Unprotect Execu-Vision   by Against Software Protection (ASP)

á☺\RB\D25\EXECUVSN.UNPºFOR THE USERS THAT HAVE 'EXECU-VISION' GRAPHICS PACKAGE FOR DOS 1.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- FROM : THE A.S.P ; (Against Software Protection) ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED TO WHIT WYATTS BBS 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... ORLANDO FLA. IF YOU HAVE A HARD DISK OR WANT TO CREATE A BACKUP COPY THAT IS NOT TIED INTO THE EXECU-VISION 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 LISCENSE 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). FORMAT 4 SYSTEM DISKS UNDER 2.0 OR 2.1 2). LABEL EACH ONE ACCORDING TO THE ORIGINAL 'EXECU-VISION' DISKETTES 3). COPY THE FILES FROM THE ORIGINAL DISKETTES TO THE CORRESPONDING 2.X FORMATTED DISKETTE 4). PLACE THE ORIGINAL 'EXECUVISION' DISKETTES BACK IN THE MANUAL WE WILL NO LONGER USE THEM. 5). PLACE THE DISK LABELED 'PROGRAM DISK' IN 'A' DRIVE 6). RENAME EV.EXE EV 7). RENAME CREATE.EXE CREATE 8). DEBUG EV 10). S 1000:0 L EFFF 83 3E 0C 00 00 11). DEBUG WILL RESPOND WITH : 1000:XXXX (WHERE 'XXXX 'IS AN ADDRESS) 12). U 1000:XXXX 13). YOU SHOULD SEE 1000:XXXX 833E0C0000 CMP WORD PTR [000C],+00 YYYY 747F JZ ZZZZ ; WHERE ZZZZ IS A JUMP ON ZERO ADDRESS 14). E 1000:YYYY EB 7F 15). W 16). Q 17). RENAME EV EV.EXE 18). DEBUG CREATE 19). FOLLOW THE EXACT SAME PROCEDURES AS IN STEPS 10 THRU 16 ABOVE 20). RENAME CREATE CREATE.EXE 21). PUT THE 'INTRO DEMO DISK - DRIVE A' INTO DRIVE 'A' 22). RENAME T.EXE T 23). DEBUG T 24). FOLLOW THE EXACT SAME PROCEDURES AS IN STEPS 10 THRU 16 ABOVE 25). RENAME T T.EXE NOTE: NOW ALL OF 'EXECU-VISIONS' COPY PROTECTION IS REMOVED, AND U MAY DISKCOPY THE UNPROTECTED DISKS AS REQUIRED. SINCE THE PROGRAM IS COMPILED BASIC I DID NOT REMOVE THE DRIVE ASSIGNMENTS SO IF U WANT TO LOAD IT TO A RAM OR HARD DISK YOU WILL NEED TO DO THE CORRECT 'ASSIGN A=; ASSIGN B=' STEPS. AS A FURTHER NOTE. THE PROGRAMS 'SETUP.COM' AND 'S.COM' LOAD RESIDENT AND DISABLE INT 5 (SHIFT-PRINT SCREEN). IF U DONT WANT SHIFT-PRTSC DISABLED REMOVE THAT PROGRAM FROM THE AUTOEXEC.BAT. ENJOY YOUR NEW FOUND FREEDOM..HARD DISKS FOREVER!!!!! →IFT-PRTSC DISABLED REMOVE THAT PROGRAM FROM THE AUTOEXEC.BAT. ENJOY YOUR →EW FOUND FREEDOM..HARD DISKS FOREVER!!!!! →IFT-PRTSC DISABLED REMOVE THAT PROGRAM FROM THE AUTOEXEC.BAT. ENJOY YOUR