Software Piracy from TPUG

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Steverd

This was an interest article found in TPUG magazine. Which stood for the Toronto PET User Group. I don’t know how many issues there were, but I have 25 issues from Feb 1984 to Aug-Sept 1986.

To Copy Protect or Not

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Steverd

To Copy Protect, or Not to Copy Protect
This was an article from GeoWorld Magazine Issue #20

ASCII & Screen Codes

Posted on January 3, 2021 by Steverd

ASCII & Screen Codes
plus Partner 128 and Deluxe Pain II by Electronic Arts

For The BEGINNER – Cheatsheet

Posted on January 3, 2021 by Steverd

For The Beginner – Leroy Cheatsheet

1541 Parallel Cable

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Steverd

Commodore 1541 Parallel Cable with ZoomFloppy & Burst Nibbler Demo

This is my Commodore 1541 with a parallel cable installed in it.
This video show that and how the cable works with a ZoomFloppy
and with a Commodore 64.

Silent Service Code Sheet

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Steverd

Silent Service uses the below ship ID from the manual for a format of copy protection.
When you start a mission you are given this screen to ID the ship:

C64 Copy Protection

Documenting the History of the Commodore 64 protection scene

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