FOR THE USERS THAT HAVE 'MULTI-LINK' V2.06 (FOR DOS 1.1 AND 2.0) ------------------------------------------ FROM : THE A.S.P ; (Against Software Protection) IF YOU HAVE A HARD DISK OR WANT TO CREATE A BACKUP COPY THAT IS NOT TIED INTO THE MULTI-LINK DISKETTE...IN CASE YOUR ONLY COPY GOES BAD .. THIS PATCH WILL REMOVE THE COPY PROTECTION COMPLETELY.... AS ALWAYS THIS IS FOR YOUR PERSONAL PEACE OF MIND ONLY IT IS NOT MEANT TO BYPASS ANY COPYRIGHTS..YOU ARE BY LAW BOUND BY YOUR PURCHASE LISCENSE AGREEMENT. IF YOU HAVE A HARD DISK AND WANT TO PUT THE PROGRAM ON SUCH WHY SHOULD YOU BE TIED TO A FLOOPY. YOU HAD TO GIVE UP A LOT OF 'BIG MACS' TO GET YOUR HARD DISK. THIS WRITE UP ASSUMES THAT YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH DEBUG, SO I'LL NOT EXPLAIN HOW TO USE IT. I WILL GIVE THE OLD AND NEW CODE AND YOU CAN APPLY THE PATCHES. 1). FROM DOS EXECUTE DEBUG 2). TYPE IN 'N MLINK.COM' 3). TYPE IN 'L' 4). YOU NOW NEED TO COMPARE THE OLD AND NEW CODE AND MAKE THE CHANGES 5). OLD CODE ---------- XXXX:2E01 B80102 MOV AX,0201 ; SUBROUTINE READS TRACK 41 SEC. 03 2E04 BB0527 MOV BX,2705 ;FOR KEY X'3632' 2E07 BA0000 MOV DX,0000 2E0A 0E PUSH CS 2E0B 07 POP ES 2E0C CD21 INT 21 2E0E C3 RET NEW CODE ----------- XXXX:2E01 B80000 MOV AX,0000 2E04 BB0527 MOV BX,2705 2E07 BA0000 MOV DX,0000 2E0E 0E PUSH CS 2E0B 07 POP ES 2E0C C3 RET 2E0D 13C3 ADC AX,BX OLD CODE ------------ XXXX:2CF2 80360D2E32 XOR BYTE PTR [2E0D],32 ;CHANGE INT 21 TO INT 13 2CF7 B90329 MOV CX,2903 ;TRACK 41 SEC 03 2CFA E80401 CALL 2E01 2CFD 7311 JNB 2D10 NEW CODE ------------ XXXX:2CF2 C70605273632 MOV WORD PTR [2705],3236 ;SUPPLY THE KEY 2CF8 F8 CLC ;FAKE NO DISK READ ERROR 2CF9 90 NOP 2CFA E80401 CALL 2E01 THAT SHOULD DO IT..NOW TYPE 'W' DEBUG WILL REWRITE 'MLINK.COM', AS ALWAYS YOU SHOULD BE WORKING FROM A BACKUP COPY. ENJOY YOUR NEW FOUND FREEDOM..HARD DISKS FOREVER!!!!!