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o-= Walt Disney Comic Strip Maker =-o
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-------- cybernesto ---- Dec 2016 ---
 
This disk has appeared a couple of times on eBay but I did not find any reference to it in any of the known archives. I’m afraid it was a victim of eduware negligence by the crackers of the time.
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I only use Nibbles Away III (NAIII) to copy my disks. It features a full-fledged programming language (NADOL) to create copy utilities or modify the ones bundled to suit the specific needs of a copy scheme. So let’s try some options in increasing complexity order.
 
FAST SECTOR COPY
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Claims Track 3 is damaged and cannot be copied. I have a feeling this is part of the protection scheme. Side B can be copied without problems.
 
NIBBLE COPY
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Manual Copy allows to set some parameters to perform a nibble copy. NAIII will try to recognize prologues and epilogues and copy them accordingly. It fails recognizing what is on track 3.

PASSPORT
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I hope it is some well known protection already automated by 4am’s Passport.
Unfortunately the version 2016092 copies the disk successfully but does not patch it. At least gives me a hint on what the copy protection might be looking for:

"T03 Found $F7F6EFEEAB protection"
 
A quick search in the 4am crack write-ups shows that Crack No. 587, Mathematics Activities Courseware Level 6, has many similarities with this disk, including the $F7F6EFEEAB protection.

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I follow every step in the crack write up #587 just to confirm that indeed this disk is using exactly the same protection, which is great because otherwise I would not be able to crack it myself.
The decrypted Applesoft HELLO program does not do much:

        10  REM  BY: JESSIE E. RAGSDALE
      8000  HOME:
            POKE 34,23
      9025  PRINT CHR$(4);"MAXFILES 1"
      9050  PRINT CHR$(4);"BRUN FUN"
      9060  END
 
The original was renamed as HELLO.OLD and saved for the posterity. Thanks Jessie E. Ragsdale.
 
TIFI! – There, I fixed it!
 