*************************** LOTUS Ver. 1A & 1A*  *****************
The LOAD-US routine is a competent and legal method of running Lotus (1A)
and Symphony (1.0) from your hard disk without a key disk. See LOAD-US.DOC.

*************************** LOTUS Ver. 1A   *****************

Method to unprotect LOTUS 1-2-3 ver. 1A  by
        Tom Hall, PC Resources Inc.
        620 Hobart Terrace
        Santa Clara, CA  95051

A>RENAME B:123.EXE B:123.XXX
A>DEBUG B:123.XXX
-F 4EF L6 90
-W
-Q
A>RENAME B:123.XXX B:123.EXE

*************************** LOTUS Ver. 1A   *****************


A little while ago, there was a patch for 123.EXE listed here that
effectively unprotected the copy-protected disk and allowed hard-disk
to run without the floppy.
I just received the new version of Lotus 123 and retrofitted the patch
(it is a different technique). To unprotect 123.EXE Version 1A,

1. Rename 123.EXE 123.XYZ
2. DEBUG 123.XYZ
3. type  U ABA9
4. you should see    INT 13   at that address
5. type  E ABA9 90 90
6. type  W
7. type  Q
8. Rename 123.XYZ 123.EXE

That's it. Good Luck.

*************************** LOTUS Ver. 1A*  *****************

There is another version of Lotus 123 also called Release 1A
but with a different copy-protection technique. It can be
identified by an "*" that displays on the first screen under
the "s" in the word "Release"
                                     Release 1A
                                          *

To unprotect this version so it can be run on a hard disk
without requiring the SYSTEM DISK in drive A, do the following:

1. RENAME   123.EXE    123.XYZ
2. DEBUG    123.XYZ
3. Type     U AB8C     press ENTER
    You should see  MOV  CX,0002
    if you don't, something is different and this won't work.
4. Type     E AB8C C3     press ENTER
5. Type     W
6. Type     Q
7. RENAME   123.XYZ   123.EXE

That's it. It will now run from any drive. As always, this patch
is provided so that honest people don't have to suffer the
inconvienences imposed upon them by software manufacturers.

*************************** LOTUS Ver. 1A*  *****************

I have just seen a new copy of Lotus 1-2-3 v1a that has a
modified protection scheme for which the currently published
unprotect scheme will not work. Here is a modified unprotect
that will work properly with both the old and new v1a releases
......
1) Rename 123.exe to 123.xyx
2) Type (to DOS) the command
  C> debug 123.xyx
3) Type (to debug) the command
  -s 100 efff cd 13   (The "-" is a prompt from debug.)
4) Debug should respond with something like:
   xxxx:ABA9    where xxxx is a hex number that may vary
5) Type
  -e aba9 fb f9   (Use whatever debug gave you in the
  -w               last step instead of "aba9" if it is
  -q               different.)

6) Rename 123.xyx to 123.exe
For those of you who want to understand this, it is
replacing an "INT 13" instruction that checks the disk
in drive A: for some funny stuff with STI, STC instructions
that set the flags to the values that the newer 123's check
for later to defeat the old patch that only put NOP's there.

*************************** LOTUS Ver. 2.00 *****************

See SOFTGARD.TXT

*************************** And Also   *****************


                  UNPROTECTING LOTUS 1-2-3

1-2-3 Release 1-A
-----------------
1. Rename 123.exe 123.xyz
2. DEBUG 123.xyz
3. Type U ABA9
4. You should see INT 13 at this address
5. Type E ABA9 90 90
6. Type W
7. Type Q
8. Rename 123.xyz 123.exe


1-2-3 Release 1
---------------
1. Rename 123.exe 123.xyz
2. DEBUG 123.xyz
3. Type S DS:100 FFFF E8 BE 71
   The system will respond with xxxx:3666 where xxxx can vary
4. Type E xxxx:3666 90 90 90  (xxxx is the number from above)
5. Type W
6. Type Q
7. Rename 123.xyz 123.exe


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