Category : Unprotects for Games and Such
Archive   : UNPROT-1.ZIP
Filename : 1A_STAR.UNP
There seems to be plenty of patches around for unprotecting Version 1A of
Lotus 123, but I never could find one that would work on Version 1A*.
Necessity being the mother of invention, I have come up with a patch that
will eliminate the need for the 1A* System Disk in Drive A; and you won't
have to use one of those memory-resident RAM-eaters that messes up your
format command either. If you don't know whether you have 1A*, the best
way to tell is simply to execute 123 and look at the opening screen. If
you don't see the "*" under the 1A, you have the earlier version. As
usual, you should only work with a COPY of 123.exe file. Here's how you
unprotect:
C>RENAME 123.EXE 123.ZZZ
C>DEBUG 123.ZZZ
-E AB9F
YOU TYPE "E AB9F")
xxxx:AB9F 74.EB
YOU ADD THE "EB" AND RETURN)
-E ABB9
xxxx:ABB9 74.EB
-E ABCE
xxxx:ABCE 73.EB
-W (WRITE THE CHANGES TO THE DISK)
Writing xxxxx bytes (DEBUG RESONSE)
-Q (QUIT DEBUG)
C>RENAME 123.ZZZ 123.EXE
Now you're ready to go. I have intended this unprotect as a convenience
for legal, registered owners of Lotus 123. Please don't use it to rip off
those who have worked hard to put this fine product on the market.
Have fun fellow freedom fighters!
DR. WILLY
Ellicott City, MD
12 Nov 85
Very nice! Thank you for this wonderful archive. I wonder why I found it only now. Long live the BBS file archives!
This is so awesome! 😀 I’d be cool if you could download an entire archive of this at once, though.
But one thing that puzzles me is the “mtswslnkmcjklsdlsbdmMICROSOFT” string. There is an article about it here. It is definitely worth a read: http://www.os2museum.com/wp/mtswslnk/