tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993165553021868648.post4856940208043660060..comments2024-03-27T05:39:24.505-04:00Comments on Nerdly Pleasures: Breaking the Disk-Based Protection on Sierra On-line Key Disk Games - The Final WordGreat Hierophanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04409413307024477304noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993165553021868648.post-50332844387269179322021-07-16T18:17:59.083-04:002021-07-16T18:17:59.083-04:00use this config.sys entry : device=JRCONFIG.SYS /v...use this config.sys entry : device=JRCONFIG.SYS /v32 /s0 (use JRCONFIG.SYS 3.10).Great Hierophanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04409413307024477304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993165553021868648.post-24763209925982977942021-07-09T00:38:05.788-04:002021-07-09T00:38:05.788-04:00This sentence seems to end abruptly, so I wonder i...This sentence seems to end abruptly, so I wonder if there's a part of that that's missing: "If you load JRCONFIG, then you must" [sic]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993165553021868648.post-29662842967912865332021-04-25T00:33:08.205-04:002021-04-25T00:33:08.205-04:00Sierra had a Formaster Duplicator Series One, whic...Sierra had a Formaster Duplicator Series One, which implemented the original Formaster Copylock protection, and when that was no longer up to snuff, programmed the Duplicator to write the special track for Superlok. Taito also used Superlok, but the protected track contained the first portion of the executable, so protected disk tracks could not be used interchangeably.Great Hierophanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04409413307024477304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993165553021868648.post-25199465860536443482021-04-16T19:32:37.334-04:002021-04-16T19:32:37.334-04:00I have really old/vague memories, but I believe Si...I have really old/vague memories, but I believe Sierra had an in house disk duplicator for the Suplerlock stuff and that the sector contents didnt change is because they didnt pay for it (they paid once for that one copy), which is why it stayed the same for so long.Stuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746769788742751281noreply@blogger.com