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81 lines
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Software Pirates Inc.
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presents
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Unprotect KING'S QUEST II by Sierra Online
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This document, along with the associated files,
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will allow you to make runable copies of your
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original KING'S QUEST II game disks.
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REQUIRMENTS
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1. Original King's Quest II game disks.
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2. DOS' DISKCOPY.COM program (not included)
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3. DOS' DEBUG.COM program (not included)
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4. ALTER.EXE to change file attributes (included)
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5. KQ2.EXE runs the unprotected game (included)
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Step 1:
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Use DOS' diskcopy program to make copies of both
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of KING'S QUEST II's original game disks. Note:
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Disk #1 should report problems trying to copy track
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6. Don't be alarmed at this, it is merely part of
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the protection scheme, that we don't want copied.
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When copies are made, put the originals away to
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collect dust, you won't be needing them anymore.
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Step 2:
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The author has put illegal filenames in the
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directory so that you can't list all the files on
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the disk. We must make one file name legal before
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we can see what else is on the disk. To "legalize"
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this file name we need to use DOS's DEBUG program.
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Once inside DEBUG you will see the '-' prompt. Put
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KQ2's disk #1 into drive A. From the DEBUG prompt
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do the following:
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-L 100 0 5 1 ;load in 1st part of directory
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-E 120 'N' ;change illegal character to an N
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-W 100 0 5 1 ;write changes back to disk
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-Q ;end debug program
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Step 3:
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Using the ALTER.EXE program, we want to change
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the attribute of file MAIN.EXE from HSRA to normal.
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To do this type the following:
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A>B:ALTER A:MAIN.EXE
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At this point ALTER.EXE will ask you for the
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attribute you want to change MAIN.EXE to. Type in
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an 'N' for normal attribute. The attribute will
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then be normal. You can see the file when you do a
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DIR.
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Step 4:
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You now want to rename the file MAIN.EXE to
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KQ2.EXE. This will allow you to copy KQ2.EXE over
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the space formaly used by MAIN.EXE program. This
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way no game data will be destroyed.
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Step 5:
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Copy KQ2.EXE to King's Quest II's disk #1. That's
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all there is to it. You now have a working copy of
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King's Quest II that can be copied with DISKCOPY.
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NOTE: This game will no longer be self-booting as
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it originally was. You must boot up to DOS and then
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put KQ2's disk #1 into drive A. To start simply
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type A:KQ2, once the game begins it will play just
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as the original does. Ok now sit back and enjoy the
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game.
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2/86 ETS This UNP might not work with all versions (eg.:1.0W).
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