[vcf-midatlantic] Jason Scott is making a renewed push to image Apple ][ software...

[Mark Whittington]

The goal as stated on Jason's blog is not to replace the crack screen
versions but to supplement them with the quiet crack versions.  And there
are a group of people now with the skills required to circumvent the copy
protection quietly.  "4am" is one of those -- https://twitter.com/a2_4am


On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 1:25 PM, Joseph Oprysko via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

> The thing with the various cracking group titles, it's early demo scene
> music and graphics. Occasionally pushing the limits of the machines. I
> think those are important as artifacts as well.
>
> I do understand the requests for the silent cracks as well. But do you have
> the skills/know someone with the skills to do that?  That's where things
> might get a bit difficult, as much of that requires intimate knowledge of
> both the copy protection schemes as well as being able to code in machine
> language.
>
> On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 11:37 PM Jonathan Gevaryahu via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
>
> > I've got two boxes of stuff i need to inventory and ship him already...
> >
> > On 3/21/2017 5:51 PM, Mark Whittington via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
> > > Jason (of archive.org and textfiles.com fame) is renewing efforts to
> > track
> > > down and image as much of the existing original Apple ][ software as
> > > possible.
> > >
> > > More info here, summary below --
> > http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/5180
> > >
> > > In short, a lot of the software that's been archived so far was sourced
> > > from cracked versions that were often modified greatly from the
> original
> > > releases.  There's now a team of very skilled folks who want to be sure
> > > that the pristine versions of these programs are archived and that
> > > so-called "silent crack" versions are available for future generations
> to
> > > enjoy.  In this context, a "silent crack" is one that removes the copy
> > > protection and nothing more, and without adding crack screens or
> > > attributions.
> > >
> > > They're getting to the end of the collections that they already have
> and
> > > are putting out the call for more from people who may have collections
> > > sitting around gathering dust in boxes.
> > >
> > >
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> > --
> > Jonathan Gevaryahu
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> >
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> Normal Person: So you go surfing?
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