FOR THE USERS THAT HAVE 'XENOCOPY PLUS' V 1.09 ------------------------------------------ FROM : THE A.S.P ; (Against Software Protection) ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED TO ASA FULTONS BBS (SHINING SUN - 305-273-0020) AND WHIT WYANTS BBS (PC-CONNECT - 203-966-8869) PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE UNPROTECT PROCEDURES INVOLVE FROM 4 HOURS TO ___________________________________________________________________ 40 OR MORE HOURS OF SINGLE STEPPING THRU CODE AND FIGURING OUT THE INTENT OF THE ORIGINAL CODE.. SO I WOULD APPRECIATE IT WHEN U PASS THIS ON TO OTHER BOARDS YOU DO NOT ALTER THIS OR TRY TO TAKE CREDIT FOR MY LOST SLEEP.... THE A.S.P... ( J P TO HIS FRIENDS) ORLANDO FLA. OH, AS A FURTHER NOTE. I SEE SOME BBS'S ARE NOW CHARGING U TO BE REGISTERED TO USE THEIR SYSTEM. FIRST OF ALL I GIVE U FROM 4 TO 60 HOURS OF MY TIME AT NO COST TO YOU AND I DO NOT LOOK TO KINDLY TO SUCH BBS'S PUTTING ON MY PROCEDURES AND THEN CHARGING U TO GET ACCESS TO THEM. THEY DIDNT SPEND TIME AND COST (SAY 'X' HOURS * $40+) TO MAKE THE PROCEDURES AVAIL. , SO I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT SUCH BOARDS DID NOT USE ANY OF THE 'A.S.P'S' PROCEDURES, UNLESS THEY ARE WILLING TO PUT THEIR WORKS TRULY IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.. ENOUGH SAID.. THANK YOU. IF YOU HAVE A HARD DISK OR WANT TO CREATE A BACKUP COPY THAT IS NOT TIED INTO THE XENOCOPY DISKETTE...IN CASE YOUR ONLY COPY GOES BAD .. THIS PATCH WILL PARTIALLY REMOVE THE COPY PROTECTION ... AS ALWAYS THIS IS FOR YOUR PERSONAL PEACE OF MIND ONLY IT IS NOT MEANT TO BYPASS ANY COPYRIGHTS..YOU ARE BY LAW BOUND BY YOUR PURCHASE LICENSE AGREEMENT. IF YOU HAVE A HARD DISK AND WANT TO PUT THE PROGRAM ON SUCH WHY SHOULD YOU BE TIED TO A FLOPPY. YOU HAD TO GIVE UP A LOT OF 'BIG MACS' TO GET YOUR HARD DISK. THIS WRITE UP ASSUMES THAT YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH DEBUG, 1). PLACE 'XENOCOPY' ORIGINAL DISK IN THE 'A' DRIVE 2). ENTER A>C:DEBUG XENOCOPY.COM 3). -E 2EE B0 77 0C 02 90 90 -E 312 33 16 0E 03 81 F2 33 96 B0 77 30 C2 81 F2 E4 21 31 CA 31 E2 31 FA 30 F2 30 D3 88 D8 88 E3 53 AA 42 E2 D3 CC -G WHEN DEBUG STOPS AT CS:335, YOU NEXT ENTER : -E 337 90 -E 339 90 90 -F 308 335 90 -F 3DE 3E6 90 'THIS SEEMS TO NEGATE COPY PROTECT CHECKS -E 308 B8 FC 78 BB 78 00 B9 00 00 BE 35 03 BF 35 03 -R AX 0 -R BX 0 -R CX 0 -R DX 0 -R CX A96 -N C:XENO.COM -W CS:100 -Q 4) 'XENO.COM' MAY NOW BE COPIED TO XENOCOPY.COM OR LEFT ON THE HARD DISK 5) REPEAT STEPS 1 THRU 4 FOR 'XENOWRIT.COM', SUBSTITUTING FOR 'XENOCOPY.COM' WHERE NECESSARY, ALSO 'XENO.COM' NEEDS TO BE A NEW NAME SUCH AS 'WRIT.COM'. NOTES: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) THE FEBRUARY VERSION OF 'COPYWRIT' WILL MAKE A GOOD COMPLETE BACKUP COPY OF THE 'XENOCOPY PLUS' DISK. 2) VERSION 1.16 OF 'COPYIIPC' WILL MAKE A BACKUP COPY BUT LOSES SOME OF THE COPY PROTECTION IN THE PROCESS. THE ABOVE MODS WILL ALLOW FOR THE LOST COPY PROTECTION TRACKS. 3) THE MAIN REASON FOR THIS WORK WAS THAT 'XENOCOPY' WOULD NOT COME UP USING A 'TEAC' HALF - HEIGHT DRIVE, BUT AFTER THE MODS WILL (SEEMS TO) RUN ON A 'TEAC' HALF-HEIGHT. 4). THESE MODS MAKE ALL THE CODE DECRYPTED AND AVAIL. FOR INSPECTION, SO SOME SHARP PERSONS CAN PERSUE THE COMPLETE REMOVAL OF THE COPY PROTECTION. (A) THE TWO `.EXE' FILES ARE THE PROGRAMS LOADED FROM 'XENOCOPY.COM' AND 'XENOWRIT.COM'. THEY SEEM TO BE WRITTEN AS 512 BYTE SECTORS, WITH SECTOR IDS '119 TO 126', SO IF THEY COULD BE READ AND COPIED TO 512 BYTE '1 TO 8' SECTORS AND THE 'XENO' PGMS MODIFIED TO READ THE NEW FORMAT FILES, ALL THE COPY PROTECTION WOULD (JUST GUESSING) BE REMOVED. 5). WHEN YOU DO THE BACKUP OPTION, THERE IS A HIDDEN FILE 'BACKUP.COM' THAT IS USED. 6). AS ALWAYS, THESE UNPROTECT PROCEDURES ARE TESTED AS MUCH AS TIME WILL PERMIT, AN EXTENSIVE TEST OF MODIFIED VERSIONS ARE LEFT UP TO THE USER. PLEASE LEAVE ANY PROBLEMS FOUND ON THE ORIGINAL BBS'S (SEE INTRO), ADDRESSED TO THE 'A.S.P.. THANKS. 7). THE PUBLIC DOMAIN 'ULTRA' UTILITIES HELP IN ANALYZING THE DISKS. ENJOY YOUR NEW FOUND FREEDOM..HARD DISKS FOREVER!!!!! . THE P