DIRECTIONS FOR CRACKING DINO EGGS



DINO EGGS USES A MODIFIED VERSION OF DOS IN ITS PROTECTION SCHEME. YOU CAN
CREATE AN UNPROTECTED COPY BY READING
FROM THE ORIGINAL DISK WITH THE
PROTECTED FORMAT AND THEN WRITING TO
ANOTHER DISK WITH STANDARD DOS. THEN USE A SECTOR EDITOR TO MODIFY THE COPY SO
THAT IT WILL READ FROM STANDARD DOS.
THERE ARE 5 POKES TO DOS 3.3 THAT ARE
REQUIRED TO READ FROM THE PROTECTED
DISK. YOU HAVE TO USE A COPY PROGRAM
THAT IS WRITTEN IN BASIC,SUCH AS COPYA.
 (I HAD A BAD SECTOR ON TRACK 8 SECTOR
$0F OF THE ORIGINAL.THIS SECTOR IS NOT
USED, BUT IT STOPPED COPYA FROM WORKING)
I USED THE PROGRAM THAT WAS LISTED IN 
CORE VOL #1-NO.2 BECAUSE IT LET ME
SKIP THE SECTOR, BUT YOU COULD MODIFY
COPYA TO IGNORE ERRORS.
 MAKE THE FIRST SET OF POKES BEFORE THE
PROGRAM READS AND THE SECOND SET BEFORE
THE PROGRAM WRITES. THEN MAKE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES ON TRACK 0:

LOCATION         DOS        PROTECTED
--------         ---        ---------

POKE 47505,      222           158
POKE 47508,      234            24
POKE 47509,      189            96
POKE 47413,      222           213
POKE 47425,       86            92



TRACK  SECTOR  BYTE  FROM  TO
-----  ------  ----  ----  --


$00    $0E     $39   $00   $3C
$00    $OE     $3A   $BB   $BE
$00    $09     $91   $9E   $DE
$OO    $09     $35   $D5   $DE


              SINCERELY
     
          LONG JOHN SOFTWARE
