SUN

MSG LEFT BY: RESET VECTOR


THE NEW ADVENTURE MASK OF THE SUN IS RE
ALLY EASY TO CRACK INTO A
COPYA COPYABLE DISK.  YOU WILL BE ABLE
TO ACCESS ALL THE FILES, BUT IT
REQUIRES ITS OWN DOS, SO YOU WILL HAVE
TO USE COPYA OR EQUIVALENT TO COPY
YOUR CRACKED VERSION.
BOOT DOS
CALL-151
B925:18 60
B988:18 60
BE48:18
B942:18
RUN COPYA AND COPY BOTH SIDES OF THE OR
IGINAL DISK.
USE SECTOR EDITOR ON BOOT SIDE (SIDE A)
 TO CHANGE TRACK 0 SECTOR 3 BYTE 42
FROM 38 TO 18.
NOW ACCESS THE FILE "DISK" ON THE BOOT
SIDE (IT IS A TEXT FILE AND IS THE BOOT
FILE).  JUST DELETE LINE 1 (WHICH SAYS
TO BRUN LL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT).
THAT'S IT!  YOU NOW HAVE A COPY WHICH W
ILL BOOT AND CAN BE COPIED WITH COPYA.
COMPLIMENTS OF ->RESET VECTOR AND TRYST
AN ][!

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MESSAGE #44: *<-> CRACKING TUBEWAY <->*

MSG LEFT BY: ANDY ANDERSON


FIRST MAKE A COPYA VERSION AS FOLLOWS:
 
1. BOOT SYSTEM MASTER AND CALL-151 TO
   ENTER MONITOR.
 
2. DISABLE DOS CHECKSUMS BY TYPING;
 
   B925:18 60
   B942:18
   B988:18 60
   BE48:18
 
3. USE 9DBFG TO RETURN TO APPLESOFT.
 
4. RUN COPYA.
 
5. USE INSPECTOR OR OTHER SECTOR
   EDITOR TO READ IN TRACK 0, SECTOR 3
   AND CHANGE BYTE 42 FROM 38 TO 18.
 
YOU NOW HAVE A COPYA VERSION THAT WORKS
JUST LIKE THE ORIGINAL BUT TAKES ONE
WHOLE SIDE OF A DISK.
 
NOW TO COMPLETE THE CRACKING:
 
6. USING INSPECTOR YOU WILL FIND THAT
   THE CATALOG IS ON TRACK 5 AND IT
   SHOWS THAT THE LOADER PROGRAM IS ON
   TRACK 22. READ IN TRACK 22, SECTOR
   E AND CHANGE BYTES CE AND CF FROM
   00 40 TO 69 FF.  THIS WILL CAUSE A
   JUMP TO THE MONITOR AFTER LOADING.
 
7. BOOT MODIFIED COPYA VERSION AND
   WHEN THE TITLE PAGE APPEARS PRESS
   THE SPACE BAR TO COMPLETE LOADING.
 
8. TYPE C051 AND PRESS RETURN KEY TO
   RETURN TO THE MONITOR TEXT SCREEN.
 
9. BOOT A SLAVE DISK THAT`HAS NO HELLO
   BY HOLDING DOWN THE CTRL KEY AND
   TYPING 6PM.
 
10. BSAVE TUBEWAY,A$900,L$8700 ON ANY
    INITIALIZED 3.3 DISK THAT HAS ROOM
    FOR A 138 SECTOR FILE.
 
COMPLETED IN NEXT MESSAGE.

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MESSAGE #45: CRACKING ULTIMA II

MSG LEFT BY: JIM PHELPS


CRACKING ULTIMA II IS PRETTY SIMPLE:
 
FIRST MAKE A COPY-A COPY OF ALL THREE
DISKS.
 
NOW USE A SECTOR EDITOR AND ON TRACK 3
SECTOR C OF THE PROGRAM DISK CHANGE
BYTES $84,$85,AND $86 TO EA EA EA.
 
NOW RE-WRITE THIS BACK TO THEDISK,
WRITE PROTECT ALL THREE SIDE,AND YOU
ARE DONE.
 
 
HAVE FUN.
 
                 JIM PHELPS

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MESSAGE #46: CRACK SPACE VIKINGS

MSG LEFT BY: CAPTAIN NIBBLE


HERES HOW TO CRACK SPACE VIKINGS BY
SUBLOGIC.
FIRST INIT A 3.3 DISK AND DELETE THE
HELLO PROGRAM.
CALL-151
*B925:18 60
*B988:18 60
*B8FD:EA EA
*3D0G
NOW RUN FID AND COPY ALL THE FILES TO
THE NEW DISK.
ON THE NEW DISK...
UNLOCK START
RENAME START,HELLO
LOCK HELLO
THATS ALL THERE IS TO IT
NOTE: THE DISK MUST BE WRITE ENABLED
      TO RUN.
 
ANOTHER GOODIE FROM CAPTAIN NIBBLE

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MESSAGE #47: CRACKING MULTIPLAN

MSG LEFT BY: BOZO NYC


WELL, THOSE JERKS AT MICROSOFT PROTECTE
D ANOTHER PROGRAM.  I WILL LET YOU ALL
KNOW WHEN I HAVE THE BOOT PORTION INTO
A STANDARD BRUNABLE FILE. (CRACK-SHOT
IS
NOT A GREAT HELP HERE...MULTIPLAN LOADS
 ITS DOS TO THE LANGUAGE CARD!)  FOR
NOW
HERE IS HOW TO TURN THE BOOT DISK INTO
A COPYAABLE DISK.  NOTE THAT THIS IS
FOR
THE GENERIC APPLE (6502) VERSION, REVIS
ION 1.04.
 
USE THE USUAL $B925:18 60
              $B988:18 60
              $BE48:18      PATCHES TO
DOS AND MAKE A COPYA COPY OF THE BOOT
DISK.  THEN USE A SECTOR EDITOR TO PATC
H:
              TRACK:   00
              SECTOR:  0A
              BYTE:    0D
              WAS:     CB
              MAKE IT: DE
 
VOILA, A COPYA MULTIPLAN.
 
 
BOZO NYC

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MESSAGE #48: CRACK EPF IV!

MSG LEFT BY: RESET VECTOR


EPF IV IS EASY TO CRACK INTO COPYA-ABLE
 FORM.  JUST COPY THE ORIGINAL DISKS
WITH COPYA AND THEN DO THE FOLLOWING:
64K VERSION : TRACK 7 SECTOR 8 CHANGE B
YTE 87 FROM D0 TO 60
48K VERSION : TRACK 6 SECTOR 4  SAME CH
ANGE
PLEASE NOTE THAT EPF IV HAS.... YOU
WILL SEE LOTS OF GARBAGE CHARACTERS ON
THE SCREEN.  ONLINE KNOWS ABOUT THIS
BUT WHETHER THEY WILL EVER CORRECT IT I
S UNCERTAIN.
   COMPLIMENTS OF ->RESET VECTOR AND TR
YSTAN ][

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MESSAGE #51: LOCK IT UP PROGRAMS

MSG LEFT BY: RESET VECTOR


IT IS VERY EASY TO CRACK ANYTHING PROTE
CTED WITH LOCK IT UP INTO NORMAL
DOS BINARY FILES.  ALL YOU NEED IS DEMU
FFIN AND THE LOCK IT UP PROGRAM
ITSELF.  JUST PUT DEMUFFIN ON A DISK, M
AKE IT THE BOOT PROGRAM, THEN
PROTECT THAT DISK WITH LOCK IT UP.  TO
CRACK A LOCK IT UP DISK, JUST BOOT
THE DISK WITH DEMUFFIN AND THEN JUST TR
ANSFER THE FILE

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MESSAGE #52: CRACK VISIBLE COMPUTER

MSG LEFT BY: RESET VECTOR

THE VISIBLE COMPUTER IS PROTECTED WITH
LOCK IT UP 5.0 WITH A COUPLE OF
EMBELLISHMENTS.  YOU CAN GET THE FILES
OFF BY USING THE METHOD IN THE
PREVIOUS MESSAGE.  BUT IT WON'T RUN BEC
AUSE IT CHECKS FOR THE ALTERED
DOS.  SO USE CRACKSHOT AS PER MY MESSAG
E ON BOARD #19 AND CRACK THE BOOT
FILE, BUT BEFORE YOU PACK IT, USE THE E
DITOR TO CHANGE B942 TO 18 SO
THAT IT WILL WORK WITH NORMAL DOS FILES
.  THEN JUST BRUN THE FILE YOU
GOT OUT WITH CRACKSHOT!
COURTESY OF ->RESET VECTOR!

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MESSAGE #53: PINBALL CONSTRUCTION

MSG LEFT BY: CAPTAIN NIBBLE


CAPTAIN NIBBLE HERE WITH ANOTHER
FREE-BE
 
HERE'S HOW TO MAKE A COPYA-ABLE
COPY OF PINBALL CONSTRUCTION SET
BY BILL BUDGE
 
ALL YOU NEED IS A STANDARD 3.3 DISK
COPY PROGRAM THAT DOESNT BOMB OFF
IF IT GETS AN ERROR. 
SUPER DISK COPY III.8 IS A GOOD ONE..
 
JUST INIT A DISK AND THEN RUN SUPER
DISK COPY III.8 WITH BRUTE FORCE.
YOU'LL GET MANY MANY ERRORS, BUT
WHEN ITS DONE YOULL HAVE A BROKEN
COPY.
 
                  CAPTAIN NIBBLE

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MESSAGE #54: VIS COMPUTER ADDENDUM

MSG LEFT BY: RESET VECTOR
DATE POSTED: SAT FEB 12 11:31:45 PM

WELL GUYS, THERE IS OF COURSE AN EASY W
AY TO GET THE VISIBLE COMPUTER ONTO
NORMAL DOS AFTER YOU GET THE FILES OFF
AS I DESCRIBED ABOVE, WITHOUT NEEDING
CRACKSHOT.  JUST TYPE THE FOLLOWING:
LOAD VC
DEL 1,1
DEL 20730,20730
SAVE VC
YOU CAN NOW RUN THE WHOLE PROGRAM UNDER
 NORMAL (OR FAST) DOS : THE HELLO
PROGRAM IS "STARTUP"/
COURTESY OF ->RESET VECTOR!

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MESSAGE #55: OOPS FIX FOR BREAK P3.3

MSG LEFT BY: LONG JOHN SILVER


OK HERE IS A REVISED P3.3 PROGRAM WHICH
 WILL WORK ON MOST DISK DRIVES (UNLIKE
THE OLD ONE WHERE YOUR DISK DRIVES HAD
TO BE PRETTY SLOW TO WORK)
JUST BRUN THIS FILE AND THEN FID ALL TH
E FILES OFF YOUR PROTECTED DISK(S)
 
B6B3:A0 02 B9 D8 B6
B6B8:99 F6 B8 88 10 F7 60 BD
B6C0:8C C0 10 FB 49 AD F0 09
B6C8:BC 8C C0 10 FB B9 00 BA
B6D0:2C A9 00 A0 56 4C 01 B9
B6D8:4C BF B6
BSAVEP3.3,A46771,L40
 
 
HAVE FUN

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MESSAGE #56: CRACK CANNONBALL BLITZ

MSG LEFT BY: CLIF SLOANE


1> COPY YOUR ORIGINAL WITH COPYA
2> USE A SECTOR EDITOR (BAG OF TRICKS)
   AND LOAD IN TRACK 17, SECTOR E
3> CHANGE BYTE FROM 49 TO 60
4> REWRITE SECTOR TO DISK
 
                        CLIF SLOANE

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MESSAGE #57: BAG OF TRICKS CRACKED

MSG LEFT BY: CLIF SLOANE


  I'M JUST PASSING THIS ALONG WITHOUT
TRYING IT FIRST!
1> COPY TRACKS 00 TO 15 WITH LOCKSMITH
   OR NIBBLES AWAY (ADDRS= D5 AA 96)
2> USE SECTOR EDITOR (NOT BAG OF TRICKS
   ) AND LOAD TRACK 0, SECTOR 8
3> CHANGE BYTE A0 TO 60
4> REWRITE SECTOR TO DISK
 
                       CLIF SLOANE

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MESSAGE #58: MICROWAVE THAT WORKS

MSG LEFT BY: CLIF SLOANE


  I'VE TRIED AT LEAST 5 DIFFERENT WAYS
TO CRACK MICROWAVE BEFORE THIS ONE
WORKED--
 
1> BOOT 3.3 DOS
2> CALL-151
3> *BE48:18
4> *3D0G
5> RUN COPYA
6> WITH TRACK/SECTOR EDITOR CHANGE:
   51:20 6F FD
7> WRITE TO DISK
 
NOTE:ALTHOUGH ALMOST ALL THE OTHER
     METHODS WERE VERY CLOSE TO THIS
     METHOD, WHEN I RAN COPYA THE DRIVE
     REFUSED TO STOP.  THIS ONE WORKED
     CORRECTLY.
 
                     CLIF SLOANE

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MGSSAGE #59: >>>> TRANSYLVANIA <<<<

MSG LEFT BY: GUMBY DAMMIT


         >>>> TRANSYLVANIA <<<<

IN ORDER TO CRACK THIS PROGRAM YOU NEED
THE FOLLOWING : 'DISK EDITOR 2.0'

1- BOOT DISK EDITOR
2- REMOVE THE CHECKSUMS 2 CHECKSUMS IN
   THE PARAMETER MODULE.
3- GO TO THE VTOC MODULE.
4- EMPTY THE VTOC AND FILL THESE TRACKS
 
   00-02-04-06-08-0A-0B-...AND SO ON
 
   (START AT 00 `ND STEP BY 2)
5- COPY THE DISK.
6- GO BACK TO THE PARAMETER MODULE.
7- CHANGE THE HEADER FOR: D4 AA 96
8- GO TO THE VTOC MUDULE.
9- EMPTY THE VTOC AND FILL THESE TRACKS
 
   01-03-05-07-09-0B-0D.. AND SO ON
 
   ( START AT 01 AND STEP BY 2)
10- COPY THE DISK.

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MESSAGE #61: APPLE SPELLER FOR ][E

MSG LEFT BY: JIM HAWKINS


HERE'S HOW TO FIX THE WIZARD'S APPLE
SPELLER 1.0 SO IT RUNS ON THE ][ E.
 
CALL-151
BLOAD SPELL2
2512:60
BSAVE SPELL2,A$07FD,L$9400
 
THAT'S IT
 
                    JIM HAWKINS

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MESSAGE #62: THE EINSTEIN COMPILER

MSG LEFT BY: RESET VECTOR


   THE EINSTEIN COMPILER IS VERY EASY T
O MAKE COPYABLE WITH COPYA.  JUST COPY
THE ORIGINAL DISK WITH COPYA AND THEN U
SE A SECTOR EDITOR TO ACCESS TRACK 8
SECTOR 4 AND CHANGE BYTES 2A-2C FROM BD
 8C C0 TO 4C E2 91.
COURTESY OF ->RESET VECTOR!

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MESSAGE #63: AE PRO SERIAL NUMBER

MSG LEFT BY: RESET VECTOR


   ASCII EXPRESS PRO HAS AN ENCRYPTED S
ERIAL NUMBER, THE EXISTENCE OF WHICH
IS NOT EVEN MENTIONED IN THE DOCUMENTAT
ION (PRETTY SNEAKY...).  THE SERIAL
NUMBER CAN BE SEEN BY PRESSING THE "*"
KEY ONCE THE PROGRAM IS UP AND RUNNING.
IF YOU BLOAD AE, THE(SERIAL NUMBER FOR
BOTH VERSIONS 3.46A AND 3.46B IS FOUND
AT MEMORY LOCATIONS B5C TO B60 (A 5 DIG
IT NUMBER).  FOR VERSION 3.46A ALL YOU
HAVE TO DO IS CHANGE THESE 5 LOCATIONS
AND RESAVE THE FILE.  THE SERIAL
NUMBER IN 3.46B, HOWEVER, ALSO HAS A CH
ECKSUM.  THE BYTE JUST BEFORE THE
SERIAL NUMBER (B5B) IS A VALUE WHICH MU
ST BE ADDED TO THE VALUES OF THE NEXT
5 BYTES, AND THE SUM MUST THEN BE PUT I
N THE BYTE JUST AFTER THE SERIAL
NUMBER.  THUS, IF B5B IS 33, THE SEQUEN
CE TO PRODUCE ALL ASTERISKS WILL BE
33 16 16 16 16 16 AA.  OR IF IT IS 3C (
WHICH I HAVE ALSO SEEN) THE SEQUENCE
WOULD BE 3C 19 19 19 19 19 B0.  FOR VER
SION 3.46B, YOU CAN FIND THE SERIAL
NUMBER ON THE DISK ON TRACK 20 SECTOR B
 STARTING AT BYTE 59.
COURTESY OF ->RESET VECTOR!

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MESSAGE #64: PFS CRACK

MSG LEFT BY: PAUL NELSON


TO CRACK PFS AND PFS REPORT, USE A DISK
ZAP SUCH AS BAG OF TRICKS WHICH ALLOWS
A STRING SEARCH THROUGH THE DISK.
SEARCH FOR THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE OF
BYTES:
D0 04 88 98 F0 27.
CHANGE 04 TO 29. WRITE THAT SECTOR
BACK TO THE DISK. COPYA TO YOUR
HEART'S CONTENT.... YOU CAN USE AN
ORIGINAL OR A COPYA PFS TO PERFORM
THIS OPERATION ON, AND IT ALSO WORKS
FOR THE APPLE /// VERSIONS.
THE DISK MUST BE WRITE PROTECTED TO
ALLOW IT TO BOOT.
GOOD LUCK..... PAUL NELSON

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MESSAGE #65: GPS PRO VERSIONS

MSG LEFT BY: RESET VECTOR


THE GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEM PROFESSI
ONAL VERSION FROM STONEWARE IS EASILY
CRACKED.  FIRST YOU MUST DEMUFFIN THE D
ISK, THEN USE A SECTOR EDITOR TO CHANGE
ONE OF THE FILES.  THE PROTECTION CODE
IS A MACHINE LANGUAGE ATTACHEMENT TO
THE APPLESOFT HELLO PROGRAM, SO WHAT YO
U NEED TO DO IS ACCESS THE LAST SECTOR
OF THE HELLO PROGRAM (ZAP IS THE EASIES
T BECAUSE YOU CAN JUST OPEN THE FILE
AND THEN GO TO THE LAST SECTOR) AND CHA
NGE BYTE 0C FROM A2 TO 60.  THAT'S IT!
COMPLIMENTS OF ->RESET VECTOR!

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MESSAGE #66: BELL HOP CRACKED

MSG LEFT BY: CAPTAIN NIBBLE


HERES HOW TO CRACK BELL HOP BY
HAYDEN.
 
INIT A 3.3 DISK
DELETE HELLO
BLOAD MUFFIN
CALL-151
*1A77:EA EA
*1FF6:EA EA
*3D0G
NOW RUN MUFFIN PROGRAM AS USUAL.
 
P.S. THIS ALSO WORKS FOR CRYSTAL
CAVERNS.
 
CAPTAIN NIBBLE

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MESSAGE #67: CORRECTION TO ABOVE

MSG LEFT BY: CAPTAIN NIBBLE


FOR BELL HOP  INSTEAD OF *3D0G ENTER
*803G TO START THE MUFFIN PROGRAM
 
SORRY.....CAPTAIN NIBBLE

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MESSAGE #68: FARMPLAN CRACK

MSG LEFT BY: CAPTAIN NIBBLE


FOR YOU FARMERS OUT THERE USING
FARMPLAN.  HERES A WAY TO CRACK
ALL THE FARMPLAN DISKS.
 
BOOT A STANDARD DOS 3.3
CALL-151
*BDEF:4C 10 BE
*3D0G
NOW RUN COPYA
 
AFTER YOU HAVE COPIED THE DISKS IT
IS NECESSARY TO REPLACE THE DOS ON
THE COPIES WITH A STANDARD 3.3 DOS
OR YOU CAN FID THE FILES TO AN INITIAL-
IZED DISK. 
 
CAPTAIN NIBBLE

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MESSAGE #69: GPS ADDENDUM

MSG LEFT BY: RESET VECTOR


HERE IS AN EASIER WAY TO DO THE NECESSA
RY MODIFICATION TO THE HELLO PROGRAM
OF THE GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEM. 
JUST BOOT NORMAL DOS , THEN TYPE THE
FOLLOWING:
LOAD HELLO
CALL -151
C0B:60
SAVE HELLO
THAT'S IT!
COURTESY OF ->RESET VECTOR!

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MESSAGE #70: GENESIS!

MSG LEFT BY: RESET VECTOR
DATE POSTED: THU APR  7  7:06:15 PM

GENESIS, THE ADVENTURE CREATOR IS EASILY CRACKED.
IT IS PROTECTED WITH LOCK IT UP 5.1, SO THE LOCK
IT UP DEMUFFIN THAT I DESCRIBED IN AN EARILER
MESSAGE ON THIS BOARD WILL GET ALL THE
FILES OFF.  THE ALL YOU HAVE TO
DO IS LOAD THE APPLESOFT CREATOR FILE A
ND DELETE LINE 7 WHICH READS
"CALL 47741" AND THEN SAVE THE FILE.
THAT'S IT!
COURTESY OF ->RESET VECTOR!

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MESSAGE #71: WORKING TRANSEND II CRACK

MSG LEFT BY: GREGG BURMAN


TODAY I GOT A HOLD OF AN ORIGINAL
TRANSEND II, AND I TRIED THE CRACK
THAT IS POSTED ON THIS BOARD. IT IS
MESSAGE #30, POSTED BY MR. KRAC-MAN.

ALTHOUGH WHAT MR. KRAC-MAN SAYS IS
CORRECT, THE CRACK DOES NOT WORK
WITHOUT THE SECTOR MODS WHICH I
AM POSTING NOW. I WILL RESTATE THE
ENTIRE CRACK-

 1] RUN COPYA
 2] CTRL-C AFTER IT IS LOADED
 3] CALL-151
 4] B925:18 60 N B988:18 60 N 9DBFG
 5] RUN80
 6] AFTER DISK IS COPIED BOOT DOS
 7] INSERT THE COPY YOU JUST MADE
 8] MAXFILES1
 9] BLOAD BUFFERED MODEM.WORK
10] CALL-151
11] 8311:DE
12] 9DBFG
13] BSAVE BUFFERED MODEM.WORK,A$8200,L$
    18A0
14] BOOT UP YOUR FAVORITE SECTOR EDITOR
15] READ TRACK $0 SECTOR $3
16] CHA.........

 GREGG BURMAN

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MESSAGE #74: DARK CHRYSTAL

MSG LEFT BY: THE SWAMP FOX


TO UN-PROTECT DARK CHRYSTAL DO THE
FOLLOWING

COPYA DISK 1 SIDE A

THEN USE A SECTOR EDITOR AND CHANGE

    TRACK 7  SECTOR A

      BYTE $57  FROM $84 TO $BE
      BYTE $58  FROM $58 TO $BF

  COPYA THE OTHER 3 SIDES.

THATS ALL.....

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MESSAGE #75: STICKY BEAR NUMBERS
CRACKED

MSG LEFT BY: THE SWAMP FOX


TO UNPROTECT STICKYBEAR NUMBERS DO THE
FOLLOWING
POKE 47405,24
POKE 47406,96
POKE 47497,24
POKE 47498,96
RUN COPYA

THEN USE A SECTOR EDITOR AND CHANGE
THE FOLLOWING

TRACK 2 SECTOR 6
CHANGE BYTE C2 FROM 18 TO 38

THATS ALL

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MESSAGE #84: LOCK IT UP 5.1 EASY WAY!

MSG LEFT BY: RESET VECTOR


THERE ARE MORE AND MORE PROGRAMS ON THE
 MARKET BEING PrOTECTED WITH
LOCK IT UP 5.1.  A SHORT LIST INCLUDES
THE VISIBLE COMPUTER, STELLAR 7,
SPEED READING ][, AND OTHERS.  THESE DI
SKS CAN BE DEMUFFINED, BUT ONLY
WITH SOME DIFFICULTY.  HOWEVER, THERE I
S A MUCH EASIER WAY TO GET THE
FILES OFF THE DISKS.  THE PROBLEM HAS B
EEN THAT LOCK IT UP EnCRYPTS THE
FILES BY CHANGING THE DOS TRANSLATION T
ABLES.  WELL, THE CHANGE IS REALLY
SLIGHT, SO IT IS EASY TO JUST FID THE F
ILES OFF OF THE DISK.  JUST DO THIS:
BOOT NORMAL DOS
BLOAD FID
CALL -151
B942:18 (TO TURN OFF CHECKSUMS)
BAAA:00 (TO CHANGE TRANSLATION TABLE TO
 READ AND DECRYPT THE DISK)
803G TO STARTUP FID AND THEN JUST TRANS
FER THE FILES TO A NORMAL DISK.
FOR STELLAR 7, THIS IS ALL YOU HAVE TO
DO.  THE OTHER PROGRAMS WILL NEED
SOME PATCHES, BECAUSE THEY CHECK FOR TH
E FOREIGN DOS. ONE EASY WAY AROUND
THIS IS TO TAKE THE BOOT OUT (INCLUDING
 THE DOS) WITH REPLAY AND JUST
CHANGE B942 TO 18 IN THE FOREIGN DOS, W
HICH WILL ALLOW IT TO READ A NORMAL
DISK (WITH THE FILES YOU GOT OFF WITH F
ID).
COURTESY OF ->RESET VECTOR!

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MESSAGE #85: ZAXXON

MSG LEFT BY: JOHN RAYMONDS
DATE POSTED: MON AUG 15 12:13:10 AM

B942:18

LOAD COPYA AND ADD:

  71 POKE 770,20:POKE 863,20

RUN COPYA AND COPY ZAXXON

EDIT THE FOLLOWING SECTORS:

 T0 S4 BYTE 4F:CC => DE

 T0 S7 BYTE B0:D0 => 4C
               F2 => C0
               20 => 80

IF THE ABOVE DOES NOT WORK ADD:

 T0 S1 BYTE 35:81 => 10
            3B:81 => 10
            4D:80 => 10


                          -JR

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MESSAGE #87: CRACK ULTIMA III!

MSG LEFT BY: PIRATE'S GUILD


APPLE BANDIT HERE, AND SINCE THE GUILD
WAS THE FIRST TO GET ULTIMA III, WE CAN
BE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU ALL HOW TO
CRACK IT--

COPYA SIDE 2

USE ANY DOS 3.3 COPIER TO COPY TRACKS
0 AND $11-$22

NOW, YOU'LL HAVE TO USE THE STACK'S
ADVANCED DEMUFFIN.

(FIRST TYPE THIS--)
CALL-151
1400:4A 8D 22 F 8C 23 F 8E 27 F A9 1 8D
     20 F 8D 2A F A9 F A0 1E AD 20 F 8D
     52 B7 AD 22 F 8D 54 B7 AD 23 F 8D
     55 B7 AD 27 F 8D 59 B7 AD 2A F 8D
     5C B7 A9 F A0 1E 4C 10 B6 00

BSAVE ULTIMA IOB,A$1400,L$F0

NOW, BOOT YOUR ORIGINAL, AND HIT RESET
WHEN YOU SEE THE TITLE PAGE (YOU MUST
USE OLD MONITOR ROM.) THEN TYPE:

6000<B000.C000M

AND BOOT A SLAVE 3.3 DISK, AND TYPE-
BSAVE ULTIMA RWTS,A$6000,L$1000

NOW BRUN ADVANCED DEMUFFIN AND CONVERT
TRACKS $1-$10 AFTER LOADING "ULTIMA
RWTS" & "ULTIMA IOB" WITH THE PROPER
OPTIONS IN ADVANCED DEMUFFIN.

AFTER IT IS CONVERTED, YOU WILL HAVE
YOURSELF A COPY OF ULTIMA, BUT FIRST
YOU MUST MODIFY THEIR RWTS SO IT WILL
READ DOS 3.3 FORMAT. USING A DISK
EDITOR (LIKE INSPECTOR) EDIT THE
FOLLOWING ON SIDE 1--

    TRACK: $00
   SECTOR: $03
    BYTES: $11-2B

(CONTINUED IN NEXT MESSAGE...)  *AB*

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MESSAGE #88: CRACK ULTIMA III! (PART2)

MSG LEFT RY: PIRATE'S GUILD


AS I SAID, EDIT T:0 S:3 B:11-2B ON SIDE
1 AND TYPE THIS:

AD 54 B7 0A 6D 54 B7 8D 26 B4 A9 00
8D 53 B7 A9 B7 A0 50 78 20 00 BD 28
18 60 74

THERE. NOW YOU HAVE A COPY OF ULTIMA 3
THAT WILL BOOT UP, BUT ORIGIN SYSTEMS
(VAN ARTSDALEN, OR LORD BRITISH?) HAS
LITTERED THE GAME WITH CHECKS. I THINK
I HAVE FOUND ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE
CHANGED, SO HERE THEY ARE. (AGAIN, USE
A DISK EDITOR LIKE INSPECTOR)

ON SIDE ONE:

T:$03  S:$09  B:$21-23 -=> EA EA EA
T:$01  S:$06  B:$38-3A -=> EA EA EA
T:$01  S:$09  B:$67-68 -=> EA EA
T:$03  S:$04  B:$29-2A -=> EA EA
T:$03  S:$0A  B:$68-69 -=> EA EA
T:$04  S:$03  B:$53-54 -=> EA EA
T:$03  S:$07  B:$C0-C1 -=> 0F 60
T:$10  S:$01  B:$8F-90 -=> EA EA

ON SIDE TWO:

T:$00  S:$0D  B:$75-76 -=> EA EA
T:$01  S:$03  B:$49-4A -=> EA EA
T:$01  S:$04  B:$71-72 -=> EA EA

==========THAT'S IT!============

SINCE THERE ARE CHECKS ALL OVER THE
GAME, SOME BUGS MAY BE DISCOVERED BY
SOMEONE SOMETIME....DROP ME E-MAIL IF
YOU FIND SOMETHING WRONG.

....ANOTHER FIRST FROM....

    -- APPLE BANDIT --

OF THE MIDWEST PIRATE'S GUILD

(ANY ADDITIONS WILL BE POSTED LATER...
 THIS IS A TOUGH ONE!)

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????????????????????????????????????????

MESSAGE #41: CRACK CAVES OF OLYMPUS

MSG LEFT BY: THE MIMIC


OK I JUST CRACKED THE NEW CAVES OF
OLYMPUS BY ADVANCED OPERATING SYSTEMS.
 
IT WILL BE OUT ON THE MARKET IN ABOUT
ONE WEEK
 
HERE IS HOW YOU DO IT, IF ANY OF YOU
WANT A COPY LEAVE ME SOME MAIL HERE.
 
STEP #1:BOOT CAVES OF OLYMPUS
        AND HIT CONTROL-c OVER AND
        OVER AGAIN UNTIL YOU GET
        BREAK IN LINE (WHATEVER)
 
STEP #2:KEEP HITTING '<-' UNTIL YOU GET
        ANOTHER ']' THEN TYPE 'FP' AND
        HIT RETURN.
 
STEP #3:GO INTO MONITOR (CALL -151) AND
        TYPE THE FOLLOWING:
 
            4000<B700.C000M
 
     (      9DBFG
 
STEP #4:BOOT DISK WITH DEMUFFIN PLUS ON
        IT. TYPE THE FOLLOWING:
 
           BLOAD DEMUFFIN PLUS,A$803
 
STEP #5:GO INTO MONITOR (CALL -151) AND
        TYPE THE FOLLOWING:
 
             B700<4000.4900M
 
             803G
 
STEP #6:CONVERT FILES ONTO A NORMAL
        DOS 3.3 DISKETTE, THEN GO
        THROUGH THE APPLESOFT PROGRAMS
        AND CHANGE THE FOLLOWING
        COMMANDS:
 
        PAT=RUN   ALLEN=BLOAD 
        WOLF=READ OLLIE=WRITE
        DAVE=OPEN
THE OTHER ONE IS CLOSE, I FORGET WHAT I
T IS. THEN YOU HAVE A WORKING COPY.
 
                  THE MIMIC

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MESSAGE #42: CAVES OF OLYMPUS II

MSG LEFT BY: RICHARD BRANDOW


HERE IS ANOTHER WAY OF CRACKING CAVES
OF OLYMPUS.
 
1- BOOT DISK
2- HIT RESET AND GO IN MONITOR
3- TYPE:
        D6:00
4- 9DBFG
5- TYPE:
   POKE47505,222
   POKE47515,170
   POKE47413.....

             RICH.

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09) CRACKING CONTEST (MENU).




ENTER ACCESS #23

BOARD ACTIVATED--23
ENTER S)CAN OR P)OST

(?=MENU) COMMAND: S


: SCAN/READ BULLETIN BOARD :


THERE ARE 88 ACTIVE MESSAGES
...ONE MOMENT, PLEASE...


START LISTING TITLES WITH #1

1.  ** CONTEST BOARD **
2.  CRACK ALL LOCK IT UP!       => CT84
3.  LOCK IT UP ADDENDUM         => CT84
4.  SECTMOD TUTORIAL            => CT84
5.  SECTMODS CONT.              => CT84
6.  MORE LOCK-IT-UP             => CT84
7.  MINIT  MAN CRAK!            => CT84
8.  CRACKING CUBIT              => CT84
9.  LANGUAGE-CARD-KRAK          => CT84
10. DUNGEON CRACKED             => CT84
11. MUFFIN MODS                 => CT84
12. OILS WELL & GAL. ATTACK     => CT84
13. HOMEWORD                    => CT84
14. INFOCOM CRACK               => CT84
15. VERSAFORM 2.1               => CT84
16. ABC #00 - OVERVIEW          => CT84
17. ABC #01 - COPY ][+ (P1)     => CT84
18. ABC #01 - COPY ][+ (P2)     => CT84
19. ABC #01 - COPY ][+ (P3)     => CT84
20. MATHMAZE 1                  => CT84
21. MATHMAZE 2                  => CT84
22. STRIP BLACKJACK CRACKED     => CT84
23. >> CONTEST RULES AGAIN <<
24. ABQ #1 BC'S QUEST           => CT84
25. ABQ #2 DINO EGGS & CRISIS   => CT84
26. ABQ #3 MINER 2049ER
27. ABQ #4 INVOICE FACTORY
28. ABQ #4 INVOICE FACTORY.2
29. ABC #5 STONEWARE'S GPS
30. ABQ #6 WARRIOR OF RAS III
31. ABQ #7 CUT & PASTE
32. ABQ #7 CUT & PASTE.2
33. ABQ #8 LAST GLADIATOR
34. ABQ #9 ONE ON ONE
35. ABQ $10 GENERAL MANAGER 2Y  => CT84
36. ABQ #11 THE HEIST
37. ABQ #12 APPLEWRITER //E     => CT84
38. ABQ #13 BOOT FROM DRIVE 2   => CT84
39. DUNZHIN - MY WAY            => CT84
40. >>WINNERS!!!!!!!
41. REVISED CUBIT CRACK
42. STANDING STONES CRACK
43. KRAK RETURN OF HERACLES
44. KRAK C'EST LA VIE
45. GENERAL KRAKING INFO
46. KRAK DICTIONARY
47. C'EST LA VIE BYTES
48. EASIER WAY
49. CRACKING ATARISOFT
50. DUMB ANSWERS
51. ATARISOFT..SUURE..
52. >> NEW CONTEST !!!!
53. BIT COPY SUN DAWG
54. ENTRY#1
55. THE INSTITUTE
56. CRACKING MILLIONARE
57. THE PRINT SHOP
58. KRAK PRINT SHOP DEMO!
59. KRAK COPY II+ 4.4C
60. KRAK SUMMER GAMES
61. KRAK OTHER JUNK
62. LABYRINTH OF CRETE
63. SERPENT'S STAR
64. APPLE CILLIN
65. COMPLEAT SUMMER GAMES
66. KRAK MICRO HABITATS
67. KRAK NEUTRONS
68. KRAK NEUTRONS 2
69. ONE EYED CRACKS
70. KRAK I.Q. BASEBALL
71. KRAK JERICHO
72. KRAK ULYSSES...?
73. USING NA II TO KRAK
74. KRAK SSI
75. KRAK CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN
76. KRAK MISSION ESCAPE
77. WAMBAT READ THIS
78. KRAK MILLIONWAIRE
79. ABOUT PRINT SHOP
80. CRACK WAR IN RUSSIA
81. CONVERTING FP
82. KRAK ABYSSAL ZONE
83. KRAK ABYSSAL ZONE 2
84. KRAK NEW ARTSCI
85. ARTSCI CONT'
86. FASTLOADER LOOK OUT <-=*
87. >> BOARD FULL
88. WHERE TO GO?


(T)ITLES, (R)EAD, (Q)UIT: _


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10) CRACKING CONTEST (OLDER MESSAGES).


MESSAGE #13: CHALENGE

MSG LEFT BY: SCOTT ANGUISH


---------------------------------------
                D R O L
---------------------------------------
 
    I DOUBT THAT ANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD
OF DROL BUT I NEED IT BROKEN, THE DARM
THING SEEMS TO USE FAKE TRACK STARTS
AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER NASTY THINGS.
 
    I HAVE THE ORIGINAL DISK AND I
REALLY WOULD LIKE A COPY OF THE DISK.
 
  CAN ANY OF YOU THAT ARE EAGER FOR
A CHALLENGE, CRACK THIS STUPID THING
OR FOR THAT MATTER EVEN COPY IT!!
 
   THANKS
 
    F>SCOTT
    L>ANGUISH

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MESSAGE #14: >>>> DROL <<<<

MSG LEFT BY: GUMBY DAMMIT



DROL
----
 
IF YOU NEED DROL :
 
      THE APPLE BANDIT
 
DID A VERY FINE JOB OF CRACKING IT.
( MAKE A COPY-A VERSION ).
 
HOPE THIS HELPS

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11) CRACKING TIPS ARCHIVES (MESSAGES).


MESSAGE #1: CRACKING TIPS BOARD!!

MSG LEFT BY: SYSTEM OPERATOR
DATE POSTED: TUE MAY 11  4:59:32 AM


ALL CONTEST ENTRIES WILL RESIDE HERE.
THE CRITIQUE OF THE ENTRIES WILL ALSO
BE LOCATED IN THIS SECTION.
MORE TO COME SOON.
KEEP ON CRACKING!!!!

                    ^^^ SYSOP ^^^

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MESSAGE #2: ENTRY #1 ADVENT TO ATLANTIS

MSG LEFT BY: JIM PHELPS
DATE POSTED: FRI APR 30  5:08:59 PM


THIS IS JIM PHELPS HERE WITH MY TECH-
NIQUE ON HOW TO CRACK 'ADVENTURE TO
ATLANTIS':

THE FIRST THING TO DO IS BOOT UP A
MASTER DISK AND TYPE IN THE FOLLOWING:

CALL-151
9E42:34
CTRL-C <RETURN>

THIS WILL ALLOW A BOOT-UP PROGRAM TO
BE A BINARY FILE.THEN YOU PUT IN A
BLANK DISK AND TYPE 'INIT HELLO' WITH
NO PROGRAM IN MEMORY. AFTER IT HAS
FINISHED INITING DELETE HELLO AND TAKE
OUT THE DISK.NOW BOOT UP A COPY OF
DISK$O-DOC II. AFTER IT BOOTS AND ASKS
YOU FOR THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DISK
SET IT UP FOR 3.3 DOS AND REMOVE THE
DISK FROM THE DRIVE.THEN TYPE A '@'
AFTER YOU'VE ENTERED ALL THAT INFO AND
KEEP TYPING RETURN UNTIL YOU GET TO THE
PROMPT FOR THE DATA FIELD. HERE WHERE IT
HAS A DEFAULT OF 'DE' YOU ENTER 'E2'
AND AGAIN NEER THE BOTTOM WHERE IT HAS
A DATA FIELD PROMPT AGAIN.NOW YOU ARE
READY TO READ THE ORIGIONAL DISK. TYPE
'T' TO ENTER THE TRACK # TO READ AND
START WITH TRACK#3. READ IT IN. IF YOU
GET AN ERROR WHILE IT'S READING JUST
READ IT AGAIN UNTIL YOU DONT HAVE ANY
ERRORS. NOW THAT IT IS READ IN SWITCH
THE DISK WITH THE ONE YOU JUST INITED
AND AGAIN TYPE '@'.THIS TIME HOLD DOWN
THE RETURN AND REPEAT UNTIL IT GOES
THROUGH ALL THE OPTIONS AND DISPLAYS
THE TRACK LISTING.NOW TYPE 'W' AND WHEN
IT ASKS YOU IF YOU REQUESTED A WRITE
CYCLE TYPE 'Y'.AFTER IT'S DONE REPEAT
THE STEP WHERE YOU CHANGED THE DATA
FIELD 'DE' TO 'E2' AND KEEP GOING FOR
TRACK #4.DO THIS FOR EVERY TRACK ON THE
DISK MAKING SURE TO CHANGE DISKS AND
DATA FIELDS BEFORE READING AAND WRITING
AND MAKE SSURE YOU DONT GO FROM TRACK #
9 TO 10 BUT RATHER FROM 9 TO A AND THEN
LATER FROM 19 TO 1A.ONLY UP TO TRACK 22
IS USED SO DONT WASTE TIME TRYING FOR
TRACK 23.HOPE THIS HELPS.

ANY QUESTIONS CAN BE MAILED TO ME,
JIM PHELPS.

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MESSAGE #3: ENTRY #1 ADDENDUM

MSG LEFT BY: JIM PHELPS
DATE POSTED: SAT MAY  1  3:43:20 PM


THIS IS JIM PHELPS AGAIN WITH A LITTLE
ADDITION TO MY LAST CRACKING HINT:

YOU MUST ALSO COPY TRACK 2 ALONG WITH
ALL THE REST OF THE TRACKS YOU COPY.
THEN AFTER YOU DO THIS USE DISK-O-DOC
OR SOMEE OTHER PROGRAM WHICH WILL READ
AND WRITE JUST ONE SECTOR AT A TIME IF
YOU WISH AND COPY FROM A NORMAL DOS 3.3
DISK SECTORS 0-4 FROM TRACK 2 ONTO YOUR
APVENTURE DISK AND IT WILL WORK FINE
WITHOUT HAVING TO CHANGE AROUND YOUR
DOS OR ANYTHING. JUST TURN IT ON AND
BOOT IT UP. SORRY FOR THE FORGETFULNESS
ON MY PART. HAPPY CRACKING

                  JIM PHELPS

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MESSAGE #4: ENTRY #2 DATA FACTORY 5.0

MSG LEFT BY: DR STRANGELOVE
DATE POSTED: WED MAY 26 11:06:38 PM

TO COPY THE NEW DATA FACTORY
1. DEMUFFIN BOTH SIDES TO INITIALIZED
   DISKS
   THE FOLLOWING APPLY TO BOTH SIDES
2. LOAD TDF DELETE LINE 5 SAVE TDF
3. BLOAD AMPER FACTORY.OBJ0,A$82F0,L$1305
4. 8340:EA EA EA
5. BSAVE AMPER FACTORY.OBJ0,A$82F0,L$1305

I HOPE IS IS OF USE TO SOME OF YOU
THIIS IS A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM  BUT CAN
BE IMPROVED.   FIXES FOR CLEAN 80 COLS
AND PROPPER FUNCT OF THE THUNDERCLOCK
ON THE WAY.

>>>>>>>>>DR STRANGELOVE

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MESSAGE #5: ENTRY #3 REAR GUARD

MSG LEFT BY: THE FONGUS
DATE POSTED: FRI JUN  4  4:42:41 PM


MR. KRAC-MAN HERE WITH HOW TO CRACK
R E A R  G U A R D FROM ADVENTURE INTER
NATIONAL.
1)BOOT NORMAL DISK
2)CALL-151
3)TYPE 'B925:18 60 B988:18 60' TO READ
THE DISK WITHOUT LOOKING AT CHECKEUM &
THE ADR MARK.
4)TYPE '3D0G' BACK TO BASIC
5)RUN COPYA : COPY THE WHOLE DISK
6)DELETE ALL THE FILES EXCEPT FOR
'LOADER' (ALL THE REST OF THE FILES
CONTAIN SCOTT'S UGLY FACE AND A STUPID
PLANET PROTECTOR DEMO)
7)TYPE 'BLOADLOADER'
8)TYPE 'CALL-151'
9)ENTER '338:EA EA EA' (THIS GETS RID
OF THE STUPID CLICKING)
10)TYPE '355:4C 63 03 N 363:AD 50 C0 AD
52 C0 AD 57 C0 AD 54 C0 4C 5F 7C'
(THIS GETS RID OF THE DOUBLE NIBBLE
COUNT THAT  THIS PROTECTION USES AND
THIS TURNS ON THE HI-RES SCREEN. BY
THE WAY NO BIT COPIERS CAN COPY THIS
DOUBLE NIBBLE COUNT)

GENERAL COMMENTS:
 REAR GUARD USES A RWTS ROUTINE TO LOAD
IN THE PROGRAM. THE FILE 'LOADER' IS
THE PROGRAM THAT DOES THIS. REAR GUARD
DOES ALOT OF DISK ACESS DURING THE GAME
 SO THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO CRACK IT
CORRECTLY. TO FREE UP EXTRA TRACKS ON
THIS DISK, USE A DISK EDITOR AND SCAN
THROUGH THE DISK FOR UNUSED TRACKS.
IF YOU FIND ANY MARK THE DOWN AND ALVER
THE VTOC BIT MAP.
 
KEEP ON KRACING
 
>>>MR. KRAC-MAN<<<

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MESSAGE #6: ENTRY #4 MUSE

LETTER FROM: GARY GRIFFIS
DATE MAILED: WED JUN  9  9:01:49 AM

         - MUSE CONVERTER -
DO YOU HAVE SUPER TEXT II AND WISH
TO USE IT AS A TEXT EDITOR
FOR YOUR MODEM?  THE FOLLOWING
WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO BREAK SUPER
TEXT II, ABM, CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN
AND MOST OTHER MUSE PROGRAMS. //
THE PRINCIPAL PROTECTION SCHEME USED
BY MUSE IS TO DOUBLE THE SECTOR
NUMBERS.  MUSE DOS CONFUSES DEMUFFIN
AND DEMUFFIN PLUS AND THESE PROGRAMS
WILL NOT WORK ON MUSE DISKS.  IT IS
EASY TO USE RWTS AND TO WRITE OUR
OWN IOB AND DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS
TABLE (SEE PAGES 94-98 OF APPLE DOS
MANUAL) THAT WE CAN USE TO READ 
MUSE DOS TRACKS, AND THEN WRITE
THEM BACK OUT IN STANDARD 3.2 DOS. 
INCIDENTLY, THIS SAME METHOD CAN
BE USED TO CONVERT MANY OTHER
PROTECTED DISKS, SO LONG AS THEY
USE 13 OR 16 SECTORS PER TRACK, AND
SO LONG AS THERE IS A PATTERN TO THE
CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.

1) BOOT A 3.2 DISK, CALL -151, AND
TYPE IN THE SHORT ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE
PROGRAM BELOW, CHECK IT, AND THEN
BSAVE MUSEIOB,A$C00,L$26. 

2) TURN YOUR APPLE OFF AND ON TO
REMOVE THE MUSEIOB FROM MEMORY, AND
RE-BOOT YOUR 3.2 DISK.

3) TYPE NEW, AND THEN TYPE IN THE
APPLESOFT PROGRAM BELOW.  SAVE IT AS
MUSE.CONVERTER.

4) PLACE A BLANK DISK IN DRIVE 2,
TYPE NEW:INIT HELLO,V1,,D2 THEN DELETE
HELLO AFTER THE INIT IS FINISHED. 
THIS WILL BE YOUR DESTINATION DISK.

5) TYPE RUN MUSE.CONVERTER,D1 AND
FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS. WHEN THE PROGRAM
HAS FINISHED YOU WILL HAVE FURTHER WORK
TO DO DEPENDING UPON WHAT PROGRAM YOU
CONVERTED

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MESSAGE #7: ENTRY #4 MUSE CONT.

LETTER FROM: GARY GRIFFIS
DATE MAILED: WED JUN  9  9:13:50 AM

 MUSE CONTINUED: IF YOU CONVERTED ABM,
YOU NEED TO BOOT A STANDARD 3.2 DISK,
THEN PUT YOUR CONVERTED DISK IN THE
DRIVE AND TYPE LOAD ABM, THEN DELETE
ABM, THEN BSAVE ABM,A$80F,L$2000. 
NEXT LOAD HELLO, AND CHANGE THE RUN
ABM TO BRUN ABM.  ALSO DO THIS SAME
THING TO ADJUST.  ABM IS NOW BROKEN
AND WILL RUN FINE.  JUST MUFFIN IT
TO 16 SECTOR IF YOU WANT TO. //
FOR SUPER-TEXT IF YOU MERELY RENAME
^HELLO, HELLO THEN SUPER-TEXT WILL
RUN, BUT NOT PROPERLY.  YOU WILL RUN
INTO PROBLEMS WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO
LOAD, SAVE, AND DELETE FILES.  THIS
IS BECAUSE MUSE HAS MODIFIED THE
CATALOG FUNCTION OF THEIR DOS, AND
THEY RELY UPON THIS MODIFICATION
WHEN YOU ACCESS THE DISK.  I HAVE
NOT SPENT THE TIME TO BREAK THIS
MODIFICATION AND RE-PATCH THE
STANDARD DOS BUT I CHEATED AND SOLVED
THE PROBLEM THE OPPOSITE WAY, BY USING
THE MUSE DOS AND DISSABLING THE ROUTINE
THAT DOUBLES THE SECTOR NUMBER. //
SO, USE ANY GOOD NIBBLE COPIER
(LOCKSMITH, ETC) TO COPY TRACKS 0-2
FROM THE ORIGINAL SUPER-TEXT TO YOUR
BROKEN COPY, AND THEN WITH ANY GOOD
DISK ZAP PROGRAM (BAG OF TRICKS ZAP,
DISC-O-DOC, NIBBLES AWAY II), FIND
THE FOLLOWING STRING ON TRACK 0,
SECTOR $09 : B0 02 68 60 C8 B1 48 0A
AND CHANGE THE 0A TO EA (IT IS LOCATED
AT +EE).  SUPER-TEXT IS NOW BROKEN.
HOWEVER THERE IS ONE FURTHER PROBLEM.
SUPER-TEXT DOES NOT SEND OUT A
CARRIAGE RETURN WHEN YOU HIT THE <CR>,
BUT RATHER PLACES THE ASCII
SYMBOL ] WHEN YOU HIT THE <CR>. 
THIS IS NOT RECOGNIZED AS A <CR>
BY THE APPLE, AND YOUR SUPER-TEXT
FILES DON'T HAVE CARRIAGE RETURNS AND
LINE FEEDS WHEN YOU USE THEM ON YOUR
MODEM. UNTIL I OR SOMEONE ELSE FIGURES
OUT HOW TO GET THE ] CHANGED TO A
(CR) YOU WILL HAVE TO ZAP
THESE.  IF YOU ARE ABLE TO CHANGE THIS,
I WOULD APPRECIATE HEARING FROM YOU.  

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MESSAGE #8: ENTRY #4 MUSE CONT. CONT.

LETTER FROM: GARY GRIFFIS
DATE MAILED: WED JUN  9  9:17:23 AM

  
MUSEIOB:
 
0C00:A9 0C A0 0A 20 D9 03 60
0C08:00 FF 01 60 01 01 03 00
0C10:20 0C 00 20 00 00 01 00
0C18:00 60 01 FF FF FF FF FF
0C20:00 01 EF D8 FF FF
 
 
 
40 PRINT CHR$(4) + "BLOAD MUSEIOB"
 
50 HOME:PRINT:PRINT "PLACE WRITE
   PROTECTED MUSE ORIGINAL IN":
   PRINT "DRIVE 1":PRINT:PRINT
   "PLACE 13 SECTOR TARGET IN DRIVD
   2":PRINT CHR$(7) + CHR$(7): PRINT
   "TYPE 'G' TO BEGIN  ";:GET GG$:
   PRINT GG$:IF GG$=CHR$(3) THEN END
 
60 IF GG$ < > "G" THEN GOTO 50
 
70 POKE 3096,1 :REM VOLUME #
 
80 FOR T=3 TO 34:PRINT "TRACK # ";T
 
100 POKE 3084,1:POKE 3086,T:POKE 3094,1
 
110 FOR S = 0 TO 13
 
120 POKE 72,0:POKE 3087,S*2:POKE 3091$
    20 + S: CALL 3072: NEXT S
 
150 PRINT " WRITTING":POKE 3084,2:POKE
    3094,2
 
170 FOR S= 0 TO 13
 
180 POKE 72,0:POKE 3087,S:POKE 3091$
    20 + S: CALL 3072: NEXT S
 
210 NEXT T
 
220 PRINT "ALL FINISHED - DOS NOT
    COPIED": NEW: END
//

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MESSAGE #10: ENTRY #6 LAF PAK

MSG LEFT BY: THE FONGUS
DATE POSTED: MON JUN 14  7:32:00 PM

MR. KRAC-MAN HERE AGAIN WITH:

HOW TO KRAC LAF PAK (HA! HA!)
-----------------------------
THIS IS A VERY EASY PROGRAM TO KRAC.
KRACING THIS GIVES YOU EXPERIENCE IN
BASIC KRACING....

GAME #1 CREEPY CORRIDORS
------------------------
1)INIT A NORMAL DISK TO STORE ALL THE
  FILES OF LAF PAK.
2)BOOT UP LAF PAK AND SELECT '1'
3)AS SOON AS IT STARTS UP HIT <RESET>
4)TYPE '808:EA EA EA' TO GET RID OF
  ENCRYPTION CHECK ROUTINE.
5)TYPE '2000<800.8FFM'
6)BOOT DOS: TYPE '800<2000.20FFM'
7)TYPE 'BSAVEGAME1.PART1,A$800,L$1800'
8)TYPE 'BSAVEGAME1.PART2,A$4000,L$5600'
 GAME 1 IS NOW KRACED READ NEXT MSG FOR
 GAME 2

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12) APPLE II --- PIRATES HARBOR (MENU).


ENTER ACCESS #11


BOARD ACTIVATED--11
ENTER S)CAN OR P)OST

(?=MENU) COMMAND: S

 
: SCAN/READ BULLETIN BOARD :

 
THERE ARE 87 ACTIVE MESSAGES
...ONE MOMENT, PLEASE...


START LISTING TITLES WITH #1


1.  WELCOME TO APPLE
2.  HOW TO CRACK 'WAR'
3.  TIP ON COPYING SSI STUFF
4.  >> HOW TO  NEW ZAXXON <<
5.  PROGRAM COMPRESSION
6.  COMPRESSION CONTINUED
7.  COMPRESSION-STILL MORE
8.  COMPRESSION-MORE STILL
9.  COMPRESSION-LAST WORD
10. ADD 'TYPE' COMMAND TO DOS!!

(T)ITLES, (R)EAD, (Q)UIT: _


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13) APPLE II --- PIRATES HARBOR (MESSAGES).


MESSAGE #2: HOW TO CRACK 'WAR'

MSG LEFT BY: DENIS LANDRY
DATE POSTED: SAT JUL 16  5:42:42 AM

WELL IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE JUST DEMUFFIN
THE FILES THEN AFTER
 
1) BLOAD WAR
2) CALL-151
3) 800:4C 00 65
4) BSAVE WAR,A$800,L$6C00
 
THAT'S IT.... HAPPY COPYA!
 
PS I'M AUTORIZED TO USE THIS PASSWORD!

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MESSAGE #3: TIP ON COPYING SSI STUFF

MSG LEFT BY: MANUEL VELOSO
DATE POSTED: SUN JUL 31 10:59:35 PM

CHANCES ARE, YOU CAN COPY MOST OF THE
NEW SSI STUFF WITH NAII
ADDR=D4 AA B7
 
IF (AND WHEN) THEY MAKE THAT BEEPING
SOUND, JUST FLIP THE INTEGER CARD
SWITCH UP, HIT RESET, AND...
 
D6:00
C081
CTRL-C
 
DO A LIST, & DELETE THE LINES WHICH
CAUSES THAT HORRID NOISE. ON THE
COSMIC BALANCE 1 & 2, I FOUND THEY
WERE LINES 1 & 2. TO MAKE THIS
PERMANENT, TAKE THE WRITE PROTECT
OFF, & USE THE FOLLOWING:
&DEL"HELLO
&SAVE"HELLO
 
THEN YOU CAN PUT THE WP LABEL BACK ON.
I'M NOT TOO SURE, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT
GERMANY 1985  & UP ALSO CAN BE COPIED
STRAIGHT.
 
MANUEL
VELOSO

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MESSAGE #4: >> HOW TO  NEW ZAXXON <<
(SPACEBAR QUITS MESSAGE)

MSG LEFT BY: GUMBY DAMMIT
DATE POSTED: FRI AUG  5 11:55:26 PM

         >>>> ZAXXON <<<<
 
(C) CRACKED IN 1983 BY THE FAMOUS GUMBY
---------------------------------------
 
OK GUYS, 4 PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME HOW TO
CRACK ZAXXON, WHAT I'LL DO IS TELL YOU
HOW TO DO THE NEW MOCKINGBOARD VERSION
OF THAT GREAT GAME.
 
1 -- COPY TRACKS 0 THROUGH 16 WITHOUT
     CHECKSUMS.
 
2 -- USE A TRACK/SECTOR EDITOR
 
3 -- TRACK:  00    SECTOR:  04
 
     BYTE  00   FROM   38   TO   18
           4F          CC   TO   DE
 
4 -- TRACK:  00    SECTOR:  08
 
     BYTE  47   FROM   B0   TO   EA
           48          42   TO   EA
           8D          09   TO   15
           90          D4   TO   C4
           92          D0   TO   C2
           94          AE   TO   AA
           95          AB   TO   BF
           96          AB   TO   AA
           97          AF   TO   AE
 
5 -- IF YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR NAME ON
     THE HI-RES PAGE IT'S ON:
    
     TRACK:  16     SECTOR:  06
     (TRACKS AND SECTORS DECREMENT)
 
-->  THE UNITED PIRATES OF AMERICA  <--
---------------------------------------
I'M GUMBY. DAMMIT!

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MESSAGE #5: PROGRAM COMPRESSION

MSG LEFT BY: JOHN RAYMONDS
DATE POSTED: THU AUG 11 11:30:17 PM

     WITH IN MANY CRACKED PROGRAMS LURK
MANY WAISTFUL REPETITIONS OF DATA (I.E.
23 04 59 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55)  THEY
ARE NECCESSARY FOR THE PROGRAM TO WORK
BUT THEY TAKE UP A LOT OF SPACE.  TO
SOLVE THIS "PROBLEM" I HAVE WRITTEN A
PROGRAM TO CRAM TOGETHER OTHER PROGRAMS
AND A PROGRAM TO UNCRAM AND RUN THE
ORIGINAL PROGRAM.  OF COURSE THERE ARE
MANY VERY COMPLICATED WAYS TO "GET THE
MOST OUT OF EVERY BYTE" BUT THE WAY I
CHOSE IS VERY SIMPLE:
 
IF THERE IS A REPETITION IT IS STORED
LIKE THIS:
 
 1) NUMBER OF REPEATS (UP TO $FF),
    REPEAT VALUE
 
OTHERWISE STORE THINGS LIKE THIS:
 
 2) $00, NUMBER OF UNIQUES (UP TO
    $FFFF), LIST OF UNIQES
 
USING THIS METHOD THE ABOVE EXAMPLE
WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS:
 
00 00 03 23 04 59 07 55
 
IN THIS SMALL EXAMPLE NOT MUCH WAS
SAVED BUT IN REAL LIFE HOWEVER I HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE THE SIZE BY 4K TO
12K DEPENDING ON THE PROGRAM USING THIS
SIMPLE METHOD!
 
THE FOLLOWING TWO PROGRAMS ARE
RELOCATABLE SO THEY CAN BE RUN ANYWHERE
YOU WISH.  THE FIRST OF THE TWO IS THE
CRAMMER AND THE SECOND PROGRAM IS THE
UNCRAMMER.
 
TO USE THE CRAMMER JUST:
 
  1) LOAD THE PROGRAM TO BE CRAMMED
     ALONG WITH THE CRAMMER (AT LEAST
     ONE PAGE ABOVE THE PROGRAM)

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MESSAGE #6: COMPRESSION CONTINUED

MSG LEFT BY: JOHN RAYMONDS
DATE POSTED: THU AUG 11 11:41:58 PM

 
 
  2) ENTER THE FOLLOWING INTO PAGE 0:
 
     00- PROGRAM START (LSB)
     01- PROGRAM START (MSB)
     02- PROGRAM END (LSB)
     03- PROGRAM END (MSB)
 
  3) RUN CRAMMER
 
  4) GET THE FOLLOWING FROM PAGE 0:
 
     00- CRAMMED START (LSB)
     01- CRAMMED START (MSB)
     02- CRAMMED END (LSB)
     03- CRAMMED END (MSB)
 
BEFORE==>     PPPPPPPPPPPPP        CRAM
              !           !        !  !
DURING==> CCCCCCC         !        CRAM
          !   ! !         !        !  !
AFTER===> !   ! !    CCCCCCC       CRAM
          !   ! !    !    !!       !  !
      $0400   ! !    !    !!       !  !
(PROGRAM START) !    !    !!       !  !
            $????    !    !!       !  !
          (CRAM START)    !!       !  !
              (PROGRAM END)!       !  !
                  (CRAM END)  (CRAMMER)
 
 
TO USE THE UNCRAMMER JUST:
 
  1) LOAD CRAMMED PROGRAM AND UNCRAMMER
     RIGHT ABOVE IT
 
  2) CHANGE THE NOP'S IN UNCRAM TO THE
     FOLLOWING:
 
     NOP- CRAMMED START (LSB)
     NOP- CRAMMED START (MSB)
     NOP- CRAMMED END (LSB)
     NOP- CRAMMED END (MSB)
     NOP- ORIGINAL PROGRAM START (LSB)
     NOP- ORIGINAL PROGRAM START (MSB)
 
  3) CHANGE THE JMP $FF69 IN UNCRAM TO
     THE STARTING ADDRESS OF THE
     ORIGINAL PROGRAM.

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MESSAGE #7: COMPRESSION-STILL MORE

MSG LEFT BY: JOHN RAYMONDS
DATE POSTED: FRI AUG 12 12:14:19 AM


  4) PUT A JMP $(UNCRAM ADDRESS) BEFORE
     CRAMMED START AND YOUR DONE
 
BEFORE===>        CCCCCCCC:UNCRAM
                  !      !
AFTER====>  PPPPPPPPPPPPP!
            !     !     !!
(PROGRAM START)   !     !!
       (CRAM START)     !!
            (PROGRAM END)!
                (CRAM END)
 
 
AN EXAMPLE:
 
 CANNONBAL BLITZ-
 
MY BLITZ LOADED AT $0800 TO $8FFF
AND THE STARTING ADDRESS WAS $2900
I THEN LOADED CRAMMER AT $B000 AND
TYPED:
 
  00:00 08 FF 8F
 
  B000G
 
  0 <RETURN> <RETURN>
 
     0000- 77 15 FF 90 (A SAVING OF 3K)
 
THE CRAMMED PROGRAM NOW RESIDES AT
$1577 TO $90FF.  I THEN LOADED UNCRAM
AT $9100 AND TYPED:
 
  911D:77 15 FF 90 00 08
  913B:4C 00 29
  1574:4C 00 91
 
THE NEW BLITZ STARTS AT $1574 AND ENDS
AT $919C
 
 
*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*

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MESSAGE #8: COMPRESSION-MORE STILL

MSG LEFT BY: JOHN RAYMONDS
DATE POSTED: FRI AUG 12 12:19:38 AM

 
THE CRAMMER:
 
1000:A0 00 A9 00 85 04 A9 04
1008:85 05 B1 02 C8 AA E8 8A
1010:91 02 88 A5 00 85 06 A5
1018:01 85 07 B1 00 A2 00 85
1020:0C A5 06 C5 02 D0 18 A5
1028:07 C5 03 D0 12 8A F0 43
1030:91 04 E6 04 D0 02 E6 05
1038:A5 0C 91 04 18 90 7B A5
1040:0C E6 06 D0 02 E6 07 D1
1048:06 D0 04 E8 D0 D1 CA 85
1050:0C 8A C9 06 90 1D 91 04
1058:E6 04 D0 02 E6 05 A5 0C
1060:91 04 E6 04 D0 02 E6 05
1068:A5 06 85 00 A5 07 85 01
1070:18 90 A0 A9 00 85 0A 85
1078:0B 91 04 E6 04 D0 02 E6
1080:05 A5 04 85 08 A5 05 85
1088:09 E6 04 D0 02 E6 05 E6
1090:04 D0 02 E6 05 B1 00 91
1098:04 E6 0A D0 02 E6 0B A5
10A0:00 C5 02 D0 19 A5 01 C5
10A8:03 D0 13 A5 0B 91 08 E6
10B0:08 D0 02 E6 09 A5 0A 91
10B8:08 18 90 40 90 B3 E6 00
10C0:D0 02 E6 01 E6 04 D0 02
10C8:E6 05 A5 00 85 06 A5 01
10D0:85 07 B1 00 A2 00 E6 06
10D8:D0 02 E6 07 D1 06 D0 04
10E0:E8 D0 F3 CA 85 0C 8A C9
10E8:06 90 AA A5 0B 91 08 E6
10F0:08 D0 02 E6 09 A5 0A 91
10F8:08 18 90 C0 E6 03 A5 02
1100:85 06 A5 03 85 07 B1 04
1108:91 06 C6 06 A5 06 C9 FF
1110:D0 02 C6 07 C6 04 A5 04
1118:C9 FF D0 02 C6 05 A5 04
1120:C9 FF D0 E2 A5 05 C9 03
1128:D0 DC E6 06 D0 02 E6 07
1130:A5 06 85 00 A5 07 85 01
1138:60
 
 
THE UNCRAMMER:

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MESSAGE #9: COMPRESSION-LAST WORD

MSG LEFT BY: JOHN RAYMONDS
DATE POSTED: FRI AUG 12 12:23:55 AM

THE UNCRAMMER:
 
2000:20 58 FF BA BD 00 01 85
2008:07 CA BD 00 01 85 06 A2
2010:05 A0 20 B1 06 95 00 88
2018:CA D0 F8 F0 06>EA EA EA
2020:EA EA EA<B1 06 95 00 A0
2028:00 E6 02 D0 02 E6 03 A5
2030:00 C5 02 D0 09 A5 01 C5
2038:03 D0 03>4C 69 FF<B1 00
2040:E6 00 D0 02 E6 01 09 00
2048:D0 3B B1 00 85 07 E6 00
2050:D0 02 E6 01 B1 00 85 06
2058:E6 00 D0 02 E6 01 B1 00
2060:91 04 E6 00 D0 02 E6 01
2068:E6 04 D0 02 E6 05 C6 06
2070:A5 06 C9 FF D0 02 C6 07
2078:A9 00 C5 07 D0 E0 C5 06
2080:D0 DC 18 90 AA AA B1 00
2088:E6 00 D0 02 E6 01 E8 91
2090:04 E6 04 D0 02 E6 05 CA
2098:D0 F5 18 90 92
 
 
*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
 
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS SEND E-MAIL
TO:
 
 JOHN
 RAYMONDS
 
I HAVE A GOOD COLLECTION OF GAMES AND
WHAT NOT.  IF YOU NEED SOMETHING OR
WOULD LIKE TO TRADE SEND ME E-MAIL.
I WILL BE AT MIT SOME TIME SHORTLY
AFTER 9/8/83.
 
I ALSO NEED DOCS TO BIG MAC IF ANYONE
HAS THEM.
 
 
                         HAVE FUN-
 
                         JR

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MESSAGE #10: ADD 'TYPE' COMMAND TO DOS!!

MSG LEFT BY: THE MAGNET
DATE POSTED: MON AUG 22  2:01:37 AM

NOW, YOU CAN EXAMINE TEXTFILES WITH
A SINGLE DOS COMMAND!! NO NEED TO
"TLOAD" AND "TLIST". TEXT FILE
CONTENCE IS NOT LOADED INTO MEMORY.
INSTED, IT IS DUMPED TO YOUR SCREEN.
ON MANY MAIN FRAME COMPUTERS, THERE IS
A COMMAND CALLED "TYPE". TYPE <FILE>
WILL DUMP THE CONTENCE OF <FILE> TO
THE SCREEN OR PRINTER. I HAVE JUST
FINISHED A PATCH TO DOS TO ADD THE
TYPE COMMAND. YOU USE IT LIKE THIS:
 
]TYPE DATA
 
00 02 03 04 05
 
]
 
OR WHAT EVER WAS IN DATA WOULD HAVE
BEEN DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN. THIS
COMMAND WORKS FROM WITHING PROGRAMS
AS WELL AS IN IMMEDATE MODE. YOU
JUST RUN ONE BINARY PROGRAM AND
IT IS INSTALLED. WANT IT???
 
    SEND MAIL TO:
 
F> THE
L> MAGNET
 
THIS HAS BEEN A MAGNET-PARASITE
PRODUCTION.

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14) CRACKING TOOLS.




(?=MENU, 1-21) ->: 13

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BACK-IT-UP (O.F.)
BACK-IT-UP (Q&D)
BACK-IT-UP II
CLONE KIT (EXEC)
CLONE KIT (NEW)
CLONE KIT (OLD)
COPY II PLUS
DAKIN PROGRAM AIDS
DAKIN TOOLKIT
DISK LIBRARY
DISK LOCK PROTECTION
DISK MASTER
DISK PREP
DISK TIPS 1-4 (BEAGLE BROS)
DISK-O-DOC
DISK-O-DOC II
DOS BOSS
INSPECTOR
LABELLER
LOCKSMITH 3.0
LOCKSMITH 3.1
LOCKSMITH 4.0
LOCKSMITH 4.1
MACRO-SCED
MASTERDISK (3.2)
MASTERDISK (3.3)
MASTERDOS
MASTERDOS (3.2)
MASTERDOS (3.3)
MENUIZER (FP)
MENUIZER (INT)
MULTI DISK CATALOG III
NIBBLES AWAY (A)
NIBBLES AWAY (B)
NIBBLES AWAY II
SUPER DISK COPY 3.6
THE INSPECTOR
UTILITY CITY


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