For The SeriouB U_r Of Per.onal comruterB COMPUTIST Issue 57 July 1.988 USA $3.75 Canada & Mexico $7.00 All Others $8.75
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• Electronic Art's Protection Language-By Phil Goetz
• How to find bidden code with EOR DiskScan-By Phil Goetz
• Lower Case a: Infoc:om Games Revisited-By Greg Poulos
• Molllten of Might a: Magie-By Les Minaker
•ACharacter Editor for RIngs of ZiIfin-By Aaron Scboeffler
•ASingle Data Disk for all your Print Shop Grapbicl-By Klaus Iden
• The Product Monitor-BY Jeff Hurlburt
Ii RDEl S~U:zeY3: American Challenge _ Arctic FOI: _ Bard'. Tale U _ BoulderDuh Conmuction Set _ California Game. _ ChampioDJIhip Wrntling _ Chief of Detectiv..lDrawing ConchwoDJI _ Deep Space _ Dome Simplified Bookkeeping Sv-tem _ Dr. Ruth'. Computer Game of Good. Sel: _Earth Orbit StatiODJI _Factory _GalaJty 5earcb/Prediettng Outcom.. _Game Maker _ Hacker U_ Hardball Ug••am Wanion • Labyrinth _ Marbl. lIIadDeu .Muter Diagno.uc. n. _ Math Bluter .Ilick.,-'. Space Adventure _ JlJcro-Computer Learning Gam...Microzin. #14 _ Microzine 124 • MilllIlen Math Seri.. _Mind ProlMr • M - ••- ng L- nits • Morning Star Spelling • Mouatain ClimbinglCaUH and Effect: • Movie Monster Game. Pond.Race TracklReadingfor Detail • Reading CompreheDJIion Main Idea &: Details • Ring. of Zilfin _ Roadwar 2000 _ School DayslInference _ Skl Crued _ Sott.witch • Sub Miuion _ Time CapsulelReading SIdlls • Tuesday Morning Quarterback .Typewriter _ Where in Europe ia Carmen Sandiego • Wortgefecht • X.vious lim R.DE~: $oftb,: _Symphony vl.00 .TXt
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I am... 0 A new subscribf'r o Renewing my currenl subscription o Changing my address {pk!ast indude last mail label} I havr.. C! an Apple lie. 1J8S or 11c computtr Nama IDI _ o an IBM computer Address Apple-IBM subscriplion... City State Z;p U.S.' S31 o COuntfY Phone. _ o U.SJCanadafMexico Firsl Claf'S - S45 All other Foreign - 575 3ll • __.__._ o E> I July COMPUTlST #57 3 I Notes 'n things . Mal'$hall P. Brown...... 36 Jamn E. Bulman. . .. 11 • OOPS! A. Evans 10 Seems that I made a mistake when I told you about the Starter Kit. The cost of the Phil Goetz.. . 10 starter kit is $2 when ordered separately or if you have already received your free copy. JimS. Hart 17,11 Here's the information on the Starter Kit again, with the corrections included. Steven ~kler 1 r Jeff Hurlburt. . 35 Klaus Iden.. . 33.37 • What's a Starter Kit? Michael Javorka... . 36 The Starter Kit is a disk with most of the programs (previously published in Alex lee,.",,,,",,,, 11 COMPUTIST) that you need to get started with disk "snooping" and "converting". Scott lloyd 16 This includes SUPER lOB '11.5 (with STANDARD.CON, FAST.CON, SWAP.CON Michael A. Mahaffey 15 and NEWSWAP.CON), CAPTURE (a routine to convert Applesoft controllers into les Minaker 30 EXECutable text files), DISKEDIT (for direct disk viewing and editing), the NIBBLER Jose A. Montano...... r4 (for viewing raw data from the disk in nibblized form), the CORE DISK SEARCHER Jack Nissel.. .18 (to find byte patterns on the disk), the DOS ALTERER (to make custom DOS changes) Paladin., .. , .. 36 and CHECKSOFT and CHECKBIN (to generate the checksums that we print so you Keith Parker 15 can compare and check for errors in your typing). Doug Parrish 15 Greg Poulos ,. 16.18 Carl D. Purdy,...... 16 Thomas Purifoy 15 my Jan Recourt , .. 14 • Where's Starter Kit? Jolly Roger. . 14 If you are a new subscriber, you will receive the Starter Kit automatically. If you Dr. leigh Rowan-Kelly 14 are renewing and have never received a Starter Kit, ask for the Kit at the same time Or. George Sabeh, 17 that you send your renewal and it will be sent to you at no extra charge. Stephen J. Scalia...... 17 Aaron Schoeffler. . .. 3 I Alan Sheppard .. 14 David Sheppard 15 • Starter Kit for $2 lewis J. Shireman 36 David Bums ~ Ifyou are a current subscriber but you're not ready to renew, then send two dollars Brian Sparks... 16 and we'll put the Starter Kit in a bubble pack mailer and sent it to you. You do have Joe Walters .. 9 to be a subscriber. We '11 let everyone know when there are significant updates or changes David M. Widman 11 to the the Starter Kit. Bill Wilson. .. 7 Paul R. Wilson 10 Robert Wilson...... 17 Name Withheld , 17 John Wultken. . I 5 Unk 11 Unk. ., .18 leh·Wen Vau 18 Zorro", 17 BUGS Mike Basford 44 COMPUTIST #54, page 21 See Thomas Purifoy on page 25 I• COMPUTIST 1/57 Jul. I COMPUTIST #57 Table Of Contents July 1988 Editorial ...... ••...... •.....4 Bup 4 Most Wanted Softkeys 37 American Challenge 28 R~ading Compr~hension Arctic Fox 17,22 Main Idea & Details 26 Bard's Tale II _.. 15 Rings ofZilftn 3/ '* FeatuIw.ll: BoulderDash ConstTUetion Roadwor 2()(X) .•..•...... 3/ ~/ /7 School Da)'.Jlfnf~unu 26 ~i~ ~s 16 Ski Croud 27 Electronic Art'.", ChompiOflShip Wrtsrling 16 Sc{rswiJd< 24 OIiefoflkteaivtslDro'M-1n8 Sub MiJ,JiCNI 28 Protection Language 10 Phil God! t&about EA', 0'M'1 ktIr illerpmiYt ~ge.nl1Mll Jhowt how to mocify ~~ 26 T~ ~/&ading Skills ..26 Ihr Apple ~ to lilt dis odoW l'Odt. Dup Space /7 Tuesdily Morning Dome Simplified Bookkteping Qualurback 23 System 36 Typewritl!r 15 How to find hidden code with... Dr. Ruth '$ Computer Game of W1Iere in EurofJ£ is Cannen EOR DiskScan 12 Good Sex 29 SmJdiego 29 Phil Goetz wr~es a neal oolq to Iocat~ smmbItd cOOt hiddm 00 tilt disk. Eanh Orbit SfaJimu 27 Wortgtfechl 25 Faaory _ _37 }(,vious , 36 GoJaxy &arch/Prediain, Here's another look at... (ha~s 26 Lower Case II< Infocom Games 16 ~ ~r 7 A.P.T.ll: G"I POlIIlo5 Jhowt how to idd IoMr caw 10 ill Wotan giftS. Hat:lIr fl 2/ '* Hardball IIgs 15,24 Dup Spoa /7 Monsters of Might II< Magic 30 lkilri Warriors 26 HE.R.O 20 Les Minabr rills Ihf IIliIIlY ciJmnt autvra fwIh IMr IlICI'f inIportaq altrilWs) thai: you'l frld il Mieht I Magic. Labyrinth 22 Motbius 20 Marble Madness 28 Rillgs of Ii/fin 32 Master Diagnostics Ile 9 Roodwar 2(XX) ....•...•...... •.31 ACharacter Editor for .. , Alath Bkuter 22 Rings of Zilfin 32 MicUY's Space Advenlurt 28 Micro-Compuru Ltoming ~s 26 A Single Data Disk for aU your... ~icnT.dn~ 114 , 14 Arcricfox 17 ~jCTOvn~ 114 9 Uwl< W<>Ifnut"' 21 Print Shop Graphics 33 ~illik~n Malh S~ri~,J 26 Cotuul 2/ 101m him drddrd 10 pi allis grapija il (W basktt HM', "'* Iw lid , Mind P~r 36 DonUy Kong 36 M-.J.J-ng L-,w .37 UlrillVl IV 14 The Product Monitor 35 Morning Star Spelling 27 jdl Hurlbart reports on the wiInm and Iotm in the oogoinll joyttick battle. Mountain Climbing/Caus~ and Eff~ct , 26 Movj~ Monstl!r Game 16 I8M Sof,flwyll: Poml 37 Rna Trad/Rmdjng for S)7rIpIroIry vl.ro 44 Drtail 26 T7(! •••. .••••••••...... •••.•• 44 MacIntosh utended keyboard on the Ug•. •.••. 14 I·.... COIIPUTIST 157 5 1 N~.., COMPUTIST muJ~n ruinK Appl~ lis an tMlvisrd 10 retMI this ptlg~ eanfullyto svoid Soper lOB and Contr1>IIon laying In Beadumps ~'h~n olt~mpling softk~ jnutralion to jol/qw II Machint language programs are printed in or ~ttl~ringtht program' printed in this i.JSu~_ This pownflJ dfprottction ut~ity fill !he COiIPUT/ST ill ~IOITIo.'!imts also iI5 JOUl'Ct St4rttr Kitj and its various ControIIm art used in many mf'UTIST code. ~ (It is ako on cadi Supes-IOB Co8«tioo daj Htxdl.nps are the dlorttsl and ean formal 10 typt What ill alO!tby, _J? In. You ITI\ISI finl tfIttf the mrJI1ilor: Softtey is a tmn wtich 'tW cointd to dftcribr a CALL -151 rm'Il.'IWS. cimInwrU, C'q)y' Reoet Into \be Monitor proctli.n !haf or at _ In'f Key in the hadUJlll txaetfy a5 it appears r, the prcuctia'I a1 a~ cisk. On::t asoftkty pt'OC'flbt SottktyJ occasionally ~ the lI5tf to Rap ttw magazinr, ignoring the four- ~ I July COMPUTIST #57 7 $9800 so il can be modified and worked with Here is wbat the program to do rnis looks 10 meet our wishes. like...... <....IFFM. ,."". COD 1191MJ A2 611 LOX me X-reg =slot 6 46M<....sFFF'll _1:11 ...,.It 0flT 1:061 a' &9620\909 LOA U09 .rlte9pages $IIH "'" tba1lOll11t O~4 80 EO B1 Sf"- 5B1E0 984A:4C "47 Ic.H 4741:4C 59 FF 9MA.:1C 51 FF ;-Pto~"'''Z''' 1l!}IJ1 A911 LOA Ull use track $lJ II600G .... 0909 8D 15 67 STA 5Bm ...... JeHdGIGIGl.82FFM COES tam Dl/dUk drfn 09ee 0\9 08 LOA m8 sla rt at set 508 go down 4741:4C GIGI 3e 1l91lE 80 IA 87 Sf"- sBm 8001:2 is now captured and sits at $B600· 3e3C:3G1 N 3tF2:31 N 3138:32 0911 0\926 lOA U26 start page 01 IlIellJ:)ry +I BFFF. Again, il will be moved so we can 3227:32 N 3242:32 that the R'KTS.i1 I modify il. 3211:4C 51 FF 1I9l3 &l E7 B7 51" SSlE1 work down 1roo ....<...,BI'ITIII 8916 4C83B1 JIIIP 58100 write the data todisk ..... MIA.:4C .. 47 edjutlIootlto...J-p to 1DIe I 8 COIIPU'I1ST #57 Jaly I Let's look at a documented version ofM" located the sectors in question. I changed the Notes: Grecn's crack, on track $21, sector $05. last twodigitsof4774 I antl47721 from 41 and staning at byte $54: 2110 33. There ~<"an RTS insuuet:ioo at location I. When aRTS (Relurn from subnxnine) 47133 (SBA75). Here are the edits to make on instf\lCtKm is Cll;ecuted the address Stored on t!'le A9 FF LOA ISFF $FF is the decrypt key the SIOB·d \'ersion of MOllE: slack has I added to il in order to obtain the 18 CLC clear carry to force branch true retutn address. So, when SC5FF is stored 91130 ace II branch to the decrypt Irk Sct Byte(s) FrOlll To _ on the stack lind a RTS occurs we will return rout ine $05 $lIE $50 13 33 fO SC600. 2. The disk eonlroller card is the one tbal Mr. Green's tactic was simply to discover Sll6 $05 $81 3333 actually reads the data from the disk, Location the decryption key by whate\'er means. load the $08 $90 3333 $C08C is the output of the card. SC08C is accumulator with it, and branch to the SIlE $44 33 33 made zero and thcn the byte is read in a bit at decryplion routine. Simple arid highly effective. $OE $07 $60 33 :13 a timc starting with disk. bit 7 which is initially To candid. I had considered this, but could SI1E S2F 33 33 be placed in bit (/) of $C08C. As each succeeding not decide on where to bmnch to ioto the nibble $Hl $06 SSE 33 33 bit is read in the preceding bit(s) are shifted left count routine. SDD 33 33 one place and the new bit is placed in bit 0. I hope this long softkey will provide an $eE $21 ~JJo:J::J __ Since all disk bytes must have bit 7 '" l. it example of in-depth disk analysis to beginning Editing these nine scctors will make the follows that when $C08C shows bit 7 SCI the disk-husters who read COMPUTIST. It drive routines fully functional. Sorry about any byte is complete. cenainly shows how NOT to crack Game problems lhis oversighl may ha\'e causcd~ One MlJker! Yet. il also shows Ihere is more than RWT5 ,,$11309 Vector address of R'!11"S final nOle. In ca.<;e you have a very carly version one way to defeat a nibble COlIn!, albeit a tedious GETlOB" $03E3 Get RWTS pam list address of DOS the RTS instruction at SBA7S may way. 3.3. not exist. In lhis easc. you should redo the IITROFF " $C088 Orivemotor off ~ sortkey. this lime including a POKE 47733,96 IITRON $C1189 Orlvernotoron Softiey Addendum fOTm ~ after the POKE 40514 .52 prior to the copy disk STROBE $C08C IIlnuswhenabyte Isall In initialization. This new POKE ensures an RTS Master Diagnostics lie inslruction will be present at SBA75. 9600 2a Of3 JSR GETIOO Nikrom 9003 33 fB 5T,\ $fS IISB jlafill ,sl ~) ~ fA STY $fA l$pantllsl The sonkey for Masrcr Diag1KJ5tics lie 9001 A9 G lOA !$CS lISBol $CifF to Hact ~ (MOllE) as printed in COMPUTIST 1152 is not Joe Wallen 9009<3 IlIA be lOt' for row $ff fl,l~es ,I <:omplete. and this is my faulL 1be softkeyed geM A9 8e ~ rm Inlt loop co,;~tef disk will work fine unless the disk drive test Sojlkey for... 900C 5i F<: STA $FC routines are invokcd. 988E A2 83 LDX U03 The reason these routine:. print garbage on 90Hl OC35 90 LD'I S9035,X Set Darmll$t Il'lth woes the screen and bomb out is due to a DOS change Microzine 124 9813 91 F~ 51A ($fA},V at Indices Iroouble made by Nikrom. At locations $BA69 (47721) Scholastic aod $BA7D (47741), Nikrom inserted routines 9015CA !.lEX X:3,2,l.B,SFf that swap disk data marks. They had to; A REM ~tatement at line number zero of 90l61eF8 8Pl S9(tlB Falllnrough.henX:$FF otherwise the original MOllE disk would never the...6..I!EkSoft program called HELLO l;Ontalns 90l88A m, $FFfIOOlX->A->slac~ be able 10 read normally formatted disks to a LQIlJ followed by FP. This causcs the ge19 48 PHA Slack M' =SC5FF conduct the tests. On a disk copied by Supcr program to be erased in memory if you Iry 10 9alA 20 28 9~ JSR S9028 Seek to track zero lOB, the calls to these lrx:ations hecome logic list it. This is easily defeated by removing the 9Q10 A0 01 LOY mil Mmbs lhat stOp the Apple cold. offeoding statemcnt sinlX' it perfunns no useful galf 81 fA lOA {$FAJ,Y Gel Slot *16 fran There are scveral approaches to rcml-"{1y function (from our standpoint). parllliist this problem. One. Ihe locations $BA69 amI Secondly. there is a nibble counl program 91121 M TAX Moveslot*!6 to X SBA70 could oc changed to 60 (Relurn from called CP.OPTIONS that is called from line 9622 20 J9 98 jSR S9lll9 Nlbblearayat It three of the same HELLO progrJITI. That too Subrouline) on the DOS of l!'le SIOB'd disk. 91125 68 Pl.A RellIIve $CSff IrC/ll 51 It( ean be defeated by snnply REMing il out since This is not dcsmible because laiC \'ersions of 9826 68 PIJ DOS 3.3 use thesc locations for their own 1 could not detect an)' other program making 9821 6G R1S Return mce$S purposes and the perwn cracking the disk usc of any output from lhe nibble count 91128 20E383 JSlI tll'HB should oot ha\·c to worry about the 3.3 \·ersion. program. 9{l28 ze 09 83 JSl! RlTS Two. all of the Applesoft programs these calls IT] Insert SIde one of Mlcrozmc 1124 in 902£ A91» lll.I. lsOO appear in could be loaded. edited to remove !he dri~e I. calls. and saved to disk. This would be tediOUS. 9lIle 85 48 51AS48 Three. the Cill1S l;3n be edited on disk to direct LOAD HELLO 9032 ae 52 8CS $9086 Error on seek =~anlc tllre! the C'JII to a location in DOS that already has • REM 90l~ 68 RTS aRTS in.muction. This is the ~l mcthod I 3 POD (767),2 : JlDI PIUNT CHll${41"BRUII CP.OPTIONS" The following heJr data table is used to get found. lhe drivc head to Track zero. The code to call these routine$ was CALL SAVE HELLO 47741 and CALL 47721. Since "477"' was The disk is dcprottx'"tcd. IlS:LSBuser'sbufler 04"Track common to both of these instructions, I used The remainder of thl~ article shows a ec: Corrrnand (seek) 03" Vol, Copy If Plu.~ to scan the disk for the he~ b)'tes mmmented disassembly of CP.OPTIONS so 143737. which is the way Applesoft stored lhe~ )'ou can beeomc t"amiliar with l)ne type of nibble gal! as 04 OC flX 08040C03 three digits on disk in ASCII. This quickl)' count program. 9\JJS a3 flX 03 July COMPUTIST #57 • t Here is where the nibble count begins. Note that the LDY STROBE,X below is 9039 ro 89 Ci1lOA IlTRON,X Yotor {back) on NOT followed by a BPL This means we will take whatever has been seen by the disk Phil Goetz 903C A9 56 LOA ~S56 Looo counter fOI loo~ing controller card at this ]Xlint. 9~3E 85F1l STA SFD lodFB·s If anyone would like to contact me, my 9~40 A9 08 LOA ~S38 9051 Be Be C0 LOY STROBE,X4 - Get parl iailli bbl e BITNet address is [email protected] 9042 C6 FC ~C SFC SFF, $FE, .,.0. $FF,. 9C5A C008 CPY ~$~8 2-SetcarrpIV>=$08 9044 00 04 BNE 1!904A 9lJ46 C6 FD C€C SFD $56, S5i 0 "A" starts out as $08 & each time through Electronic Arts Protection Language 904B F0 3C BEQ H90B6 Exi11a11~re is changed: 0~00W00, 00010000, 00190000, 01000000. 1000mXlIl I was boot-code tracing Amnesia. and [ When a disk is initialized it is with an came to S3700. A protcction routine starting address header of 05 M 96, a data header of05 Last time through the carry is set & we go at $3704 evidently checked for one sector of MAD and a data block (96 96 96 ) full ofzeros. for final nibble. Note that "A" will (and is) nolhing but $APs, but I didn't see where it was This is repeated for 16 sectors. (ADZ ADZ something different if the carry was set. called. The tracing became very complicated ADZ ADZ ... 16 times) This is the real sequence: and indirect, but 1 noticed that I kept circling The number of zeros is enough to reserve OOlJfilOO~. 00lJ100lJfi ,emOOOI. 0Wgeel~, 11l1J~gJel, g~1lIJ10: & bal:k to $38C). Then I realized that S38C3 was room for the fULure data. The nibble counts Init 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Last ROL the equivalent of Applesoft's GETCHR for usually hide after the data before the next FF ff FP ff A"'$M EDA·s own interpretive language. After much Address Header. We will be looking for the tracing and disassembling, I decoded this sequence of FB FF II FF II FF FF. Where the PP's 90SC 2A ROL language, which I call EOAPL. It is basically are 10 bit bytes (001111 1111) and the ff's are 91J50 Be ~B 8CS H906A 2/3 il set, look lor lJ~al a small suhset of 6502 machine language, and normal 8 bit bytes (1l1l1l11). The one shot 905F Be 8C CIl LOY STROOE,X 4 it is ofcourse much slower, so its only purpose read at $9057 will yield something less than 9062 19 FB BPL fi905F 2/3 ~'ait ~art ial10 C1Iplt is to confuse 'crackers. S08 for I Q) bit nibbles and something greater 9064C0FF CPymF 1Wasit~SFF{orjf} To sec this code, boot Amnesia. When it for 8 bit nibbles. (Hard to usc Copy II Plus or asks you PLAYA SAVED GAME? insert a 9066 00 08 BNE fi904B 2No Start over Locksmith to scan for FE's followed by the normal disk into the drive and press IRESETI. f!9~55 above.) 906B FHS BEQ Hlways Xfer &Gel All the code is left unaltered. i The number(s) in the comment fields give part al In Amnesia, S3700 jumps to S376A: the cvcles for that instruction. In the case of 906A BC Be C0 LOY STROBU LOOK fOI bYle numbers like 2/3, the first is for fall through, 9060 IB FS BPL H9~6A 37M JSR $38E1 the second is when the branch is taken. 906f 84FC STY SFC $FF -lrust me 3760 JSR $3884 Each disk byte takes 32j.ls to read which 90/1 C90A CLIP mA Was A= S0A !rOOf above' 3mJ JMP S376A is 41ls per bit. Since the proccssor runs at IllS, 9073 ooea BNE H9040 NO,5taflover 32j.ls is 32 machine cycles. Thus, each bit on The "JSR $3884" is the call to the 9015 BDBe CI1LOA STROOE.X Mother $FF - trust agalll the disk takes 4 machinc cycles. inlerpreter. It stores the address 3 bytes beyond For 8 bit hytes (ff) we have: 9~78 IHB BPl H9075 lhe next inslruction in the interpreter's program I'S 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ~ 32~s Misdirectiun. A'" SPF and lhisjust keeps counter (in this case. $3773) and falls through bitsl1111111 it so. to $38C), which starts running the program at $3773. For I Q) bit bytes (FF) we have: Gol~g 907A 38 SEC 10 set LSB 01 A $38C3 is the crucial rouline to look for: ~s 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 " 401's ge7S 2A ROl Kee; A= IFF bits 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 38C3 Bl 52 LOA (Sj2),Y Get opcode Think about things ror a second: I~"Y Ten bit bytes are also known as selfsynch 3Be5 CB Ado'ance prograilltounter I. The only value A can have before the bytes and are explained at great length in that 3BC6 00 02 SHE S38CA ever popular tome, "Beneath Apple DOS.'· EOR is SFF if it is going to be zero so the BNE doesn't take. 38C8 E6 53 I.'t i53 The disk controller card starts reading a lBCA AX TAX byte off the disk by first zeroing $C08C. then 2. A must = $FF berore the AND and SFC the next byte is shifted in from the right, a bit must contain SFF since these are the only values 38CB BD [).! 38 LOA 538DU Get lo~' byte of address ~llIth at a time, every 41'S. Since it takes 16j.ls to 20/ls that when ANDe<1together produce $FF. executes thiS Jnstl~ct ion to go from S9ID4A through $9057 it is c\.car 90?C 25 IT AND $FC $FF &IFF. IFF that Y is grealcr than $08 for 8 bit bytes: ,1'11 I 38CE 8D E0 39 SiA $39E0 Store it in the JIlP 9'JIE 49 FF Eoo ~SFF SFF JOI SFF =$00 (16)ur 11111 (32), 3BDI 4C DF raUl 'II! 9080 0004 BM' H9086 B/ i f wrong &ole 39 HP S39[}F EmJte ine 11 follows that Y is less than $08 for 10 retulII ¥i aa JMP $38C3 bit bytes: (l)(J)11 (3) or 00111 (7). (Fast disk 9082 DD88C11 CMP nROFFX Shutoldlskdme 39[)F 4C Xl 39 JMp S391~ drives could mess this up) 9flB5 60 RTS Relurn Success If the above is unclear then wnsider both 9086 A8 TAY Each instl'\lction consist~ of a i-byte opcode the code beh)w and the note ahove at length. 9087 OOBBC0 CMP WTROFF.X OtfiOOtor followed by a 0. l. or 2 byte parameter. The opcodes arc not encoded. Each I byte 904A Be Be C0 LOY SIROOE.x4 - ~'a It lor adl 51; byle 90SA &B PlA Pull returnfrOOfJSRfi9~39 par I ,. COMPUTIST #57 The command!> are: 3776 1774 S56- tslS LOX HI IIp le-.a.:d' treno~ltfi,ll';tllon ]718 92 BE EI GIliE S388D Crasb II U1611S changed PRNTBL JSR SF94A 311g i4 61 IT 8 3 39K arOid:ir t.D56 $3162 CPY LENGTH ]11[ il2C $56- 1$69 I 1 m7J:Wa:a,~lla~"\lne a1glldge INY ]1&1 82 BE £1 GI)lE 5388D Sn for $3162 ~JJrIM rte .II~ 556 as i U,Je so:: PRNTOP ]183 B4 6BIT t.ai6 caroD!!er . IX! ent rJ A~ 156, OD 53168 LOX -3 Ull SS6-A ]ia6 17 74 S55- ms CPY -, 21 J955GO'EacorGoloaodri1S56>0 3188 128EEI GCliE 5l88D SoD! for 5]168 ace PRNTBl ]168 &i AB IT 323mLDS6n GSUS mAS Call S3704 &cbf.'tk lor :PR INT 1iN£IKlN IC 4 3 3960 LDi6 add r orlilnal LOA CODE ]ISE 0297 EE GaiE $3794 Fall, Iryagain 5 3 39SA GSlrBo1Odr ASl • 3791 00,1.6 EE GOTO mAS ()(, elll 6 1 39AD ST56 addr ASl • 3794 05 AS ££ GSUBSHAS I 2 3989 S56· ~tIII 156 ~ $56 - M TAY 3797 02 9E £E GOOE $3790 Fall ~4 8 1 39A2 ATR!'! Return fromsubroutrne lOX 379,1. 00,1.6 ££ GeTO $37AS OK, ell! amathl~e li~guage PMN LOA MTAB,Y 9 3 394F J5Raddr Call 3790 0/ 4E 556- H{J2 SJbrOUl ine JSR SFDEO 379F 02 BE EI GOOE $l8aD Crash I I $56 mn' t 2aller INY A 39CE II( addr II{: addr : $56 ~ (a~dr) S37AB 8 3926 QTS £llt orogr~& relm lOll'k1chlne DEX 3m 00 78 £E GOTO $3113 00 rI ~gm BNE PMN la,guage taller 37,1.5 09 MEI JSR USAI hrltouller C 3979 S56· a~dr SS6 - $56 +{addr} JSR $F948 Inspeclion ofthc disassembly shows us we LOY LENGTH So. for example. a routine 10 prinl "4C" can bypass the prolection by s~'itching the LOX '6 would look like this: GONE S3194 al S378E with theGOTO $37A5 ~I CPX n 0309 20 B4 38 JSR 53864 lit $3191. That way it exits OK regardless of 8£Q ,""', 03lB 68 RTS what happened, and any checksums arc: PRAal'2 ASL F~T 0304 00 .satisfied. Scanning the disk. wc: find ~2 97 £E OCC PltIIJRl Olil 00 119 A6 £E on track S09, sector S02 at bytes LOA IF9B3.X "" $E2-E7. So to crack Amnesia. copy a111raC'Ks Disassembled EOAPL. JSR $FOED "" c:xcept track $06 and perform this sector edit LOA $F9B9,X 0306 0300 . LD56!S4C on disk I: 8£Q PltIIJRJ 0]08 910924 J$RVSFOOA Trk Sct Byte(s) From To JSR IFDEO 0]0B 9B RTS ---- PRAlJl3 IB 199 502 1£2-£4 1t2 97 EE 00 A5 ££ Br-lE PRAOOI About SBID bytes are in EOAPL - tOO many 1£5-E7 00 A6 E£ 02 97 ££ to disassemble by hand. So I rewrote the RTS monitor disa~mbler (SF882-FA3F, enter at EOAPL is also used in The us/Gladiator, PRAOR4 IH SFBD0) to di~ssembte EOAPL. Both the Archon, Archon 11: Adcpr, and probably many BMI PRAOR2 source and he;>; code is included here, The other EOA release.~. STX. 3 ,ouree is wrincn for the Apple TOl)lkit lDX LENGTH Asscmbler, To cntcr th\: hex code, follow thesc EOAPL Disassembler Source CPX #2 steps: BCS E0903 ~ Enter thl: monitor. ORG S81l1l fOR #S4C JIiIP PR45 CALL -151 coet EQU 2 FORMAT £QU S2E £09~3 EOR ETAB.Y PR45 JSR IFOOA CI:I Enter thc EOAPL disbscmbler he;>; L£NGTH EQU S2F LDX l code. Rcmemher: the numbers with the "S" LD" llre chcct.;"ums. )'OU don't enter those. You STA 53A PRAOOS LOA FORMAT colllp 2348: DE 23 85 25 29 22 Fe Ai SBEE6 To see the difference you must query the n Plus parameler liSl, but a copy made .....ith this program (or any bit copier) wouldn't wort.. 2358: 00 8C D6 23 AD E4 23 18 16878 KEYMOD Register wilh suitable assembler 2l58:6DD72lUI9lA99FCS 1963C instructions such as: Having exhausted Ihe "easy" methods, it was LCKI' LOA Get the current key statlJs time to do an original crack. 2369: C9 1900 93 A9 99 CS 8D $ABCl sam Too many softkeys give only the step-by 2368: E4 23 98 F9 13 4D E3 23 S43El Bll ISHI Was key pressed on keypad! BEQ LOOP If not, recheck key status step procedures and nm how the erack was 2379: 18 60 07 23 39 2C C9 23 $lOOF done. Fear not - dctails follow! 2378: FIl2880E323291D23 $7CIE LDA SCe00 I f so. load key into ACCUllllJlator The first step is to determine the type of 23811: AD E03 20 20 23 21lA4 SE0JF protection. Was an altered DOS or a nibble 2388: 23 AS 00 90 82 All 23 A9 $E2E9 STA SCOl0 Clear the keyboard strobe continue wi/hyQur code count used or were OIher nefarious and sneaky 23911: CB 211 3A III NJ EC 23 211 S7448 tricks employed? 2398: DA FD 29 III 23 4C 4723 1EB6A One possible Applesoft BASIC Upon boot, an Applesoft prompt appeared 23AlJ: 186938 69 A9 2l AS OF US8F differentiation would be: which would mean DOS is reasonably inlact. 23A8: 4C 09 83 SO 02 C5 CI C4 SA683 180 GET AS The disk could be cataloged under normal 005 23B1J·A8ASD5A908ABCfDZ S2e6C 119 KIt = P£EK(49189) 3.3 - normal DOS may be used. The disk could 23BS: AI AS C4 1.9 CF 07 CE SF ml9 129 IFlUI <> 16 lll£H PRINT CHRS(IJ): ooTO lIN be copied with COPYA. but the copy 23C8: Ail 09 SO 04 M Ail AS AI SCF92 139 PRIHT AS continually reboots. This leads us 10 a nibble 23C8: 03 A4 99 AI AS Ai CS D2 1CC20 ...cont inue _i th your code .... count or some son ofdisk signature checking routine as the major protection. 23011: 02 AS A3 A4 09 00 00 lHl SF2CIl For the sake of inleresr, the following chan 2308: 00 IHl 00 00 00 99 00 91 S5lC9 Copy 0 Plus revealed that the boot program shows how the KEYMOD regisler is was named HELLO. This was beginning to 23Ell: 69111 00 00 00 Fe 23 F4 SAIA3 bit-mapped. 23E8: 23 lUI 00 00 00 FE 60 01 S89E1 look 100 easy, Hmmmm, when DOS 3.3 is 23F0: 0001 EF08 S812C BIT VAL DESCRIPTION booted and then the HELLO program loaded 7 I If (]iJ was pressed the only thing that appeared with the LIST 6 I )f Opt ion key was pressed (00) command is 0 REM. After a CALL-151 to enter the monitor, a Jose A Montano 5 I rftherrodifierkeylatchhasdata (any key pressed) check of $0067 snows that the listing should 4 If a key on tile nlll!ler it keypad lias begin at $0801 - all normal. However, looking Raves for the Macintosh Extended bee:. pressed at the code beginning at S0801 sho.....s thallhe leyboard 3 rI a key has been held down rong authors have screwed around with the BASIC enough to engage repeat line pointers to prevent us from USTing the 1 have just pur<:hascd Apple's DeW HELLO program and thus discovering the file Macintosh extended keyboard and attached it 2 1 If the Caps Lock key is down that is called whrch contains the CALL to the to my GS to see what would happen. 1.0 and 1 1 If the SIIi ft key is down Unknown (or Unused) protection code. behold! NOlhing happened (nothing wrong, that 9 11 Well. it would have been a simple. but is). It works great on the GS. The key action This keyboard could add whole new perhaps tedious, lask to un-diddle the line is much smoOlher and you have 21 eJttra keys dimensions 10 commercial applications if pointers but an easier way around this was to assign whatever functions you want. In software designers for the IIgs would program possible. I simply invoked MONICO and then addition, the CONTROL, OPTION and with the new keyboard in mind. You could also ran the HELLO program. The first file loaded APPLE keys are duplicated on the lower right enhance your own personal masterpieces by was W.SPC, a suspiciously shon binary file. hand side where the GS arrow keys are. The using the function keys for program flow I went back to Copy II Plus and mapped the arrow keys are to the right of these (in a more instead of the cryptic keypresses that must be disk to find the location ofthe offending W.SPC sensible layout, if I do say so myself). used now. The new keyboard also allows for file. It was located on track $05, sectors $02 For any ofyour readers who are interested function key overlays to let you label each and $01. Another way 10 do this would have in using the new keyboard. here are a few things function key the way you wanl to. been to go to lrack $11 (catalog) and read the I have found out about it. Apple's new extended keyboard is a boon location from there. bUI I'm lazy. 001 only for MaclnlOl'lh users, but for Apple Dgs Anyway. using the sector editor, I wenl to Ema lays and Their ASCD Values users, as well, and the sooner software track $05, SCClor 502 and found the companies realize it the beneT. FI z ChrS(I2Z) FI2 0 ChrS(Ill) Track/Sector list for the me which just said that F2 I ChrS(l2iJ) F13 i ChrS(195) the file was located on seclor $01. Since this F3 c ChrS(99) F14 k ChrS(lil7) Jolly Roger of The Curse was a binary file. the flfSl two bytes at the F4 v ChrS(Il8) FIS q ChrS(Jl3) beginning of lrack $01 were the stan address of the file in memory and the next two were F5 'ChrS(96) HELP r ChrS(l14) SoftJuJ jor•. , F6 a ChrS(97) Del u ChrS(l17) the file length. The actual code began at byte F7 b ChrS(98) HOllE s ChrS(ll5) 5 aand was a J5K to wherever. I didn't even F8 d ChrS(Hle) END wChrS(l19) Microzine 114 Fun House look. lbe code was a series of Slack pushes and F9 e Chr${WI} PAGE UP t ChrS(1l6) Scholastic pulls - pretty obvious this was protection code. FIB mChr$(109) PAGE DOWN y ChrS(l21) I just slapped an 18 60 into bytes 5 and 6 and FII g ChrS(103} • Requirements booted the disk. It worked fine. They didn't even bother to checksum the protection code All extra keys set Bit 4 in the KEYMOD o Seclor editor 10 sec: if it was changed. Of course. you could Register at location $C025 (49189) indicating un-diddle the HELLO program and remove the they were pressed on the numeric keypad. When asked to deprolect this software 1 BASIC CALL to the start address oflhe W.SPC For most BASIC applications there is no first consulted old issues of COMPUTIST and file but thaI's too much work. difference between PI and "z", for example. found it was 001 listed. It was listed in lhe Copy 1 14 COMPUTIST 157 J.... I ~ __ ~~:1=.[8~· _- ~ ~ ~ :..~= ------=-=--- - program 10 work with my setup: Apple De Step-By-Step [L] Now copy the rue back to your 3'h" disk and that is it. (unenhanced), RamWorks n with I meg, 2 Disk CD Copy the disk with COPYA or any U's and parallel Okidata printer. even Winrer Games GS also uses the same type a 92 I disk copy program. of pf'Olection. photocopied the parallel Grappler Plus manual a=J Make the following seelor edil: and sent it to them in hopes they could rewrite the code. They tried. So far, nothing. I finally lek Set 8_'_te_(,_> FrOl!l ~To,",, _ Doug Pam5h gave up and I guess they did 100 after the third _$85 581 _'0_5-_06_ 20 XX ,,18:.:':-0__ or fourth disk got here. Can anybody explain to me why this won't SoftUy for... work, what I have to do, what code I could change? They say u's the parallel interface. But John Wullken Typewriter the Grappler Plus works just fine on everything Channelmark else, except their disk. Do I have to reset the Softkty for... DIP switches under the printer's housing? Has • Requirements anyone out there solved this one yet? HardbaD Ilgs Keep up the fanlastic fonnat! It's superb. Accolade o Typewriter original COMPUT1ST has helped me so many times, o I blank disk side il has more than paid for the subscription price. • Requirements o Sector editor (Copy JJ Plus is fine) DApple [lgs with 512K Jim Han, COMPUTIST 152, page 23, did o A blank 5 \4 ~ disk the work on Grid Desig~r and I applied il to KeIth Parker o A sector editor like Copy II Plus another one of Channelmark's disks. A friend badly needed Typewriter backed Softiey for... I found a simple approach 10 depf'Olecting up, so he gave it to me. Channelmark bad HardBall GS by f1I'Sl removing all references always caused mt IrotIble. but Jim Hart's CJ1lCk Bard's Tale D to the reset vector, and loading in all values for Grid Designer suddenly gave me new hope. Electronic Am changed by the protection. The pIlXeCtKm itself Before I go further. I'd like 10 pass on a starts at hex address $2C00 with lwo calls to tip I have picked up while working with • ReqUirements hex address $6850. If you would like 10 trace deprotecting schemes. There is definitely a the pf'Olection, I recommend that you purchase difference between a "blank" disk and one o A blank disk a copy of Apple Dgs Finnware Reference lhe you're going to reuse. Blanks have 00 leftover o A sector editor official publication. Quqxer 7 contains a wealth code from a previous program, while "used" o Copy program that will ignore errors of information on deprota:ting as software. disks do. Although I don'llmow the ins and ouls (Locksmith·s Fast Backup) The code at $6B5D is a nice piece of work of disk code deleting that well, I suspect that o Bard's Tale 11: Destiny Knight original by Accolade. It loads in as a JSR FFFF and is the code: left on a disk can cause deliberate changed during program execution to a JSR misreads when the copy procedure is Irying to When r heard about the release of Bard's C50D. This is a smartport call much like the lay down accurate timing and epilog bytes. TsJe 0. I couldn't believe it would have better ProDOS call JSR BFQ)(l) call. graphics than Bard's Tale. I told all of my i Unless special hardware was used to friends. "Different graphics maybe, but better Step-By-Step record an extra strong pattern an a disk. ones? No way!". 1was definitely wrong! Bard's initializing will erase whatever was on a disk TsJr: II does have beller graphics. Bard's TsJr: ITI Make a copy of your original disk. by writing new pat/uns. However. deleting all II also has new magic spells. more towns. Then fonnat a 5 \4 ~ disk. Move the file the files Of! a disk does 1101 moore the Onta from dungeons, and monslers. HARDBALUSYSTEM/START from your thnt disk. It only deletts part ofthe poimer to The protection used on this game is very copy disk 10 your 5 \4« disk. that data so thai t~ coUJ/qg command will show similar to the pf'Olection used on Boulderdash. nofiles. I/you needa blDnk, un/onnQued disk, [D Using a sector editor search for 8F F3 II seems that Electronic Ans is Slarting to repeat use a bulk. ta~ eraser RDEXcd 93 99 and replace with EA EA EA EA. their pf'Olection schemes. To star! off, I copied the disk with [:IJ Copy this file back 10 your disk and Use Copy n Plus to copy the program Locbmith s Fast Backup. This told me that reform31 your 5 \4 ~ disk. Copy the file co side of Typewriter to the blank disk. track S06 was the error track. I !hen booted HARDBALUHARD.CODE to your 5 \4" disk up my copy 10 see bow far it would get. After IT] Using the sector editor, make the and search for 9CF3 939CF4 83 and replace with the EA logo came up the program did it's fiTS! EA EA EA EA EA EA. You will oow be able to following two changes to the code on lhe copy: check. I jumped into the mooitor using senior tsU$ET1 and the disk will not reboot. _Trk S_o18_,_,,_(,_) FrOB! ,To'-- _ Prom and looked atSA000. I wroledown the eD Search for 1l88BlJBC2 28A9 5D6A5BE2 $11 SSE 53E-~lJ AD£9C9 18904C ficst 3 bytes and then searched my disk for the 2il AD r and replace with 08 28 A9 35 aD 78 93 A9 UE SOC S3E-4lJ AD £9 C9 189tl4C sequence. I found il on track. $01, sector S0F IE~19~MOOW~OOMI2aD~~MeIW starting at byte $00. I changed the jump code ~OOMOOW~OOMOOWn~M22WF800 Doe other Item by putting a 69 in place ofthe4C. Now I had 10 8DRil0~19WEAOOM~8DE800M~~ro correct the checksum by changing byte $FF of OOMroWIl295u~aO~95M4a8DB595g <2> On Three puts out a program track $10. seelor $07 from OF toil2. 41aDil69SW~95U528Dil795M«8D~95 called Graphics Manager. It reduces and I then booted up my disk. The program A9 42 aD il9 95 "'9 4C aD BB 9580 OC 95 A9 ilil 80 Fs enlarges clip an and allows it to be placed started to load exactly like the original, un!il 0il80F1OO8DEEBB8DOO958D0195aD~9580 anywhere on a page, or so the flyer says. Over il tried to load in the player screen (the main BD 95 80 BE 95 A2 E3 NJ IF 60 EA EA EA the past year and a half, I have tried to get the pan of the game). The grinding noise, that came I July COMPUTIST 1157 ,. I from my drive, was enough to give anybody Run a seclor editor like the one in Copy a heart attack. Ijumped into the monitor using II Plus that has search capability. lnsen your Senior Prom to see what was going on. I looked Creg Poulos InfOCQm disk. at the softkey for Boulderdash again. In that softkey, the protection code started with the byte The Inverse Routine sequence A9 14 48. 1used the Search Memory function with the Senior Prom 10 scan for the How To Modify AlllnJocom Games Search for hex bytes A9 JF 8$ 32 Mla. Once you find these (somewhere on the first two or sequence. No luck. So 1decided 10 scan for the For Lower-QSe three probably), change the 10 byte sequence A9 '" 48 (The" =" is a wildcard, tracks, 3F FF. meaning any byte can be there.). The Senior Prom foond the sequence in foor locations. Many years ago. there was a file floating The Window Routine around that explained how to modify lnfooom Since one ofthe locations was in my romputers for hell: Once games 10 produce lower case characters during Search bytes Mel 8522 8$E8. ROM. mat eliminated WI choice. Ilisled me game play. The procedure outlined in that file you fwd these, change the IH loan92. NOle: 92 olher three locations and found that two ofthem is recommended. You may change this to a were identical EA is known for making such worked beautifully on Infocom's firsl releases. But, alas. times changed and Infocom higher number to get a wider gap. NOTE: If routines. Here is what the routine looks like: you cannot find the "Window" routine, search moved things around on {he disk. In the newer for A91l1 85 22 instead. 2E44 A9 00 LOA 1$00 versions on their garnes, you are able to selcer 40 or 80 column outpUt. Anyone woo has tried 2E46 '8 PHA the well-known ok! techniques to get lower-case The Upper Case Routine 2E47 A'44 LOA 144 has probably come up with zero success. Search for hex bytes C9 60 9111HlC9 saoo 1J7. 2E49 D9M83 ClIP 183M, Y Well, I did some searching around and Once these are found, put !he CUI"S(X ()(\ the frrsl 1E4C 9012 IKl: S2EW found that although the location ofthe code may byte (the firs! C9) and enter cleven EA ·s. have jumped around a bit, the code thal changes 2E4E F9 M 83 sac SB3A4,Y That's all there is 10 it. Something you (he OU!pU1 is the exact same on all Infocom mighl try doing is allowing lhe inverse bar in 2E51 8:.44 STA S44 games. 80 columns. bUI making it normal in 40 2E53 AS 45 LOA S45 The reason Infocom makes all the 40 columns. I haven't been able to do this as ofyet. 2ESS E900 SBC 1S01l column output upper-ease, is because they think there are still people that have no lower-ease 2E57 8545 STA $45 chip in their Apple. Somebody ought to tell 2E59 68 'LA (hem thai 99% of Apple owners have David Burns and Brian Sparks 2E5A 6900 ADC 1$00 lowcr-ease. SojU.~ for... 2E5C PHA There are three chunks of code that must '8 be altered to create a nice looking lower-ease 1E50 4C 47 AE JMP SIoE47 output. The first routine prints the ever-familiar California Games 68 ptA inverse bar at the top of the screen. This 2''''2E61 89 se eRA. 1$00 contains your location and either your Championship WrestliIJg 20 ED FO JSR 5FI);O score/number of moves or the time. This 2'63 routine mUSI be altered to not prim in inverse, The Movie Monster Game 2E66 88 IJ€Y for as we all know, inverse lower-casc Epyx 2E67 10 DB BPL 52E44 characters don't agree with the Apple, although 2E69 60 RTS in 80 columns you get inverse/lower-ease. This • Requiremenls is the only thing you'll lose if you decide to TIle same roUline was found al location modify your Infocom games to lower-ease. o A blank DOS 3.3 formatted disk (double S3144. I then pulled out my sector editor and sided) there'll be DO preny inverse bar, DO( even in searched for the byte sequence A9 0048.1 found 80 columns. o Fast copier (thai ignores errors) it at trnck S0F, seclor S01 and track $10. The next routine is a big ooe. This is the o A sector editor (I used Copy II plus) sector S0E. I replaced jump with the 186040 routine that actually coo"efts allihe characters California Games is a really rad game from and then booted up the copy. It worked like a 10 upper case. This is cleven bytes long Epyx thai enhances the Summer games line. charm! (decimal) and will have to be completely Aftcr aboul an hour of playing, yoo will start Copy the disk with a copier that will NOPed out with cleven EA's. IT] using words like gnarly, tubular, and awesome ignore errors. The final routine detennines the size ofthe as part ofyour everyday vocabulary. Just folluw window at the top of the screen for the text to IT] Boot up your scctor editor and make these instructions for a deprotcctcd copy: the following changes (Be sure to write the scroll under. This is currently one line (the inverse bar). For easicr readability. you'll want IT] Fast copy both sides of California sectors back to disk.): to change this 10 two lines. so there's a blank GJllTICS with any fast copier thai ignores errors. Trk Set B_,_te_('_1 ~F~".~, __ ~To~ _ line in between the location description, score, IT] Make !he following sector edits: SlIl Sil7 5FF 9F 92 elC.• and the actual game teAt itself. So with all the explanation OUI ofthe way, Trk Set Byte(s) Fr(r.l To 59F 500 4C 69 let's go to work. YOIi must first have a cracked -Sll. -'8' -IF-'--'-7 eilOO ilil "" 00 '-'--- Sltf 591 $44 A9 0il48 186il4il copy of the game. Nowadays. Infocom only 00 99 00 FCEEEEFeE7 518 S0E $44 A9 09 48 18 69 40 prOlects their Iwo-sided, 128K games like EE Fe E7 Triniry, oot in case you have an old Zork or SSE-69 80 8C ce AD FI B8 Go out and destroy the evil Archmage somcthing, depl'Olecl it first. (See Book of ___16_'-_70_ :80:.:8C="',-_ 89 F0 8B Lagoth Zanta. Softkcys Vol. I for Zork). I ,. COMPU'nST 1f57 Ju'y I - '::::.:f:~=i.-l:i-· - ~~_:-=-::2~ ------ Unlimited hyperspace drive: ~ Wri!e these changes back to disk. Ttk SCt Byte(s) From To SKie 2 is not protected. This softkey also Trk Set Byte(s) From To -181 -188 -1'-'4-9- ~"c':,~, "n,---- "18--;'::-""2,---- works with IWO other Epyx games I recently -121 -I" -I'-7-E-'- E593 ;;;38'"'''.,----- 50E 547....9 26F8 AS 186IHB boughl, ChlUllpionship Wrestling and The 54e-.4E 2003 AS 186048 Movie MOllSter Game. Unlimited missiles: 59F 593-82 4C 69 AS IB 60 IJI) T_" _Set 8_'_"_1'_) ~f',,";;- __ ~T'~ _ 56F-71 4C 69 Ail 186000 Robert WIlson UC 592 566-67 Fa 2B EAEA 5aD-BF CE 8F 60 EA EA EA Playing Tip! jor... Softk.e, jor_.. To stop those irritaling attacks on your Arctic/OK Deep Space bases while flying the OutPOSt Mission: Sir-Tech Trk Set Byte(s) Ffl)'ll To 121 -104 -I'-C--80- C6 55 "',,--;,0-,-- Here is something that may be useful to • Requirements new ArcticFox gamesters, unless you know An indestructable shield is available by about this already. Ever notice the two linle DApple 11 series with 64K changing the following: boxes with the numbers in them on the lower COPYA o right of the screen? Those are for Latitude and SeclOr editor T'k _Se' _8'_"_1_') ~f'c':om-;-_ ",T':-:-: _ o Longitude. The main fortress lies around the o Blank disk _IIC _19I _1'_'-_"_ ::'5,-,1::8__ ::":.:",,-__ fol.lowing numbers (in order, lOp to bottom on Deep Space is a space-eombal simuialor Also, a dol: oftransparcllllape punched 0Il1 the screen): that fealures smooth, convincing 3-D graphics with a bole punch while the tape is still stretched 053 06 as you fly four different missions in an area of ou! on the despenser. !hen placed at the righl 83 01 the asuoKi bel! that lies bet.....een the orbits of spot on the screen, makes an ell.cellenl gun sight From !here you should be able 10 see the Man and Jupiler. for the missiles and laser. main fortress. and destroy it with a missile. Be The disk is virtually unprotected and can A co-author of Deep Space, has an careful, the alien base is highly fonified all be copied with any copier lhat will ignore the excellent new flight simulator in rbe stores. It around. Also DO NOT get too close to the read error on tnK:k $22. The resulting copy will is being sold as Chuck YC3gcr's Advanced fonres.s or else it will deploy homing mines DOl work however, even though track S22 Flight Trainer, this one can leaCh you to mastt'r (similar to floating mines, but bigger and more contains no useful code. To make a long search olher night simulators. and allows you to fly ominous) lhat will come out ill waves and shon, a little detective work led me 10 !he enley 14 differern aiJplanes ranging from the Sopwith deslroy you. TIle fonress has a limitless supply poinl for the prolection routine. ( found il on Camel F-J 10 experimenlal rockel planes thai of lhese, so be wary. lrack SOC, seclor S09. can take you 10 lhe edge of space. WhileAdt"alJrC'ed Right Trainer is published Step by step by Electronic Am, it contains none oftheir well JIm S Hart published locks. Headers that change wilh every II] Boot your DOS 3.3 system disk. $eClor, and a few olher goodies too. it looks like Softlt.ey jor... D:J Tell DOS to ignorc checksum and a challenge for the advanced hacker. epilog errors and use COPYA to copy the disk. How about it, ladies and gentlemen, is there BouJderDasb Construction Set anyone out there who can crack this one? POlE 47426,24 Epyx RUN COPTA • Requirements D:J Make the following sector cdilS to the ZOUO copy you jusl made. Softlu:y [or... o Boulder Dash ConSlroction Set (eOCS) irk Sct _"_"_1_') ~f';:";;;, ,---__ ;-T''""'',---__ o An initialized DOS 3.3 disk 50C 599 58B·8C A900 1869 o COPYA --- -"-"--- "--"----- Arctic/OK I o Disk searcher/sector editor (losed Copy II That's it Tht copy should now v.ork and ____El_«l_ro_",_·'_A_", ...l Plus) is COPYA·able. o Nibble editor A friend ofmine asked me to try and crack o Disk scanner (like Lod:smith·s Quick Disk A.P.T. jor... his original of Arr:ticfox before it goes Scar! , used for determining format ofdisk) "kaput!". I tried several of the sofikeys from o Optional Recommended reading: Benealh Deep Space COMPUTIST, bur none .....ere able to crack it. Apple DOS (BAD) by Don Worth and Knowing thai Electronic Ans uses their Pieter Lechner Sir~Tech nibbk check routine on U1lCk $01, and that this bask type of proteelion is used on most EA This is a softkey which I have eXleDded a Now here are some A.P.T.s!hal: may make games, (looked II the softJcey for The Bard's bil to help out those of you who are jusl your new copy of lkep Space a bir more Tale in COMPUTIST #51 to fllld some begiMing the art ofdeproteclion. I've read the interesting. similarities. complaints readers have about softkeys either Unlimited fuel: As I expected, some of the byres were the being too short or not explaining what has been Trk Sct Byte(s) From To same as in the Bard's Talc softkey, so I changed changed. r will go through several Steps that -UB 5BE -1'-2--"- C6 4F "'Ac:,O-A-- them to the values following them and it I usually follow which will culminate in a worked. Here's how it goes: softkey. I July COMPUTIST #57 171 Before we Start off, let's get something scheme 'finds 00[' !hat the disk is a copy and Go ahead and Uy a nibble editor out on a straight. If lerms like prolog, epilog, disk alters some code so that you can never fmd the norma.Ily formatted DOS 3.3 or ProOOS disk formalling, checksums, and direcl disk magic scroll, ergo you can never gel pasl that and hunt for the above bytes. Gel profICient ae accessing are foreign 10 you, then I sugge:sl you certain room and you are stuck.. unable to go finding them and when it comes time to find go oul and pick up a copy of Beneath Apple any further. Keep this in mind when you them on a protoeled disk, you will generally not OOS (BAD). II really is an excelleDI book on supposedly depro«cci a game: make sure you have a problem. the subject ofdisk input/OUlput and covers the have removed the protCClion entirely. Another tool 10 use is a disk scanner. such strueIUreof DOS 3.3 quite well. After you have Bil insertion and pbanlom bils (soroelimes as Locbmjth's Quick Disk Scan. Whal this boughl your copy, there are three things to do: referred to as weak bits) are beyond the srope shows you are the sync gaps and SCCIOfS on a read, read, and read more. Don'l expecl the ofthis article. I sugges! you bone up 00 chapler track. 1be sync gaps are represented by while material to make sense at first. It takes a lot of 3 in BAD and go Ihrough lOIS of old dOls and Ihe sectors are represented by no dOls. work and studying before 'the light comes on'. COMPUTISTs for help on these. Looking at the output, you can count Ihe If it's worth learning, it's worth working ae. number ofsectors and ifit is around 16-17 then AnOther thing thai heJps tremendously is Format Alterations you have a 16 sector format disk. Again, try back issues ofCOMPUTIST. Sure, a 101 ofthe Formal alterations arc some of lhe easier the disk scanner on a normal DOS 3.3 o.r softkeys are short, but many are not and several (to me) types ofprotections to deal with, ifthey ProDOS disk to sce what a 16 sector disk's go in depth into the protection schemes. In are the only protection a disk has. A fonnat display looks like. DOS 3.2 disks have larger addilion, one of those softkeys may be for the alteration is one in which the actual format of seclor sizes and less sync gaps and with some same type ofprotection scheme that is on your the disk has been changod from the normal. One experience il becomes easy to distinguish disk! much as you about between ]3 and 16 sector fonnat. Learn as can pro(ection of the following generally has been changed OD schemes in general. This is the process I went these disks: address prolog. data prolog, Other Iypes of formal allentions include through when I started out io the depro«ection address epilog. data epilog, address checksum. track synchronization and non standard tracking business, and loday I think I am quite proficient data checksum, or the nybble IfllDSlate table!>. (half tracks, quarter lracks). Half ttacking is at it. It just takes diligence and hard work. There are some disks. like the Es.sencial used by Electronic Arts quite frequently. Tracks DaIJJ Duplicaror and the Flight Simulator fl, lhat $5, $5.5, and $6 are all fonnaned lhesame way The Softkey Process have drastic format changes wltich may or may and the Apple drives can read half tracks with (usually) no problem. The bug is when it comes The first thing I do is to fitXI out what kind nol include the above ilems. These nasi)' disks to writing half trncts, the drive does J1O( have of protection the disk has. 1bere Ire 1.....0 basic deviate away from standard 16 sector formal the reliable precision to write a half Irack. types of pnxediOll schemes: signature checking and I willltOl: go over how to deprotcct them without writing over Ihe data a halftrack Iway and format alterations. since each one must be individually examined. Changes that have been made to either the on both sides. Signalure Checking prologs, epilogs, or Ihe chccksums are found Track sync involves writing data to a disk OUI easily with the help of a nibble editor. A in such a way thai wheD the prolcclion scheme A disk protected with a signature check can nibble editor disregards the format of the disk moves thedrive head from one IraCk 10 anoIher, usually be copied with any whole disk copying and jusl reads in an entire Irack at a lime and il expects to find the COrtect data immediately. program, such as the Locksmith fast copier or then displays il in raw nibble formal. I will no! go over fonnat alterations that involve COPYA. You are able to copy the disk, but for Looking al the display, you should find the anything other than 16 sector disks because once some reason Ihe copied disk will not work. following: a large group of bytes in normallexe, again, each disk must be handled individually. What happens is that when the original disk 15-20 bytes in inverse text (usually with the Disks protected with alterations to their was written, special disk drive hardware was value of $FF), 13-16 bytes in normal text, and prologs or epilogs are generally easier to used 10 write a speciflC byte or bytes to the disk. 5-10 bytes of inverse text. This pattern should deprotect. Often, all you have to do is read the The Apple disk drive would be able to read repeat itself 16 times on the track since there disk using Iheir format and then write to another these bytes bUI not write them. are 16 sectors per track. disk using normal 16 sector fonnat. Super lOB Types of signature checking include the The large group of normal bytes is the data is ideal for this and I refer you 10 Ray Darrah's infamous nibble count, bit insertion, and area. The data area's first three bytes compose anicle in COMPUTIST #32 for directions on phantom bits. All are COPYA-able (10 a large the data prolog. The Ihird byle from the eoo whal il does and how 10 write a coniroller for extent) 001 differ in the way they check for is the checksum. The lasl IWO bylcs compose it. After the disk has been convened to normal things. Again. special drive hardware is used the data epilog. The 15-20 bytes of m\"erse teXI fonnat, all thai is required is 10 either put a to put data on the disk in such a way that a are the sync gap bet\l,'CCn the data and address normal DOS onto il or edit the disk's read regular disk copy will leave OUI the bytes the =u. routines so that it can now read in the normal pnxection rouline is looking for. 1be next group of 13-16 bytes are the fonnat. DOS 3.3·s disk read routines are A nibble count looks on the disk for a address header which is broken up into address located around SB800-SB950 or so. BoO! OOS certain byte sequence and then starts counting header (3 bytes), volume # (2 bytes), track , 3.3 and look at them sometime using the bytes until another special byte sequence is (2 bytes), sector' (2 bytes). checksum (2 monilor list (L) command. found. Ifthe number of bytes belween the two bytes), and the address epilog (2 bytes). The The routine looks something like this: .sequences is out of a certain tolerance nnge value of Ihe checksums, non-prolog. and non epilog data depend on the infonnation contained BBE 1- 80 8C CS lDA scsse, X (delennined by !he proIecriOll scheme). then the 88E4- 111 FB BPl SBBEl proteclion scheme 'knows' thai the disk is a wilhin the sector. copy and takes appropriate measures. Usually The values of the prologs and epilogs on What these 5 bytes of code do is to read this results in a reboot, but other things can a normal DOS 3.3 disk ate: a byte offof the disk. Usually, right after these happen too. For example, say you need to get Address prolog. .05 M 96 byles is a CMP slatcmcnt that compares whal the magic scroll in order to get through a cenain Address epi log .. " .. DE AA was read to a value. If thai value is anylhing room, and if you do not have the scroll then Data prolog. ., ..... D~AAAD other than ehe nonnal prolog or epilog bytes, you can DOl advance in the game. The protection Data epi log. ..DE M it is immediately suspicious. I ,a COMPUTIST 1157 July I I .~ -_ ~{.;~.. ~:.l~ ~ -= ~ ,..~:~:~=-T"[r-==_ ------. - .---- For example, say you deprotected a disk disassembled the code ill the sector starting with !II BPI. SB84E with a data prolog of 05 AA CD. You've relative byte $01. Refer to pages ~ to 5-8 and !l3 AND n0D already converted the disk 10 normal 16 sector 8-1 to 8-3 in BAD for more information on the 5!l BNE 18898 Barf format. Now. you have to find where it was booting process. Looking down the !l1 lD.A. SC88D,X reading in that CD value. Using your disk disassembly, I was only interested. in JMP 5" lOY 'UB seardlerlsector editor you st"MChed through the commands. At relative byte S4A. there is a 5C BIT S89 disk, starting al track S00 sector 500, for the JuMP to $BBQ)(]). Now, if you look at track Sf LOA $C98C,X byte sequence 8C C0. You found it and a S00 sector S00 of a normal DOS 3.3 disk. 61 BPI. S88:'E disassembly of the code around it looked there should be an indirect JuMP 10 SSFD 63 DEY something like Ihis: (wtuch fmally eoos up JuMPing to 5B700) al 64 8EQ SBB98 Bid relative byte 4A. In fact, up 10 thai point the 66 AND 1$00 E80- eoacC0 lD.A. SC68C,X BDCS and nonnal boots an: the same. Hmmm. 68 BNE 1885E E83- Ie FS BPl SEse Could it be that a signature check of some sorts E85- C9 CIilP 6"')' co nco is al $B81lXl1, and when it is done it will JuMP 68 NOP E87- 00 133 BNE SESC to $87001 Well, let's take a look. On the disk, 6C lOY n07 Start at SF?, go down to SFQ Wen, there is the code that read in the CD $BBOO corresponds to track $(1)0 sector $05. 6E lOA SCIl8C, X byte. All you have to do is to change the C9 CO Read in that sector using YOllr sector editor and 71 8PL S886E COrrect sequence of header to C9 "0 and the disk should now havethe ability you will see the following disassembly. I have 73 STA SBBFB, Ybytes found, so load SFQ-SF? to read itself. commented the code a bit in the hopes that you 76 HOP wi th sequence of bytes found NOTE: disks prote{:ted with formal might bener undersumd the protection. 77 !ltY after header byte sequence. alterations may also have signature checks too, 78 BPl SB86E so don'I forgel 10 thoroughly check your Main Prote<:lion Cod. ($BB00) Decode nexi stage ($B7(1)0.B9FF) & deprotected disk. 00 LOA 1$00 Zero locat ions SFiJ--F1. execute. Now, to the Main Attraction 92 LDX iSF0 '" LOX 1$83 7C lOA 1$00 Now that we have gone over 5e\'eraI "ns 95 STA SOO,X 7E TAY different types of prorections. it is time 10 deal 97 INX 7F STA SF8 with the title program: BDCS. Interestingly 38 81£ S0005 81 LOA U87 Page to start decc(hng. enough. BDCS is procectoo wilh the EXACT 9A LD.A. ISBA setuplo/retries 8J STA Sf9 same protection scheme as California Games. OC ST" SfC retries location 85 LOA SF8,X Get value {roo SFe-SF3. In fact, I' tried my California Games IJ£ LOX S2B get slot I 87 EM (SF8).Y fORbyte deprolection in COMPUTIST /152 and it ID LD.A. SC989,X turndnveon 89 STA (SF8),Y Putdecodedbytebaclt. deprolected BDCS perfectly! 13 LD.A. SC88E, X enaMeHEAD mode 88 DEY 16 LD.A. 1$80 8C BNE S8885 Step On. 18 ST" SfD BE INC SF9 New page to decode. First of all, the disk is protected with a 1" DEC SFO 99 DEX format alteration. COPYA doesn't work and the lC BEQ SB898 B'd 91 BPl S8885 Locksmith fast copier comes up with lots of lE JSR S88F5 findcorrecr track 93 lOX S28 Get stofl. inverse characters (not a good copy). So, it's 21 BCS SB898 Bad 95 JMP S87Be Jump to decoded next stage. 23 LO" SF9 time to load up the trusty disk scanner. This Come here ifsomething bad was detected. reveals a 16 sector format. A quick check with 25 CUP nM the nibble editor reveals that the alteration is 27 BNE SBBIA 98 DEC SFC decrement lot tries loc. not a prolog alteration. Back in my /nfOJ7l1JJtion Check the disk for a certain sequence of 9A SEQ S889F have we used up our tries,1 Master softkey (COMPUTIST #43, page 23), header bytes. 9C JllIP S8816 no. try again. I listed what byles 10 change 10 ignore cenain 9F INC SB3F4 yes, alterRfSETvector to bytes and errors. POKE 47426,24 (or B942: 18 29 LDY nell reboot. from the monitor) disables OOS 3.3's epilog 28 lOA SC9ac,X A.2 JMP 18895 next stage not decoded, so 2E BPl IBB2B crash. and checksum error checking. This is what we JiIJ£Y need. After typing ill the POKE, I then typed Seek correct track subroutine. RUN COPYA and copied the BOCS disk onto 31 B£Q SOO98 Bad 33 N'O 1S01l a blank. Try to boot the disk up and you are AS lOY liFO lof tries to find 05 AA 96. rewarded with. reboot a few seconds after the 35 lINE 10028 A7 STY SF0 store it. disk boots. Ah hah! Another protection! 37 lOA I$ell A9 INY incretJ!8nt I of tries. 39 LOA SC08C,X M 8t£ SB8BIJ AIOrt tfles,1 Looking for the Other Protection 3C 8Pl SB639 ~ INC SFD no, increment bad result 3E DEY location. When looking for a signarure check, you 3F BEQ 18B98 Bad Af. BEQ SB8EO correct track not /wnd. can either boot code trace the disk (ifthe check 41 1.H!) 1$1l0 Look for 05 M 96 sequence. is early in the boot) or search the disk for the 43 BNE S8639 byte sequence 8C C0 (direct disk access code). 45 lOA sceBC, x B0 LOA SC08C,X Since the reboot occurs fairly early in the boot 48 BPl S8645 83 BPl S888B process, r decided to boot code trace the disk, 4" ANO uell 85 CUP #S05 but not in the nonnal fashion. r used my sector 4C BNE $B898 Bad 87 8NE S88"9 editor to read in track $00 sector $IZl0 and then 4E LO" SCIl8C, X B9 r-#OP I July COMPUTIST 1157 191 BA LOA SCS8C,x $0.5, 1 found that the program (to my CLI Use the following table 10 enhance eo BPL SBBBA knowledge) works pcrfealy. your character. Maximum value al Ihese BF CKP 15M I hope mat this sol\key will help oUlthose locations is 2.5.5 ($FF) unless noted by '.'. of you who are juS! starting out in the art of Cl BHE If, for example you found the character ssass deprotection. It is a fascinating hobby and you C3 LOY U03 name thaI you were looking for on track $17, really learn a 101 from your computer. contrary CS LOA SCBSC, X sector $1ll5. you would find the following to what many people say. C8 BPL SBBCS information: CA CliP #$96 CC SHE S88BS Step by Step ATIRIBUTE BYTE $~~-$~F Found correct track. IT] Boot up DOS 3.3 and disable error '''''Exper iente $12,$13 ($13,.. 256 + $12) CE LOA 1$"1:1 checking: Level 11' 00 STA SF! POD 47421,24 Body pOints SIS (I imin, SI6 (turrent) 02 LOA SC88C. X Mind pOInts $19 (limit). $IA (current) OS 8Pl Saoo2 u:=J Copy the BOCS disk: 07 R I 20 COMPun5T 157 July I Playing Tips for... after next. Our focus is to get your letters printed as quickly as possible. ....RDEXed Castle Wolfenstein Steven Heckler ~ I have a technical question AIel!. Lee concerning the Apple JIc. How do you run CD Copy your cracf:cd disk and label the quartcr tracked programs like Karatcka (original Playing Tips for... "original" Disk 1. Labef\the copy Disk 2. vcrsion), Choplifter, Starblazer, and the old One-an-One? Conan LLl Play on disk I to a good point (Like 1noticed in your listing of back issues that you have 10 bullets, 3 grenades, a vest. a you had an article titled "Playing Karateka on uniform and the war plans and swap to disk a lIe (COMPUTI5T #37, I believe). I know I 2. • The bat on the first board can be killed without Press liiID to "save" (there is no true save must sound like a mooch since I do not losing a sword. feature on the game and if you resume and get subscribe to your magazine. but no one I have caught or shot on the resumed game, it's back ta1ked to has had any idea how to run the quarter • Stay on the bubble for as long as you can. to room I with only 10 bullets. Worse, if you tracked programs on the lIe. • Collect swords and ajewel on the fourth level. blow yourself up with a grenade, you lose the • You have to kill six dragons before the door According 10 Christopher Dean entire castle map! Uyou were playing a terrific i will unlock on the fifth level. game and getting near the exit, bye-bye (COMPUTlST #52) the problem with JI plus and lIe programs that don't boot on a lic is • The eyes will help you build a ladder on the progress and all your maps are now waste paper sixth level. as the map is re-randomized.) caused by the different BootC!J code in ROM. Programs that use the ROM BootC'J code • If you run into trouble on the seventh level, D:=J Resume on disk I and upon finishing directly will not work on the Hc without you can always drop back one. the room, swap to disk 2 and exit. Play until modifica.tions. He goe;,' on to show howto make thesc changes using Drol, Hardball, Orge and I have a suggestion. How about someone you get caught or killed. Resume on disk 1. starting a beginner's column. You could explain Arctic Fox as examples RDEXed some of the more common protection schemes, Now comes the fun part! You will u:=J how to fmd what protection is being used and have all the ammo and smff you started with, how to break the schemes once you find them. but your damage is still there! Rooms full of James E Bulman dead men, rifled trunks, grenade holes (rare) ~ I have a Pineapple brand Apple and only al). occasional 5.5. man will show up. As a new subscriber to COMPUTI5T, I compatible. Several keys can be pressed down Hold them up with a gun or grenade. In this would like to express my thanks for an excellent but nothing is registered in the CPU the broken reality warp, bullets shot or grenades used, or magazine. I was especially pleased with my first keys are: I, ESC, Ctrl-A, 5 (on the numeric even the loss of vest and disguise will be issue, COMPUTI5T #52. With it, I was able keypad) and shift Z. Does anyone know if this repaired, but the damage (progress) remains. to copy two of my copy protected programs can be fixed or, if it's not fixable, where I can You can resave to disk I to avoid a long (Wlima I andShanghill). With that said, I would get a replacement keyboard? My address is sequence of leaned out Nazi rooms (and like to offer some constructive criticism. P.O. Box 265, Claverack, NY 12513 Confronting 5.5. men). and it'll only be a 1) Clearly list the softkeys in your back matter of an hour al most before you reach the issues. rordered several back issues only to find coveted exit, and perhaps a promotion! the softkeys were for the Apple JIgs (l have a David M WIdman lIe). 50ftkeys in back issues that require o::J If a room proves intractable. siccing infonnation from other back issues should also Softkey for... an 5.5. man on you before you can even get be noted. (The Carmen Sandiego softkey in into it, warp reality by swapping to disk I COMPUTIST #25 requires infonnation from Hacker II: before entering this room. COMPUTIST #19. I have ordered 1119 praying that the modified F8 ROM is NOT a hardware WARNING: Switch back to disk 2 should The Doomsday Papers modification!) that replacement room get too hot. Lest it get Activision saved 10 disk I as you get offed and your 2) When softkeys in current issues refer to previous issues, re-Jist the information from progress is erased. • Requirements those issues. (The softkey for Math Blaster in This A.P.T. requires a new line of strategy, COMPUTlST #53 is an example.) I realize this o Apple II series with 64k (minimum) but it makes Caslle Wolfcnstein playable, would cut down on back issue orders but it o Hacker" disk instead of frustrating. would also reduce reader frustration. o A blank disk COPYA 50metimes you may suffer a drop in rank Thank you again for a fine computer o magazine. I am learning more and more with should you get shot. This is not fair and you each issue. Hacker II is a very good program, as well should use A.P.T.s from COMPUTISTto undo as Hacker. This time the government needs a this. i The modified F8 ROM is hardware, but little favor; as a computer wizard you must hack Remember: you could gct the same effect using Senior your way through 5iberian hazards in a Disk I- Boot and Start Game on this PROM on your Hc. max.imum security complex. About the Disk 2 - Play game on this We usually don't reprint softkeys because protection, it is almost the same as Hacker, ofthe wealth ofnew material that arrives here there is a subroutine that checks track $QXll from At higher levels. vest wearing Nazis every day. It is difflcu/t tojustifj reprinting old the disk and puts a FF at location $FC and a 55 increase in frequency. material when the next iS~'ue is already full and at another special location that is verified by I've gotten to level 6 this way. letters recicved today must wait for the issue the program. July COMPUTIST #57 ., I Step-by-Step in Earth Orbit Station it was much easier than effort that Davidson & Associates put into doing all those sector edits. I wouldn't be making the programs as well written as IT] Copy the Hacker II disk with surprised if it worked on other EA wares. Many possible. They came up short, however, in the COPYA, thanks to Bob Wilson! For any of you who ease ofmaking backups. Parents, once finding CD Put your COPYAed disk in drive 1 missed Bob Wilson's controller, here it is. out that the disks cannot be copied, usually will and enter; not let their kids use the program unless they are around for fear of the disk crashing. Never BtOAD HACKER D HELLO,Dt Controller fear, COMPUTIST is here 16 alleviate your CALL-I51 worries (and keep money in your pocketbook). 83C9:,u IT 85 Fe At 55 4C til 64 HIIl0 REM EOS/ARCTIC FOX Below are the steps to follow to get rid of the BSAVE HACUR II HELLO,A$8800,LS589 10IklTK,,0:lh35:ST = 15 lS= 15:CD=WR:FAST =UB=55 annoying format protection along with a nasty You are done! 1020 GOSUB 490: GOSUB 610: IF TK" I THEN Tl = secondary protection scheme. TK:TK " PEEK (TRK) GOSUB310:TK=T1 Softkey for... CI:J Boot up DOS 3.3, initialize the two 1030 GOSUB 490' GOSUB 6Hl: IF PEEK (TRK) = IT blank disk sides, and delete both hello THEN 10511 programs. I have only tried Diversi-DOS, Labyrinth 11140 TK = PEEK (TRK) ST =PEEK (SCT): IF TK =6 ProntoDOS, and standard DOS 3.3, so you take Activision THENTK,,7:M8"151 your chances if you use some other type. 11145 GOTO 1021l INIT RELLO • Requirements 11150 HOllE : PRINT 'c{)PYOONE' : END 50110 DATA 6'CI1ANGES DELETE HELLO o Apple fIe or lIe with 128k (minimum) 50Hl DATA 1, 10.82 ,24 o Labydnth disk [LJ First of all, we must convert theMath 50211 DATA 1, HI,83 ,96 Blaster disk to normal fonnat. The easiest way DA blank disk 5030 DATA 1,10,84,72 D COPYA to do this (usually) is to capture the pervened 50411 DATA 1,15,0.24 disk's RWTS, and then use the NEW SWAP 5050 DATA 1,15,1,96 Labyrinth is an animated adventure game controller with Super lOB vI,S to read the disk with double hi-resolution animation and a very 5060 DATA I ,15.2,221 in with it's own RWTS and then write it out attractive scenario. About the protection, it is Controller Checksums to a normal disk using normal RWTS. almost the same as Hacker and Hackern, there The problem is how to get the RWTS, It is a subroutine that checks track $00 and puts 1000 - 5356B 5000 - 53661 turns out not to be too hard. Boot up the Math an FF at location $FC and puts a 55 at another H1l0 59900 5010 - 557il Blaster disk and when the Applesoft'Prompt Q) special location that is verified by the program. 1020 mC5 5020 - 53260 appears, open your disk drive door. There will 1030 55B83 5030 - 55F61 be some rattling and then you get an 1/0 Step-by-Step 1040 524C3 5040 - S0AEA ERROR message. At this point, I discovered 1045 - 5A200 505e - 55B72 that you cannot type in any commands. This [IJ Copy the two sides of the Labyrinth 1050 - 59FA4 5060 - 5C15F means that the BASIC RUN flag at $D6 has disk with COPYA . been set to a value greater than 127. This causes IT] Put your COPYAed disk side one in BASIC to interpret all commands typed in at the keyboard as 'RUN', drive 1 and enter: Jim S Hart SLOAn 8oo1'2,Dl A little known fact is that DOS commands still CALL·1St Softkey for.. , work. The DOS command 'FP' resets all BBt:A9 FF 85 Fe At 55 4C .. 89 pointers to theirdefaults, even the BASICRUN BSAVE BOOT2,A$8ee,L$279 Math Blaster flag.! Now you have a COPYA-able version of Davidson and Associates Labyrinth. Ah hal If you try this, you will discover • Requirements that the DOS commands have been ailered a la Beagle Bros DOS BOSS. UNK, Prince George, Canada o Math Blaster original disk To make a long story short, I went a o 2 blank disk sides huntin' through memory via a copy card and So/tkty jor." o SUPER lOB v 1.5 with both NEWSWAP. discovered that FP had been renamed PF. Type CON and FAST.CON controllers (from this in and you can now execute all other Arctic Fox Starter Kit) ~ommands such as CATALOG, LIST, etc: o Word Attl1cklClllssmate softkey from Electronic Ans PF- COMPUTIST #28 for reference After reading my first issue of • Optional LLJ Now we need to move the RWTS to COMPUTIST which was #53, I found a much a safe area so a normal OOS disk can be hooted. easier way of deprotecting Arctic Fox than o "Beneath Apple DOS" for an explanation Move the RWTS and then boot the blank doing all the sector edits proposed in Scott M, of what fonnat changes are initialized disk: A fasl DOS such as Diversi-DOS or Simon's softkey. After reading the sofikey for o CALL -151 ProntoDOS (not necessary but helpful) Earth Orbit Station, I noticed that it also, when lMO I 22 COMPUTIST #57 July I [!] Save the RWTS. found lhis out qukkly when, upon firSI booting penaining 10 the 16K RAM card. the supposedly softkeyed disk. it reinitialized BSAVE RWTS,MATH,ASl9 [ July-~__ ~_-=C-=O-=MPUTI-=ST::...:'-=S,-' _ 23 ] c:::z=J We will now save the program to disk TUESDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK change it accordingly. J found it at block $112, then set the computer back up so that another (F0 6C) Go to menu and chooSe 'PLAY starting at byte $3D on one disk, and at block protected BASIC file rna)' be luaded. FOOTBALL' option. Go into monitor when $IID, byte $4A on another. I might add that drive stops. this was based rather heavily on a leuer thaI SAVE STARTUP appeared in Open-Apple, and I am indebted to CALL -151 Peter Stubbs for writing that letter. C080 Dr. Leigh Rowan.Kelly insert the TMQ original disk into the drive i TIle leller in questioll is ill the September issue o/OPEN-APPLE. a publication tha! we C600G I sent a short version of thc method 10 remove the protection from Sofiswitch and a few heanily recommelUi. Olle )'mrsubscriptions are L:LJ For the rest ofthe BASIC files on the other programs. I have now found that, with aI'ai/able for $28from: Opell-Apple. P.O. Box TMQ original you will have to follow the steps regard to Sojiswi!ch. my version was grossly 11250, Overland Park. KS 662@7 ... RDEXed from 5 to 7 using the different file names and inadequate. Another disk had the code in RESETing into the monitor at the different another place, so I have oow expanded my times shown in the list below. coverage of thc wftkey to include a full Softkl'Y for." The list order is - Filename - end of explanation. ymr"'J value (from SAF-B0) - when to press Hardball gs RESET _, Softkey for", Accolade For example, to get the file "MENU", you have to wait until a menu showing the different Softswitch I see you have another crack for Hardball choices, such a~ play football or rraeticf Roger Wagner gs in COMPUTIST #53 My edits also seem kicking. comes up before you press RESET to produce a working copy, but I only used the to go into the monitor. From there on follow Essentially Softswitch is an outstanding two byte changes, at block S32C, bytes steps 5 to 7 and save the me with the name program, made poor by virtuc of wme very $lEE-IEF (from C2 20 to 18 60) and block $32F. "MENU" in place of "STARTUP'. sneaky protection. It writes a special byte to the bytes $FF-100 (from DA C2 to 18 60) CD When you are done with the above battery backed-up RAM (at address $PB) the Anyway. keep the softke)"s coming. steps, you will have five BASIC programs on first time you install the program on any disk the copy disk with the names STARTUP, using your system. This RAM has been Jan Recourt MENU, KICK PRACTICE, TEAM FILE designated as one of the rcservcd areas by EDIT, AND TUESDAY MORNING Apple. Whcn you boot a disk containing QUARTERBACK. Now the text files, Softswitch, the program then checks for this Playing Tip.~ for... containing the team·s information, must be special signature byte in the RAM. and won't copied from the TMQ original to the copy, We install unless the low bits of the byte are' '10". Ultima IV are fortunate that Automated Simulations or else it requires the original protected disk Origin decided not to pr01Cl'l these files, FID. or any to be on line somewhere. file copier. should be used now to copy the text What this means in simple terms is that if I have the solution regarding the Stigian files named NFL.DATA, SUBS, and the you replace or di~connect your battery, or have problem I asked about. When you are in the big TEAMIIII (1111 = the numbers from I to 30, your Motherboard replaced during repair or room with th<: altar in the middle, use stones. inclusive) files to the copy. When you finish upgrading, you lose that signature byte and After that answer the questions and the rest is copying th~e text files. there should be five Softswitch hence will then work only with the simple. BASIC programs and approximately 32 text original disk online. Given the additional Cl) Is there anyone who can give me files on the copy disk. complication that Softswitch wiII only install more lives in Moebius? []!] The final thing to do is to rename the once (by inserting that stupid byte), then Why can't I put Baudville's STARTUP file so that it will automatically run effectively you have a useless disk and program! ® Video Vegas on a hard disk or 3Yl" disk with Unidos upon booting: It is possible, however, to make an alteration to the file ISS.SYSTEM.DISKI Plus by Microsparc. This seems to be the same RENAMESTARTUP,HELLO SYSTEM/SYSTEM.SETUP/TOOL,SETUP.2 problem with Ultima IV and Auto Duel. You now possess a deproteeted copy of to correct this. You can BLOAD this file at When you put them on a 3'h" diskette after Tuesdl1Y Morning Quarterback. The files are $2000 and by typing 48 A2 03 ~C 22 00 00 EI the startup, it searches in the 5',4 ~ drive for the now open for inspection and eustomization. 68<2000 8800P you can locate the code that reads rest of the game. I think there must be a change Enjoy! the byte. It was at $2BA9 on this disk. If you for the drive searching. It would be nice to have then replace that code \vith 48 A2 03 OC 68 68 A9 Ultinll1 or Moebius on one 3'h" diskelte. List #1 FE 00 and then BSAVE the file back to the disk STARTUP (EF (8) at first screen. (naturally using a copy ofyour original!), then MENU (B8 (9) when menu with 'PLAY Sofrswitch no longer chceks for the signature Alan Sheppard FOOTBALL' and 'PRACTICE KICKING' byte in the battery-backed RAM. You can even options appear. Shows up right after the first copy the file to other disks and hil\'e them install I have recently inquired about backing up screen. Softswirch in memory without going through EDD 4 v4.4 and was advised that KlCK PRACTICE (49 18) Go to menu the full installation proo:dure. COMPUTlST 1149 had the program required. and choose 'PRACfICE KICKING' option. Go Ifyou can't be bothered doing it this way, I was also told that the library disk contained into monitor when drive stops. then you can. of course. simply search the disk the program as well. Because of this I ordered TEAM FILE EDIT (CD 0E) Gil to menu (using Copy II Plus v8,2 or Zap from Bag of both the disk and magal:ine and started a one and choose 'UPDATA TEAM ROSTERS' Tricb 2 or any sector editor with search year subscription. option. Go into monitor when drive stops. facilitics) for that same sequence of bytes and I have somc problems and m..'Cd a little help. 1-=2.;c4 c::o::M=PUTIST ,57 -:J:.:o::ly__1 I booled up library disk #49 disk and could pulhs fo /like. Carl'jully rl'do Iht softkt'y and frfHn sp«ijic bl(H.:klsectors. Scmttimes il is not find any program for £DD-4. as well, II hope you did sOtnl' slep if/correClly Ihl' first time, some/hillg as simple as hard coding Ilrf' dril'l' of the 14 or 15 programs on th~ disk lockcd, Write Ihe aUlhor and hope dUlt indh'idual has number or prrfi-( nallle. S I July COMPUTIST~'~5~7 _ 25 I 527 1st nibble 16's place (16') Soflkey for... Soflkey for... 2nd nibble 1's place (16') Micro-Computer Learning Games: $28 1st nibble 4,096'sp1ace (16') Milliken Math series 2nd nibble 256'5 place (16') Milliken Race Track/Reading for f)etaU 529 1st nibble Ul48,576's place (l6') • Requirements 2nd nibble 65,536's place (16') Time Capsule/Reading Skills o Demuffin Plus 52,.1, 1st nibble 268 440,NI(l's place (16 ' ) CiJief off)etectives/f)rawing Conclusions 2nd nibble 16,777 216's place (16") o A way to break into the monitor o DOS 3.3 or 11 Fast DOS (Pronto DOS from My example of the math part of the APT Beagle Bros.) Mountain Climhing/Cause &Effect was nearly unreadable. The num~rs should School f)ays/lnference have been printed in a column like this: CI:J INIT a blank disk with DOS 3.3 or i.e. You have 1.694.834 experience points. il fast DOS, Have a ,I:lve di->;k handy 10 save Galaxy Search/Predicting Outcomes thus: the RWTS. Learning Well Co. byte $27 ~ $72 7 16 = liZ n 2 1 = 2 INIT HELLO (h16)(2xl) • Rt'quirt'mt'nts ~ u=J Insert the Milliken disk and boot it. byte $28 SOC 13 x 41196 = 53248 DOS 3.3 llr a Fast DOS (Pronto DOS from /'1 12 ~ 256 = 31172 n (13~41l96) (12~256) PM Beagle Bros.) ~ ~ ~ o CopyA byte $29 $19 1 1048576 11148576 Break into the monitor and move the /'1 9 x 65536 589,824 U::J o A file copy utility such as Copy II Plus or (h11l48576) (9x65536) RWTS to a safe location. FID total eo 1.694,834 1900 ~.-,2=.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_COMPUTIST #,,'7,---~~~~~~~~~~~_ July CD INIT a Blank Disk, is abmlutely no way a non-assembl)' language Soflkey fur, .. programmer could decipher how to make this INIT HELLO program run. Surely Ihe appropriate changes Earth Orbit Stations for each version could have been published so U::J Boot Rt'ading Comprehcn~ion. Electronic Ans us BASIC programmers l:ould make usc of the [I:J Break into the monitor and move Ihe program. • Requirements RWTS. I enjoy my Apple and try to suhSl:ribc 10 1900 Softkey for, .. Dr. George Sabeh Advertising Pirate BBS's and Morning Star Spelling I have enjoyed your publication over the Encouraging Piracy past couple years. I have purchased most oflhe ram a COMPUTIST subscriber and [ love availilble bal:k i~sues. It has helped me the new RDEX, and ZOXCOPIES. however. understand and enjoy my Apple. I viQuld like COMPUTTST #53 has raised grave concerns. to contribute two shon softkeys whil:h may help CD Boot your DOS 3.3 system disk. On page 37 you printed a letler from Chad some of your readers. CD Tell DOS to ignore checksum and Baker querying about the new user password epilog crrors and u~e COPYA 10 copy the to a large and infamous Pirate BBS in southern .')(JftkeJ far... protected disk. California called Motherboard West. Chad also POKE 47426,24 advertises another BBS called Alien Nation. RUN COPYA Ski Crazed These boards exist primarily to trade craeke<:! BaudviJIe copies of software. No Olhcr changes arc necessary. [ hate copy protection and r have become • Requiremenls an intermediate emeksmith through practice and some help from COMPUTIST. 1 am NOT A Stephen J. Scalia o Locksmith Fasl Copy or a similar copy PIRATE and r fear that if you continue the progrJm such as CopyA practice of printing this type of letter your As my subscriplion ended last month, I o Sedor editor magazine will suffer from just. legal action from thought I might drop you a few lines to tell )OU o Blank disk the Software Publishers Association. Chad. I why I did nm renew. assume, is a young man and you cannot blame Although I am not a novice Apple u~er, I CD Copy the original using any copy him for his ignorance in making this type of have owned my Ill' for over four years now, program. such as Locksmith Fast Copy. query. However, [ hope you will develop a I have yet 10 be able to utilize one softkey or Q::J Sector edit lhe following: standing editorial policy to prevent fllture feature program from your publication. inl:idents. I have Iyped in almost 200 programs from _T'_k Sc t B_,_,'_I_s} Ff om ~T0'cc~ __ By the way, it might be a good idea to give such magazine~ as "Nibble", 'Compute", S00 S04 SA5-A6 DO F7 EA EA Bill Bennett's BBS at 415-349-8245 a few 'Incider" and"A+", [ have gouen all of the $06 SlH2 OOF7 EAEA words next month. Bill"s h(lard is dedieatcd to programs tl) run and have been able to modi f)' S2E-2F 00 D5 EA EA project STOP, the Software Theft Opposition them to suil my personal needs. _ 50F _"_8-_"_ =OO:cFc-'__ =",,'C-'__ Projed_ The hoard functions as a forum where "DatcJTime Without a Clock Card" by interested panics can discuss the software piracy Steve Marvin in COMPUTIST /1'49 is an Make sure you write the sectors back to issue, Many piratcs as well as rep's from example or the problems I encountered. There disk, Electronic Arts and other software publishers LJuly-- COMPUTIST #57 27 I ;11"1: cur~ntJ) acti\'(: on the board. You may also Trk Set 8yte(s) From To 8£48:11 write to Project STOP, P.O. 80x 3142. San ~------~1atco. CA 94403. $00 500 S2C 4C (I{I 4A 4C DB 4) B8FE.,",0 JDeG i nit· problem is thm "'t" )U~'t dOli" kilO1\' That's il. RUN ...hi,,1! BIIIINi" Board .~I"S1""/j' ('Ilfry ...hm kind of iliformation. When il COlllfS to BBS,\', Wl" Follow the prompts to copy your Greg Poulos o=J (lrnl '( \'<'1,' acril'I' or kIlOll'!I,dgablf. WI' )IISI original Suh A1I:\'sion disk. prim I.-Iull .1'011 writ/:'. nlis whole nUlgu;jlll! i.l' )11.\1 II rt'flders d(lw /:'x,",l/Il1ge. It would hi.' Soltkey for". CIJ Get OUI a sector editor nnd make lhe fnlvJlol/s for the 5t'A 10 pur.l"lIe us on ,hal issul'. following changes to track $05. seclor S0B of (No /11/11 imelldl'd.). . RDEXed SubMission your oopy. MindS("apc Trk Set 8Yle(s) From To Leh·Wen Yau Sub MISSion. by Tum Snyder Productions 5(15 S0B SA6-A8 20:':Af~;aC-- EA EA EA (distribl.lled by MindSC'.apl:) is nor. rop)'able with IIgs Softkey for... a faM copier. So I loaded. COPYA lind Sub Misswn is now fully deprmccled. modified It so it would ignore some d;,ta marks. If )'ou'rt' mtcrested in changmg lhe title Mis~'lOII Marble Madness The Sub disk was copied Into a normal pages. you can find lhem un tracks S0E and EIlX'lromc An~ format. $18 wilh a hi-res piclure searcher, Then I booted my modified COPYA ver5.ion of Suh MI....~ion. It seemed to boot I purchased ElectrOnlt' Am' lIgs version nne, of Marble Madncs~ a few day~ ago. It is, of but ufter the screen .ays "GUIllC; Approved", ~hip, Jack Niuel t'Our~e, copy-protected. However, I came up it would 10ilt! the screen with your read about three tracks and then hang, with the drive with the following step~ to make it bypass the wa~ Softhy for". cOPy·prOl.ection scheme: spinning. Apparcmly il looking for a nibble l'Ount. CALL-lSI So I opcocd up my drive and boofed It Mickey's Space Adventure RENAME DOS8.SYSTDI,DOS8.SYS again. Ihi~ lime \latchmg what 1he last three !LOAD DOSI.SYS,TSYS SierrOl On-Lioc lracks IJIlIl il fead were. Thcy ...·ere 504. 503. 2G83: U. EA EA 80 and $Q)1 (ifmy memory S('n'es oorTe(:dy), ~ot CREATE DOS8,SYST!M,TSYS • RequireJtM:nts posses5.ing an incm:hbk amount of asSC'mbly BSAVE DOS8.SYSTEM,TSYS,A$2000,L7C154 language kno.... lcdgc. I looked around ttn-c o The original Mid..ey'.s SfXJCC AdH~nlUrt" Thi, in <'ffeel nullifies lhe 1n~1ruetion "JSR track..~ and pUI a IMP IntO lhe monitor ($FF59. disks $3700". which pcrform~ the copy'prolecllon or 4C 59 FF) in various places \l.hcrc tllher .:J 4 blank dlSb detection. JMPs were. C Sector editor The unprotccled game, however. is not What I di:.a.were I 28 _____-=..:COMPUTIST #57 Softby for... to COP)' side :2 of the onginal disk. line 25 from the HELLO program_ as the I booted this copy llnd I am happy to say softkey in COMPUTIST 149 ~aid to do. made Where in Europe is I played the game 1111 (Oe way lhroogh. three fhe progr,lm run fine. lust to see .....hat .....ould limes. without any problems. happen at the ApplbOft prompt. I did the POKE Carmen Sandiego I (hen booted the original disk. After the fhat lil1C 25 did before I deleted if and it crashed Broderbund dbk rcad )tarted. the "ProDOS 1.4" screen into the monitor jU1>t a., m)' ~"Opy did before I e;lffiC up If I had done thi) fiN. instead of modIfied the HELLO program. trying to eaUllng it. I "cutd ha\'c known side • Requi.-.mt-nls lIJ Boot }our DOS 3.3 S)Slem dbk. I "'~d.\ ProDOS based. However. If I had koo.....n o The original disk it was ProDOS ba.'>Cd I would not have tried C!:J INIT your hl.mk t1i)k~ HELLO and r A blank ~Iave L1i.sk COPYA on it and I .....ould not have deproteeted then delete the HELLO program. Label these r 2 blank L1i~b it as quickly. if at all. t1i~ks l. 2. ~Ild ,lave. r: COPYA Boot your DOS 3.3 sy)tem oisk ami INIT HELLO C Copy II Plus lIJ enter: DELETE HELLO If you arc interested in finding out how I POKE 47426,24 II] Boot the lJriginal Dr. Ruth disk aill.! deproleclcd this tille read the following, jf not RUN COPYA after your dril/e reads the firM 3 Iraeks re~t _,kip down to the step-by·step. al the end oflhi~ into the monitor. Ieller. a::J Copy Side I of your original disk to The first thing I did when I got this game your .~Ial/e di~k. ~ MOllc the RWTS til a safe location. wa~ to load Copy II Plus and catalog il. On side IT] Load Copy /I Plus and fonnat your t9G0 July COMPUTIST #57 31 I enough to make a program out of. Anyway. are is also contained in this file for whom it may 280 FOR t '" 1T02' POKE 16387 + 1,99: NEXT here is the infofOlation I found on tnKk $03. concern. 290 HOME sector $08. 301l HOME' VTAS 5: PRI NT 'CHANGE' ALL'ITEMS'TO' Hl REW * 99 1'(YiN)'" :: GET AS: PRINT AS: IFAS < > Name of gang $23·26 11 RE~ * RINGS OF ZILFIN 'Y" THEN GOTO 350 Food $39·3A 15 RE~ * EDITOR - BY 310 VTAS 7: PRINT "ARE'YOO'SURE"(Y/N)'" ;: GET Tires $3B-3C 17 REW * AARON SCHOEFFLER At PRINTAS: IFAS< > T THEN GOTO 300 Fuel $3D-3£ 18 REW * 320 FOR I ",1 T027: POKE 16428+ 1,99: NEXT Ammo $3F-4Q) 19 DC '" 1: OS =CHRS (4): TEXT: HOME 331l HOME Guns $41-42 20 TIS = 'R INGS'OF' ZILF IN'CI-!ARACTER' ED ITOR" 340 HOME Medical supplies $53 30 PRINT SPC ( (40 -( LEN (T IS))) I 2) .T1 S 350 HOME: VTAS 5: PR INT "CI-!ANGE'BOW?' (YIN)'" 40 POKE 34,2 Here is the information for the first car, :: GET AS: PRINT AS: IF AS < > "Y" THEN 50 VTAB PRINT "PLEASE'INSERT' SlOE'" The inf()rmation for the rest of the cars follows HI: GOTQ 410 INVERSE: PR INT "TI'IO" ,. NORMAL: PRINT "OF' in the same order. 360 VTAS]: PR INT' ARE'YOO'SURE" (YIN) '" : : GET RINGS" AS: PR INT AS: IFAS < > T THEN GOTO 351l Type of car $64 (see chart) 60 PRINT "OFO ZILFIN.' PRESS' ANY' KEYo TO' 370 HOME: VIAB 7: PRINT "A'-'A$H'BOW" : PRINT Structure $66-67 CONTINUE,,->" :: GET AS "S'-'SROM'BOW" : PRINT: PRINT "PICK'ONE:' Manueverability $68·69 65 PRINT A$ '::GETAS, IFAS< > "A' AND AS < > 'B" Braking $6A 70 PRINT OS "BLOAD'SA" THEN PRI NT CHRS (7): GOTO 370 Acceleration $fiB 80 HOME 380 IF AS = "A" THEN POKE 16408.18 Protection (LiR/F/BIT) $72-76 91l VTAB 5: PR INT "CHANGE' NAME?' (YIN)'" :: GET 390 IFAS = "B" "THEN POKE 16408,19 lnt. crew quality $80-84 AS'IFAS",TTHENGOT0111l 400 POKE 16439,99 Top, crew capacity $85 100 GOTO 160 410 HOME : VTAS 5: PRINT 'CHANGEoSlIIORD1'(Y/N)' Top. crew quality $86-8A 110 HTAB 1: VT AB 7: PR INT "ENTEWFOOR'LETTERS' ":GETAS; PRINT AS' IFAS< > T THEN Speed $9 I-92 GOTO 500 115 NAMES = '''' 4211 VTAS 7: PR INT "ARE'YOO'SURE" (YiN)" :: GET 120 NAMES ,,-'" : FDflY=IlT03:HTAB22+Y: VTAB Chart of vehicles AS: PR INT AS: IF AS < > T THEN GOTO 41C 7: GET AS: PRI NT Ai: NAMES =NA~ES +AS: NEXT 430 HOME: VTAB 7: PRINT "AO-'$HORT'SWORD" Type Byte 141lVTAB 10: PRINT "ARE'YOIJ'SURE1'(Y/N}"" GET PRINT "B' -' PELA' SWORD" PRINT "C' -' ES: IF n < > T THEN GOTO 120 SLICER" ,PRINT "D'-'SLAYER" PRINT 'E'-' Motorcycle $00 150 FOR DC "- 1TO LEN (NA~ES}: POKE 16497 + OC. GRANDSWORD" Sidecar $01 ASC (1IIDS (NAMES,DC,l)): NEXT 440 VTAB 13: PR INT "PI CK'OOE' ~ 0. :: GET AS: PR INT Compact Cunv. $02 161l HOWE VTAS 15: PRINT "*' FATIGUE,' AS: IFAS< > "A" AND AS < >"B" AND AS Compact H.T. $03 ENDURANCE.'IlAG,'SKILL,' PRINT "SWRD' < > T AND AS < > "0" AND AS < > 'E" Midsize Conv. $04 SKILL, 'STRENGTH" THEN PRINTCI-!RS (7): GOTO 430 165 VTAB 5: PRINT 'CHANGEoALloSKILLSoTO09999?' Midsize H.T. $05 450 IFAS '" "A" THEN POKE 16406, 13 (YIN)'" ;: GET AS Sports Car Con\'. $06 455 IF AS = "B" THEN POKE 16406,14 Sports Car H.T. $07 167 PRINT AS 460 IF AS= T THEN POKE 16406,15 Station Wagon $08 1701FA$ < > T THEN GOTO 200 465 IF Ai '" '0" THEN POKE 16406.16 Limousine $09 180 VTAB 7: PR 1NT "ARE'YOO'SURE?' (YIN)" :: GET 470 IF AS = T THEN POKE 16406,17 Van S0A Ai: IFAS < > 'Y' THEN GOTO 160 480 POKE 164117,0 Pickup Truck S0S 190FORI =1 T02: POKE 16385+ I ,99. NEXT I. FOR Offroad Conv. S0C I", 1TO 2' POKE 16388 + 1,99: NEXT: FOR I 500 HOME: VTAS 5: PR INT "CHANGE' ARMOUR!' (YIN)' Offroad H,T, S0D = I T02: POKE 16390+ 1,99: NEXT: FOR! = ": GET A$: PRINT AS: IFAS < > "Y" THEN Bus SIDE I T02: FOR! =1T02: POKE 16397 +1.99: NEXT GOTO 600 Tractor SIDF I: FOR I =1T02: POKE 1641l1+ I ,99: NEXT I: 5lIlVTAB]: PRINT "ARE"YOU'SURE?'(Y/N)'" .GET Construction Veh. S10 FOR I =1 T02: POKE16393~ 1,99: NEXT AS: PRINlA$, IFAS< > T THEN GOTO 500 Flatbed Truck SII 2110 HOME: VTAS 5, PRINT "CHANGE'S'PLANTS'TO' 528 HOWE: VTAB 7: PRINT "A'-'L1GHT'ARMOlJR' : Trailer Truck $12 99991' (YIN)' ; : GET AS: PRINT AS: IF AS < PRINT "S'-'MEDIUM'ARMOOR" : PRINT "C'-' > T THEN GOTO 230 HEAVY'ARMOUR" A.P, T. for... 211lVTAB 7: PRINT "ARE'YOU'SUREJ'{Y/N)'" ;: GET 531l VTAB 11: PRI NT "P ICK'OOE' _0" :: GET AS: PRINT Ai: PRINT AS: IF AS < > "Y" THEN GOTD 200 AS: IF AS < > 'A" AND AS < > "B" AND A$ Rings of Zillin 220 FOR I =1 T016: POKE 16411 + 1,99: NEXT I < > "C' THEN PRINT CHR$ (7): GOTO 5313 551 230 HOME: VTAS 5: PRINT "CHANGE'FOOD'TO'9999?' 540 IFAS = "A" THEN POKE 1641l4. 211: (YIN)'" :: GET AS: PRINT AS, IF AS< > 'Y" 550 IF AS = "B' THEN POKE 16404,21 I found on the second disk side that there TliEN GOTO 260 560 IFAS = "C" THEN POKE 16404,22 was a file called "SA". This tiny file contained 240 VIAS 7: PRINT" ARE'YOU'SURE1' (YIN) '" ;: GET 570 POKE 16405,99 all of the information about my man. I wrote AS: PRINT AS: IF AS< > "Y" THEN GOTO 230 600 HOME down some of my Jillln's infonnation and found 250 FOR I = 1TO 2: POKE 16391 + 1.99: NEXT 610 VTAB 5: PR INT 'CHANGE' ~'OF' ARROWS'TQ'9999?' all of it contained in differenl places in this file. 26C HOllE: VTAB 5: PR INT "CI-!ANGE'GOLO'TO'99991° (YIN)'" :: GET AS: PR INT AS: IFAS < > "Y' I quickly constructed a program that loads your (YIN)'" ::GETAS:PRINTAS: IFAS< > 'Y" THEN GOTO 700 player file. It then asks you to confinn changes THEN GOTO 300 620 VIAS 7, PRINT 'ARE'YOU'SURE1'(Y/N)" :: GET to your character. It edits every aspect ofyour 270 VTAS 7: PR INT' ARE'YDU'SURE1'(Y IN)" ;: GET AS: PRINT AS: IF AS < > "Y" THEN GOTO 610 character and saves it to disk. The place you AS: PRINTAS; IF AS < > "Y" THEN GOTO 2613 630 POKE 16396,99: POKE 16397,99 I 32 COMPUTIST #57 July ~tor 700 tf}ME . VTAB~. PRINT ~PLEASE"RE-INSERT'SIOE' logical and put all the graphics on one side of I booted up my edilor and wem to ". IHVERSE PRINT "TWO" •. /OlMAl . !'RUff the Graphics LibraT)' Disk. Examining the files ",·ork. So far so good. I could CATALOG the "OF'RINGS" PRIHT "Of'ZILFIIrOI5K •. on a disk re\'ealtd that there were a number of disk, SAVE and LOAD liIes. Now for the Teal PR INT "PRESS'A.'tY'lI.fY'TlrCCMTIM./E'",,>'· "show" files Ih:n $Crvcd no po~Olher £han lest. I transferred the gr.l.phic filt;s uSing FlO. ;'GETAS for advertisement (and laking up room). These and held my breath as I booted Print Shop. To 70S PRINT AS could easily be dimin:ned. But would U1atlcave mydclight. the progrdm was able to find all of ~ere 7111 PRINT OS "8SAVE'SA,A54000,U77" enough mom"! There 120 graphics on a the 120 grdphics. although I fouod lhatl was 720 TEXT . HOME PRIHT "GOODBYE· : END Gr,tphLCs Library Disk. Each graphil:" u:.ed four unable 10 display them all by using the Prine sectors. A OOS 3.3 disk was divided into 560 Shop CATALOG option. The ones that didn't sectors. Tracks $00-02 were used by OOS and show up were those on track S12. It is posslblc Checksums tr"ck 511 normally consiMed of the catalog. to patch the Prim Shop program 10 read the~ Since I wanted the graphics disk for data only. eXira sector£. bm more on Ihat later. rf you - SBAOO - SB7~0 10 J00 DOS muld be eliminated. Thllt would gain 32 initialize the data disk within the Print Shop - SE622 - S02CC II JI0 sectors for data (Tracks $01 and $(2). Track prognllll, you even get a me.;;''Wlge on track SflXlJ. 15 - SlSFA J20 - SBll24 $00 was not available without extensive sector S00 that will tell you that you have a 17 - 54046 JJ0 - 589C3 changcs to the Prim Shop DOS. so 1 decided data disk that cannot be booted. My iinJltouch 18 SCCCl 340 - 142E3 to leave it alone. was to use Beagle Bros. Farcat progrnm and S9ASS - S091lA 19 J50 Turning to tmek 511. Scrlor 500, I found organize my catalog alphabetically. m32 360 - S60A8 20 this was reserved for the VTOC (Volume Table J had to usc FlO tu trdn~fer the files. even $6564 J70 - 566B3 30 Of Coments). That left me with 543 seclOrs for • seCS7 • 535E2 thouKh it is slllw and somewhat inconvcnient. 40 J80 dala aoo the l:"atalog. Each gr:lphic occupies four \0 - 577FA J90 - S5etS because I found that Cop)' II Plus did not like sectors and each catalog sector can lisl sc\"cn unu~ual S2A27 - S6007 the catalog fonnat and would tT)' to 60 file names. A lillie arilhcnuttic showed that I change II back to nonnal while tran~ferring 61 SE448 - SE446 '"'I' should be able to gCI up III 131 graphic~ files liIcs. defeating the purpose of the exercise. 70 S6302 - S539E '2' onto one side of a dIsk. however I would need I u~ a sector edilor to nutke the changes 80 S5588 .30 - UE23 19l:"3talof: seeton. r:lther than the 15 rellularly 10 m}' data dIsk. then thouf:ht. why not do this SCACI - SfBE4 '0 44' allocated. using the Super lOB. So. for those reader<; - 55684 I" selsc '50 J ~Iled an article by ClllY Ruth in Call without acccs.s to a sector editor. here"s a quick 100M 41\ - 52914 110 ·A.P.P.L.E.'s All Aboot DOS. It turned oot way to make your special graphics disk. - $9558 46. - S0501 III that allocating extra catalog ~clOrs ~as quile 120 - 59180 461 - S9S6F simple. In me VTOC (Ir.ack 511. sector $(0). - 5048 Step By Step 1'0 - SACFO 410 b}'ICS 1a"li 2 pOInted to the fir!>1 catalog sector. 1\0 - S2617 '80 - mOB Nonnally Ihis was track 511. s(:(:10r S0F. If I ITI Initialize a new data di"k u"mg the 160 - S0702 100 - slim wcre to change this 10 track $12. sector $02. 161 5675A 510 - 50982 Print Shop program. then I should have an eXlr" 3 sectors for a lotal 167 50186 120 - S4100 of (18 x 7) 126 files. more than I needed. All IT] Type in the controller and run Super 170 58E99 \30 - SCICO that required doing WllS to ('hange bytes I and 108. 52148 \40 - 54959 180 2 of cach of these new ealalog sedor.~ starting 190 S598C \50 $1015 lTI When asked how man}' drives. with track S12. seelor S02. such thal they 280 - SC032 \60 S92BA indicate only I and insert your newly initialiLed would each point 10 Ihe next lower catalog 210 - Sl70A \70 S59C1 data disk. Usc it for the original and wget disk. sector. 220 - 54A77 600 SFF6A CD Transfer the graphics using FlO or 230 - 51364 610 - S5C2E any other file mover you wish (beware of the 240 - s0ElF 61' - S74E4 Trk Set _B,_te(s) Fr(Yll ~T''-cc~ __ problem with Cop)' II Plus). - S6E!A 2\0 - S5FF3 630 512 SIl2 S11I-1l2 12111 ~ 5E7Dll - 582FE 260 700 SI2 Sill S11I-02 1200 Controller 70S ~ SOC40 270 - 53BB4 512 S03 5111-02 I llllF 289 SE9C2 710 - S9398 1000 RElit PRI NT SH)P GRAPH IC5 DATA 01 5K IlAK.ER 290 - 59FD6 720 - S39l8 The final step .... ould then be 10 change the ISH'lK." I7 l T" 19 .5T" 15 :LS = IS 'CO" WIl.FAST vroc 10 inthcale thatlracks S0land $02 were ·1 available for data and sccto~ 500·03 oftrack 11129GOSUB490 GOSUB610 Klaus Ideo SI2 were noI. Checking through my well worn 1030 GOSUB 499 Tl" Til. TIl "PfEK {TRIO' GOSUB Bmc COMPUTIST 1157 Ju'y I the fan; "AUX" switche:i "Printer" and packed with an internal modem, co-processor "Aux", In case you need to po'llo'Cr a plug-in board, and other goodies, (his son ofdifference J~lf Hurlburt transformer (as used with some modems), could be a life-saver for Ie's and other Kensington will supply a soon extension cord componenrs which must dissipale heat,. The The free (!), when you return the warranlY card. lesson seems clear, if you plan to expand your To squelch those nasty power line Ugs. something on the order of "System Saver" gremlins, you get a hefty LC filter (two I" cooling is a necessity. toroid induclOrs plus capacitor) with a metal Granted, one doesn't invest in "System oxide varistor ("MOV") surge suppressor Saver" ju~t to provide cooling and de-glitching; connected between the AC Jines. Similar there are less expensive alternatives. But, if MOV's run from AC 'hot' (black line) and you're a.fter good line protection, quiet cooling, 'D(:ulfal' (while line) to 'ground', The devices and a solKi boost in operating convenience, all Ratings appear to be GE V1301.20A cquivalentlYpe5, in a very classy package, then Kensington's a good long-life choice for the typical 120 VAC "System Saver Ugs" is THE way to go. installation. Finally, "System Saver" adds a ~ SUPERB back.panel-mounted circuil breaker to protect ~~~. . EXCELLENT againsl" u. a pankularly large power surgc" ~ VERY GOOD as well as shortS on any of the OUtpulS, Oddly, an internal fuse on the between-lines MOV is ~...... GOOD 001 mentioned in the documentation. If my ~...... FAIR circuit-tracing is accurate, its function is to Comic Book POOR interrupt current now to the "MASTER" $12.00 @. LED's to provide a visible indication ofpossible @@ ...... BAD MOV failure. @@@ . DEFECTIVE Boasting a 10 amp rating, "System $aver" can easily handle the powcr-controilline I conditioning chores for your entire system. • Requires: Still, while it rales a solid "good" on this score, thcre is room for improvement. For instance, o 64K Apple II series since there is space for five sockets on the back Done 514· drive System Saver Ugs panel, then:. should be fi\'e; and prolection o second drive recommended (copy side 2 of during non-use would be better ifboth AC lines diskette) Line condilionerl coolcr! power organizer were switched, inslead of jusl 'hot', As 10 $99.95, from Kensington for Apple Ugs control, I suspect IllOSIlIgs owners would prefer Perhaps it was inevitable thai, barely a year that "Computer" have irs own switch, with after release of the firsl computer oo\'el "AUX" for monitor, printer, etc, and ("Portal''), the first true: computer comic book "MASTER" to enable everything. This way, would 'hit the stands'. Unlike Accolade's , 'Comics", lnfocom's •'Infocomics" editions Were you to takc II poll of hardwarc types a single bar-press could power-up the system; on the question: "What is the major threat to and one could turn the computer on and off are picture-text read-only affairs, not games. micro-computer health'!" it's likely that "line without switching the monitor as well. Once the story begins, you can just sit back arxl glitches" or "over-heating" would account for Like many IIgs lYpes I've put off adding watch the story unfold. At the fastest of three the overwhelming majority of responses. For the recommended in-case fan. With just speed settings, this provides about an hour of 'reading' . some time IIgs owners have met these threats memory and stereo boards, it hasn't been with line conditioner strips and fan necessary; and I wonder about the cooling "What?''', you gasp, "no 'user installations- 'workable' solutions, which left efficiency of an approach that relies chiefly interaction'?" Fear not. Recognizing thaI us wishing for some less cumbersome, less upon blowing air al'OlJnd inside the case while compuler lYpes are not well disposed to hands noisy alternative. Like, "Why doesn't someone taking in relatively little air from the oursKie. off entertainmenl, Infocom lets you 'rewind', put all that cooting and AC lirx: stuff in a nice, In addition to which- leI's face it- Apple's 'fast-forward', or pause the presentation, and compact case'r' Finally, someone has!; and the fan sounds like a mainframe blower! (Whether insen a boolonart (do a GAME SAVE). Best result is a product called "System 5a\'er IIgs'. jamming with "Instant Music" or playing of all is an option to branch the presentation at Perfectly matched in color and slYling to "Bard's Tale", who needs hurricane sound numerous key points, For example, in "Lane your Ugs, "System Saver" fits likc a glove effects?!) "System Saver", on the other hand, Mastadon vs. the Blubbermen", a "tattered between computer and monitor, It acmally looks uses irs 3", 17 CFM muffin fan 10 pull air bikini'-clad beauty and her kid brother become like part of the computer, with the nice side through the top of the computer, QUIETLY the companions ofour hero on a mission to stop bencfit of raising the monitor to a more drawing fresh air through other venlS, slot the blubbermen of Jupiter from conquering comfortable viewing level. Two slant-mounted openings, elc .. earth. Branching options let you stay with Lane push-bllr switches completc thc match, each In order to get some idea as to whether from stan to finish, foHow his companions being illuminated by twin green LED's to "System Saver" cooling makes any difference, when they become separated, and/or take a look mimic the IIgs power-on indicator, I sampled in-case temperature change with and at things from the blubbennen's viewpoint. The switches, onc llibeled "MASTER" without the unit in place over two two-hour Following every branch (recommended) can and lhe other "AUX", each conlIOl IWO periods, Without forced-air cooling. in-case easily double the presentation's duration. gl'OlJnded power outlets mounted on back ofthe temperature rose about 18 degrees vis-a-vis Granled, any space advenlure featuring case, "MASTER" switches sockets labeled outside temperature. With "System Saver" in curvacious cuties, evil aliens. and a stalwan "Computer" and "Monitor" and also turns on place, the change was only 2 degrees, In a case hero (to say nothing of his elephant-shaped I Jul. COIllPUTlST If57 35 t craft. the mighty "Mastadon") is alrTlOSt a For those ofyou who haven't used this utility, But when me copy is booted it resetS on itself. guaranteed winner. But story line is only pan I can only say it is worth lbe price ofthe entire I INITed a disk with ProntoJXJS (probably any or the lnfocomics seen:t. Employing simple disk. It is as close to a full blown 6502-65C02 fast DOS will do) and then copied all the f1Jes animation and fract.a.l techniques, each frame. emulator as I have ever seen. It won't read all from the deproteeted disk to this disk. It worked in effect. becomes several, with panned protected disks but f am really impressed with perfectly, scenery, in-out zooms, fades, etc.. Add sound what it .....ill read and track. CLJ Boot up your fast DOS. put your blank effects and music, PLUS a chance to grom-up Step three was to boot the MirKi Prober disk in the drive, then type the following: on "Lane Mastadon n ,t (!). and you ha\'e a ....,ork copy using the emulator and then to watch quality, super-romic-book value. for the place where things went wrong with the 'EW 1>00<. OOT HELLO VENDORS After much watching I DOCked a stange bit II] Use a file copy program to ropy all ofcode being executed at $606(l), It was only Infacorn Park Drive. the files from the deprotected copy to the fast 125 Cambridge Cambridge. called once and didn't spend much time there MA 02140 (800·161.6868) DOS disk. but it did look worth examining in more detail. Kensington Mkroware 151 Park AvenUl! I dropped OUt of the emulator and listed the South, N('W York. NY 10010 (800·53 5·4241. in cooe. It looked like mostly trash but you never Paladin NY call 111-475.51(0) know. I jumped back to the emulator and instructed it to stop when the program counter equaled $6(/)6(/). Playing Tips for... Rebooting the program from the emulator Marshall P Brown 10 stan everything orf right, I sat back and waited for the break and men single stepped Donkey Kong Softby for", through thc code. What do you know. no more Alari trash, The program uses ronditional jumps 10 Mind Prober skip over sections of bad rode. The most simple My Ihanks 10 John Baeuer's and Paul R. Human Edge Software Corporation approach seemed 10 be II ratnIU I at $606(l). Wilson for their APT's on eXira lives and a That was t(X) simple, so I follo""'ed through super Mario for Donkey Kong, I would like to • Requiremt;nts again, a step at a time. and foutxl a disk read add some extra info on su~r M~rio, called via some code hidden at $03D9 which As Paul Wilson stated, by pressing ''2'' we C Any copy program lMPs to $B7B5. On the return 10 S608A, an now have a super Mario. You can have Mario CA sector edilor examination is made of the results of the disk become super Mario at any level, DOC JUSt the o I blank disk read. This seemed like a good place for a EIc\'810r level. While on the Elevator le"'e!. o An Apple U is useful IRg1J1UfJ and as they ~y "the rest is have your super Mario walk on the ground 10 hislory'. where the springing I beams are falling. (fyou Mind Prober is hilled as "ilID(wative expen A search of the disk found Ihe code in a position yourself just righi, the 1 beams will systems software" to "lei you sec people as file named HUMAN.OBJ. ~sh you down through the bottom of the screen they really are" and, within the limitations and you will appear on me top of the screen imposed by the speed and memory ofthe Apple o::J Make a copy using any standard disk to rescue your sweetheart. If you are pushed 11 series of computers does a surprisingly good copy utility, off the bottom of the screen and don'I appear job, at the tOP, then walk to the left and you should CD Using a disk search utility search for The limitations, of any expen system, are drop in on your sweetheart and Kong, the skill of the programmer in providing the A0 01 Bl10 AB 00 01 and change the A0 to 60. right expcnise for the system and his ability to Lewis J Shireman have the program ask the right questions. There MIchael Javorka are, of course, a number of other technical factors relating to both the software and t Softby for.. , hardware but without the right questions and SojiJu, for... the right cxpen dala base the attempt rails, Dome Simplified Bookkeeping Mind Prober succeedsl It is dreadfully Xevious slow, spends forever in disk reads and ooJy has Mindscape System a limited data base, but on me whole is a good Acoounting By Computer example of an expen system in action, • Requirements It goes without saying that it is protected. • Requirements Any standard disk copy utility will copy it, it o Xevious original disk juS! won't run. Being a relatively sane person, o 2 blank disk. sides o Super lOB modified to read/write every I found this unacceptable. o OOS 3.3 System Master other lrack (COMPUTIST 1:53) The softkey for Mllx/ Prober is simple 10 o A file copier o Copy progntm to copy 005 3.3 implement, consisting ofa disk edit of a single o Blank disk byte and, as is often me case, was found only CD Boot your DOS 3.3 syslem disk. This is a compulerized version of the after long hours of looking and a little luck. u:J Tell DOS to ignore checksum and widely used Dome system. I picked up a copy Since the disk looked so standard, I started epilog errors and use COPYA to ropy the disk, wilh Locksmilh's FSSlcopy to make my work at what I considered a reasonable price, until POKE 47426,24 disk. I discovered what they were up to in the system. The next step was to boot my favorite RUlf COPYA The Dome System, like other paper systems of utility, Locksmith 6,0'$ auto boot code tracer. This procedure will copy the entire disk. it's kind, is built around the idea thaI you will I 3. COMPUTIST #57 July ] buy a new set of books each year. Well, their INIT a blank disk, preferably with a Ukrrdar Crafter /lgl MECC o=J CapIIlin GoodnighJ ? program is set up to make you do the same! fast DOS. The disk is copy protected, using several Certijicole Lihnuy rol. 1 ? techinques, but the real catch is that once you INIT LOGO Championship Basebtdl ? enter the accounting year, it can't be changed! Chucl fragtr'l AManctd flighl Trailltr EltfJroIlic Am o:::J wad Super lOB J.5 and enter the CoW,SI/5 IV Firtbird Rather upset at this device, J set out to deproteet following controller. CnaIiIrt Vtlllillf Sojllmith Co. the disk prior to using any copy. Two of the CrolS aUt. Screw Rmarch copy protection schemes, once identified, were Controller Croll cO/wry RiIll, Sojllmith W. removed by using Bill Jetzer's Modify Super Crtmword Magic MindKape IOB to Read/Write Every Other Track in 1000 REM SUNBURST COMMUN ICATIONS CONTROLLER lkJl'id'1 Midnight Magic ? COMPUTIST #53. These wcre altered epilog DB Masur W.0 StOfllll'(Jft 1010 TK =3:ST =0:LT = 35:CD =l'/R values, and altered address markers on alternate Dtathlord Ekcrrollic Am 1020 T1 = TK: GOSUS 490 POKE 47426.24: RE~ tracks (04 M 96 instead of05 M 96). I used Super DoIIIt Booliuping S,sltIIU Dome Arcouming IGNORE EPILOGS IOB with Bill's controllcr for Colonial Fay: Tht Malked Woman Didartcil Software Conquest/Blue Powder, Grey Smoke and it 1022 IFHi >16 THEN CD" O' GOSUB H10. POKE BUF. FaY'J Word Rall, DidaJtrn ~fm'(l!t worked just fine for removing these problems. PEEK (BUF) -I:CD=RD:PH:TK * 2.5" 1: Fun BUMh Unicorn GOSU8 130: REU READ HALF TRACKS AFTER TRACK G4l4.rion AJariwft Thcre was at least one additional problem 16 Gomt Shall' AdwlIIud Ideas (probably a nibble count) that is removed by Garfield DtluJ:e Edition DLM copying a unmodified DOS from the DOS 3.3 1030 GOSUB 430: POKE 47466, PEEK (47657 t TK). POKE 47356, PEEK (47668 .. TK): GOSUB 100' ST (kIllS/ant HtlJ1tr 5.51 Master onto the copy. After that, the program GfJidflJlgtr Mindsropt worked fine. "ST t 1: IF 5T < OOS THEN 1030' REM CHANGE ADDRESS AND DATA PROLOGS EVERY TRACK GradtBlISttri 1·2-3 Grodebulltrs Guttnbllrr Jr. Microltul/io~ LID 1040 IF SF THEN 1060 Handltapping S)'SItm SpiJrn Judge Klaus Ideo 1050 ST" 0:TK = TK t I IF TK < LT THEN Hl22 J &: S Grode Book J &: S Scft....urt 1060 GOSUB 230: GOSUB490:TK"T1:5T"0 Jiflll1l' Microftm Softkey for... H170 GOSUB 430: GOSUB 100 ST,,5Tt1'IFST I Jul. COMPUTIST #57 37 I COMPUTIST ba~k issues To order. Use the back Issue order form on page 42 -Peanuts Maze Marathon -Peanuts Picture Puzzlen -Jenny's Journ<'ys -Kid Niki Radical Ninja IKung·Fu S6 JUDe 1988 • • Features: eAppie llgi -Perry Mason: The Case of the Mandarin Murder Master -learning To Tell Time -leisure Suit larry -let's Secret Weapon -5 Second Fastboot into locksmith 6.0 -Railroad Works -Random House library -Management learn About Money -let's learn About Tho? library Fastcopy •The Product Monitor· Taking the grind out Programs -Rocky'S Boots vA -Sensible Speller -Snoopy's -letters For You -lords Of Conquest -Magic Spells of Championship Wrestling eMaking SOffii! improvements Reading Machin<' -Snoopy's Skywriter Scrambler -Math Blasler -Money Works -Maps &Globes: latitude to The Nibbkf • Softkeys: -1400 AD -40' Graphics -Snoopy to tlK> Rescue -Snoopy Writer -Spelling Demons & longitude -Marble Madness -Microzine Studio -Accolade Comics -Aesop's Fables -American -Stock Mriet Simulation -Story Builder -Story Starter IB, 19,20,2! ,22,23 -Mist -Morning Star Math -Movie People -Animal Hotel eApplewritet" Ill.' -Arcade Album -Studio H-Test Maker -Think Quick vl.0 -Tournament Monster GaI11t' -Multiplication Puzzles -Multiscribe vlOc HI -Arctic Antics -Ballblazer -Bard's Tale II: The Dminy Bridgt' -Tutorial ~ -Typing ~ a Ball, Charlie -Murder On The Mississippi -Music Made Easy -Mystery Knight -Bard's Tale Ugs -ufn Mouse -Championship Brown -Under Fire -Word Blaster -Word Count -Word Sentences -Number Munchers -Numben Count -Odell Wrestling -Charlie Brown's IJ.3's -Cobra Cavern Mount -Your Personal Net Worth • ~PTs: -Under lake -Operation Frog -Opposites Attract -Ortgal Trail eCclor Me -Create With Garfield -David Winfield's Ftte IBM. Feature: -Flight Simulator RGB ModifICations v1.4 -Phonics Prime Time: Blends 6Digraphs -Phonics Batter Up! -Destroyer -Disk Optimizer II eDragonworkl Prime Time: Vowels I, II -Puzzles &Posten -Ouotierlt ·ElecltOflIc Arts Software -En Vacances -En Ville S4 April 1988 • • Fl'iJtures: -Picture loader Ouest -Reader Rabbit -Reading Style Inventory -Realm ·Fanlavmon gs -Fight Night ·FOfbldden Castle ·G.I. Joe -How To Make DEMUFFIN PLUS -Convert Print Shop Of Impossibi~ty -Sesame Street: 'Crayoo' series -Shanghai -Garfield Double Dares -General Manager ·Goonies graphics into Print Master graphics -lower cast' letters -Sons 01 Uberty -Space Ouest v2.2 -Story Book: -GraphicWriter 10 -Gutenberg, Sr. -Hacker H-Hardball For Your Apple II Plus -The Product Monitor -Apple Ilc Pixe/works -Story Tret -Subtraction Puules -Super Huey -Hardball gs -Infiltrator -James Bond 007: A View to Paddle Fix -Softkey for Daisy Professional 'Most· -Super Wordfind -Tass Times In Tonetown -Those a Kill eKeyboard Kadel -Kids on Keys -lam Maze ell.' Protected' Award -DOS EOR Maker • Softkeys: AlPB I Amazing Reading Machines n IV -Timothy leary's Mind Demmagemtflt ell.' Francais par Ordinateur: elcisure Pinball -Animate -Bank Street Music Writer Mirror -To Preserve, Protect and Defend -Tower Of Suit larry in the land of the lounge lizards -les Sports -Bouiderdash Construction Kit -ulifornia Games Myraglen -Troll's 'MicroCoarseware' series -Webster: -lion's Workshop -Microzin<' n I -Microzin<' #21 -Countdown to Shutdown -Coveted Mirror -create with The Word Game -Word Munchen -Words At Work; -Mimken Word Processor -MiHionair g-Multiscribt' vl0 Garflt'ld -Da~y Professional -Destroyer -Donkey Kong Compound It -Words At Work Suffix ~nse -World -Multiscribe v3.0 -Multiscribe IIss vlO Ic -Paris En -hpedition Amazon -General Chemistry Disk #B Games -World's Greatest Baseball Game -World Karate Metro -Pitfall n-Racter -Railroad Works -Rambo: First -Graphics Studio -Green Globs 6 Graphic Equations Championship -Writer Rabbit -loyon Patrol. a4PTs: Blood Part II -Realm 01 Impossibility -Same or Different -Kalamazoo Teacher's Record Book].0 -Kids on Keys -Buck Rogers -Ikari Warrior -Kung·Fu Master -leisure -Sea Dragon -Sea Strike -Shanghai -ShowOfl -Marble Madness -Math Blaster -Ma)(WeJl Manor Suit larry IIgs -Marble Madness -Realm Of Darknesi -Shutterbug -Silent ~rvke IIgs -Snoopy to the Rescue -Peanut's Maze Marathon -Petro-Calc -Police Artist -Rings Of Zilfin -Space Quest IIgs -Super Boulder Dash -Snoopy's Reading Machine -Snoopy's Skywriter -Practical Grammar -Rendezvous -Ring Ouest -Roadwar • ~Iaying Tips: -2400 A.D. -Donkey Kong Scrambler -Space Quest I -Space Station -Spy Hunter Europa -Roadwar 2000 -Rocky Horror Show -SesalTlt' -Infiltrator -Space Ouest llgs -Spy Hunter -Swashbuckler -Spy's Adventures in Europe -Spy's Adventures in Nortlt Street: Electric Coloring Book 5eriei -Sesame Street letters -Thexder -Ultima g- IB~ Softkeys: -EasyWriter 1.0, America -Stephen King: The Mift -Story Maker -SIr~ lor You -5esamt' Street Numbers -Seven Cilies of Gold II -Zork III Sports Basketball -Sub Battle Simulator -Super Sunday -Snoopy's ReadinS MachiJlt' -Spy's Adventures In Europe Football-Talking Text Writer -Typel-Un Repas Francais -Spy's Demise -511jX'r Sunday Football -Talisman February 1988 • • Features: -The -Voodoo Island -Where in Europe ~ Carmen Sandieso -Tellstar H-Top Draw vl.01 A-The American Challenge S2 Product Monitor -Unprotecting The Unprott'Ctable: -Winnie tlK> Pooh -Winter Games -Winter Games gs -The Dam Busters -The Science Professor -Tubeway ~PT$: Macintosh Softkeysl -A,P.T. Cornucopia -APT:A1temate -Wordzuearrn -World Games gs • -2400 -Vocabulary Adverlture I -Winter Games -Wizards' Reality,Dungeon: Create A Super,human -Soft key for AD -Kung·Fu Master -lady Tut -Ultima V • ~loying Crown -Zero-Gravity Pinball. a4PTs: -Expedition SSl's RDOS disks: I,ProOOS ROOS, HOOS Transfer ~laying Tips: -2400 AD -Deathlord -Space Ouest -Ultima IV Amazon -Might and Magic • Tips: Utility -Making Cracked II Plus Disks Work On The Hc -Ultima V -Wrath 01 DenethellOr IBM. Softkeys: -Beauracracy -King's Ouest II -lurking Horror -Maniac .lISoftkeys: -Apple Gradebook v2.6 -Award Maker -Exero·Vision -MS Word -PC-Draw -Zork I & II Mansion -StationlaIlIBM. Feature: -Introduction to Plus -Black uuklron -Black Magic -California Games IBM DisI< Format. Access, and Copy·protection -Putting -Car Builder -Color Print Shop -Computer Ambush SS Ma}' 1988 • • feiJlures: -A Utility to Sargon Ilion harddisk IBM. Soft keys: -Prokey lO -Concepts In Science -Disney's Comic Strip Maker -Elite Save the lower S Pages of Memory -Bard's Tako fffects -R:base 400 -Time Manager -Empire I, II -European Nations 5 locations -Fooblitsky locator -How to Capture Phantasie Screen Maps -Grid Designer -H.E.R.O, -Ikari Warrion -Infiltrator n -Alternate Reality Character Editor -Updating the S3 March 1988 • Fealures: -Modify -le francais par Ordinateur -Uttle Computer People's lOB ProDOS Block Editor -loading Flashcak onto your Super to read/write every other track -APT for Rings House on a Disk *Main Street: F~er -J\>IaSler Diagnosria RAMcard -A Copy,protection Scheme lor ProDOS -The Of Zilfm: Tum yourself into a lean, mean fighting Machine lie *MegaFiler *Mesa.\Jerge -Mkrozin<' B -Might Product Monitor -Autoduel Car Editor .SoftKI'YS: -More Softkeys lor M.E.C.C. software ( 1987) -How & MaSic * Millionaire -Mindplay software -Music -Alphabet ~qllendng -Animal Alphabets and Other To Use Tht' Electronic Art's RWTS -APT for Realms Of Construction Set -Nibbler -Operation Market Garden Things -Arctic Antics -The SoaN' Store -The Soan Tell Darkness: Realm's Wrecker! -Putting Super Boulder Dash -Phantasie * Planetfall -PrinlMaster Plus -Print Shop Time -Career Focus -castle Wolfenstein -Charlie Brown's onto a hard disk • • Softkt'}'s: -2400 A.D, -Age Of -Questron -Regatta -Ring Ouest -Ringside ~at -Rings 123's -Charlie Brown's ABC's -Oty Country Opposites Adventure -Apple's Core n-Arcade Boot ump -Arctic 01 Zilfin -Shanshai -Silent Service -Snooper Troops -Coveted Mirror -Create With GarfIeld -Crypt of Medea Fox -Aztec -Ballblazer -Bard's Tale Ilgs -Blue Powder -Spy's Adventure in N, America -Super Print -Tass Times -Customized Alphabet Drill -Customized Flash Spelling Gray Smoke -California Games -Championship Wrestling In Tonetown -Think Quick *Transylvania -Ultima Ire, -Dig Dug -Digital Paintbrush System -Estimation -Fay: -Colonial Conqut'st -Comprehension Skills 1.11 release -Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego -World Word Hunter -Fix II -focusing on language Arts -Conquering Whole Numbers -Coordinate Math Games * Zork I(* MacIntosh softkey) .~. P, T,s: -Fundamental Capitalization -Fundamental Punctuation -Countdown To Shutdown -Dataquest: The World Alternate Reality: The Dungeon -Arctic Fox -Bard's Tale Practice -Fundamental Spelling Wonk in Context -The Community -Destroyer -Dream House -Dream Zone II -Beyond Zork -Black Magic -Cavern Creatures -Orol Hobbit -Homonyms in Context -Individualized Study -Earth Orbit Station -Equation Math -Forecast: Your -Goonies -Ikari Warriors -Zorro • • Playing TIps: Master -Inside Outside Shapes -Inside Outside Opposites At,Home Weather Station -Fraction Concepts Inc -Beyond Castle Wolfenstein -Championship lode Runner -le~ure Suit larry in the land of the lounge lizards -Fraction Munchen -Fraction Practice Unlimited -GSA -conan -King's Queen II -lode Runner -lurking Horror -Master Diagnostics II & 11+ -Mastertype vll Championship Basketball -Genesis eGFl Football-Ghost -Station Fall-Ultima IV -Zork ! BM.Softk:eys: -lotus -Mathematics Series -Mr, and Mn, Potato Head -Paper Rider -Goonies -Grade Manager v2.3 -Great American 1,2·3 -Flight Simulator -PFS Report IBM APTS: Models· The Christmas Kit -Peanuts Math Matcher Cross,country Road Race -Hardballllgs -Ikari Warrior -Bard's Tale I 38 COMPUTIST #57 July I COMPUTIST back issues To order Use the back Issue order lorm on page 42 Construction Set .Music Studio -Nurrhtr Munchers Ultimapper N .Towne Mapper utility /of Utlma IV 51 Jon""" '988 ."...... ,...n.e."t. 'Paint With Words 'Painhl-'OI'b Plus 'Path haies oDungeon Mapper utility for Bard's Tale _H.Ndw.1tt arithmetic ~ euang EDO IV to Modify rrm And 'pfsHt 'pkGraph 'pls:PIan opft:RtpOl1 'pfs:Wrile Comt'T: lnlmupting Vour Apple .Softkey lor Charfit SKlon -Bant"5 hit APT; Dungton Mapper Re\'isitfd oPhonics Pm1e rIml' 'PonaI 'Prilq)aI's Assia:.n oPrint Brown's I,U, .Sohk¥ 'Guitar Wizard ·Gemstont .RAMfaetor mod IOf lastr 128 -Ultima IV APT edit· Shop ProOOS B viA 'Print Shop Holiday Edition Warrior oNotable Phantom oMicro Wilt ~ labIes • Tht Product Mcrilor -Get Bmrr Somd by Uiing 'Ouidcflash! .Readtr Rabbit .Rtalm of mpouibility oSlidybtar Pmter .Note Card Maker ·Starcross the til5:5dtt lacla tMaking Af I Jaly COMPUTlST 657 3. I COMPIJTIST back issues To order Use the back Issue order lorm on page 42 Decathlon -K.m Gilbage -Rto.isiIing F·15 $de Eagle 8fta Fi« -Sword or K.ldash -Anothtf Mner 104% 42 Aprill987 ._""."'"'...... "" -"'1asqueradt -The Hobbit -Pooyan -The Ptrftct Seen -Learning WIlh Fuuywt'lmp -8ooIr;ends -Aw't Logo I -StICh-Head ',\1onIy P1a)'5 ScrabbIt .Ractrr 'WiMir -Alice in Wonderland -The Monty MaJUgef -Good -,l..\n:leJ on the Zindtmtuf -Fe1nns -DiItb: Exploring the Pcx:il.nfocom Stulf. KabJ Spy. PriIa1er .eWIZoYtiy llinking -Rescue RailItn .fto.Jture: Panng a Nfw F8 ArtificiaIIrte{~genct -MaIOOg 32K or 16K SIa-.'l! Disks I i- 2 elLM:Mr" iulm -The PFS Serits -Dolan and on Your language Card .Un: -ExpIotW'lg ProCQS by f('"", -The Games d 1985: part II Sftw 'StflI Poktr 'Co\.'dtd Mirror -Wizard's CI'Olm nt,dlng I CPS Clock Drivtr .Thr Swotdttnsl StriE5 -Axis Assassin .~ 26 Sofrkeys -cannonball 8iu -bunl RlcaU Manager -TIlt Crown of Arthain .~ BooIc 34 August 1986 .Softlteys -Crisis -Gesler Spanish Softwaft -Men S1ickybean -Financial '0edmaIs lO eClragorR'e .F61t.IITs -Aula DJel Ealor Mountain -Tenipin logo -Apple Logo I -rlShies 1.0 Cookbook -Super Zaxxon -Wizardry ,PreschooI Fun 'Wuard', CRM11 Edifor ~ Mapper .CaP-TIlt -SptllWoro -GunbaO -Rescue at Rigel-CrazeyMazey -Holy Grail -111(,1 -I 18K l.1xxon -FtMIR -ProEdit Games 011986 in Rniew a4dventurt' r""eUllima N ~ -PenyMam: The Case of the MandamAbdtr oCore -Games of 1985 part 1 -Korom Rift .Fr4turt: -More ROM Running .~: 41 March 1987 .5oItkt',.,: -The Periodic -Infocom Revealed 2S SoItlttyr -OOMaster4.1-Busintss Writer Table ·GtmSlont Warrior -Inferno 'Frog~ .Story -Barron's Computet SAT -Take I -Bank Strett SpeJler Makrr -Adventure Writer -Mummy', Curse .Zaxxon 33 July 1986 .Softlttyr -Word Juggler -Where In Tilt World II Carmen Sandiego -Bank Street 'TheOuest ·PitfaIUeH.E.R.O. • Features -A Two-Drive -Tink! Tonkl -Sundog '110 -GJ.Iof S Lucas Film's Writer 128K -Word Challenge -Spy's Demise -Mind Patch for Winter Games -Customizin8 Ihf Speed of a Eidolon -Summer Garnes II -Thief -Instant Pascal Prober -Be's Ouest For Tires -Early Garnes -Hotrword Duodilk 'Rcllthe Presses Part Two: Printshop Printer -World's Greatest Football Game -Graphic Adventure Speller -Ft4lure -Adding IF THEN ELSE To Appltsoft Driven -The Games of 1986 ~ I -Sensible Grammar SExtended Bookends -Chipwits -Ccrt -OOS To ProOOS And Back -HarcbaD -King's Ouest n-nw Worid'sGlYatest Baseball 40 February 1987 .So(tkeys: Wne .Fe4!lHf': -How to be the Sound Master .Core: 24 Saltkeys -Electrooic Artl softwill'\' -Grolier -Adventure Wril:tr -E·Z ltarnet eMychess II '~tr -The Mapping of Ultima IV JOftwart -XyphIJs -F·' S Strike Ea81e -~urf'd Engine Blaster -CrallSton Manor -GhostbusI:m -Dtsigner'1 -Mr. Robot And His Robot F.xtory -Awlecilin 1/ Pmcil-Thr American ChaIenge eEncydapedia Britanric.l 32 J.... ,... • SMk.,.·...... -Alphabtl Zoo -Fadnns 40 -5wry Maktr -EarfyGames Programs ·cmw VIM .FC'JtIIr'S • Taking II!( WIl \U Consrrvction Set -GOt -8aud\.'i11e SoltwMt -Hartley Matchmaker -Robots Of Dawn -ftMute -Essenlial Dau otWaardry -Adding aPrinttr Card Driom IONtwsrocm Softwart -Brid~ -Earty Garnts for YOl.rIg Childrtn ~ copy parms -em -[X)S.Dm\ SKlar Acms .em" G.1mes of 1986 -T~'s last Redoubt- -Print Shop Companion -1indUlg YoIl-,\totbU -Mcut Budget.,I,bM Word 23 _ ·Chopift~·"""", .""",,,, 39 January 1987 .~ryJ: ·MDlIS+ i Mouse Desk -AdvtnlLn Construction Set .fto4tutr. -K¥attb -Nnwoorn -n (hw -G.J!.0 -Dino Eggs -Homtwon:I vJ.1 ·BorrlM"td Tint eArN.zon -Speed -LIling Data Disks With "1iaozines.Grt: -~ lOll -Pinball Construction Set -TAC -The Print Shop: Rem I eDiscowry! eM.ss-ng L-nb series '00N1d v1.5 a Reprint Gtaphks library -Death III Thr uribbtall -F~MUrrs Dudes', Pliyground eMasttring tht SAT-Copy J Plus -Uline A.R.O. To Softkey Man Cars -How To !If The 4.4C -"'-\aM' oflhr ~ .cntonOnt -Ilridgf Baron 31 May 1986 .Saltlteyr -Trivia Fn'tI' Writemaster -ea-e -Wheel or Money -A.E, -Great Amtrican Cross-Country Road Ract -rhe Original Boston Computer Diel -lifesaver 21 .Sojtkeys: -DB Master version 4+ -Dazzle Draw -Archon 1 0 .Softkeys: -Arcade Machine -Bank Street Writer -Minit Man -Twerps lIReaders' Softkeys: -Advanced Blackjack eMegaworks ·Sumll1E'f .Reader's Softkeys -Senible Speller IY -EDD IY -"Krell LOGO -Canyon Games -College Entrance Exam Prep eApplewriter revisited .Features: Oimber .Features: -The Controller Saver -Examining Protected Applesoft eDemystifying The Quarter Track. Core: ·Proshadow: A ProDOS Disk BASIC Programs -Crunchliit II .Core: -Applear . Voice Aynthesis Monitor -Introducing the 65SC801 and 65SC816 Chips -Review· Dino Eggs .Adventure Tips: -Cranston Manor -Zork I-Planetfall -Mission Asteroid -Time Zone -Suspended -Critical Mass -Zork II -Castle Wolfenstein 1 B .Softkeys: -Scholastic Version of Bank Street Writer e"pplewriter Ill.' -SSl's Non-RDOS Disks .Readers· Softkeys: -SPI Accounting Programs and DesignWare Programs .Features: -Installing 9 .Softkeys: -Seniible Speller -Sierra·Qn·Line Software -The Visible a Free Sector Patch Into Applewriter Ill' -Simple Copy Protection. Core: Computer: 6501 .Reader's Softkeys: -Yisidex -Music Construction Set • The Games of 1984: In Review -65(02 Chips Now Available .Checksoft -Gold Rush -Yisiterm -Cosmic Combat .Features: -Super lOB .Adventure Tips: -Pirate Adventure -Mask of the Sun -Coloisal Caves " -Transylvania -Death in the Caribbean -Zork II .Core; -Word Search Generator -ProDOS to DOS -ProDOS on a Franklin Ace 17 .Softkeys: -The Print Shop -Crossword Magic -The Standing Stones -Beer Run -Skyfox -and Random House Disks .Features: -A Tutorial For Disk Inspection and the Use Of Supe'f lOB -S.( Macro Assembler B .Softkeys: -Robotron -Legacy of L1ylgamyn -The Artist -Data Dire<:tives (reprint) • Core: -The Graphic Grabber For The Print Shop -The Factory '15.0 - EDD IV .Reader's Softkeys: -Spy Strikes Back -Hayden Lone Catalog Arranger Part Two Software -Apple LOGO .Featurts: -Review of the Bit Copiers • Core: -COREfiler -ProDOS Data Encryptor .Advemure Tips: -Ulysses and The Golden Fleece -Serpentine -Ultima II -Castle Wolfenstein -Death in the Caribbean -Zork I-Zork II -Gruds in Space -Enchanter -Infidel -Serpent's 15 .Softkeys: -Mastertype -Stickybear BOP -Tic Tac Show Star.Whiz Kid: -How Data is Stored on Disk .Reader's Softkeys: - The Financial Cookbook -Escape from Rungistan -Alien Munchies -Millionaire -Plato .Features: -MREAD/MWRT Update • Core: -A Boot from Drive 2 -DB Master's Data Compression Techniques 7 .Softkeys: -Zaxxon -Mask of the Sun -Crush, Crumble &Chomp • Whiz Kid: -DOS and the Drive· Part One .Adventure Tips: -Time -Snake Byte -DB Master -Mouskattack .Fearures: -Making Liberated Zone -Mission Asteroid -Enchanter -Zork I -Ultima - Ultima II -Death Backups That Retain Their Copy Protection -S·C Assembler: Review -Disk in the Caribbean -Gruds in Space -Zork III -Starcross Directory Designer .Core: -COREtiler: Part I -Upper & Lower Case Output for Zark 14 .Features: -Super lOB '11.1 Update -Putting Locksmith 5.0 Fast Copy Into a Normal Binary File -Batman Decoder Ring -A fix for 6 .Softkeys: -Pandora's Box -Donkey Kong -Caverns of Freitag DiskEdil .Softkeys: -Seadragon -Rocky's Boots -Knoware -PFS Software -Visifile .Features: -Program Enhancements: Quick.Bug -Personalizing -Computer Preparation SAT -MatheMagic .Review: -Boulder Dash A Program -Modified ROMs .Review -Essential Data Duplicator -The CIA .Core: -Data Bases 13 .Softkeys: -Laf Pak -Beyond Castle Wolfenstein - Transylvania -The Quest -Electronic Arts -Snooper Troops (Case 1) -DLM 5 .Softkeys: -Homeword -Aztec -tBag of Tricks -Egbert II Software -Learning With Leeper -TeliStar • Core: -CSaver: The Advanced -Starcross -Hard Hat Mack -The Home Accountant .Reader's Softkeys: Way to Store Super lOB Controllers -Adding New Commands to DOS 3.3 -Dark Crystal -Screenwriter II -Yisifile -Lancaster -Bill Budge's Triolgy -Fixing ProDOS 1.0.1 BSAYE Bug .Review: -Enhancing Your Apple of Games -Sammy Lightfoot -Amper.Magic -Buzzard Bait .Feature: .Feature: -Locksmith 5.0 and Locksmith Programming Language. -Getting on the Right Track 12 .Softkeys: -Zoom Graphix -Flip Out -Lion's Share -Music 4 .Features: Ultima II Character Editor .Softkeys: -Ultima II Construction Set .Reader's Softkeys: -Hi·Res Computer Golf II -Suicide -Witness -Prisoner II -Pt'iit Patrol .Adventure Tips: -Ultima II & III -Sabatage -Millionaire -Time is Money -Type Attack .Features:Pseudo· .Copy II Plus Panns Update ROMs on the Franklin Ace.Core: -Piychedelic Symphony -The CORE Disk Searcher -The Annonitor .Adventure Tips: -Cranston Manor Enchanter -Kabul Spy -Colossal Caves -The Witness -Pirate Adventure 3 .Softkeys: -Bag of Tricks -Multiplan .Readers' Softkeys: -Ultima III·Exodui -Adventureland -Visiplot Nisitrend -Sneakers -Wizardry .Features -No More Bugs: The Sequel -Hidden Locations Revealed -Map Maker .A.P. T.s -Choplifter .Adventure Tips -Cranston Manor -Strange Odyssey 11 .Softkeys: -Sensible Speller -Exodus: Ultima III .Readers' Softkeys: -SoftPorn Adventure -The Einitein Compiler '15.3 -Maik of The Sun .Features: -Copy II Plus v4.4C: Update Of An Old Friend -Parameter 2 .Softkeys: -Magic Window II-Multiplan .Features: -Parameters List For Essential Data Duplicator .Core: -Ultimaker III -The Mapping for Locksmith 4.1 -Page Flipper -String Plotter - Three·O Wall Draw of Ultima III -Ultima IL"The Rest Of The Picture .Core: Checksums .Input: -RevieoNs of unprotected commercial software Jal, COMPtrnST 1157 .f ~------, , s.N Iloo ... .,p.. tiloaoJ ...., ... _oali:e $l75 $9.15 S12JS COIWPUTIST 6B. ODD 66. DOD &4. ODD back issues and library disks are "3. ODD 62. ODD frequently referenced in current issues. .. ~. ODD 60. ODD 4B. DOD Hark IsslIl'''' and I.ihral'~ I>b,k K~ltt,,,, 4B. DOD 47. ODD - US, Canada and Mexico back issue rate - $4.75 each. 4B. ODD 4". 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COIIPUTIST 157 • Plus City State ____ Zip SHIPPING (see above) Country Phone _ eWA residents __~ - E,p. _ Sales Tax z. 7.8% Signature' _ CPS? • TOTAL SoftKey Publishing PO Box 1l08I6-T Tacoma WA 98411 Enclosed ------Jul. - - - -COMPUTIST- -1157 .3 Reader's Data EXchange of "EFFF" was to reserve this program area ft. size so when TK! ran it would build all of its YOll should see !he original copyright Mike Basford routines in "our" proteaed program area. We can then save TK2,COM as Tk3.COM with screen and lhe~ will jusl sit !here. You all of TK! safely stored in our protected TKl must press lIIIIIII since the message So/tity for... memory area. "PRESS ENTER TO START" is now being bypassed. If all went well you now have an E 51118 unprotected. decrypted. stand alone version I 57C CC of TK! solver. Q Note: all of the "TKr" copy protection 157C rr is removed. and you may diskcopy (or copy) This patch will remove the copy T protection completely. as well as let TK! run and rename TK4.COM to TK.COM to as a stand alone program as was done with • anywhere in lhe syslem your little heart VISICALC. NOIe: At Ihis point copy down all the desires. First ofall when I refer to the "B;" drive, ~gisters and flag ~ttings. (A shift PRTSC Other NOles: jf you have a hard disk you an substitute the will do it for you.) I. Checks for specially formatted tracks appropriate drive letler for the "8;" drive. are completely removed. .... 2. You may 1000 all the files on the newly I also assume thai the original "TK!" is in .... fonnaned and unprotected diskene directly 10 the "A:" drive. .o:mr hard or RAM disk, in any sub-directory you [L] Format one System Disk under DOS tDXI 1I1:TD.COII set up. 2.0 or 2.1. Label it according to the original 'TK!' diskette. • Softiey for... fI] Copy the (unhidden) files from the .... R BJl: B231i1 original diskette to the corresponding 2.X RCZAIH SYMPHONY veT 1.00 formatted diskette. •OX"" , [L] Put the original 'TKr diskette in the Note: at this point "BP" register had uA:" drive bener be zeros. Here how 10 wean SYMPHONY from it's master disk craving. eo" COlI: B:sonAllTS.(CI G ..... 1YIIPII01f1'.CIIP SYIIPIIOIIT.DX Enter: That's all foUts! Press liiDiil since TK! is waiting on DEBQG S1IIPIIQIIT.... Press ~ then liiDil it. I. -..Jad You should see one flle(s) copied Note: TK.! should oow come up as it TW,....., Mld message. This takes care of the bidden files. 1'" kill. normally would. DI.erA ·Jl1l1lJl.1DFA I won't tell you how 10 use debug or any IT] Now rebool: lhe system wilh a DOS « for special track/sector structure on the pop 8P floppy. If location 8735 is not zeroed, pop ES debugging will not be possible after IP 8A4D, STI Help since INT 3 will be modified by Symphony. I RET back to symphony SYMI NT EQU 75H interupt to use CSEG ENDS Wanted SYMFLG EQU 8735H see above for info C$EG SEGMENT i Where are all the people who wrote and Assume CS;CSEG, cailed to say that they had IBM cracks and The IBM RDEX editor desperately IBM DS.CSEG to ask why we didn't print those as well as needs part-time writers. Any experience will do. If you've used your ORC 100H Apple II info. ? We can only print what you IBM in lome unulual way or solved PROGRA' XOR AX,AX send us. So take some time and write to us. some probleml or just found MOV ES,AX set to segment Our IBM editor has gone fishing and left something neat to do, write to the IBM o (interupt table) a note for us to call him when we have RDEX editor and let him know. XCR DX,OX something to edit. MOV Al,SYMINT fnterupt ...... RDEXed Tell your friendl about the IBM RDEX. number Put messages on aU the bulletin boards MOV CX,4get position in you frequent. interupt table MUL ex Get the word out! MaV BX,AX TEST WORD PTR ES: [BX].0 Send aU contributions to: testifset? JZ DOlT no, go set it IBM-RDEX editoc INT 2"H exit to d05 with COMPUTlST out mod PO Box 11(/)846-T DOlT: get interupt routine Tacoma, WA 98411 address MOV word ptr ES: [BX] ,offset core COMPUTIST SUPER INDEX store it at the Looking I", an oa'1 woy '0 litId °po";culor ",ftk..,.. APT, pl01;"9 ';p, 0' oo-'"ole;" CanlfllJII" wilhou' hooing 10 refeod 1""' ."i,. C""'flIJ';" libo-o'y? Wanl 10 "''''' .al""bl. 'i"", 0' ...11 appropr i a te i nt a' .1I00-'? W~L n.,,-. i'100, ",1"li"", Th. COMPUTISTSUPER IND~XI address TIIi, i, °dolO b CORe. ell • Nin. fi.ld. '0 _,,~ ood .",.f,,,,,,, Progr.. m N..m•• Di.tributo~ I"u. II, Page., (if i' PUSH E$ save all used """..)Controll.r, Iii ,he """trollo' ;.) On SlOB (Con"oll"") Di.k, Speci..1Requirem.nts, registers Bug., ood S.ftk.y Typ•. PUSH BP • Spociol RlMlui ...m.nts Ii'"""y'p-,..I ho'dwo July COMPUTJST 1157 4. • How to place an UnClaaIfIed Ad For short ... 11M Iblt orlilf lam. Faf ...... IlIh!I:iI lJllI!d oopy WlU. app'~" ~ u• ....,chttIaa*iZ'O. ",,10 XI o:t.arIt:sIrI ptr -._ will ~ ""'lfd .... ~tiftd P'rGba"-n. PtllCticalc-$9 HELP: SoIlu," for SSICl" Ibt Int_flper bllf\ef \hat. JIIIgle Disk-SI. Carotwat_$2 8Mk Writ... Phs 5trft'I s,m.I er.-.1IIIlrwctJloc n.. lintthree...-dl at 0. lintliM are pm~ ID bolcl tor !ret PFS.Write, File. Repon-S45 3 112" DislI H"'" _ Olha ~ boIded. "" two cpecee: ..Ituar ODd arclI! tbIt IIDIn word. (told Poitpeid. 8yJon BJyston., PO. I wanl to installlhioo program 1IIw!fs __twoIetwrs_1 Uyou W&:I.llliDlcenlefed. _ CE.\'TER nento tbtt tan. n BOll: 1313. Snohomish, WA 98290. on .. RAM D\$1< I need to Il no clwge fill ,*,*"iDg 1liiy lli>e defeat the Key Disk system ______~ $5 BIBLEWORKS AlIln Zimb6td. 91 Penn Rd ______$6 The text of the entire lUng JIm... S<:"ldal., NY 10583 verlion in Applework, WIP file' ______$7 Set of seven 3'10' dJeks _ $69.95 Prlnl Shop Graphics Texas residents add 7% sal•• tax Over 2(ll(l)ll1 Public Domain ------~ I.n;, fklx 777, R~rultlo TX 7un QTaphiCll on 20 dil;k sides, ______U $169$, PtintShop Olllphics _~ $10 Tradt: your un..'amffi 8Oftware. Be" 1204 l'omngton, WY 82240 send yow Ii9t of J>f9lI,.ms t.o U1Ide. I have OVOIr 70 0I>ginak to t ...... APPl.£ UGS 3.5" disk VlIIsi0n5 Byron Blystone. P.O. Sox 1313 of "Kurwu of Keloldoar" and Snohomish. WA 9829(1 "Trivia Pyranud" .... naw :::..:::======::'~:=====:: ~. • .,.;)ablel you·.... 5eftI1 lily iW.s --- .. ------APPLE SAU::!! helll befor•. Now fltll these ""' Scrib8 PtUlte. $149 FASTER RUNNiNG 3.5" versklns ZW.-::=====~-::~-::::==~,",,:-== Modem 300 $159 tor '0111 APPLE nos· botb 80 column mornto!' 579 gam.. for $9.95! The originIl.l -~,------"''' lib ""' with cabks and ...... releNed APPLE l1E 5.25" {407lJ9I-3U9 ~ ... lftiU .vailable . Tot/I.! Number of bn••: '--00 both g_ only $8. O"lI1e Number oJ bold lillell___ ' __00 Wanted! Book of Apple SoftWllI1I booklets iroeluded. send cheek 1981·85 St. Game eel. Essentl.1 for.n SerIous De roteetlon Workl Graduate... to the SeniorPROM! Aoomplete 8et o(utilitieo instantly available in ROM to DEALERS CALLI "Amine, modify. andbackup vourAppIc software! UNIV a SCHOOL P.O.'. WELCOMEI The Senior PROM is a hardware device with Machine ONE MEG RAM BOARDS? OTHER PERIPHERALSl Language utilities instantly available from any program; WE'VE GOT EMI 64K18O Column Bel lie 535 •Enter the Monitor to exanline or change memory. THE Super Elpander_1 SUper 64K18O Col He $49 •Display where in memory a program was running. 5.E. lIgs OK Now $49 16K RAM Board It· S35 128K RAM Board II_ $65 • Disassemble. view or save ANY memory. 5.E. lie • OK Now $59 S.E. lie • OK 1/88 sm 80 Column Board II' $49 • Edil., search. and examine disks without booting DOS. S.E. II· • OK ~88 $79 Super Senal 8d n'/e $49 •Initialize and copy disks without booting DOS fll'St. ZOO CPIM Board n-/e S35 All utilities in ROM &: instantly available at any time! .A.bo\'e with 256K = Numeric Keypad lie S3S Sophisticar.ed sector ediur & memory/disk. detective. Abov'e WIth 512K = CAll Graphic Par Bd w/Cble $45 Also, a program may be interrupted 10 examine or alter AboYe WIth 1MEG = Joys1lCk $15 & $25 memory. & then restaned, or saved to disk & reslarted. • FREE AppleoNor'k$ RAM AlB SWITCHBOXI Includes many Machine langauage utilities such as Step Expansion Software! and Trace, an Assembler, and more. Undetectable by centromes or $erial S29 any software or hardware, doem't use a peripheral slot. QUIET COOLING FANSI Economically ~Ced at $ 7 9 .95 for prepaid orders with llgs No A.udiO NOise $25 ADD ON DISK DRIVE; 5,/. check or money order. Credit card orders available for H+/e w/S"rge Protect $27 Specify Your Model $119 $88.95. Specify lie (without RAM expansion only), or IIe (specify Standard ex" Enhanced ROMs). TWO YEAR WARRANTY ON ALL PRODUCTS CALL OR WRlTE FOR ILLUSTRATED lISTlNGS' for _ 8ord.n un 311-143-4041,10-5 (.S.T. ADD $3 Shipping COD ADO $2 VISA MC OKAY 0 0 ... 313-34'-2954 Mod~1"I\ 24 hr... "., iUtdd hI' ;lit,. lilt. NEXO DISTRIBUTION ~utting "-.dge"-.nterprises 914 E. 8TH ST., Sulle 109, Natfon_1 City, CA 92050 43234c Ren Cen Station, DetrOit, HI 48243 (619) 474-.3328 10AM-6PM Mon-fri I" COMPUTIST 1157 July 1 The Hacker's Ultimate Copy' Deprotection Utility Super lOB Collection ! ALL of our Super lOB controllers (through 19861 in 'ONE' package! COMPUTIST developed the ultimate copy program to The SUPER lOB Collection remove copy protection from software: Volume 1 01 the Super 108 collection COYiIrs all the controllers The Super lOB program. from COMPUTIST No. 9 lhfO\.lgh No. 26. Also included we lhe newswap and fast controllers from COMPUTIST No. 32. The foIIowin; Since the introduction of Super lOB, COMPUTIST has 60 controllers art on volume': used this flexible program to deprotect (or partially Advanced Blackjack, A1phatl&t Zoo, Arcade Machine. Archon II. Archon, Artsci Softwart, Bank Street Writer. Barrons SAT, deprotect) dozens of commercial programs with far 6eyood Castle Wollenstein. SSW lie Loader. Castle ranging protection schemes. Wolfensteln, Computer Preparation: SAT, Dazzle Draw, 08 Super 108 deprotects disks by using a modified AWTS Master 4 Plus, Death In the Carribean. Dina Eggs, DlM Software, Electronic Arts, F·15 SUike Eagle, Fast ConlrOller, (the subroutine in DOS which is responsible for the Fathoms 40, Financial COOkbook, Gessler Software, Grandma', reading and writing of disk sectors) for reading from the HoUSll, The Heis!. In selrch of lhe Most Amazing Thin;, Instant protected disk and then using a normal RWTS for writing RecaM. Kic!wfitllf. lions Share, lode Rllnner, Masl8I1ype. Malch Mak&r, Miner 204ger, Mini! Man. Mufplot, Newsroom. New!lwap to the deprotected disk. controller, Penguin Software, Prinl Shop GfilPhie Library, Print Shop, Rendel'llOus with Rama, Aockys' Boots, $argon 1lI, Sea This package contains: Dragon. Shiehl, Skyfoll, Snooper Troops. Slimdal'd controIfIr, .. TWO DISKS (supplied in DOS 3.3). Each disk contains at SWneware Software, Summer Gamea, Super Controlllr. &lper zaxxoo, Swap Controller. TAC, Ultima Ill, WOfd Chalenge. least 60 Super lOB Controllers inclUding the standard, swap, X)'Jlhus, lauon newswap and fast controllers. Also included is version 1.5 of Volume 2 of the Supef 108 collection COYIIB all the oontrollefs Super lOB, the Csaver program Irom COMPUTlST No. 13, and !rom COMPlJTIST No. 27lt1rough No. 38. The Iollo\tfing 65 oo"t1 ...... s a Menu Hello Program that lists the available controllers and, are on 'o'Olume 2: when you select one, automatically installs il in Super lOB and Alice in Wond&rland, Alphabtlic I(eytloarding. Al!ernale RnIity. RUNs the resulting program.' Autoduel, Checkers, Chipwita. Colo'" Me. Conan.data. Conan.prog. CopyOOS. en.. Mountaln, Disk Oirec1Ol', .. A reprint of Disk Inspection and the Use of Super lOB, Ofagonworld, Early Games. Easy as ABC, F-15 Strike Eagle. from COMPUTIST No. 17. This article explains how to write Fantavision, Fast col1lroler, Fishies. Flight Simulalor. Halty your own Super lOB controllers. Project. Hartley sotIwaIa (I), Hartley Soflware fb). Jenny of the Prarie, Jingle Disk, I Conzpiled fronz lssues 6-10 contain. loftkeYI for: -Apple Cider Spider -Apple Logo -ArtIst Arcade Machine "Bank Street Writer -Cannonball Blitz -Canyon Climber -Cavern. of Freitag -Crush, Crumble &: Chomp -Data Factory V -DB Mamr -The Dic*tion*ary -E•••ntial nata Duplicator I &: In -Gold Rush "Krell Logo "Legacy of Uylgamyn -Malk Of The Sun -M:l.nit Man "Moulkattack -Mulic Construction Set. -Oil', Well ePandora', Box -Robotron -Sammy Lightfoot -ScreeDwriter II v2.2 -Sensible SpeUer 4,4c,4.1c -Spy Strik•• Back -Time Zone vl.l -Vt-ible Computer: 6502 -ViJlidez -Vt-iterm -zazzon _lIOftware for: -Hayden -Sierra Online o PLUS lbe ultimate cracking program: Super JOB 1.5 "-and morel Conzpiled fronz issues 11-15 contabw softkeyw for: -Allen Addition -Alien Munchi•• -Alligator Miz -Compo Prap. SAT -Cut a: Puta -DemoJitlon Divia1on. -DLM software -RA (Electronic Arb) software _Eindldn CompU...6.3 -Eacape From Rungbtan -FinandaJ Cookbook -Flip OUt -Hi-r.. Computer Goll n -B:noware -Laf Pak -Lu\ Gladiator -Learning With Leeper -Uon's Share -Muter Type 1.7 -"atheMagic: -Minu. Mi..ion -Millionaire -Music CODlltruction Set -Ooe-on-one -Penguin .oftware -PFS software -The Qunt -Rocky's Boots -Sabotage -Seadragon -Sen.ible Speller 4 -Snooper Troops II -SoftPom Advanture -Stickybear .eri.. -Suicide -TeUStar -Tic Tac Show -Time Is Money -Transylvania -Type Attack -mUma IU ExodWi -Zoom Graphic. -BreakiDg Locksmith 5.0 rast Copy 0 PLUS feature article. on _ Csaver • The Core Di.k Searcher • Modified ROM•. ------N=e ID# _ Addr ~~ ~ _ o Volume I- S7.95 +$2 shippi"glhandJing ""y Smm Zip _ o Volume II - $12.95 +$1 shippi"glluJndJi"g CO~Uy Phontl ~ _ IIllC - - _ o Volume III - $17.95 +$2 shippi"gllumdli"g o All 3 volumes! - $30.00 SignatUt8 CP57 +$2 shippinglhandling Foreign orders (eltcepl Canada and Meltico) plellS