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NAG-BUSTER version 1.2, Copyright (c) 1992-1994 Erik Famm
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If you are uncertain of what some patches in NAG-BUSTER do, please
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read the information in this file. There will normally be a one-
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word hint of what all patches do in the DOS and Windows menus inside
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NAG-BUSTER. But they may be a bit inconclusive. If you do not see any
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difference in your program after running NAG-BUSTER, then try
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to find out if there is a way to register your program from
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within your program or from the command line. If there is, then
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it might just work after the patch has finished, since this may be
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what NAG-BUSTER fixed!
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Otherwise, take a look at the important hints below.
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D O S - P R O G R A M S
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CDS - Catalog Search 2.2:
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The patch will make registering of CDS.EXE possible. An undocumented
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feature in CDS lets the user register by loading CDS.EXE with
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the parameter /REGISTER. Before running the patch in NAG-BUSTER, the
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program will not be registered. You will not see a message telling
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you that CDS.KEY is created. But if you run NAG-BUSTER's patch
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first, and then load CDS /REGISTER (and enter some dummy values of
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your choise), then CDS will be like the registered program.
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In case you try to load CDS after running NAG-BUSTER, and notice the
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"Please register" text on the statusline - don't be confused! There
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are no errors in the patch - I have removed the nag windows in CDS
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anyway - but left the text on the statusline, since it disappears when
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you run CDS /REGISTER!
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PCopy v.9.3
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Apparently the patch does nothing since you won't notice any differences
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when running PCopy after patching. But look again! Start PCOPY with
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the parameter /RE (for REgister) and insert any values in the fields -
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PCOPY will then be like the registered edition!
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PSearch 5.2b
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This program is written by the same people that wrote PCopy and has a
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similar inteface to the user. After the patch has been run, you must
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enter the Register-routine inside PSearch, but you are now able to
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enter whatever name and number you wish, thus emulating a registered
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PSearch.
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Thedraw 5.00
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The asterisk in the DOS menu indicates that this 5.00 version is
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probably a non-existing version, meaning somebody has hacked
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an earlier version. The program is supported by NAG-BUSTER, though.
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The Shez programs (versions 8.0, 8.9, 9.5, 9.6):
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These programs will, after running NAG-BUSTER, also emulate the
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registered version. As you can see, the nag window is gone, the
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text "UNREGISTERED COPY" has changed to "REGISTERED COPY" and
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pressing # or / + M + D gives you the serial number. Exit and enter
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the configuration program SHEZCFG to change the text
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"REGISTERED COPY" to your name or whatever.
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Telix 3.21 programs:
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The EXE= in parentheses indicates that I have seen two editions of
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3.21 EXE-files with different filesizes. Since NAG-BUSTER uses the
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filesize to check for program validity, the filesize is used as a
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reference and must be exact. Hence, two different patches are written.
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The Blue Wave programs:
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Almost as with the Shez programs: after running NAG-BUSTER, you must
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enter BWAVE.EXE and live through the nag and delay once more. You can
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enter your name and a dummyr serial code value (BWAVE will accept any
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value you enter now!) and BWAVE will behave like the registered program!
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FFF - File and Directory finder:
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The configuration file FFFCFG.COM is patched, to let you enter
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the registration code, thus turning FFF into a registered program.
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VGA-COPY PRO 3.2
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This program is strange itself, but the compression method is even more
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so. This program has been compressed with TINYPROG 3.8, but the byte
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pattern has been shifted forward slightly to confuse decompressors
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(such as COMPBUST.EXE). Then a bogus PKLITE header has been entered
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into the file to confuse decompressors even more.
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I've found out that the author of VGA-COPY PRO has written a program
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called PKTINY that does this trick. The code entered into the file
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by PKTINY modifies itself to be able to decompress the program to
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memory once loaded. Neat, but not too clever, though.
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NAG-BUSTER and COMPBUST can go around this trick by first patching
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the file, then decompress it and finally patch it again. Therefore,
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this patch would seem a bit strange at first, but it works OK.
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The author of VGACOPY has obiously put a lot of effort in trying to confuse
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compression reckognizers. I had to add another procedure to reckognize
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programs compressed this way, but c'est la vie! I suppose there will be
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a lot of this in the future...
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(If the author of VGA-Copy Pro reads this, I use this opportunity to point
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out the fact that computers first and foremost were invented to help us
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become more productive both in our jobs and in everyday life. With this in
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mind, VGA-Copy Pro is a huge set-back in progress. Who wants (and needs)
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sampled yells when they exit a program and quiet schocking ding-dongs
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now and again along with the extensive graphic interface in DOS? And why
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on earth did you put so much effort into but a copy program anyway? There
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are hundreds of copy programs with similar features already on the market!)
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W I N D O W S - P R O G R A M S:
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Complete Works 1.6 (Lite):
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NAG-BUSTER won't regain time used in Complete Works, it will only halt
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the time routine. So if you have used up all your time and Complete
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Works won't save messages or print - NAG-BUSTER will not change this.
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You have to start out with a fresh edition of COMPLETE.EXE. Copy it
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from you backup diskette and patch this edition - not the used one!
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IconMaster 1.2 c/d.
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Both the slash in the version number and the asterisk in the Windows
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menu indicates that the author of IconMaster uses both c and d inside
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the program, so I'm not sure what he means...
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Paint Shop v.1.31 (by R. Voit)
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The program name, version number and .EXE-filesize is identical to
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Paint Shop 1.31 by JASC, Inc., so one of them is probably a hacked
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edition of the other. I think you should go for the JASC-version.
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Unicom v.3.0d
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The patch for this program fixes the two (actually three) intro
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screens + one of these which is shown on exit, too. In addition,
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the patch removes the apparent 15 minute online limit, plus a lot
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of text popping up in the header and on the status line begging you
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to order and pay (these messages seem to pop up randomly).
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Let me know if this patch isn't complete!
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