> > Should be. I had a look at the bootsector while I was trying to get it to > > work, > > and it's very easy by the looks of it. I could save you the time by mailing > > you the details if you like (tho not via this list, of course) - I think I > > mentioned how it works at the Gloucester show... > > Yeah... as far as I can see, all I need to do is read all the > sectors, and then lump it into one big DOS-loadable auto-running code > file. Possibly compress it too.
Yep. > > > > Unlike lemmings, of course, which required modifying my copier > > > program that I wrote for FRED for Parallax.... still > It's okay really... sectors 1 & 2 (track 0) are 512 bytes long, then > every track on the disc (1-81, 128-211) has the sectors as: > > 1 -- 512 bytes > 2 -- 1k > 3 -- 1k > 4 -- 1k > 5 -- 1k > 6 -- 1k > > Which just goes to show: When writing a protection system, don't use > the program that your friend wrote to create it and then expect him > to be unable to crack it :) Shouldn't you be getting some of his royalties, then? > > Also, that gives roughly 880kb per disc. Quite nice indeed. > > Si > Not bad at all. Nige
