| Author: | bluebirdpod (registered user: 28 posts ) |
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| Date: | Mon, Dec 13th, 2010 @ 17:15 ( . ) |
I've got a green dongle that has what seems to be a passthrough connection. It connects to the joyport, and it has a exclamation ! at a slant, molded into the green plastic that is encasing the inards. Does anyone know what program it is for ?? I can take a pic. Its exactly rectangular to the DB-9 connector. and sticks out about one inch. |
 | Author: | Fungus (registered user: 20 posts ) |
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| Date: | Wed, Dec 15th, 2010 @ 17:49 ( . ) |
Nice work in reversing the batteries dongle protection. Most dongle protections generally aren't so difficult if you know what's in the dongle. On c64 this was usually just some type AND or OR or some other type of logic gate/chip. Some used the cassette port (access software) and was just a resistor strapped across the pins. I am unsure of the dongle protection used on EG Turbo Assembler, would have to consult Antitrack about that. As for the mystery dongle, it could be for OCP/AOCP art studio, as it was also dongle protected. I'm not really sure what else was other than Compression Kit. Usually only expensive applications used dongles. |
 | Author: | J Achernar (registered user: 36 posts ) |
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| Date: | Sat, Dec 18th, 2010 @ 12:44 ( . ) |
I was surprised how complex the copy protection was for Paperclip64. The program is copyright 1982 and the specific date for Version 64D is March 29, 1984. I didn’t think that encryption was commonly used for several more years. For the other dongle I have from them, The New Consultant, the dongle protection is much simpler. It is simply one bit being toggled on and off. I am still working on this one and will post the details when I am finished, but it will probably be a while till I finish the write up. I have no idea what the mystery dongle could be. The Batteries Included dongles are grey plastic with no pass-through and are clearly labeled with the program name molded into the plastic. The version of OCP Advanced Art Studio that I have uses look up the word in the manual protection. The slanted exclamation point that is described sounds familiar (possibly part of a company logo), but I can’t place it. |
 | Author: | hyper active (registered user: 296 posts ) |
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| Date: | Mon, Dec 20th, 2010 @ 20:40 ( . ) |
My friend had a version of paperclip 64 that was dated some time in 1985, and there was no copy protection and no dongle or anything. I've no idea if he still has it though. |