From: mru@kth.se (Måns Rullgård)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Copy protection of the floppies
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 10:40:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yw1xu14sdbwo.fsf@kth.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20031125.182844.46174767.yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / .$B5HF#1QL@.(B <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> writes:
> Basically, it depends on what kind of equipment you and the enemy
> have. If you have special equipment and technique to write a
> floppy, you can make a floppy which is not copiable by normal PCs.
> But, if the enemy has similar equipment, he can do it.
>
> About 15 years ago, there were many gaming softwares which were procected,
> for example, by checking "gap" between sectors.
Can't that be done with a regular floppy drive and some special
software?
--
Måns Rullgård
mru@kth.se
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-11-25 9:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-25 5:37 Copy protection of the floppies Pravin Nanaware , Gurgaon
2003-11-25 9:07 ` Murray J. Root
2003-11-25 9:12 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-11-25 9:28 ` YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
2003-11-25 9:40 ` Måns Rullgård [this message]
2003-11-25 10:55 ` Matthias Andree
2003-11-25 16:07 ` Ricky Beam
2003-11-25 18:37 ` Nick
2003-11-25 20:07 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-11-25 20:52 ` Ricky Beam
2003-11-26 3:55 ` Gene Heskett
2003-11-25 10:47 ` Helge Hafting
2003-11-25 20:18 ` Antonio Vargas
2003-11-25 20:32 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-11-26 3:58 ` Gene Heskett
2003-11-27 6:07 ` Willy Tarreau
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