Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!rutgers!gatech!udel!mmdf
From: smith@nrl-aic.arpa (Russ Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: WARNING -- Interceptor Patch
Message-ID: <3207@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 4 Jul 88 14:37:25 GMT
Sender: mmdf@udel.EDU
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[posted to the generic ARPANET amiga-relay list]

Recently a "patch" for the brain-damaged F/A-18 Interceptor copy
"protection" was posted (S. Casey was the poster). This patch will only
work if the version of Interceptor you have is the one that
this patch was written for. If ONE BYTE is different, you get a
destroyed copy. A "better" patch program would check the context of
the changed locations FIRST, verifying that things are the same, THEN
changing the locations. Though I know of no "other" versions of
Interceptor out there, it IS possible, so caution is suggested. All
zeroed out values should have been 0xF prior to change and you should
NEVER modify your original. Be sure to make that copy and modify the copy
only.

[Note that one "bug fix" on EA's part is sufficient to render that
patch program invalid. Bug fixes do not necessarily result in new version
numbers...]