Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!vaxine!wjh12!genrad!decvax!harpo!ulysses!burl!clyde!akgua!mcnc!ecsvax!doc From: doc@ecsvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: Multiplan on XT hard disk Message-ID: <2071@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 28-Feb-84 22:29:23 EST Article-I.D.: ecsvax.2071 Posted: Tue Feb 28 22:29:23 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 2-Mar-84 00:19:33 EST References: ecsvax.2062 Lines: 17 Yes, there are two ways. One that I have tried and one that I have heard about. First, the one that I use. Since I thought that IBM's Multiplan was copy protected, I simply purchased the generic one formatted for the Compaq. It works just as well, though I didn't get the color screens. That method is simple, straightforward and inexpensive (even cheaper than university discounts). The second method, whose reliablity I can't vouch for is to dial up Compuserveand look at the IBM bulletin board for the code to unlock IBM Multiplan 1.0. I suspect that by the time IBM delivers 1.1, the code for unprotecting that will be there too. Please note that I do not condone piracy. Unprotecting should be done by lawful owners only, so that they may make the backups to which they are entitled. I personally feel about copy protecting the way that the NRA feels about guns -- to paraphrase "When copies are outlawed, only outlaws will have copies." Doc Muhlbaier Duke Biometry decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!doc