| Author: | hyper active (registered user: 296 posts ) |
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| Date: | Fri, Jun 11th, 2010 @ 02:33 ( . ) |
Hi Dan. It's been a while since you last posted. is everything going ok for you? did you ever get round to finding more about your dad's work with rapidlok? Thanks. |
 | Author: | Randall (registered user: 4 posts ) |
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| Date: | Mon, Nov 15th, 2010 @ 14:24 ( . ) |
Hello, guys. Danattacker is my younger brother; and, as he mentioned, our father developed Rapidlok with a friend. Before you ask, I don't know anything about Rapidlok either aside from the giant stack of C64 games I played as a child. Dan's doing fine; but, I think he became discouraged after not seeing activity on this thread for a few months. If I remember correctly, our father was reluctant to conduct any kind of interview when we asked him about it. I can try again after he returns from his latest business trip. |
 | Author: | Pete Rittwage (registered user: 558 posts ) |
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| Date: | Mon, Nov 15th, 2010 @ 20:35 ( . ) |
That thread couldn't really go anywhere without hearing anything back from your father or Danattack. It was discouraging for us. :) Please let us know if he would like to answer any questions about it. |
| Author: | Randall (registered user: 4 posts ) |
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| Date: | Tue, Nov 23rd, 2010 @ 15:56 ( . ) |
I can't answer many questions regarding RapidLok; but, I can probably ask some questions by-proxy if there's anything you'd like to know. Considering what he recalled off the top of his head when we asked him about RapidLok, he's still very familiar with the programming. Dan also mentioned that he still has the source code, lol. |
 | Author: | Nate (guest: search) |
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| Date: | Tue, Nov 23rd, 2010 @ 21:27 ( . ) |
On 11/23/2010 @ 15:56, Randall wrote :
I can't answer many questions regarding RapidLok; but, I can probably ask some questions by-proxy if there's anything you'd like to know. Considering what he recalled off the top of his head when we asked him about RapidLok, he's still very familiar with the programming. : : Dan also mentioned that he still has the source code, lol. -- We can put together a list of questions. You can see the ones we asked Jim Drew here: [link] That's very good news re: src code. Any way we could archive it? |
| Author: | Nate (guest: search) |
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| Date: | Wed, Nov 24th, 2010 @ 19:05 ( . ) |
On 11/23/2010 @ 15:56, Randall wrote :
I can't answer many questions regarding RapidLok; but, I can probably ask some questions by-proxy if there's anything you'd like to know. Considering what he recalled off the top of his head when we asked him about RapidLok, he's still very familiar with the programming. : : Dan also mentioned that he still has the source code, lol. -- Also, can you send me an email so we can discuss this more directly. My address is nate // root.org Thanks! |
| Author: | Randall (registered user: 4 posts ) |
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| Date: | Mon, Dec 06th, 2010 @ 20:01 ( . ) |
Ah, ya. I read that interview with Jim Drew one day while I was at work. Been quite busy here recently with some database work; but, it'll die down next week. I should be able to ask about the RapidLok source code and interviews at that time. |
| Author: | Nate (guest: search) |
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| Date: | Mon, Dec 06th, 2010 @ 22:42 ( . ) |
On 12/06/2010 @ 20:01, Randall wrote :
Ah, ya. I read that interview with Jim Drew one day while I was at work. Been quite busy here recently with some database work; but, it'll die down next week. : : I should be able to ask about the RapidLok source code and interviews at that time. -- Ok, just ping us back here or send an email to me when you're ready for the questions. |
 | Author: | Fungus (registered user: 20 posts ) |
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| Date: | Tue, Dec 07th, 2010 @ 08:12 ( . ) |
Very interested to see the original source code of rapidlok, and to hear from the author about it. I always wondered who had devised this protection. |
| Author: | Randall (registered user: 4 posts ) |
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| Date: | Tue, Dec 07th, 2010 @ 16:37 ( . ) |
I'll try to hit up my father this weekend and see where he's got the source code squirreled away. Either way, he can give a pretty thorough explanation of how it works off the top of his head. I'll take some audio notes. |
 | Author: | danattacker (guest: search) |
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| Date: | Sat, Jan 01st, 2011 @ 20:23 ( . ) |
What the heck, Randall, you never mentioned to me that you posted here and what a coincidence that you would end up posting here also! lol... |
| Author: | Nate (guest: search) |
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| Date: | Wed, Jan 05th, 2011 @ 01:18 ( . ) |
Ok, so how about it Randall and danattacker? Any chance of following up? Thanks. |
 | Author: | Kevin (guest: search) |
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| Date: | Thu, Feb 03rd, 2011 @ 12:44 ( . ) |
FACT or FICTION: Two brothers appear on a website, claiming they were unaware of each others' posts (despite them being in the same thread) concerning the legendary Rapidlok copy protection method. They also claim to be the sons of Rapidlok's developer. Are these two individuals really the sons of Rapidlok's developer or two jesters stringing everyone along with hopes of information on Rapidlok? Why the secrecy and dad's reluctance to offer information on an obsolete copy-protection scheme that serves no purpose other than archival initiatives and nostalgia? Do you find it odd that they happened upon the same website unbeknownst to each other, and joined the same conversation about their supposed father, both offering to help in the quest, yet have offered nothing but unfulfilled promises for over eight months? Is it a true that these two gentlemen are who they claim to be, or is this some scheme concocted by two clowns who get a cheap thrill offering false hope to the Commodore preservation community? Fact or fiction - cast your votes. |
| Author: | hyper active (registered user: 296 posts ) |
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| Date: | Thu, Feb 03rd, 2011 @ 20:09 ( . ) |
I'll bet 50 bucks he's lying. |
 | Author: | visualmess (registered user: 47 posts ) |
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| Date: | Fri, Feb 04th, 2011 @ 11:34 ( . ) |
My vote is fiction. Too many coinsidences that Kevin points out. |
| Author: | Nate (guest: search) |
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| Date: | Fri, Feb 04th, 2011 @ 15:40 ( . ) |
I don't really care. If it's a troll, it's a pretty silly one. You never put a lot of stock in things offered over the Internet until someone puts up something real. |
| Author: | Kevin (guest: search) |
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| Date: | Sat, Feb 05th, 2011 @ 00:22 ( . ) |
On 02/04/2011 @ 15:40, Nate wrote :
I don't really care. If it's a troll, it's a pretty silly one. : : You never put a lot of stock in things offered over the Internet until someone puts up something real. -- Seems you cared until about 31 days ago. You were still asking them questions. :-) |