{"id":21871,"date":"2018-12-01T11:03:03","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T16:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=21871"},"modified":"2018-12-08T01:40:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T06:40:07","slug":"hardcore-computist-issue-number-6-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/12\/01\/hardcore-computist-issue-number-6-1984\/","title":{"rendered":"Hardcore Computist &#8211; Issue Number 6 (1984)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FHardcore_Computist%2Fissue06&amp;twg_show=Cover-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Cover-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"cover-1\" width=\"838\" height=\"1095\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"raindrops-press-this\">Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FHardcore_Computist%2Fissue06&amp;twg_show=Cover-1.jpg\">Hardcore Computist &#8211; Issue Number 6<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>As it says at the top on the cover, Hardcore Computist was primarily about &#8220;How to backup, unlock, or modify copy-protected software.&#8221; As such, it was pretty controversial for most of its life. It primarily covered the Apple II but there was some DOS based PC coverage too, at least in later issues. Issue Number 6 (from 1984 I believe) contains:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Program Enhancements: Quick.Bug<\/b> &#8211; A more powerful version of the popular CPU utility.<\/li>\n<li><b>Personalizing A Program<\/b> &#8211; A powerful search utility which upgrades your monitor&#8217;s capability.<\/li>\n<li><b>Modified ROMs<\/b> &#8211; An inexpensive answer to those copy cards.<\/li>\n<li><b>CORE Section: Data Bases<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Essential Data Duplicator: Review<\/b> &#8211; The strong points and weaknesses of this new breed of nibble copier.<\/li>\n<li><b>The CIA: Review<\/b> &#8211; A guide to whether or not the CIA agents are for you.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Special Features<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Reader&#8217;s Softkey Exchange<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Deprotecting Pandora&#8217;s Box<\/li>\n<li>Softkey for Donkey Kong<\/li>\n<li>Backup For The Caverns Of Freitag<\/li>\n<li>Short Softkey For Visifile<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><b>Advanced Playing Techniques<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Whiz Kid<\/b> &#8211; A beginner&#8217;s guide to copy-protection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Departments<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Input<\/li>\n<li>Advertising Index<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src='http:\/\/adn.ebay.com\/files\/js\/min\/jquery-1.6.2-min.js'><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src='http:\/\/adn.ebay.com\/files\/js\/min\/ebay_activeContent-min.js'><\/script><br \/>\n<script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\ndocument.write('\\x3Cscript type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"http:\/\/adn.ebay.com\/cb?programId=1&campId=5337952703&toolId=10026&keyword=%28Apple+2%2CApple+II%29&width=560&height=400&font=1&textColor=000000&linkColor=0000AA&arrowColor=8BBC01&color1=709AEE&color2=[COLORTWO]&format=ImageLink&contentType=TEXT_AND_IMAGE&enableSearch=y&usePopularSearches=n&freeShipping=n&topRatedSeller=n&itemsWithPayPal=n&descriptionSearch=n&showKwCatLink=n&excludeCatId=&excludeKeyword=&catId=&disWithin=200&ctx=n&autoscroll=n&title=Apple+%5D%5B&flashEnabled=' + isFlashEnabled + '&pageTitle=' + _epn__pageTitle + '&cachebuster=' + (Math.floor(Math.random() * 10000000 )) + '\">\\x3C\/script>' );\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Hardcore Computist &#8211; Issue Number 6 As it says at the top on the cover, Hardcore Computist was primarily about &#8220;How to backup, unlock, or modify copy-protected software.&#8221; As such, it was pretty controversial for most of its life. It primarily covered the Apple II but there was some DOS based PC coverage too, at least in later issues. Issue Number 6 (from 1984 I believe) contains: Program Enhancements: Quick.Bug &#8211; A more powerful version of the popular CPU utility. Personalizing A Program &#8211; A powerful search utility which upgrades your monitor&#8217;s capability. Modified ROMs &#8211; An inexpensive answer to those copy cards. CORE Section: Data Bases Essential Data Duplicator: Review &#8211; The strong points and weaknesses of this new breed of nibble copier. The CIA: Review &#8211; A guide to whether or not the CIA agents are for you. Special Features Reader&#8217;s Softkey Exchange Deprotecting Pandora&#8217;s Box Softkey for Donkey Kong Backup For The Caverns Of Freitag Short Softkey For Visifile Advanced Playing Techniques Whiz Kid &#8211; A beginner&#8217;s guide to copy-protection. Departments Input Advertising Index &#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,4],"tags":[194,195,196,2362],"class_list":["post-21871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple","category-computer-arcana","tag-apple","tag-apple-2","tag-apple-ii","tag-retrocomputing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}