FOR THE USERS THAT HAVE 'OZ' V 1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- FROM : THE A.S.P ; (Against Software Protection) ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED TO ASA FULTONS BBS (SHINING SUN 305-273-0020) TO WHIT WYANTS BBS (PC-CONNECT 203-966-8869) PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE UNPROTECT PROCEDURES INVOLVE FROM 4 HOURS TO ___________________________________________________________________ 40 OR MORE HOURS ( 8+ HOURS FOR 'OZ' ) 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... ORLANDO FLA. (J.P. TO HIS FRIENDS) IF YOU HAVE A HARD DISK OR WANT TO CREATE A BACKUP COPY THAT IS NOT TIED INTO THE 'OZ' DISKETTE...IN CASE YOUR ONLY COPY GOES BAD .. THIS PATCH WILL REMOVE THE COPY PROTECTION COMPLETELY.... 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. 1). FORMAT 1 DISK UNDER DOS 2.0 OR 2.1 2). LABEL IT ACCORDING TO THE ORIGINAL 'OZ' DISKETTE 3). COPY THE FILES FROM THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM DISKETTE TO THE CORRESPONDING 2.X FORMATTED DISKETTE 4). PLACE THE ORIGINAL 'OZ' DISKETTE BACK IN THE MANUAL WE WILL NO LONGER USE THEM. 5). I WONT TELL U HOW TO USE DEBUG OR ANY 'PATCHER' PROGRAMS ON THE BBS'S. 6). FIRST WE WILL NEED TO CHANGE A PROGRAM CALLED 'OZ.EXE' 7). RENAME OZ.EXE OZ 8). DEBUG OZ 9). E 3B4 01:00 10). E 3ED 41:4F 3A:5A 4F:48 5A:2E 48:45 2E:58 45:45 58:00 45:00 11). W 12). Q 13). RENAME OZ OZ.EXE 14). RENAME OZH.EXE O 15). DEBUG O 16). E 465 8C D8 2E C7 06 08 00 00 01 2E A3 0A 00 EB 93 17). F CS:314 331 90 F CS:33B 35D 90 F CS:382 38F 90 18). W 19). Q 20). RENAME O OZH.EXE NOTE: NOW ALL OF 'OZ' COPY PROTECTION IS REMOVED, AND U MAY DISKCOPY THE UNPROTECTED DISKS AS REQUIRED. OTHER NOTES: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1). CHECKS FOR SPECIALLY FORMATTED TRACKS COMPLETELY REMOVED 2). U MAY LOAD ALL THE FILES ON THE NEWLY FORMATTED AND UNPROTECTED DISKETTE DIRECTLY TO HARD OR RAM DISK, IN ANY SUB-DIRECTORY U SET UP 3). DISK NO LONGER REQUIRED TO BE IN DRIVE "A" AT START UP ENJOY YOUR NEW FOUND FREEDOM..HARD DISKS FOREVER!!!!! UP