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Ifyou use a Tom Acree Associate Editor Software recommendations different assembler, you will have to translate binary files. We have programs to convert them to the proper fonnat for printing. If you are Karen Fitzpatrick Circulation The Starter Kit contains most ofthe programs portions of the source code into something your sending source code files, and you are not using Jeff Hurlburt Reviews that you need to "Get started". In addition, we assembler will understand. the SOC Assembler, send them as normal'text recommend that you acquire the following: Computing checksums COMPUTIST is published by SoftKey files. Publishing. Address all advertising inquiries o Applesoft program editor such as "Global Checksums are 4-digit hexadecimalnumbers When to include a printed letter to: Program Line Editor (GPLE)". which tell if you typed a program correctly and helpyoulocate any errors. 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2 R~aders Data Exchange CQMPUTIST #7.3 Features, Notes and such: Editorial Notes A note about Reading & Me 6 COMPUTIST on Disk Autocopy Pann to copy Ultima V: 5 • I've received a number ofletters suggest­ en BBS News (RDEX entries) 10 ing I work out a way to put the issues on disk. • This issue is a (over) I Mbyte formatted Page­ ::') BBS Notes (Questions and Answers) 12 Maker file on a MAC. About 1(3 (1 think) of Behind the scenes of a One Byte Patch 6 that is actual text, the rest is graphics or formatting commands. So we're looking at Blocks vs Tracks - ProDOS & DOS over 300Kbytesoftextand this is oursmallest Converting from/to blocks & sectors 11 format, only 24 pages. We would have to use two 5.25" disks orone3.5" disk.I estimate the Bug in Crystal Quest Mod (issue #71) 15 cost would be about the same as the cost of a Cheap NMI? 19 combinationsubscription($1OO/yr/12 issues). I would like to know how many readers are Comments on Assembly Language Programming really willing to pay the extracost to gettheir issues on disk. Write to me if you are inter­ for Beginners 4 ested. Let me know what equipment you are Comments: Copy II Plus 9.0 17 using. If enough people are interested we'll see ifwe canfind someone to do it. Ifsomeone Free Adventure Maps 18 is interested in working out a good disk for­ MONRWTS A ReadlWrite disk routine 16 mat, you should also write and let me know. Note on Bilestoad 9 Submission Notes As of this issue I'm current on submis­ Notes on Disk Muncher 17 sions up to (and including some of) March. If Notes on LaserForce 19 you sent something before MaIch and you haven't seen it published. then you should Notes on War in Middle Earth 19 check with me at your eaIliest convenience. Someletters require alotofediting andI often Put Ancient Land ofYs on a Harddrive 11 bump them whenI don'thave enough time (a Putting Shanghai on a hard disk 12 chronic condition aIound here). ButI usually Quick and dirty ProDOS 16 READ_BLOCK patch 15 get to them by the neXt issue or so. Change in Most Wanted Rick's Hello 7 I've made a change in the MOST Run Paintworks Gold under GS/OS 5.0 6 WANTED list. To the left ofeach title is the issue number when that title was added. You Senior PROM- NOT Available 19 can use thatnumberto tell how long a title has Some notes on Copy II Plusv9 19 beenon the list. I thought it might help ifyou knew which ones to concentrate on. Some notes on RISK (Leisure Games) 19 Li~rary.Di~~ Not~~ Ultima II Character Editing ·..: :;: ::c.,5 There wasn't alptin Plis i:;~u~,UUh.ew.a~'; ~,f tY~~~bi~~pi9gt;~~ ~ ~ 't!iat'could beput.on.tbc Ultima IV HELP ;.; : : 16 libr~ disk. so I copied.the Eamon. Master: Using Copy II plus to make an APT ; : .4 disk onto the front and put Eamon.Adventure # 194. \!!Wltk of tlJt 1t'ttottson the back.

Sokoban .. : :8 Diamond Mine 9 Raster Blaster 10 Stickyl::ieatOpposites GS 17 Dig'·Em· 9 ReaIguard ;: 10 Stickybear Shapes GS 17 jRepton lp Study··Sldlls· ;.; ;.:.: 17 ~~~!Kirik·::::::::::::::::::::·:::::::::::~::;!:::::'::~:~::::~ 'Ribbit ; , ;; .•• ;;.;~;.i;;;.;,.; ~: 8. 10 Test Drive II: The Duel 15 Dragon Wars , , :.., , , :6 :Robotr01;;~2884;;IW.:li.:.1011.:'ii ..b."f...: l~ Test Drive II: The Duel (GS) 9.15. 19 Drelbs 9 Sammy Lightfoot : 8 Ta.ble The Children's Writing and Drol l0 Sea Dragon 10 Publishing Center 7, 16 Dung Beetles 10 Sea Fox 8.10 The Design Your Own Home Series 17 Electro Arena 8 Serpentine 8. 10 Architectural Design 17 Eliminator 8 Situation Critical: 19 of Interior Design 17 Evolution 8.10 Snack Attack 8. 10 Landscape Design 17 Falcons 8. 10 Snake Byte 8, 10 Think Quick v1.2 17 Falcons 11 10 Snapper 8. 10 Three Stooges 15 Fire and Ice ; 8 .Sneakers ; ;: :.10 Tunnels of Armageddon 12 Free Fall 8. 10 Snoogle:.:;.: : : :: ;.: ;.: ::..-1@ Contents U.S.A. Geograph vl.O 14. 17 Frogger 10 Space Cadets :: 10 Ultima II (Original Version) 5 Galaxian 10 Space Quarks 8, 10 Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiegp .. 7 Genetic Drift 8 Spy's Demise 8. 10 Editorial Note 3 WorldGeographvl.1 10.17 Gobbler 10 StaI Maze 10 The Product Monitor 4 Bltkeys: Gold Rush 8. 10 Star Thief 8. 10 Dragon WaIS .4 Halloween 8 Star Trek 10 Fast Frames. Updates. etc .4 Dungeon Master 18 HaId Hat Mack 10 Succesion 10 2088: BaIgain 'Thrills .4 Gradebusters 123 v3.35 6 Hellstorm 10 Super Puckrnan 10 Dragon Wars Tavern Tales .4 Math Blaster Plus! v3.1 5 Hellstrom 8 Swashbuckler 8.10 Vendors 4 Strike Fleet 15 Horizon V 10 Syzygy 10 RDEX Contributors 23 Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego 18 Ice Demons 8 Taxman 10 Most Wanted Softkeys 23 APTs: Jawbreaker II 8. 10 Teleport 8. 10 Joust (Atarisoft) 10 Thief 10 A.E 9 Jouster 8.10 Threshold 10 Softkeys: Alien Ambush 9 Jump Jet 10 Thunderbombs 8. 10 Ancient Land of Ys 11 Alien Game 9 Jumpman 8 Tubeway 10 Arkanoid II: Revenge of Doh 14 Apple Kong 9 Kameari l0 Tubewayll 8 Bad Dudes 18 Apple Panic 8 Labyrinth 9.10 Viper ,.. , ,. , , , 10 Battle Chess 17 Battle Zone 9 Mapple: 19 Wargle ". , , 8.10 Battle Chess GS 9.19 Beer Run 8.9 MaIauder 10 WaIlock GS 9 Bubble Ghost GS 6. 9. 18 Bellhop 9 Mars CaIS 8. 10 Zany Golf GS 9 ChaIlie Brown's ABC's 16 Berserker 9 Microwave 10 Chern Lab 17 Bolo Playing Tips: 9 Milipeed 8.10 Borg 9 Curse of the Azure Bonds (lIe) 18 Miner 204ger 10 BaId's Tale I 8 Bruce Lee 9 Downhill Challenge 14 Money Munchers 8. 10 Dungeon Master 6. 8 Four-in-One Infocom Sampler 7 Buck Rogers 9 Montezuma's Revenge 10 Neuromancer 8 GBA Championship Basketball 7 Bug Attack 9 Mouskattack 10 Ultima III 10 Geometryvl.0 13 Buzzard Bait 8 MrCool 8 Ultima V 9. 18 Grand Prix Circuit 14 Cannonball Blitz 8. 9 Mr. Robot and the Robot Factory 10 Where in the World is Carmen SanDiego 5 Great Western Shootout 15 Canyon Climber 8. 9 Neptune 8.10 WizaIdry (Proving Grounds Heavy Barrel 7 Captain Power ~ 19 Night Crawler 8. 10 of the Mad Overlord) 8 How the West was One + Three x Four 7 Caverns of Calisto 8 Nightmare Gallery 10 Wizardry 10 Impossible Mission II 19 Ceiling Zero 9 Nomads 10 Zork Zero 16 Jack Nickalaus' Greatest 18 Holes Choplifter 9 Oils Well 8 OfMajor Championship Golf 15. 17 mM Playing Tips: Color Planetoids 9 Outpost " 10 King of Chicago 13 Congo 9 Phaser Fire ~ 10 Mean Streets 20 Neuromancer 14 Creepy Corridoors 9 Pooyan 8.10 Mech Warrior 20 Operation Frog 17 Crisis Mountain 9 Quadrant 6112 10 Pool of Radiance 20 Planetfall 7 Crossfire 8 Quest For Tires 10 Platoon 7.18 Crystal Castles 8 Raiders of the Lost Ring 10 Pool of Radiance (lIe) 18 Cyclod 9 Randamn 10

COMPUTIST #73 Readers Data Exchange 3 Jeff Hurlburt TX castings of SERIOUS DAMAGE-class spells). losing it causes no great concern, you can. more language ofchoice among all ofthe professional The farther (higher. deeper) you range the better likely thannot, safelyshrinkitand obtain an extra programmers in the world today. Besides. as­ the chances of 'quality' opposition and the more 30K+. For example: entering BSAVE sembly is the language that the aforementioned TIh~ truly proficient you become in the use of your SPLASH.T$Cl,ASOOOO.L$1 will replace a 32K high-level languages are written in. Druid, Sun, High, and Low Magic spells (65 in picture named "Splash" with a version using less The books above will contain almost every­ all), special"Abilities" (e.g. tracking, climbing, than lK. The program still has a "picture" to load thing you need to know, but not all. You can etc.), and arms. (rather quickly. I might add); and you have an obtain a technical reference manual from Apple JPm({))llD1IJCCT The IIgs recommendation, ofcourse. reflects extra chunk of diskette space. (or from Videx Techs. for Laser 128 owners) the no-swap. no-flip convenience of3S' media; No Clue In the Pool with $F8oo-SFFFF disassembly (commented but only partly. In "Dragon Wars" all newly upon. hopefully), and the Merlin comes with a Responding to various rumors, SSI's Linda created characters begin with identical, low disassembly (commented) of Applesoft. The 1'![(Q)NllT(Q)m Blanchard notes that there is currently no plan to numbers for Strength, Dexterity, Magic Power. Beneath Apple DOS book contains all you need supply free Clue Books with any of the TSR etc.. You assign a name and gender. and then to know about DOS locations, along with Com­ D&D adventures. RATINGS tailor the characterby spending 50"BonusPoints" putist #60. Regarding David Stewart's observation that to raise attributes andlor enable weapons. magic. I am not into assembly on the IIgs. but ifyou SUPERB "Pool of Radiance" left him wandering and vic­ and other skills. You can create or transfer-in insist upon it, then I would recommend that you ***** toryless: Yes. due largely to thepiecemealnature (from lIe versions of"'Bard's Tale" I-III) up to acquire some of the following stuff on IIgs as­ EXCELLENT ofthe quest (i.e. you are supposed to clearthe city **** four characters. The other three slots are filled by sembly language. I don'thave any ofthesebooks, VERY GOOD recruits found in camps and taverns or by tempo­ ofEvil). the game is known for its unspectacular but I am sure that they are all excellent. You can ending. Anyone who wipes out all oppositioncan *** rarycreaturesyousummon. Unfortunately, while get them all from A-2 Central. GOOD safely declare Victory. Later SSI releases, nota­ your heroes can survive. at just two new Bonus IIgs Machine Language for Beginners by ** Points per Level of advancement, character bly "Champions of Krynn", are much better FAIR about celebrating your success. As to being able Wagner. growth slows to a crawl. Due chiefly to very Programming the IIgs in Assembly Language limited Magic Power, progress is bound to bog to wander around after winning: this is an on­ @* POOR purpose feature of TSR adventures intended to by Lichty / Eyes. down in major league monster areas as you must Programming the IIgs in C and Asm. Lan­ @@ BAD repeatedly break off promising explorations to permit characters on the verge of Level promo­ tion to advance in preparation for the next adven- guage by Andrews. 6 DEFECTIVE seek a power recharge for your spell casters. ture. . Programming the 65815 by Lichty / Eyes. Putting the above in perspective: when, after Apple IIgs Asm. Language Programming by several days ofenjoyable play. I finally achieved Vendors Scanlon. The tricky part about taking on the review of victory, my characters hadreached only Level 20 any large-scale adventure is that it's all too easy Electronic Arts: 1820 Gateway Drive, San Programmer's Intro to the IIgs by Apple. or so- this after mapping virtually every square Mateo, CA 94404 atten: Lisa Higgins (415-571­ Apple IIgs Toolbox Reference, Vol. I by to get wrapped up in the game. When you tackle of the game and slaughtering veritable armies. three good ones- like "Champions of Krynn", 7171) Apple. Well, Level 20 corresponds to a mere 20 addi­ Interplay Productions: 1575 Corporate Apple IIgs Toolbox Reference. Vol. II by "Windwalker", and "Dragon Wars"- one after tional Magic Power. Without the benefit of sig­ the other... More games next time; but, for sure, Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 atten: Mkt. Direc­ Apple. nificant 'externalboosts' (i.e. I pumped-in some­ tor (714-545-9001; orders: 800-227-6900) some serious applications stuff too. thing like 400 additional Bonus Points per char­ A-2 Central also has several ofApple's tech­ Strategic Simulations Inc.: 1046 North nical references for the IIgs. as well as several Dragon Wars acter). playing time could easily have tripled­ Rengstorff Ave., Mountain View, CA 94043 most of it spent in boring. drawn-out hacking other I1gs books. I canonly suggest the Merlin 8/ $49.95 Interplay atten: Linda Blanchard (415-964-1353) 16 assembler, the S-C Macro Assembler version matches. (Naturally, NOW, I could win with a Victory Software: P.O. Box 821381, Hous- much weaker party; so, no doubt, could/did? a 2.0 or later. or the ORCA/M GS version of the Requirements: ton. TX 77282-1381 atten: Vinay Pai (800-232­ Orca/M assembler. The Merlin is. ofcourse, the *** beta tester working with a full set of annotated 3828, in Texas call 713-493-3232) 128K Apple II series maps.) Thegame's rating assumes play on a IIgs best as far as the overall package and ease ofGS one 5.25 or 3.5" drive where, when a user justcan't stand another five­ use goes, with complete GS stuff. IIgs recommended minute sword fight with pissants, he or she can The Bllt Durf CA Now that you have spent all of that money. I am going to ask you to spend a bit more. The In this long-play adventure from the "'Bard's enter the monitor and soup-up magic user power Comments on Assembly Language following listofdisks/programs Iconsideressen­ Tale" people. your party is among a group of (at $403B, $423B.... S4C3B). A better approach Programming for Beginners is to start off new characters with 127 Bonus tial when using Assembly language program­ pilgrims newly arrived in Purgatory. Oceana's A number of new subscribers are not quite premier city. Incredibly, not only is the place a Points (enter S7F); and restrict later additions to ming regularly. I have all of the below stuff conversant with assembly language. Neither am wreck, but you are set upon by thugs in guard 15-20 points upon each level increase. hidden in corners ofmy room. and I useCopy II+ I, really. I just dabble with the stuff, and barely uniforms, stripped of possessions, and left to and the Assembler most often, in conjunction Note: It may be that lIe users can make the know what most ofthe Opcodes mean, let alone fend for yourself in the world's largest prison Bonus Point additions to diskette character files with Appleworks. Why a word processor? Easier how they work together in the more complex camp. to write a source file with, then saveandassemble (byte S3B in each). Ididnottry itbecauseon-disk programs. I can just do simple stuff. Theproblem, it turns out, is that a man-demon datais notorious for being booby trapped (e.g. via with your assembler. Face it. the assemblers have What do you do when it comes time to learn conqueror calling himself"Namtar the Magnifi­ checksums); and there is no easy way to tell how really crummy editors, and you need a word assembly language programming? Here are the far into the game a trap will 'kick in'. To the processor for them longjobs that take all night to cent" has found a way to control the dragons books and programs that I fmd to be very valu­ upon which the great cities depend for defense. creditofDW's designers and Interplay, the disk­ type in after 2 months of writing on paper. able and worth their weight in silicon (ha, ha). After such 'demonstrations' as Purgatory, most ettes are notprotected, in-memory character info First off, you need an assembler. I've listed DOS 3.3 system master have surrendered, but not all. You. ofcourse. are is nothidden, and the standard IIgs interrupts are these from best to worst, in my opinion: ProDOS 8 system master (or ProDOS 16/ more determined thanever to "seethe wonders of not switched off. GS/OS) Oceana". Your vacation is spoiled and Namtar is Though sound is just a notch above silence­ 1) Merlin 8/16 or Merlin Pro Copy 11+ or Locksmith bitcopying utilities going to pay the bill! after a musical intro about all you will hear is 2) SoC Macro Assembler Appleworks, Applewriter lIe or comparable Given the popularity oflnterplay's '''Bard's your footsteps- "Dragon Wars" boasts, in all 3) Orca/M E-Z assembler word processor Tale" series. it will come as no surprise that probability, the very best double-hires displays 4) Microsparc Assembler 5) Apple's DOS toolkit orPrgDOS assembler Here is my suggested Hardware (for lIeifyou "Dragon Wars" adopts essentially the same for­ of any adventure. Baywoof (the ex-IIgs user) don't already have it): mat. To the leftyou gettheexpected3-Dperspec­ happened to walk in during one gaming session 6) LISA (Lazer systems) tive forward view showing trees, pools. bridges. and. after taking a hard look at the beautifully 2 Disk Drives You can get the Microsparc Assembler (the Printer walls, etc.. To the right, bar graphs reflect current done artwork and animation ofa monster pic, he one I have) from Microsparc Inc. This assembler 128K or more memory hit point/ magic power status of party members; actually asked ifthe game was done in super-res! is excellent, for my tastes, and will be adequate 80 columns and a small area at the bottom is reserved for Add smooth point-and-click mouse operation for almost all of your assembly needs. although message displays. As in "'Bard's Tale" and and you have a very attractive adventuring pack­ NMI card (Laser 128 owners can just press it is nothing special. Apple still sells the DOS ctrl reset M) "Wizardry V". combat is whatI'vecalled "semi­ age: easy to 'get into', absorbing. and definitely Toolkit assemblers and the ProDOS developers tactical". That is, a picture of an opponent ap­ 'different'. disk at outrageous prices. You can get Merlin Addresses pears; and you trade blows, cast spells. advance. from Silicon Express for S88.95, and it is a Here's the list of address' for all of the com­ flee (use artifacts, reload, change weapons, etc.) Fast Frames, Updates, etc. complete package. with four different operating panies mentioned above. They will all be happy viachoices presentedin acombatwindow. which systems supported (DOS 3.3, ProDOS 8 & 16. to send you prices of any of their merchandise, 2088: Bargain Thrills also reports results for each round. Distance is a and GS/OS). disassembler. list debugger. and and many have free catalogs. factor for both weapons and magic as well as FromVinay Pai at Victory Softwarere. "2088: many utilities and source listings. Merlin is, of Silicon Express. Box 850, Patlaska. OH starting location(s) of the one or more enemy The Cryllan Mission": course, the best assembler you can get for the 43062 (1-800-999-6868) groups you face. Opponents run the gamut from "Although the list price is S69.95, Roger Apple line ofcomputers. Ifyou get it. you won't Howard W. Sams and Company, 4300 W. easy drunks. dogs, and thieves. through giant Coats and Program Plus are offering it for nearly need anything else. 62nd Street, Indianapolis, IN 46268 (1-800-428­ spiders, pikemen, murk trees. goblins, wizards. 50% off list price. Additionally, any Egghead Ifyour assembler doesn't come with a disas­ SAMS, FAX 1-317-298-5604) demons and dragons. Oversixty types helpguar­ Discount Software store can specially order our sembler. then you can get Munch-A-Bug from A·2Central. P.OBox 11250, OverlandPark. antee a variety ofentertaining combatsituations. product (SKU 585-844)." Rodger Wagner Publishing, Inc., and it will do KS.66207 Marked similarities notwithstanding. it is Dragon Wars Tavern Tales everything you need. including mini-assembler. MlcroSPARC Inc. and Nibble Publications. hardly obvious that"Dragon Wars"has a famous ..... still packs the Slicer he found in the Now, what to do with the assemblers? Well, 52 Domino Drive, Concord, MA. 01742-9906 pedigree. Aside from a more Conanesque feel Underworld and Rubywand favors her Dragon you geta some books and readand do everything (TechSupport: 508-371-1 669,ModemLine: 508­ and richer. puzzle-packed scenario, the new re­ Sword. Still when y' want a good solid hit and a they say. Here are some books, listed in no par­ 369,8920) lease also embraces a bigger. more varied land­ few extra yards o' reach, it's tough to beat this ticular order: Apple Computer, 10260BandleyDrive, Cu­ scape including cities, ruins, mines, and forests here Dragon Tooth." 1. Assembly Lines: The Book by Rodger pertino, CA. 95014 (1-408-996-1010) spread across several islands. A sprawling (32 x "My archer wasn't worth spit 'til we found Wagner. Central Point Software, 9700 SW Capitol 32 grid) Underworld provides several conven­ that cache of Grey Arrows in the guard house 2. Apple Assembly Language Programming Highway, Portland, OR. 97219 (1-503-244-5782) ientbackdoors to widelyseparatedtopside areas, near the bridge. •Course, the guards made a by Malcolm Whapshott. Computer Direct, 22292 N. Pepper Road, and, along with teleports and ships, helps aplayer terr'ble fuss; but now we can jus' walze in there 3. Assembly Language for Beginners by Barrington, Ill. 60010 (1-8oo-BUY-WISE or 1­ who's learned the ropes avoid time-consuming any old time. spring the lock. and... some other Leventhal. 312-382-5058) journeys. nice stuff in the same chest... .. 4. Apple Programmer's Handbook by Paul Applied Engineering, P.O. Box 815828, Especially welcome is a new self-mapping ..... to use the Spectacles again and scarfupon Irwin. Dallas, TX. 75381 (1-800-327-7234) feature~ just press ..?.. for a 9 x 8 'Ultima map' more goodies? Right? But it didn't work. You get 5. Beginner's Guide to Apple II Assembly Public Domain Exchange, 2074C Walsh, view showing your party and adjacent explored to the last room and the door is missing! Then Language by S. Scott Zimmerman. Ste. 850. Santa Clara, CA. 95050 (1-800-331­ squares. A saved game 'remembers' this infor­ Rubywand says, 'Look. we've sprung Zaton; so, 6. 6502 Subroutines by Leventhal (and 6502 8125) mation; so there is little needfor anything beyond let's ditch the Bowl and give it another try...... Assembly Language Programming by same). Online Store. 3037 Golf Course Dr.• Ven­ rough pencil-and-paper sketches. Good note­ ..... been sinking for years. Well, Doc Gor­ 7. Third Book of Apple Secrets by Nibble / tura, CA. 93003 (805-650-0188, FAX: 805-650­ taking, however, is fairly critical ifyou hope to bash takes one look and says: 'Hydraulics, Gen­ Microsparc. 0195. Modem: 805-650-0193 - awesome Mo­ avoidsucherrors as walking into a fatal trap after tlemen, is hydr~~lics. There has to be a mud leak 8. Your Apple Games Gallary by Nibble / dem prices & other stuff) beingtoldthat"Adeadlysnareawaits theunwary somewhere.... Microsparc. Roger Wagner Publishing, Inc., 10761 in Freeport" (sigh). Taverns supply numerous ..... we're about to say adios to the Under­ 9. Nibble Express IX by Nibble/Microsparc. Woodside Ave., Ste. E, Sanwe, Ca. 92701 valuable "rumors" and oftenyou will be referred world and try out Lansk hospitality, when Moth­ 10. Beneath Apple DOS by Lechner /Worth. Using Copy II plus to make an APT to one of the manual's 147 clue-packed "para­ nose spots this weird pool just a stone's throw to 11. Beneath Apple ProDOS by Lechner / Ab. yes, the elusiveAdvanced Player'sTech­ graphs". the west..... Worth. Unlikemostmajoradventures. "DragonWars" nique. Well, there are a multitude of ways to ..... claims they tinkered up a mean little The Apple Assembly Language Program­ actually builds in few 'must do' activities. Basi­ beauty called the Dragon Horn; and it's still make an APT, depending upon the type and cally, yourmissionis to zapNamtar and dump his ming bookcomes with an assembler, a pretty 0 K complexity of the game you are playing. Since down there. Trouble is. no one knows what one but I prefer the Microsparc Assembler or bod into The Abyss. How you pull this off is. happened to the dwarfs." Ultima V has been so overkilled in Computist, I largely. anopen-endedproposition, since neither Merlin. You can get books 1,10 and 11 from shaH now beat the dead horse, so to speak. "So this mean mud sucker is sittin' there Silicon Express pretty cheap. You can get books finding Namtar's stronghold nor getting in is waitin' to be fed and I'm startin' to think maybe This is not, however, an article about Ultima especially difficult. The catch, as may be antici­ 3 and 6 from A-2 Central. You can get books V. This is a brief demonstration by which I will we're on the menu. Then 01' Batfoot here blurts 5.7,8, and 9 from Nibble / Microsparc Publica­ pated in a realistic scenario, is that weak, poorly out: 'The Mystic Woods! I've still got those..... enlighten you on a new way to make the APT armed characters lacking powerful spells and tions. You can get books 2,4 and 5 from Howard process much faster. Most of the people reading artifacts will simply be blown away in the first Too Easy? W. Sams Co. All in all, the whole package will this article haveCopy II+, v 8.?, and ifyou don't, encounter with Namtar's guards. Much of the Supposed you're updating some favorite probably cost around S200, and the assembler then I would suggest that you spend S20.95 at game amounts to a quest for better weapons and application diskette to GSOS 5.0 and discover from S50 (Microsparc Assembler) to Sl00(Merlin Silicon Express to get yourself acopyofthe best armor, juicier spell scrolls, and high-power arti­ that all yourneatstuffwon't quite fit. (Gasp! Oh 8/16). So, assembly will cost as much as a com­ Bitcopier around. Copy 11+ has an.excellent facts (e.g. the Dragon Horn and Freedom Sword, No!) Not to fret; if one of the programs loads a plete Pascal or Cobol or "c" package, but is Autocopy feature. You just pre-set the parame­ each of which can be "charged" for up to 49 non-packed startup picture (e.g. a SCI file) and infinitely more rewarding to learn. and is the ters, and then the program does the hard wOIk.

4 Readers Data Exchange COMPUTIST #73 But, the Autocopy feature ofCopy IT+ has one Byte 18 has no interest whatsoever but canbe Harald the Fairhaired Oslo Products more endearing aspect. It does Sector Edits, too. fun to play arounli with. Although you can only Hellenic (Republic) Athens Alpacca Lima Bob Igo's Editor Creator IT showed me the light. save your character in the wilderness, if you put Henry Hudson New'York Anjovan Scops Owl Moroni Following is a step-by-step way to use the Auto­ any value other than $00 in this byte it will save Hittite Istanbul Art Athens, Paris copy feature of Copy IT+ to perform lightning­ youlN ATOWN.Ifyouaddthis numberyou will King Mongkut Bangkok Automobile Buyer Tokyo fast sector edits, anytime you want. start in a town - which will disappear when you Magayar BUdapest Beef Buenos Aires Now,let us say you Just got into a nasty fight leave. Malay Singapore Cattle Buenos Aires with the guards at Blackthorn's place. You are Bytes $19 through $l~ are your abilities: Party chairman Peking Cobra New Delhi almostdead,low on spells and reagents, and just strength, agility, stamina, charisma, wisdom, and Party secretary Budapest Coconuts Colombo about outof Skull Keys, oh, no!. Well, you save intelligence. Thevalues arefromdecimal I to 99. President Kigali, New York Coffee Buyer Mexico City the game, and pull out your Computist Starter Beware ofputting it to high - ifyou gain in these Prime minister London Copperhead Kit. Twenty minutes later, you are done editing and exceed 99 you go to 1. Regent San Marino Copra New Delhi and you are playing again, with a fresh group. Bytes $lF and $20 are hit points, again in Renaissance painting Rome Croquet Budapest Well, here is how to eliminate the 20-minute decimal form. For example if $lF=$50 & Ruling council Baghdad Designer jeans New York span. $20=$10, theH.P. will be 5010. Bytes $21 to $23 Samurai warriors Tokyo Diamonds Rio 1. Boot Copy IT+. Chose 5.25" BITCOPY from contain food. X.P. is in $24 & $25 and gold is in Serendip Colombo Drama Athens the copy sub-menu. The computer boots $26 and $27. Saxon London Fashion Paris BITCOPY.SYSTEM, and youchose slot 6 (or The place your character is at is saved in Shang Dynasty Peking Fig Buyer Istanbul whatever). Now, go to the CREATE PARAM Bytes $28 and $29, X and Y respectively. Shiva New Delhi Gas Buyer Baghdad ENTRY option. The weapon is stored in $2F, ranging from Spanish Colonialism Lima Gazelle $01 dagger to $09 quicksword. Armor is byte Spanish Conquistadors Lima 2. Now, the screen is cleared, and you have a Gila monster Mexico City $30. The ready spell is stored in byte $31. Bytes Sparta Athens Gorilla Kigali prompt at the NAME: line. Enter ULTIMA V $32=torches, $33=keys, and $34=tools. Thai Bangkok APT (EQUIPMENT). Grain Buenos Aires The # of weapons carried are in $45 to $4D. Tsarist Moscow Grape Buyer Budapest 3. Now, the prompt is at the BY: line. Just enter Armour is contained in bytes $65 to $6A. And Tutsi People Kigali Headhunters Port Moresby your name (heck, you did the typing, why also spells in $85 to $8D. The items are saved in Wuchang Uprising Peking Headhntr artifacts Port Moresby not?). $A4 to $B3. You can experiment and find these Yuan Dynasty Peking King Cobra New Delhi 4. Now, theprompt is on the first line ofthe editor out very easily. Currency Limestone Cairo Good luck, and with these tips it should be (inbetween the dotted lines). You can have the Bahts Bangkok Malayan art Singapore Autocopier print a message andhaveyoupress very easy to complete Ultima II - the Revenge Marble Rome of the Enchantress. Drachmas Athens return before the Sector Editor starts. Just Forints BUdapest Modern Art New York enter a quote ("), then type in the message (like Francs Moroni, Paris Moslem art Moroni below), then another quote, and press return. Ron Stankiewicz FL Kina Port Moresby Nubian artifacts Cairo Nut Buyer/nuts "INSERT YOUR BRITANNIA DISK" ® I have acoupleofquestions I would liketo Lira Istanbul, Rome Istanbul Olives Athens Thecomputer automatically asks you to press address to those Alien Mind players. Pesos Mexico City Pounds Cairo, London Pepper Bangkok return to go on. Like many ofyou, I would prefer to play with Rubles Moscow Perfume Buyer Paris a backup copy ofAlien Mind; however, noteven 5. Now, enter the following: Rupees New Delhi Rain Forest Singapore Copy 11+ can copy it. Yet, I periodically see SECTOR EDIT, TRACK 3, SECTOR 1, Yen Tokyo Rice Colombo someone writing about editing copies of the DOS 3.3, OF: 99, 1B: 99, 1D: 99, Yuans Peking Ship Buyer Singapore 23:99/99/99/99/99 /99/99/99/99/99/ game. How did you back it up? Silver Buyer 99/99/99, 70:99/99/99/99/99/99/99/ ®In Computist #69, there was an APT to Flags Stamp Buyer/collection San Marino 99/99/99/99/99/99/99/99/99 change the Saved Game Disk. I've searched the Blu/Whi Athens, San Marino Sugar Cairo , 90:FF/FF/FF/FF/FF/FF/FF/FF/99/ entire disk and can'tfind where the data is stored. Red Peking Tea Colombo 99/99/99/99/99/99/99 Further, if! make acopy ofthe SavedGame Disk, Red/Whi Singapore Textiles Paris SECTOR EDIT, TRACK 3, SECTOR 4, it is not useable for play. Why? How do I make a Red/Whi/B1k Baghdad Tobacco Buyer New Delhi DOS 3.3, 80:99/99/99/99/99/99/99/ copy of the disk? Red/Whi/Blu Bangkok, London, Tweed London 01, FO:FF/FF/FF/FF/FF/FF/FF/99/FF/ ® For those who have finished the game­ New York, Paris Wallabies Sydney New Delhi FF/FF/FF/FF how did you do it? Through working the game Red/Whi/Grn Whiskey London And here is what it all means. Sector edit over and over, and the use ofmaps, I eventually YeVRed/Blk Port Moresby Wild Yaks Bangkok Red/YeVGrn Kigali means just what it says, sector edit. Track and wound upon the last level facing the Alien with Wine Paris sector tell the computer in hex what track and over 4000 energy points. I even set up my IBM Landmarks Wool Sidney sector to edit, and the DOS 3.3 message tells it clone next to my GS in order to create a word Aegean Sea Athens Yacatecan jewelry Mexico City that it is a 16-sector diskette. The numbers fol­ processing documentofthe entire script-every Amazon (River) Rio Yak Skins New Delhi lowing are all in hex, and they represent an computer screen, every message, every pass­ Archipelago Tokyo address, followed by the bytes to insertstarting at word - in the hopes ofgleaning some hint from Babylonia Baghdad Bitkey for... that address. Those are the actualbytes to write to the collective text. Still, I can'tmaneuver around Big Ben London Math Blaster Plus! v3.1 the disk, not the bytes to change. The above Parm the Alien and in a matter ofseconds I find myself Black Sea Istanbul Davidson & Associates entry gives yourguys a full complementofequip­ eliminated. Buddhist relics Requirements: ment and spell reagents, including mystical I do have one complaint aimed at the folks of Comoro Islands Moroni weapons and armor, and mucho carpets and keys. Constantinople Istanbul 2 blank disks (or one "flippy" disk) Computist: Don'tprintlists ofpasswords in such Bit copy program (COpy IT+) 6. Press esc to edit the thing (I,J,K,M keys to conspicuous places. Yes, a few of them were Coral Sea Port Moresby Crete Athens Any fast copy.program that can ignore errors move cursor), if you need to, and then press extremely hard to determine. fu fact, I was stuck (Locksmith 6.0) ctrlQ to quit. Now, justchoose the save Parm on one for so long that I finally wrote to PBI for Danube (River) Budapest entry from the main menu and you are done. their "Hint Book." As Murphy's Law would Eiffel Tower Paris The softkey provided by Jack R. Nissel in have it, in the intervening time between mailing Forbidden City Peking COMPUTIST ISSUE 68 did not work for my You can also enter similar edits for your char­ Forum Rome version. On version 3.1, when copying with a acters' spells, and anything else you want. I have my letter to PBI and receiving the Hint Book, I Ganges (River) New Delhi "standard" copy program, errors will be encoun­ similar edits to all of my favorite games. determined what the password was. Anyway, it's a bithard to read Computist with the lists right in Garpe Peninsula tered on TRACK $22 of SIDE I, as well as on Autocopy Parm to copy Ultima V: front of you. Why not publish them in a comer Gran Chaco Plain Buenos Aires TRACK $01 of SIDE 2, so mine must be a NAME: ULTIMA V somewhere, maybe even using a mirror image Grant's Tomb New York different version. During the short time I tried, I BY: ORIGIN SYSTEMS, INC. font. Or maybe the readers who want all or some Great Sandy Desert Sydney was not able to locate the correct sectoredits, nor TO-T2, SECTOR COPY of the passwords could write to the author of the Great Wall Peking did the published sector edits work with Version T3-T22, 15=00, 16=00, 17=AA, list (remember to include a SASE). Imperial Palace Tokyo 3.1 (ProDOS 8 V lA, written in FORTH). Again, 18=lB, ® Onelastquestion aimed atall the software Iraq Baghdad thatis why itis also important to provide someof Island continent Sydney the preceding and trailing "context" bytes, in 19=AB, 1A=00, 9F=01 authors who place all those cute little tricks, trap Island of Corfu Athens order that the vital information may be found, SECTOR EDIT, TRACK 1, SECTOR 4, doors, and "Easter Eggs" in their programs: Why Island nation Colombo even though it is not in the same location (pro­ DOS 3.3, 90:EA/EA do you do something like that and not make Kunlun Mountains Peking gramversion/revisionnumbers willhelp, as well). Computist #61 has all of the sector edits for public its existence? Ultima V and for Bard's Tale Ill, thus making it Loch Ness London At any rate, the following information should Louve Paris allow you to make a usable backup disk (copy the most wanted issue around for fans ofeither of ~T~h~e:....:H=o~m~e~F~r.::::::o,:;:n~t those games. Computist #62 has the edit needed WA Malacca Singapore protection and all), so that one does not need to to remove the necessity for the Bard's Tale III Mesopotamia Baghdad keep grinding the dirt into the original disk (the Playing Tip for... Mount Ararat Istanbul program performs a fair amount of disk access­ wheel, and Computist #63 has MOST of the Where in the World is necessary tips for the Ultima V game. Mount Blanc Paris ing during the course of using it). More work Carmen SanDiego Mount Karthala Moroni needs to be done (primarily SIDE 2, it seems) to Broderbund Mount Olympus Athens make it into deprotected format. When using the The Greywolf MD Mount Popocatepetl Mexico City bit-copied MATH BLASTER PLUS! 3.1, the I am a long-time hacker and also an addict of Search Warrant Information Mount Solimana Lima opening selection menu screen (only) will look fantasy-role playinggames, the foremost ofthese Carmen SanDiego - Tennis, Brown hair, Jew­ Mount Titano San Marino slightly unconventional shortly after SIDE 2 has obviously Lord British's Ultima. Although it's elry, Convertible Mozambique Channel Moroni been accessed, but the program will be com­ been a while since the debut of Ultima II, I feel Dazzle Annie - Tennis, Blonde Hair, Tattoo, NandaDevi New Delhi pletely functional, especially to those who are that it is still a great game and that some ofthose Limo Nile (River) Cairo fully familiar with its use. Subsequent graphic owning the oldversionofUltimaII (as ofc.1983) Fast Eddie B. - Croquet, Black hair, Jewelry, Oil fields/wells screens are nicely done, and all the functions I could use some help either making duplicates of Convertible Orkney Island London tested so far seem to work correctly. the protectedBOOT disk or editing their charac­ Thor Ihorovitch - Croquet, Blond Hair, Tattoo, Parthenon Athens Additional pseudo anti-pirating measures by ters. Limo Peninsula SE Asia Singapore Davidson include using a PRINTER SETUP Katherine Drib - Mountain Climbing, Brown Petrochemical Plant Istanbul menu which requires consulting the user's man­ Softkey for... hair, Tattoo, Motorcycle Pindus Mountains Athens ual. The screen will instruct you to "See Appen­ Ultima II (Original Version) Lady Agatha - Tennis, Red hair, Tattoo, Con­ Po (River) Rome dix C of your manual for printer and interface vertible Pyramids Cairo categories." Printer/interface card selection is ? Len Bulk - Mountain Climbing, Red Hair, Raffles Hotel Singapore doneby choosing a letterofthe alphabet (A-U for To copy Ultima II, I recommend using Copy Tattoo, Convertible Rain forest Singapore printers, A-Y for interface cards), rather than IT Plus. I have not experimented with Locksmith Merey LaRoc - Mountain Climbing, Brown Red Fort New Delhi havingcompatibleprinters/interfacecardsspelled or any other Manual Bit Copiers. Boot up Copy hair, Jewelry, Limo Rhodes Athens outon the screen; trying to find the right printer/ IT, and BIT COPY the whole boot disk. Nick Brunch- MountainClimbing, Blackhair, Rwanda Kigali interface combination without the manual may Then go to the sector editor, and read track 3, Ring, Motorcycle Sahara Cairo be quite a chore - just thought I'd mention it. sector OC. Change bytes $84-86 to EA EA EA. Scar Graynolt- Croquet, Red Hair, Ring, Limo Shinto shrines Tokyo' More Notes: When peeking aroundonSIDE Write the sector. The other two disks can be Culture Siam/Thailand Bangkok 2 of the original disk, you'll notice that TRACK copied with any copier, including COPYA, copy Sikh temples· New Delhi $01, which contains the T)ext file PICTUREO is Aborigines disk, and also Super Disk Copy. Sydney Skyscrapers New York locatedintheprotectedenvironment. WhenSIDE Aztec Mexico City Character Editing Sri Lanka Colombo 2 is copied with an error-ignoring copier, that Bedouins Cairo Statue of Liberty PICTUREO file comes across to the Wlprotected !recommendyouuseany CopyIIPlus for this New York British colonial rule Singapore Subways environmentvirtuallyempty, thus theunconven­ although any sector editorcan beused. Bootitup New York Byzantine Istanbul Sugarloaf Peak Rio tional appearance of the opening screen when and take a look at track $04 sector $08 on the Captain Cook Sidney Sumeria Baghdad SIDE 2 is accessed by the program. BIT COPY­ player disk. Commodore Perry Tokyo fu bytes $04-$12 are your character's name, Syrian Desert Baghdad ING SIDE 2 also does not work, and produces a Croatian Budapest Tierra del Fuego Buenos Aires totally unusable SIDE 2. So, more workneeds to listed in ASCII text. Byte $14contains sex, $CD Emperor Tokyo Tigris (River) Baghdad bedone, notonly on bringing the PICTUREO file for a male and $C6 for female. Etruscan Rome Byte $17 contains the era that you are in. $0 Turkey Istanbul across unscathed, butalso being able to (re)format Extremely tall people Kigali United Nations represents Legends, $1 Pangea, $2 BC,$3 AD, New York and re-writeTRACK $01 on the copy disk with­ Georgian Moscow outproblems. So far, erasing and certifying only and $4 Aftermath. Volcanoes Moroni, Tokyo Gypsies BUdapest Yellow Sea Peking TRACK $01, and writing PICfUREO to itintact COMPUTIST #73 Readers Data Exchange 5 (first using a ProDOS utility to getPICTUREO to all the details of relocatable segments, but I did The I byte patch EE/AF/AA/BF/BA/EE/AE/BE/BE/BA/AA/ the unprotected environment, then using COPY det~inethat there are five segments to the main Tosum it up, makea copy ofBG withany disk AA/M/FB/DE/AA II+ 8.3 to copy PICTUREO to SIDE 2 ofthe copy BG file (Bubble.SYSI6). The five segments to copy program, edit block $IA9, byte 50 and Now some notes on this bitkey. The version disk) caused COpy II+ to 'crash' and lock up BG are main, globals, arrays, Ghost, and Dial. change it from a $04 to a $09. Whenprompted to ofGradebusters that I was working on was 3.35. with a 'CO' error (I've not seen COPY 11+ crash From another issue ofCall AP.P.L.E. (12/88), I identify "Whatlevel is this?", justenterwhatever TheversionofCopy II+ that I own is 8.4. I would in quite this manner before). I'm certain other determined that BG was written with APW C. number you like and the BG will continue on as dare to assume that this bitkey will work on most crackers with more time and experience will be I did one thing that helped tremendously if you answered the question correctly. If the of the Gradebusters programs out there because able to send in softkeys with easier methods for while I was scanning the program on disk, I above location is not a $04, search for $00 04 80 it is very apparent that much time was spent in circumventing this particular copy protection. copied the main file (Bubble.SYS 16) to a freshly 078003 and change the $04 to a $09. development ofthis copy protection scheme. At 1. WRITE-PROTECT YOUR ORIGINAL formatted disk. This caused the ProDOS block I hope this detailed explanation helps some­ this time I only have a bitkey to offer because my PROGRAM DISK!!! allocation to occur in a contiguous fashion. On one out there as much as it helped me. Write to time is limited as to how much work I can do on the master BG disk, the blocks of the Bubble RDEX if you want to see more of this kind of a softkey for this disk. I can say however that the 2. Using your favorite bit copier, copy SIDE 1 .S YS 16 file are scattered around haphazardly to with default bit copy parameters. article or would ratherjust see the one byte patch copy that this bitkey will produce is very close to whatever free blocks were available when the and be done with it. softkey because the copy may becopied byusing 3. Using a copy program that can ignore errors master BG disk was originally created. Also, only Copy 11+ and selecting the sector copy (DO NOT BIT COPYI), copy SIDE 2 onto copying the file to a fresh diskette gets all the portionofthe 5.25" bitcopy routines. Two things anotherdisk, oronto theflipsideofyournotched W~~a!.llyn~e:.....:H=lI~d.:;eb::ran=~d~ WI operating system files out of the way, so I could however that you must know if you intend to copy disk. Ignore error on TRACK $01. concentrate on the program itself. copy the copy this way. First, the original disk Theresultantcopywill workvery adequately. SinceI stillcouldn'tvisitthemonitoroncethe Advanced Playing Technique for... has it's sectors arranged on a track in such a way Use it with the satisfying knowledge that your program started running, I decided to place a Dragon Wars as to speed the boot/loading process. If you bomb at the start of the program. I made a copy original program disk is not being subjected to InlerpfDy choose to copy sectors only you will loose the constant wear and tear, especially if the disk is ofmy original disk and changed the first byte of extra speed that this arrangement provides. Sec­ being used extensively in an educational envi­ the main segment, after the Object Module For­ Each character uses 2 sectors of disk space and is written backwards. I used Copy 11+ to ond, you will have to set copyparmnumber 65 to ronment, where many students will handle the mat (OMF) header (relocation info) to a 65816 00. This tells Copy II+ to ignore data field check­ break ($00) instruction. That is a sector edit to make theseedits. Searchyourdisk(side A,always disk. use a backup) for the name of your characters. sum errors. So as you can see, there isn't a whole Block $CB, byte $3C, from $80 to $00. lot of protection left. Booting a bomb version of BG, dropped the The names appear at the end ofa sector. When a character is found back up 1 sector to start these The original disk is protected by altering the Dan Cross IA program into the monitor after loading. Using data field checksums and by verifying that a "Memory Peeker"CDA, I determined where the edits. For example one character was found on ® Afterhaving hours offunwithSuper.Patch track OF, sector 02 so start editing on track OF, certain string ofbytes that are hard to copy exists memory manager had loaded BG in memory. I on track 1 and track 23 (yes 23). My bit key tells for Appleworks I've gotjustone question: What noticed that launching BG from fmder caused sector 01. is Slinky Ram? the program to check track 1 twice instead of BGto bespreadacross numerous memory banks. Track OF, sector 01 checking track 1 and 23. The information that it However, if I dropped into BASIC and entered Kzln Warrior TX Bytes valueAttribute or item is looking for (D5-AA-96-AA, etc.) I am hiding the trusted old "PR#5" to boot the disk, BG 00-01 any Dexterity in track 0, sector B. Track 0, sector A and sector would load neatly into memory bank 1. 02-03" Intelligence B are loaded into memory locations $2oo-$3FF Run Paintworks Gold Searching for "What level is this" using the on GS/OS 5.0 04-05" Spirit respectively. This is done after boot 0 (track 0, monitor proved harder than I anticipated. After 06-07" Health Left sector 0) loads track 0, sectors 1 thru 9 into Searchfor C9 08 0000CEand changethe$08 setting my memory bank to 1 using the "If' 08-09" Max Health Available memory locations $B6OO thru $BFFF. This is a to a $7F. PWG is looking for a contiguous block command, I tried using the search ("P") com­ OA-OB" Stun Left image ofDOS 3.3 RWTS routines. The workings ofmemory within the fust 512Kofthe machine. mandinthe form '\"What'\<8oo.COOOP', butthe OC-OD" Max Stun Available ofthe RWTS routines are verysimilarto DOS 3.3 The patch allows it to fmd the memory block string would not be found. By trial and error, I OE-OF" Power Left. except for thechanges already mentioned and the anywhere withinyourIIGS. Also, with thegrowth discovereda command that produced the desired 10-11 Max Power Available altering ofthe read/write translate tables to make in size ofthe operating system, you will need 1.5 result '\57 68 61 74\ $C4FF along with the 5. I loaded the swap controller and changed line ride! Click Right two or three times to get off. I wanted to write to aska question so I figured interrupthandling routines. I'dlike to write some 10010to BLOADRWTS.HOW -don'tforget Level 11-The entrance to this level is nasty! I would throw in a couple of old Softkeys. Al­ software utilizing the mouse and I really don't to save this! It is just a four by four square, but the direction though these programs are not listed by title in know where to start. I'm using a Laser 128, but 6.I thenre-bootedmy diskwithSuperlOB, swap you travel and whereyou turn arounddetermines yom catalog of back issues, the publisher (In­ the firmware would have to duplicate the lIE's. controller, and the RWTS.HOW file. where you are! So, by going around first one way focom) is. I'm sure most of yom subscribers then another you must first find a key, then a RICK'S HELLO 7. Merge the swapcontroller and SuperlOB, and know enough to check all the softkeys for a locked cell with a chest with another key in it. 10 PRINT CHR$ (4); "PRt3" then copy the program. publisher when trying to crack a program, but Returning to the square find a keyhole. then 20 PRINT CHR$ (4); "CATALOG" some of yom newer readers may not. For these 8. I then used Copy ll+ to put a fast DOS on the return to the cell.Theback wall ofthe cell willbe 30 ONERR GOTO 500 programs I used the softkey for Zork ill by Jack disk. Ifyoudon't have a fast DOS, a normal open to the rest of the maze. I have not found a 40 PRINT "Enter¢programOnameOto DOS 3.3 will work - it will just load slower. R. Nissel from Issue 51. So here goes: Oron." way to get back to level 10 from here. Once you You are now done, and you can have the 1. Boot your DOS 3.3 System Disk' 45 B$ = "RUN" have picked up the Diamond Edge sword the children work withthe program withoutfear ofit CALL-151 50 INPUT A$ corridor will fill withpoisongas. You cannotrun being destroyed - you now have a back-up! out of here, to do so killed me every time. You B925:1860 60 PRINT CHR$ (4):B$:A$ muststandandtake it (healing ifyouneed). Once B988:1860 70 END the gas has dissipated you can slowly exit. Later BE48:18 500 IF PEEK (222) = 13 THEN GOTO Softkey for... onyou will run into water monsters. I could only B8FB:2900 600 Where in North Dakota is Carmen hit them with the Vorpal Blade, but there is RUNCOPYA 505 IF PEEK (222) = 6 THEN PRINT Sandiego anotherstrategy to useonthem.They areslow, so 2. Make the following sectoreditsto thecopyyou "WrongOname!!OTryOagain." : GOTO Broderbund youcan"Calm"them into retreating untilyou get 50 just made: Requirements: to a sectionofcorridorwideenoughto pass them, 508 IF PEEK (222) = 11 THEN PRINT ~ Copyll+ or attack and retreat to lure them to a wide place. IrJs b.Ewm 12 "IncorrectOparameterOorOform!OBEO $00 $02 $50 BC AD moreOCAREFULLO&OenterOnameOAGAIN Blank disk - you will need 2 sides Then just go on by, they are too slow to follow $FB-FC C9 BC 29 00 very far. These monsters can go under doors! At !!" : GOTO 50 This game was developed for the Dept of the far endofthis level Uust past the stairs down) 3. Write the change back to disk. 600 POKE 216,0:B$ = "B" + B$: Education in North Dakota by a group ofeduca­ is aroom withsevencoin slots. and you will have

COMPUTIST #73 Readers Data Exchange 7 ing, just before my computer "went crazy". It find E7 it will go and BOMB. This is the main Sea Fox-Broderbund Item Locations looked like it said "PROLOK" at the top of the idea of this protection. Scan for 7F 66 A9 03 8D C3 and change the 1. The Eye- 19 North, 20 East, 2 Down in the screen. This told me that "at least" one of the What the new code will do is this: Go ahead 03 to the number of lives. catacombs. protectionsused was the PROLOK method.There and read the header. Go read another byte, but Star Thief-Cavalier 2. The Crystal Sword- 0 North, 19 East, 0 is a very good article on the PROLOK method in don't compare it to E7. Read another byte, and Down, in the castle. issue 60 by Stephen Lau. I then searched the disk again - don't compare it to E7. Read again, but Scan for 10 FA A9 08 80 3B and change the 3. The Silver Square- 0 North, 0 East, 1 Up in 08 to the number of lives. for the bytes: AO 07 BO 8C CO 10. I found these don't keep reading until OEM is true. Then we the castle. on track 00, sector 06. Here is the softkey: load the accumulator(the Aregister) with FC and Millipeed-? 4. The Silver Triangle- 20 North, 2 East, 0 1. Copy the original to the blank disk -I used the store it, load the acc with EE and store that. Then Scan for 85 55 A903 85 54 and change the 03 Down, in Kylearan's tower. Oisk/w format option from Copy 11+. You will continue with the program. to the number of lives. S. The Silver Circle- 15 North, 4 East, 1 Up, get NO errors. Side B is not protected. I hope this will help some of you with the in Mangar's tower. PROLOK method of protection. Maybe it will Ribbit-Picadilly 2. Using the sector editor, make the following 6. TheOnyx Key- 13 North, 17 East, 1 Up, in even help some ofyou with understanding other Scan for DO 00 A9 03 80 1C and change the Kylearan's tower. edits: protection schemes. 03 to the number of frogs wanted. ~ .Ids b Emm IQ Free Fall-Sirius Playing Tip for... o S 43-44 DO F4 EA EA Scan for B6 77 A9 03 80 32 and change the 4C-40 DO 4A EA EA Geor&e Sabeh PA Wizardry (Proving Grounds SS-SS 0041 EAEA I wouldlike to sharea softkey and acolle.ction 03 to the number of lives. of the Mad Overlord) of APTs with your readers. I have been able to 68-69 DO F4 EA EA Snapper-Silicon Valley Systems Sir-Tech sc- AD 07 BO 8C CO EA EA A9 FC 85 develop some of these APTs at the urging of a Scan for 85 E7 A903 85 OA and change the 10FB99FOoo F08SF3A9EE friend and fellow Computist. I have not checked 03 to the number of lives. Make abishop, thenenter the Proving Grounds EA 88 10 F4 85 F1 8S F2 back issues ofComputist to see if some of these and have him identify item "9" or item "S" or Wargle-Hayden item "J". You will love what happens. Itmay take Yourdone! Enjoy thegame without fear. I did were published previously. I wouldlike to apolo­ more than one attempt so keep trying. not find any other protection on this disk. gize to anyone who may have contributed a Scan for 3868 A9 05 85 16 and change the 05 For the people who are interested, I will try to similar APT, and will send the rest ofmy APTs to the number of lives. explain what all ofthis is doing. Following, you at a future date. Eliminator-Adventure International Playing Tip for... will find a listing ofthe original code and the new Scan for 19 A9 03800212and change the 03 Neuromancer code, as seen from the sector editor ofCopy 11+. Softkey for... to the number of lives. Interplay Original code: Sokoban Mr Cool-Sierra BankofZurich and Justice Systemrequire the OE2B:80 8C CO LOA C08C,X read abyte Spectrum Holobyte Scan for E3 5C A9 03 80 BC and change the use ofspecial software ("Sequencer") to enter. In OE2E:10 FB BPL OE2B (-OS) branch on high bit clr many cases the only way to enter the higher 1. Boot your DOS 3.3 system disk. 03 to the number of lives. OE30:88 DEY decrease Yregister by 1 Jumpman-Epyx security areas of the boards is through "Cyber­ OE31 :FO SS BEQ OE98 (+6S) if enough - go bomb 2.Tell DOS to ignorechecksum and epilog errors space". There are many other boards that can OE33:C9 OS CMP #OS find data header and use COPYAto copy both sides ofthe disk. Scan for A204 A9 06 CA 90 and change the only be entered from Cyberspace. POKE 47426,24 06 to the number oflives. Should scan both sides OE35:00 F4 BNE OE2B (-OC) if not, re-read 1. Oon't sell body parts if you can avoid it, RUNCOPYA of disk since it can be booted from side 2. OE37:AO 00 LOY #00 there are other ways of making money. If you OE39:BO 8C CO LOA C08C,X 3.Make the following sector edits to side 1ofthe Crossflre-Sierra have to sell body parts do not allow your OE3C:10 FB BPL OE39 (-OS) copy. Scan for AO B4 A9 038016 and change the constitution to go below 1400 or you will have a OE3E:88 DEY .Ids~b Emm 12 03 to the number of lives. very difficulttime surviving incyberspace combat OE3F:FO S7 BEQ OE98 (+S7) if enough - go bomb 00 OS 12 AS 2B BO 89 CO AS 2B A9 E7 8S Fire and Ice-? against the more powerful Ai's. OE41:C9 E7 CMP #E7 find first E7 BO 8E CO A9 80 F8A9 FC85 F9 2. Need a quick $1 O,OOO? Join up with Armi- OE43:00 F4 BNE OE39 (-OC) if not, re-read Scan for 85 66 A9 02 85 6F and change the 02 8S FOCS FO FO A9EE8SFAA9 to the number of lives wanted. tage. OE4S:BO 8C CO LOA C08C,X read second byte 71 20AF FOBO E7 85 FB A9 FC 3. Still not enough money? Get a job!! OE48:10 FB BPL OE45 (-OS) SC AS F9 C9 00 8S FC A9 EE 85 Genetic Drift-Broderbund 4. Still greedy? Rob a Bank!! OE4A:C9 E7 CMP #E7 should find E7 DO F1 AOoo BO FO 85 FE A94C Scan for 85 2E A9 03 85 10 and change the 03 5. Having trouble getting in to see the Panther OE4C:00 4A BNE OE98 (+4A) if not E7 - go bomb 8C CO 10FB88 7CFOFC85 FF to the number of lives wanted. Modems? Is Larry Moe a pain in your skill chip? OE4E:BO 8C CO LOA COSC,X read third byte Write the sector back to disk. Canyon Climber-Datasoft Have him arrested! OES1:10FB BPL OE4E(-Q5) Scan for 85 B1 A9 03 85 OF and change the 6. Good Ice Breakers: Oecoder, Blowtorch, OES3:C9 E7 CMP #E7 should find E7 Advanced Playing Techniques and Hammer. OESS:OO 41 BNE OE98 (+41) if not E7 - go bomb 03 to the number of lives. The following APTs will be listed as a string Better Ice Breakers: Doorstop and Drill. OE57:BO 8C CO LOA COSC,X clear the latch to search for since there are many cracked ver­ Neptune-Gebelli Best Ice Breakers: Concrete, Depthcharge, OESA:AO 10 LOA #10 sions of some of these programs. This is true Scan for 85 86 A9 04 85 87 and change the 04 and Logic Bomb. OE5C:24 80 BIT 80 compare ace and mem when some of these cracked programs are in a to the number of lives. 7. Best Viruses: Python and Thunderhead. OESE:BO 8C CO LOA COSC,X binary file format and the edits change from one Space Quarks-Broderbund 8. Is the ICE giving you frostbite? Try a little OES1:10 FB BPL OESE (-Q5) UArmor"! version to another. Scan for 85 8E A9 03 85 BC and change the OES3:88 DEY 9. Want to know whatyourgetting into before Beer Run-Sirius 03 to the number of lives. OE64:FO 32 BEQ OE98 (+32) if tried enough -bomb you try to break in? Try "Probe"! OESS:C9 EE CMP #EE should find EE Scan for D4 62 A9 03 80 IF 62 and change Night Crawier-? 10. Nothing is "Free"!! OES8:00 F4 BNE OESE ({lC) if no~ re-read the 03 to xx, where "xx" is the number of men Scan for 85 lA A903 80 FC and change the 11. Remember! Save games frequently, read OESA:EA NOP wanted. 03 to the number of lives. all messages on the boards for clues and buy the OESB:EA NOP Money Munchers-Datamost Snake Byte-Sirius best possible cyberdeck you can. I recommend OESC:AO 07 LOY #07 the "Samurai Seven". OESE:BO 8C CO LOA COSC,X Scan for lA A9 02 800203 and change the Scan for SS 72 A9 02 80 5Eand change the OE71 :1 0FB BPL OESE (-OS) A9 02 to A9 xx, where the xx represents the 02 to the number of snakes wanted. number of men wanted. Playing Tip for... OE73:99 FO 00 5TA ooFO, Y Faicons-Picadilly Teleport-Cavaiier Dungeon Master OE7S:EA NOP Scan for FF 04 A9 03 8D FC and change the OE77:88 DEY Scan for 4942CE 1441 AO 14 and change to 03 to the number of lives. FTLGames OE78:10 F4 BPL OESE (-OC) 4942 EA EA EA AO 14 for unlimited lives. Serpentine-Broderbund This is one ofthe most challenging games for continue program Mars Cars-Datamost the GS that I have ever played. The graphics are Scan for 85 CE A9 03 85 08 and change the New Code: superb! I recommend it highly to anyone who Scanfor257i A9038080andchangethe03 03 to the number of serpents. OE2B:80 8C CO LOA C08C,X read a byte to the number of cars desired. enjoys fantasy role-playing. The following infor­ Tubeway II-Datamost mation I gained by myself after many hours of 0E2E:10 FB BPL OE2B (-OS) branch on high bit elr Jawbreaker II-Sierra OE30:88 DEY decrease Yregister by 1 Scan for 11 60 A903 85 A3 and change the 03 play andexperimentation. Hopefully itwill make OE31 :FO 65 BEQ OE98 (+6S) if tried enough-bomb Scan for 85 9A A9 03 85 8A and change the to the number of lives. the game a little easier for the rest of you. 03 to the desired number of lives. OE33:C9 OS CMP #OS find data header Hellstrom-? P.S. Anyone out there with a softkey for this no~ OE3S:00 F4 BNE OE2B ({lC) if re-read Jouster-? Scan for CF 63 A9 03 80 88 and change the game, a mapping utility orjustmore hints please OE37:A0 00 LOY #00 Scan for A7 2C A9 03 80 51 and change the 03 to the number of lives. send them in. OE39:BO 8C CO LOA COSC,X 03 to the number of lives. Casting spells OE3C:10 FB BPL OE39 (-OS) Thunderbombs-Penguin Pooyan-Datasoft Casting spells in Oungeon Master requires OE3E:88 DEY Scanfor 57 09 A9 04800003 and change the the use of four sets ofsymbols. The four groups OE3F:FOS7 BEQ OE98 (+57) if tried enough- bomb Scan for AO 01 A9 04 A6 A3 and change the 04 to the number of lives wanted. 04 to the number of lives desired. are: Power, Element, Form andAlignment.There OE41 :C9 E7 CMP #E7 find first E7 Caverns of Calisto-Origin OE43:EA EA NOP NOP do nothing '1 Evolution-Sydney are six ·symbols within each group. By combin­ Scanfor 8590A9 04 85 8Aand change the 04 ing the various symbols different spells may be OE4S:BO 8C CO LOA COSC,X read second byte Scan for 85 15 A9 05 85 16 and change the 05 to the number of lives. cast. The following is a list ofthe spell combina­ OE48:10 FB BPL OE4S (-OS) to the number oflives wanted. tions I have deciphered. I used the Power symbol OE4A:C9 E7 CMP #E7 should find E7 Crystal Castles-? Spys Demise-Penguin "LO" in each one to simplify the chart. OE4C:EA EA NOP NOP do nothing '2 Scan for 85 F7 A9 02 85 54 and change the 02 OE4E:BO 8C CO LOA COSC,X read third byte Scan for lOCO A9 05 85 27 and change the to the number of lives. Wizard Spells 05 to the number of lives. OES1:10 FB BPL OE4E (-OS) Oils Well-Sierra LO +FUL = light OES3:C9 E7 CMP #E7 should find E7 Gold Rush-Sentient Scanfor 2802 A9 038025 and change the 03 LO +ZO = open doors OESS:EA EA NOP I Scanfor5414A9038033andchangethe03 to the number of lives. LO + FUL + IR = f!Teball OESS:EA NOP do notling '3 to the number of lives. LO +OH +VEN = poison gas OES7:BO 8C CO LOA COSC,X clear the latch Electro Arena-? Snack Attack-Datamost LO +DES + VEN = poison spray OESA:AO 10 LOA #10 Scan for 85 7B A903 8S 63 and change the 03 LO + DES + EW = weakness OESC:2480 BIT 80 compare ace and mem Scan for 10 A9 03 85 EA and change the 03 to the number of lives. LO +OH +EW + RA = unknown effect ~f OESE:BO 8C CO LOA C08C,X to.the number lives. LO +OH +EW +SAR = unknown effect OES1:10 FB BPL OESE (-Q5) Swashbuckler-Datamost Michael Warren IL LO +OH +KATH +RA = lightning OES3:88 DEY Scan for lQ 60 A9 0380 C2 and change the LO +OH +IR +RA = strong light OE64:FO 32 BEQ OE98 (+32) .if tried enough-bomb 03 to the number of pirates wanted. The following playing tips are offered for LO +OH +IR +SAR = darkness OESS:C9 EE CMP #EE should find EE anyone who may be interested. Some are old, LO +ZO + KA TH + RA = item, use unknown Apple Panic-Broderbund some are new, but all ofthem are useful. Someof OES8:EA NOP Priest Spells OES9:EA NOP do nothing'4 Scan for 74 18 CE 2E 72 20 and change to 74 the informationcontained in the tips I discovered OESA:EA NOP 18 EA EA EA 20 for unlimited lives. for myself, other tips I have gotten from my son, (All spells except Footprints and Protection re­ quire a flask) OESB:EA NOP Buzzard Bait-Sirius other players, BBS's, or magazines. LO +VA = stamina potion OESC:EA NOP , Scanfor A709 A9 03 85 40 and change the 03 LO +VI = healing potion OESO:EA NOP db nothing'S to the number of lives. Playing Tip for... OESE:A9 FC LOA #FC Bard's Tale I LO +VA +IR = protection from? OE70:8S FO 5TA FO Cannonball Blitz-Sierra LO +VA +BRO = shield potion Electronic Arts OE72:8S F3 5TA F3 Scan for 6B 12 A9 02 8012 and change the LO +VI +BRO = neutralize poison OE74:A9 EE LOA #EE 02 to the number of lives. Maximum is 7F. 1. To enter Kylearan's tower, place the eye in LO +ZO +ZEN = unknown effect LO +VA +BRO +ROS =magic footprints OE7S:8S F1 5TA F1 Sammy Lightroot-Sierra the statue on the top level ofthe Castle. You will OE78:8S F2 5TA F2 the be teleported to the front of the tower. LO +VA +BRO +NETA = skill potion Scan for 96 A9 03 80 4E and change the 03 2. To enter Mangar's tower you need the LO +OH +BRO + ROS = skill potion continue program to thenumberoflives. Also Scan for A7140000 Onyx key which lets you use the staircase in the LO +FUL +BRO +KU =skill potion Theprotection works like this:Read informa­ 00 and change the fIrst 00 to the level desired. sewers. LO +FUL +BRO + NETA = protection from fire tionoffthe disk. Findthe beginning ofthe header Maximum is OB. 3. You can get at least 50,000 experience LO +ZO +BRO + RA = mana potion and then read from there. Ifthe program does not Ice Demons-Morningstar points for each party member if you go into the Ability find the beginning of the header in a certain castle and teleport, from the entrance to 5 North, number oftries, go BOMB. After it finds this on Scan for 10 FB A9 05 80 EO and change the The first 8 levels of ability are as follows: 12 East, and 2 Up. You will fight 4 groups of99 the disk, the program begins to look for E7. Ifit 05 to the number of lives. berserkers, if you survive you get the points. Neophyte does not find it, it will re-read until it has read Halloween-Microsparc 4. The password to enter the dungeon in the Novice enough - then itgoes to the BOMB. After it finds Scan for 8580A2 04 8EF6 and change the 04 Mad God's Temple is "TARJAN". Apprentice the first E7, itreads again. This time, ifitdoes not to the number of lives. Journeyman 8 Readers Data Exchange COMPUTIST #73 Craftsman Softkey for... room atop his castle. Blow down the door using Bellhop Artisan The Duel: Test Drive II GS the Cannon. Don't go up the ladder. Then while 6A92:x where x=# of1Mn Adept youare up there, play the tuneon the Harpsicord. Accolade Berserker Expert Get the sandlewood box and then leave. The This one is from "Static Vengeance". 6179:EA EA EA Points to Remember Amulet is in the underworld and the Crown in a I. Copy the disk. room atop Blacktoms castle. 1FOOG It is very important to pay close attention to Bolo the floor and walls otherwise you may overlook 2. Do these sector edits to the copy: Belevel eightwith6,400experience(justedit it). 14A8:EA EA items, buttons, levers or messages. For this rea­ IDk. ~ fum To son bright illumination is a necessity. Equally $169 19B-19E 22 E3 C403 AF E3 C4 03 Quests 1D3D:EA EA important is examining, with the cursor "Hand", IF3-1F6 22 E3 C403 AF E3 C4 03 Go to each Shrine, meditate, get your quest Borg anything that looks unusual. Keep track ofyour $191 108-lOB 22E3C403 AFE3C403 and go to the Codex. Do this for all 8 shrines. Try pressing shin-ctrl-M-N while you are food and watersupply, unless youlikestarvingor $199 125-128 FO 16F401 8016F401 playing. dying ofthirst. When you aredone Lord British will come to The following two APT's were derived from you and say something like, ''Thou hast been Bruce Lee BASIC programs also from Apple Link. I sent Tactics armed and ready". For unlimited men: Be cautious in your encounters, especially them to RDEX some months ago and as of Computist #69 they had not been published yet. Do what the Codex says, and on the eighth JJi sg b Emm IQ with monsters you have never met before. Al­ level there is a room, look in the mirror. 04 02 7E CE2A9010 EAEAEAEA ways leave yourselfan escape path. As the saying I stated that they didn't work on my versions. Since then I decided to look at the listings to The mystical weapons are in the underworld oa CE 2990 EAEAEAEA goes it is sometimes better to "Fight then run 09 A904 away and live to fight another day". In fact, a see what was being attempted. I don'tknow why at (E9,E9). (Use ctrl-2 or ctrl shift 2.) retreating battle will often tip the odds in your the programs didn't work but making the con­ Other Important In'o Buck Rogers tained sector edits with Copy II plus did work! favor ifyou have sufficient missile weapons and Yir!l!i Mmi Word of PO'fl!f ~ For Unlimited ships: spell points. Try to have a few healing potions Honesty AHM FALLAX / DECIET etrl KEN Allfour luys at once and neutralize poisonpotions with you to get you Advanced Playing Technique for... Compassion MU VILIS DISPISE Tip: stay high andneverstopyour firing, even out of bad spots. There is nothing worse than WarlockGS Valor RA INOPIA DESTARD if the screen is blank, keep firing! having one or two deadcharacters onyour hands Three-Sixty Justice BEH MALUM WRONG Bug Attack and having to haul their bones across a level and This one is from "Anon". This A.P.T. gives Sacrifice CAH AVIDUS (UNKNOWN) BLOAD BUG ATTACK up one or two to the closest Temple to revive you unlimited vitality. The program this came Honor SUMM INFAMA SHAME CALL-151 them. Frequentgame saves also helpto avoid this from tried to load the file WARLOCK.SYSI6, Spirhuality OM IGNAVUS (UNKNOWN) 49D1:x wMre x=# ofbeetles irritating situation. Unfortunately, you can only alter it and rewrite it. I did it this way: Humilhy LUMM VERAMOCOR (UNKNOWN) 8FDG start ga1M save one game on the disk so you may want to 1. Copy the disk. Apparently it isn't protected. Tune CannonballBlitz make several save disks. That way you can have several game positions available in case you 2. Do these sector edits to the copy: 678-987-8767653 BLOAD CANNONBALL BLITZ discover you havemissedsomethingvital. There Blk ~ From To Shadowiords CALL -151 are many tricks and puzzles in the game. Be $114 OC-OF ED 23 01 80 AD 23 01 AD Falsehood Faulinei 8F76:A001 systematic in your approach to them, take notes 17F-182 ED 210180 AD 2101 AD Haterid Astaroth 868C:x wMre x=# ofg"ys IOC-lOF ED F9 00 80 AD F9 00 AD of what solutions you have tried and remember Cowardice Nosfentor 7FDG that sometimes the most obvious solution is the Runes Cannonball Blitz (Alternate) correct one. Advanced Playing Technique for... BLOAD CANNONBALL BLITZ Zany GolfGS Found in any encyclopedia. Maps Found in most unabridged dictionary. POKE 34444,x where x=# of1Mn Accurate maps are a must in this game! I Electronic Al1s CALL 4093 starts ga1M ® I havenotfound a way, to keep the display know how tedious mapping can be but success This one is from "Anon". This A.P.T. gives Canyon Climber depends on them. It is unfortunate that FTL from messing up whenI cheatup the shards, and you unlimited strokes. The program this came I can't cheat virtues. you know how, write'to 2600:x where x=# of1Mn Gamesdidnotseefit to includeAuto-mapping in If from tried to load the file CODE, alter it and me in C/O the RDEX editor. 20000 (Sam'sver) this program for it would have greatly enhanced rewrite it. I did it this way: 3300:x where x=# of1Mn the entertainmentvalueofan otherwiseexcellent 20000 (87 Sctr ver) product. 1. Copy the disk and deprotect it. I used the Frank M Polosky PA softkey in Computist #63, page 26. Canyon Climber 2. Do these sector edits to the copy: This RDEX submissionwas one of the Don West.cott CO hardest files to edit. All of the text was BLOAD CANYON CUMBER IDK ~ From I2 uppercase and there was no common for­ 35C2:EA EA These IIgs softkeys were derived from my $64 181-183 90 4E 42 EA EA EA Celling Zero brother's Apple Link. This service offers many mat. It looked like it had been downloaded 193-195 9D 4E 42 EAEAEA from a BBSin several pieces. I did the best 356B:09 useful andentertaining contributions. I am in the $67 lC2-IC4 90 4E 42 EA EA EA 1 could to make it readable even though (Short ver) market for a modemnow soI can getittoo. I used $6E 150-15F 904E42 EA EA EA 1ECOG CopyIIplusv 8.2 to copythesedisks andperform some ofthe info didn't make any sense to Choplifter Note on Bilestoad me. I hope it reads OK to you. .... RDEXed the sector edits. Press ctrl L then press # of level to go to. I noticed "The Bilestoad" is on the Most Labyrinth Wanted List in Computist#69. The unprotected Color Planetoids Press 'esc KAY' (all at the same time) and Softkey for... files for this game are in Softdisk #84. BLOAD COLOR PLANETOIDS Battle Chess GS press a number (1-8) to go to that level or press 9 to get more ships. CALL-151 Interplay The Dark Phoenix UT 9B7:x where x=# ofships A.E. 803G This one is from "Cheezer". The BattleChess The APT info ~qbmitted by Dark Phoe­ diskisn'tdirectlycopy-protected.Theprotection EE1:x where x=# ofships Congo nix was the same as Les B. Minaker's in 7FDG is looking up a chess move from Appendix A of issue #59,pp13-15, soldecided notto print 5227:EA EA EA the manual. This fix allows you to enter anything it. Here is the rest ofthe letter. ... RDEXed Allen Ambush BF4G and begin playing. BLOAD ALIEN AMBUSH Creepy Corridoors CALL-151 1. Copy the disk. Playing Tip for... reset into the monitor 60E9:x where x=# ofships 2. Search for 80OC C230C6 OC FO 03 4C24AB 86A:x wMre x=# ofguys Ultima V 40000 startga1M 4C 76 BD on the copy (I found it in Block 800G Origin Allen Game $417) and change it to EA EAC230C6 OC EA Crisis Mountain EA EA EA EA EA EA EA. Helps, Hints, and How-To's 8550:x wMre x is a number COSO C057 C054 13E5:00 Bonus time does not COWlt down In order to complete Ultima V you must do 875:00 800G Softkey for... the following: 13C2:oo Makes you immortal as long as you stay Bubble Ghost GS Obtain all three shards from the Underworld. Apple Kong awayfrom bats and lava pits Accolade (They are in the most obious spots that anyone 43F5:EA EA DCC:x wMre x=# of1Mn COSO C057 C054 This one is from"Anon". The Bubble Ghost could find.) COSOC057 select Hires screen disk isn'tdirectlyprotectedeither. It'sprotection Use the shards to destroy the most annoying 40000 1C33G To start game is matching a room displayed on the screen with Shadowlords.Todo this, go to thecastleopposite Battle Zone Cyclod one from an wueadable sheet of brown paper. of the virtue. (Truth/Falsehood, Love/Hatred, MAXFILES1 8025:EA EA EA The download file I got this from said the byte CouragelCoudarice, etc.) Get directly in front of BLOAD BALLTLE ZONE 900G sequences are in Block $17A. On my version it the flame and yell the name of the Shadowlord, CALL -151 Diamond Mine was in Block $17C so you may need to search. then pass a tum till its directly on the flame. Then 98A:x where x=number oftanks BLOAD DIAMOND MINE orBoot up 1. Copy the disk. throw the shard into the fire thus destroying the 810G Shadowlotd. CALL -151 2. Do these sector edits to the copy: Beer Run 708E:60 Retrieve the Lord British items. The Scepter IDK Byte From To BLOAD BEER RUN 7FDG is in Stonegate, you'll need the Hying Carpet to CALL-151 17C 174-178 AOOOOOF02E 9COOOO802E get over the traps falling into the Stygen Abyss. Diamond Mine lA2-1A5 2200000000 AFOOOOOOOO C64:x where x=# ofmen You get the Magic Carpet from Lord British's 800G start game The passwords to access the lower levels are: RKS QEZ Dungeon Master Characters GEM This chartlists the names, skill levels and attributes ofthe pregeneratedcharacters that are available in the Hall ofChampions. This should WTH enable you to choose characters more easily. EME FUN Mmm< Ftr Nin fm Wiz Hlth ful!m Mmi Str Dex ~ Vit Mr Er Leyla Jrnn 48 60 3 40 53 45 47 45 35 Dig Dug WuTse Nov App 45 47 20 38 35 53 45 47 40 BLOAD DIG DUG or boot up Mophus Jrnn 55 55 19 42 35 40 48 40 45 CALL-151 Wuuf App Nov 40 50 30 33 57 45 40 35 40 61DB:EA EA Boris Nov App 35 65 28 35 45 55 40 45 40 61DF:EA EA Alex Nov App 50 57 13 44 55 45 40 35 40 1FSOG Tiggy Nov App 25 45 36 30 45 50 35 59 40 Dig Dug (other) Syra Nov App 72 15 38 43 45 53 35 43 40 5BAF:EA EA EA EA EA Gothmog Jrnn 60 55 18 40 43 48 34 50 59 Gand App Nov 39 63 26 39 45 47 33 48 43 Dig 'Em Nabi App _ Nov 55 65 13 41 36 45 45 55 55 6EAB:FF Hissssa App Nov 80 65 13 58 48 35 35 43 55 6D87:EA EA EA Iaido App Nov 48 65 11 43 55 40 35 45 50 5BD1 :EA EA EA Leif App Nov 75 70 7 46 40 39 50 45 45 580SG Linflas App Nov 65 50 12 45 45 47 35 50 35 Donkey Kong Daroou App Neo 100 65 6 50 30 35 45 30 45 While playing, type "I"for moremen. Ifyou Halk Jrnn 90 75 0 55 43 30 46 38 48 are tired of being killed then type a "2" for an Stamm Jrnn 75 80 0 52 43 35 50 35 55 invincible Mario! Sonja Jrnn 65 70 2 54 45 39 49 40 40 Azizi Nov App 61 77 7 47 48 42 45 30 35 Drelbs Elija Nov App 60 58 22 42 40 42 36 53 40 BLOAD DRELBS Hawk Nov App 70 85 10 45 35 38 55 35 35 CALL-151 Chani Nov App 47 67 20 37 47 57 37 47 37 1CBO:EA EA WIlimited1Mn Zed Nov Nov Nov Nov 60 60 10 40 40 40 50 40 40 19A2:60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 indestructible rote: Jrnn = Journeyman, Nov =Novice, App = Apprentice, Neo = Neophyte, Mr = Magic Resistance, Fr =Fire Resistance. Drelb COOO COMPUTIST #73 Readers Data Exchange 9 Drol For unlimited power; Sea Dragon 505C:EA EA EA For no ghosts For unlimited men: Irk Sk1 b f!ll.m. IQ 8C32:00 (air) 89CB:x where :x=# ofghosts 522B:x where :x= level# IrkSk1 IQ 19 OC 75 CE 1FOB EAEAEA 8C59:00 b f!ll.m. 5231:x where x=# ofmen OB OA 21 01 00 MllIpeed 8C72:EA EA (damage) 5C43G 800G start game 11 OA OF 01 00 602A:x wherex=# 17 09 B1 01 00 1FOOG Seafox Teleport Dung Beetles reset Miner 204ger BLOAD SEAFOX BLOAD DUNG BEETLES CALL·151 41D1:EA EA EA reset CALL·151 69D9:x where x=# ofsubs 5F8CG 816:x where x=# ofguys 7FDG 3D3D:53 CC CF 980G Thief 3D54:CDC2 Sea Fox (alternate) BLOADTHIEF BSAVE DUMB BEETLES, A$7FD, L$4000 Miner 2049'er BLOAO SEA FOX, A$800 4873:EA EA EA EA EA 812:x where :x=level# Evolution 6A34:x where :x=# ofships 814:x where x=level#-1 Threshold 6731:x 7A5<800.8960M N 800G where :x=# ofguys 816:x where x=# ofmen BLOAD THRESHOLD 6000G 981G Serpentine Unlimited ships: Falcons CALL ·151 Money Munchers BLOAD SERPENTINE reset CALL·151 45BO:EA EA EA 1020:x where :x=# ofmen 685B:x where :x=# ofships 81A:x where x=# ofserpents 7ECD:EA EA EA FE7G No laser overheat: Falcons II 7FDG Montezuma's Revenge 7666:4C 70 76 685B:x where x=# ofships Sneakers BLOAD MONTEZUMA'S REVENGE Unlimited fuel: 1. Run game BLOAD SNEAKERS CALL ·151 7623:EA EA EA 2. Request 1 ship CALL·151 63BC:A960 7839:EA EA EA 6EBB:x where x=# ofships 3. Hit reset 13FOG 6BOOG start game 4.604OG COSO C055 turn on Hires screen Mouskattack Thunderbombs Free Fall 329G start game 6A53:EA EA EA 2E39:EA EA EA BLOAD FREE FALL, A$800 Snack Attack Tubeway CALL·151 Mr. Robot and the Robot Factory 5B28:# 614E:x where :x=# ofmen BLOAO MR. ROBOT 6FDG BLOAD TUBEWAY CALL·151 7A5<800.845BM N 7FDG 80A3:59 FF Snake Byte 76DG 22D5:x where x=# ofships Frogger reset or BLOAD game 7685:x where :x=# ofrobots or 70DB:x where :x=# offrogs 16AE:x where x=# ofsnakes -oR­ 7600G 2083:EA EA 7FDG 726E:x where :x=# ofsnakes 900 or 7FD or Neptune 7265:x where x =starting level Galaxian Tubeway (other) BLOAD NEPTUNE 76BD:x where x=# ofapples to eat per level BLOAD APPLE GALAXIAN CALL·151 77EAG -oR- esc·R CALL·151 8290:x where x=# ofships 250G Ultima III A83:x where :x=# ofmen 7FDG Night Crawler Snake Byte (alternate) The Magic Word is Evocare or Evocate 4886:01 to set score for bonus ship BLOAO NIGHT CRAWLERS 725E:x where :x=# ofsnakes To gain access to Exodux castle, go into the 4800G CALL·151 or dungeon to thesoutheastofyourhome castle. On the eighth level of the dungeon you will find the Gobbler 340A:x where :x=# ofships 16AE:x where x=# ofsnakes 3300G start game 7265:LEVEL Mark ofthe Snake. Forceall ofyourmen to touch BLOAD GOBBLER 77EAG this. Then bring your boat in front of the Silver CALL·151 Nightcrawler Snake and yell "Evocare". You will then be 6046:x where :x=# ofgobblers 340A:x where :x=# ofships Snapper transported to a secret castle. Letting your boat Gold Rush 3300G For more snappers: get sucked into the whirlpool can be beneficial. Nightmare Gallery BLOAD SNAPPER BE3:x where x=# ofguys CALL·151 Viper 6818:EA EA EA BOOG 851:x where :x=# ofsnappers CCD:CO Hard Hat Mack 8718:EA EA EA 7FDG 7FDG 671B:EA EA EA Press ctrl-R and then a number (1-3). Wargle 861 B:EA EA EA Snoogle Hard Hat Mack (alternate) BLOAD WARGLE.OBJ Nomads Press ctrl-shlft-M when you are a pie falling apart Scoring is as follows: 7250:x where x=# ofguys 503:1860 N 41E9:EA EA EA Wizardry 50A5:EA EA EA N 26FAG CHERRY 100 STRAWBERRY 300 82DG ORANGE 500 APPLE 700 Whenyou go to the Adventurers Inn, getyour Outpost Hellstorm PLUM 1000 BELL 2000 character, and before you say what room to putit 2C22 & 8046:# GOLDKEY 3000 KING CROWN 5000 in. insert a blank formatted diskette in drive 1. 6F25:x where :x= level# 3798:EA EA 6F4A;x where :x=# ofships Space Cadets Each time you sleep in the inn, you gain a level! If you have a Bishop in your party, simply Phaser Fire BLOAD SPACE KADET Horizon V type 'I' to inspect something. But type 9 instead BLOAD PHASER FIRE CALL ·151 5BOA:E6 (Un/im) of the usual 1-8. Try it a few times and when it CALL·151 5DDE:x where :x=# ofguys says "SUCCESS!", your Bishop will have Jawbreaker II 366A:EA EA EA 7FDG 3FFDG 100,000,000 experience points! 84B:x where x=# ofguys Space Quarks 800G Phaser Fire (alternate) Jump Jet BLOAD SPACE QUARKS 452E:x where x=# ofships CALL·151 131 D:EA EA EA 3FFDG 3C54:x where :x=# ofships Joust (Atarisoft) Pooyan BDFG starts game BLOADJOUST 61 sectorfile BLOAD POOYAN or800t up Spy's Demise CALI., ·,5' CALL ·151 60AB:x where x=# ofsPYs FFDG .-, lun~fu1;pr?gram 8783;)(··· . ..• 60ED:x where :x=# ofmen 3FF1G or where ;c=number ofmen 7FDG C050 C057 C054 B7AA:00 ·go thro~gh rocks Quadrant 6112 1100G BBS 3EOOG starts game 980:x where :x=# ofships Star Maze Jouster Quest For TIres 50B2:EA EA BLOAD JOUSTER ctrl reset Starmaze (alternate) NEWS CALL ·151 . 219E:09 7A11:x where x=# ofwheels 459C:x where x=# ofships. 7A03G to restart game CTRL-e Star Thief BSAVE JOUSTER.9, A$800,L$75FF Raiders of the Lost Ring 1827:x where x=# ofships Jouster (alternate) reset Star Trek 955:EA EA EA 685A:x where :x=# ofships II 803G BLOAD STAR TREK Kameari CALL·151 Randamn BLOAD PUC!<1 FED:60 } C1C1ClCCICICICICICICICICICICI ~ BLOAD PUCK2 These are the four Magical Incantations used 7FDG DDDODDCDDCCCCC~ B82:EA EA unlimited guys inRandamnto allowyou tobypass certainlevels. DDDDCCDDDCCCCDDC Succesion I 952:EA EA weird effects TOMB DOD! DOD Kameari BLOAD SUCCESION I I DROWN CALL ·151 BLOAD PACK.DATA1 OOZE 6B71 :x where :x=# ofguys BLOAD PACK.DATA2 RISK 6000G B82:EA EA Raster Blaster 7FDG Super Puckman 95C:EA EA 692E:EA EA EA EA EA 147B:04 ! BBSRDEX 7FDG 2700G 1C40:60 Labyrinth Rearguard 800G Nancy Jentz8ch Press (at the same time) esc KAY and then ctrl·T + LEVEL # Swashbuckler press 1-8 to go to that level or 9 for ships. Repton BLOAD SWASHBUCKLER Softkey for... Mars Cars BLOAD REPTON CALL·151 World Geograph vl.l BLOAD MARS CARS BLOAD MAIN REPTON, A$3000 AEO:x where x=# ofpirates CALL·151 21B6:EA EA 1800G start game MECC 7024:x where x=# ofcars 21C9:EA EA unlimited ships Syzygy The 'crack' for World Geograph vl.O also 3FDG 1592:EA EA unlimited nukes BLOAD SYZYGY works for v1.1, with a slight change in the loca­ Repton (alternate) CALL·151 tion of the protection and a change in the ad­ dresses that are called. Thanks to BrianTroha for Marauder 19C4:4C CB 19 N 2954:x where x=# ofships 19D7:60 N D92:EA EA 800G the original. I followed his logic and found the Irk Sk1 b f!ll.m. IQ protectionon the sametrackand from therecould 01 03 46 03 00 For less "baddies" Ribbit Taxman use his changes to make vl.l work! Note: this does not work on taxman II BLOAD RIB BIT 1. Make a copy ofeach ofthe two disks with any Microwave BLOAD TAXMAN 70DB:x where x=# offrogs whole disk copier. reset after the logo comes up. 7FDG POKE 21041,x where x=# ofmen CALL·151 or POKE 20572,234 2. Edit the program disk copy. 8146:00 For less monsters 6000G POKE 20573,234 BIk ~ From To for no ghosts 8100G Robotron:2084 POKE 20574,234 9 $173 20 3E OB AD 3E OB For unlimited men: CALL 2048 to start game $176 9005 8003 BLOAD ROBOTRON $178 2046 OA AD 46 OA Irk~b Taxman (alternate) .Erllm IQ CALL ·151 $17B BO 23 EA 18 00 00 3E CE BOOB EAEAEA 53DO:EA EA 18 N 2DFDG BLOAD TAXMAN 3. Write the block back to the copy 19 OA 3E CE BOOB EAEAEA This makes you invincible! CALL·151

10 Readers Data E~change COMRUTISTJf13 Alan L Krause Jr Brian A. Troha 41:A9C665 LOA #$65C6 la-word pointer to sums OF4:49 00 SO E:OR #$8000 44:A2 00 00 LOX #$OdOO hi-word pointer to sums OF7:30 23 BMI 11C (+23) Blocks vs Tracks 47:60 Softkey for... RTS Retum to sender OF9:A5 08 LOA 08 load track $21 sum 48:5A ProDOS & DOS sector correspondence Ancient Land Ys PHY Push side OFB:38 SEC The hard way to or 49:0A PHX Push track OFC:E9AF 10 This is in response to Ken Ball's query in SBC #10AF compare the sum Broderbund 4A:F4 00 00 PEA 0000 Computist #69 as to how blocks relate to the OFF:FO 1B BEQ 11C (+1B) it should be higher 40:F46765 PEA 6567 Push pointer to disk! sectors thatmostprogramsstill use, such as Copy Requirements: the 1OAF volume name II Plus. 512K Apple IIgs 101 :70 03 BVS 106 (+03) but less then 1E79 50:22 AO 66 00 JSL 0066AO Count them up Firstofall,let's getitstraighthere. Thereis no 3.5" disk copier 103:4900 SO EOR #$8000 again, all branches to 54:80 CA65 STA 65CA Temp store for Accum difference in the physical format of a OOS 3.3 3.5" disk editor 11 Care failures 57:68 PLA 106:1014 disk and a ProooS disk. Check it yourself. Geta Ancient Land ofYs (ALY) from Broderbund BPL 11C (+14) 58:68 PLA OOS 3.3 disk and a ProDOS disk, and then get is an adventure role playing game. You control a 108:A5 08 LOA 08 59:68 PLA 10A:38 into your favorite nibble editor. The ProooS little guy and run around completing various SEC 5A:68 PLA 10B:E9791E disk still has $23 tracks, each track containing 16 quests in an effort to regain the six books of Ys. SBC #$1E79 5B:68 PLA 10E:70 03 sectors, and the address/data headers and epi­ The game comes on two disks, the /PROGRAM BVS 113 (+03) 5C:68 PLA Pull all pushed values of logues are still the same (unless you are looking disk and the /DATA disk. The file YSBOOT 110:49 00 SO EOR #$8000 the stack 113:30 07 at a protected disk!). .SYSI6 on /PROGRAM checks for enough BPL 11C (+07) 50:AO CA 65 LOA 65CA Reload Accum (readl 115:A90100 Thus, a sector editor SHOULDbe able to read memory thenruns theprogramYSGS on/DATA. LOA #$0001 Load a non-zero value wrong disk flag) 118:85 EO a ProooS disk, since ithas the same marks in the This informationwas useful when itcametime to STA EO Store in ·benchmark" 60:60 RTS Retum address field as a normal OOS 3.3 disk. search for the copy protection. flag so BEQ is NOT 61 :50524F47524140 6567 - PROGRAM; disk! So, you ask.. "What's the difference between The overall game is nice with good graphics taken volume name 11A:SOOA ProooS and OOS 3.3 then?.... Go ahead ask it! and sound, however, ALY has two problems. BRA 126 (+OA) Branch to branch The difference lies in the 'RWTS' which is The first problem is ALY is copy protected and That was the routine to do the nibble count­ long 11C:A2FFFF loaded afteryoubootyourdisk.. I put 'RWTS' in the other is it is NOT hard disk compatible. The ing. After tracing the programcodeback acouple LOX #$FFFF 11F:A9FFFF quotes, because under ProooS, it is usually reason I'm writing this article is I have been of times I ended up with the following code on LOA #$FFFF Load failing values 122:68 02 STX 02 referred to as the ProooS MU, or machine successful in over coming both of these prob­ block $3BF on the /DATA disk: 124:85 DO STA DO Store them language interface. Almost all disk access is lems. Firstletsstartbyremoving thecopyprotec­ 059;OB PHD 126:8245 FF BRL O6E (-oOBB) Branch long to ported through this little beauty. It make pro­ tion. Broderbund has been known to use the 05A:3B TSC the top and start over graming in assembly language soooo much eas­ standardnibble counting routineon tracks $20& O5B:38 SEC 129:F4 00 00 PEA 0000 Continue code Iorthe ier, believe me! $21 on a few programs (Showoff, Geometry, 05C:E9 FB 00 SBC #OOFB program Now, the ProooS file/disk system is not built Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego). So I 05F:5B TCO around the sector, as OOS 3.3 was, rather it is began by searching for the key string (I have 060:69 CE 00 AOC #OOCE The above section of code is the deciding built around the block. 1 block = 2 sectors. But, mentioned in so many articles) of A2 20 AO 01. 063:1B TCS factor in the copy protection routine. The first not 2 consecutive sectors. This is where the I found the following routine on block $4A6 of 064:22 6F 65 00 JSL 00656F Goto the nibble count JSLoo656Fmustbedisabled by changing the 22 difference enters. The authors ofProooS found the /DATA disk. routine above to an AF. Then we come to the STZ EO and the a way to minimize the writing time ofthe data to 07:A9 00 00 LOA #$0000 Load a zero 068:8602 STX 02 Store hi-word of pointer LDA EO, well EO will equal one on a passing the disk, without losing data by trying to be too 0A:80 CA 65 STA 65CA Zero out nibble count to sum values copy so I changed the LDA EO to INC EO. Now quick. Because ProDOS needs time in between read error flag O6A:85 DO STA DO Store la-word of pointer we zero out EO and then increment EO to get the each block it writes to do some internal 'house­ 00:80 C6 65 STA 65C6 Zero out nibble count to sum values value ofone. Thefinal step is to disable the BEQ cleaning', it skips 1 sector each time it writes 1 sum for track $20 06C:64 EO STZ EO Clear a 'benchmark" +3 and that is done by over writing it with two sector (= 1/2 a block). This is a sufficient time for 10:80 C865 STA 65C8 Zero out nibble count flag NOPs. The resulting' copy is now deprotected the apple to 'recover' and proceed with the write sum for track $21 O6E:A5 EO LOA EA load flag and will runjustfme from tw03.5"disk. Thestep operation. 13:E230 SEP #$30 Use 8 bit wide Accum 070:F003 BEQ 075 (+03) "it's zero thert by step would be: If we took one track out, and stretched it out and index regs branch to benchmark 1. Make a copy of both disks. until it was 'straight', it would look like table 1. 15:A2 20 LOX #$20 Load track $20 tests 2. Make the following edits to the /DATA disk: Thus, block $0000 is wrinen at track $00, 17:A001 LOY #$01 load side 072:828400 BRL 129 (+0084) Branch long to physical sectors $00 and $02. Notice how the 19:204E 65 JSR 654E Go to nibble count 075:38 SEC continue code Blk I!m. fum 1'.2 blocks 'wrap around'. This is one of the ideas 1C:8013 BCS 31 (+13) Carry set is read error or 076:A5 DO LOA DO mF ~ ll~~OO M~~OO which make ProDOS up to 8 times faster than wrong disk 078:E9 00 00 SBC #0000 $6E 85 EO FO 03 E6 EO EA EA OOS 3.3. 1E:8EC665 STX 65C6 Store Io-tlyte sum lor 078:0007 BNE 084 (+07) 3. Write the block back to the copy. But, these 'sectors' are physical sectors, and track $20 07D:A5 02 LOA 02 not the sectors which are read when you use a 21:8CC765 STY 65C7 Store hi-tlyte sum lor 07F:E9 00 00 SBC #0000 Hardkey for... sector editor, such as Copy II plus. The sectors track $20 082:SO 07 BRA 08B (+07) Ancient Land of Ys used there are standard DOS 3.3 sectors, and 24:A221 LOX #$21 load track $21 084:A5 02 LOA 02 these are the sectors whichmostofus are familiar 26:A001 LOY #$01 load side 086:E9 00 00 SBC #0000 Broderbund with. 28:20 4E 65 JSR 654E Go to nibble count 089:C202 REP #$02 ALY is now deprotected but it'snothard disk To read block $0000, you would have to read 2B:8EC865 STX 65C8 Store Ia-tlyte sum for 088:70 03 BVS 090 (+03) compatible, yet. After some work I was able to sectors $00 and SOE with your favorite sector track $21 080:4900 SO EOR #$8000 come up with a scheme of edits that fixes this editor. 2E:8C C9 65 STY 65C9 Store hi-tlyte sum for 090:30 22 BMI 084 (+22) Branch to compare problem. The fIx includes editing two system Table 2 shows you what track and sectors a track $21 092:F4 01 00 PEA 0001 sums files and renaming two files on different disks. block resides on a 5 1/4" disk. 31:C230 REP #$30 Set 16 bit wide Accum 095:F4 60 00 PEA 0060 Also the end product will require about 93.51<; of Say,youwant to look atblock$OOE9. So, you and index regs , 098:F41000 PEA 0010 disk space and will no longer be RUN-abIEl'ftom find it in the table, and see -that it is located on 33:90OC Bce 41 (+DC) Carry clear was agood 09B:F4 00 00 PEA 0000 Push info on stack for 3.5" disks. track $ID, sectors D&C. So, break out Copy II read 09E:F4 80 02 PEA 02BO call At this point I suggest you fIrst make TWO Plus, and hack away. I hope that this has an­ 35:AO CA 65 LOA 65CA Read errors or wrong OA1:22 B7 00 00 JSl 0000B7 InsertlPROGRAM disk sets of deprotected backups. Label one set An­ swered yourquestionsufficiently. Maybecutout disk come here routine cientLandofYs. Theothersetwe will use for the this table and stick on the wall next to your 38:49FFFF EOR #$FFFF 0A5;7A PLY hardkey. You should now already have depro­ computer or something. Betteryet, ditto the page 3B:1A INC 0A6:7A PLY tected theprogramviathe edits listedearlier.The FIRST, and then cut it out and put it up! 3C:A2FF FF LOX #$FFFF load bad values OA7:7A PLY following steps are done using the /pROGRAM 3F:8006 BRA 47 (+06) Branch to the RTS 0A8:7A PLY Pull all pushed info off disk, BlockWardenusers [F]ollow/pROGRAM/ 0A9:7A PlY the stack YSBOOT.SYSI6 OAA:22 6F 65 00 JSl 00656F Goto nibble count Fixing the program routine IahJl.1 OAE:8602 STX 02 1. Withablockeditormakethe following changes blocks/physical sectorsIDOS 3.3 sectors 080:8500 STA DO Store the pointer again (With Block Warden's "Follow" command block 0 4 0 4 1 5 1 5 2 6 2 6 3 7 3 7 OB2:SOC1 BRA 075 (-3F)Branch back up use rei block I, reI byte $98): 084:A6 02 LOX 02 Physical 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E B1k I!m. fum 1'.2 F 0B6:A5 DO LOA DO DO &02 point ~ track SIC7 $98 OA 2F 44 41 09 31 2F 59 OOS3.3 0 7 E 6 D 5 C 4 B 3 8 A 2 9 1 F $20 sum 54 41 2F 59 53 2E 47 41 OB8:860E STX DE Transfer sum 53 47 53 40 45 00 0BA:850C STA DC toOE&DC That changes "/DATA/YSGS" to "1/ IIJl1l.l OBC:A60E LOX DE YS.GAME". Note: Makesure to change the final Physical Sector#'s OBE:A5DC LOA DC "S" (53) to 00 in hex. OCO:OA PHX Trk 0&2 4&6 8&A C&E 1&3 5&7 9&B D&F 2. Rename YSBOOT.SYSI6 to LAND.OF.YS OC1:48 PHA Push on slack $00 $0000 $0001 $0002 $0003 $0004 $0005 $0006 $0007 OC2:18 CLC Now it's time to work with the/DATA disk. $01 $0008 $0009 $OOOA $OOOB $OOOC $OOOD $OOOE $OOOF OC3:69 02 00 ADC #$0002 Add 2to track $21 sum (For Block Warden, [F]ollow /DATA/YSGS) $02 $0010 $0011 $0012 $0013 $0014 $0015 $0016 $0017 OC6:85DC STA DC 1. Change from /program (2F 7072 6F79 6C 65 $03 $0018 $0019 $001A $oo1B $OO1C $0010 $OOIE $oo1F OC8:A5DE LOA DE 6Dinhex)to l/ys.dat(312F79732E646179 $04 $0021 $0023 $0024 $0025 $0026 $0027 $0020 $0022 OCA:9001 BCC OCO (+01) If DC was FFFE or in hex) at all the following locations: $05 $0028 $0029 $OO2A $OO2B $OO2C $OO2D $OO2E $OO2F FFFF carry set B.k!£k ~ IW.Blk ReI Byte $06 $0030 $0031 $0032 $0033 $0034 $0035 $0036 $0037 OCC:1A INC Then increment the hi- $07 $0038 $0039 $OO3A $003B $003C $003D $OO3E $OO3F $57C $D2 452 $386D2 word $E9 $386E9 $08 $0040 $0041 $0042 $0043 $0044 $0045 $0046 $0047 OCO:85 DE STA DE DE &DC now hold $09 $0048 $0049 $OO4A $OO4B $OO4C $OO4D $OO4E $OO4F $101 $38701 pointer to track $21 $l1C $3871C $OA $0050 $0051 $0052 $0053 $0054 $0055 $0056 $0057 OCF:68 PLA SOB $0058 $0059 $OO5A $005B $005C $005D $OO5E $005F $138 $38738 OOO:FA PLX Pull pointer off stack $157 $38757 SOC $0060 $0061 $0062 $0063 $0064 $0065 $0066 $0067 001:85 F6 STA F6 SOD $0068 $0069 $OO6A $OO6B $OO6C $OO6D $OO6E $OO6F $173 $38773 003:86 F8 STX F8 F6 & F8 now hold track $190 $38790 $OE $0070 $0071 $0072 $0073 $0074 $0075 $0076 $0077 $20 sum $OF $0078 $0079 $007A $007B $007C $007D $007E $007F $IA7 $387A7 005:A7F6 LOA [F6) Load indirect long track $ICO $387CO $10 $0080 $0081 $0082 $0083 $0084 $0085 $0086 $0087 $20 sum $11 $0088 $0089 $008A $008B $008C $008D $008E $008F $IDB $387DB 007:850A STA OA Store track $20 sum in $IF4 $387F4 $12 $0090 $0091 $0092 $0093 $0094 $0095 $0096 $0097 OA $13 $0098 $0099 $OO9A $OO9B $OO9C $OO9D $OO9E $OO9F $57D $OE 453 $3880E 009:A7 DC LOA [DC) Load indirect long track $28 $38828 $14 $OOAO $OOAI $ooA2 $00A3 $ooA4 $00A5 $OOA6 $ooA7 $21 sum $15 $OOA8 $OOA9 $ooAA $ooAB $ooAC $ooAD $OOAE $ooAF $3F $3883F OOB:85 08 STA 08 Store track $21 sum in $5C $3885C $16 $ooBO $OOBI $ooB2 $ooB3 $ooB4 $ooB5 $ooB6 $ooB7 08 $17 $OOB8 $OOB9 $OOBA $OOBB $OOBC $OOBD $OOBE $OOBF $77 $38877 000:A5 OA LOA OA Load track $20 sum $93 $38893 $18 $OOCO $OOCI $OOC2 $OOC3 $OOC4 $OOC5 $OOC6 $OOC7 OOF:38 SEC $19 $OOC8 $OOC9 $OOCA $OOCB $OOCC $OOCD $OOCE $OOCF $AF $388AF OEO:E96B 20 SBC #$206B The hard way to $CA $388CA $IA $0000 $OODI $OOD2 $0003 $0004 $0005 $OOD6 $0007 compare the sum $IB $OOD8 $0009 $OODA $OODB $OODC $OODD $OODE $OODF $l1A $3891A(inuppercase) OE3:FO 37 BEQ 11 C (+37) it should be higher $598 $98 480 $3BE98 $IC $OOEO $OOEI $OOE2 $OOE3 $00E4 $OOE5 $OOE6 $OOE7 • then 206B $ID $OOE8 $OOE9 $OOEA $OOEB $OOEC $OOED $OOEE $OOEF OE5:70 03 BVS OEA (+03) but less then 2103 2. Change from /DATA/YSDATA (2F 44 4154 $lE $OOFO $OOFI $OOF2 $OOF3 $OOF4 $OOF5 $OOF6 $OOF7 OE7:49 00 80 EOR #$8000 all branches to 11C are 412F595344415441 in hex) to I/YS.DAT/ $IF $OOF8 $OOF9 $OOFA $OOFB $OOFC $OOFD $OOFE $OOFF failures LOY (312F5943 2E444154 2F4C 4F 59 in $20 $0100 $0101 $0102 $0103 $0104 $0105 $0106 $0107 OEA:10 30 BPL 11C (+30) hex) at all the follow locations: $21 $0108 $0109 $010A $OlOB $OIOC $OlOD $OlOE $OlOF OEC:A5 OA LOA OA Block Byte ReI Blk ReI Byte $22 $0110 $0111 $0112 $0113 $0114 $0115 $0116 $0117 OEE:38 SEC $582 $15B 458 $3935B $19A $3939A Trk O&E D&C B&A 9&8 7&6 5&4 3&2 I&F OEF:E9 03 21 SBC #$2103 OF2:70 03 $584 $83 460 $39683 DOS 3.3 Sector #'s BVS OF7 (+03) 3. Change from /DATAl (2F 44 415441 2F in Note#S ices. I also postmany kracks. I have beenputting hex) to 1/ (312FOOOOOOOOinhex)atBlock ! Subscribers Only Date: 13 Mar 90 (09:37) little COMPUTIST ads at the end of the text file $582, Byte $193, ReI BLK 458, ReI Byte To: ALL Note #2 posts. This helps spread the word about COM­ $39393 From: User #226 PUTIST on a "national" level. There are many 4. Rename YSGS to YS.GAME Date: 3 Mar 90 (07:08) Subj: Toy Shop people that subscribe to these on-line services To: ALL and they are looking forjustsucha magazinethat 5. Rename YSDATA to LOY From: User #269 Those two programs are 18 sectorprograms... I am not really sure if it was done as a protection explains how to remove CPo Anyway, in issue Subj: DUNGEON MASTER Uploading to a Harddrive method orsimply to allow more data on the disk. #70, you listed the krack for Arkanoid. If you Now it's time to upload the whole game to ® In Computist #70 page 12 : Softkey for ... Much like 3.2 was 13 sectors and 3.3 was 16 (StarBuck) are going to list outmy programs and your hard drive. Create a new folder/subdirec­ DM (by Bob Thanski) Softkey gave a way to sectors these could be called 3.4 18 sectors. I convert them to block/byte patches the least you backupour original DM disk, I couldnot get it to tory called LAND.YS or what ever you like. know of only one person that could do them for could do is give me credit for the work. work properly. The game did not crash, but I you. TheSaltinefrom theoldCOASTTOCOAST ToBobThanski: DungeonMasterhas a very 1. Copy LAND.OF.YS from /PROGRAM to the could not open doors. Itacted like a demo disk. I group. You might try writing to him care of the complicated CP scheme. They (FTL) do check­ LAND.YS folder may have a different version? Did anyone else COMPUTIST, they may still have his address. I summing allover and use several flags in their 2. Create a new folder called YS.DAT in have problems or did it work satisfactory? haveplayed with the 18 sector DOS, buthavenot CP.The game must read block 17 correctly after LAND.YS folder 1) Perform a sector copy ofthe disk had much success. I can get a conversion of the changing the smartporthooks to specialroutines. 3. Copy the TITLE & FGRAPH folders from / 2)Performthepatchesindicated inlssue#70. disk ( 2 original sides usually becomes three Play the game long enough and it will start to PROGRAM in to the YS.DAT folder 3)DoaBJICOPY,SYNC,KEEP tracklength, cracked sides). The problem comes in trying to break down. Things like Fatal error #003C, you rewrite their DOS to read 16 sectors, I know how cannot save games, certain doors will not open, 4. Copy YS.GAME from /DATA to the (using Copy 11+ Parm4Csetto 0) ofBlock1Side to do it in theory (with a lookup table track I things that you throw mayjusthang in space and LAND.YS folder 2 (the one that shows an error during step 1 above), sector 17 would translate to track 2 sector2). But you cannot pick them up again. There are all 5. Copy the LOY folder from /DATA into the This will (should) yield a playable copy one day... and if anybody knows of an ffiM kinds oflittle things like this built into the game. YS.DAT folder however, any attempt at diskaccesswilleject the cracked.. I would be interested in talking to There is CPcode in thegamedatafile andI'mnot A tree directory ofthe main files would look disk & say "INSERT DUNGEON MASTER them.. I am aboutto get an ffiM and am sure glad sure what else. This program will still have to be like this: D1SK" which means that you can't save the that computer is covered by the COMPUTIST. on the most wanted list. I have seen letters by people who are having File name Type game". Well Bob, yawanna give itanothergo, or Note #7 (Reply to #5) do you have a different version? problemsuploadingkrackedgames to harddisks. LANO.OF.YS S16 Date: 23 Mar 90 (20:37) YS.GAME EXE Part of the reason these problems arise are disk Note #3 From: User #1082 based copy protection (bad block checks, nibble /YS.OAT OIR Subj: Toy Shop /TITLE OIR Date: 8 Mar 90 (20:29) counts) check the disk name they try to read. So /FGRAPH OIR To: ALL I didn't know that the Saltine was a COM­ ifyou force theCPtopass at thelowestend,many /LOY OIR From: User #1082 PUTIST subscriber.....he's also the one that did times the disk name will be checked for before /MAPS OIR Subj: Cracks Where In the USA is Carmen SanDiego.... Fed­ your patches. The way around this is to totally /SHAPES.ART OIR ® Does anyonehave a crackfor Toy Shopor eration Transformers Release. I can make a bit avoid the entire check routine. /GCH.ART OIR Bureaucracy? I have the originals thatI'll lend to copy ofToy Shop that works....! can'tget a copy In issue #67, I have patches for California /MUSIC OIR someone that may be able to do it. that can be packed with Shrinkit. Games and The Last Ninja that completely skip TEXTOAT.HUF $00 Note #4 (Reply to #3) Note #6 the CProutines including the check for the name ofthedisk. Ifyouexamine thecodelistedforLast PEOPOAT.HUF BIN Date: 18 Mar 90 (16:43) Date: 11 Mar 90 (01:37) Ninja you see the call to ProDOS 16 (the TorunAncientLandofYssimplyrun/launch From: Sysop To: ALL GET_DEVICE) checks to see if the program is From: TOP GUN (User #452) the LAND.OF.YS file. I did not change the user Subj: Cracks run from the right disk. What the GET_DEVICE disknameso you willstillneeda separatediskfor Toy Shop: Issue #62, pg. 29 Subj: A) CDA Menu, B) Kings Quest IV does is [md the disk called"?17" (thename in the your character information called /USER (read Bureaucracy: Issue #48, pg 33 ® Some time back, a reader described the parms) and tell ProooS what device the disk is the flier on creating a game save disk). If you If these don't work or you don't have (can't technique whereby the CDA menu could be "mounted"on. Aftermakingmypatchthatjumps wanted to, you could search YSGS (YS.GAME disabled. This would eliminate using the "Visit over the GET_DEVICE and READ_BLOCK after youhaverenamedit) for/USER andchange get) the issues, I do backups for the local Apple user group (NorthWest Apple Pickers) & Com­ Monitor" CDA that is part of the ROM 01 Ilgs. code you can upload the game to any subdirec­ itto I/CHR.Thenyouwouldhavetocreate a new Does anyone remember what issue that was? Or, tory without editing any disk names. folder inthe samesubdirectory as LAND.OF.YS putist. I usually charge $2 perprogram (or $1 per disk whichever is greater) plus $2 shipping & perhaps, describe the solution? I hope you can see the importance of tracing called CHR and copy any needed files to it. All the CP routines back far enough to totally avoid information will be stored in the folder called handling (Add $1 per disk ifI supply the blank ® I have Kings Quest IV from Sierra. I have disks for the copies.) I also include the copy it on my hard drive, but you need the manual to going into a routine that reads off the disk or CHR on your hard disk instead of the separate checks for a certain disk name to be online. disk. protection method used with the copied disks so provide the "key word" when the program asks. that ifcapable (or inclined) you can make added Can anyone give me direction as to how to Another possible reason for not being able to Ifyoudidn'tmake any errors in theediting of backups yourself. Incan'tmake a good working eliminate the protection? There is no readable upload kracked programs to hard disk is: Many the flIe names you should have a hard disk copy, there is no charge & the disks and money text on the disk. Thanks. programs have disk/volume names hard coded compatibleversionofALY. Atthis pointI would are refunded together. into the file. You see things like "/VOLMUE/ (afteryou haveupload the files to the harddrive) If you decide to have me do them, send GAME". This means find the disk called /VOL­ get out two more disk and format them. Call the original disk(s)(1 will notattempt to make wotk­ UME and run/load the file called GAME. Pro­ disks Ancient Land of Ys HD 1 and 2 and copy ing copies from any disk that is not an original) gramers should code it as "1/GAME" meaning the flIes LAND.OF.YS and YS.GAME to disk to: John C. Tucker IL use the currentdevice andrun/load the file called oneandthefolder YS.DATto disktwo.Thisway GAME. The "If' trick is built into ProooS 16 should loose you hard drive (crash) and have to Gopher-TechElectronics(orComputistBBS) I have been a COMPUTIST reader from the and GSIOS so you don't need any special pro­ ,~ start. I have every issue that has been published. reformat you will nothave to go thid'ugh and re.."'! ,', c/o David.Goforth gramming skills tQ write device independent 11015 OldMilitary Rd SW 1still keep the back issues for reference as they , edit ArlCienttlllldofYlt' !',' "C programs. With examples like Mean 1'8;'Rubble' Tacoma, WA 98498-1524 contain the bestexplanation ofApple techniques Ghost, and the following on Shanghai you can available. I hope you can continue to publish Softkey for... Include a.short letter of what you'd like get some ideaofhow to fix this kind ofprogram. (multiplecopies, allow for hard disk installation, even though Apple is in disarray with their low The last thing I would like to talk about is the Tunnels of Armageddon end product strategy. 5.25 -> 3.5 transfer, single working copy, depro­ direction of copy protection as I see it going. LogkalDesign Works/CalijorniD Dreams tection, etc.) and also a phone # that I can call if I need some help and I hope some COM­ With the "new" GS and ROM 3 (most tools in necessary. Ifyou'd like to contact me in person, PUTIST reader will be able to assist. I have a C. ROM) you might see more altered formats like Requirements: Itoh Prowriter 8510AP Printer and would like to 512K Apple llgs leave E-Mail. Alien Mind as most tools no longer need to be continue using it as the Prowriter has been very 3.5" disk copier loaded into memory. This fact along with the Note: Ensure you state that you are a Com­ reliable. I also have a Spies Niceprint interface 3.5" disk editor putistsubscriber. This gives you the aboveprices extra memory gained without having GS/OS card which gives me letter quality output. The present (I think about 380K) is a good reason for Tunnels ofArmageddon (TOA) is fast paced (which are a 50% discount). Niceprint card emulates the old Grappler Card these formats. The only problem is for the users arcade type game that has you screaming down Note #8 (Reply to #3) not the Grappler Plus. Parallel Pro drivers also with Unidisks and those people with the Laser tunnels avoiding walls and trying to shootenemy Date: 23 Mar 90 (21:15) seem to work. 3.5" disks and Universal diskcontroller who will ships. Like the other five releases from LDW From: User #1054 ® Does anyone know' how to patch the NOT be able to use the program. TOA is using a KEYWORD (pirate) protection Subj: Cracks Imagewriter Printer driver in GSIOS System in the form ofa cQlor code wheel. The requestor However, due to the dropping prices ofSCSI I just recently purchased Bureaucracy at the 5.0.2 to work with the Prowriter 851OAP? The Hard disks and the wave ofinternal hard disks, I screen comes up and tells you to line up two printer codes arevery similarexceptfor bitimage colors and then asks for a color at a certain AM ComputerSwapatKentcommonsonMarch thinkyciu willfind moremanuallcodewheelbased graphics which is IB 47 for the Imagewriter and CP. So far, there's only two games with KEY­ number. As I hate this type of copy protection I 17th. Well I looked for a possible crack in all of IB 53 for the Prowriter. Is there a source where set out to disable it. my Computist magazines and didn't find one. WORD protection that have NOT been kracked custom printer drivers for GS/OS may be pur­ by anyone. They are King's Quest 4 and Man­ On a tip from Jason Harper (and after digging One thing I must say is that I am a new program­ mer, etc. My copy of Bureaucracy is labeled as chased or dumped from a bulletin board? Any Hunter: New Yorkby Sierra. With the additional around in the CPcode) ifyou type kacper (lower help you can give will be appreciated. case only) the CP is bypassed and a cheat mode Apple II (l6-sector disk) -side 1. Other side is knowledge I have gained since this type of CP has come out, I am able to defeat it with some enabled that will allow you to continue after side 2. Side one can be copied with any copier (I ease. Then we have the KEYDISK (but hard running out of time. However, running out of used Locksmith 5.0 Fast Copy) but side two is a Brian A Troha WI driv~able) programs. These are the easiest to energy or structural damage will still kill you. differentstory. You can try to copy side two with Anyway I have come up with a patch that will Locksmith5.0Fastcopy butwhenyou try to play I'd like to say some things. First in issue #70, deprotect with information supplied in earlier COMPUTIST issues (like issue #65). allow you use this built in cheat or cliCk on any thegameitdoesn'twork. Well whatI did was use page 5 in the editorial: I really cannot see the Rocket Ranger: There is no way to take out color and still play the game. To do this, the CP EDDIIIselected duplicatedisk and then selected reason for printing the SPA's 800 numberunless routine must still be runbutI modified the return #3 (auto nibble count) it copied the disk with you are suggesting that readers call the number the code wheel in this game. The number input­ code toreturn with a "correctanswer"value. For errors on tracks 1F thru 22. The errors according only to run up their (the SPA's) toll bill. You ted is theonly way to tell thegameto go from one country to another. A "workaround"is to disable thoseofyou who are willing to give up the cheat to the EDD display was RWR R. know, justcall and say HI! and waste some time and would rather not ever see the CP screen I Further investigation into those tracks really in talking with the people. I'm sure the informa­ the changing of the CDA interrupt vector then write a CDA that will allows you select the have added a second setofpatches to get around didn't show me anything at all, but as I said tion printed in COMPUTIST will in some form that to! beforeI amnew atthis andamdoingmybestwith be used for piracy. This is by NO means the country you are inandthe country you want to go what little I know. One thing I should say is that publishers (or the people who writedeprotection to. Then the CDA would tell you the number of 1. Make a copy of the game disk. when I used the disk speed option ofLocksmith articles) fault. Some of your better writers are fuel units needed. Create the DESK.ACCS sub­ 2. Make the following edits to the copy only: 5.01found thatthe speedofthelnfocomdiskwas pirates that share their talent and knowledge. I directory on a backup rocket.ranger.1 disk and approximately 195.5 to 195.6. I tried to copy the seenoreason to try to discourage thesewriters by copy the CDA into it. Then when you play the ~ IDk Fran I2 disk using EDD option #1 (normal) with my the potential threat of being turned in. game andneed the fuel units hitctrl-open apple­ $38 $96 FO 05 A9 00 EA EA EA EA esc and select the CDA and the two countries, 00 SO 03 EA EA EA duplicatedrive setat 195.5 andcopying onlydisk The commentary on the SPA's toll free tracks 00 thru IE but when I played the game I remember the number, quit back to the program 3. Write the block back to the copy number was meant to be ajoke, laced with went to the bank and the disk whirred and I sarcasm RDEXed andenter the number. That's whatthe piratesdid. To totally skip the CP screen and forfeit the received this message "Internal error 14. End of For those ofyou with hard drives and GS/OS built in cheat ADD the following: session." So it looks like the program is doing I remove copy protection and tell others how v5.0.x You might have noticed that you cannot something that requires tracks IF thru 22 to be to do it, how people use my information is up to run some ProooS 8 based programs from your 81k ~ Fran To there. Just remember side 1 you can copy with each individual. I have a choice, let people know hard drive. Programs like Battle Chess, Neuro­ $39 $FC A2 04 91 A2 04 90 any copier but it is side 2 that is the problem. I how to deprotect software or not. Sure it has mancer,ZanyGolf,MarbleMadness,Bard'sTale $IOC A9 0100 82 4E 03 caused some piracy, but when I get letters from $38 $1J)0 87 D4 97 DO 88 EA EA EA EA EA sure hope this helps someone out there. I & 2. Well on Comp-u-Serve there is a packed people telling mehow nice itis to haveprograms file that contains information on how to upload 88 lOF8 A7 D4 EA EA EA EA EA Note #9 (Reply to #3) hard drive based. How they save money by 87 DO EA EA and correctly run many deprotected ProooS 8 Date: 23 Mar 90 (21:20) trashing deprotected copies and NOT the origi­ $3C $Cl 8003 A9 00 00 EA 18824802 programs that otherwise don't seem to want to From: User #I054 nals. How their originals have since failed and run. The idea behind the procedure (I think) To upload the program to your hard drivejust Subj: Cracks thanks to the information I have provided they revolves aroundpurgingeverythingpossiblefrom copy all files into any folder/subdirectory except Hi, me again. I did forget to let you know that can still use the program(deprotected copies that memory before running these programs. PROooS and SYSTEM. Enjoy thenewly depro­ with EDD III using the auto nibble count option is). This makes my choice easy, let the people tected version ofTunnels of Armageddon. to copy Bureaucracy that the copy works fantas­ decide what to do themselves. Putting Shanghai on a hard disk tic, despite the errors. I haveplayed the game and To StarBuck: I have written four little depro­ Alright, now that you spent $700 for that 60 I have found no problems at this time at all. I will tection programs and put them up on "on-line" meg SCSI hard drive (alter that statement to suit say that it is a crazy game too!! services like Comp-u-serve. I put them up as your own setup, EI: Internal drive, etc) you want shareware to pay for my accounts on those serv- to putyourprogramsonit. That's easy for SOME

12 Readers Data Exchange COMPUTIST #73 deprotected programs, but impossible for oth­ TITLESCREEN PIC lA5:68 PLA I think either edit would work fme, but I decided ers... or is it? Sometimes weneed help with these COPYRIGHT PIC 1A6:68 PLA Pull extra values off that setting the flag is the best way to do it. type of things, this is one good reason we sub­ TItESET PIC 1A7:68 PLA of the stack With these three edits a very tricky protection scribe to COMPUTIST. Sohere is anexampleof DRAGON1 PIC lA8:C23O REP #30 set 16 bit wide Accum. scheme is totally bypassed. I play tested the adding hard drive compatibility to a program DRAGON2 PIC 1M:A5 F4 LOA F4 Zero means no errors resulting copyfor anhour(through two games as using Shanghai (START file in /SHANGHAI/ TOURNAMENT $F1 1AC:FO10 BEQ lBE(+10) far as I could get) and didn't encounter any SYSTEMdated 15-Sep-87)from Activision.The Now to finally upload Shanghai to your hard lAE:F4oooo PEA ~ bombs. The step by step method: reason I picked Shanghai as an example was I drive pick any subdirectory and copy the files lBl:22 9D 30 01 JSL 013090 1. Make a copy ofboth disks. wanted it on my hard drive, so I set out to make Shanghai & the subdirectory Shnghai into it. To 185:7A PLY it device independent. lB6:F4 00 00 PEA 0000 2. Make the following edits to a copy ofthe boot play Shanghai simply launch/run the S16 me disk. called SHANGHAI. That's "aU" there is to it. 189:22 OE 32 01 JSL 01320E Hardkey for... If you were successful in following my in­ 1BO:7A PLY IDk. ~ fum To structions you should have a completely device lBE:A5 F4 STZ F4 S508 $1DF A02600 9C26oo Shanghai SIE2 F039 8039 Activisioll independent game. Which means you can copy lCO:DO BC BNE 17E (-44) 1C2:A9 01 00 LOA .coOl S573 S100 OB 6B Requirements: theprogramto any 3.5"disk, Harddrive, orRAM S627 S1B4 225401 Ol AF 54 01 01 512K Apple llgs drive and launch it without problems. I have lC5:80 28 00 STA 0028 3.5" disk copier copied the files to /RAM5 and ran it without lC8:3B TSC Don't forget to write the blocks back to the 3.5" disk editor problems and Shanghai now resides in /CMS/ lC9:18 CLC copydisk. Store theoriginals ina safeplace. Play File copying program GAMES on my hard drive. Shanghai is now 1CA:69 OS 00 ACC.coOS off the deprotected copies: Hard drive (thanks to COMPUTIST & RDEX) the way it lCO:1B TCS A [mal note: I think the game should be lCE:2B PLO completely hard drive compatible with the ab­ Step one: Remove the copy protection. should have been shipped: Deprotected, Hard drive compatible and you can launch it and quit 1CF:68 RlL Return lD caller sence of the copy protection. The first step in making any program hard back to the finder (ProSEL 16, Hyperlaunch, etc) So now I need to fmd the routine that would drive compatible is removing the copy protec­ without any problems. compare the returned sums toknown benchmark Softkey for... tion. The first step in removing the protection is This same principle can be applied to other values. So I scanned the me for references to Geometry vl.O to make a copy of the game disk (ignore errors) programs that requires a specific disk/volume 0030 and 0032 and found the following code in Broderbullll and use only the copy from here on. Make the name. the first block ($508) of the me. following patches (to the copy): Requirements: 194:OB PHD 512K Apple llgs Blk ~ fum To Softkey for... 195:3B TSC 3.5" Disk copier $267 $145 C9 01 00 FO A9 01 00 80 King of Chicago $270 $168 18 FB C2 30 A901 00 6B 196:38 SEC 3.5" Disk editor Cinemaware 197:E9 FB 00 SBC.coFB Note: Using Block Warden [F]ollow / Requirements: 19A:5B TCD GeometryGS(GGS)fromBroderbund/Sensei SHANGHAI/SYSTEM/START. 768K Apple llgs 19B:69 F4 00 ACC .coF4 is a three disk package that is designed to teach you geometry at your own pace. The package Rillllk ~ Emm I2 3.5" Disk copier 19E:1B TCS 36 $4745 C9 01 00 FO A9 01 00 80 3.5" Disk editor 19F:AC 30 00 LOA 0030 Load sum for track $20 uses a KEY DISK protection in the form of a 58 $7368 18 FB C2 30 A9 01 00 6B lA2:38 SEC nibble count on disk three. Disk one is simply a In King of Chicago (KC) you try to take system disk to launch the geometry programs Step two: Change the hard coded names. controlofyourgang and thecityofChicago.This lA3:E94O 1F SBC #1 F40 Subtract Iowestlimit lA6:FOOC BEQ 184 (+OC) Equal isa bad copy from disk two or disk three. When you run the Thecopy protection is now disabled, butyou new release from Cinemawares has very good program off disk two it asks you to insert disk cannot simply upload Shanghai to your hard graphics along with a few good animated scenes. lM:70 03 BVS lAC (+03) ~ three for nibble count.' However, when you run disk. Theprogram loads files like/SHANGHAI/ The sound quality is a little lacking compared to 1AA:49 00 80 EOR #8000 Now check if low lAC:l0 05 BPL 184 (+05) Sum ~ low, then the program from disk three, it proceeds to the SYSTEM/DRAGONl, meaning find the disk Defender of the Crown which is also by Cine­ lessons. So only disk three is being checked for. called /SHANGHAI, then look in the subdirec­ maware. However, like DOTC, Cinemaware is bad copy , lAF:9C26 00 STZ 0026 set flag for good copylll I remembered thatBroderbundused the stan­ torySYSTEMandloadthefilecalledDRAGONI. using nibblecountingontracks $20and$21.The dard 3.5" nibble counting routine on Showoff Now we don't want change the name ofourhard one thing that stands outabout this nibble count­ lB2:8005 BRA 1B9 (+05) Now check track $21 184:A9 00 00 LOA .aooo and software companies tend to use the same drive to matchthis name. So I decidedthatwecan ing is it's mutated form. This new form is useful protectionroutines a coupleoftimes. Withthis in changethe /SHANGHAI to If'something", butI in hiding the routine from krackers. It looks like lB7:80 11 BRA 1CA (+11) GolD end of routine 1B9:AD 32 00 LOA 0032 Load sum for track $21 mindI beganbysearching for theusual A2 20AO didn't want to change the length of the name. I this (on block $573): , 01 and found the routine on block $32D (andon endedup dropping the first "A" in/SHANGHAI lBC:38 SEC 100:0B PLO 1BO:E9 781E SBC #lE78 Subtract Iowestlimit the last halfon block $32F). it looks like this: to make room for the "I". Also I finally decided lOE:3B TSC lCO:70 03 BVS lC5 (+03) 194:Q8PHP instead of a subdirectory called SYSTEM we lOF:38 SEC lC2:49 00 80 EOR #8000 Now check if ~ low 195£2 30 SEP #30 set 8 bit N;t;. ®isters should call it DRAGON. Now you must edit the 11 0:E9 FB 00 SBC.coFB actual names in the file START. Disk names are lC5:3003 BMI lCA (+03) Sum lD low, then bad 197:A2 20 LOX #20 Load track number 113:5B TCD copy 199:AO 01 LOY #01 and side easy to fmd using Block Warden as it will find 114:69 F2 00 ACC .coF2 lC7:9C26 00 STZ 0026 Set flag for good copylll 19B:8B PHS upper, lower, andmixedcaseletters whensearch­ 117:1B TCS ing for eithercase. Use Copy][+ v8's (orhigher) lCA:A8 TAY 19C:4B PHK 118:64F4 srz 64 lCB:3B TSC 19D:AB PL8 sector editor from BC3.SYSTEM or Block llA:C23O REP #30 Warden from ProSEL (Block Warden users 1CC:18 CLC 19E:20 A6 01 JSR 01A6 Go lD the next step llC:AC04oo LOA 0004 1C0:69 06 00 lAl:oo 23 BNE lC6 (+23) Accum =0means no should still be following START). llF:48 . PHA AOC· #0006 100:1B TCS errors Change all occurrences of /Shanghai/ 120:22 00 00 00 JSL 000000 Move nibble count to System(hex: 2F536861 6E 67 68 61 69 2F53 101:98 TVA lA3:8A TXA bank 00 102:28 PLD . 1A4:80 1)701 ,STA.0107 s~rllSl~of.~, 79737465 6D) to l/Shnghai/Dragon (hex: 124:C23O REP #30 ,'"' ~.~E676861692F44 t1q3:6B RlL fW!um"!he,•., ,,:'" lA7:98 , TVA 312ES3 72.61.67 6F6E) 126:85F4 STA'F4' 'I S~Il19!"d~ctG;--c' 104:0B PHD Start of routine to CheCk' 1M:8D OS 01 STA 011)8 , at all of the following locations: 128~ PLA flag track $20 IDk .Ib1£ Rillllk ~ 129:A9 2000 LOA 10020 Load track number $20 105:38 TSC lAB:oD 0701 ORA 0107 $~5 $~ $~8 12C:802A00 STA oo2A Store it 2 106:38 SEC lAE:FO 16 SEQ 1C6 (+16) Failed if this branch 525 S225 12F:A9 01 00 LOA .coOl Load side number one 1D7:E9 FB 00 SBC.coFB is taken 540 $~O 132:80 2C 00 STA oo2C Store it 1DA:5B TCD lBO:A2 21 LOX #21 Now leIS do track $21 S260 SOC 42 S520C 135:F4 D6 02 PEA 0206 S271 S1E3 46 S5BE3 10B:69 F2 00 ACC .coF2 lB2:AO 01 LOY #01 and the side 138:F4 D6 02 PEA 0206 10E:1B TCS 184:20 A6 01 JSR 01A6 One step closer to the SIFC S5BFC (coot. next blk) 138:22 AF OB 00 JSL oooBAF Goto nibble count 10F:AD 26 00 LOA 0026 Load passlfail flag nibble count $272 $15 47 S5C15 routine lE2:FO 39 BEQ 010 (+39) Only zero passesl lB7:oo00 BNE lC6 (+00) Aceum =0 means no Change /Shanghai to just l/Shnghai at: 13F:7A PLY 1E4:F4 E803 PEA O3E8 Routines to set up crash errors 140:7A PLY Blk ~ ReI Blk ReI Byte 1E7:22 3B 6F 05 JSL 056F3B later in the game 189:8A TXA $272 $50 47 $5C50 141:AC 2E 00 LOA oo2E Loadsum 1EB:7A PLY lBA:80 OAOl STA 010A Store first half of sum 144:803000 STA 0030 Store sum for track $20 Alright, now that we have altered all the hard 1EC:48 PHA lBO:98 TVA 147:A9 21 00 LOA #0021 Load track number $21 codedvolume names we need to setup the NEW 1EO:F4 00 7D PEA 7DOO lBE:80 OBOl STA 010B Store the second half for 14A:80 2A 00 STA oo2A Store it file structure. To begin format a new 3.5" disk 1FO:22 3B 6F 05 JSL 056F3B track $21 140:A9 01 00 LOA #0001 Load side number one with a name of/TEMP. lF4:7A PLY 1Cl :00 OA 01 ORA 010A 150:80 2C 00 STA OO2C Store it lF5:0A ASL lC4:DO 13 BNE 109 (+13) 1. Copy the file START from /SHANGHAI/ 153:F4 D9 02 PEA 0209 1C6:48 PHA Push Ace for a second SYSTEM to /TEMP. 1F6:A2 00 00 LOX.aooo 156:F4 D9 02 PEA 0209 lF9:0A: PHX 1C7:A9 33 LOA #33 Load "funny" value 2. Rename START to SHANGHAI. 159:22 AF OB 00 JSL oooBAF Goto nibble count lFA:48 PHA lC9:800701 STA 0107 routine 3. Create a subdirectory called SHNGHAI on / 1FB:A9 DC 02 LOA #02DC lCC:800801 STA 0108 150:7A PLY TEMP. 1FE:A2 DC 02 LOX #02DC 1CF:800AOl STA 010A 15E:7A PLY 102:80 DB 01 STA 01 DB Change sums to 3333 4.Copythe following files from /SHANGHAI to 001 :22 95 40 00 JSL 004095 15F:AO 2E 00 LOA oo2E Load sum 105:68 PLA Get the old Accum back /TEMP/SHNGHAI: 005:68 PLA 162:80 32 00 STA 0032 Store sum for track $21 , OO6:FA PLX 106:820200 BRL lOB (+0002) Bamboo 165:22 A4 00 00 JSL OOOOA4 109:A9 00 LOA .co Canwin 007:85 F6 STA F6 169:38 TSC 10B:AB PL8 Didit 009:86 F8 STX F8 16A:18 CLC lDC:8Foooooo STA 00000o Fairwinds ooB:68 PLA 16B:69OSoo ACC .coOS 1EO:8F 00 00 00 STA 00000o Fourdots OOC:87 F6 STA [F6) 16E:1B TCS lE4:28 PLP Mandaringarden ooE:A5 F4 LOA F4 16F:2B PLO lE5:6B Rll Return lD caller Ninehigh 010:E6 F4 INc F4 170:68 RlL Return lD sender lE6:5A PHY Push side (this is one Twosontop 012:38 SEC 171:OB PHD Start of nibble count step closer) Winds 013:E9 DO 07 SSC #0700 routine 016:7003 BVS 01B (+03) lE7:0A PHX Push track 5. Create a subdirectory called DRAGON in / 172:38 TSC 018:49 00 80 EOR #8000 lE8:F4 CF 01 PEA 01CF TEMP/SHNGHAI. 173:38 SEC 01B:l0 C7 BPL lE4 (-39) lEB:F4CFOl PEA 01CF Push disk volume/name 6. Copy the following files from /SHANGHAI/ 174:E9 FB 00 SBC #OOFB 01O:3B TSC Continue lor the real game 1EE:22 00 00 00 JSL 00000o Count them up SYSTEM to /TEMP/SHNGHAI/DRAGON: 177:5B TCD 01E:18 CLC 1F2:80 05 01 STA 0105 Store AcaJm for asec. Titlescreen 178:69 F2 00 ACC .coF2 01 F:69 OS 00 ACC .aooa lF5:68 PLA Copyright 178:1B TCS 022:1B TCS lF6:68 PLA Tileset 17C:64 F4 STZ F4 023:2B PLO lF7:68 PLA 8 bit wide Aceum. Dragonl 17E:E2 30 SEP #30 024:6B ' RlL Return lD caller lF8~ PLA 180:AO 2C 00 LOA OO2C Load side lF9:68 PLA Dragon2 You can see from the above listed code the Pull all extra values 183:48 PHA Push on the stack lFA:68 PLA off the stack Tumament only thing that really needs to be changed is the 184:A02Aoo LOA oo2A Load track 1FB:AD 05 01 LOA 0105 Get the old value back A tree directory ofyournew disk shouldlook BEQ OlD (FO 39) at$IE2. However, for techni­ 187:48 PHA Push on the stack into the Aceum like this: cal reasons I decided to make the following 188:C23O REP #30 16 bit wide Acumm, lFE:60 RTS Return lD sender File Name Type changes. First, the nibble count routine should 18A:A0 24 00 LOA 0024 lFF:8B PHB SHANGHAI S16 180:48 PHA never be run, so it was disable by putting a RTL /SHNGHAI OIR (ReTurn from Long subroutine) at byte $10D of 000:4B PHK 18E:AO 2200 LOA 0022 001 :AS PLB BAMBOO $F2 block$573; the actualstartofthenibblecounting 191:48 PHA oo2:A0 0701 LOA 0107 Load nibble count sum CANWIN $F2 192:E230 SEP #30 8 bit wide Aceum, routine. Second the compare code will always DIDIT $F2 fail d\le to the copied disks, so the actual call to for track $20 194:22 C1 00 00 JSL ooOOCl Count them up oo5:AS PLB FAIRWINDS $F2 198:E230 SEP #30 8 bit wide Accurn, the routine was disabled. Third, the flag (0026) FOURDOTS $F2 should equal zero, so the LDA instruction is 006:68 RTL Then return 19A:85 F4 STA F4 oo7:8B PHB MANDAR:lNGARDEN $F2 19C:8E 2E 00 STX oo2E Store half of sum changed to STZ (store zero) and the BEQ is NINEHIGH $F2 changed to BRA (branch always). 008:4B PHK 19F:8C 2F 00 STY 002F Store second half 009:AB PLB TWOSONTOP $F2 Note: I back traced the flag setting routine to 1A2:68 PLA ooA:AO OA01 Load nibble count sum WINDS $F2 it'soriginalcaller(Block$5E8,byte$97 from 22 LOA 010A lA3:68 PLA for track $21 /ORAGON OIR 9401 01 to AF 94 01 01) and bypassed it there. lA4:68 PLA ooO:AB PL8 COMPUTIST #73 Readers Data Exchange 13 OOE:6B Rll Then return cause the program is copy protected. To start off, 145:E22O SEP #$20 ' 8 bit Accum, 16 bit regs 178:28 PLP OOF:4449534B3300 0lSK3 namelVolume in ASCII the program is published byBroderbundandthey 147:A21B 00 LOX #$001 B set count to 26 (dec) 179:6B RTL Return to caller That was the nibble counting routine, now I have release four (or so) GS programs all using 14A:BO 1800 LOA 0018,X get encrypted character 17A:C230 REP #$30 Fail routine starts here back traced the program to see where it was the popular nibble counting scheme. So search­ 140:4955 EOR #$55 EOR with key 17C:A900 DO LOA #$0000 Load a fail value called from. I came across a section ofcode that ing for the ever present A2 20 AO 01 reveals the 14F:90 1800 STA 0018,X Store normal character 17F:8F 9F 35 03 STA 03359F Store it in a flag calls the nibble count and then compares the nibble counting routine on block $5C8. The 152:CA OEX decrement count 183:AB PLB returned values. This new routine starts at byte routine is very much like the one used for Show­ 153:00F5 BNE 14A (-OB) do again until zero 184:7A PLY $IA5 on block $406 and continues through to off and goes like this (as it is on the disk): 155:C22O REP #$20 185:28 PLP byte $AD on block $407. The important parts 075:8B PHB 157:60 RTS 186:6B RTL Return anyway look like this (on the disk): 076:4B PHK 158:20 20 0013- Track #storage 187:E2 30 00 00 E2300000 Extra bytes??? - Not 077:AB PLB 159:01 01 0014 - Side # storage used at all 1OF:22 00 00 00 JSl 000000 Goes to the nibble 15A:OO 00 0015 - Temp Accum 18B:8E65 B2 STX B265 Store track counting section 078:AF F6 10 00 LOA oo10F6 07C:48 PHA storage 18E:8C66 B2 STY B266 Store side 1E3:22 00 00 00 JSl 000000 Goes to 1FF in the 15B:OO 00 0000 0016 - Nibble count 191:5A PHY Push side on stack above code section 070:22420000 JSL 000042 081:68 PLA sum storage 192:0A PHX Push track on stack 1E7:85 EA STA EA Store track $20 nibble 150:1B lB 0018 - Start of 193:F40400 PEA 0004 count sum 082:20 51 OC JSR OC51 Do the KEYDISK check 085:AF 8514 00 LOA 001485 Load the flag WriteString text 196:F468B2 PEA B268 Push pointer to disk 1E9:22 00 00 00 JSl 000000 Goes to 007 in the 15E:l C3B 26 30 27 Encrypted "Inser" name above code section 089:FO 05 BEQ 090 (+05) Zero means passl original 163 :21 75 11 3A 22 Encrypted "t Dow" 199:22 E3 E7 04 JSL O4E7E3 Count them up 1EO:85 E8 STA E8 Store track $21 nibble 168:3B 10 3C 39 39 Encrypted "nhill" 190:8067 B2 STA B267 Temp store Accum count sum O8B:2O DE OC JSR OCOE Print insert master & wait for keypress 160:75 18 34 26 21 Encrypted" Mast" lAO:68 PLA lEF:ADOOOO lOA 0000 172:30 27 75 11 3C Encrypted "er Oi" lAl:68 PLA lF2:80 00 00 STA 0000 O8E:80 F2 BRA 082 (.(lE) Back up to KEYOISK check 177:26 3E Encrypted "sk" lA2:68 PLA lF5:AD 00 00 STA 0000 followed byDisk name in low ASCII lA3:68 PLA lF8:DO 3E BNE 038 (+3E) 090:22 01 00 00 JSL 000001 094:AB PLB 179:44 4F 57 4E 48 OOWNH lA4:68 PLA lFA:A5 EA LOA EA Load track $20 nibble 17E:494C4C2E49 ILLI lA5:68 PLA Pull all pushed on data 1FC:38 SEC count sum O95:6B RTL Return to call 096:A9 00 00 LOA #$0000 Load a passing value 183:494753 IGS lA6:A0 67 B2 LOA B267 Reload Accum 1FO:E9 40 IF sse #lF4O Compare against low lA9:60 RTS Return end of lF40 099:8F B5 1400 STA 001485 Store in flag That was a nice little routine to follow and 090:08 PHP <---- Patch number 1 goes here comment. Well just like Showoff we want to lAA:2O 20 B265 - Track storage 000:7003 BVS 005 (+03) So far so good lAB:Ol 01 B266 - Side storage 002:490080 EOR #8000 09E:E230 SEP #$30 8 bit wide Accum & regs store the right value (zero) in the flag. So we OAO:A2 20 LOX #$20 Track $20 changethe PHP(08) at09D to RTS (60), this way 1AC:OO 00 B267 - Temp Accum 005:1031 BPl 038 (+31) branch if failed storage 007:AS EA LOA EA Reload track $20 sum 0A2.:AO 01 LOY #$01 Side the ftrst flag is setand thecode returns rightaway. 0A4:20 84 OC JSR OC84 Go to nibble count The actual nibble count (and checking for a disk lAO:475043 GPC B268 . Disk name in low 009:38 SEC ASCII OOA:E9 DO 20 SBC #2000 Compare against high OA7:BO 15 . BCS OBE (+15) Carry set means called DOWNHILL.IIgs) are never run. At this end of 2000 read errorlwrong disk point, if you where to run the game every thing Well that was pretty straight forward code 000:F007 BEQ 016 (+07) Ok, still going 0A9:20 A3 OC JSR OCA3 Go compare bench would workjustfine, until you triedto move your and easy to follow. On a pass condition the OOF:70 03 BVS 014 (+03) marks for track $20 guydown the slope! The games is no good ifyou routine does not return any special value or data 011 :49 00 80 EOR #8000 OAC:BO 10 BCS OBE (+10) Nibble count sum cannot move your man. soI back traced the routine to it's caller and made 014:30 22 BPl 038 (+22) branch if failed didn't pass Ifyou remember at 110 the STA 14C5, what my edit. The call was in the form ofJSL 04B1E9 016:A5 E8 LOA E8 Load track $21 nibble OAE:A2 21 LOX #$21 Track $21 I call the last chance/movementflag. I tried every (22 E9 B104) and is only found once onthe disk. 018:38 SEC count sum OBO:AO 01 LOY #$01 Side way I can think of to find how the program was Changing the JSL to a LDA will krack Grand 019:E9 BO 10 SBC #10BO Compare againsllow OB2:2084OC JSR OC84 Go to nibble count accessing the flag, but no luck. So I decided to Prix Circuit. Step by Step: end of lOBO OB5:B007 BCS OBE (+07) Carry set means implant the values, that is, write them directly to 1. Make a copy of the Grand Prix Circuit game 01C:7003 BVS 021 (+03) It's still good enough read errorlwrong disk the disk. I loaded Downhill Challenge into disk. OB7:2O BF OC JSR OCBF Go compare bench memory and found 14C5 and wrote down the 01E:49 00 80 EOR #8000 2. Make the following edits to the copy: 021 :10 15 BPL 038 (+15.) branch iffailed marks for track $21 surrounding bytes (CD 00 [00 00] 7C 00 B4 - the ~ 023:AS E8 LOA E8 Reload track $21 sum OBA:B002 ses OBE (+02) Nibble count sum brackets show 14C5 inthe sequence) and searched Blk Emm Th $104 S23 22 E9 81 04 AF E9 Bl 04 025:38 SEC didn1 pass the disk for them. I found the right spot and wrote 026:E9781E sse #1 E78 Compare against high 08C:28 PLP a good value of lE40 (40 IE on the disk) in that 3. Write the block back to the disk. end of lE78 OBO:60 RTS Return as passloriginal spot. Actually any value between the abovebench 029:0003 BNE 02E (+03) OBE:AF 851400 LOA 001485 Load the flag marks of $IDBO and $IE79 would work. With Softkey for... 02B:826800 BRL 096 (+0068) If it gets this far it's a OC2:1 A INC Inaementthe value the three byte patches installed I tested the pro­ Neuromancer good copy OC3:8F B5 14 00 STA 001485 Store it back in the flag gram and found everything to work as on the Interplay 02E:7003 BVS 033 (+03) OC7:28 PLP original. 030:490080 EOR #8000 OC8:60 RTS Return as fail/copy 1. Copy the Downhill Challenge game disk. Requirements: OC9:8E 13 00 STX 0013 Store track number 512K Apple IIgs 033:3003 BPL 038 (+03) branch iffailed 2, Make the following edits to the copy: 036:825500 SAL 096 (+0055) It must be an original OCC:8C 14 00 STY 0014 Store side 3.5" disk copier if it gets here OCF:5A PHY Push side IDk ~ frQm To 3.5" disk editor $5C8 $9D 08 60 038:A0 00 00 LOA 0000 OOO:OA PHX Push track S5CC SAA 00 00 40 IE Neuromancer from Interplay uses a KEY­ 001 :F4 00 00 PEA 0000 WORD (pirate) copy protection. Although the I then proceeded to back trace this routine to 004:F4 34 00 PEA 0034 Push pointer to disk 3. Write the block back to the copy it's original caller. lwas rewarded with JSL use of the codewheel is well integrated into the name Downhill Challenge'is now completely de­ game, it is still a bothersome routine. Every time OOOD8E (22 8E OD 00) on block $408 (on disk 007:22 E3 00 00 JSL 0000E3 Count them up two). So changing the JSL instruction to a LDA protected and can be run from a hard disk or you try to access the PAX system you must whip 00B:80 1500 STA 0015 TempstorageforAccum RAM drive without the need for the original as a out the old codewheel and spin it aro\U1d. After results in a kracked copy. I found the exact same OOE:68 PLA code on disk three but in a different place. KEYDISK. some digging and some help from a friend we OOF:68 PLA narrowed it down to a single call. Changing the However, you still had to insert disk three OEO:68 PLA when launching the program on disk two. Or, if Softkey for... call to three Naps disables the whole codewheel OE1:68 PLA routine without change to any other aspect ofthe you launched either program from your hard 0E2:68 PLA Pull all values pushed Grand Prix Circuit drive you where prompted to insert disk three. I game. Again. here it is okay to use Naps as the OE3:68 PLA on slack Accolade program is ProDOS 8 based and is not relocat­ would normally hit the cancel button and things OE4:AD 1500 LOA 0015 Reload Accum would go along just fine. Then, when I was Requirements: able. To deprotect this one: 0E7:60 RTS Return to sender 512K Apple IIgs typing up this article, I decided to take another OE8:8E 1600 STX 0016 Store first half of nibble 1. Make a copy of the Neuromancer game disk. lookat the code. Here is whatI figured out(block 3.5" disk copier count sum 3.5" disk editor 2. Make the following edits to the copy: $408 on disk two): OEB:8C 1700 STY 0017 Store the other half Grand Prix Circuit(GPC) is racing game of... IDk ~ From Th 85:F4 00 00 PEA 0000 Push memory location OEE:08 PHP SI09 SFE 20 FC 74 EA EA EA of volume name OEF:C230 REP #$30 16 bit wide Accum & the grand prix circuit The program is from 88:F4 00 00 PEA 0000 Push the other half regs Accolade and is somewhat similar to The Duel: 3. Write the block back to disk 8B:22 00 00 00 JSl 00000o If not on disk 3, ask for it OF1:AD16oo LOA 0016 Load sum as one 16 bit Test Drive II also by Accolade. The game is Go kick some ICE. 8F:7A PLY Pull off the two l7ftes value (track $20) protected is the same fashion as most programs 9O:7A PLY pushed on OF4:C9BO 10 CUP #$1 DBO Compare to low end from Accolade and that is nibble counting on Softkey for... 91:D4FO PEl FO Push some information OF7:9008 sec 101 (+08) Too low then goto fail tracks $20 & $21 ofthe 3.5" disk. Searching for USA Geograph vl.O 93:22 8E 00 00 JSl OOOD8E Do the nibble count OF9:C9791E CUP #$1 E79 Compare to high end standard string (A2 20 AO 01) will reveal the routines above OFC:B003 ses 101 (+03) Too high 9Oto fa~ routine on block $112 ofGPC. The routine is as MECC 97:7A PLY Pull the pushed OFE:28 PLP follows (on the disk): Requirements: information off OFF:18 CLC Carry c1r =sum passed 12F:C230 REP $#30 set 16 bit Accum ®s 768K Apple IIgs So I go out myoid copies and made an 100:60 RT$ Return 131'5A PHY 3.5" 4isk copier additional patch and upload the program files to 101 :28 PLP 132:88 PHB 3.5" disk editor myharddrive. Everything loadedinjustfme, and 102:38 SEC Carry set =sum failed 133:4B PHI< USA Geograph is just like World Geograph I wasneverpromptedfordisk three again, whether 103:60 RTS Return anyway 134:AB PLB indesign andcopy protection. A simplecheckfor launched from 3.5" disks or a hard drive. The 104:8E 16 00 STX 0016 Store first half of nibble 135:9C 97 B2 STZ B297 Zero nibble count sum a bad block through ProDOS 16 (22 A8 00 EI complete edits are as follows: count sum 138:E2 30 SEP #$30 set 8 bit Accum ®s 22). For other GS type programs from MECC 107:8C 1700 STY 0017 Store the other half 13A:A22O LOX #$20 Track$2O 1. Copy all three disks. you might try searching for 90 05 20 and you 10A:08 PHP 13C:AO 01 LOY #$01 Side should see some thing like the "from"column in 2. Make the following changes by disk: 10B:C230 REP #$30 set 16 bit Accum ®s 13E:20 46 B2 JSR B246 Go to nibble count the edits below. Make the same kind ofchanges On disk two: 100:AD1600 LOA 0016 Load as one 16 bit value 141 :8E 9762 STX B297 half of nibble count sum and you should have a kracked copy to use. (track $21) 144:8C 98 B2 STY B298 Store the other half ~ frQm To 1. Make a copy of both disks (ignore errors). IDk 110:806514 STA 1465 Store in "last chancel 147:C230 REP #$30 set 16 bit Accum ®s $4OS $SB 22 00 00 00 AF 00 00 00 2. Make the following changes to disk one: $93 22 8E OD 00 AF 8E OD 00 movement" flag 149:A0 97 B2 LOA B297 Load 16 bit sum 113:C9 BO 10 CMP #$1 OBO Compare to low end 14C:C9 6C 20 CMP #$206C Compare to low end 8lk ~ From To On disk three: 116:90 08 sec 120 (+08) Too low then goto fail 14F:90 29 BCC 17A (+29) Too low, goto fail $445 SE2 20 52 OB AD 52 OB IDk ~ frQm Th 118:C9791E CMP #$1 E79 Compare to high end 151 :C9 02 21 CMP #$2102 Compare to high end $E5 90 05 SO 03 $E7 S1C6 2200 00 00 AF 00 00 00 llB:BOO3 BCS 120 (+03) Too high, goto fail 154:BO 24 BCS 17A (+24) Too high, goto fail SE7 20 5C OA AD 5C OA SICE 22SEODoo AF8EODoo 110:28 PLP 156:E2 30 SEP #$30 8 bit wide Accum & regs SEA 8023 IS EA Don't forget to write the blocks back to the llE:18 CLC Carry clr =sum passed 158:A2 21 LOX #$21 Track $21 3. Write the block back to the copy. llF:60 RTS Return 15A:A0 01 LOY #$01 Side copies. Store the originals in a safe place. Op­ Optional: Upload the program to your hard 120:28 PLP 15C:2O 46 B2 JSR B246 Go to nibble count tional: Upload the program to your hard disk. disk. Learn all about Geometry! 121:38 SEC Carry set =sum failed 15F:8E 97 B2 STX B297 Store half of nibble 122:60 RTS Return anyway count sum 123:20 00 00 JSR 0000 Decrypt "Insert 162:8C 98 B2 STY B298 Store the other half Softkey for... Softkey for... Arkanoid II: Revenge of Doh Downhill Challenge Master.... texl 165:C230 REP #$30 16bitwideAccum& 126:F40000 PEA 0000 regs Taito BroderbJltul 129:F41800 PEA 0018 Push pointer to text 167:AD 97 B2 LOA B297 Load the sum as one 16 Requirements: 12C:A2. OC 1C LOX #$lCOC Tool =WriteString bit value Requirements: 512K Apple IIgs 12F:22 00 00 El JSL El0000 Tool call 16A:C9 BO 10 CMP #$10BO Compare to low end 512K Apple ITgs 3.5" disk copier 133:F4 00 00 PEA 0000 160:900B BCC 17A(+OB) Too low then gotofail 3.5" disk copier 3.5" disk editor 3.5" disk editor 136:F401 00 PEA 0001 16F:C9 781E CMP #$1 E78 Compare to high end 139:A2. OC 22 LOX #$22OC Tool = ReadChar BCS 17A (+06) Too high then goto Arkanoid and Arkanoid II from Taito both Downhill Challenge (DC) from Broderbund 172:BO 06 13C:22 00 00 El JSL El0000 Tool call fail use a special signaturecheckfor copy protection. is like the name implies a skiing game/simula­ 140:68 PLA REP #$30 Make sure we return in This routine was written by NovaLogic (who tion. The graphics are good and you control the 174:C230 141:20 00 00 JSR 0000 Encrypt "Insert 16 bit seems to do program conversions for Taito) and skier with your mouse so it's easy to play. Of is a GS version ofthe routine outlined in my Qix course the reason I'm writing this article is be- Master.. " text 176:AB PLB 144:60 RTS Return to caller 177:7A PLY article (COMPUTIST#71, p9-1O), Theeasy way 14 • Reade~ l;)8ta· Excha.nge "COIl4f?UT~r..J#]3 to tell if this routine is being used is to search the ProDOS 16entry pOint (machine language inter­ program will ask for the master disk if you are get a copy, send a 5.25" disk along with proper disk for OC 07 03 09 (found on Arkanoid OS, face - MU) with the command number fora running it from a hard drive. TheGet Device call postage through the RDEX-ed, and he can relay Arkanoid fi GS, and Renegade //e). block read. The whole routine looks like this on looks for the disk called "disk name" (what ever your inquiry to me. TheCProutine searches for a copy protection the disk (Block $13): is intheparameters) andreturns thedevicenumber To Vasant Javasankar: Ifyou have access header of D5 CC AA then reads the following 116:48 PHA (what drive the disk is mounted on) to the code. to it, try using E.D.D. IV Plus to copyWasteland. four bytes and stores them. Thenitloops through 117:F4 FF 7F PEA 7FFF Push some data for tool Then this value is loaded from the Get Device Itworked for Strike Fleet, andI'll betit works for a routine to find the CP header and compares the call parm table and use-! in the Read Block call. Wasteland too. Ifyou or any other readers don't four following bytes to the four bytes it read the 11 A:A2 OS OF LOX #OFOS This might help when you want to quickly have E.D.D. IV Plus, and are desperate for a first time. These special byte have many zeros (I 110:22oo00E1 JSL E10000 Go do the tool call bypass a bad block check CP routine. working copy of either Wasteland, Strike Fleet, mean MANY, using COPY ][+ check the length 121 :A3 01 LOA 01,S Help with Copy Deprotectlon orany otherprograms with EA's new protection, of any track and compare it to a normal disk) write me through the RDEXed, and we can 123:EB XBA I would like to get in touch with people who bytes between them. When the hardware tries to arrange something. 124:29 FF 00 AND #OOFF have the following APPLE programs to krack read these bytes (with many zero bytes (notjust ToEric R,Mayou: YousaidinCOMPUTIST 127A8 PHA them for you.I do notwantto trade programs,just zero bits» 75% of the time the bytes will NOT #69 that you had some trouble getting into the 128:20 B4 A2 JSR A2B4 Check to see if we're on help you make deprotected backups ofthose you match. monitor with your ROM card in slot 4. Did you a hard disk already own. Letters can be sent to: This protection carmot be copied with any 12B:68 PLA remember to flip the switch in the rear of the Brian A. Troha copy program on the market. In fact it is easier to 12C:C9 01 00 CMP #0001 Anything but one means card? On all Integer BASIC ROM cards, that krack it then back it up. The CP routine has four hard drive P.O. Box 196 switch activates the card, and when ctrl-Reset is Stoughton, WI 53589-0196 entry points. At +73 the routines determine the 12F:DO 3B BNE 16C (+3B) Branch pastthe pressed, controlis transferredto thecard's ROM. presents of a GS and Smartport. At +A3 the KEYOISK check Programs I would help with are: Tunnels of routine calculates the slot and drive number. At 131:22 A800 El JSL E100A8 ProDOS16entrypoint Armagedon, National Inspirer, Talking Text Peter Green EnOand +B6 is the actual routine that determines if you (MLI) WriterGS, Volcanoesv1.8, War in MiddleEarth, The following softkeys are mainly the result have an Apple or Unidisk 3.5" disk and does the 135:20 00 0020 WordAttackPlusGSandMavisBeaconTeaches actual check. At+ IDI is the routine that adds up GET_DEV~E_NUMBER Typing with version numbers higher then 1.5 of studying previous softkeys published in Computist - and in the case of one, as men­ the "read-match-flags" and compares them to 137:71 A2 00 00 OOO0A271 Memory location of (versions 1.2& 1.5 have already beensoftkeyed). tioned later, luck played a large part! As I am not SOC (12 in decimal). To remove find the first parms for ProDOS call Anyone with the following apple format an assembly language 'expert' I regret that I three calls to the CP and disable them, search for 13B:90 05 BCC 142 (+05) Carry clear means programs I would love to see (I never heard of carmot give detailed information about the de­ A205 ooAOOI 0022 A3 the nextbyte (say itwas we're on the right disk them being released yet): Alcon, Bad Street protection! a 08) will tell you the other values to search for. 13D:2OFC A8 JSR A8FC Set up to try a different Brawler, Gladiator, Operation Wolf, Rastan, Thatis 22 73 08, 22 A3 08, and 22 B6 08. change disk / In each case, the requirements are a disk S.D.!, and or Sky Shark. copier and a sector editor. each 22 to AF and then find the OC 07 03 09 and 140:80EF BRA 131 (·ll)Go back and get the change them to any for bytes, that when added device number Zorro FL together, are between 01 andOC (like04040400 142:AD 75 A3 LOA A375 Load the device number Softkey for... or 01 01 01 01, etc). 145:8D 77 A3 STA A377 Store in the Great Western Shootout entrypointactiv~ YouMUSTleavethe+IDl READ_BLOCK parms Bitkey for... Brittanica Software to let the program read the implanted values 148:A9 00 00 LOA #0000 Strike Fleet This disk has a bad block as indicated when (thinking the CP routine put them there). Finally 14B:8D 79A3 STA A379 Electronic Arts copying the original with CopyII+. Previous there are two version of Arkanoid II; the early 14E:A554 LOA 54 Load block to read softkeys in Computist have indicated the rele­ version had some bugs in it, but the same byte 150:80 7B A3 STA A37B Store it in the parms list Requirements: vantcallusedby ProDOS to read a blockandthis strings are there (in differentplaces). Thefollow­ 153:22 A8 00 El JSL E100A8 ProDOS 16 entry point EDDIV Plus information together with the monitor search ing edits are for the second version: (MLI) Many people have been groaning over this routine enabled me to find the protection code. 1. Make a copy of the Arkanoid II game disk. 157:2200 0022 READ_BLOCK almost uncrackable program for some time. 1. Copy the original disk using a disk copier that 2. Make the following edits to the copy ONLY: 159:77 A3 00 00 OOOOA377 Memory location of Fortunately, there are two ways to makeabackup; parms for ProDOS call ifyou have E.D.D. IV Plus, you can easily make will ignore bad blocks. (CopyII+, Diversi­ Blk Byte From To 150:90 05 BCC 164 (+05) Carry set means NO a good, reliable copy using the BIT COPY op­ Copy, etc.) $32A $69 22 73 08 00 AF 73 08 00 error (it's copy) tion. Another way is to use Blain Johnson's ~. $73 22 A3 08 00 AF A3 08 00 With a block editor, search for 20 1C OE and 15F:C9 27 00 CMP #0027 Make sure it's an IJO Deathlord softkey in COMPUTIST #62. This $AS 22 B6 08 00 AF B6 08 00 change the 20 to 60. On my copy this was error (bad block) excellentsoftkeycanconvertStrikeFleet's weird $A9 9009 8009 found at Block $596 Byte $08D. $3DC $92 DC 07 03 09 04 04 04 00 162:FOOS BEQ 16C (+08) If it was a bad disk format into a normal DOS format; however, the read then continue sector edits for Deathlord are untraceable in 3. Write the blocks back to disk. Softkey for... 164:A9 ED 00 LDA #OOED Load value for insert Strike Fleet, and thus it carmot be completely The Duel· Test Drive II Now you are asking why are the edits for master deprotected until Blain provides some irtfo on Arkanoid 1 different then those above (see Issue 167:20 03 A9 JSR A903 Ask for 'Three Stooges exactly what bytes to change. I suspect this same Accoltule #70 from "StarBuck", which are my edits any­ REEL #1' protection scheme is used on Chuck Yeager's The disk was deprotected after studying pre­ way). Well ifyou follow thecode as itruns the 22 16A:80C5 BRA 131 (-3B) Start over &get the AFr, Wasteland, and other newer Electronic vious softkeys for Accolade software and uses a 89 OC 00 becomes 22 B6 09 00, this is done to device number again Arts releases. Hopefully, someone will fmd the very similar routine. Trial & error found the confuse the kracker. At various points while 16C:68 PLA Continue with the gamel right bytes and send in the answer,but until correct alteration! trying to krackArkanoid 1(beforeI disassembled loading then... 1. Copy the original disk using a disk copier that the whole CP routine) I made edits and tried to Also, ifsomeonecanfind the time, itmightbe The easiest way to defeat the KEYDISK will ignore bad blocks. bootthe game.Theprogramcaughtonandprinted checkis to change byte S12F from BNE (Branch worthwhile to investigate how games and cam­ 2.Withtheblockeditor, changeBIockS16EByte the message about the "Devious and warped Not Equal) to a BRA (BRanch Always). This paigns are saved by Strike Fleet. As they are in a $134 fr0Il1·,AZ.20to,80 3~, " .• , softwarepirate" andthe little kickeruit's going to wax the, bad block check is always ski~ and normal format, it might be advantageous to try 'be along night dude" hriagine someonethoiIglit the programs continues loading. To make a and make an APT program to do all sorts 'of BIk Byte Er2m' ' :t2;'C, ,oM this CP routine so hard to figure out they put in deprotected backup ofThe Three Stooges: things, like maybe increase the range of your 16E 134 A220 8038 remarks that revive your energy in your quest to Tomahawk missiles, create a scenario with your 1. Make copies of both game disks. remove it! The actual CP routines are quite hard one ship against about fifty, etc... (They do get b Softkey for... to follow, they use PER +2 (Push Relative) and 2. Make the follow edits to a COPY of disk one oring aftera while, youknow). I'dsuggestusing Jack NickaIaus' BRL. This is a relocatable JSR, as PER pushes only. a blank, formatted disk to save an experimental Greatest 18 Holes OfMajor the relative address two bytes after itself. Then Blk ~ From To game on; that way the saved code can be seen Championship Golf the BRL (which is a three byte instruction) $13 $12F DO 3B 803B without interference from other programs on branches to the routine. The routine branched to disk. Accoltule 3. Write the block back to the copy of disk one. will end with a RTS and the machine pulls the To the RDEXed: I have a suggestionwhich This disk is not copy protected but uses a address pushed on the stack by the PER and adds Optional: Upload the program to your hard I'd really like you and the readers to consider. password protection -you have to identify a one to it and continues the program. Basically a disk as per manual. Go save the orphanage! Several past issues of COMPUTIST have con­ particular Kole from a 'coGtSesneet'whiCftis manual JSR type call, but fully relocatable with­ Quick and dirty ProDOS 16 tained many large, helpful articles on deprotec­ printed on very dark paper imil'is 'virtilally'un­ out the need to modify each address. READ_BLOCK patch tion basics, APT's, etc. forbegirmers. Rather readable! This is the disk in which luckplayed a Bug in Crystal Quest Mod (issue #71) Some ProDOS 16 (artd GS/OS) based pro­ than printing separate articles, however, why not great part! I managed to find part of the protec­ have some major contributors, like Brian A. In issue #71 in my article on modifying Crys­ grams use a bad block check for the copy protec­ tion routine andintended to substitute a 60(RTS) Troha or Phil Goetz, or a group of contributors, tal Quest (Casady & Greene) there seems to be tion. Programs that use a simple and direct read at a particular byte. I accidentally put it at the like'TheHardcoreComputists"produce asingle some instructions missing. You MUST create a block call (22 A8 00 El 2200) can be bypassed wrong byte and was amazed to find that itdid the issue dedicated exclusively to beginners? Now, NEW subdirectory called CRYSTAL and copy with very little effort. While working with The trick. I'm not talking about an issue which is sent to SHAPES, SOUNDS, and SAVE into it. Here are Three Stooges (Cinema\Vare) I came up with the 1. Copy the original disk everybody, but rather one like the back issues, the remaining steps. following little trick: A simple "universal"patch which may be ordered at will; and, perhaps you 2. Using your sector editor and scan the disk for Requirements: for the ProDOS 16 read block command would could append this beginner's issue every six $F4 BD8D 22 15 2A and change the 22 to 60 512K Apple figs be to change the: 22 A8 00 E12200 to A9 27 00 months to a year or so to keep up with the times? - on my disk at Block 8C Byte 022 File copy program 388004 I think this would be a good source ofrevenue as Note: After using this softkey, you MAY find Modified Crystal Quest from COMPUSTIST This translates into: well, since there will always be begirmers out that, when asked to select a course, you have to #71 153:A9 27 00 LOA #0027 Error code value for 110 there, as I once was and still am in some ways. In enter it twice. Add the following after step 7 (before the tree (read) error addition, I believe such an amalgamation of directory): 156:38 SEC The carry must also be expertise crammed into one humongous issue set for an error T=h~e:...T=e.:.:rm=i=n=a:.:t=.o:.r IL 8. Format a disk called /TEMP. would prove as invaluable to us Apple owners as 157:80 04 BRA 15D (+04) Branch over the Beneath Apple DOS/ProDOS, Apple Tech­ 9. Copy CRYSTAL.SYS16 to /TEMP. ProDOS 16 parm manuals, and COMPUTIST itself. Softkey for... 10. Create a new subdirectory called CRYSTAL pointer TotheRDEXsubscribers: InCOMPUTIST Test Drive II: The Duel (gs) on/TEMP. The above code emulates the conditions re­ #68, The Executioner provided an address for Accoltule 11. Copy the following files from the Crystal turned from a failed ProDOS 16 read block call. some fairly cheap 3.5" disks. I've found some Quest disk into /TEMP/CRYSTAL: This is done by loading the value of#0027 which that are even cheaper. Write to this address for a This game is protected with yet another ver­ sion of the famous 3.5" disk nibblecount. After SHAPES is the error code for an I/O error and setting the catalog: SAVE Carry bit which is also used to determine if an working onde-protecting thefie 128Kversionof Computer Direct Inc. this game, I was expecting a little more of a SOUNDS error occurred. The final command (the BRA 22292 N. Pepper Road +04) simply skipsoverthepointer to thememory challenge than this. Now the restofthe article shouldmakesense. Barrington, IL 60010 location of the data needed for ProDOS 16 call. This is what I found on Block $16E, at byte Sorry about the missing steps, I have many ver­ When the following code checks the carry flag it From this pllrticular company, 3.5" micro­ $128: sions of my articles around here and once in a will assumethere was anerrorofsome sort. Even disks are a paltry $0.59 each in lots of 10. They PHP ;Save some registers while I send an early incomplete version. if the code checks to make sure the error was an guarantee a pretty highcliprate, andI'veordered REP #30 I/O (read) error, the 0027 in the accumlator will 5.25" disks from them before with no hassles. PHY Softkey for... fool that routine into continuing. The best price on 800K3.5"disks that I PHB Three Stooges Theonlyproblemyoumightpossiblyruninto know ofis $0.39 each in lots of25 from: PHK ;make data bank/program bank Cinemaware usirtg this trick, wouldbeifthecommandnumber MEl/Micro Center PLB the same (the 0022) is changed in memory. Then the BRA STZ C597 ;zero return value Requirements: 1100 Steelwood Rd. +04 will be overwritten and when the codeis run SEP #30 ;switch to a-bit registers 1.25M Apple IIgs Columbus OH43212 you will have anunpredictableresult(mostlikely ;track 20,side 1 3.5" disk copier 1 (800) 634-3478 LOX #20 a system crash). There are a few programs that LDY #01 3.5" disk editor ...... RDEXed use a singleroutine to make all ProDOS 16 calls, JSR C540 ;do the check The Three Stooges (TS) from Cinemaware when this is done the programs modifies the Also, I've got a public domain word proces­ STX C597 ;store return value has finally been released for the Apple figs. The command number andparm locationpointer. As sor which saves all files in the form of ProDOS STY C598 game has good graphics with some great digit­ always there are no 100% guarantees that the text files. Since some people have been having REP #30 ;back to 16-bit mode ized sounds from actual Three Stooges shows. "universal" patch will work, but it's worth try! trouble withgetting their articles in text files, you LOA C597 ;Iook at return value TS is using a KEYDISK type ofcopy protection Thelastnote: Mostprograms thatuse a simple can just save your writing to disk, and use Copy CMP #206C ;Iess than 206C? fi Plus to convert it to DOS 3.3, and then send it by checking for a bad block on disk one. The ProDOS read block also use GET_DEVICE (22 BeC FAIL ;if yes, go to 'fail' exit routine is simple to fmd by searching for 22 A8 A8 ooEI 20) or GET_LAST_DEVICE (22 A8 to COMPUTIST. Incidentally, the program is CMP #2102 ;greater than 21021 00 El 22 00 which is the code for jump to the 00 El 21). If you let that call be completed the called FrEdwriter (Free Educational writer). To BeS FAIL ;if yes, go to 'fail' exit COMPUTt&-'F.#73 ,Readers Data Exchange 1.~. SEP tOO 0358: EO B7 20 DA FD 20 95 03 $8A73 leading up to the grand finale of stopping the Deathiord Scenario Problem from LOX #21 ;now check track 21 , side 1 0360: A9 Cl 20 ED FD AD Fl B7 $3025 curse. You often need something "from another COMPUTIST #62 LOY #01 (prelly much same as above) 0368: 20 DA FO AD FO B7 20 DA $2A3F part of the game" to solve the various puzzles. <2> I was trying to crack DEATHLORD from JSR C540 0370: FD 20 95 03 AE F4 B7 CA $3r6A There is a logical order to everything, so try not ECA, but had no luck on my own. I looked STX C597 0378: BD 9A 03 20 ED FD 20 E3 $E241 to go insane running around making sure you through my odd issues ofCOMPUTIST, I found 0380: 03 20 B5 B7 A2 03 BD 9C $38C2 STY C598 have done everything correctly. one in COMPUTIST #62 by Blain Johnson on 0388: 03 20 ED FD CA 10 F7 AD $2D55 REP tOO Before you do anything, get your permanent page 11 and 12. I typed in all the programs and LOA C597 0390: F5 B7 4C DA FD A9 AO 4C $1060 light source. Then, go to the village and get your 0398: ED FO 02 07 BO C3 02 80 $D31B hex dumps and made sure they were all typed in CUP '1080 pigeon and perch. Collect all of the items from correctly. After copying the BOOT disk, I made BCC FAIL Here is the source code in DOS 3.3 Merlin the village area and return to the castle. Drop the sector edits, which worked fine. Now comes CUP '1E78 format. everything. Go to Dimwitt'smagicclothescloset the problem. Whencoping the SCENARIOdisks BCS FAIL ;if track 21 is bed, fail • MONRWTS and get the magic cloak. Use the magic cloak (as A andB, and then booting upthe game, and when REP 130 ;if ok, reslDre registers from stack • Adds RWTS functions to Monitor I will explain later) to store every last object you the game asked for the SCENARIO disk, I in­ PLB and make aclean rebJrn • Syntax:CTKS.AOORlly find. sertedit and itdoesn't acceptit. I did it two more PLY •C • command (8.W,O=R) Workonone areaofthegame at a time. Solve times but it still didn't work. So I tried to depro­ PLP • TK • track (two digits) ALL of the puzzles. After you have raided the tectmyprotectedSCENARIOS withthecontrol­ RTL •S ... sector (one digit) castle, Activate the Oracle (as explained in the ler.Butwhenthegame asked for theSCENARIO FAIL REP 130 • AOOR ... address to RIW on-line hints) and begin work "beyond" the or­ disk, the message just flashed and asked again. LOA IDOOO ;it's '0' day for you! • by The Terminator acle. What is wrong? I have to know? Has this hap­ STA 0235AB ;store at passlfail flag... • v1.0 - 241Dec/89 To find your way around the delta, drop the pened to anyone else? HELP!! PLB ;reslDre registers and return. threeOrbsthatweren'tusedinZilbeetha'spuzzle. To Zorro: Thanks for writing regarding my PLY ORG $0300 You don't need the remaining three Orbs for questions on Ultima V. PLP anything. RESET $90BF Ultima IV HELP Carry these four things around with you at all RTL USRAOR $03F9 times: the pigeon, the candle, the magic cloak, ToJoeyJohnson: Youasked (COMPUTIST It appears that the check routine will store a TSZP $3C and the brass lantern - once you have gotten it #69) somequestions relating to Ultima IV. From $DOOO if the disk is a copy, but it will not store AOORZP $3E from the pits. A majorproblem with this game is reading it, I knew the answer right away. To anything ifthedisk is an original. Solution: NOP COUT $FOEO obtain the SKULL of Mondain, you must first out the offending "LOA #DOOO" and the "STA RWTS $B7B5 figuring out where to put everything you find, since you cannot carry everything around with have a ship. A sextant(item 0 at a guild) will help 0235AB". PREPRWTS = $03E3 you all ofthe time. As you have probably discov­ greatly, but that is up to you. Then sail to the PRBYTE $FOOA 1. Usingyour favorite sectoreditor,loadinblock ered already, when you wear the cloak you go to volcano's lava that has surfaced from the evil IOBSECT $B7EO $16E, and at byte $176 put 7 $EA's. the Plain. As you probably may havenot discov­ from the skull. The latitude is P'F" and the IOBTRK $B7EC longitude is M'F".Thesextant isn'thardto learn, Optional: use your handy sector editor to IOBCMO $B7F4 ered, you can drop objects in the plain, remove embed snappy comments where various text the cloak, and wear the cloakwhenever you need if you know what latitude and longitude are. IOBBUFF $B7FO messages are stored. I found them aroundBlocks to retrieve an object. (This is ideal for hiding the When you are at the correct location, wait there IOBVOL $B7EB $140-$160. lantern from the giant crow in the Aerie.) for two new moons (you won't see anything but IOBRETN ... $B7F5 black where the moons are shown). Then In an attempt to increase modularity of cars If you are like me, you may have gotten a LOA #START some of the package may be missing. You may Now what you what to do with the skull is up withmostfigs programsofthis type, thedisk arm not have the valuable calendar, parchment, or STA USRAOR+1 to you, in a way. To win the game, you must makes a regular rhythm going back and forth map whichcomes withZork Zero. Ifyou are one JMP RESET destroyit. Todestroy the skull, standon topofthe between almost 800K of data, often taking as of those people, you will need to know that the Staggering Abyss on USE it. I'll let you find the long as 10 seconds just to load in a minuscule 10 START LOA TSZP blue toad's name is Otto, Frank LloydFlathead's PHA Abyss. or 20 block file. Also, now that I have softkeyed relocated office in on the 19th floor south, and You also asked about the stones. To under­ this game, I would like to load it onto my I-meg AND #$OF three undertrumps after anopponent's discardof STA IOBSECT stand the stones, you must first understand the RAM card. It only requires 512K, but it a trebled fromp is an indefensible gambit. Next, virtues before you can REALLY USE them. CRASHES with a "memory fragmented" error AND #$00 draw yourselfan 8x8 matrix, resembling a chess­ STA IOBVOl Stones have color. These colors represent a vir­ whenever the RAM card is activated in the con­ board. Number eachsquare from 0 to 63, starting tue of the Avatar. They rest in the dungeons in trol panel. The game also hard-codes addresses PLA in the upper left comer, working across. What lSR Britannia on altars. Simply have a suitable party in banks 2 and 3, so GSIOS cannot be used. The you havejust drawn is a map of the construction (if you are not cheating) and a good handful of program also shuts down access to the Control LSR site. The hardhat (which you need to enter the LSR gems, 99 will do, ifyou have the gold. Thenenter PaneVDesk Accessory menu, so you have to granola mine in antharia) is in lot O. You will a dungeon. Go through the ENTIRE dungeon reboot and wait another 5 minutes or so for the LSR enter the site atlot47, which is 2 lots up from the STA IOBTRK and peer with a gem to find the altar. Once you game to load in if you accidentally leave the lower right comer. (be sure you are carrying the find the altar, go right on top of it and SEARCH. system speed on "Normal" or leave Keyboard LOX #$01 FroBozz magic passages) Starting in lot 47, Go CLC You will then be shown what stone color you've buffering ON when you want to "drive" with the SW,SE,W,W,N,NE,N. You now should be in lot found, if there is a stone on it. numeric keypad. (I personally prefer to use the ROL TSZP+1 38. Install the NW/SE passage in the NW wall. BCC READ The stones have restricted purposes. So you keypadinsteadofthejoystick,becauseI find that GoNW,NE,NE. You are now in lot 15. Install the can't USE them whenever you like. The stones INX its easier to control.) N/S passage in the N wall. Go N,W,SW,SW are a huge part of the quest, and I feel in tell you The 128Kversionofthis gameona5.25" disk READ STX IOBCMO ,SW,W,NW. You now should be in lot 17. Fol­ anymore it'll bore thegame for you. ButI will tell is also protected. The diskcan beread withCopy LOA TSZP+1 low the on-line hints from here on out. you this. You'll need the stones to make the 3 fi Plus's sel;tQr editor, when it is set to DOS 3.3 ASL A technical hinl: replaceInfocom'sannoying PART KEY to enter the Codex. PATCI-IEDmO(je.Track $21 has a load oferrors ASL modified ProDOS with a standard ProDOS And what are the fountains in the dungeons' on it, though. The protection (probably a track ASL Kernal. Since it is notcopy-protected, you might for, you ask. Partly in the line of decoration, or synchronization, maybe even half-tracks) only AND #$FO want to copy all of the files to a single 3.5" disk maybe just spunk. To see what a fountain does, checks side 1 at bootup time. Side 2 can be ORA IOBTRK and use Diversi-Cache if you have a figs. you must SEARCH on it. There are four types Qf COPYAed if you do a POKE 47426,24. STA IOBTRK fountains in the game. "Poison", "BAD taste''', Using the "Visit Monitor" CDA on my figs, LOA AOORZP Joe Trodello MA "Hmmmm", and "AHH refreshing". The "poi­ I was able to capture all ofbank0/1 memory after STA IOBBUFF son"fountain gets youpoisoned, the"BADtaste!" a successful disk check and save it to disk. Now LOA AOORZP+1 fountain takes some hit points away, the whenever I want to play the game, I restore all of STA IOBBUFF+1 Softkey for... "Hmmmm" fountain does nothing at all and the the memory, insert my bit-copy of the original LOA #'T" The Children's Writing and Publishing "AHHrefreshing"fountain heals all wounds. Do and pickup from there. Ifyou think this is a half­ JSR COUT Center remember that ONLY the drinker will be af­ backwards way ofgetting around the protection, LOA IOBTRK The Learning Company. fected. you are right. IfI had more time on my hands I JSR PRBYTE Hope I've answered the questions you asked would try to do an actual softkey, but for now, JSR PRSPC Requirements: about. Ifyoureally needmore help,I suggestyou this works for me. LOA #"S" Original disk orderCOMPUTIST #58. It has a superb indepth MONRWTS A ReadlWrite disk routine JSR COUT DOS 3.3 system disk guide on Ultima IV by Jason Cobb. 3 blank sides I have written something for all the lazier LOA IOBSECT COPYA ToJonathanTrappe: In COMPUTIST#69, hackers out there - the sector editor for people JSR PRBYTE JSR PRSPC you gave some notes on Ultima V to Brandon who hatesectoreditors. First, type inthehexdump This was a very easy program to copy, fortu­ laCava; page 9. You said, "what Badge?", "I LOA #"A" nately. My first attempt, which was to use Copy at the end of this article. Next, BSAVE it to your wentthroughthewhole game withoutfinding it". JSR COUT fi Plus's autocopy, was unsuccessful. Since this DOS 3.3 utility disk(s). When you BRUN this I feel sorry for you. The badge isn't a necessity, LOA IOBBUFF+1 failed, I decided to try COpyA ignoring epilog file, you will have a new set ofdisk commands at but a great luxury. You use the badge in your disposal, attached to the ctrl Y vector in the JSR PRBYTE and checksum errors. It worked! This is neces­ LOA IOBBUFF Blackthorn's castle to make the guards think you Monitor. saryonlyontheprogram disk. All other disks are are one of them, or on their side. Exploring the The syntax is: CTKS.ADDR ctrl Y (return) JSR PRBYTE unprotected and canbecopiedwithany diskcopy JSR PRSPC dark paths of Blackthorn's palace may be quite program. hazardous to the health of one who is not in­ C = <;:ommand (8=Write,O=Read) LOX IOBCMO My version of the program was 1.1 on the TK=track (two digits) OEX stantly recognizable as a member ofthe Oppres­ program disk, and v.1.0 on the picture and stor­ sion. ElistariaofWindemere (atlatitude A'I"and S = Sector (one digit) LOA ISRW,X age disks. The manual was dated 11/88. ADDR Address (256 byte block to read/write) JSR COUT longitude P'I") will give you a Black Badge 1. Boot your DOS 3.3 system disk. which, when worn, will save you from the scru­ For example, 110.2000 ctrl Y will read track JSR PREPRWTS $11, sector $0 into memory at address $2000. JSR RWTS 2. Tell DOS to ignore checksum and epilog tiny of Lord Blackthorn's foul guards. Be fore­ warned, though: she will require much ofyou for 8oo1.B7oo ctrl Y will write page $B7 to disk at LOX #$03 errors, and use COPYA to copy the program track $00, sector $1. Your command will be disk. this favor, perhaps even thy virtue. PRRC LOA RCMSG,X - POKE 47426,24 confirmed by a quickmessage and RWTS return JSR COUT RUNCOPYA code. E.G. when you type: OEX ;t:M~aur.:c,-,B::a=t=c::=b::.:e:lo=:r:. FL 004F.1300 etrl Y BPL PRRC 3. Copy the picture and storage disks. MONRWTS responds with: LOA IOBRETN Softkey for... JMP PRBYTE Rob Flduccla MD Charlie Brown's ABC's T04 SOF A1300 R RC=OO (error code) PRSPC LOA #$AO I am a proudnew owner ofan Apple figs this ? As you cansee, this little utilitycanbe VERY JMP COUT Christmas, and have some questions that have Requirements: risen from getting it. I hope RDEXed can helpor useful for quick editing of a disk, protected or ISRW OFB UR", WW" A method to get into the monitor otherwise. It is very convenient on a IIgs where you the readers. Demuffin Plus the Monitorhas a built-inHex/textdump, search RCMSG ASC ".CR" <2> I have a questionontheIIgs's capability to Blank Disk command, etc. OFB $80 change the text, background andborder colors. It Fast DOS (I used Pronto DOS) Oneday ifI am sufficiently boredI will write is very simple from the Control Panel, but how Sector Editor (Optional) a ProDOS version which will read/write blocks. Playing Tip for... about from a Applesoft BASIC program in Pro­ I was given this program to de-protect a few MONRWTS.OBJ Zork Zero DOS and/or DOS 3.3? I feel being able to alter weeks ago by a teacher friend of mine. It really these colors would be a new flexibility when I 0300: A9 00 80 F9 03 A9 03 80 $9E35 Infocom wasn't that difficult to de-protect, but I ran into program. I have heard itis a few pokes, but don't problems on it's title screen. The program reads 0308: FA 03 4C BF 90 A5 3C 48 $EAF4 (These tips supple17U!nl the on-line ronlS built 0310: 29 OF 80 EO B7 29 00 80 $D532 know offhand what these pokes are. Can some­ the registered owners name from Track 1. Since 0318: EB B7 68 4A 4A 4A 4A 8D $9A56 inlo the game. If you do what the on-line hinlS one help me? I was using Pronto DOS, the title screen had 6:320: EC B7 A2 01 18 26 3D 90 $797F suggest. you should be able to solve the game <2>ls there a way in Visit Monitor from the garbage where the name should have been. At 0328: 01 E8 8E F4 B7 A5 3D OA $9EOB pretty easily. My tips will17U!rely cut down on the Control Panel to search for a string or a hex first I thought that this might be OK. I rapidly 03:30 : OA OA 29 FO OD EC B7 8D $1321 frustration oflosing progress due to simple mis­ string? For example, if I want to find the bytes changed my mind, and I'll explain how I took 0338: EC B7 A5 3E 8D FO B7 A5 $4CD2 takes.) $00 $67 and $B1 and don't want to look at each care of this after we crack the disk. 0340: 3F 8D Fl B7 A9 D4 20 ED $CA7C Although the on-line hints are helpful, they and every byte in memory from $0000 through 1. Format a disk using a fast DOS. 0348: FO AD EC B7 20 DA FO 20 $EC6E are vague and can sometimes mess you up. This $FFFF, how could I do it? If there is a search INITHELLO 0350: 95 03 A9 D3 20 ED FO AD $OAC3 game involves solving a "pyramid" of puzzles, command, how do I use it, exactly? 16 Readers Data Exchange COMPUTIST ##73 2. Boot the disk, and when you see the Applesoft BLOAD DEMUFFIN. PLUS,A$S03 Disk: Landscape Design can "throwaway" (store it with your original) prompt "]", enter the monitor. 5. Disable OOS 3.3, and move Study Skills Program name ~ Remove and play the game without having to type in a 3. Move RWTS to a safe place. RWTS in place. DECI 20000 CALL 47741 course number from the deep maroon sheet and 2S0OcB800.BFFFM FF59G 21000 CALL 47721 ruining your eyesight in the process. 4. Bootyour disk with Demuffin Plus and load it BSOO<2S00.2FFFM DEC2 20000 CALL 47741 in. 6. Startup Demuffin Plus and copy all files. 21000 CALL 47721 Softkey for... BLOAD DEMUFFIN PLUS,A$S03 S03G DEC3 . 20000 CALL 47741 Battle Chess 21000 CALL 47721 5. Enter the monitor and disable OOS. DEC4 20000 CALL 4'7741 Interplay CALL·151 Softkey for... 21000 CALL 47721 Requirements: FF59G Chern Lab HPDRAW 20000 CALL 47741 Whole disk copier 6. Move the altered OOS back into place. ? 21000 CALL 47721 block editor BSOO<2800.2FFFM Requirements: Disk: Interior Design Same type of protection as Jack Nickolas 7. Start Demuffin Plus. File Copier (I Used Copy ][+) Program name ~ Remove Golfinthatyou need to type in achess move from S03G Disk Copier (I Used Copy ][+) DEC1 20000 CALL 47741 the manual. (A particular move from a certain 8. Copy all files to your freshly formatted disk. Fast OOS (Not Pronto OOS) 21000 CALL 47721 game and notation.) These disks are COPYA-able, but the result­ DEC2 20000 CALL 47741 Scanthe disk for 80 OC C230C6OC FO 03 4C You will now have a disk that functions, but 24 AB 4C 763D. Mine was onBlock $0419 byte it will have garbage on the screen instead of the ing copies will not boot. I first formatted a disk 21000 CALL 47721 under Pronto-ooS and copied all files from the DEC3 20000 CALL4n41 16A Change all of the code to EA's except the registered owners name. Our next task is to take . C2 30C6OC. Write itback to thedisk. Now when care of this problem. original side A to the formatted side A Booting 21000 CALL 47721 this copy resulted in a crash. I tried to trace the DEC4 20000 CALL 47741 the program asks for the inputofchess move, just Sector Editor Method code and spent about a day on it before deciding 21000 CALL 47721 press return and enjoy an unusual gameofchess. 1. Scan the disk (Cracked Copy) for the follow­ to try another fast OOS. I used the fast load Remember, these modifications aretobemade ing HEX bytes: 20 02 09 AD 72 AA 8D 7A 10 enhancement by Thomas N. Burt, published in to both sides ofthe disk. Softkey for... AD 73 AA 8D 7B 10 Nibble's "More Apple Secrets". This worked That's all folks. Stickybear Shapes GS 2. At address $04, NOP to $OE. wonderfully, leaving a fully deprotected pro­ Optimum Resources gram.1fyoudon'thavethe aforementioned book, EA EA EA EA EA EA EA EA EA EA EA Ed Croft IL Requirements: I recommend it as well as the other two in the Sector copy 3. At address $3C, change to: 202809 same series. Notes on Disk Muncher block editor 4. Write the sector back out to the disk. 1. Formatboth sidesofaBlankdisk with the DOS I read in issue #70 about the questions con­ 5. Scan the disk (Cracked Copy) for the follow­ of your choice (Not Pronto DOS). Sector copy the original disk, recopying any cerning the Disk Muncher copier. I went through tracks with errors. Scan the disk for 22 A8 00 El ing HEX bytes: 4C Al 08 BD AE 09 8D IB 09 2. Copy files from side A ofthe original to side A my doc disks and found this info. I don'tknow if BDB809 2000 OA 2F. Change 22 to 38, A8 to 60, and El ofyour formatted disk. the BBS number at the end of the file is good or to 00. Mine was atBlock$0100. byte lEI. Write 6. At address $29, type the following HEX bytes: 3. Copy side B of the original to side B of the not since my modem is down, but dialing for the it back to the disk. A2 00 BD 37 09 9D 00 02 C900 FO 26 ES DO F3 formatted disk using whole disk copier. number I've gotten a busy signal (which is usu­ ally a good sign). 7. At address $38, type in the full registered Softkey for... owners name. The name must be terminated Softkey for... Disk Muncher 1.1 Stickybear Opposites GS with a HEX $00. Thus, if I were to use my The Design Your Own Home Series name, it would looklike: Marc D. Batcheloroo The ultimate in fast copiers Optimum Resources A vanl-Garde Written by Requirements: 8. If the name does not extend to address $5B, The Stack NOP up to and including $5A Requirements: Sector copier A way into the monitor Documentation by: block editor 9. At $5B, type in the following HEX bytes: The Inspector Demuffm Plus Sector copy the original disk, recopying any A9 00 S5 4S 60 Blank Disks Another Great program brought to you by Corrupt Computing tracks with errors. Scan the disk for 22 A8 00 El 10. Write the sector out to the disk. Fast OOS (Pronto-ooS) 2000 57 3A. Change 22 to 38, A8 to 60, and El If you have any questions, comments, or to 00. Mine was atBlock $0106, byte 16E. Write File Method The three Design Your Own Home (DYOH) concerns, please direct them to either The in­ programs covered here are: Architectural De­ it back to the disk. 1. Boot your OOS disk, and BLOAD the file sign, Interior Design, and Landscape Design spector or The Stack on ''The Corrupt Com­ STEX on the ABC's disk. ~I'm looking for an APT for Silpheed. I've (Arch, Int, Land respectively for short), The munications Bulletin Board". 313-453-9183 BLOAD STEX - 24hrs. only been to the end of level 10 and there's 10 RWTS on all three disks is identical. But just more after that. Any suggestions? 2. Type the following: capturing the RWTS and Detrluffining the files S03:EA N 804<803.S0DM over is not all that is required tocrack these disks. Mike Paterno CT Comments: Copy n Plus 9.0 S3B:20 2S09 On all disks, line 0 ofthe HELLO program sets This update to my workhorse program has 92S:A200 BD 37 09 9D 00 02 C9 00 FO 26 ES DO I wish to voice my no copy protection speech some new and interesting features. One of my the run flag (214) to 214 (POKE 214,214) and again. I didn't go out and spend $1000.00+ for a F3 messes with the reset vector. Also, in each ofthe favorites is the ability to compare files between hard drive so I would have a thousand "KEY" identical (or deprotected disks) to see ifthere are 3. Figure the HEX equivalent of the owners main program files, there are two CALLs to disks cluttering up the desk. "Hmmmmm where Name, and typeinthose HEX bytes, starting at RWTS that must be disabled. The first CALL is any differences. Also in the update is the ability did I put that d*@#$m key disk last" to launch another program, run it, and return to address $937. to 47721 ($BA69), and the other is to 47741 Thetwo programs"MECC WorldGeograph" ($BA7D). The CALLs are ALWAYS locatedon Copy IT Plus. I don't know ifit works with OOS 4. Type in the following: and"MECC U.S.A Geograph"are"excellentGS lines 21000 and 20000 respectively. Examining 3.3 disks (probably not), butthe program MUST A9.GO S5 48 60 programs", and I wouldn't hesitate to give them the code at $BA69 shows: be able to quit to PrOOOS (Binaryfilesdmt'-t 5. Find the BLOAD length. a grade of"A+". work - at least none ofmine have). Selection can BA69:A9 AB lOA #$AB AA60.AA61 retlUlIS with addr: Hi La set up to read I give most of the credit for the following now be with a mouse, or a press of a designated BA6B:80 4B B8 STA $B84B Original disk with softkeys to DonMcClelland; because withouthis key, or for you die-hards, the arrow keys still 6. BSAVE the file back onto the disk. BA6E:A9 FF LOA #$FF altered marks and help neither of the softkeys would be possible. BSAVE STEX,A$S03,L$LLHH work. Parameterlists for 5.25" disks are splitinto BA70:20 OF BC JSR $BeOF translation tables. 2 separate files which require some juggling of That should do it for this one. BA73:20 EC Be JSR $BeEC Softkey for... filenames in order to read all ofthem (a program BA76:A9 AA LOA #$AA World Geograph vl.l selector can solve that real quick, i.e. Bird's BA78:80 29 BA STA $BA29 Softkey for... MECC Better Bye). Few new parameters have been Operation Frog BA7B:60 RTS added for 3.5" disks. If you don't have this BA7C:60 RTS Using Copy II Plus v9 make a copy ofWorld Scholastic program, getit.Ifyoudo, call for the upgrade. It's BA70:A9 FF LOA #$FF Set up to read Geograph using the 3.5" parameters included on well worth the money. You do need 128K mini­ Requirements: BA7F:80 4B B8 STA $B84B standard format the disk (WorldGeograph HD); itcopies fine, but mum and 80-column ability (also a mouse ifyou A way into the monitor BA82:A9 DE LOA #$OE for data disks. doesn'tremovethe keydiskcall. Using the sector want mouse control) for the program to run. A Blank Disk BA84:20 OF BC JSR $BCOF editor make the following edits. Block 0067 round of applause for the gang af Central Point. Demuffin Plus BA87:A9 AA LOA #$AA search for 18 603860; change 38 to 18. Block Note: It will not work with a Uni-Disk drive. Fast OOS (NOT Pronto DOS) BA89:20 EC BC JSR $BCEC 0068 search for 18 603860; change 38 to 18. I Central Pointmaintains a bulletinboardfor para­ I went into fits over this program and Pronto BASC:A9 96 LOA #$96 don't believe you need to change both sets of meters. New rues and requests are accepted and OOS (POOS). I assumed that PDOS looked just BA8E:80 29 BA STA $BA29 bytes, butnot being sure which, I changed both. current parameters (new) can be downloaded. like OOS 3.3 to programs, but was much faster. BA91:60 RTS Write the changes back to the disk. Call (503) 690-6650. I am certain that POOS is not at fault in the Run the program before you attempt to make Since we have installed our own ooS, we acopy, so it will write the correctdatabackto Blk matter. Scholastic uses non-standard routines to can't have the program calling these locations. Dr Crack ~Fr~a~n~c~e access the file manager, and I believe that is the 008; then enjoy. On a Hard Drive and system 1. Initialize the front and backofa blankdisk (one rootofthe problem. For afastooS,I used the fast 5.02 this program flies. load enhancementby Thomas N. Burt, published for each module) preferably with a fast OOS. Softkey for... INITHELLO in Nibble's"More Apple Secrets". This is appar­ Softkey for... Think Quick v1.2 DELETE HELLO ently more transparent to programs than POOS. U.S,A, Geograph vl.O The Learning Company 2. Boot one ofthe protected modules, and when 1. Initialize a disk with a fast OOS. MECC you see the picture, drop into the monitor. When I got my first issue ofComputist (#67, 2. Boot OperationFrog, and when the prompt"]" Using Finder from system 5.02, copy the thanks to your ad inNibble), I read itand saw that appears, break into the monitor. 3. Move the RWTS to safety. program file "USAGeograph" to a freshly for­ some people cracked some games for the first 2800< BSOO. BFFFM time so I said to myself why not me? 3. Move RWTS to a safe location. matted 3.5" disk. Using the Copy II sector editor 4. Boot your disk that contains Demuffin Plus So I tried to crack Think Quick, I first did a 2S00,;,., MQOQglo"," DungeonMaster that bitcopies Tracks 0, 21 and 1. Copy the disks with any 5 1/4" disk copier, Entrlentfthe underworld' 22. There is no reason to bit copy Tracks 21 and ignoring any errors. Jim Ross ______NH -Fall in one ofthe whirlpools and you will be 22.This will make a working backup. My Block 2. Make the following sector edits to side I: in a cave near Destard, I think. 104 sector edits allow you to save games. Im~b Emm ~ -Go down one dungeon. Bitkey for... 11 05 FD-FF 20 1B96 EA EA EA . -Go down the falls east ofSpiritwoods. Dungeon Master Randy Flood OR 3. Be sure to write the edits back to the disk! CrownJewels FTL Crown: It's at the top ofBlackthom's castle Requirements: Softkey for... Softkey for... Amulet: Retrace the itinerary made by Apple IIgs Bad Dudes Curse ofthe Azure Bonds (lIe) British's expedition Copy 11+ V9.0 Platoon S~pter: It's in the Shadowlords' keep Strategic Simulotions This disk only has one error in itonblock 17. DalaEast Potions CopyII+sectoreditorwould readtheblockwhen Requirements: Yellow: heal patched to ignore data checksum. This also re­ 1. Copy the disk with a standard disk copy 64K Apple IIellIc/IIgs Green: Poison. DO NOT DRINK IT vealed that the 12 Macintosh Tag Bytes (nor­ program. (I used Copy 11+.) 5 1/4" disk copier (I used Copy II Plus) 5 1/4" sector editor (I used Copy II Plus) red: poison cure mally all zerosforIIGS)hadvalues. BlockDCon 2. Sector Edit the copy. 7 blank disk sides black: invisibility the disk does a GS/OS Dread on block 17 and 1m~bEmm ~ blue: sleep. DO NOT DRINK IT looks for a 27 error code in the accumulator or it 05 OE 48-4C 66 EA 90 AB FF EA EA EA EA EA Curse of the Azure Bonds is the second in­ white: X-rays gives a Dungeon Master error. This can be by­ stallment of the Dungeons and Dragons series. purple: I think itchanges you into a giant rat passed by changing byte 83 from 00 to 27 (LDA I figured this outby examining the parameter The boot up process has been improved some­ file for Platoon on Copy lI+v9.0. I can't figure Words of power 00 00 to LDA 00 27) but the resulting disk what over that ofPool ofRadiance. No longer is out what needs to be changed in order to gain the user required to insert various disk sides. ~it: crashed with fatal errors. FALLAX It turns out that block 17 contains valid data unlimited lives though. There still remains, however, a password check. Despise: NIUS that the program reads like a Macintoshblockby ® I ask that someone who is adept atremov­ I checked memory for a routine that resembled Destard: INOPAI using smartport calls. These calls are 20 00 C5 ing copy protection, or programming in assem­ that of Pool of Radiance. I found that the new Wrong: MALUM (JSR C500). A call is first made to reset the read bly language write to me. I am interested in routine" was not in the same location. A few Shame: INFAMA hook and substitute the programs own read rou­ buying a modem, and an NMI card, so anyone memory locations had been altered and the start­ Hythloth: IGNAVUS tine, then a smartport call to read Block 17 is whocouldsuggestgoodbrands shouldalso write ing address had been changed, but most of the Doom: VERAMOCOR made and the resulting data loaded into memory to me at: routine remained the same. I simplyreplaced the Covetw: I never found it. To get the shard I at 16/BFAA. This is done in repeating loops by 1730 Ash Street jump to the password routine with three more went down by Wrong. the code in Block 106 which loads in memory at North Bend, OR 97459 $EA's. This dungeon is in the under­ Note on Doom: 01/1F6B. This code is called twice by memory 1. Copy the disks with any 5 1/4" disk copier, world, in the ethereal plane, you will need the locations 04/D380 and 01/1063 during the load SkyPhantom CT ignoring any errors. amulet to find it, it's in the middle of the black program process. This whole process is very plane. IT you find a room with a mirror you've complex and manyreads from the 16/BFAAarea After reaJing Computist #68, I felt I should 2. Make the following sector edits to side 1: finished the game because if you go near the are made into the program. To fix all these reads write to Computist to respond to a few fellow 1m~b Emm ~ mirror you will be absorbed and on Well, you'll and make a true softkey is beyond my ability. Computists and to deliver some more softkeys. $13 $OF $01-03 20 BA 96 EA EA EA see. Copy11+ V9.0will makea working backupof First ofall, I would like to thank DanHalfwit for 3. Be sure to write the edits back to the disk! Magic the program by sector copying the disk then bit his "King ofChicago" softkey. I had been work­ ing onkracking thatprogram for quite some time While playing the game I discovered 3 other copying track 0 answering no to both sync and IIgs Softkey for... with little success. spells. nibble count. Be sure to verify the disk after Bubble Ghost copying to make sure the only error is on Block To Dr. Hackenbush: In Wizardry V, the AN YLEM (Garlic and Blood Moss), 1st 17. This copy will run but will ask you to insert Laughing Kettle is, indeed, in the northeast cor­ Auolade circle: Makes things disappear the original disk when you try to save a game. ner ofthe first level. Haveyou made a map ofthe Requirements: IN XENMANI(Ginseng, Garlic,Mandrake): Block 104 contains the code whichchecks for level yet? If not, it will be quite difficult to 512K Apple IIgs 2nd circle: Gives you food an original disk when you try to save. This code explain where it is exactly (it is in the middle of 3 1/2" disk copier (I used Copy II Plus) REL XEN BET (Sulfur Ash, Nightshade, loads in memory from 0l/lB85 to 01/1C94. nowhere). I will try anyway. Let's start in the 3 1/2" disk editor (I used Copy II Plus) Mandrake): 6th circle: Changes foes into giant After looking at this code it became apparent it room where the Orb of Llylgamyn was found. 1 blank disk rats also uses smartport calls to read Block 17 in a Follow these directions: Exit the room, then travel IE IN IE IN IE2N 1E2N2W3S 1W 5N This is a neat little program where a ghost special way. Looking at Block 17 wing copy 11+ must "blow" a bubble across various levels of Shards nibble editor, a large number ofbytes in the data 2E 2N 3W 2N IE. Here, (I)nspect for a secret door. You should fmd one. Go through the door play. The only problem is that before you can Cowardice: At the bottom of Hytholth, on the were in inverse, indicating bytes with more than play, a certain level is displayedonthescreen and isle of the avatar. 8 bits. This code first reads Block 17 andverifies and travel straight. You should find the kettle there! By the way, the kettle is notreally essential you must look up which level it is on a piece of Falsehood: To find it go down the dungeon thattheTagbytes are notzero, then it reads Block black-on-red paper. This is a pain in the __ De~it then go southwest through mountains 17 twice more using differentreadroutines and it to the game. He just offers various advice (for a fee, of course). (fill in the blank). then southwest in grass. At a major intersec­ expects to find some bytes different. If the two Rather than go blind from the absurd color tion go Northwest then Northeast then west reads are identical (as ourcopy will be), itfails by Adventure Maps combination ofthe cheat sheet, I set out to elimi­ thensouthwestonrocky hills then Northwest. setting the carry and the program asks for the I thought this would be a good time to bring natetheroutine. WhatI did was assume there was Go then over a lake and there upon an isle is original disk. The pertinent code is in memory something up. Being an avid adventurer, I have simply a jump to this check subroutine from the the shard of Cowardi~. from Ol/lC4F to 01/lC94. The code is as fol­ mapped many games, including the dungeons of main program. I followed the main program, Hatred: Go down Covetus lows:

18 Readers Data Exchange COMPUTIST #73 inserting a break point (00) atevery jump. Even­ Eliminate Power countdown Notes on LaserForce protection scheme expects to fmd inthe memory tually, I found thejump for which I was looking. locations where they are expected to be found. lJ:I1 Skt ~ fum .I2 Another game I found easy to copy is, Laser­ The code on the disk contained zeros for the $00 $00 $34-36 aD EO 82 EA EA EA Force by Britannica FanFare. All you have to do The end result is that the disk thiIiks it has found values to which the programjumps, butinmemory for this one is use Copy II+ 8.4 and use the bit the electronic signature, when in fact it hasn't Instant destruction of enemy ships the zeros were filled withlegal values. Here is the copy, copy the whole disk, and you now have a even gone to the disk to get it. code on the disk: Ir1I Skt ~ frgm .I2 fully functional back-up. As far asI know, this softkeyworksperfectly. 193:800000 STA 0000 $00 $09 $44 FO DO I know that this .,s not how most ofthe games I am still trying to solve the game, butas yethave 196:22 00 00 00 JSL 000000 Unlimited power/installt refueling are copied but it •works'. notmanaged to do it. This, I thiIik, is due to alack of time to practice playing rather than any error 19A:22 00 00 00 JSL 000000 <2>\Yhat issue did Apple I1gs Softkey's first 19E:AO 00 00 LOA 0000 Ir1I ~ ~ fum .I2 in the softkey. $00 $06 $28-29 DO 20 EA EA appear m. 1A1:48 PHA 1. Use COpy II Plus, Disk Muncher, or some <2> I have tried to find somegood books about 1A2:22 00 00 00 JSL 000000 Bomb power (for 1 hit to destroy) other copy program that can ignore errors (Or programming in 65C816 but have been unsuc­ 1A6:7A PLY use COPYAaftertelling DOS to ignorecheck­ Ids ~ ~ frgm .I2 cessful. I was wondering ifanyone could tell me 1A7:9C 00 00 STZ 0000 sum and epilog errors:POKE47426,24: RUN $00 $02 $BA 05 9A of any good book and where to get it from. 1AA:78 TOC COPYA) to make a copy ofImpossible Mis­ 1A8:18 CLC <2> Also could someone explain to me how sion II. Advanced Playing Technique for... you can make your own Super Hi-Res graphics, In the above code, the JSL at $lA2 is the 2. Sector edit the copy. Mapple: and how to use the Ensoniq speaker and the 15 "Jump to Subroutine Long" that must be nulli­ ? voices that the Apple IIgs has. Ids ~ ~ frgm .I2 fied. Todo so, justsimplyreplace the $22 with an 00 05 OE-30 A6 2B BD' 89 AS FC 85 FO $AF. This causes the program to do a harmless Unlimited lives CO BO 8E CO AS EE 85 F1 accumulator load. In a nutshell: Ids ~ ~ frgm .I2 Dave Pritchard AZ AS 80 85 FO AS EE 85 F2 1. ~opy' the disk with any 3 1/2" disk copier, $OC $03 $79-78 CE E94C EAEAEA <2> I'veheard aboutTrack Star, & Wildcards. C6FDF07A AS FC85F3 Ignonng any errors. I would like some more information on these. 20 AS BB BO AS E7 85 F4 Advanced Playing Technique for... Can someone give me a simple explanation? 75 AS F9 C9 AS EE 85 F5 2. Make the following sector edits to the disk: OA DO F1 AO AS FC 85 F6 Situation Critical: ~ave lllk Byte From To .<2>1 tried the fix for Superprint! as de­ 00 BD 8C CO A9 E785 F7 $17C $IA2 2200 00 00 AF 00 00 00 ? scribed 10 #70, page #13. My version came on 10FBaa 4C7ABB 5.~5" disk. The program will copy as described, 3. Be sure to write the edits back to the disk! Starting level Again, thanksto JimS. Hart for his articles in uS10g CopyII+. HoweverwhenI try to access the Computist #57, #61, and #66. The "to" code Ir1I ~ ~ frgm .I2 program with a block editor as described. I get a $17 $OC $18 00 level above.was ~tten by Mr. Hart, and I was pleased IIgs Softkey for... system lockup. Heeeelllllppp. I would like to be Battle Chess Number of levels advanced to seeIt reqUiredonlyonebyteofmodificationby able to put this allona3.5" instead ofthe stackof me. Interplay ids ~ ~ frgm Ig 5.25"s required. $17 $08 $A2 01 11 <2> How aboutadding a newname to the listof Requirements: wanted softkeys. IjustpurchasedTangledTales, Try changing the starting level to 10 and see 512K Apple IIgs James E. Bulman GA and have had no luck with it using previous thatyou were nevermeantto getthatfar onphase 3 1/2" disk copier (I used Copy II Plus) softkeys bythe samemanufacturer. Evenbackup II. I don't know how high the other phases go. Some notes on RISK (Leisure Games) 3 1/2" disk editor (I used Copy II Plus) copies made with Essential Data Duplicator 4 Also, the game will end after you go through RISK by Liesure Games is an excellent re­ 1 blank disk Plus, version 4.8, do not work! One tough disk! phase II ifyou starton any level other than O. The creation of the famous board game. I was very BattleChess is a new gamereleased by Inter­ Anyone else have a softkey. above edit changes the number being stored in pl~ased to receive it as a Christmas gift and play (a subsidiary of Electronic Arts). Battle location $6C. However, $7BAD also holds the qUickly proceeded to my issues ofCOMPUTIST Senior PROM - NOT Available Chess adds an entirely new dimension to the current level. I have tried changing both ofthem, to fmd a softkey. I was disheartened to find iton I am sorry to inform new readers but I re­ gameofchess. Whenonepiececaptures another, but.the storage to $6C seems to be the only thing the "Most Wanted" list. After several feeble cently tried to purchase the Senior PROM from they go through a "fight" and the winner sur­ which changes your starting level, and nothing I attempts I thoughtI hadcracked it. Unfortunately Cutting Edge Enterprises, as listed in the front of vives. The graphics are good, and the sound did stopped the GAME OVER message at the the a:ack is mo~e elusive than I had hoped. So eachComputistissue. They wrote backto inform effects arenice. Theonly majorproblem with the end ofphase II. PerhapsI'll try searching for any here IS the Partial Softkey, maybe it will help me that they no longer sell the product, but game is that before the start ofthe game, the user reference whichaffects the numberstored in$6C someone else crack it: continue to support it to registered owners. This must find a certain famous chess match in the or$7BAD. Ifthis works, it should be in the next Boot your DOS 3.3 System Disk means that it is getting harder for us non-OS manual andf10d a specificmovethateither white 1. issue ofComputist. Try it yourself and see what POKE 47426,24 owners to visit the Monitor at will. or black made. This move must be entered cor­ happens: Using a sectoreditor,suchas Copy11+, RUNCOPYA rectly for the game to continue. <2>This is an urgenl request to anyone out search for $6C. Any time that number is found, 2. Boot Copy II+ (Version 8.3) there who has 11Ulde any modifications to the Toremove this protectionscheme, I followed disassemble, or (L)ist, the code before it to see if themainprogram, inserting break points atevery AppleJle(enhanced)ROMS.Pleasesendmeany any modification to the number stored there is 3. Select Copy Files Jump to SubRoutine. I eventually found the code informaJiononthemodifICationsyOU11lllde, what being made. If no modification is being made, 4. Copy the ProDOS file from Copy II+ on to the I was looking for on block $3D8: they aref~r, why, et~. I plan to replace oneofmy keep trying the whole disk. I'd try references to COPY of RISK. ROMs WIth a modified ROM, using the new OF9:20 90 35 JSR 3590 $7BADnext, searching for the numbers, AD 7B. . The game will run if, after copying, you EPROM burner I bought, to enable me to reset OFC:20 EO 32 JSR 32EO I'd be really suspicious if modifications were unmediately boot the disk with open-apple ctrl into the monitor. So far I have only the vaguest OFF:20 DE AA JSR AADE made to oneofthe two locations with a check to res~t. If a "cold boot" is performed, the game notion whatI want to do. While I'm atit, I'dlike 102:60 RTS the other one, such as: begins to boot, a title screen appears, and the to fix anyknown bugs, etc., so your letters would The Jump to Subroutine at $FF turned out to INC $6C error message"CheckDiskDrive"appears. After be a huge help! Also, ifanyone knows ifthere is be the culprit. I simply replaced the JSR with a CUP $78AD that, the game will not boot by any means. a "patch area" in the apple ROMS which couId harmless LDA and the game loaded and ran BNE 1111 Some notes on Copy II 'plUS v9 be used to store aU or part ofDOS 33, please without havingto lookin the manual for the describebDwIcouldtki!thls. Ideally, htoU1t1like cOrlect move:lit a Iiutl;hell:" . aith~~ ~:i.t ~J~~tko~:f~yh~1i:~~:~ I also have a helpful tip for anyone who has to be abletoresetint<> thC'monitorl'as described 1. ~opy' the disk with any 3 1/2" disk copier, done until I look closer. As I said before, try this purc~ased C,?PY. II+ Ve~sion 9. This updated above, then be able (for example) to issue a Ignonng any errors. yourself, and ifI can'tdo it, please explain to me version contams information on both sides ofthe CALL xxxx command to have DOS "magically how you did. disk. Utilities onside one; Parms on side two. In appear", so that I could write a captured RWTS 2. Make the following sector edits to the disk: an addendum, Central Point Software recom­ ,To anyone who can/wants to edit games, to disk without booting a disk! Any info anyone Blk ~ .Emm To mends copying sides one and two onto separate has would be appreciated, and I will write an $3D8 $FF-IOI 20 DE AA AD DE AA wntetome,and we'll talk APT's.I have an editor disk which contains over 70 specific game-edit­ disks. Sounds like a good idea, but don't get too article on exactly what and how I did it once it excited yet. Each time you need to access the 3. Be sure to write the edits back to the disk! ing programs for both old and new games. works! The ones which I have personally created Parms youmustremove Disk 1 from Drive 1and Cheap NMI? ins~t Di~k w~ll.no~ IIgs Softkey for... o~er the years are: Saracen, Buck Rogers, I/O 2. It access the Parms if they are 10 DriVe 2! This ISn t the worst ofit. It seems ~ man~~edto build a cheap NMI, .Maybe The Duel: Test Drive II Silver, Conan (changes speed), Gemstone War­ you 11 fmd It useful:I'\'e found that it works in rior, MineSweep, Arkanoid, Xevious, Trolls and that .there are two sets ofPllI'Ills on side two but Accolade the program will not access the sec'ond set. You most cases, though sOInepl'ograrns can defeat it. Tribulations, Microwave, Oil's Well, Pharoah's Go to your local electronicS supply house, Requirements: have to go through a ten-step routine to rename Rev~nge, Chrono Warrior, Anti Gravity, De­ such as Radio Shack. Buy a push-button (nor­ 512K Apple IIgs ALL the files on side 2 EVERYTIME you want mODic Decks, Pool ofRadiance, Times ofLore, mally open) momentary switch (this means that 3 1/2" disk copier (I used Copy II Plus) to gain access to the second set of Parms. You Captain Power, Mapple, Situation Critical, and, the switchonly makes contact when the button is 3 1/2" disk editor (I used Copy II Plus) must then go through this ten-step routine of course, the one that got lost in the shuffle of pressed). Alsobuy"Telephonespadelugs (Radio 1 blank disk other people's submissions, Bard's Tale III. It's BACKWARDS to gain access to the first set of Parms again. Itdoesn't take a nuclear scientist to Shack catalog number 64-3070) and a 100 Ohm 1. ,Copy' the disk with any 3 1/2" disk copier, constantlybeing updated andimproved, so ifyou realize that this is a royal pain. Resistor (5% Tol., 1/2 watt works fme, Radio Ignonng any errors. send me a blank disk, I'll fill it full of editing Well, I quickly figured out a better method. Shackcatalognumber271-012). Solder the parts 2. Make the following sector edits to the copy: programs at no cost. However, in return, I'd in this order: appreciate the exchange of any game editing 1. Copy Side 1 of COPY ll+ onto one disk. Set Lug-Wire-Sw~ch-Wire-Resistor-Wire-Lug .Blk. Byte .Emm To theoI?' and tec~iques, becaus~ I am constantly this copy aside. $169 $19B-19E 22 E3 C4 03 AF E3 C4 03 leammg new thmgs, but there IS still much more Now, run the switch out the back of your $IF3-1F6 22 E3 C4 03 AF E3 C4 O~ 2. qopy Side 2 of COpy II+ onto Side 1 of a that is to be leamed from others. Maybe there is Apple. Plug oneofthe lugs into pin26 (the upper $191 $108-lOB 22 E3 C4 03 AF E3 C403 second disk. another person out there who knows much more left pin as you face the keyboard) and the other $199 $125-126 FO 16 80 16 I' 3. Copy Side 2 of COPY II+ onto Side 2 of the thanI do aboutediting games. I am hopinghe/she into pin 29 (just a couple of pins down from pin seconddisk. SetyouroriginalCOPYII+ aside. 3. Be sure to write the edits back tb the disk! will be gracious enough to teach me all he/she 26, also onthe left)ofANYunusedslot.Ifyou've On a final note, I would like to direct a knows about the subject. 4. Delete the files PARM.DATA2 and done this right, booting a reset-protected pro­ C:harl~s PARM.KEY2 from Side 1 ofthe second disk. gram should work as normally (i.e., it should comment to Haight, the\person wr.0 <2> Does anyone have a block readlwrite seems to be trymg his hardest to keep Compu~st 5. Deletethe files PARM.DATAandPARM.KEY boot :md reset should still not work). However, (stand-alone) program for ProDOS? If so, I'd press10g your new "cheap NMI" button will going. Feel free to send me some flyers. I fetjl I appreciate the name and publisher of it because from Side 2 of the second disk. can pass some out and getsome feedback. AlSo, probably stop the program. I have found that it I'd like to be able to make Ilgs editors for 3.5" 6. Rename PARM.DATA2 to PARM.DATA stops older Strategic Simulations RDOS disks, I am fairly well-known on Amerid Online (the disks. and PARM.KEY2to PARM.KEYonSide2 of ~pple but does not stop Ultima V.1n any event, for a new name for AppleLink now that had the second disk. abandoned it) and I can talk to the.~Ple who total .cost of under $3.75 (estimated), it's not a own the system and see what they, ink aboUt Jason Schaad Canada Nowif the Parms you need are not on Side 1 b~ l.ittle de~ice. Ofcourse, I assume no respon­ o~ Computist moving in. I believe w.e c ope*1a ToHenryKornhauser: (Computist#70,page the second dis,k, all you need to do is flip the slblillyforfriedmotherboards,blownperipheral cards, etc Use the infor11llltion atyourownrisk! "room"acoupleoftimesaweek,andC~mput' ts 18) I have the reason for your Laser drives not dISk 8l1d try agam. Unfortunately you still can .! (or anyone else) can drop in and' chat. Let e working. First of all the Laser drives are not only use!Drive 1. Tsuspect we'll have to wait for I wo~d like to make this urgent plea to all know what you think (readers?). ' compatiblewith the AppleIIgsoperating system, Version 10 for that fix. ComputlSt readers. SUPPORT COMPUTIST GSIOS. The reason for this is because there are NOW!!! I have purchased many back issues in =B=ob:....:tla-.::O! ,~ no drivers for the Laser drives when you are Groucho Tarz PA the last couple ofmonths, written to all the Apple ~ot~g the program. I phoned a Tech Support ------owners I can find, andjoined the clubComputist More APT's: I ~as formed. I strongly urge you to support them line 10 the States and they said and I quote, 'The Softkey for... 10 every way, especially financially. Itonly costs Laser drives are dumb, they don't recognize GSI Impossible Mission II Advanced Playing Technique for... OS and some of ProDOS 16". a few cents to write to someone else and tell them Epyx about Computistand how it can help them. Back Captain Power Notes on War In Middle Earth I would like to begin this ~oftkey by thanking issues only cost a few dollars, and every one you ? I see that the game War in Middle Earth is on all of those who contribute to Computist. This ordermeansthat many dollars longerwe willstill Ships the most wanted list. I have an original and you be able to receive new issues of Computist. I can copy it with just about any copy program (I particular softkey owes a tremendous debt of Ir1I~~ frgm .I2 propose that all readers buy at least one back used Diversi Key) but Copy 11+ 8.4 disk copy gratitude to Jim S. Hart, whose work on other $00 $07 $99 05 any Epyx games led to this softkey for Impossible issue for each softkey they have ever used from $OE $00 $44 05 any also works too. I don't think the game is even Computist. Ifyou have all the back issues, fine. protected, and if it is it sure doesn't have a very Mission II. Bombs Impossible Mission II uses Epyx's standard Just, get one new subscriber for each softkey good protection scheme. So ifyou're like me and y~u ve ever used. Ifweevenget close to meeting Ir1I~~ frgm prote,ction scheme, asignaturecheck.Thissigna­ .I2 hate to play on your originals you can now play thIS goal, Computist will be withus forever. And $00 $06 $32 04 any ture IS decoded by the software and is used as on a fully functional back-up ofWar in Middle I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't $00 $07 $29 04 any Earth. actual program code to load the rest ofthe game. What this softkey does is place the bytes that the know what I'd do without it! COMPUTIST #73 Readers Data Exchange 19

,\ '~_'" ~ \.t'i..t" ~_ ,;. Les B Minaker Canada realize a 10% to 15% profit from this activity, Arturo V. MB.iidin Mexico seem to be the same as for normal AD&D rules. including transportation costs. If the planet you See table #1 for range, and duration of spells: travel to does not want to buy 'Mechs simply All spells which have a radius of effect, ex­ mM Playing Tip for... mM Playing Tip for... travel to the nextclosestand try to sell the'Mechs ceptStinking Cloud, will affect an areasurround­ MechWarrior again. Repeat as necessary. Pool of Radiance ing the targeted square. The Stinking Cloud will SSI form itself on the squares to the right, down and Actillision They're not all the same This is a greatgame, although a complex one. down to the right of the targeted square. These steps are needed to meet the game's Not all the Houses offer would-be mercenar­ Here is some help for the adventurer. Remember: A Lightning Bolt will rebound objective. This solution does not, however, help ies the same compensation when negotiating offwalls to achieve it's length, but it will rebound you in the final battle. That solution is left up to contracts. The Federated Suns are fairly free with Characters: Although any party should be towards the caster, and not at the natural angle. the player - fighting and defeating The Dark C-bills and quite generous with salvage. The able to succeedin the game, a balanced party will Wing. This mayor may not be the only solution Lyran Commonwealth is very generous with help you a lot. In a party you should have good Backstabbing - One of the most powerful to the game. It certainly worked every time I cash but they will give little salvage to mercenar­ fighters, a couple of magic-users, at least two thieving skills is backstabbing. Ifa thief, wearing tested it. ies. The Draconis Combine drives a hard bar­ characters able to throw clerical spells, and a armor no heavier than leather, and attacks an character with thieving abilities. As this is more Read reminder of mission after opening se­ gain; don'texpectto getrich from them. The Free enemy from behind, he'll have a bonus in the to­ quence. Worlds League offers average C-bills and sal­ thansix characters, the allowedmaximum, you'll hit roll and do four times the damage. To ensure Go into bar and order a drink. vage. The Capellan Confederation isn't a good need some multiple-classcharacters. These char­ the thief will backstab in the game is, however, Barkeep says he doesn't know ofany winged place for mercenaries to hire on - they are re­ acters, although having the advantage of mul­ difficult, because of the automatic facing the skull emblems. ported to sometimes not pay! When bargaining tiple-class, have two serious drawbacks: monsters have. Therefore, you should have your Order another drink. for missions, try to get as much salvage and as 1) Their experience points are divided be­ thief Delay until the monster has attacked, then Barkeepsuggests contacting Grig Griezabout many C-bills as possible. Set your target pay­ tween all classes equally. For example: if you attack him with another character, and then, winged skull emblem. ment high - only the Kurita get really upset when have a Fighter/Magic-user, in order to achieve approaching from directly opposite from the Enter 'Mech Complex you ask for 2,000,000 C-bills to defend a factory the second level as a Fighter (which requires direction the previous attack was made, attack Old timer talks about Helmar Valasek. against a couple ofShadow Hawks. The prepay­ 2001 experience points), you'll have to earn with the thief. mentpercentage is not important unless you have 4002 EP, since half of them go to the magic-user Monsters - Ever tried to cast a "Charm Travel to any Kurita planet. 'Mechs that need to 1:5e repaired right away. points. Monster" on a Skeleton, or a Sleep spell on a Read news in Blazing Ace's. 2) Since they have to be demi-humans in Troll, only to see it fail? Report offers reward for Grig Griez - further MechWarrior Authorization Codes: order to be multiple-class characters, an upper Remember: Undead (Skeletons, zombies, details on Galedon V. vampires, etc.) are proof against charm spells, The below listed codes are needed to defeat limit (except for thieves) is given to their ad­ sleep spells, hold spells, and stinking cloud. the copy protection. The program will show a vancement. Travel to Galedon V. Trolls are immune to charm, hold and sleep picture of a 'Mech and ask for a response to a Enter government buildings - officer says Now, my personal favorites for a party are: a spells. Wyvems are not affected by Charm coded phrase. All of the phrases are unique and Griez found near Land's End. HumanFighter, a HumanCleric, a Human Magic­ Monster. there is no need to know the actual name of the user, a Half-elvenMagic-user/Cleric, a Dwarven Trolls will raise from the dead ifyou wait too Travel to Land's End. 'Mech shown. I have summarized them here Fighter/Thief, and an Elven Fighter/Magic-user. long after killing them. To prevent this, have a Go into bar and order a drink. because I don't like flipping through manuals You could also experiment with a single class characterstanding in oneofthe squares where the Barkeep says to come back tomorrow. just to defeat copy protection! thief. Enter 'Mech Complex and sell your Jenner - troll was just before being killed. why pay to carry it? LCT-1V Locust Sex and Alignment-Ifyou are a AD&Dvet­ A wiId boar will standup after being killed for Go into bar and order another drink - agent Whiskey Delta Tango Night Stalker eran, you know alignment has to playa part in the first time, unless the damaged drops him to gives a location for Griez. Xray Zulu. Charlie Future Guard how you react to a given situation. This, how­ below -10 HP. Foxtrot Echo Delta Red Dawn ever, does not hold for Pool of Radiance. Both a Now, some help with the game proper. Travel to Kurita planet that Griez's agent completely Lawful Good party and a Chaotic named. JR7-D Jenner Evil one will encounter the same monsters, go on Slums Accept Griez's mission - take package to Foxtrot Oscar Xray Duck Soup the same missions, and may complete them the 1) There is a secretTreasure Room in the NW Stiener planet of DustbalJ. Sierra Echo Xray Dragon Tail same way. Hyou want to playaproper alignment corner of the block. Travel to Dustball. Juliet Alpha Sierra Yellow Bird game, you could easily loose. For example, a 2) The Goblin Arrnaster, and the orcs to the When agent attacks fight once then run. PXH·l Phoenix Hawk Chaotic Evil fighter might be tempted to join the north of the Gypsy woman have magical treas­ Agent talks of a dropship named Stone Ar- forces bentonPhlan's destruction. Butifhe does ure. Papa Foxtrot Tin Man row. when offered, you will simply loose that charac­ 3) Search the room after killing the Hobgob­ Echo Golf Alpha Black Witch Go into bar and order a drink. ter. Even clerical turning is not affected. An evil lins in the north. Victor Victor Red Arrow Barkeep says to come back tomorrow - he'll cleric, instead of destroying or turning undead, 4) Search the Stable. know more about dropship then. SHD-2H Shadow Hawk should control them. This is not the case, how­ 5) Don't fight or ask more money for Ohio's Waste some time by going to Blazing Ace's Lima Golf Slasher ever. So alignment should play no part on your potion. Just give it to him and he will give you a and reading the news. Romeo Alpha Zulu Glory Boy actions. As for the sex of your character, I'm good reward. Go into bar and order a drink. Foxtrot Alpha Delta Bad Dream afraid male characters are the best choice. A 6) You need to clear 15 random encounters Barkeep talks about the jumpship's captain ­ RFL-3N Rifleman female character gains no advantage, and her before clearing the block, beside all fixed en­ he has a brother, WendalJ. Strength score is limited. So male's the choice. counters. Fixed encounters happen always in the Charlie Charlie Black Jack Barkeep names a Marik planet where Wen- same place. Hotel Oscar Tango Red Lance Magic - There are few things in the game as dall is on garrison duty. 7) You can rest in any room where you've Foxtrot Alpha Romeo Sakhara annoying as when you cast a spell only to be forced to abort it because the range was too defeated a fixed encounter, and anywhere once Travel to the Marik planetnamedby barkeep. WHM-6R Warhammer you've cleared the block. Enter 'Mech Complex. limited. The game manuals don't include a range Tango India November Grave Walker or a duration table for spells. Fortunately, this Wendall will name a Davion planet where Papa Bravo Mad Dog brother has a woman friend. Whiskey Alpha Romeo Silver Hawk After leaving 'Mech Complex you will be attacked - don't fight, run. MAD-3R Marauder Table #1 - Magic Spells Bravo Alpha Delta Renegade Spell Name Range Duration Travel to the Davion planet that Wendall Mike Alpha Sierra Small Room First Level named. Zulu Alpha Romeo Black Baron Go into bar and order a drink - meet Kearney; Bless 6 6 rounds he blames Black Widows. BLR-IG BattleMaster Burning Hands Touch Instant Leave bar and follow address Kearney gave. Charlie Alpha Tango Snow Fire Cause Light Wounds Touch Instant When you see assassin fight him. Hotel Oscar Tango Screaming Eagle Charm Person 12 Combat Read news in Blazing Ace's; - Jordan Rowe Bravo Alpha Bravo Grim.Jim Cure Light Wounds Touch Instant gives Black Widow Planet. 1 Detect Magic (MU & Clerical) o 1 Tum (Cl) 2 rounds/level Enlarge .5/level 1 turn/level; Playing Tip for... Travel to planet named by Jordan Rowe. Friend o 1 to 4 plus 1 round/level Gointo thebar; challengeNatasha Kerensky's Mean Streets Magic Missile 6+Illevel Instant story and meet Tasha. Access Protection from evil (MU & Cl) Touch 3 roundsllevel (Cl) 2 rounds/level (MU) Read news in Blazing Ace's; Jordan Rowe Protection from Good (MU & Cl) Touch 3 roundsllevel (Cl) 2 roundsllevel (MU) says meet Kearney on Albiero. Mean Streets Code Words Read Magic o 2 roundsllevel The below listed codes are needed to defeat Reduce .5llevel Instant Travel to Albiero. Shield o "5 rounds/level Follow woman that you see. the copy protection. I have summarized them to savehonest users the hassle ofsearching through Shocking Grasp Touch Instant Trust Tasha - Kearney is not who he says he Sleep 3 * 5 roundsllevel IS. the manual to locate a word. Of course, no dis­ Read next messages carefully - location of honest users wouldmake use ofthis information. Second Level Dark Wing and Chalice is given. ~ Paragraph Word # Word Detect Invisibility Illevel 5 rounds/level 05 Loading Instructions 3rd going Find Traps 3 3 turns Advanced Tips 05 Loading Instructions 7th mean Hold Person (Cl) 12 * 21level 06 Realsound 2nd is Invisibility Touch Until Attack Excess baggage 06 Realsound 1st realsound Knock 6 Instant Sellyour Jenner at the beginning ofthe game. 07 Playing the Game 2nd the Mirror Image o 3 rounds/level It costs plenty to cart it around with you. When 07 Playing the Game 6th before Ray of Enfeeblement 1 + .5llevel 1 round/level you finally obtain the location ofthe DarkWing, 08 The Story 3rd layer Resist Fire Touch 1 turn/level you'll receive about 5,000,000 C-bills. This is 08 The Story 6th fog Silence 15' Rad 12 2 rounds/level more than enough to buy a much better 'Mech, 14 Overview 4th an Slow Poison Touch 6 turnsllevel like a Rifleman or a Marauder. 14 Overview 2nd streets Snake Charm 3 5-8 rounds Spiritual Hammer 11level 3 + 11level Was that three or four characters? 15 Where to Go 3rd fly 15 Where to Go 7th data Stinking Cloud 3 1 round/level I wrote to Activision when I was unable to 16 Getting Started 1st here Strength Touch 6 turnsllevel recruit a fourth member for my 'Mech lance. 16 Getting Started 6th have Third Level According to Activision the game requires 640K S~arching 19 a Room 2nd of Animate Dead 1 Permanent of memory but, if there are any TSR programs 19 Searching a Room 6th visit using memory only three characters are allowed. Blink o 1 round/level 20 Write Down Clues 2nd down Cure Blindness Touch Permanent Things to watchoutfor are mouse drivers or disk 20 Write Down Clues 4th that caches. Nowhere is this mentioned in the docu­ Cause Blindness Touch Until Cured 21 Defend Yourself 3rd find Cure Disease Touch Permanent mentation - consider yourself warned! To cir­ 21 Defend Yourself 7th gun cumvent this problem, create a boot diskette that Cause Disease Touch Until Cured 22 The Inventory System 4th all simply loads DOS. Hyou really wantto befancy, Dispel Magic (Cl & MU) 12 (MU) Instant 22 The Inventory System 6th you include a small batch file to load MechWarrior 6 (Cl) 23 Bounty Hunting 4th extra for you. Fireball 1+1llevel * Instant 23 Bounty Hunting 6th and Haste 6 3 + 1 round/level To earn additional C-bills 26 Playing Tips 1st keep Hold Person (MU) 12 2 rounds/level Ifyou travel to planet where you found Griez 26 Playing Tips 4th log Invisibility 10' radius Touch Until Attack anoldman will ask you to kill Griez; you should Lightning Bolt 4 + 11level Instant Mean Streets Destination Codes: accept his offer. When you first see Griez wait. Prayer 6 radius 1 round/level You will then begivenanother chance to kill him The following codes can be entered into the Protection from Evil (Good) Touch/IO' radius 2 rounds/level - attack then. You will receive a 200,000 C-bills navigational computer. Protection from Normal Missiles Touch 1 turn/level reward for killing Griez. Delores Lightbody 4920 Remove (bestow) curse Touch Permanent or until cured. The famous travelling salesman maneuver Peter Dull 4674 Slow 9 + 11level 3 + 1 round/level Travel to thecentralplmetinany sphere. Buy Sandra Larsen 4599 * Hold Person (Cl) has a range ofonly 6 sq. in the game. as many'Mechs as youcanafford. Then travel to Warehouse 4675 * Sleep, apparently, is more like 3 + 11level in range in the game. a planet on the outer rim (away from coreward) Carl Linsky's house 4660 * The range for the FIREBALL spell appears to be 10 + 11level in the game. and sell all the 'Mechs you have. You should

20 Readers Data Exchange COMPUTIST #73 Sokal Keep has powerful magic-user scrolls with spells you Kobold Caves 3) The man with the wagon is only there 1) There's a secret door in the NE comer, can scribe. Sojustleave and comeback until you 1) Enter through the large cave. After defeat­ during daylight hours (0.00 - 12.00) which gives way to the Secret Treasure Room. have enoughcopies ofthe scrolls for every oneof ing the wyvern you canresta while. Go north and ValJevo Castle There, you'll find magic weapons and an armor. your spellcasters. Also take the brass key, as find its treasure. you'll need it to free Skullcrusher. 1) There are two entrances to the Maze. The 2) In order not to fight with the undead pa­ 2) Keep in search mode. oneon the southeast is the betterone. Just say the trols, Parlay with them Nicely and tell them 3) Skullcrusher works for free 'til you return 3)Wake the guard. He'll take you to the king. to Phlan. He'll point the way to the ogre leader. word RHODIA to enter. SHESTNI, before speaking with Ferran Marti­ Everywhere he tap:. there's a trap. 2) The alarm only lasts one hour. Ifthe alarm 4) After defeating the ogr~, you'll find the nez, and SAMOSUD after that. 4) In the northwestern part there is a prison is off, you can rest anywhere. When the alarm is 3)Wheneveryou encounterspecters here, (At treasure. Don't open it, as it will be detected, with a princess. Free her, and she'll fight fanati­ unless the thiers guild counterfeits the seals. If on, the maze and castle proper are full ofpoison­ the south of the keep in the middle, and to the cally against koboIds and will not charge for her ous snakes. west of the Hobgoblin and Orc assault) Parlay you defeat 10random encounters, the block will services. be cleared. 3) There are two entrances to the castle. The Nicely and say LUX. This will save you a fight. 5) You'll face three waves inthe throne room, one on the southeast gets you to a false Tyran­ 4)Tell the truth to FerranMartinez, and you'll Kovel Mansion with no chance to rest between them. Ifyou need thraxus, so take the one on the northwest. have cleared the Keep. 1) Keep in search mode. The Mansion is full to heal someone, choose Continue Fight after 4) When you have an encounter outside the 5) You canrest anywhere afterdefeating four of traps and treasures. killing all ofthem, and heal them. The first wave maze, parlay with them. Choose Meek and say undead patrols (If you leave the keep and then 2)Whenfollowing the two thieves, follow the will consist of kobolds, kobold archers, and 4 HARASH, or Abusive or Haughty and say Tyr­ return you'll have to defeat another four patrols), one going south after they split up. He'll guide trolls. Between the first and second wave you'll anthraxus, and they'll leave you alone. or in the entrance, where you find the dead elf. you to most of the guild. be hit by volleys, so don't have characters with 5) On the top floor, dQD't go east. The room Kuto's Well 3) After defeating all ofthe thieves, the block too low HP. The second wave consists of Wild there drops you into a Medusa's lap. Boars, koboIds, and kobold archers. The third 1) There's an Old Hag in the south building will be cleared and you can rest anywhere. 6) Ifyou go to Genheeris Office in the north­ consists of two human magic-users, some trolls guarded by lizard men and giant lizards. Search Valhlngen Graveyard west, parlay don't choose Meek or Nice. He'll and some Wild Boars. offer you to joinand killTyranthraxus.Butifyou her room and you'll fmd magic items there. 1) Don't go on the mission until the council 6) After the Kobold King is dead, you'll have don't go to the south to kill him immediately, 2) Climb down the well. In the top NE room gives you a magic Sword +1/+3 vs. Undead, and dealt with the kobolds. In the northeastern part is he'll slip away. He carries a Lightning wand. is Norris the Gray's treasure. scrolls with restoration spells. The restoration a treasure room, and in it a bottle, which contains 7)Tyranthraxus Lairis ahardencounter. First 3) Although there is no special mission to kill spell will restore a level to a character which has an Efreet who'll help you battle the vampire in youhave to defeat many guards, who are six level Norris, the Council will give you a reward both been drained by a vampire, specter or wight. the Graveyard if you haven't defeated him yet. and therefore immune to sleep spells. (After the for clearing the block and killing Norris. 2) There are three types of random monsters Zhentil Keep 5th level, sleep spells don'taffectyou). And they 4) You can rest in the catacombs beneath the inthe Graveyard: Skeletons,Zombies andWights. have many HP. So use Hold spells and Stinking well after defeating Norris. Each is created by a specter working on the 1) The papers you bring have orders to kill clouds to kill them off. Then don't accept Tyran­ graveyard. After defeating one specter, you'll you. However, it will take a while to the Keeper Mantor's Library thraxus offer. Save a few Stinking Clouds for have to face no more ofhis type ofmonster. The to finish reading it. At dirmer, talk about as much 1) Don't enter the garden. There's nothing him. Spread, since his breath is very dangerous, three specters are in the southwestern building, as you can, and sleep with a guard. there except trouble. and you'll be betteroffifhe onlykills one ofyour the onedirectly to the northeast, and the oneto the 2) After the guards try to kill you, you have 2) Inthe History Section, search until you find characters. He is notaffected by Fireballs, Light­ southwestofthe building in form ofa cross. Each two choices. You can run like hell to the exit, or the "Lex Geographica", "History of the North", ning bolts, sleep, charm, or hold spells, and he is is guarded by a squadron ofhis monsters, and the you can approach the keep in the center. Ifyou do and "Grand Historian's Records of the Arts of the latter, you'llstartfacing waves ofguards until very hard to hit. If you manage to dispell his War". There's nothing else worth it here. one in the southwestern building has the ante­ you face the Commandant. That will be the last magic with a Dispel Magic, then Magic Missiles 3) In the Rhetoric Section lives a basliisk, but room full of poisonous gas. Cast a bless and/or will hurt him and he'll be easier to hit. Or you can prayer spell before to lower the chance of your encounter and the Keep will have been cleared. there are no interesting books here. cast astinkingcloudorihim, andkeep hitting him characters being affected. Both, however, will yield the same reward. You 4) In the Philosophy Section search until you with magic missiles and arrows. DON'T AP­ 3) In the building in the form of a cross is a simply get more experience by killing everyone find "Fyedeth's Discourses on Power" and PROACH HIM TO MELEE DISTANCE! He'll vampire's coffin. Sanctify it. off, but you are more likely to die yourself. "Urgund's Descriptions of Darkness". kill you for sure. Then try casting, while he is on 5) There are no books worth it in the Mathe­ 4) In the building to the northwest of the Buccaneer's Base the stinking cloud, some dispel magic, and also coffin, guarded by specters, there is a buried matics Section. You can only enter the Base if you are on a try to Paralyze him with a wand (I don't recall 6) When you leave the library with books, knight who will give you magic items. Mission to rescue the child. There are two ways where you can find one, butyou can). After he is you'll beconfronted by a spectre ofthe librarian. 5) After defeating all three main specters, and of rescuing him: paralyzed, get him. Then, go to the Council and You'll have to kill him. The council will keep the ones outside the Knight's tomb, go the north­ 1) Go to the Animal Pen, release the animals, collect your reward. You've Won! asking for books in the proclamations, but you eastern structure, and enter through a secret door who will start a stampede. This will distract the Miscellaneous can simply ignore them. in the eastern part. Then descend. You'll face a guards, and you can free the child, andrun for the vampire and a few were-dogs. Be carefUl of the 1) There is a silver dragon near the Barren Podol Plaza exit. A few guards will spotyou, butyou candeal charm-gaze ofthe vampire. After you defeat him with them. River's source. Follow it, and then go onesquare 1) When you are in the mission, approach the here, go to where his coffin was. You'll face him 2) You can try to enter the Captain's quarters north and one west. Ask humbly for his help, and structure in the centerand listen. Enterdisguised, again, although alone. After defeating him both in the south, or the Slave Pen, by force. After a for God's sake don't fight him. He'll give you a and keep alow profile. After the auction finishes, times, the graveyard will be cleared. few waves of guards, you'll face the captain. few pointers. return to the council for your reward. 6) You simply cannot rest in the graveyard After killing him, the camp will be cleared. 2) You can try to rest anywhere in the wilder­ 2) When you come back after reporting the until the vampire is vanquished. Both ways yield the same amount ofreward. ness, but you can always be interrupted. This, auction, you'll need ten random encounters to NomadCaQ)p Once again, you'll getmore experience by doing however, seldom happens. clear the block. Then you can rest anywhere. Don't kill the nomads. It simply is not worth the latter, butyou are more likely to be killed too. Adventurers Journal Wealthy Area it. Accept to help them, kill three waves of Those encounters get harder and harder. A)Proclamations ofTheCity Council o/New 1) Don't search the beds. There's nothing koboIds (There will be no time to rest between You can rest where they take you when you Phlan. Thetrue proclamations are: LIX, CI, CX, there and the orcs will come back. waves), and accept the reward they'll give you. enter the camp. CXIV, CXXVI, CXXIX, CXXXIV, CUV, CCI, 2) Take the six leather holy symbols if you Sorcerer's Island Lizard Men Keep CCIV and CCXIV. . find them. You'll need them to enter the Temple B) Journal Entries. The true entries are: 3,7, 1) When you enter, go directly to the right as If you freed the lizardmen in the Sorcerer's of Bane. Island, tell the chiefthe word SAVIOR when you 8, 10 (Map of the southern part of Cadorna's soon as you can. You'll be teleported and you TextileHouse),ll,14,15(Mapofthesoutheast­ Temple of Bane will have avoided the maze. find him. Then champion him. If you defeat the 1) Mace will wait until you defile the altar challenger, the Leader will pledge not to attack ernpartofValjevoCastle'sMaze),16,17,18,19, 2) Keep in search mode. When you find 20,21,23,25,26 (Mapofthe mazeonthe bottom and/or find all three treasures before he attacks. teleporters, you'll also find apileofrocks. Throw Phlan, and you can collect your reward. Other­ part ofthe Sorcerer's Island. Ifyou followed my The treasures are, 2 north and 2 east, 9 east and 2 one inand then go through, except in the firstone. wise, you have to kill alllizardmen on the sur­ instructions, you bypassed it), 28 (the location of south, and 6east and 5 southofthe northerndoor. 3) After the first one, go north and then eastto face, and all giant lizards beneath to clear the the Nomad Camp relative to the Kobold Cave), Search there. the next teleporter. Then follow the long corridor block. There is a anti-magic shell in the whole 29 (NEofValjevoCastle's Maze), 30,31, 33, 35, 2) Bring Dirtan with you. He'll work for free. until you find the next one. Then go north, and keep, so no spells will work. Keep this in mind. 37 (Specially useful maps of the city and the Justgo to BishopBraccio when you are asked for, finally through the door, saying the password. Stojanow Gate area), 41 (NW of Valjevo Castle's Maze), 42 and he'll give him to you. 4) The password is NOKNOK 1) Ifyou disguise yourself with a wagon, you (Sketch ofthe Kobold Caves), 43, 46, 47,48,49, Cadorna Textile House 5) Hit the machinery, and then run for your can get past the bugbears in the entrance. Then 50,51,55,56, and 57. life. Don't stay to inflict more damage to it. 1) There's a well in the northwestern part of attack each tower separately. When the alarm C)Tavern Tales. Mosttavern tales are simply the block. Have a thief, wearing armornoheavier 6) In the southern room you'll find lizard sounds, you can rest it off. It only lasts an hour. scenes from the tavern. However, Tales 1,3,16, men. Free them and don't fight them. than leather, climb down. Agree with the guild Then go back and kill the bugbears, and the gate 21 and 23 are worth noticing. master and he'll get you south without having to 7) After you kill Yarash, you'll find a dial on will be taken. This is all, for now. Keep up good work. encounter any wandering monsters. the north wall. Gold, Silver and Copper will send 2) If you don't want to get disguised, you'll 2)Ifyou leave the blockafter defeating Grish­ you to treasure rooms, while Blue will getyou to have to face the bugbears and the ettins and nak, he'll attack you again. This is great, since he the main corridor in the entrance. magic-users all together. Good Luck! The Hacker's Ultimate Copy & Deprotection Utility: Super lOB Collection! ALL four volumes of Super lOB controllers (through issue #65) in "ONE' package! COMPUTIST developed the uRimate copy pro­ required to deprotect a particular program:' 'Dragonworld 'Early Games ·Easy as· ABC 'F-15 Strike Math ·MECC ·MECCSoftware ·MECC Swap'MECC Without gram to remove copy protection from software: 'Requires at least 64K of memory. Eagle 'Fantavision ·Fast controller 'Fishies 'Flight Simulator RWTS 'Missing Unks 'No Error Check &No DOS 'Ogre oOne 'Halley Project 'Hartley Software (a) ·Hartley Software (b) On One 'Oregon Trail ·Penguin Software 'PFS ProDOS The Super lOB program. 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'Altemate Reality: The Dungeon ·Address Book Draw 'Death Sword 'Deathlord Scenario 'Digital Paintbrush you select one, automatically installs it in Super lOB -Grandma's House'The Heist'ln Search ofthe MostAmazing 'American Challenge ·AppleGradebookV2.6 'Arcade Album Thing ·Instant Recall'Kidwriter 'Uons Share 'Lode Runner Sys ·Dendra 'Dr Ruth ,Dreadnoughts 'Elem Social Studies and RUNs the resulting program: #1 'Arcade Boot Camp 'Aztec 'Bard's Tale II'Beachhead #3 ·Elem Social Studies #6 ·EOSlArctic Fox 'Estimation 'Mastertype ·Match Maker 'Miner 2049or'Minit Man ·Mufplot 'Beyond Castle Wolfenstein 'Black Magic 'Blue Powderl ·A reprint of Disk Inspection and the Use of Super 'Newsroom 'Newswap controller 'Penguin Software 'Print 'Fraction Factory ·Fractions ·General Chemistry #8 'GI Joe lOB, from COMPUTIST No. 17. 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o 1Main Hall & Beginners Cave o 88 The Shopping Mall o 165A Animal Farm o 2 The Lair of the Minotaur o 89 Super Fortress of Lin Wang o 165BAnimal Farm The Computist* Super Index! o 3The Cave of the Mind o 90 The Doomsday Clock o 166A Storm Breaker o 4 The Zyphur Riverventure o 91 FutureQuestll o 166B Storm Breaker o 5Castle of Doom 092 The Fugitive o 166C Storm Breaker The Computist Super Index is a data base listing of all the Softkeys, Articles, Play Tips. APT's, 06 The Death Star 093 Aying Circus 0167 Expedition to the Darkwoods and RDEX inputs printed in Computist magazine. Threecolossal indexes with over5,000records and o 7The Devil's Tomb o 94 Blood Feud o 168 The High School of Horrors 27,000 entries! 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